Ford Racing - The Worst Game I've Ever Bought

Sorry about this but I'm really pissed off that I got conned into purchasing this ***product. So here's a list of the problems so far: 1. No multiplayer 2. It's definately arcade not a sim - no car set up, no***pit view, etc. 3. Stuttering, even on lowest resolution (I have a Voodoo3 by the way), and even with some - if not all - detail turned down. The anti-stuttering switch in the advanced gfx setup doesn't seem to do much. 4. One engine sound that doesn't change much in pitch even when you brake, although this monitonous noise is displaced by a squeal of the tyres - very poor. 5. Multiple views - that you cycle through randomly, most of which you heven't got a shit's chance of driving the car by, so by the time you've cycled round back to the chase view you've already crashed. 6. Replay - no control over this. Even when you pause it by hitting escape your only option is to start the replay again. ***y annoying. 7. In race pop up and display menus - if you've got your textures turned down to avoid stuttering then these messages and information cannot be read. So when you hit escape to end a game you don't know which one of the white blobs to select to perfrom the action you want, and as for guessing your lap time and position - no chance. 8. No car damage, but car crashes have potential (one of the only good things I can think of to say) - although I've tried some head on crashes and some of the cars pass straight through me. 9. Controllers - icons for keyboard, wheel and pad exist yet you can only set up the keyboard. You can use the other two for gear changes only (I have a Gravis Xterminator) 10. EAX - eax my arse. Any S/B Live! users out there played with the flanger sound 'cos that's what the 3D effects of other cars sound like. Some of these problems may be improved if I explored the game a bit more - but after such a poor start I don't know if I can be bothered to. I case you're wondering why I bought it I thought the screen shots on the box looked very good, as did the crashes - and I'm a great believer in the proof of the pudding is in the eatin, remembering that demos don't tell you everything about a game. I had some gift vouchers burning a hole in my pocket anyway. I just hope I can get a refund from HMV because this game has wound me up something chronic. I don't know of a patch that's ever improved a game above what I've detailed here, so I'm not holding out for that. Anyone from Empire is welcome to comment. Jon Large

Driver didn't support multiplayer either, which has unfortunately limited its life factor and playability. Glad to see somebody else has experienced this too. I loaded the demo earlier today and found this specific problem to be almost as bad as the entire game itself. Don't bother. Its had terrible reviews and rightly so. Can't you return it? I too was also a little mislead by the screen shots. Luckily, I read the reviews and threads in this newsgroup before I buy. I also buy from a decent retailer, so I can return the game if I'm not satisfied. They say that the patches for Nascar Revolution made some big changes, but it still sucked just about as much as a vacuum cleaner. Yes, and then we can roshambo them. Best regards, The Phoenix

Cheers for the comments mate. I was expecting to be slaughtered

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> > 1. No multiplayer > Driver didn't support multiplayer either, which has unfortunately limited > its life factor and playability. > > 5. Multiple views - that you cycle through randomly, most of which you > > heven't got a shit's chance of driving the car by, so by the time you've > > cycled round back to the chase view you've already crashed. > Glad to see somebody else has experienced this too. I loaded the demo > earlier today and found this specific problem to be almost as bad as the > entire game itself. > > Some of these problems may be improved if I explored the game a bit more > > - but after such a poor start I don't know if I can be bothered to. > Don't bother. Its had terrible reviews and rightly so. Can't you return it? > > I case you're wondering why I bought it I thought the screen shots on > > the box looked very good, as did the crashes - and I'm a great believer > > in the proof of the pudding is in the eatin, remembering that demos > > don't tell you everything about a game. I had some gift vouchers burning > > a hole in my pocket anyway. > I too was also a little mislead by the screen shots. Luckily, I read the > reviews and threads in this newsgroup before I buy. I also buy from a decent > retailer, so I can return the game if I'm not satisfied. > > I don't know of a patch that's ever improved a game above what I've > > detailed here, so I'm not holding out for that. > They say that the patches for Nascar Revolution made some big changes, but > it still sucked just about as much as a vacuum cleaner. > > Anyone from Empire is welcome to comment. > Yes, and then we can roshambo them. > Best regards, > The Phoenix

Man, I felt ripped off just wasting my time to download the demo, you must really feel like a sucker to have paid for it.

