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Can you make a REAL car power slide like in Screamer 2? Sure it's
really cool, but not very realistic.
Hmm. I actually thought that S2 played better on my computer. (I've
only tried the demo of S2 though.) When I play RAC I usually play with
a smaller screen 'cause the framerate bothers me a bit. (I play in 95
BTW.) In case anyone's wondering I have a P90 with a so so graphics
card.
Now, IMHO both games are REALLY great! And both look very good! Both
seem to use a similar mapping technique that make the ground look
smooth. (Compared to PC Sega Rally, which sucks-sucks-sucks.)
One other minor gripe about RAC is that some levels gave me a very
crowded feel. Some forest lavels are a VERY narrow road in a forest,
but the forest is only "wall sprites" and on some ocations (When on a
high hill for instance.) you can see the road continue as three
sprites in a grey void. It's kinda' hard to explain, but if you ever
have tried the "out of level" view in Quake you know what it looks
like. Not very pretty I'm afraid. The S2 demo level gave a better
"depth" feel to me than some of these RAC levels.
We had a LAN meet last night and played RAC quite a lot, it's a blast
with multi-player. We were playing 6 at once and that was a BLAST!
Only gripe is that you can absolutely NOT have another net game
running at the same time.(We had C&C:Red Alert running as well.) This
destroys the game entirely :-( During those races we had serious
problems with the synching of the comuputers and you ocationally
"swapped cars" with other players. (Extremely frustrating.) and
sometimes half the screen went black or white. On other ocations you
"hopped" from side to side on the road. Now imagine all that happening
at 280 kph and you know what I mean. ;-) Again, this ONLY happened
when another game was running, probably they where in some stupid
conflict. I have a feeling it won't play very well over KAli and such
services unfortunately.
About the gameplay of both games you can say that both are really
good. In the beginning S2 is almost impossible to control, due to the
sliding that is perhaps a bit overdone IMHO. RAC suffers from a lesser
"depth" on the road, where you can't take a "short cut" in a tight
bend, you just run into an invisible wall. Kind of irritating.
Well, that was a long rant. I'd just like to say that the games are
both good, just a bit different. S2 is more arcade racing, Sega Rally
style. While RAC is realistic with some looooong tracks. (And those
are really cool to play in MP.)
Marcus Hast. O-
AKA Unbeliever.
Living long and prosperous in Sweden.
