Richard Burns Rally - Thanks Jason!

I saw Richard Burns Rally for the PS2 today lying in a shop. I read the posts here from Jason Moyer, and allthough I have become very suspicious about previews and hype since Spirit of Speed '37 (and Rally Trophy too I must admit), I took the gamble and bought it. And boy does it live up to the hype.. this -sim- is freaking awesome!! Simply everything I read in the previews is there. The most important thing, the feeling of driving a rally car, is simply fantastic. The learning curve is very steep, on a 10km stage on average I need the help of the public about 30 times to get my car back on the road, reminds me of the first days driving GPL. Thankfully there is a rally school to teach you how to drive these beasts.. Allthough I played Mobil 1 a couple of years on the pc, I admit I am very gratefull for this rally school :) There are a couple of things that could be improved (cockpit view is in the middle instead of drivers position, loading times) but that is what sequels are for ;) I can't wait to buy this baby for the pc so I can play it with my Momo and pedals instead of the Dualshock2 :) I read a post here complaining about the sound.. I don't think there is much wrong with the sound, especially when you knocked your door off the car the engine sounds great imho.. If you have a PS2 or XBOX, buy it now, mostly because these guys deserve the money for having the balls to release a SIM for a console ;) So ehh.. Thanks Jason :) Andre

Andre Warringa wrote: > I can't wait to buy this baby for the pc so I can play it with my Momo > and pedals instead of the Dualshock2 :) > Hi, I don't know about Momo Racing but if yours is a Momo Force (red one), you can plug it in your PS2 USB port and enjoy wheel racing (don't forget to tell the game to use linear steering, each time I laucnh the game, I have to tell it to the PS2)

Not sure if this is out on the PC yet (perhaps in Europe?) but if so... Has anyone been able to compare/contrast the PS2 or XBOX version with the PC version? Obviously the PC version will have better graphics, but I've got a pretty mediocre system (AMD 1.8 Ghz w/64meg GeForce 4 MX video card and 512mb of RAM) so I'm sure I'll have to tune down the graphics a bit to be able to get decent framerate on my PC which might make the two versions fairly equal. Any thoughts? TIA Jay J "Jean Fi Chevalier" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:41228364$0$13692$[email hidden]...

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> Andre Warringa wrote: > > I can't wait to buy this baby for the pc so I can play it with my Momo > > and pedals instead of the Dualshock2 :) > > > > Hi, > I don't know about Momo Racing but if yours is a Momo Force (red one), > you can plug it in your PS2 USB port and enjoy wheel racing (don't > forget to tell the game to use linear steering, each time I laucnh the > game, I have to tell it to the PS2)

"Jay J" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jrxUc.177047$eM2.52600@attbi_s51... <snip> > Not sure if this is out on the PC yet (perhaps in Europe?) but if so...Has > anyone been able to compare/contrast the PS2 or XBOX version with the PC > version? PC version due in September http://www.gogamer.com/cgi-bin/GoGamer.storefront/SESSIONID/Product/View/001RIC

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:15:56 +0200, Jean Fi Chevalier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hi, >I don't know about Momo Racing but if yours is a Momo Force (red one), >you can plug it in your PS2 USB port and enjoy wheel racing (don't >forget to tell the game to use linear steering, each time I laucnh the >game, I have to tell it to the PS2) Seriously?? I have the Momo Force, I didn't know this.. Going to try this out tonight, thanks for the tip! Bye Andre

A review of the PC version is out - and also backs up all the hype. See http://www.bhmotorsports.com/preview/RBR The Author is an experienced SIM racer with a lot of GPL and rally trophy experience, but had to suck in his pride and go back to rally school in order to get around the stages in one piece. He claims that after 6 hours of driving, he has only learned how to do the fast corners well, and still can't slide around the slow corners well. I'll be very interersted to see what happens to me when I try the same thing. I have 10+ years experience real world rally driving experience, but not in 4WD WRC cars, so suspect that I'll be caught out as well. Tim "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >I saw Richard Burns Rally for the PS2 today lying in a shop. I read > the posts here from Jason Moyer, and allthough I have become very > suspicious about previews and hype since Spirit of Speed '37 (and > Rally Trophy too I must admit), I took the gamble and bought it. > > And boy does it live up to the hype.. this -sim- is freaking awesome!!

