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POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

ccorpor

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by ccorpor » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00

Regardless what one thinks of Pod or F1. Motoracer is worth buying, especially
if you with it's internet/networking capabilities.

Q.B.M.

Tobb

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Tobb » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00

Get Motoracer its a very nice and funny little game!

/Tobbe



Kris

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Kris » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00



Oh man .. they all rock *** my system.  Pod is SILKY smooth,
graphics and  the car physics rock .. its not a 'hyper speed' race
game, the speed, acceleration, power etc of the cars is more realistic
.. and new tracks are being released for it (plus a reverse mode for
all tracks).

Motoracer is super fast and smooth, easy to control with a joystick
and just plain FUN!!

F1 is great on my system .. but others seem to have problems with it.
I'd get a demo copy and try it before you buy it.

POD will rock multi player, I've not tried it yet .. I would recommend
POD and Moto for sure.  If you have a fast machine you cant go wrong.
Keep in mind I have a p200mmx with 3DFX card.

Peace.

KrisPY

Kris

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Kris » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00



Forgot to tell ya . you can download the POD demo from UBIsoft web
page .. I think its  www.ubisoft.com .. not for sure though.

KrisPY

Janus Ya

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Janus Ya » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00

Which one is a better game ?
Which one worth buying ?

Che Cho

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Che Cho » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00


> >Oh, forgot to ask: in what way are the POD car physics
> >_completely_ unrealistic?

> In the way they bonce around like weightless litle pinball machine
> balls.

Why not give an example or a situation where your car bounced around
like "weightless little pinball machine balls."  In my experience of
playing the demo, I thought the cars felt really heavy.  My complaint
with an overall pretty fun game was that the turning was a bit
unrealistic.  Meaning I could turn on a dime at 135 mph (a full 90
degree turn).  Which basically made braking useless.  You'd go full
speed until you had to turn, and then you turned.

Carmaggeddon's physics are not 1000 times better than POD's because
they're not all that different.  Same arcadey lack of physics feeling.
I'm sorry, but the only person not saying much here is you.

-che

Che Cho

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Che Cho » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00



> >Yes it has both TCP/IP and IPX protocols,

> That's a start but does it actually WORK on the Internet? Has anyone
> tried it? (I'm buying it anyway but I'd really like multiplay and I
> don't have access to a LAN).

> Joe

Moto Racer is a lot of fun on the internet.

Meet other Moto Racers by going to #motoracer on any EFnet IRC.

Unlike XvT, Moto Racer actually plays really well in 2-4 players on the
internet.  I've been having a blast.

-che

Kris

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Kris » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00



>>Which one is a better game ?
>>Which one worth buying ?

>MotoRacer is INCREDIBLE if you have a good 3d card, especially 3dfx.
>BETTER and faster graphics than any arcade motorcycle game I've
>played.

>POD is the worst racer ever made, avoid it like the plague. I'm still
>trying to figure out how they made a game that has both an extremely
>high frame rate and absolutely NO sensation of speed. It really
>stinks, next to POD even the dog NFS 2 looks good.

>Joe McGinn
>===================================================
>Author of Inside LotusScript, available August 1997
>http://www.browsebooks.com/McGinn/
>===================================================

He brings up a good point, and it should help you decide. POD doesn't
give the sense of speed because your not going that fast. Its more of
a driving skill game, with realistic physics. You can really 'look
ahead' in POD, as you do in real driving, as the tracks graphics are
sooo smooth and well drawn. You can't go full throttle all the way,
there are shortcuts, multiple paths ..etc.  I LOVE POD myself, but I
also enjoy Moto Racer. Moto Racer is the 'fastest' game I have ever
played, but its one where you can go full throttle most of the way
once you learn the tracks. Its replay value is less than POD, as new
tracks and cars are released for POD monthly. They are so different I
would recommend both :) If you can't get both pick which type you like
the best .. speed and little skill, or less speed and a bit more
skill.

peace.

KrisPY

Jo

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Jo » Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:00


>Which one is a better game ?
>Which one worth buying ?

MotoRacer is INCREDIBLE if you have a good 3d card, especially 3dfx.
BETTER and faster graphics than any arcade motorcycle game I've
played.

POD is the worst racer ever made, avoid it like the plague. I'm still
trying to figure out how they made a game that has both an extremely
high frame rate and absolutely NO sensation of speed. It really
stinks, next to POD even the dog NFS 2 looks good.

Joe McGinn
===================================================
Author of Inside LotusScript, available August 1997
http://www.browsebooks.com/McGinn/
===================================================

Jo

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Jo » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00


>Forgot to tell ya . you can download the POD demo from UBIsoft web
>page .. I think its  www.ubisoft.com .. not for sure though.

Does Moto Racer multiplay work on the net? I haven't seen an answer to
this question yet.

Joe McGinn
===================================================
Author of Inside LotusScript, available August 1997
http://www.browsebooks.com/McGinn/
===================================================

Jo

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Jo » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00


>Oh man .. they all rock *** my system.  Pod is SILKY smooth,
>graphics and  the car physics rock .. its not a 'hyper speed' race
>game, the speed, acceleration, power etc of the cars is more realistic

You gotta be bullshitting me ... POD car physics are COMPLETELY
unrealistic, plus it has no sensation of speed (despite the high frame
rate). It is the worst racer of all time, and that's not a statement I
make lightly (it had some good competition for this title from NFS 2,
but even that dog has more to recommend it than POD).

Agreed.

Joe McGinn
===================================================
Author of Inside LotusScript, available August 1997
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
===================================================

Robert Drinov

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Robert Drinov » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00


> > Which one is a better game ?
> > Which one worth buying ?

> Regardless what one thinks of Pod or F1. Motoracer is worth buying, especially
> if you with it's internet/networking capabilities.

> Q.B.M.

I was wondering where I could download Motoracer.

Thanks, Rob

Mr Bil

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by Mr Bil » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00

DO NOT GET POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some time when I have an hour I will list all the bugs and problems with
the game.
Multiplay is the worst I have ever seen. I mean the worse. Real Bad.
The game is OK for single play...if you like chasing ghosts around the
track ten feet above the other cars with the 3DFX.
The AI is just bump and grind....Blows.
Do not get this game.



ccorpor

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by ccorpor » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00

R:

Yes it has both TCP/IP and IPX protocols,

Q.B.M.

ccorpor

POD or MotoRacer or F1 ?

by ccorpor » Fri, 23 May 1997 04:00:00


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> > > Which one is a better game ?
> > > Which one worth buying ?

> > Regardless what one thinks of Pod or F1. Motoracer is worth buying,
especially
> > if you with it's internet/networking capabilities.

> > Q.B.M.

> I was wondering where I could download Motoracer.

> Thanks, Rob

R:

It's all around 3d web pages.

Try http://hardware.3dreview.com/3dfx/

It's Operation Voodoo which I feel is the best 3dfx page. But you can get MR
there, they also have a very fast OC3 server.


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