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TOCA purely arcade?

Vam

TOCA purely arcade?

by Vam » Mon, 31 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Is toca a purely arcade racer? Does it do any damage modeling whatsoever?

Vamp

Tim

TOCA purely arcade?

by Tim » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00


> Is toca a purely arcade racer? Does it do any damage modeling whatsoever?

    Is that what defines an arcade racer from a sim??
Vam

TOCA purely arcade?

by Vam » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00



> > Is toca a purely arcade racer? Does it do any damage modeling whatsoever?

>     Is that what defines an arcade racer from a sim??

That and many other things. In either case I figured out that it does no
damage modeling whatsoever. It seems to do a nice job of modeling the
physics of driving. In either case you can win races by essential
slamming other cars out of the way.

Vamp

beagl

TOCA purely arcade?

by beagl » Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:00:00


>That and many other things. In either
>case I figured out that it does no
>damage modeling whatsoever. It
>seems to do a nice job of modeling the
>physics of driving. In either case you
>can win races by essential
>slamming other cars out of the way.

Well, you can't in the Playstation version because you get penalised
for bad driving.

--
Thomas Beagle

Andrew Fielde

TOCA purely arcade?

by Andrew Fielde » Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:00:00



> >That and many other things. In either
> >case I figured out that it does no
> >damage modeling whatsoever. It
> >seems to do a nice job of modeling the
> >physics of driving. In either case you
> >can win races by essential
> >slamming other cars out of the way.

> Well, you can't in the Playstation version because you get penalised
> for bad driving.

Having played both, I believe the PC version is much
more forgiving in this area. On the PC I've only been
penalised for very late braking, and slamming into the
back of someone (a la Schumacher :-)

--
Andrew Fielden.
UK.

Tim

TOCA purely arcade?

by Tim » Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:00:00




> > > Is toca a purely arcade racer? Does it do any damage modeling whatsoever?

> >     Is that what defines an arcade racer from a sim??

> That and many other things. In either case I figured out that it does no
> damage modeling whatsoever.

    True.

    And dare I say that THIS is , by far, the most important aspect for
differentiating arcade vs. sims.

    I would say that's pretty hard to do, as spins are rather easy in this game.


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