Play the GRID demo and win the $90,000 Ford Mustang GT-R (ends May 25th)

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by RC45 Downloaded the demo, played one time trial, 3 corners of one race and deleted the demo. ...not what I expected from Code Masters.

Worse than the TOCAs? If you've ever tried those.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska Worse than the TOCAs? If you've ever tried those.

To me, about the same,and funny you mention the TOCA series, because I traded a pile of games for GTA4, and had kept the entire TOCA series because I remembered thembeing so good - and when I tried them out before I left for GameStop, I realised that in comparison to todays titles, TOCA sucked hehe.

But I just tossed Forza2 into the 360 to see if I was giving GRID a fair shake, and the difference between FM2 steering input and GRID is night and day.

Maybe I am being hyper critical because of how spoiled we have become, and by all means still try GRID out, but I was not impressed - its one of the most visually stunning games ever - adn rivals GT5P for the level of detail - not photrealistic, but that gritty Quake4 style "realism".

Visually its freaking awesome - control wise it was terrible (for me). Seriously, GTA4 drivng input is more controlable and progressive than GRID - the Mustang GT-R needed about 1mm of steering input to go almost full lock.

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by RC45 To me, about the same,and funny you mention the TOCA series, because I traded a pile of games for GTA4, and had kept the entire TOCA series because I remembered thembeing so good - and when I tried them out before I left for GameStop, I realised that in comparison to todays titles, TOCA sucked hehe.

A shame. That's exactly what I was worried about. I remember TOCA 2 being so fun when it was new. But. I dunno. I'll try it myself one day, if anything for that Mustang.

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska A shame. That's exactly what I was worried about. I remember TOCA 2 being so fun when it was new. But. I dunno. I'll try it myself one day, if anything for that Mustang.

I played NFS 5 (Porsche Unleashed) with my Logitech MOMO the other day.... and it's just as good as I remember.... just more blocky, cartoony graphics hehe

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by nthfinity I played NFS 5 (Porsche Unleashed) with my Logitech MOMO the other day.... and it's just as good as I remember.... just more blocky, cartoony graphics hehe

That was a fun game. I remember playing the game as some sort of body shop owner who'd buy used cars, repair them, and resell them for way more than what I had spent on them. (very realistic even in that aspect) 40 car garage was never enough for me. I remember being stuck on one of the Factory Driver missions, though...

Hopefully the game has features other than just racing to make it worth buying.

[thiago]

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska That was a fun game. I remember playing the game as some sort of body shop owner who'd buy used cars, repair them, and resell them for way more than what I had spent on them. (very realistic even in that aspect) 40 car garage was never enough for me. I remember being stuck on one of the Factory Driver missions, though... Hopefully the game has features other than just racing to make it worth buying.

I have that game but it's back home (NFS Porsche Unleashed), in Brazil, I guess I'll have my sister mail it to me to try it on my new rig. It's one of my favorite games ever. Crazy good looking graphics for that time (late 90's). I kind of lost interest in that game after I sold my Voodoo 5 5500 to get a Geforce 4 4200 Ti. The new card didn't have as good graphics (lack of good 3dfx engine support) as the Voodoo did. The same happened with F-22 Lightning II.

I'm having a blast playing GRID on my PC with the Xbox 360 wheel at 1920x1080 and a 37" monitor.

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by thiago I kind of lost interest in that game after I sold my Voodoo 5 5500 to get a Geforce 4 4200 Ti. The new card didn't have as good graphics (lack of good 3dfx engine support) as the Voodoo did. The same happened with F-22 Lightning II.

3dFX had created "open GL" .... and were the undisputed masters of open gl .... nvidia had open gl support witht he GeForce 4200+ however, it never ran as silk smooth as even a Voodoo 3 series.