sky
04-12-2004, 06:18 AM
well got cmr4 on saturday and went at it. graphics are good, not outstanding (most of the time) but good. some tracks have an average look, others really look great. finished it 4 times already (2x 4wd, 1x 2wd, 1x group b). yeah fun.
some issues i have with this game. while there's brilliantly beautiful tracks in there, others are just taken from cmr3 and played backward (you'll know which ones - some tracks in greece for example). on my rig every once in a while the time-counters go to hell, which is a minor issue, though i'd like to know what my distance regarding the other drivers really is. i get the green sign telling me i'm ahead of them while i'm actually 20 seconds behind... pff
next thing is, some cars don't seem to unlock as they should. i've finished 2nd in the 4wd challenge and didn't get the bonus car for finishing 2nd. wtf?
framerates are pretty good. mostly around 90, lowest i've seen was high 60's. and some of the bonus cars really rock. audi quattro s1 - man i've been waiting for that car to reappear ever since cmr1 on the psx. YAY. ford cortina, another fine car and some mg, that i still need to unlock (see above).
ok. if you want eyecandy, use the drivers view with dash and all and drive the uk tracks starting with level 3 which imo is the most beautiful one despite the rain. rain, man the rain on the windscreen really rocks. looking really good and making it harder to concentrate on the track - especially in the latter stages of the uk when the rain picks up real strong.
i'm realling looking forward to unlocking the ultimate mode. extreme (yea!) damage and only driver view - usually i'm using the behind view, but i've picked up driving on board to get into it for this last ultimate challenge.
if you're into driving games, check it out. the physics feel good - though i'm not using a wheel to play this one - just the replays have a slightly strange quality. the physics there seem to be lost or strange or something. doesn't look like what you felt during driving.. ah well. nice game, check it out.
some issues i have with this game. while there's brilliantly beautiful tracks in there, others are just taken from cmr3 and played backward (you'll know which ones - some tracks in greece for example). on my rig every once in a while the time-counters go to hell, which is a minor issue, though i'd like to know what my distance regarding the other drivers really is. i get the green sign telling me i'm ahead of them while i'm actually 20 seconds behind... pff
next thing is, some cars don't seem to unlock as they should. i've finished 2nd in the 4wd challenge and didn't get the bonus car for finishing 2nd. wtf?
framerates are pretty good. mostly around 90, lowest i've seen was high 60's. and some of the bonus cars really rock. audi quattro s1 - man i've been waiting for that car to reappear ever since cmr1 on the psx. YAY. ford cortina, another fine car and some mg, that i still need to unlock (see above).
ok. if you want eyecandy, use the drivers view with dash and all and drive the uk tracks starting with level 3 which imo is the most beautiful one despite the rain. rain, man the rain on the windscreen really rocks. looking really good and making it harder to concentrate on the track - especially in the latter stages of the uk when the rain picks up real strong.
i'm realling looking forward to unlocking the ultimate mode. extreme (yea!) damage and only driver view - usually i'm using the behind view, but i've picked up driving on board to get into it for this last ultimate challenge.
if you're into driving games, check it out. the physics feel good - though i'm not using a wheel to play this one - just the replays have a slightly strange quality. the physics there seem to be lost or strange or something. doesn't look like what you felt during driving.. ah well. nice game, check it out.