OK, you've played more up to date versions of this game than we have, so can
you say whether the physics model has had a complete overhaul or not? I sent
this mini complaint to a freind of mine who doesn't have the hardware
necessary to try for himself, and I'd like to know if things like this have
been improved upon:
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Folks who defend the game against the 'GPL crowd' (as we are known - I think
it's meant to imply that we're all snobs who will never be happy with
anything else) put it to us that we have to take into account the fact that
the demo is a fwd Ibiza and of course won't handle the same as a 1967 GP car.
Those people miss the point completely. The handling model in the demo is
plain bad. Funny, but I don't remember complaining about the handling of fwd
cars in Gran Turismo... I want a good rally sim very badly. RC has cars
that look great, courses that look great, but drives like a f***ing dog.
Example - you tearing down a narrow country lane as, say, 80mph. You clip a
haybail (just clip, mind you). Let's do some multiple choice. What should
happen next? a) the car continues on and you hardly notice it. b) the car
continues but only after you've recovered from a hairy moment and you've done
a little wing damage. c) the bail turns out to be solid - as if it's made out
of concrete (think Tommi at last years RAC), and the car gets thrown into an
unrecoverable spin. d) the car stops dead. 80 - 0 in 0.0 secs.
a), b) and to a lesser extent c) are acceptable but d) is what we get. Hey,
I'm no physicist, but come on... etc
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not flaming you, I just have a genuine question. All
I've seen are vague "stop complaining about beta code" comments rather than
any hint as to what has -actually- improved. Saying that a bunch of rally
drivers have driven it and reported good things means nothing to me. For all
I know, their 'virtual' racing experience may only be about as extensive as
Pole Position or Out Run and by those standards of course RC is going to come
across as ultra realistic.
I will be mighty pissed off if, after all these boasts of ultra-realism, we
have another lame Europress rally title. Unfounded claims of realism
seriously bug me. I want RC to be all the developers claim it to be, I
really do. I can't wait to get hold of a decent rally -simulation-
Tell me that there'll be a demo featuring the driving model we'll get in the
final product, because on the strength of what I've played (don't get mad at
me jusdging a beta - that's all I've got), I'll be waiting a good while yet
for the simulation I want.
Cheers
Mark
Reading, UK
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