There I was at the starting grid - with the needle at the redline...GREEN
light...first gear engaged! Up up and away! Well, I almost fell off my
chair laughing - the bike was actually spinning its rear wheel and
sliding away! *Very* *very* *funny*, LOL, those guy's can't even have
been close to a motorcycle! At this point, man and machine should in
reality be separated and heading in opposite directions...!
Next surprise was the gearing. Totally unrealistic, unless you are
driving a car! The gears "run out" much faster on a motorcycle, and at
the redline the engine should sound like if it is being teared apart
(almost like a screaming woman :-)
Then another surprise. It was unavoidable to run stright into the first
sandbank, but again the game thought I was driving a car! The only
motorcycles I can think of with REVERSE GEAR are GoldWings and Harleys
(almost cars anyway)...but not with screaming tires.
Next disappointment: No sense of speed! I have a 300MHz Pentium with
3dfx, so I guess the hardware isn't causing this problem.
Conclustion: Great car game! I drive a Yamaha FZR1000 myself, although
not at the track, and this is *the* most STUPID attempt at a SIMULATION
I've ever seen.
--
H.M.Haga
I concur !!!! What a lame demo .
> There I was at the starting grid - with the needle at the redline...GREEN
> light...first gear engaged! Up up and away! Well, I almost fell off my
> chair laughing - the bike was actually spinning its rear wheel and
> sliding away! *Very* *very* *funny*, LOL, those guy's can't even have
> been close to a motorcycle! At this point, man and machine should in
> reality be separated and heading in opposite directions...!
Did Codemasters have a hand in it? :-> It sounds as close to a bike as
TOCA is to a FWD touring car...
Jonny
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| Jonathan Hodgson | TTech Predator |
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Just one comment on your Castrol Superbike demo bashing...
>Then another surprise. It was unavoidable to run stright into the first
>sandbank, but again the game thought I was driving a car! The only
>motorcycles I can think of with REVERSE GEAR are GoldWings and Harleys
>(almost cars anyway)...but not with screaming tires.
What is this "reverse with screaming tires" in Castrol? I failed to
see it. All I saw was an option to kick your bike back. Did you notice
you cannot rev up the engine when you have "reverse"? That's because
it isn't reverse gear in the first place, but you backing up the same
way as you would with a real bike, with your feet. At least that's how
I always understood it in the demo.
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