I love rubbin' and racing, particularly in NASCAR but I still think the AI
has no awareness of my presence on the track. They're running the same line
with or without me in the path.
I also didn't find the AI very challenging. I was running the higher class
races and winning every one of them with little trouble. BTW, I'm not a
great driver as far as guys in this ng but on GT3 I'm Wolfgang Woeger. :0)
I'm not too disappointed since I won't use the Xbox for racing without a
good wheel. Heard the TM is pretty poor, what do you think? What Xbox
racer do you like? I'm thinking Rallisport as a first purchase if the TM
wheel is any good.
Thanks for the comments Steve.
--
Joe Marques
> > Steve,
> > Just a comment and question:
> > 1) The RACING in GT3 is atrocious. It's a terrific DRIVING game but
the
> > woefully inept AI killed it for me (they do not even know you're on the
> > track). I raced to get AWAY from them so they wouldn't drive me off the
> > track. ;0) If Sega GT 2002 has good AI (as I've heard it does) then
that
> > alone makes it a winner for racing fans.
> > 2) Are 820p and 1020i European HDTV resolutions? I'm only familiar with
> > 720p and 1080i.
> > FWIW, the Xbox looks phenomenal on my 36" Digital Sony Wega (with
> anamorphic
> > squeeze which most Xbox games support). It's surprisingly good
> considering
> > I play games on a 21" Trinitron PC monitor which is hard to beat.
> > --
> > Joe Marques
> > > Larry,
> > > I'm working on a story for Motor Trend abt. driving games for video
> > > consoles, and thus far, Grand Turismo 3 is the hands-down winner.
> > <snipped>
> > >GT3 has two enormous advantages: one, the
> > > number of licensed cars is staggering (Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra, the
> fabled
> > > Nissan Skyline, Jaguar XJ220, the Dome-like Toyota GT-1, etc.), a
total
> of
> > > 150 cars, and each is lovingly detailed down to the door handles and
> disc
> > > brakes that glow red under braking. And two, the game play is
> > superlative:
> > > you get drawn in right away, and remain hooked on climbing your way up
> the
> > > ladder from competing in little shit-boxes to million-dollar race
cars.
> > > The Xbox has a definite technical advantage: it comes with a built-in
> hard
> > > drive and Ethernet port (these are add-ons for the PS2). Best of all,
> for
> > > $19.95, you can get an adapter cable that allows you to jack into a
HDTV
> > at
> > > 820p or 1020i, which gives you a fantastic image - it's as good as XGA
> > > (1024x768) on a computer monitor. The PS2 can output to an 820p
screen,
> > but
> > > it's not quite as good. I've been testing both consoles on a $1000
> > Samsung
> > > 27-inch HDTV that includes a line-doubler (which transforms DVDs but
> does
> > > little for videotapes) which yields nothing--visually--to the PC, um,
> > > "experience."
> > <snipped>