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[The Sensational]

Anyone tried this game?

Just found this:

http://www.gamershel...engeBDemo.shtml

You can download the demo there. Looks interesting?

[MaxScelerate]

Found it this morning, gave it a go...

I don't know what to think of it. The driving isn't that bad, even though it's more of an arcade than simulation title. But the game setting is uh... banal. I mean, how many futuristic racers have I seen? Basically, the demo only permit you the ghost-chasing/against the clock lapping, and you don't get to enter the garage and tweak your car (the option is greyed out).

And, franckly, you've got a car that repairs itself (shape recognition materials?), an auto-pilot so you can adjust wing angle without stopping (Knight Rider?), a 'target' function which serves to indentify the guy that is passing you (Wheew, I was afraid there were rockets involved), and tracks with glowing signalisation imbeded in the tarmac (you've got three of them in the demo: NY, Paris and 'Egypt' ).

Hmmm, not really my cup of tea, but still I'll give it some more try when I'm tired of GPL... What I'm wondering is, what was Jacques thinking putting his name on this piece? -- And is this really his vision of how racing could look like in twenty years? Why stick with the 10-6-4-3-2-1 point scheme, then?!

[Garagiste]

Experience an extremely realistic race feeling in a futuristic game environment

Eh? If it's futuristic, how do they know it's realistic?

[The Sensational]

Originally posted by Garagiste


Eh? If it's futuristic, how do they know it's realistic?

It is very realistic - you can tell how many Gs you are feeling, how much slipstream you're experiencing, etc.

I think the engine is a good one

[BARouette]

I bought this game last week. I tried only one track for now (Montreal). The physic is very good and the car set-up is easy to understand. It is an arcade style game with the physic and the set-up of a sim. After a week on the same track against a gost, I still find that I have a lot to learn. Ubisoft put a server online where up to 16 players can race together. (A little bite like Monaco GP.)

Finally, I don't have a very powerfull computer and I can really enjoy the game. (AMD K6-2 450mhz, 192MB RAM, 32MB video card.)

Any question?


BARouette

[The Sensational]

Originally posted by BARouette
I bought this game last week. I tried only one track for now (Montreal). The physic is very good and the car set-up is easy to understand. It is an arcade style game with the physic and the set-up of a sim. After a week on the same track against a gost, I still find that I have a lot to learn. Ubisoft put a server online where up to 16 players can race together. (A little bite like Monaco GP.)

Finally, I don't have a very powerfull computer and I can really enjoy the game. (AMD K6-2 450mhz, 192MB RAM, 32MB video card.)

Any question?


BARouette

Where did you buy it? I have yet to find it anywhere

[Bjorn]

Tried the demo.. Good fun but not very realistic. Sure you can see your Gs and stuff, but I was losing the car in the strangest ways in the strangest places... And instead of spinning out of control the car seems to just suddenly lose grip and starts going sideways in a banana-shaped path until hitting something or coming to a halt.

*shrug*

Bound to be mad fun in multiplayer, though

[f1sl]

Originally posted by Bjorn
Tried the demo.. Good fun but not very realistic. Sure you can see your Gs and stuff, but I was losing the car in the strangest ways in the strangest places... And instead of spinning out of control the car seems to just suddenly lose grip and starts going sideways in a banana-shaped path until hitting something or coming to a halt.

yeqah i would get something like that too, comming out of a corner the car still turns but your telling it not to.

[maclaren]

Hmmm, I found it fun arcade game to have some good fun

grooved tyres

[Bjorn]

Originally posted by maclaren

Well, if correcting spins was always easy and possible why did Massa spin so much

That was what I was saying, it DIDN'T spin properly ;)

[maclaren]

Originally posted by Bjorn
That was what I was saying, it DIDN'T spin properly ;)

I should read little slower maybe. understand it after test now.

[Bjorn]

Oh, and did anyone else find it weird that the car lifts up at the front when you brake? Instead of the other way around as you'd expect I mean.

[BARouette]

Originally posted by The Sensational


Where did you buy it? I have yet to find it anywhere

In Montreal, the game is now available in every computer store.