I know Breakneck isn't a "true" sim and people don't like it but I'm really
trying not to troll here....
Is Breakneck (NICE 2) going to be distributed in the US after all?
I found a copy at a computer show for about $30 and snagged it. I was real
disappointed until I remembered something I read here. There's a setting
called "Gravitation" (is that a real word?) that makes the cars have more
weight and be less "bouncy." If you set it as high as you can, which should
be 300, it is much more enjoyable. This game was originally made for a P133
with a 3D card or a 166 without, so on a new computer it is blindingly fast
(even on my P300/Banshee), so I would run it at the highest resolution you
can with all details on.
In the Arcade mode I found out that I could get just about any car and
track. I don't know if after playing a few hours I had unlocked a bunch or
if I found a way to play them all. So I load a "German" track that looks a
lot like Hockenhiem and choose an F1 car. I was chuckling the whole time at
how fast it was and how the cars jump around when they touch wheels. Yes, I
know, the AI is crud, the physics are weird, the scenery is pretty cut and
paste, etc., but I had FUN darn it! More fun than I had with the NFS4 demo
(though I need to try it again now that I have better 3D drivers and DX7).
Anyway, my two cents.