Destruction Derby 2: SUCKS - Save your $$$ - I didn't

I can't believe how bad this game is - I'm just glad I didn't sell my copy of DD1 yet -- I'm putting it back on the PC tonight. What's wrong with it? Heck - what's not wrong with it. 1. How can you wreck the other cars if you can't catch them? 2. The sound stinks - where did they get this? Nintendo? 3. Steering is terrible - and no support for wheel 4. Crashed 3 times on me - game just hangs 5. The cars handle terribly 6. You can't use the arrow keys to steer 7. You can't control the graphics 8. No net play - give me a break. What company would put out a racing sim and not offer net play in 1996/97 Take my advice - save your $$$ - I wish I had ... what a disappointment Back to MTM and NFS !! and DD1 Doug -- ===== From the desk of Doug Burg - My Unofficial "Need For Speed" page: -----> http://members.aol.com/speed1racr/html/nfs_main.htm<----- My current list of items forsale at AuctionWeb can be found at: "You can make $$$ or you can make excuses, but you can't make BOTH"

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> I can't believe how bad this game is - I'm just glad I didn't sell my > copy of DD1 yet -- > I'm putting it back on the PC tonight. > What's wrong with it? Heck - what's not wrong with it. > 1. How can you wreck the other cars if you can't catch them? > 2. The sound stinks - where did they get this? Nintendo? > 3. Steering is terrible - and no support for wheel > 4. Crashed 3 times on me - game just hangs > 5. The cars handle terribly > 6. You can't use the arrow keys to steer > 7. You can't control the graphics > 8. No net play - give me a break. What company would put out a racing > sim and not offer net play in 1996/97 > Take my advice - save your $$$ - I wish I had ... > what a disappointment

I agree.. I am very dissapointed.. should've made it a DOS game to begin with.. there's one other annoyance you didn't mention... PAUL PAGE does all the commentary.. That would make me return it before I ever run it!! David Otterness

On Sun, 01 Dec 1996 14:01:42 -0600, David Otterness >I agree.. I am very dissapointed.. should've made it a DOS game to begin >with.. Shrug... my CD has a DOS version (even though it's not mentioned in the manual). Look in the \DOS dir on the CD! The windows version was WAY choppy... the DOS version was better for me. --- [remove the space, above]

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> On Sun, 01 Dec 1996 14:01:42 -0600, David Otterness > >I agree.. I am very dissapointed.. should've made it a DOS game to begin > >with.. > Shrug... my CD has a DOS version (even though it's not mentioned in > the manual). Look in the \DOS dir on the CD! > The windows version was WAY choppy... the DOS version was better for > me. > --- > [remove the space, above]

I tried the DOS version - did you find the cars any easier to hit/wreck? I didn't ... -- ===== From the desk of Doug Burg - My Unofficial "Need For Speed" page: -----> http://members.aol.com/speed1racr/html/nfs_main.htm <----- My current list of items forsale at AuctionWeb can be found at: "You can make $$$ or you can make excuses, but you can't make BOTH"

I picked it up last night and has similar issues. The game requires ALOT of computing power. I have a P133 with Matrox millenium and 48MB of RAM. Still too slow in hi-res. Motion is jerky and control is very difficult. DD1 is much easier. The only thing I see added is an annoying menu that is very slow...but cool looking. Flipping over is neat...but it gets annoying to be flipped over after a while...especially by some lucky/unlucky hit. his #1) They are unbelievabally fast cars...and brakes suck. I'll try it some more...but I'd have to agree on the saving of $$$ Duane

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|> I can't believe how bad this game is - I'm just glad I didn't sell my |> copy of DD1 yet -- |> I'm putting it back on the PC tonight. |> |> What's wrong with it? Heck - what's not wrong with it. |> |> 1. How can you wreck the other cars if you can't catch them? |> 2. The sound stinks - where did they get this? Nintendo? |> 3. Steering is terrible - and no support for wheel |> 4. Crashed 3 times on me - game just hangs |> 5. The cars handle terribly |> 6. You can't use the arrow keys to steer |> 7. You can't control the graphics |> 8. No net play - give me a break. What company would put out a racing |> sim and not offer net play in 1996/97 |> |> Take my advice - save your $$$ - I wish I had ... |> |> what a disappointment |> |> Back to MTM and NFS !! and DD1 |> |> Doug |> -- |> ===== |> From the desk of Doug Burg - My Unofficial "Need For Speed" page: |> -----> http://members.aol.com/speed1racr/html/nfs_main.htm <----- |> My current list of items forsale at AuctionWeb can be found at: |> "You can make $$$ or you can make excuses, but you can't make BOTH"

