rec.autos.simulators

Here's a snip taken from www.gamespot.com

"The game is aimed at the general gamer rather than the hard-core racing
sim enthusiast, and while the complete version will have a number of car
set-up options, the developer admits that's not the main focus of the
game."

38 tracks of pure arcade fun?

--
Philippe "Philster" Sergerie

Brian

Take a look at this screen shot.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/,11105,529439-...
tml

The way the car is loading on the left side doesn't look arcade to me.

Keep in mind this is the next generation of a surprisingly good PS One game
Jarrett and Labonte racing.  J&L had good physics, very good AI (better than
you'd believe for a PS One game since it was better than any PC racer other
than GPL), and impressive damage modeling.  I have faith that they won't
take a step BACK from J&L.

It may not be *** from a set-up perspective but I think it will be far
more sim than arcade.

--
Joe Marques

http://www.racesimcentral.net/,11105,529439-...
   Impressive screenshots...but....one scary thing....15 or 20 pics...at
least 3 different styles of cars, tracks from all over the world...and not
ONE***pit shot.  Not even a shot just to show they have***pits....it's
the same over and over.
dave henrie

Gerry

"Gerry Aitken" > At least It's got women with BIG***in it :).
  must be plans for night racing with THOSE headlights.
dave(did I say that?)henrie

"Codemasters estimates that the full game will take between 20 and 30 hours
to complete."

In some games, I've spent more time practicing at one track than this!
Looks like *** simmers might be able to whip through it with ease,
depending on how well the adaptive AI is coded.  Also, where is the
replayability in this?  If I can complete the whole game in 20 hours (with
38 tracks...), is there enough left in the game to warrant me wanting to
play it over again?

I think this may be a "wait and see" despite the cool damage modelling.

My 2 cents,
Mike

Granted, but that's not the impression I got from reading the preview.
Mind you, just the damage modeling might be well worth the price of
admission. I also liked the fact that the AI adapts its game based on
your performance ( la GPL before AI patches). Just wanted to spur a
discussion, guess it worked! ;)

--
Joe Marques

--
Joe Marques

You succeeded in spurring a discussion with your "38 tracks of pure arcade
fun".  Here's hoping it's 1000 calories of fun with only 1 calorie of
arcade.  ;0)

--
Joe Marques

Granted, but that's not the impression I got from reading the preview.
Mind you, just the damage modeling might be well worth the price of
admission. I also liked the fact that the AI adapts its game based on
your performance ( la GPL before AI patches). Just wanted to spur a
discussion, guess it worked! ;)

Eldred
--
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
GPLRank - under construction...

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.