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WHat about "Speed Busters" from UbiSoft??

7 posts by 7 people · 22 Dec 1998 - 28 Dec 1998

roge 22 Dec 1998#441341
I saw it at CompUSA today and read a review and it said it was OK.. i thought it looked pretty interesting... I'm d/l'ing the demo now does anyone know stuff about this game?
Dhook4 23 Dec 1998#441487
I got the demo on a cd from PC Gamer Magazine. I ilked it . You get to race on a Hollywood track with some offbeat scenes (a running, flaming T-Rex comes to mind) The cars drove good and sounded good. Really "throaty" exhaust note. very realistic. Let me know if anyone has the full game Doug.........Lifelong die hard Boston Bruins fan....Driving Sim racer....avid Sam Adams drinker....3 Stooges fan....Proud American !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lars Gaar 23 Dec 1998#441488
Hi.. In my opinion Carmageddon 2 sucks. I liked playing Carmageddon 1 alot, but the sequel ain't worth it. Dethkarz on the other hand is ALOT of fun. The Karz handles very well enabling powerslides, wild overtaking and so on, the graphics is pretty damn good, the tracks are well built and at some points pretty challenging. Also the shooting part of the game is very funny, just remember that if you smoke someone, don't be to near him when he blows up, you will experience a quite disorientating blue flash, and your screen will shake wildly. Myself and two others had a lot of fun racing against each other over LAN. On my P2-266/64 MB Ram/8 MB Voodoo2 this thing runs totally smooth with all graphics options on at 800x600. Just remember that this is NOT a sim, so don't be disappointed on that account!. Lars Gaarde
Quoted text (12 lines)>>I got the demo on a cd from PC Gamer Magazine. I ilked it . You get to race on >>a Hollywood track with some offbeat scenes (a running, flaming T-Rex comes to >>mind) The cars drove good and sounded good. Really "throaty" exhaust note. very >>realistic. Let me know if anyone has the full game >Likewise I'm curious about this one. Also just released in the U.S. >are "Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now!" and "DethKarz". Any remarks >about those I'd be interested to hear. I recall playing the original >Carmegeddon on a friend's computer and being thoroughly entertained, >for not only was it amusing in its own morbid way, but the cars had >a good behavior to them. Maybe for a Carmageddon 3 they should license >the rights to the movie "DeathRace 2000" since, y'know, it'll be 2000!
>>I got the demo on a cd from PC Gamer Magazine. I ilked it . You get to race on >>a Hollywood track with some offbeat scenes (a running, flaming T-Rex comes to >>mind) The cars drove good and sounded good. Really "throaty" exhaust note. very >>realistic. Let me know if anyone has the full game >Likewise I'm curious about this one. Also just released in the U.S. >are "Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now!" and "DethKarz". Any remarks >about those I'd be interested to hear. I recall playing the original >Carmegeddon on a friend's computer and being thoroughly entertained, My wife (who seems to ME to be anti-Racing) also loves Carmageddon. The 3DFX patch makes one HELLUVA difference!!! Anyway, PC Accelerator said DethKarz was "very pretty, fun to play, but short on depth." Whaddaya want from a game that's more shoot 'em up than racing? I have the Carmageddon 2 demo but haven't messed with it much. First thing I noticed was that now you drag the pedestrians with your car after you hit 'em. Better sounds, too. Don Hancock "Gunner"
JDR7Le 23 Dec 1998#441490
I beta tested Spped Buster. Its a pretty cool arcade racer. The cars are awesome and handling is a lot like Test Drive 5. Graphics are stunning. Carmageddon 2 is not as good as 1. Everything has been steped up, maybe too much. Still a lot of bugs with it, a couple of patches have been released already. I would wait until either it becomes more stable or it ends up in the cheap bin at the software store.
Duncan Fe 26 Dec 1998#441776
No way.. Carmageddon 2 makes Carmageddon 1 look like a kiddies game.. I find it thoroughly entertaining.. Like the way you can push big boulders off the sides of hills and then watch it roll down and run over poor slow pedestrians.. or the way that you can push logs and stuff onto people, or that ball and chain where you get huge bonus points if you hit someone with it. Or the improved damage model. Carmageddon 1 was good, Carmageddon 2 is just absolutely amazing.. Do yourself a favour and grab Carma 2.. you won't be sorry.. :) >I beta tested Spped Buster. Its a pretty cool arcade racer. The cars are >awesome and handling is a lot like Test Drive 5. Graphics are stunning. > Carmageddon 2 is not as good as 1. Everything has been steped up, maybe too >much. Still a lot of bugs with it, a couple of patches have been released >already. I would wait until either it becomes more stable or it ends up in the >cheap bin at the software store.
Steve 28 Dec 1998#442073
I have the full version. It rocks! Its not a "sim" but does have pretty good car physics as far as cornering ect.. Incredible graphics. A little on the hard side but its good enough to keep coming back to. The best racing game of its type that ive played in some time. It tops NFS III imho. Steve ****Remove"NOSPAM" from the email address****

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