X-Car - Experimental racing.

X-Car is an experimental racing game from Bethesda. You can modify almost any part of a car and test it on different tracks. Anybody got any opinions on this game or on the concept?? Thanks. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael Liubinskas *** Interactive Phone: 02 9417 1322 Fax: 02 9417 1388 Mobile: 015 789 304 "Be prepared to take leaps of faith, you cannot cross a chasm with two small steps", David Lloyd George.

> X-Car is an experimental racing game from Bethesda. You can modify > almost any part of a car and test it on different tracks. > Anybody got any opinions on this game or on the concept?? Yeah, it's a great concept. That's all I'll say... :-) ---Jim

As Jim mentioned, it's a great concept, and that's about it. Bethesda has done some things with X-Car that other developers should learn from, that is, that it's easily configurable, easy to hack (lots of potential for 3rd-party tools, etc), 3dfx support, and has some very cool-looking tracks (Seattle is my favorite). However, Bethesda has apparently taken-on the 'guise of MicroProse, in that they're not very supportive of their products (ie: they've identified the flaw in X-Car - steering - but haven't released a patch). This after identifying the bug several months back(October), and claiming it's more or less an easy fix. =( Makes me wonder how they'll support Burn Out. =| Cheers! Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing Online / Sim Racing News / The Sim Project http://members.aol.com/simracing

> Makes me wonder how they'll support Burn Out. =| We might have to wait awhile to see if they'll support Burnout, saw this at OGR.COM, from 1/6: Bethesda announced today that their drag racing game Burnout: Championship Drag Racing has been pushed back to March 1998. Ashley Cheng, spokesguy for Bethesda stated, "We will not release this game before its ready. The extra time lets us include some extra features which will make it a better game." -- Dave Otterness

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>> Makes me wonder how they'll support Burn Out. =| >We might have to wait awhile to see if they'll support Burnout, saw this >at OGR.COM, from 1/6: > Bethesda announced today that their drag racing >game > Burnout: Championship Drag Racing has been pushed >back > to March 1998. Ashley Cheng, spokesguy for Bethesda > stated, "We will not release this game before its >ready. The > extra time lets us include some extra features which >will > make it a better game." >-- >Dave Otterness

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>*** >>> Makes me wonder how they'll support Burn Out. =| >>We might have to wait awhile to see if they'll support Burnout, saw this >>at OGR.COM, from 1/6: >> Bethesda announced today that their drag racing >>game >> Burnout: Championship Drag Racing has been pushed >>back >> to March 1998. Ashley Cheng, spokesguy for Bethesda >> stated, "We will not release this game before its >>ready. The >> extra time lets us include some extra features which >>will >> make it a better game." >>-- >>Dave Otterness

Hmm...I hope Tantrum gets their act together and releases their Top Fuel simulation when they said they were going to, about the time of the Winternationals. I think Bethesda wanted to have their sim out by the time the big boys go to Pomona, and I think they will, it's just that they'll be at the Winston Finals instead of the Winternationals the way they're going. :( Burnout was supposed to be out in November, then December, then January, now March. How much longer do we drag racing fans have to wait for a good sim for our favorite motorsport? There are WAY TOO MANY F1 and CART/IRL sims out now anyway. Kevin

<<There are WAY TOO MANY F1 and CART/IRL sims out now anyway.>> Not "way too many" good ones, though! I'm looking forward to Burnout, too... Bart