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Race 07 demo is out.

Bob Lobla

Race 07 demo is out.

by Bob Lobla » Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:17:19

http://www.racesimcentral.net/#

It's also on Gamespot but their download service hurts my brain.

Alan Bernard

Race 07 demo is out.

by Alan Bernard » Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:07:27


Why try and get at a site you have to register?  Go to the official site:

http://www.race-game.org/race07/index.htm

Alanb

Tony

Race 07 demo is out.

by Tony » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:59:44


> Fileshack sucks just as bad as Fileplanet, I'll wait until it's on 3D
> Gamers, Filefront or any free- no registration site.

Worked fine on the official Race site for me, as Alan suggests:

http://www.race-game.org/race07/download/demo.htm

Cheers
Tony

Andrew MacPhers

Race 07 demo is out.

by Andrew MacPhers » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:22:00


> Worked fine on the official Race site for me

Yup, fast & problem-free here also. I've only had half a dozen laps or so
round Brands in a Seat so far, but I found nothing to complain about.
Graphics aren't anything new, but we've plateaued on those anyway at a
pretty good standard. The AI seems very raceable, and I've seen them
trying two wide into a few turns, and doing it very convincingly. The
driving itself feels... well, as good as anything else I've driven in
recent years. It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between the
titles.

Which is, sadly, why I probably won't buy it. I suppose it'll depend on
the price, because I don't log nearly enough hours in sims these days...
and when I do I'm nearly always drawn back to GTL because the cars are so
much fun to drive.

Mind you, I'm increasingly out of touch with the rFactor mods, so I may
be missing out there.

Andrew McP

Albert Ros

Race 07 demo is out.

by Albert Ros » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:16:24


Funny, I thought I was installing Driver 07, but instead I got Steam and no
mention of Driver 07. You think you would have put a shortcut on the desktop
or something.

Not impressed.

Tony

Race 07 demo is out.

by Tony » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:29:44



>> Worked fine on the official Race site for me

> Yup, fast & problem-free here also. I've only had half a dozen laps or so
> round Brands in a Seat so far, but I found nothing to complain about.
> Graphics aren't anything new, but we've plateaued on those anyway at a
> pretty good standard. The AI seems very raceable, and I've seen them
> trying two wide into a few turns, and doing it very convincingly. The
> driving itself feels... well, as good as anything else I've driven in
> recent years. It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between the
> titles.

Which sums up my thoughts too really. We just have a growing list of
decent sims and mods. We need a killer sim/mod IMHO. Maybe we have to
wait for iRacing or even GT5 for the next generation sim racers, if
either can deliver, what differs is a more revolutionary development
approach where  a huge amount of manpower is employed to create a new
version (requiring substantial funding) rather than the incremental
updates we are getting right now. Or maybe a modding team will come up
with something a bit special with the current crop.

Then this maybe for you:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=k95ITTKMK9I

(this is for GTR2 btw and is a true historical version of the era rather
than a simulation of the modern FIA historical series using modern tyres
and on current day tracks.)

Lots of decent stuff - but it just adds to the growing list of possibles.

Cheers
Tony

Andrew MacPhers

Race 07 demo is out.

by Andrew MacPhers » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:44:00


> We need a killer sim/mod IMHO.

I have a feeling that there's very little potential left to be wrung out
of the desktop experience (other than graphically). iRacing etc may
manage something special, but I think until we have affordable physical
feedback, sim racing may have gone as far as it can... give or take the
odd inevitable tweak. We just have to try and work out which 'flavour' we
like best among the many offerings.

Interesting, thanks.

Andrew McP

Andrew MacPhers

Race 07 demo is out.

by Andrew MacPhers » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:44:00


> Funny, I thought I was installing Driver 07, but instead I got
> Steam and no mention of Driver 07.

Yes, it does appear to be Steam powered. I already have a Steam account
and the install went flawlessly. It might possibly be more complicated if
you haven't.

Andrew McP

Albert Ros

Race 07 demo is out.

by Albert Ros » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:42:58

Okay, got it installed now.

Pretty impressive. All setting to the most realistic, with FFB on full, and
it real felt like the most immersive experience thus far. All the vibration
reminded me of my karting days.

One thing I don't like is seeing the inside of the helmet. Anyone found a
way to turn that off?

Bert



>> We need a killer sim/mod IMHO.

> I have a feeling that there's very little potential left to be wrung out
> of the desktop experience (other than graphically). iRacing etc may
> manage something special, but I think until we have affordable physical
> feedback, sim racing may have gone as far as it can... give or take the
> odd inevitable tweak. We just have to try and work out which 'flavour' we
> like best among the many offerings.

>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=k95ITTKMK9I

> Interesting, thanks.

> Andrew McP

Juare

Race 07 demo is out.

by Juare » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:18:48


> Yup, fast & problem-free here also. I've only had half a dozen laps or so
> round Brands in a Seat so far, but I found nothing to complain about.
> Graphics aren't anything new, but we've plateaued on those anyway at a
> pretty good standard.

Graphics look better than rFactor and GTR2 to me. Physics feel better than
both those sims to me too. This is probably a buy for me but would rather
have a non-steam version so expect to see a box in the store that doesn't
require steam. I do have Steam but don't really care for it.
Gary

Race 07 demo is out.

by Gary » Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:27:17

I like it, it's the 1st sim I ever just went in and started driving
without major tweaking and just felt good right off the bat.

Good job Simbin!

GP


>http://www.fileshack.com/file_download.x/11099#

>It's also on Gamespot but their download service hurts my brain.

pdot..

Race 07 demo is out.

by pdot.. » Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:04:20



> I have a feeling that there's very little potential left to be wrung out
> of the desktop experience (other than graphically).
> ...I think until we have affordable physical
> feedback, sim racing may have gone as far as it can...

What do you consider 'affordable'?  And, what kind of feedback would
you expect?

Pat Dotson

Bob Lobla

Race 07 demo is out.

by Bob Lobla » Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:00:06



>> We need a killer sim/mod IMHO.

> I have a feeling that there's very little potential left to be wrung out
> of the desktop experience (other than graphically). iRacing etc may
> manage something special, but I think until we have affordable physical
> feedback, sim racing may have gone as far as it can... give or take the
> odd inevitable tweak. We just have to try and work out which 'flavour' we
> like best among the many offerings.

AI still has a long way to go. The Realfeel plugin proved that there is a
better way to do force feedback. Better flagging would also be appreciated.
Andre Warring

Race 07 demo is out.

by Andre Warring » Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:48:50



Same here, I simply selected the 'G25 with shifter' option and
everything was perfect. Rfactor is a great sim but I have so many
technical problems with (mostly CTD's) it that I'm at the point of
giving it up.

I'm very enthousiatic about the demo, physics feel wonderfull and it's
simply a blast to race. The overall experience is great. I did have
quite some multiplayer problems though. One time my Seat***pit gfx
were all messed up (very strange) and a couple of times it happened
that the cars of other players were standing still all over the place.
I didn't get any network errors or something.
Besides that, can't wait for the final version!

Cheers
Andre


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