Re: Anyone played M25 Racing?

Try http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/driving/m25_uk/ -- John Hartridge [email hidden] Craig Jones wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Is it any good? I haven't been able to find any reviews on the 'net, >so far. > > >* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * >The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! >

Don't bother... First of all, it's made by Davilex, a small Dutch company with a bad trackrecord where games are concerned. review at http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/gdr.cgi?zones/reviews/pc/oct99/m25.html cheers Datoner

Is it any good? I haven't been able to find any reviews on the 'net, so far. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

Well, that's because they sell their titles at $25 and hype it all up...Everyone wants to race on the freeway, so that's why it sells...Davilex released A2 Racer II (Dutch Freeway, A2 I mean) and that scored bigtime...At least, it was better than #1, which I needed two tries for to complete... -- Kenneth Verburg Webmaster/Editor-in-chief High Gear http://www.simracingnews.com

...and this success is one of the biggest enigmas in the history of racing games. I never tried the game, but all comments I ever read about it said: "It sucks!"... CU Zolli

Why bother with the sim ;-) Mark

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> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:59:38 +0200, > >Don't bother... > >First of all, it's made by Davilex, a small Dutch company with a bad > >trackrecord where games are concerned. > >review at > >http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/gdr.cgi?zones/reviews/pc/oct99/m25.html > >cheers > >Datoner > This review says that their previous title 'Autobahn Racer' > sold 500,000 copies. That sounds pretty successful to me... :) > http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/driving/m25_uk/ > -- > * rrevved at mindspring dot com > * http://www.cabal.net

These games (there were only German and Dutch version until now) are sold at ALL kinds of shops ("Hello sir, so you want a refrigerator?" "No, a computer!" "Ah, well, look here: this model is exactly right for you!"), very cheap, with BIG adverti***ts by people who know nothing at all about racing on computers ("Hi John, what kind of OS do you run on your computer?" "Er... Wordperfect... Yeah, that's it... Great system...") The big succes lies in the fact that in Germany and Holland these were the first games with well known places of their OWN country. ("Ah nice, Amsterdam! Hm, cheap too. Wow, the back of the box says it's great! Honey, may I buy this? Please, darling?") I've played the Dutch versions, and they were both INCREDIBLE CRAP. And still they were in the top 5 of software games for months... Even at nr. 1! It's a miracle. The world is filled woth morons. Anyway, if you ever played a racing game (be it Motorhead or GPL, Screamer or Nascar 2) and you liked any of those, don't bother about these Davilex games. They suck big time. And I'm ashamed they are made by a Dutch company. Jeroen Ed Bain heeft geschreven in bericht

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>On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:59:38 +0200, >>Don't bother... >>First of all, it's made by Davilex, a small Dutch company with a bad >>trackrecord where games are concerned. >>review at >>[link lost in import] >>cheers >>Datoner >This review says that their previous title 'Autobahn Racer' >sold 500,000 copies. That sounds pretty successful to me... :) >http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/driving/m25_uk/ >-- >* rrevved at mindspring dot com >* http://www.cabal.net

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 05:41:05 -0700, Craig Jones >Is it any good? I haven't been able to find any reviews on the 'net, >so far. >* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * >The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! It's OK for about 5 seconds then you'll want to do something more interesting like crochet or stabbing your eyes with an ice pick. I dont understand it. This format (street racing in "regular" cars) obviously has a lot of appeal to people (me included) but none of the games make even the attemt to be realistic. The closest thing to it so far has been (I'm putting on the Nomex suit now <G> flame away) Grand Tourismo.

From the replies, this sounds like the Euro equivalent of our "Deer Hunter" series over here. Sell 'em about half or less the price of other software, and sell 'em in Wal-Mart, etc. - and you set sales records. :-) -- Ken's Sig 3.01 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi Go #43 and #44! volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:59:38 +0200, > >Don't bother... > >First of all, it's made by Davilex, a small Dutch company with a bad > >trackrecord where games are concerned. > >review at > >http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/gdr.cgi?zones/reviews/pc/oct99/m25.html > >cheers > >Datoner > This review says that their previous title 'Autobahn Racer' > sold 500,000 copies. That sounds pretty successful to me... :) > http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/driving/m25_uk/ > -- > * rrevved at mindspring dot com > * http://www.cabal.net