MTM 2 Review at ActiveGuide

Just a note to say that i've posted my review of Microsoft's Monster Truck Madness 2 on the following URL at ActiveGuide http://www.activeguide.com/reviews/games/m/mtm2.html -- Byron Hinson Microsoft MVP ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com

"Overall -- Ace - One of the best driving games available today." Gee...3 hours ago it was "THE' best driving game available today. What gives? And..what will be the best in 2 weeks? Also..How much in hours will you play MTM2? If you play over 2 a day for 6 months and on...like Quake2, Nascar 2, ICR2, F1RS... Then I will agree with you. I bet MTM2 gets boring pretty fast. IMO Its an Arcade game, nothing to keep people interseted but 13 year olds.

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>Just a note to say that i've posted my review of Microsoft's Monster Truck >Madness 2 on the following URL at ActiveGuide >http://www.activeguide.com/reviews/games/m/mtm2.html >-- >Byron Hinson >Microsoft MVP >ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com >ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com >Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays >Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html >Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com

If you read the first part of the review that stated that MTM was one of the few games i played online - you might understand. I personally don't play Quake 2 online nor the other 3 games you mentioned, this is just my view, being based in the UK i don't get online as much for multiplayer games as i would like, MTM is one of the few that gets me online to play against some of my friends here around the UK. You seem to be judging a game you haven't even played yet, and you call other reviewers bad. I'm also sure that the other "13 year olds" who buy it will also have fun. -- Byron Hinson Microsoft MVP ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com >"Overall -- Ace - One of the best driving games available today." >Gee...3 hours ago it was "THE' best driving game available today. >What gives? >And..what will be the best in 2 weeks? >Also..How much in hours will you play MTM2? >If you play over 2 a day for 6 months and on...like Quake2, Nascar 2, >ICR2, F1RS... >Then I will agree with you. >I bet MTM2 gets boring pretty fast. >IMO >Its an Arcade game, nothing to keep people interseted but 13 year olds.

IMHO, SODA racing blows away MTM2 for offroad "real" racing, not the arcade stuff. This is based on the MTM2 beta I tried. Frame rates are pretty low on MTM2 also barely getting to 20fps on my P200mmx with Voodoo2 and 64 megs ram. I play SODA on my Stealth 2 in rendition mode.

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>"Overall -- Ace - One of the best driving games available today." >Gee...3 hours ago it was "THE' best driving game available today. >What gives? >And..what will be the best in 2 weeks? >Also..How much in hours will you play MTM2? >If you play over 2 a day for 6 months and on...like Quake2, Nascar 2, >ICR2, F1RS... >Then I will agree with you. >I bet MTM2 gets boring pretty fast. >IMO >Its an Arcade game, nothing to keep people interseted but 13 year olds. >>Just a note to say that i've posted my review of Microsoft's Monster Truck >>Madness 2 on the following URL at ActiveGuide >>http://www.activeguide.com/reviews/games/m/mtm2.html >>-- >>Byron Hinson >>Microsoft MVP >>ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com >>ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com >>Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays >>Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html >>Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com

>Frame rates are pretty low >on MTM2 also barely getting to 20fps on my P200mmx with Voodoo2 and 64 megs >ram. Bizarre, I get 25-30 fps on my P200 w/ Voodoo1 and 48 MB. Joe

I'm getting 15-20 FPS on my P166 with 32 Meg ram and 3Dfx card. -- Byron Hinson Microsoft MVP ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com >Bizarre, I get 25-30 fps on my P200 w/ Voodoo1 and 48 MB. >Joe

>I'm getting 15-20 FPS on my P166 with 32 Meg ram and 3Dfx card. Note that there IS a slowdown at the beginning of the race. When trucks are close to you they are drawn in more detail, so when a lot of trucks are bunched together the frame-rate suffers. Joe

