Due to the time limit.. it is only a small, and simple test.
test bed：
CPU: Intel Core 2 Deo E6850
MB: Foxconn Mars (P35+ICH9R)
RAM: DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 1GB x2
Drivers: ATI Radeon Catalyst 7.10; NVIDIA Forceware 169.02
Benchamrk: Fraps 2.9.2
game setting:
http://www.expreview.com/img/news/071103/setup_1.gif
First chart is scene one, second chart is scene two：
http://www.expreview.com/img/news/07..._Benchmark.png
original post: http://www.expreview.com/news/hard/2...6277d6772.html
Wow, the 2900XT does very well here! :up:
Still, that's pretty low framerates on high end hardware... typical bloated EA :banana::banana::banana::banana:e... :rolleyes:
is this game pc exclusive or a port of sorts?
sorry i dont follow racing games much
Ported from the console big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by strange|ife
Why no AA on the scores??
It's the world shadow and FX that kills the performance. Turn that down to medium the framerates improves.
It's looking good on XBOX360@30FPS (60 when looking back :p: ).
If PC conversion is as well optimized as for consoles and FPS are above 30 all the time everything is fine! But if it dips belove then it's a bad news for people with slower GFX cards....
Is this a specific benchmark or like a fraps?
I just played it with my overclocked gt and quad at 2.85
With 1280x1024 res, all settings on high, 8x antialiasing, I was wondering if I was playing a nintendo game on crack.. fps would hit high 70's at some points ;)
avg about 45-50fps.
2900xt does well because the test doesn't stress aa
The gfx were good but the fun level wasn't like those old need for speed games
I'll take flatout 2 anyday of the week
I wonder if the rv670 will outperform the 8800gt in pro street, especially considering the r600 does
I just uninstalled the demo, when I turned on 4X AA it had zero impact on the performance. I just wasn't into it enough to tweak the settings to get a good mix of performance and eye candy. It looks like Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights is going to be the new NFS heir.
Total playing time = 10 minutes
Time to download and install = 30 minutes
That isn't a good ratio.
Didi anyone notice horrible input lag?
Wow the framerate is pretty much crap.
already posted on de NFS Pro Street thread mas this one is more appropried:
here is my results with the 8800GT on VISTA 32bits, the result is for the Speed Racing
Q6600 @ 3600ghz
4x1GB TG Elite DDR800
Asus P5K-E
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2716/settingsah8.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/429...graficodg6.jpg
the MIN-FPS where when it appears alot of cars and in the zones with cenarios, average FPS was 40\45 fluid so i´m happy for now.
regards
Figures, just sold my 2900 and it actually does good. Just :banana::banana::banana::banana:ING figures.
does this game support widescreen, i mean no NFS game has ever supported, or any EA game, EA is crap now a days.
You will probably need a mod. God I hate EA's mentality.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
what?! means me with my GTS 320 CANT run it in 1280x1024 4AA 16AF Smooth? ... Damn this World!
game supports WS res, Its a crap game though thats another rubbish port. Everyone seriously needs to stop buying EA games until they f*x their :banana::banana::banana::banana:
game supports widescreen resolutions up to 1920x1080. Damn them for not including 2560x1600! Surprisingly enough, the game doesn't crash with crossfire enabled, or fails to laod with Crossfire enabled...at least they got something right.
seems like everyone has stopped buying EA, they lost like 192 million last quarter.............i hope they go back to their roots.....or else its the end of the road for them
Um, they madea few development house purchases, and hence the loss. They should recoup those losses over Christmas season...one quarter of losses is minor, really. Valve went 6 years without a real release...and they were a developer, not a publisher.
just realized that it does use both cores as my cpu usage was 100% all the time...anyone got a quad to test?
No, I didn't. This is because with it comes to car games (sims) you NEVER use a keyboard. However, the use of the xbox 360 game pad with wireless PC remote shows no lag for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
Yes i get that, makes the game feel like crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
yea, thank god, no more nfsresQuote:
Originally Posted by cadaveca
greeeeeat game :D well teh demo was fun , brought me back to my console days , wireless 360 controller for windows is where its at felt awesome on ma 2900 :D
This game is another in the line of NFS speed jokes. Cars still look like toys compaired to GT or PGR, and racing feels comepletely unrealistic. I know this is supposed to be arcadish (because god forbid us PC gamers get a racing sim thats not 4 year behind graphics wise on release day) but can't they even try?!
Eh, atleast the FPS is there.. No suprise as this honestly looks no better than Most Wanted two years ago.
first of all this is not console port!