Keep us posted, Tim! "eppy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:t54Wc.4966$P%[email hidden]...

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> A review of the PC version is out - and also backs up all the hype. > > See http://www.bhmotorsports.com/preview/RBR > > The Author is an experienced SIM racer with a lot of GPL and rally trophy > experience, but had to suck in his pride and go back to rally school in > order to get around the stages in one piece. He claims that after 6 hours

of > driving, he has only learned how to do the fast corners well, and still > can't slide around the slow corners well. > > I'll be very interersted to see what happens to me when I try the same > thing. I have 10+ years experience real world rally driving experience,but

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> not in 4WD WRC cars, so suspect that I'll be caught out as well. > > Tim > > > > > > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >I saw Richard Burns Rally for the PS2 today lying in a shop. I read > > the posts here from Jason Moyer, and allthough I have become very > > suspicious about previews and hype since Spirit of Speed '37 (and > > Rally Trophy too I must admit), I took the gamble and bought it. > > > > And boy does it live up to the hype.. this -sim- is freaking awesome!! > >

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:15:56 +0200, Jean Fi Chevalier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hi, >I don't know about Momo Racing but if yours is a Momo Force (red one), >you can plug it in your PS2 USB port and enjoy wheel racing (don't >forget to tell the game to use linear steering, each time I laucnh the >game, I have to tell it to the PS2) I tested it today and it works perfect! Now I'm even more enthousiastic about RBR than I allready was..the handling of the car is just totally awesome. I'm surprised there is not much talk about RBR here on RAS, I think this is going to change once the pc version has been released ;) Bye Andre

Andre Warringa wrote:

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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:15:56 +0200, Jean Fi Chevalier > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >>Hi, >>I don't know about Momo Racing but if yours is a Momo Force (red one), >>you can plug it in your PS2 USB port and enjoy wheel racing (don't >>forget to tell the game to use linear steering, each time I laucnh the >>game, I have to tell it to the PS2) > > > I tested it today and it works perfect! Now I'm even more > enthousiastic about RBR than I allready was..the handling of the car > is just totally awesome. > > I'm surprised there is not much talk about RBR here on RAS, I think > this is going to change once the pc version has been released ;) > > Bye > Andre

I agree, I set my son's Momo wheel up with the ps2 over the weekend. Took a while to get the hang of it, but must say I'm very impressed and looking forward to the pc version.

It's gone gold. Andi. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9Y6Wc.165724$[email hidden]...

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> Keep us posted, Tim! > > "eppy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:t54Wc.4966$P%[email hidden]... > > A review of the PC version is out - and also backs up all the hype. > > > > See http://www.bhmotorsports.com/preview/RBR > > > > The Author is an experienced SIM racer with a lot of GPL and rally

trophy > > experience, but had to suck in his pride and go back to rally school in > > order to get around the stages in one piece. He claims that after 6hours

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> of > > driving, he has only learned how to do the fast corners well, and still > > can't slide around the slow corners well. > > > > I'll be very interersted to see what happens to me when I try the same > > thing. I have 10+ years experience real world rally driving experience, > but > > not in 4WD WRC cars, so suspect that I'll be caught out as well. > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > >I saw Richard Burns Rally for the PS2 today lying in a shop. I read > > > the posts here from Jason Moyer, and allthough I have become very > > > suspicious about previews and hype since Spirit of Speed '37 (and > > > Rally Trophy too I must admit), I took the gamble and bought it. > > > > > > And boy does it live up to the hype.. this -sim- is freaking awesome!! > > > > > >

It's spelt wrong that's why it's not talked about much here, they need to rename it Gichard Purns Lally ;-) Andi. "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:15:56 +0200, Jean Fi Chevalier > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > SNIP > > I'm surprised there is not much talk about RBR here on RAS, I think > this is going to change once the pc version has been released ;) > > Bye > Andre