No way, if you don't like a game post your comments on here, PLEASE, that way others will not buy it. If it's a good game (I'm not saying it is, I have not even played demo), other will post good things about it.

A real shame that you paid your hard-earned cash for this crappy game. Next time, before you buy a game, read online reviews (www.simracingnews.com is a good one for car sims) and read the opinions here in RAS. Some games are that bad that really nobody likes them (for example Ford Racing or***'s V8 Challenge), some games get different opinions (Lemans 24 hours, RC2000) and only one sim is loved by allmost everyone (I'll let you guess which one that is :) I hope you can return the piece of garbage and get a decent game for it which is worth it's money. Andre

I hope no one in the board of directors at Ford Motor Co. plays this game, 'cause then there will be some asses kicked at Empire..... This game got only one good feature : It can be un-installed ! XLjunkie

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> Man, I felt ripped off just wasting my time to download the demo, you > must really feel like a sucker to have paid for it. > > Sorry about this but I'm really pissed off that I got conned into > > purchasing this ***product. So here's a list of the problems so > far: > > 1. No multiplayer > > 2. It's definately arcade not a sim - no car set up, no***pit > view, > > etc. > > 3. Stuttering, even on lowest resolution (I have a Voodoo3 by the > way), > > and even with some - if not all - detail turned down. The > > anti-stuttering switch in the advanced gfx setup doesn't seem to do > > much. > > 4. One engine sound that doesn't change much in pitch even when you > > brake, although this monitonous noise is displaced by a squeal of > the > > tyres - very poor. > > 5. Multiple views - that you cycle through randomly, most of which > you > > heven't got a shit's chance of driving the car by, so by the time > you've > > cycled round back to the chase view you've already crashed. > > 6. Replay - no control over this. Even when you pause it by hitting > > escape your only option is to start the replay again. ***y > annoying. > > 7. In race pop up and display menus - if you've got your textures > turned > > down to avoid stuttering then these messages and information cannot > be > > read. So when you hit escape to end a game you don't know which one > of > > the white blobs to select to perfrom the action you want, and as for > > guessing your lap time and position - no chance. > > 8. No car damage, but car crashes have potential (one of the only > good > > things I can think of to say) - although I've tried some head on > crashes > > and some of the cars pass straight through me. > > 9. Controllers - icons for keyboard, wheel and pad exist yet you can > > only set up the keyboard. You can use the other two for gear changes > > only (I have a Gravis Xterminator) > > 10. EAX - eax my arse. Any S/B Live! users out there played with the > > flanger sound 'cos that's what the 3D effects of other cars sound > like. > > Some of these problems may be improved if I explored the game a bit > more > > - but after such a poor start I don't know if I can be bothered to. > > I case you're wondering why I bought it I thought the screen shots > on > > the box looked very good, as did the crashes - and I'm a great > believer > > in the proof of the pudding is in the eatin, remembering that demos > > don't tell you everything about a game. I had some gift vouchers > burning > > a hole in my pocket anyway. > > I just hope I can get a refund from HMV because this game has wound > me > > up something chronic. > > I don't know of a patch that's ever improved a game above what I've > > detailed here, so I'm not holding out for that. > > Anyone from Empire is welcome to comment. > > Jon Large

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> A real shame that you paid your hard-earned cash for this crappy game. > Next time, before you buy a game, read online reviews > (www.simracingnews.com is a good one for car sims) and read the > opinions here in RAS. Some games are that bad that really nobody likes > them (for example Ford Racing or***'s V8 Challenge), some games get > different opinions (Lemans 24 hours, RC2000) and only one sim is loved > by allmost everyone (I'll let you guess which one that is :)

Someone has to buy it to tell people here at r.a.s. Let's call them martyrs :) If it only was so easy. At most shops here in Norway you can't return games if they are not sealed from the shop. So if you buy a game and it is *** you are pretty f**ked. And only one place that I know about here in town is letting me try it out first in the store. Btw, I tried Le Mans 24 Hour last saturday, and when I was complaining why this didn't look like the *** sim the clerk told me it was, some kids were standing behind me raving how good it looked :) One question: can you return music CD's too if it sucks ? -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

>They say that the patches for Nascar Revolution made some big changes, but >it still sucked just about as much as a vacuum cleaner. Personally, I look at NasRev as the "Quake of Racing" - shallow of depth, but great of fun! Gunner