Today AAA titles like this one are developd on multiplatform framework. So basicaly developers don't write games for consoles, and then rewrite them for PC.
Second, NFS 11 has a excelent Dual Core optimisation:
this is when AI kick in in with assistence (basicaly when you are trying to get back on first place)
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/6...4285yh6.th.jpg
And little less CPU load when you are the first:
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6...1589fb1.th.jpg
All in all very nice racing arcade...
If it didn't have multi-core support, it wouldn't even be an X360 game... It has 3 cores, so naturally, it will have multi-core support....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedjo
And if this wasn't developed for consoles, take another bloody look... Just the menus give it away... You've got horrible keyboard-support, even steering-wheels work like shiet, as though it was slapped on because they had to for the PC...
You've got graphics and physics which by today's PC-standards are completely outdated (YES, I went there, PCs are so much more powerful than consoles you simply don't compare the two in terms of power anymore), and compared to other, better programmed racing-games (DiRT being one, GTR2, which is even over a year old, being another), it's utter crap...
This isn't an AAA title, it's more like a BBB/CCC title... It's a run-of-the-mill, assembly-line-made dead-horse-beating load of complete bullocks which would take a complete overhaul by a proper development-team to make worth buying....
Best Regards :toast:
updated the main thread with some more test SPECs:
Drivers: ATI Radeon Catalyst 7.10; NVIDIA Forceware 169.02
Benchamrk: Fraps 2.9.2
As I've allways said:
NFS IS NOT a racing game. It's an action game based on cars.
Go get GTR2, GTL, rFactor or LFS if you want a proper racing game.
Because all of those are either terrible home made or niche only affairs. Besides, all the recent NFS are still a pretty sad excuse for an action game too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caparroz
My favorite racing game as of recent are Flatout and Flatout 2. Yes, very much an action car based game, but handling kills NFS.
My favorite of all-time is Monster Truck Madness 2.. so many truck/track mods for that game. Wish Flatout 2 was as supported in car/truck/track mods as that was.
Erm... home made? Where did you get that from? Yes, LFS is developed by only three guys but it's used as a base by a number of professional simulators. ISI's rFactor is used as a simulator by F1 team BMW-Sauber. ISI aldo developed EA's F1 and NASCAR games and created and developed the engine (gMotor 1 and 2) used by SimBin's GTR, GTR2 and GTL, which are very successful commercial titles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dainas
Yep, those are niche titles but the race sim community is huge. Just check www.rscnet.org
and there in lies the problem with racers on the PC, they either are made for arcade or straight up racing class sim. Where is our Gran Turismo, or atleast PGR, Forza.. Sega GT.. whatever....
Those are all arcade games. There's no middle ground. A racing game is either arcade (Gran Turismo, Forza, etc.) or try to depict real life as close as possible. The moment a game compromises "real world" physics to make gameplay easier it's no longer a sim. That's how I see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dainas
i have a GTS in my rig stock clocks with 1680x1050 full details on everything with 8xAA + max filtering and all >> basically all settings turned up and it's smooth as butter.......overclocking the card from 514/796 to 650/950 does nothing to improve it further meaning it isn't even lagging on stock settingsQuote:
Originally Posted by HamidFULL
CPU >> E6300@3.3Ghz :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Caparroz
Too bad the "depict real life as close as possible" does not extend to graphics with racing Sims in comparison to console 'driving simulators'.. That was makes me a little jaded with most sims.
Still, luckily for me my fav genre of specific racing has a great game GTR 2, by far the best feel of any racing game I've played and pretty ok graphics.... Just could use alittle more polish in visuals even a year ago.
ran great on my 1950XTX totally maxed on 1680x1050 (have yet to try AA though) game looks OK racing games normally racers have not the best graphics any ways it looks just as good as any other racer (except for dirt). but to play on a keyboard is impossible. first thing i did was plug in my 360 game pad and had at it. it was pretty fun but they have strayed form what NFS is now it is in some no mans land between SIM racers and Arcade racers. i liked NFS for arcade racers (like carbon and such) but this has taken a half step towards the SIM world so as far as SIMs go it get totally smoked by forza 2 and NFS Carbon still delivers a much more fun Arcade racing experience. so EA should have stuck with the Arcade feel and i might have bought it.
to back this game sucksssssssssssssssssssssssssss
You read my damn mind!Quote:
Originally Posted by STEvil
The x1950 pro cannot handle this game, when the 7300gt sli CAN! omg, ea are loosing it....