Did they stop development of Indycar Series midstream?

Looking for a new game to play I thought I would take a chance on Codemaster's Indycar Series. I've read some forums where some have dismissed this as an arcade racer. My opinion is that it is more sim than arcade and is not so great because it was released unfinished. The lack of mirrors really threw me a curve ball. You can't play this game very well without mirrors at all. And the black abyss that is called a cockpit is just dismal. But some things about this game are really good. For one, the sense of speed is incredible - the best of any racing sim I have played. The driving model feels pretty decent once you tame the controller settings down but it's still a bit twitchy for my liking. With a bit more work this could have been a good sim - a shame that it was released in this state though. Oh well, next.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:48:11 -0800, McCrack <[email hidden]> wrote: >The driving model feels pretty decent That's actually 1 of 2 things that killed it for me: 1. no multiplayer, and in the absence of that, really crappy AI (the AI themselves race well, they're just about 5-10mph off the pace of a human driver at most tracks) 2. the poor physics model, particularly aero - it is impossible to create a car that oversteers at high speed Jason

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:02:40 GMT, [email hidden] (jason moyer) wrote: >1. no multiplayer, and in the absence of that, really crappy AI (the >AI themselves race well, they're just about 5-10mph off the pace of a >human driver at most tracks) Don't do MP. >2. the poor physics model, particularly aero - it is impossible to >create a car that oversteers at high speed I haven't played with the tweaking of car setups yet but OTB it is better than some racing games I have played. It's better than TIR or SCGT. I know it needs work but I'm just saying that with a bit more work it could have been quite a decent game.

I understand that Codemasters is coming out with a sequel to this game called "Indycar Series 2004" this June. I've seen references to it being a PS2 game, and perhaps Xbox, but not sure about a PC version. It's possible they'll port it over for the PC later on, as they did with this one? Let's just hope they include a paintkit or car editor, plus a fully complete cockpit with mirrors in the sequel. As for multiplayer... I don't do MP either so that's not an issue for me. In fact, with regards to that... I notice too often that game reviewers will take points away or give a lousy review to a title simply because it doesn't include MP or perhaps a limited or lousy MP. I wonder how many folks around RAS actually do take the time to race over the internet vs. those of us who don't have the time to spare and would rather just jump in and race or even hotlap when we have a few spare minutes here and there. "McCrack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:02:40 GMT, [email hidden] (jason moyer) > wrote: > > > >1. no multiplayer, and in the absence of that, really crappy AI (the > >AI themselves race well, they're just about 5-10mph off the pace of a > >human driver at most tracks) > > Don't do MP. > > >2. the poor physics model, particularly aero - it is impossible to > >create a car that oversteers at high speed > > I haven't played with the tweaking of car setups yet but OTB it is > better than some racing games I have played. It's better than TIR or > SCGT. I know it needs work but I'm just saying that with a bit more > work it could have been quite a decent game.

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> I understand that Codemasters is coming out with a sequel to this game > called "Indycar Series 2004" this June. > I've seen references to it being a PS2 game, and perhaps Xbox, but not > sure about a PC version. > > It's possible they'll port it over for the PC later on, as they did with > this one? > Let's just hope they include a paintkit or car editor, plus a fully > complete cockpit with mirrors in the sequel.

I don't want to have to buy it again to get what should have been in the original release. They should provide a free patch to fix it up, if they pull a Ubisoft on us then I won't buy it no matter what.

In article <IlvQb.110721$sv6.548577@attbi_s52>, "Jay J" <[email hidden]> writes: >I wonder how many folks around RAS actually do take the time to race over >the internet vs. those of us who don't have the time to spare and would >rather just jump in and race or even hotlap when we have a few spare minutes >here and there. Actually, racing games are the ONLY games I play MP on the internet with. I don't play anything elso online, even though I have several that are capable. I also play Diablo II on b.net, but it's in solo games. Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 55 assassin Slayer Hendryx lvl 30 barbarian US East