BTW, I am running this on a Dell Pentium 120 w/Diamond Stealth 2meg VRAM
card. The graphics are among the best I have ever seen.
> OK..it's been out for a little while now, but I'm sure some ppl have not yet
> seen it and are wondering what sort of a game it is.
> Well, I've got a 486DX2/66 with a VLB Cirrus Logic 5426 with 1 meg of ram,
> 20MB of ram and a double spin CDROM.
> To be honest, I didn't find the game all that exciting because to play in
> hi res (even with low detail (effectively, medium res)) I had to turn down
> a lot of detail and shrink the playing window. The game was still fun, though.
> HOWEVER...I then took the game over to a friend..who has a Pentium 90, Triton
> chipset, and a 2MB ET4000/W32P vid card.
> WOW. W*O*W....Friggin' WOW!!!!
> The game **R**O**C**K**S. FORGET Nascar, Forget Indycar...just generaly forget
> lots of games from the past (I won't say anything about F1GP2 coz I haven't
> had the pleasure of playing it yet, screen shots look nice, though). One
> of the things that REALLY stands out to me about NFS is IMMERSION. Played from
> in car view (with the beautiful dashboard turned on) on a 17" monitor, all
> detail fully on...it was nothing short of amazing. Another big MUST HAVE is
> a good joystick. I played with keyboard for a while..it was ok. Then I threw
> on the ol' Thrustmaster. When you calibrate it properly it's just amazing.
> The driving model is sensational. The hills really add to the feeling of
> movement too. I have to say...the feeling of SPEED in this game really
> comes across well. For example, on the coastal track...after the burnout
> from the line (you don't get the best acceleration, but jeez it's fun) you
> pick up heaps of speed...navigate through a few gentle corners...then you hit
> your first tight corner. Now if you're in a corvette at this stage (a GREAT
> car for this track)...you can really feel the weight of the car as opposed to
> a lighter car like the RX7. Also, during some of the windy segments, you
> really
> get a sense for just how fast you're driving through these roads. You really
> have to hit the anchors to make it round the corners.
> The cars all handle so differently, too. The Viper, for example....you
> approach
> the corner...hit the brakes...begin your turn...but if you hit the throttle
> too much...well, GOODNIGHT BACK END, out she goes :)
> What makes the game for me is the handling, the detail of the graphics,
> the sound, and the fluidity of movement. You need all those things for
> a truly funky racing game....and that's what NFS is.
> The tracks are just senstational, too. The Alpine track has tunnels and
> bridges, with the sound changing appropriately for each.
> Well, this wasn't a very well thought out review, I know..but I've done it
> in a rush, coz guess where I'm headin'...off to my friend's place to
> go play it :)
> Send any questions or comments to address in sig.
> Regards,
> Keith Smith
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> Keith Smith http://www.racesimcentral.net/~keith
> System Administrator "Don't knock it till you've tried it."
> Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne Australia
P.S The cornering IS SHIT, the car says 'PISS OFF' when you try to turn (Without sliding)
GIVE ME F1GP 1&2 any day.
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Steve Hood
"Is this testing whether I'm a replicant, or a ***, Mr Deckard?"
"I'm not in the business... I am the business."
BLADERUNNER.
>> OK..it's been out for a little while now, but I'm sure some ppl have not yet
>> seen it and are wondering what sort of a game it is.
>> Well, I've got a 486DX2/66 with a VLB Cirrus Logic 5426 with 1 meg of ram,
>> 20MB of ram and a double spin CDROM.
>> To be honest, I didn't find the game all that exciting because to play in
>> hi res (even with low detail (effectively, medium res)) I had to turn down
>> a lot of detail and shrink the playing window. The game was still fun, though.
>> HOWEVER...I then took the game over to a friend..who has a Pentium 90, Triton
>> chipset, and a 2MB ET4000/W32P vid card.
>> WOW. W*O*W....Friggin' WOW!!!!
