PCGamer N2 Review

Now that we have argued about the GP2 rating given in PC Gamer, they have reviewed Nascar2. ....strange noone has brought it up yet.... Anyway, he (Todd Vaughn) gave it a 90% rating. I am curious what CONSTRUCTIVE comments people have on this review (no flaming!!). If you agree/disagree after reading the article, please explain exactly why you feel how you feel. I repeat, NO FLAMES on the game or the review, only logical discussion please... -- Matt & Audrey Lewis

Generally, I agree with the review. N2 is a game I find myself going back to again and again. There aren't many games/sims that do that. I don't recall seeing any mention of the save game changes or network and modem play info... Since I don't play multi-player, the save game change is probably the biggest thing that was overlooked. (I don't have the mag here, hopefully I'm recalling this correctly!) What would you give the game if you were reviewing it? Even though it isn't perfect, I think it is an "A" caliber game. A patch should make it a classic, just like the first NASCAR. --

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> Now that we have argued about the GP2 rating given in PC Gamer, they > have reviewed Nascar2. ....strange noone has brought it up yet.... > Anyway, he (Todd Vaughn) gave it a 90% rating. I am curious what > CONSTRUCTIVE comments people have on this review (no flaming!!). If you > agree/disagree after reading the article, please explain exactly why you > feel how you feel. I repeat, NO FLAMES on the game or the review, only > logical discussion please... > -- > Matt & Audrey Lewis

Vaughn said it correctly when he said, "NR2 doesn't look substantintially different from it's predecessor, but then again it didn't really need to." I agree with the "90%" (still a great rating), because it was not _that_ revolutionary compared to the original. Only "world changing" games deserve much above 92% IMO. As it is, I think PC Gamer chould jack up their "Editors Choice" ratings to include only games over 90% (I think the cut off is 87%). NR2 is a great game (bugs not withstanding -- I can't wait for the first patch) and deserves the "Editors Choice" Rating. .02 Ed Pickart

Not really related, but I was browsing through the game mags in a store recently and came across a review of N2. I didn't bother reading much of it and I can't remember the name of the mag but they were trying to compare it with Destruction Derby!!! I guess that the reviewer had only tired the arcade driving model as he didn't seem to think it was a real sim! A couple of other howlers: In a pre-Christmas roundup of last years games Computer Shopper (UK version) did a review of GP2. It was obvious that the guy had played it a lot but he was complaining that you couldn't stop the PC from steering the car for you - guess he hadn't bothered messing about with the menu options.... Topping that one though, they were looking forward to the forthcoming release of the "much delayed" Indycar II - I was thinking that I had entered some strange time warp <g> Cheers, Richard