TOCA Link up

I tried to get TOCA working with IPX, but I couldnt, so I used serial. My point is, in link up you can only race h2h, no AI players. GP2 still rules the nest! Mike Williams

>I tried to get TOCA working with IPX, but I couldnt, so I used serial. >My point is, in link up you can only race h2h, no AI players. GP2 still >rules the nest! >Mike Williams I know! What a mess up. Ask anyone what the best thing about touring cars is and they'll say being in a pack of cars jostling for position. I couldn't believe it when I entered a 2 player multiplayer and there was only 2 of us! Also no championship mode in multiplayer and worst of all no access beyond the first 2 tracks unless they have been accessed in single player. I bought this game solely for the multiplayer aspect. I paid my money, I wan't my tracks!!!! The premium phone number to unlock weather, camera views etc. is just taking the piss. Why oh why do companies get the hard things right (graphics, handling etc) then***it up with stupid things at the end. Dean

>I'm really dissapointed that TOCA multiplayer is limited to you and >your opponent and no other field cars. Pretty short sighted to say the >least. It would seem so easy to fix this, but of course how do you >tell that to the software developer? Not easy at all, not if you're talking about Internet multiplay - more like impossible. Too much data to transfer. Joe

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> >I know! What a mess up. Ask anyone what the best thing about touring cars is > >and they'll say being in a pack of cars jostling for position. I couldn't > >believe it when I entered a 2 player multiplayer and there was only 2 of us! > >Also no championship mode in multiplayer and worst of all no access beyond > >the first 2 tracks unless they have been accessed in single player. I bought > >this game solely for the multiplayer aspect. I paid my money, I wan't my > >tracks!!!! > >The premium phone number to unlock weather, camera views etc. is just taking > >the piss. > >Why oh why do companies get the hard things right (graphics, handling etc) > >then***it up with stupid things at the end. > >Dean > I wish more game companies, especially those that produce sim/arcade > racing games place more emphasis on the multiplayer aspects. It seems > they concentrate all their efforts on graphix/sound and then gameplay > and then lastly multiplayer options. > For me, I take multiplayer considerations into account first then > gameplay since whats the point of racing around against computer cars? > Sure its fun at first to learn the tracks, but ultimately you want to > test your skills against a real human opponent. > I'm really dissapointed that TOCA multiplayer is limited to you and > your opponent and no other field cars. Pretty short sighted to say the > least. It would seem so easy to fix this, but of course how do you > tell that to the software developer?

They are starting on Toca2 straight away ... Doug

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> >I tried to get TOCA working with IPX, but I couldnt, so I used serial. > >My point is, in link up you can only race h2h, no AI players. GP2 still > >rules the nest! > >Mike Williams > I know! What a mess up. Ask anyone what the best thing about touring cars is > and they'll say being in a pack of cars jostling for position. I couldn't > believe it when I entered a 2 player multiplayer and there was only 2 of us! > Also no championship mode in multiplayer and worst of all no access beyond > the first 2 tracks unless they have been accessed in single player. I bought > this game solely for the multiplayer aspect. I paid my money, I wan't my > tracks!!!! > The premium phone number to unlock weather, camera views etc. is just taking > the piss.

Do you mean you have to pay MORE for these optoins? Good ???

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> > >I know! What a mess up. Ask anyone what the best thing about touring cars is > > >and they'll say being in a pack of cars jostling for position. I couldn't > > >believe it when I entered a 2 player multiplayer and there was only 2 of us! > > >Also no championship mode in multiplayer and worst of all no access beyond > > >the first 2 tracks unless they have been accessed in single player. I bought > > >this game solely for the multiplayer aspect. I paid my money, I wan't my > > >tracks!!!! > > >The premium phone number to unlock weather, camera views etc. is just taking > > >the piss. > > >Why oh why do companies get the hard things right (graphics, handling etc) > > >then***it up with stupid things at the end. > > >Dean > > I wish more game companies, especially those that produce sim/arcade > > racing games place more emphasis on the multiplayer aspects. It seems > > they concentrate all their efforts on graphix/sound and then gameplay > > and then lastly multiplayer options. > > For me, I take multiplayer considerations into account first then > > gameplay since whats the point of racing around against computer cars? > > Sure its fun at first to learn the tracks, but ultimately you want to > > test your skills against a real human opponent. > > I'm really dissapointed that TOCA multiplayer is limited to you and > > your opponent and no other field cars. Pretty short sighted to say the > > least. It would seem so easy to fix this, but of course how do you > > tell that to the software developer? > They are starting on Toca2 straight away ... > Doug

I think he reads this any way. Mike Williams

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> >I'm really dissapointed that TOCA multiplayer is limited to you and > >your opponent and no other field cars. Pretty short sighted to say the > >least. It would seem so easy to fix this, but of course how do you > >tell that to the software developer? > Not easy at all, not if you're talking about Internet multiplay - more > like impossible. Too much data to transfer. > Joe

My original post was about linking up via IPX, not thru the internet, but having said this, Im not sure it would be impossible thru th einternet. Quake can do it. Ive played that with a whole croud, so why not TOCA? Mike Williams

>My original post was about linking up via IPX, not thru the internet, >but having said this, Im not sure it would be impossible thru th >einternet. Quake can do it. Ive played that with a whole croud, so why >not TOCA? The cars are moving too fast relative to each other. If this data isn't transfered fast enough you get all sorts of wierd problems - cars appearing inside of other cars, etc. Look at how long it took Papy to iron out the bugs from N2 multiplay with many racers. And that still has to be played with the aid of a dedicated *** service to work right. Joe