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Driver is awesome!

9 posts by 5 people · 03 Sep 1999 - 05 Sep 1999

go to [link lost in import] there is a editor on their site -- the friendly pysco
Joe McGinn 04 Sep 1999#489966
Only played a little bit with the new Driver demo, but so far I'm very impressed. The driving model is fantastic with a force feedback wheel. It's not GPL obviously - it's an arcade game - but it's superb for it's genre. I really like the fact that they used force-feedback properly, to model car sliding and when the wheels braking away. Most arcade games waste FF by using it only for collision and road texture effects. In Driver you can feel your way through a powerslide (and feel when to apply opposite-lock) and it feels great. One of the replays shows of the night/rain effect. It, and the graphics in general, are very good and fast on my P2 300/12MB Voodoo 2 (be sure to turn up the default draw-distance). Does anyone have those cheats for mission editing so I can just drive around for a while? I want to play this demo a lot! Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================
Hacked with no damage and more police cars this really is quite impressive. Ok, not GPL impressive, but when I'm hacking along the freeway, diving through gaps in the traffic, with cops looming in my mirrors it really does feel very real... in a cinematic "oh f*ck they're going to catch me" sort of way. And watching the demos is probably worth the DL on its own... very impressive looking handling. Doesn't feel quite so convincing from inside, but I can't find anything other than key controls, so that may account for it. Still, it feels good enough to me for this kind of entertainment. Collision physics is also worth a mention, especially in multiple pile-ups at traffic lights... not that I condone this kind of behaviour, obviously <g>. Andrew McP
Joe McGinn 04 Sep 1999#489968
>Hacked with no damage and more police cars this really is quite >impressive. Ok, not GPL impressive, but when I'm hacking along the >freeway, diving through gaps in the traffic, with cops looming in my >mirrors it really does feel very real... in a cinematic "oh f*ck they're >going to catch me" sort of way. Have you tried swerving back and forth around oncomig traffic? With FF you can feel the wheels biting in as they catch grip. Very nice. Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================
Is the Pope Catholic? Having just discovered the control options (there's nothing wrong with the demo that a readme wouldn't cure!) I may find out. Managed to crash the demo though with my first attempt to setup my control options :-) Andrew McP
TRM 04 Sep 1999#489970
Where are the Control Options????? Having just discovered the control options ...
at the menu screen where you have to hit enter to start you can choose different options by pressing left and right. -- the friendly pysco > Where are the Control Options????? > Having just discovered the control options ...
I know it's spelled wrong but, I'm not a psycho so I thought this was a happy medium -- the friendly pysco

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