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by **Ice** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

The guys at NFS seem to have hit the nail pretty much on the head with
Porsche Unleashed. Unfortunately, judging from the development in past NFS
titles, that's probably no guarantee for comparable quality in future NFS
games. For instance: I personally liked NFS 3, but I didn't care much for
NFS 4.
So what do you think: will Motor City be just as good or even better than
NFS PU, car physics-wise? Or could it just as well be some screwed up game?

Greetings, Ice D

by **himrli..** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Hard to say. The physics engine from Motor City is allegedly not the
same as the engine used in Porsche Unleashed. Also, there has
reportedly been some fairly substantial employee turnover following
the arrival of Mark Ryder, late of GT Interactive. This has suggested
to some folks that Motor City may be delayed. Then again, none of
this may have any effect on the quality or production schedule. Time
will tell.

>The guys at NFS seem to have hit the nail pretty much on the head with
>Porsche Unleashed. Unfortunately, judging from the development in past NFS
>titles, that's probably no guarantee for comparable quality in future NFS
>games. For instance: I personally liked NFS 3, but I didn't care much for
>NFS 4.
>So what do you think: will Motor City be just as good or even better than
>NFS PU, car physics-wise? Or could it just as well be some screwed up game?

>Greetings, Ice D

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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Mention was made in a preview of a "four point" physics model for the Motor
City game as well...

Stephen

> Hard to say. The physics engine from Motor City is allegedly not the
> same as the engine used in Porsche Unleashed. Also, there has
> reportedly been some fairly substantial employee turnover following
> the arrival of Mark Ryder, late of GT Interactive. This has suggested
> to some folks that Motor City may be delayed. Then again, none of
> this may have any effect on the quality or production schedule. Time
> will tell.

> >The guys at NFS seem to have hit the nail pretty much on the head with
> >Porsche Unleashed. Unfortunately, judging from the development in past
NFS
> >titles, that's probably no guarantee for comparable quality in future NFS
> >games. For instance: I personally liked NFS 3, but I didn't care much for
> >NFS 4.
> >So what do you think: will Motor City be just as good or even better than
> >NFS PU, car physics-wise? Or could it just as well be some screwed up
game?

> >Greetings, Ice D

> Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

by **Rich** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>The guys at NFS seem to have hit the nail pretty much on the head with
>Porsche Unleashed. Unfortunately, judging from the development in past NFS
>titles, that's probably no guarantee for comparable quality in future NFS
>games. For instance: I personally liked NFS 3, but I didn't care much for
>NFS 4.
>So what do you think: will Motor City be just as good or even better than
>NFS PU, car physics-wise? Or could it just as well be some screwed up game?

>Greetings, Ice D

hmm i thought nfs 3 was much worse than 4, which was better in most
departments, the games seem to be getting better and better, thought 2
and 3 were worse than the first one.

IMO ;)

by **Ice** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> >The guys at NFS seem to have hit the nail pretty much on the head with
> >Porsche Unleashed. Unfortunately, judging from the development in past
NFS
> >titles, that's probably no guarantee for comparable quality in future NFS
> >games. For instance: I personally liked NFS 3, but I didn't care much for
> >NFS 4.
> hmm i thought nfs 3 was much worse than 4, which was better in most
> departments,

I've always felt that the car's engines felt and sounded sort of 'whiny' in
NFS 4, very annoying.

You must surely mean:
"... *though* 2 and 3 were worse than the first one"? If not, you're
contradicting yourself... :-)

Ice D

by **Ice** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I guess it would be stupid if they didn't use it, so let's hope for the
best. Apart from that, the screenshots seem more than ok, IMO.

Ice D

by **Scott Whit** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

One thing that should be noted is....EA Canada developed NFS1 and NFS
5.....All the other NFS's were not made by EA Canada....NFSMC is not being
developed by EA Canada so I would expect it to have a more arcade feel based
on the history of non EA Canada NFS's

by **Pete** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Maybe, they should have all their titles done in Canada! :-)

Pete

by **Joe6** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Hard to say. The physics engine from Motor City is allegedly not the
>same as the engine used in Porsche Unleashed.

Funny, I read that it was the same, in a couple different articles.

Joe McGinn
_____________________
Radical Entertainment

by **Joe6** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> Maybe, they should have all their titles done in Canada! :-)

Everyone knows all the best game developers are here in Vancouver
(nudge nudge, wink wink). ;-)

Joe McGinn
_____________________
Radical Entertainment

by **Doug Hoo** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Like this one for example....

"Motor City is set in one of the classic periods of the last century (wow,
that feels wierd) and features all manner of american muscle cars of the
time. Based on a heavily modified version of the Porsche Unleashed engine,
we can expect some of the same awesome collisions and great handling"

> >Hard to say. The physics engine from Motor City is allegedly not the
> >same as the engine used in Porsche Unleashed.

> Funny, I read that it was the same, in a couple different articles.

> Joe McGinn
> _____________________
> Radical Entertainment

by **himrli..** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I have since read that it is a "heavily modified" version of the
Porsche Unleashed engine. Let's face it, kids. We're all in
RumorLand here. :P

>>Hard to say. The physics engine from Motor City is allegedly not the
>>same as the engine used in Porsche Unleashed.

>Funny, I read that it was the same, in a couple different articles.

>Joe McGinn
>_____________________
>Radical Entertainment

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

by **Rich** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>> Maybe, they should have all their titles done in Canada! :-)

>Everyone knows all the best game developers are here in Vancouver
>(nudge nudge, wink wink). ;-)

>Joe McGinn
>_____________________
>Radical Entertainment

or more to the point is nfs : motor city and nfs canada product ??

by **Pete** » Sat, 15 Apr 2000 04:00:00

NFS1 and NFS5 were made in Canada I'm not sure
who is doing Motor city.

Pete

by **Mike Schwar** » Sat, 15 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Like this one for example....

>"Motor City is set in one of the classic periods of the last century (wow,
>that feels wierd) and features all manner of american muscle cars of the
>time. Based on a heavily modified version of the Porsche Unleashed engine,
>we can expect some of the same awesome collisions and great handling"

"Great handling" is not what I think of when I think of classic American muscle
cars.

Mike

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