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Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

Hans de Hee

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Hans de Hee » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:47:52


Okay... this is freaking unbelievable!! The review has been changed
*totally*! Did this guy Richard Manley ever play the demo, or what???

Cheers, Hans

Hans de Hee

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Hans de Hee » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:50:09



This quote's hilarious:

"Highly recommended if you're a rally fan! Immensely fun if you have a
steering wheel and pedal set. This is probably the first rally sim to date
in which a wheel is actually useable, and probably superior to keyboard."

A racing sim where a wheel is probably superior to keyboard.... would you
believe it!!! :))) What kind of an idiot is this???

Cheers, Hans

Tim Epstei

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Tim Epstei » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:15:43

The differences in the article are hillarious!!! The reviewer must have a
had a hell of a kick up the backside for writing this. I wish I had a copy
of the orginal somewhere to fully quote.


"The car handling is just not as realistic... The cars don't seem to want to
turn when you are braking at the same time."

"Also the brakes feel like they don't slow you down fast enough, and the
gravel track in the demo is a tad too slippery. But that could just be me,
as I'm used to the more arcade-like car handling in the Colin Mcrae series."

heheheh.. He was forced to admit that he's used to acade like driving.

Good stuff folks for those that complained!!!


Andi Col

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Andi Col » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:47:47

That's astonishing! I only read the old one a few hours ago and was actually
preparing a response. Damn I wish I had a copy of his original. Strange it
still only get's 60%.

So Cronk, what do you say now?

Andi.

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> The differences in the article are hillarious!!! The reviewer must have a
> had a hell of a kick up the backside for writing this. I wish I had a copy
> of the orginal somewhere to fully quote.


> "The car handling is just not as realistic... The cars don't seem to want
to
> turn when you are braking at the same time."

> Now he writes:

> "Also the brakes feel like they don't slow you down fast enough, and the
> gravel track in the demo is a tad too slippery. But that could just be me,
> as I'm used to the more arcade-like car handling in the Colin Mcrae
series."

> heheheh.. He was forced to admit that he's used to acade like driving.

> Good stuff folks for those that complained!!!



> > To quote:

> > "According to the publisher, Richard Burns Rally is the most realistic
> > rally sim to date in terms of car handling, physics, and graphics.
> > Unfortunately, after playing this demo, I must report that this is not
> > the case at all. Colin Mcrae Rally 2004 or the recently released 2005
> > are both superior in terms of handling and physics, while the graphics
> > are equally as good when comparing the two franchises."

> > Couldn't agree more.

> > http://www.pcgameworld.com/details.php/id/5530/

Destro

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Destro » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:46:55


> That's astonishing! I only read the old one a few hours ago and was actually
> preparing a response. Damn I wish I had a copy of his original. Strange it
> still only get's 60%.

> So Cronk, what do you say now?

Ok got it, here's what the reviewer wrote originally:

"A fun demo, but unfortunately the game doesn't live up to the hype the
publisher created.

According to the publisher, Richard Burns Rally is the most realistic
rally sim to date in terms of car handling, physics, and graphics.
Unfortunately, after playing this demo, I must report that this is not
the case at all. Colin Mcrae Rally 2004 or the recently released 2005
are both superior in terms of handling and physics, while the graphics
are equally as good when comparing the two franchises.

So, what's wrong with Richard Burns Rally? The car handling is just not
as realistic as I had hoped. In fact, it doesn't really come close. Four
wheel drive turbo vehicles (especially Million-dollar WRC cars) have
some of the best handling of any race car. Yet in this demo, the cars
handled more like old station wagons. The cars don't seem to want to
turn when you are braking at the same time.

The steering tends to oversteer when you first tap left or right, and
then understeer once you actually start to turn. This makes it very
difficult to accurately bring the tail out and slide around corners as
you will usually oversteer. It also doesn't help when you are trying to
correct a slide, as you have to then fight the understeer.

Recommended if you're a rally fan, and good fun for a quick thrash
around the tracks in this demo, but unless they make changes to the
driving model I wouldn't recommend purchasing the game based on this
demo alone.

Demo review by Richard Manley."

Uwe Sch??rkam

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Uwe Sch??rkam » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:27:00


> "EL" wrote...
>> LMAO...

>> Someone shootheto guy....no the one who did the review. I'm
>> sure that guy ride a bicycle to work...

> Ok, now I'm offended. While I enjoy RBR, I do ride a bicycle to work (which
> sane person would bother using a car to travel 3.56km?).

me too Jan! You know, somebody has to save the planet, it's got to be
us if it's not them.

I do a healthy 12km to work and back total every day on my bicycles
(with a 20min. train ride in between), and there simply is no better way to
get to work and back then cycling (if you have the right
clothing). I've tried it all, car, Honda CX500, but the bike / train /
bike combo rules. You arrive fresh, in good shape and thoroughly woken
up, even after a rough night out with the lads. People should try it
sometime.

uwe

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ymenar

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by ymenar » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:26:27


> Couldn't agree more.

I have to say, it's been a while since our last pure troll in this NG.
Thanks.

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cron

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by cron » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:43:07



> > That's astonishing! I only read the old one a few hours ago and was actually
> > preparing a response. Damn I wish I had a copy of his original. Strange it
> > still only get's 60%.

> > So Cronk, what do you say now?

Haha yea it's quite funny the guy has completely changed his opinion
now.

I didn't really agree with his original comments especially with
regard to CMR's physics being superior, I was just trying to wind you
guys up. :P

Steve Simpso

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Steve Simpso » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:59:17

I tried it but arriving at work in Summer sticky and dripping with sweat and
then having to spend a day in an office in that state isn't the most
appealing of things...

ymenar

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by ymenar » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:38:01


> Because one single look into the garage settings would have told him that
> perhaps the brake balance is set too much to the front,

I doubt the original author of the review would even know what is brake
balance and how it affects handling.

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Uwe Sch??rkam

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Uwe Sch??rkam » Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:31:06


> I tried it but arriving at work in Summer sticky and dripping with sweat and
> then having to spend a day in an office in that state isn't the most
> appealing of things...

spare T-Shirt / Shirt maybe? I think we even have a shower in the
office, but 4km hardly warms me up, so it's seldom necessary. Also,
most of the year it's either raining, snowing or both here, so sweat
isn't all that much of a problem ;-)

cheers uwe

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Joachim Trens

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by Joachim Trens » Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:58:39

...

...
That could be true...

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Mike Beaucham

Finally a decent, honest review of RBR (demo)

by Mike Beaucham » Tue, 05 Oct 2004 13:43:25

I also cycle to school every day.. 10KM's each way. I've done 176KM in a day
and I don't own a car or even plan on getting my licence.

Mike
http://mikebeauchamp.com



>> "EL" wrote...
>>> LMAO...

>>> Someone shootheto guy....no the one who did the review. I'm
>>> sure that guy ride a bicycle to work...

>> Ok, now I'm offended. While I enjoy RBR, I do ride a bicycle to work
>> (which
>> sane person would bother using a car to travel 3.56km?).

> me too Jan! You know, somebody has to save the planet, it's got to be
> us if it's not them.

> I do a healthy 12km to work and back total every day on my bicycles
> (with a 20min. train ride in between), and there simply is no better way
> to
> get to work and back then cycling (if you have the right
> clothing). I've tried it all, car, Honda CX500, but the bike / train /
> bike combo rules. You arrive fresh, in good shape and thoroughly woken
> up, even after a rough night out with the lads. People should try it
> sometime.

> uwe

> --
> mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox)
> Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/
> Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E)
> GPG Fingerprint:  2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F  67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61


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