Worst racing demo ever?

I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

<spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous effort .

Do you remember the GPL demo? God, that was like watching a slideshow on my P2 266 even with a Voodoo2 card. I thought that game had NO chance of ever running on my computer. But the actual game was a lot better than the demo... Mark "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bkl034$2sil2$[email hidden]...

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> > <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > > 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > > worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > > worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > > with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. > > Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous effort . > >

"Mark Roberts" wrote: > Do you remember the GPL demo? God, that was like watching a slideshow onmy > P2 266 even with a Voodoo2 card. I thought that game had NO chance ofever > running on my computer. But the actual game was a lot better than the > demo... It was good enough for me to get a Rendition card. The first & only time I ever bought a piece of hardware specifically for a demo. Don't think it belongs in this thread :)

The GPL demo ran well for me after I used the various patches for the full sim. I was close to giving up on this famous GPL thing that everybody raved about, but thought "what the hell, patching it might work..." Thank goodness I tried that. :) Sean "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Do you remember the GPL demo? God, that was like watching a slideshow onmy > P2 266 even with a Voodoo2 card. I thought that game had NO chance ofever

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> running on my computer. But the actual game was a lot better than the > demo... > > Mark > > "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bkl034$2sil2$[email hidden]... > > > > <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > > > 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > > > worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > > > worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > > > with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. > > > > Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous effort . > > > > > >

In article <[email hidden]>, spamtrap@localhost writes: >I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from >3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and >worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any >worse than this? Test Drive LeMans, Toca2, Indycar Racing(new one)... -- .sig file is at the cleaners... Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank -2.4 N2k3 rank ? Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

That's odd - I had about the same setup and remember the GPL demo running fair enough, as did the full game when it arrived. You had to drop some eye candy and run it at about 800X600, but it would hit 36fps most of the time. I'd gotten the Voodoo2 for whatever the original Ubisoft F1 effort was (can't even recall it), but once I got a look at GPL it was game over. But really - worst racing demo ever? Hell; I wonder if we'll ever see the sim bar raised that much in one shot again. I doubt it, but would love to be wrong. Running against a full field of AI would of course kill the FPS in the release version. Took every bit of an OC'ed 300A Celeron @450mhz and a honkin' Voodoo 3 to sort that out... ;-) SB "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Do you remember the GPL demo? God, that was like watching a slideshow onmy > P2 266 even with a Voodoo2 card. I thought that game had NO chance ofever

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> running on my computer. But the actual game was a lot better than the > demo... > > Mark > > "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bkl034$2sil2$[email hidden]... > > > > <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > > > 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > > > worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > > > worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > > > with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. > > > > Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous effort . > > > > > >

Perhaps before this gets out of hand, I should clarify my statement. "Worst racing demo ever?" Well, no, I guess not. But I'd been following the brief announcements that Sierra would make from long before the demo was released and I was so excited when the demo finally came out that I was quite disappointed by how the demo actually ran. Once the whole game arrived it worked well (though with graphics turned down) on my machine - but the demo didn't give me a lot of hope at the time. Since then I've firmly accepted the 'spend money to make GPL run better' idea. I find myself periodically thinking about the frustrations I had with the demo as I pick the remnents of my car out of another set of haybales. So, worst demo ever? Nah, just frustrating at the time. Best transition from demo to actual product? Maybe that's closer to what I'm getting at... Mark "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>,spamtrap@localhost

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> writes: > > >I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > >3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > >worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > >worse than this? > > Test Drive LeMans, Toca2, Indycar Racing(new one)... > -- > .sig file is at the cleaners... > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank -2.4 > N2k3 rank ? > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>"Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote > Do you remember the GPL demo? God, that was like watching a slideshow onmy > P2 266 even with a Voodoo2 card. I thought that game had NO chance ofever > running on my computer. But the actual game was a lot better than the > demo... I raced the demo with no problem very finely at 30+ fps on my P2 266 and Voodoo 2 card. You just had to take off some graphical details. It was very smooth. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

Okay, with this being the 2nd post to the same effect (along with Steve B's post), I'm willing to say that perhaps there was something wrong with my specific machine, but in my case turning down/off all the graphics details made NO difference on the FPS in the GPL demo. Whatever. It doesn't matter at all as the actual game ran much better. I'm glad that you were able to enjoy it from the demo days on - I had to wait until I was able to buy the actual game. Now, having pulled us off onto a tangent, perhaps we can get back to spamtraps original question of "Worst Racing Demo Ever"... Mark "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:nDrbb.678$[email hidden]...

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> I raced the demo with no problem very finely at 30+ fps on my P2 266 and > Voodoo 2 card. You just had to take off some graphical details. > > > It was very smooth. > > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... > >

CMR3 was pretty bad (enough so that I won't buy the game). I wasted a fair bit of time trying to find out what was wrong with my controller or the settings until I read about the centre-pivot physics.

