World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars
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Topic: World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars
Posted By: JasonSGN
Subject: World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars
Date Posted: 02-16-2010 at 2:59pm
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this game since the previous-gen one was pretty popular. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B002X36HW2/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance - World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars ------------- http://profile.mygamercard.net/JasonSGN"> 
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-16-2010 at 5:29pm
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Didn't even know that it was made for the new consoles. Thanks a bunch. Even if it is the same game as the previous version it's a definite buy.
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Posted By: JasonSGN
Date Posted: 02-16-2010 at 8:30pm
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Ted, I'll buy a copy for online racing if you're picking it up too.
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Posted By: Derek
Date Posted: 02-16-2010 at 11:27pm
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Fun game, but beware some framerate stutters and pauses from a base that's none-too-steady to begin with. I also run into graphical glitching that obscures vision while in 1st person cam. I personally think that the PS2 version is still pretty significantly better, but the new one is enjoyable enough for $20. ------------- http://profile.mygamercard.net/webdanzer"> 
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Posted By: JasonSGN
Date Posted: 02-17-2010 at 7:52am
You've tried the Xbox 360 version already? ------------- http://profile.mygamercard.net/JasonSGN">
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Posted By: Derek
Date Posted: 02-17-2010 at 9:37am
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Yeah, I grabbed it after hearing good things about it on DSP. I think if you don't have access to the original game, it will definitely do a good job of scratching that dirt-racing itch. Solid game, especially if you can tolerate the techincal issues. (Don't go from Forza to this, though!)
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-17-2010 at 4:47pm
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Do you know if the career mode is as deep (and good)? Jason, I'm GF'ing in. I'll let you know when it comes in. -------------
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Posted By: Derek
Date Posted: 02-17-2010 at 10:11pm
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I'd have to play in it a bit more to answer definitively, Ted, but the major knock on the new game's career mode is that you can't set difficulty...and the first couple of race nights have been very, very easy for me. Certainly possible that it gets harder as you progress. You *can* set difficulty in arcade mode and run full 'race day' events there (heats, dash for cash, main races, etc) and so I've actually spent more of my time there so far on the 'pro' difficulty setting. ------------- http://profile.mygamercard.net/webdanzer">
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-17-2010 at 11:52pm
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That's an interesting gameplay choice by the developer. Maybe it does ramp up pretty good and they didn't want to really frustrate new players? I'm looking forward to trying it. -------------
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-27-2010 at 10:34pm
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Gamefly copy arrived.
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Posted By: JasonSGN
Date Posted: 02-27-2010 at 11:46pm
Looking forward to hearing what you think of it. ------------- http://profile.mygamercard.net/JasonSGN">
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-28-2010 at 2:04am
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Probably going back pretty quickly. I know it looks better than the PS2 version, but it does not look good. It's not an HD game I think. It drives horribly with the wheel. You turn the wheel halfway before the front wheels start to move. I'm not talking about car starting to turn.....the wheels don't physically rotate until halfway and then they rotate very quickly so it makes steering difficult. There is quite a bit of stutter when there is traffic and especially in the turns. This can be a game breaker because at the 24 car fields it is hard to maneuver because you have to slide through the turns. Stutter makes it very difficult to not over control during these times. I'd recommend only to hardcore fans of sprint cars. Even at $20. I honestly think the PS2 version is a better game and probably not much worse looking. -------------
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Posted By: JasonSGN
Date Posted: 02-28-2010 at 10:26am
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What a shame. I realize it's a low-budget game, but they should've put some effort into the game.
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Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 02-28-2010 at 5:28pm
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If it was more responsive on the controls I could live with the graphics. Jake played it about 2 hours last night. His response was it was OK, but not good. He was winning races pretty easy.
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Posted By: GB_Simo
Date Posted: 03-01-2010 at 7:18pm
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Ted, is Jake doing that in Career mode? Waiting for my import copy to arrive so I've no direct input to offer, but the impressions I've read elsewhere suggest that for some reason Career starts off very easy and ramps up later on. The challenge, apparently, is to be found in the Arcade mode, which in fact isn't an arcade mode at all. ------------- |
Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 03-01-2010 at 7:25pm
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Adam, Jake's experience is in career mode and Derek said he experienced the same thing. I really like sprint cars and that style of racing. but this one just doesn't do it for me. I loved PS2 WoO and this is just missing the character that that one had, at least for me. By the time Jake finished his best laps were two seconds faster than the next fastest AI and he wasn't tweaking in the garage. He had also never raced sprint cars before. I don't think that is actually a black mark because if the difficulty ramps up as you advance that is fine. It's just the way it is. My dislike of the game has everything to do with the controls and the fact that there are better racing experiences with alternative titles. Hope you like it though. -------------
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Posted By: GB_Simo
Date Posted: 03-01-2010 at 7:42pm
I'm a bit troubled by your control worries but looking forward to it all the same. Still got PS2 WoO (very rare here and I'll never part with it, though my back-compat PS3 lies dormant while I wait for them to sort that strange clock issue they're apparently having) and it controls more loosely than I remember, though even with a new DualShock everything controls more loosely than I remember. I was hoping using the 360 controller might tighten things up a bit. I'm a bit torn on the difficulty thing. I'd sooner it was user-defined, but I can see the logic in having it ramp up. It's looking a lot like Indy Evolution is cancelled here now (no reply from the dev team, lots of places withdrawing it from their listings) so this and NASCAR 09 will have to do as a US racing fix. ------------- |
Posted By: TedSGN
Date Posted: 03-01-2010 at 8:13pm
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Let me add to that by saying my problem with the controls is with the wheel. Jake didn't seem to have any trouble driving with the xbox controller, but I don't like driving with the controller so that is on me. What I loved about the PS2 controls was that throttle was on the right stick and since turning is as much about goosing the accelerator as it is about countersteering with sprint cars, the PS2 controls always felt very natural to me with WoO. -------------
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