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Dirt Track Racing sim or arcade?

4 posts by 4 people · 27 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999

Darek 27 Oct 1999#499562
Will the game be more of a sim or an arcade racer? Or somewhere inbetween? I just read that it will be a budget title, with a pricetag of $19.99. That can't be a good sign of the game being a serious GPL-calliber sim can it?
Bendito 27 Oct 1999#499563
> Will the game be more of a sim or an arcade racer? Or somewhere > inbetween? Somewhere in between. But just where in between is for you (and others) to decide when they release the demo. It's irrelevant. Purely a marketing decision. But wait for the demo, try it out, and then make your decision. Marko;
John Bodin 27 Oct 1999#499564
It will be scalable, to cater to both ends of the spectrum -- you'll be able to adjust the difficulty and realism so you can play with a keyboard if that's all you've got, but when everything is cranked up to max difficulty and max realism, it's up there with Viper Racing and close to GPL in the sim category. Most of the beta test team are sim racers -- I don't think there was a single tester who has NFS installed on their machine, so the testers' focus was on realism when it came to the physics. Several beta testers were also real-world race drivers, too, so they were also looking for realism, not a Jeff Gordon-style "fun" arcade racer. I think you're going to like DTR if you like dirt ovals and sim racing. -- JB >Will the game be more of a sim or an arcade racer? Or somewhere >inbetween? I just read that it will be a budget title, with a pricetag >of $19.99. That can't be a good sign of the game being a serious >GPL-calliber sim can it?
Larry 28 Oct 1999#499797
I answer by reminding you that Viper Racing is $29, and SCGT can be bought for $19.95 now :) The price doesn't dictate the quality :) -Larry >Will the game be more of a sim or an arcade racer? Or somewhere >inbetween? I just read that it will be a budget title, with a pricetag >of $19.99. That can't be a good sign of the game being a serious >GPL-calliber sim can it?

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