rec.autos.simulators

>> Not sure if this is the right forum, apologies if not...

>> Just got this one through the post with great expectations as SBK2001
>> remains one of my all time great racing games. Unfortunately SBK08 has
>> been a complete disappointment If I didn't know better I'd say that
>> this game is essentially a poor pre-beta conversion of the XBox title
>> of the same name.

>> Why the conclusions?

>> 1. Limited resolution support. 1680x1050 - forget it.

>> 2. No mouse support in the menus.

>> 3. Poor keyboard support.... This one is plain weird. In game, the
>> keyboard is fine, in the menus, half the keys don't work, like the
>> down and left arrows.....

>> 4. Doesn't detect my joystick. Hence the use of the keyboard in 3
>> above.

>> 5. Poorly optimized. Performance is bad on my rig (6400 DUO, GTX8800
>> with 768Mb RAM, 4Gb RAM running on XP Pro).

>> 6. What little of the graphics I have seen, look on par or worse than
>> SBK2001's, which was released 7 years ago!

>> All this after the game was patched to v1.1 the latest version.

>> I have many games on my PC and have no problems with any of them
>> except this one.

>> I will be asking for a refund as this game is not fit for purpose.

>> RobP

> I take it the developer of the 2008 version has nothing in common with
> the developer of the 2001 version. Wonder what ever happened to those
> guys who did SBK2001? They had a great graphics engine and should have
> used it as the base for more racing sims.

> >> Not sure if this is the right forum, apologies if not...

> >> Just got this one through the post with great expectations as SBK2001
> >> remains one of my all time great racing games. Unfortunately SBK08 has
> >> been a complete disappointment If I didn't know better I'd say that
> >> this game is essentially a poor pre-beta conversion of the XBox title
> >> of the same name.

> >> Why the conclusions?

> >> 1. Limited resolution support. 1680x1050 - forget it.

> >> 2. No mouse support in the menus.

> >> 3. Poor keyboard support.... This one is plain weird. In game, the
> >> keyboard is fine, in the menus, half the keys don't work, like the
> >> down and left arrows.....

> >> 4. Doesn't detect my joystick. Hence the use of the keyboard in 3
> >> above.

> >> 5. Poorly optimized. Performance is bad on my rig (6400 DUO, GTX8800
> >> with 768Mb RAM, 4Gb RAM running on XP Pro).

> >> 6. What little of the graphics I have seen, look on par or worse than
> >> SBK2001's, which was released 7 years ago!

> >> All this after the game was patched to v1.1 the latest version.

> >> I have many games on my PC and have no problems with any of them
> >> except this one.

> >> I will be asking for a refund as this game is not fit for purpose.

> >> RobP

> > I take it the developer of the 2008 version has nothing in common with
> > the developer of the 2001 version. Wonder what ever happened to those
> > guys who did SBK2001? They had a great graphics engine and should have
> > used it as the base for more racing sims.

> I think Milehouse subcontracted out to Blackbean. I have ridden real bikes
> for going on 11 years and found that SBK2001 had by far the best feel of
> being on a bike (except the slow speed handling where it fell over too
> easily).

> RobP

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