Lol all.
Some positives:
> Menu's look lovely (important to me as a designer but hardly a reason to stump up cash I agree
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> Track looks great and framerate smooth as heck on my middle-aged system. I thought I was going to struggle- impressive.
> There's some pretty sophisticated tyre modelling going on as you say Picnic- the car feels very good as you ride the bumpy Brands circuit. The wheel weight goes light as you crest bumps and the engine note rises as the car revs etc etc. I need more time with it but I think the game might well have the most advanced system in that respect so far. Haven't played GTR2 much though to compare.
> The windscreen wipers rock! I like driving with them on even though the demo is dry
Some negatives:
> The sound is rubbish rubbish rubbish.
> The sound is weak bad puny.
> The cars feel like someone forgot to put all the spark plugs back in- can 200bhp+ tuned race cars really feels so sedate?
> There is all the usual Simbin annoyances in there, like for example, the game forgetting which wheel you selected for use and then you having to re-assign the keys again because they've drifted off into the ether too. Your hotlap is started for you and has a countdown like any serious sim fanatic would prefer that over exiting the pits manually and doing an outlap 'for real'.
> The default set-ups are real shockers- 12 across the board for all the bump and rebound settings? Congratualtions Simbin you may loose sales just because people have to fiddle so much to get the darn cars driveable.
> Last but not least, they need to bite the bullet and release the game with the excitement pack included rather than as an after sale add-on. Failing that, they could include some of the 'special internet pictures' Ruskus is talking about on the advertising boards around the track. Might make me want to play the game a bit more