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> I can't believe how bad this game is - I'm just glad I didn't sell my > copy of DD1 yet -- > I'm putting it back on the PC tonight. > What's wrong with it? Heck - what's not wrong with it. > 1. How can you wreck the other cars if you can't catch them? > 2. The sound stinks - where did they get this? Nintendo? > 3. Steering is terrible - and no support for wheel > 4. Crashed 3 times on me - game just hangs > 5. The cars handle terribly > 6. You can't use the arrow keys to steer > 7. You can't control the graphics > 8. No net play - give me a break. What company would put out a racing > sim and not offer net play in 1996/97 > Take my advice - save your $$$ - I wish I had ... > what a disappointment > Back to MTM and NFS !! and DD1

Id have to agree. I bought it the day it came out and returned it yesterday (HURRAY for electronic Boutique, a software store with a return policy).. Under windows my car always turned left.. The unfortunat part is with a little work this could be a great game. The tracks and bowls are great.. I agree with all 8 points above.. In addition Id like to add... 9) Your car has 4 gears in reverse.. (Ok this isnt impossible but Ive never seen such a transmition. 10) No mention of the dos version anywehre.. But its there. 11) Dos version doesnt suport cyrx processors.. (I have a work around (that I came up with since there tech support was clueless) copy the dos directory form the CD onto you HD.. edit the .cfg file.. (the line says CPU or processor or somesuch.. from 5 to 4). 12) The entire product has the look and feal that they RUSHED it out the door at the last minute. 13) To repair your car use the accel button.. not the return key. 14) I have a problem with a divring game that handles better form the keyboard than with my T2. Jason Rahaim

| > | > I can't believe how bad this game is - I'm just glad I didn't sell my | > copy of DD1 yet -- | > I'm putting it back on the PC tonight. [edited]

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| Id have to agree. I bought it the day it came out and returned it | yesterday (HURRAY for electronic Boutique, a software store with a | return policy).. Under windows my car always turned left.. The | unfortunat part is with a little work this could be a great game. The | tracks and bowls are great.. I agree with all 8 points above.. In | addition Id like to add... | 9) Your car has 4 gears in reverse.. (Ok this isnt impossible but Ive | never seen such a transmition. | 10) No mention of the dos version anywehre.. But its there. | 11) Dos version doesnt suport cyrx processors.. (I have a work around | (that I came up with since there tech support was clueless) copy the | dos directory form the CD onto you HD.. edit the .cfg file.. (the | line says CPU or processor or somesuch.. from 5 to 4). | 12) The entire product has the look and feal that they RUSHED it out | the door at the last minute. | 13) To repair your car use the accel button.. not the return key. | 14) I have a problem with a divring game that handles better form the | keyboard than with my T2.

That is too bad. On the Playstation, it seemed like a lot of fun- at least the 10 minutes I spent with it at Blockbuster Video. I prefer actual sims, so I never intend to buy it. Fact is, one of the Psygnosis chiefs said in an article that their first priority is still the Playstation; perhaps in the port to PC they just don't know their way well enough. Given that most casual gamers (the sort that would buy DD2) on PSX don't have wheel/pedals, it makes sense that this game handles better by keyboard. Their F1 sim, OTOH, definitely needs a wheel. It takes some getting used to if you are used to GP2, but IMO, their F1 is a *fantastic* sim, a masterpiece- i hope they get the port to PC right.

Nope. Just nets me a better frame rate. >===== >From the desk of Doug Burg - My Unofficial "Need For Speed" page: >-----> http://members.aol.com/speed1racr/html/nfs_main.htm <----- >My current list of items forsale at AuctionWeb can be found at: >"You can make $$$ or you can make excuses, but you can't make BOTH" --- [space is for spammers... sentients wishing to respond should take out any spaces in my address]