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GP500 Demo Thoughts

3 posts by 3 people · 06 Jan 1999 - 06 Jan 1999

Im pleased to see another bike sim. Its by far the most realistic bike game, but still far away from the real thing. First thing i noticed was it runs smooth :), the starts seem to be impossible without doing a mono or "wheelie". I race road bikes at national level, and have never had a bike that is so impossible not to mono. The turning seems to be wrong also, fully cranked over and it still goes straight, this could be setup or just the physics model. Crashes were a dissapointment, but still better than any other bike game. No wheelspin, but i was able to get the rear wheel off the ground under braking, you cant highside.. with the joystick, you can keep changing down gears once you are in first, and if u keep changing up when your in 6th it actually changes down, but still says your in 6th. There is no lisencing, but the AI's names are easily reckignisable (however u spell it :) ). With a few small things fixed this could be a really good game.. What ever happened to that WSBK game? Greets, Luke
Dave Grando 06 Jan 1999#443702
Last I heard it has been delayed until March :(((((( -- Cheers Dave "I don't suffer from insanity, I love every minute of it ."
Destroy 06 Jan 1999#443703
Recent ex-racer here and I agree. This game has many good points but just as many that are wrong also that really makes it disappointing to me. I realize this is a demo but I simply can not understand how a game company that claims their game is a sim can get so many things incorrect. Maybe they'll get fixed before the final but I'm not getting my hopes up. WSKB. That's another game that had good points but even more bad points. Can you say steering dampener set WAY too stiff? Someday they will make a great accurate cycle roadrace sim. I'll probably be gray haired by then. We'll see what those AMA game designers can come up with. :)
Quoted text (17 lines)> Im pleased to see another bike sim. Its by far the most realistic bike game, > but still far away from the real thing. First thing i noticed was it runs > smooth :), the starts seem to be impossible without doing a mono or > "wheelie". I race road bikes at national level, and have never had a bike > that is so impossible not to mono. The turning seems to be wrong also, fully > cranked over and it still goes straight, this could be setup or just the > physics model. Crashes were a dissapointment, but still better than any > other bike game. No wheelspin, but i was able to get the rear wheel off the > ground under braking, you cant highside.. with the joystick, you can keep > changing down gears once you are in first, and if u keep changing up when > your in 6th it actually changes down, but still says your in 6th. There is > no lisencing, but the AI's names are easily reckignisable (however u spell > it :) ). With a few small things fixed this could be a really good game.. > What ever happened to that WSBK game? > Greets, > Luke

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