rec.autos.simulators

>Nice 2 completely sucks. Really, it does. The driving model is
>ridiculous. It's no simulation, it's an arcade game, but even for an
>arcade game the model is too stupid for words.

> >I can't say that I was very pleased with the demo.  Graphics
> >were good, but, it didn't have that lasting appeal that a racing game
should
> >have.

> How could you judge 'lasting appeal' from a demo which
> allows you to race on one track with 4 cars, in arcade, not
> simulation mode?

> --
> * rrevved at mindspring dot com

>>Another opinion:

>>Nice 2 completely sucks. Really, it does. The driving model is
>>ridiculous. It's no simulation, it's an arcade game, but even for an
>>arcade game the model is too stupid for words.

>I agree 100%. I LIKE arcade games, but NICE 2 really and truly ir
>horrible.

>Joe McGinn
>==========================================
>Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
>==========================================

>>>Another opinion:

>>>Nice 2 completely sucks. Really, it does. The driving model is
>>>ridiculous. It's no simulation, it's an arcade game, but even for an
>>>arcade game the model is too stupid for words.

>>I agree 100%. I LIKE arcade games, but NICE 2 really and truly ir
>>horrible.

>>Joe McGinn
>>==========================================
>>Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network
>>http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
>>==========================================

>>The physics and response modeling was dead-on for me.  

>I agree with the original post. The NICE2 demo makes Need for Speed 2
>look like a masterpiece of accurate simulation car physics by
>comparison. I haven't played a game with worse physics than NICE2
>since I used a Commodore-64 for ***.

>Joe McGinn
>==========================================
>Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
>==========================================

>>I'm assuming your comments are based on the final version that's been
>>out for about 14 days now and is only available as an import title and
>>not some pre-release or reviewers copy.  

>Based on the only version I have access to, the public demo. Maybe
>there's a new version that's better. But with such a horribly stinking
>demo there's no way on Earth I'd spend good money on the game without
>trying an updated demo first.

>If it's really changed hat much why woldn't the develpers release a
>new demo that properly represented the game? NO ONE will buy the game
>based on the old demo.

>Joe McGinn
>==========================================
>Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
>==========================================

>Cheers, Andrew

>But don't be fooled - just becuase this game has fun things like
>ARCADE mode and weapons, this racer has a SIM MODE that cannot be rivaled.