NO DASHBOARD IN NFS3!

Go to www.nd4spd.com and take the poll! There will be no dashboard in the PSX version, but there is still a chance with the PC! Let them know how you feel! -- <<Dark Phoenix>> "We'll find out when we die."

What I really want to know about is the tracks. Are they going to listen to the users and give us back the non-circuit tracks from NFS1? Or are they going to***it up again? Apparently the PSX version will only have circuit tracks, which is a very bad sign. Joe McGinn =================================================== Author of Inside LotusScript http://www.manning.com/McGinn/459.html ===================================================

The tracks in NFS2 are great, to me, but if they were all like Outback, they'd be better. A lot of longs stretches and a few turns. Mystic Peaks makes you slow down too much, and Proving Grounds are all right, but round and round isn't that Mt fun. Everything in between is great. -- <<Dark Phoenix>> "We'll find out when we die." >>Go to www.nd4spd.com and take the poll! There will be no dashboard in the >>PSX version, but there is still a chance with the PC! Let them know how you >>feel! >What I really want to know about is the tracks. Are they going to >listen to the users and give us back the non-circuit tracks from NFS1? >Or are they going to***it up again? Apparently the PSX version >will only have circuit tracks, which is a very bad sign. >Joe McGinn >=================================================== >Author of Inside LotusScript >http://www.manning.com/McGinn/459.html >===================================================

I thought the tracks were god-awful. It's supposed to be the need for SPEED, and yet only two or three of the tracks are actually made of ashphalt. Most are "wierd fantasy rally tracks". A bad joke, really. A lot of people must have agreed with me, because even the stubborn EA has decided to make more realistic tracks for NFS3. Joe McGinn =================================================== Author of Inside LotusScript http://www.manning.com/McGinn/459.html ===================================================

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>>Go to www.nd4spd.com and take the poll! There will be no dashboard in the >>PSX version, but there is still a chance with the PC! Let them know how you >>feel! >What I really want to know about is the tracks. Are they going to >listen to the users and give us back the non-circuit tracks from NFS1? >Or are they going to***it up again? Apparently the PSX version >will only have circuit tracks, which is a very bad sign. >Joe McGinn

I don't think they even look at these polls. After NFS-SE, there was a poll on ea's web site about features for future versions of NFS. I filled it out reflecting my wish for staged tracks, cops, smarter AI, car model etc. All the things we have been clamoring for ever since the first NFS. Along with this, EA had a huge wishlist of "wanted" features for future versions gathered by some of the NFS fan sites. They didn't listen to any of these suggestions, instead they gave us the braindead NFS2, we complained more after that, so what do they give us? NFS2-SE, more braindead features with a slick paintjob.... Really I hope some other software company sees what an opportunity they have here to put out a successful racing game with decent driving model, dashboard, cops, smart AI, staged courses etc. All features that were available on my C-64 and Amiga500 with Test Drive 2 back in 1989. It's obvious that EA thinks they can give PC gamers the same crappy arcade racers that sell well for console machines, I have quit hoping for them to wake up and smell the coffee, too many disappointments. Cheers. --John -- *kludger AT zipcon DOT com* | ICQ #7522564 contact me at: Seattle, Washington USA. | http://wwp.mirabilis.com/7522564

This seems to be a problem at a lot of these development companies. Joe