----- Original Message ----- "Dale Green" wrote... > CMR3 was pretty bad (enough so that I won't buy the game). > I wasted a fair bit of time trying to find out what was > wrong with my controller or the settings until I read about > the centre-pivot physics. At least the CMR3 demo ran after I'd switched to WinXP (still sucked worse in sim terms than CMR1, but that's beside the point), unlike the Race Driver demo, which still crashes on going to track. Jan. =---

redTed wrote: > Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous effort . No it wasn't. Well, it was certainly not a good game or demo but the graphics and atmosphere were, at the time, second to none. I've seen plenty of worse efforts out there... Regards, Rudy

"Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Okay, with this being the 2nd post to the same effect (along with SteveB's > post), I'm willing to say that perhaps there was something wrong with my > specific machine, but in my case turning down/off all the graphics details > made NO difference on the FPS in the GPL demo. Whatever. It doesn'tmatter > at all as the actual game ran much better. I'm glad that you were able to > enjoy it from the demo days on - I had to wait until I was able to buy the > actual game. Now, having pulled us off onto a tangent, perhaps we can get > back to spamtraps original question of "Worst Racing Demo Ever"... > Indeed - much more fun as a topic anyway. But there have been so many crap demos; how to pick THE one? If we go by ratio of download size to time on the HD before deleting, then GP4 wins by a landslide. But I usually pick the upchuck factor, since feeling ill is far more unpleasant than just being disappointed with game features. Seems I'm hyper-sensitive to stuff happening with the car that my brain tells me shouldn't be, so I get nauseated easily. Just like riding in the car with my sis driving; gas, brake, gas, brake - all on a straight road with no traffic. And every turn has about five apexes. Uurpp. ;-) By that measure, Ubisoft's early F1 jobs are king. Nothing before or since has been as likely to turn me green and sweaty. SB

"redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote here on 21 Sep 2003: > Did "Spirit of Speed" have a demo ? Whatever, it was a hideous > effort . It did indeed have a demo... which was awful, and stopped me buying the actual game until it turned up on super-budget. The actual game, with a bit of tweaking, can be quite fun. -- Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*! Support the world's oldest motorsport venue! http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/future.html

In article <[email hidden]>, "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> writes: >Now, having pulled us off onto a tangent, perhaps we can get >back to spamtraps original question of "Worst Racing Demo Ever"... I'll stick with my original answer...<g> Eldred -- .sig file is at the cleaners... Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank -2.4 N2k3 rank ? Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Steve Blankenship wrote:

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> happening with the car that my brain tells me shouldn't be, so I get > nauseated easily. Just like riding in the car with my sis driving; gas, > brake, gas, brake - all on a straight road with no traffic. And every turn > has about five apexes. Uurpp. ;-) > > By that measure, Ubisoft's early F1 jobs are king. Nothing before or since > has been as likely to turn me green and sweaty. >>ROFL<< Maybe we should appoint you r.a.s. official 'crap demo

tester' - always a truly honest reference, burped up on the spot ;) Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -10)

<spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > 3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. Ford Racing, TIR, both bloody terrible Oh - and that Jacque Villeneuve thing - that was shocking as well Doug

Doug Ellison wrote:

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> <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from >>3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and >>worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any >>worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded >>with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. > > > Ford Racing, TIR, both bloody terrible > > Oh - and that Jacque Villeneuve thing - that was shocking as well > > Doug > >

Codemasters Indy Car Racing demo. I wasted 10~ hours downloading the demo, and was amazed how lousy the physics. It was removed from the hard drive within 10 minutes after playing. :) -Will

The Pro Race Driver (or whatever it's called) was a laugh!! The demo for Mercedes Benz World Racing (or whatever it's called) was also very terrible. I remember seeing a flying saucer and stuff in the air, then the game got uninstalled... TIR was also terrible.. Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "William Bradshaw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Doug Ellison wrote: > > > <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > >>I just had the misfortune to try the demo of Outlaw Racers from > >>3dgamers.com . It has to rank as the worst graphics, worst physics and > >>worst AI ever found in a racing game I have ever played. Are there any > >>worse than this? It is kind of worth playing if you are feeling jaded > >>with gaming as it shows you what is good about the games you play. > > > > > > Ford Racing, TIR, both bloody terrible > > > > Oh - and that Jacque Villeneuve thing - that was shocking as well > > > > Doug > > > > > > Codemasters Indy Car Racing demo. I wasted 10~ hours downloading the > demo, and was amazed how lousy the physics. It was removed from the hard > drive within 10 minutes after playing. :) > > -Will >