>> The game **R**O**C**K**S. FORGET Nascar, Forget Indycar...just generaly forget
>> lots of games from the past (I won't say anything about F1GP2 coz I haven't
>> had the pleasure of playing it yet, screen shots look nice, though). One
>> of the things that REALLY stands out to me about NFS is IMMERSION. Played from
>> in car view (with the beautiful dashboard turned on) on a 17" monitor, all
>> detail fully on...it was nothing short of amazing. Another big MUST HAVE is
>> a good joystick. I played with keyboard for a while..it was ok. Then I threw
>> on the ol' Thrustmaster. When you calibrate it properly it's just amazing.
>> The driving model is sensational. The hills really add to the feeling of
>> movement too. I have to say...the feeling of SPEED in this game really
>> comes across well. For example, on the coastal track...after the burnout
>> from the line (you don't get the best acceleration, but jeez it's fun) you
>> pick up heaps of speed...navigate through a few gentle corners...then you hit
>> your first tight corner. Now if you're in a corvette at this stage (a GREAT
>> car for this track)...you can really feel the weight of the car as opposed to
>> a lighter car like the RX7. Also, during some of the windy segments, you
>> really
>> get a sense for just how fast you're driving through these roads. You really
>> have to hit the anchors to make it round the corners.
>> The cars all handle so differently, too. The Viper, for example....you
>> approach
>> the corner...hit the brakes...begin your turn...but if you hit the throttle
>> too much...well, GOODNIGHT BACK END, out she goes :)
>> What makes the game for me is the handling, the detail of the graphics,
>> the sound, and the fluidity of movement. You need all those things for
>> a truly funky racing game....and that's what NFS is.
>> The tracks are just senstational, too. The Alpine track has tunnels and
>> bridges, with the sound changing appropriately for each.
>> Well, this wasn't a very well thought out review, I know..but I've done it
>> in a rush, coz guess where I'm headin'...off to my friend's place to
>> go play it :)
>> Send any questions or comments to address in sig.
>> Regards,
>> Keith Smith
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Keith Smith http://papillon.sd.monash.edu.au/~keith
>> System Administrator "Don't knock it till you've tried it."
>> Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne Australia
EXACTLY!!! Thats how everyone should feel!
Actually, I've been wondering lately if NFS _does_ take account of tyre
wear - particularly at the Autumn [whatever] track, where my driving
style consists of taking as many corners as possible sideways, I do seem
to have significantly less grip on the later laps.
The two things that bother me most about NFS's "realism" are:
- no slipstreaming (aka "drafting"). I used to do this on the
road with a 1300cc Fiat, so it must be all the more significant
at these kind of speeds.
- the rough stuff at the sides of the road slows you down 5 or 6
times faster than the brakes do, even if you just put one wheel
over the line at high speed - surely that can't be accurate?
I would expect to have _less_ traction off the road surface.
I do agree that the on-the-road traction modelling is very good -
particularly the Diablo with the front drive cutting in when the
rears spin.
Can't imagine? That is why you prefer NFS, it is for arcade types, F1GP requires driving skill,
strategy, finesse of control and practice. I won EVERY tournament round in NFS the first time I
played it, that's why I've owned it for a week and have returned to F1GP and NASCAR. A helluva nice
looking game but absolutely no depth. The Pamela Anderson of driving games.
Cheers!
John
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>>Stephen John Hood
>>>Actually it becomes a bit ***after a month, well it did on my 3DO.
>>>P.S The cornering IS SHIT, the car says 'PISS OFF' when you try to turn (Without sliding)
>>>GIVE ME F1GP 1&2 any day.
>>EXACTLY!!! Thats how everyone should feel!
> If everyone thought the way you do, Chuckie, we'd spend much
>>>of our day wiping drool of our shirts.
Pity I can't finish F1GP, Indycar and NASCAR as easily as Need For Speed.
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