Has anyone tried this yet, or know anything about it?
http://www.dakar-rally-game.com/english/index.html
And here's a High Gear article:
http://www.sportplanet.com/hg/article.php?page=1&id=31
As far as I know, only the PS2 version will be
shipping to the United States. The PC version
will only ship in Europe and, later, other non-US
markets. This follows the pattern set by
Broadsword's previous title, Spirit of Speed 1937.
On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 15:10:57 GMT, "George"
- poor graphics
- poor car control
- no force feedback
- clumsy menu, mainly because it's a cheap conversion of the PS2 game,
for example you can't use your keyboard when you enter your name
Good have been a good arcade racer, unfortunately it isn't.
Andre
And I was REALLY looking forward to this one too! :-(
> >Has anyone tried this yet, or know anything about it?
> Yes, avoid it, major crap:
> - poor graphics
> - poor car control
> - no force feedback
> - clumsy menu, mainly because it's a cheap conversion of the PS2 game,
> for example you can't use your keyboard when you enter your name
> Good have been a good arcade racer, unfortunately it isn't.
> Andre
Well.. I'm not really too much into pure arcade racers so I didn't
really look forward to this one, since it was made by Acclaim, who
only produce arcade games.
But the preview on the High Gear site did sound good - repairing your
vehicle, finding the fastest route, 25km stages..
Well - repairing is done by pressing a fire button and your car is
repaired immediately, the 25km stages are split up into 4 x 6km
stages, and each stage has one or two simple branches which is the
'finding the fastest route' part.
Anyway, the control of the car is so bad, and you can't adjust
anything like deadzone or something like that in the game, it's really
not worth it. Shame indeed.
And what an annoying type I made here, this should have been
'Could have been' ofcourse :)
Andre
On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:08:29 GMT, Andre Warringa
>>Shit!
>>And I was REALLY looking forward to this one too! :-(
>Well.. I'm not really too much into pure arcade racers so I didn't
>really look forward to this one, since it was made by Acclaim, who
>only produce arcade games.
>But the preview on the High Gear site did sound good - repairing your
>vehicle, finding the fastest route, 25km stages..
>Well - repairing is done by pressing a fire button and your car is
>repaired immediately, the 25km stages are split up into 4 x 6km
>stages, and each stage has one or two simple branches which is the
>'finding the fastest route' part.
>Anyway, the control of the car is so bad, and you can't adjust
>anything like deadzone or something like that in the game, it's really
>not worth it. Shame indeed.
>>> Good have been a good arcade racer, unfortunately it isn't.
>And what an annoying type I made here, this should have been
>'Could have been' ofcourse :)
>Andre
hmmm, I'll have to look for that deadzone util, that's my only grief
with dakar.
I'd have to say, I think it's better than any other "arcadey" driving
game I've played: when you go over those steep rises and catch airt it
looks pretty neat, and the scenery is pretty cool.. only things I
don't like is you can't customize the response of the wheel, and I
can't find any advanced graphics options. but it runs ok on my system:
PII 400, geforce mx 32meg card.
the only other driving games I like are GPL and GP3 :)
I think it's great for a "lighter" game.
you can drive the buggy, a dirt bike, an ATV, or a truck. and it's
funny when you crash & the hood keeps coming up, or the wheels wobble
& affect steering. graphics are great. it's not really a sim though.
I thought porsche unleashed was much worse.
>On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:08:29 GMT, Andre Warringa
>>>Shit!
>>>And I was REALLY looking forward to this one too! :-(
>>Well.. I'm not really too much into pure arcade racers so I didn't
>>really look forward to this one, since it was made by Acclaim, who
>>only produce arcade games.
>>But the preview on the High Gear site did sound good - repairing your
>>vehicle, finding the fastest route, 25km stages..
>>Well - repairing is done by pressing a fire button and your car is
>>repaired immediately, the 25km stages are split up into 4 x 6km
>>stages, and each stage has one or two simple branches which is the
>>'finding the fastest route' part.
>>Anyway, the control of the car is so bad, and you can't adjust
>>anything like deadzone or something like that in the game, it's really
>>not worth it. Shame indeed.
>>>> Good have been a good arcade racer, unfortunately it isn't.
>>And what an annoying type I made here, this should have been
>>'Could have been' ofcourse :)
>>Andre
>Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/
And the utility here:
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/ctfjv320.zip
And you can find an article on using it here:
http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar01/stick.html
Who knows? Maybe the settings for Spirit of Speed
will work for Paris-Dakar?
On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:27:27 GMT, da fool
>hmmm, I'll have to look for that deadzone util, that's my only grief
>with dakar.
> I'd have to say, I think it's better than any other "arcadey" driving
>game I've played: when you go over those steep rises and catch airt it
>looks pretty neat, and the scenery is pretty cool.. only things I
>don't like is you can't customize the response of the wheel, and I
>can't find any advanced graphics options. but it runs ok on my system:
>PII 400, geforce mx 32meg card.
> the only other driving games I like are GPL and GP3 :)
> I think it's great for a "lighter" game.
> you can drive the buggy, a dirt bike, an ATV, or a truck. and it's
>funny when you crash & the hood keeps coming up, or the wheels wobble
>& affect steering. graphics are great. it's not really a sim though.
> I thought porsche unleashed was much worse.
>>Can't adjust the deadzone, eh? Sounds like a job
>>for CTFJ3.2, the configuration utility that makes
>>all the difference in Spirit of Speed. :)
>>On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:08:29 GMT, Andre Warringa
>>>>Shit!
>>>>And I was REALLY looking forward to this one too! :-(
>>>Well.. I'm not really too much into pure arcade racers so I didn't
>>>really look forward to this one, since it was made by Acclaim, who
>>>only produce arcade games.
>>>But the preview on the High Gear site did sound good - repairing your
>>>vehicle, finding the fastest route, 25km stages..
>>>Well - repairing is done by pressing a fire button and your car is
>>>repaired immediately, the 25km stages are split up into 4 x 6km
>>>stages, and each stage has one or two simple branches which is the
>>>'finding the fastest route' part.
>>>Anyway, the control of the car is so bad, and you can't adjust
>>>anything like deadzone or something like that in the game, it's really
>>>not worth it. Shame indeed.
>>>>> Good have been a good arcade racer, unfortunately it isn't.
>>>And what an annoying type I made here, this should have been
>>>'Could have been' ofcourse :)
>>>Andre
>>Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....
On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:27:27 GMT, da fool
>hmmm, I'll have to look for that deadzone util, that's my only grief
>with dakar.
<snip>
> I thought porsche unleashed was much worse.
Andre
> On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:27:27 GMT, da fool
> >hmmm, I'll have to look for that deadzone util, that's my only grief
> >with dakar.
> <snip>
> > I thought porsche unleashed was much worse.
> Okokok, listen, I respect other opinions, and I think it's really
> great you enjoy Paris-Dakar, but that last statement doesn't make any
> sense!! NFS:PU even came close to being a sim, only let down by the
> overdone reactions of the cars. Anyway, it actually feels like you're
> driving a car in Porsche. Which cannot be said about Paris-Dakar.
> Sorry if I seem a little agressive now :), but stating that
> Paris-Dakar is better than NFS:PU made me fall off my chair :))
> Andre
:-p
;-)
-- JB
On Wed, 05 Sep 2001 18:03:51 GMT,
>:-p
>;-)
>-- JB
>>Can't adjust the deadzone, eh? Sounds like a job
>>for CTFJ3.2, the configuration utility that makes
>>all the difference in Spirit of Speed. :)