>No connection, but I 've been hesitating to buy the game for quite a while
>now. How is it ? I like ICR2 if that's any indication. Any details
>appreciated ! TIA !
Need for Speed is _fantastic_. Here's a copy of a message I wrote
about it earlier. It is also much faster than ICR2 (not knowcking
ICR2, it's just a different type of game and game engine). Of all the
"arcade" racers NFS is the one with the most realistic driving and
feel.
>Hi,
>Just wanted to express an opinion that my help anyone decide to
>purchase NFS.
>I had seen the demo and thought it was just another arcade driving
>game. Checked out a friends full version and was really surprised.
>It is professionaly produced and the videos and music is just
>fantastic. It does not have the depth of something like NASCAR
>Racing and the instructions are non existent but you will be playing
>for a long time.
I agree, what a fantastic game! The driving "feel" is very authentic,
it blows all the other "arcade" racers away. The ability to recover
from skids with real-world steering techniques is very impressive.
I'm not 100% sure of this but I think NFS was actually done in EA's
Vancouver, BC office in Canada.
Same with T2 - makes for an incredible driving experience.
My favourite part of the race: on the mountain closed-circuit course,
blasting by the church and flying down that twisty, steep downhull
drop (and trying not to get distracted by the beautiful graphics of
the sun beaming down through the clouds!).
The graphics and gameplay in NFS are nothing short of spectacular -
very close to arcade quality (like Daytona 500), at least on my fast
Pentium. Much, much faster than ICR2; because NFS does not have true
3D roaming cameras (there are different views but you're always
looking forward down the road) I think they were able to use pseudo-3D
tricks to speed it up. I'm pretty sure it's running at 30fps, with
full textures and hi-res. Not to bad at all.
Joe