I get that kind of framerate all over the map. Of course, I have tons of graphic options on... -- The world's best co-op clan The world's only co-op clan http://www.globalserve.net/~goldenhawk/quake2/ Your opinion does not necessarily reflect that of the rest of the world. ICQ # 5905329 >>I'm getting 15-20 FPS on my P166 with 32 Meg ram and 3Dfx card. >Note that there IS a slowdown at the beginning of the race. When >trucks are close to you they are drawn in more detail, so when a lot >of trucks are bunched together the frame-rate suffers. >Joe

>I get that kind of framerate all over the map. Of course, I have tons of >graphic options on... I think the only one I turn off is "headlights" under Hardware options (and "Sun glare" I think), since it runs faster and looks better without this option selected. Bottom line, the game looks great and runs smooth on a P200/Voodoo 1. Joe

Me too. And this is one 40 year old "13 year old " who'll buy it when it comes out. It's a shame some folks get too old to have this kind of fun. I loved MTM and expect MTM2 will be even better.

This game wont die!!! It will be around and people will find it interesting until they release MTM3. The best thing about it is that it isnt marketed as a sim because it isnt one. MTM1 has 40-50 people on the zone racing at any one time. There is a tourny in Las Vegas that Microsoft, TRI, Bigfoot, and Diamond are all donating prizes for. Bigfoot is sponsoring a internet racing team where you can challenge Team Bigfoot to races and win t-shirts, Microsoft prizes, and Diamond voodoo2 cards and sound cards. So it really doesnt look like it will fizzle out soon Vegas tourney http://www.rli-net.net/~spreker/vegas.htm Team Bigfoot http://www.bigfoot4x4.com/

I love this game too, but there are two things that***me off about it: 1 - The trucks AREN'T monster truck scaled in the game, they're hardly bigger than the broken down pickup in the junkyard level. 2 - There's no car CRUSHING track.. what the ****'s with that?! Monster trucks were originally FOR car crushing competitions. BAH! >This game wont die!!! It will be around and people will find it interesting >until they release MTM3. The best thing about it is that it isnt marketed as a sim >because it isnt one. MTM1 has 40-50 people on the zone racing at any one time. >There is a tourny in Las Vegas that Microsoft, TRI, Bigfoot, and Diamond are all >donating prizes for. Bigfoot is sponsoring a internet racing team where you can >challenge Team Bigfoot to races and win t-shirts, Microsoft prizes, and Diamond >voodoo2 cards and sound cards. So it really doesnt look like it will fizzle out >soon >Vegas tourney [link lost in import: /~spreker/vegas.htm] >Team Bigfoot [link lost in import]

Well, when I finally got the friggin demo going (after installing about 50 or 60 different browsers) I had framerates in the 40+ range with everything on. ( iP233MMX/64meg ram/TX/VII )

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> I'm getting 15-20 FPS on my P166 with 32 Meg ram and 3Dfx card. > -- > Byron Hinson > Microsoft MVP > ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com > ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com > Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays > Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html > Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com > >Bizarre, I get 25-30 fps on my P200 w/ Voodoo1 and 48 MB. > >Joe

I second that - one of the few other things i wish for in the game. -- Byron Hinson Microsoft MVP ActiveGuide --- http://www.activeguide.com ActiveIE --- http://www.activeie.com Screenplay Site --- http://www.activeguide.com/screenplays Resume --- http://www.activeguide.com/members/byron.html Dark-Design --- http://www.dark-design.com >I love this game too, but there are two things that***me off about it: >2 - There's no car CRUSHING track.. what the ****'s with that?! > Monster trucks were originally FOR car crushing competitions. >BAH!

Yeah, but how much can you see in "Pitch black" weather? -- Buy Unreal. Now, damn you! >>I get that kind of framerate all over the map. Of course, I have tons of >>graphic options on... >I think the only one I turn off is "headlights" under Hardware options >(and "Sun glare" I think), since it runs faster and looks better >without this option selected. Bottom line, the game looks great and >runs smooth on a P200/Voodoo 1. >Joe