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- Mike - 03-02-2005
oh yeah, for those looking to max out a-spec points.... it seems to be based solely on power. do all the non-power mods, plus nitrous and roll all day long while racking them up. did it with my nsx-r last night and was able to mop up.
my guess is when you reach a certain number of points something is unlocked... pure speculation though.
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turns out a-spec points are based on weight first and then power-to-weight second.
- BLINGMW - 03-02-2005
w :!: :!: t! Finally got my copy. Who needs sleep?
- Evan - 03-03-2005
Got mine yesterday, and after spending a couple hours with it, I must say I like it a lot more than I thought I would.
Here is my quick review:
The handling and physics engine is much improved, much more than I thought it would. No longer can you toss it into a turn and dorifto out of it, carrying speed. Tire scrub is more accurately modelled such that if you over cook a corner, or come in offline, you are punished severely in exit speed. Although it is still very frustrating that the game (or any sim for that matter) still does not model any kind of weight transfer or lift- rotation, which is such a basic fundamental of racing.
Overall, the AI is slightly better and a little more agressive, but overall it still resembles a brainless drone more than anything. Wouldnt be a big deal if there was online play....
One new element of the game that is the worst thing to happen to the series since the annoying oil changes is the rolling start. In a 2 lap race (which itself is way too short), spotting the first car a 5 second lead just sucks, especially if you are driving a lower powered car
Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I would have gladly given up 500 of the 700 cars to get online play. I really couldnt give a shit about driving the 1972 Honda van that I won last night.
Polyphony really got caught with their heads up their asses on this one.
The tracks are solid, although I would have liked to have seen more real life tracks. Suzuka and Sears Point are fantastic additions.
It does seem a imbalanced to me to have 700 cars, but only a few tracks. Again, I would have given up a few hundred cars for more tracks.
Overall, I would give the game about 8/10. What the game does, it does well, and its a fun game that I will put some time into, but simply put it is nothing new. Every single racing game on the market has moved on to realistic damage and online play. Even some arcade style racers like Burnout 3 now have pretty realistic handling/physics.
In my opinion, GT4 is what GT3 should have been.
- Mike - 03-03-2005
was thinking last night.... how cool would it be to have our local tracks in the game? vir at the least, summit would be icing on the cake... damn, sweet. i can dream.
- Evan - 03-03-2005
Mike Wrote:turns out a-spec points are based on weight first and then power-to-weight second.thats a little dissapointing.
I really thought everything was taken into account. If you can make all those modifications, getting 200 aspec points per race shouldnt be too difficult. Although I really thought that the points went down a little when I put on soft sport tires... ?
I won a 129 point race last night with a stock miata (and got 2nd in a 161pt) which was quite a challenge. It wouldnt have been much of a challenge if I had all that other stuff.....
- Mike - 03-03-2005
you won a race with a stock miata? damn, didn't know that was possible.
- .RJ - 03-03-2005
I won some 130 point races in a stock RSX-R (ok, I put an exhaust on it for the rice effect)
- Sijray21 - 03-03-2005
so far my favorite car is the M3 GTR that i've modified to just a hair under 600hp
, handles like a champ with the R-compounds and the NOS give's it an extra b00st in the straights 
hock: i'm waiting till i get 25% done so i can start the enduro's :wink:
- .RJ - 03-03-2005
Merc Benz 190 2.5 16V Evo II Touring car
Its got "real" tires on it and I'm pretty sure I can get it under 7:00 on the 'ring. That thing just kicks ass for a 4-banger (but it hits a brick wall at 160mph). You win it by winning all of the European 'Schwarzwald League B' races
- REED - 03-03-2005
Im deff. satisfied with the tracks that are in it, i guess it would be nice to have some local tracks as well. I really wish they would have spent more time on the handling aspects or at least having cars that someone would actually want to race (E30 M3, any model of the GTi VR6, not the shitty 150 hp 4 door gti) and less time making cars like the one that i just won after completing the world classic car championship...........
the mercedez motor carriage - all 1 hp of it
and in case you wanted to know it has 2 gears, maxes out at 12 MPH and ran a 1.36 in the quarter mile (thats 1 minute 36 seconds)
:evil:
- Hunter - 03-03-2005
The ford GT race car that they have in the opening movie is incredible, but the regular production ford GT sucks nuts. Oh, and the Mclaren is rediculous.
- Sijray21 - 03-03-2005
how far is everyone along?
i think i'm about 21.6% finished
- Hunter - 03-03-2005
33.2%... can someone please come and break the disc in half, I haven't gotten any thesis work done since i bought this game.
- Mike - 03-03-2005
.RJ Wrote:Merc Benz 190 2.5 16V Evo II Touring car
remember when i told you i wanted one of those? they f'ing own so hard.
my favorite car is the nsx-r which doesn't even have any power mods yet, sounds sooooo nice. i'm only like 15% in so that will likely change.
- .RJ - 03-03-2005
Mike Wrote:remember when i told you i wanted one of those? they f'ing own so hard.
Mmm hmm... I'd hit it!
- ScottyB - 03-03-2005
b00sted first-gen lotus elise is unstoppable in almost any contest, i giggle every time i drive it! the only cars it can't really take are the supeR cars. the best is that i have it set up to just barely oversteer through turns, so i keep it floored like 90% of the time. damn i wish i had a real one.
p.s. i put gold daytons on my super bird!
- .RJ - 03-03-2005
ScottyB Wrote:p.s. i put gold daytons on my super bird!
[neo]whoa[/neo]
fixed by mike
- JackoliciousLegs - 03-03-2005
Physics in this game still bite the big one. It's an arcade game. That's all.
I give it a 7.5/10. I expected much more than a shitload of crappy cars and a new interface. I'll still play it til I beat it... but come on. LFS has better physics and it was made by 3 guys. Oh well.
- Sijray21 - 03-03-2005
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Physics in this game still bite the big one. It's an arcade game. That's all.
I give it a 7.5/10. I expected much more than a shitload of crappy cars and a new interface. I'll still play it til I beat it... but come on. LFS has better physics and it was made by 3 guys. Oh well.
try taking off the traction control and understeer/oversteer stabilizers...it's quite different
not perfect, but i say it's a pretty good simulator
- G.Irish - 03-03-2005
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Physics in this game still bite the big one. It's an arcade game. That's all.
I give it a 7.5/10. I expected much more than a shitload of crappy cars and a new interface. I'll still play it til I beat it... but come on. LFS has better physics and it was made by 3 guys. Oh well.
Ugh, exactly what I was afraid of. Damn, I might wait till it comes out on greatest hits.