Porsche Unleashed (PSX) disappointing

Well, NFS: Porsche Unleashed is out for the PSX, and after a couple of hours, it's been a letdown. It seems every since NFS3, EA keeps giving up less and less options. They did give us custom controls once again, but you can't change the default driving view, MPH or KMH. etc. You can choose map on/off and tach on/off...that's it. You can't choose weather or race tracks in mirror mode or even backwards. Speaking of the tracks, the designs are terrible! 80% of them are nothing but 90-degree turns. I almost swore I was playing Test Drive 6! Also, there are no point-to-point tracks as in the original NFS, even though the box says there are. Traffic is only available in the Test Driver mode, as far as I can tell. There is no Hot Pursuit mode, except for the chase mode, in which you have to keep away from a single cop car. If he catches just one, the race is over! There's a capture the flag mode, but with so many criss-cross routes, it's hard to tell where to go. The evolution mode is pretty good. You start with an older Porsche, and enter either a tournament or weekend race. You can now repair the suspension, engine, etc. separately, and you even have limited setups. What sucks, is when you make adjustments to the car, the bar graphs don't change, so you can't tell what effects they are having! There is now a qualifying mode, but it's a complete waste. You race two whole laps, which is often the same length as the race! When you are qualifying, you may come upon another opponent. Weird. As I said qualifying is a waste as the cars are all bunched together at the start, like formula One. You can easily pass all three of them in a few seconds. Yes, there's only three opponents. :-( Another odd thing is you can either choose a novice race with less points awarded or an expert race for more points. Although there are only 3 others cars, you are really competing against the cars in the expert mode for points as well! So even if you win all of the races in novice mode, you can't win. WTF? Payouts are nice, and I was able to buy another car right away, and enter a few more races. The tourneys and weekend races are limited to vehicle type, so you will eventually have to buy one of each to enter them all. The test driver mode has you driving thru slalom courses marked by cones. I passed the first two after a short while, but the third one made no sense at all. You have to drive down a divided stretch of mountain road. If you don't go in between the cones in the specific order you'll reach the end, and have to turn around. I drove back and forth for five minutes aiming for the arrows, but never did finish! Another gripe is the screen font. The number 1 looks just like a 7. grrrr. The tach's are nice, though. They change appearance from model to model. Another possible glitch is the fact that I could never get the cars to shift up to its highest gear when driving an automatic. I was driving a 928 or something and I had it past the redline in 5th, but it wouldn't shift to sixth! Using a manual *** works fine, BTW. This problem happens in all models. Graphics are pretty good, but the signs that have the arrows on them telling you which way to go often are not drawn-in until the last minute. You'll end up slamming into a wall often. The sense of speed is incredible. If you're driving a 911 GT3, you are driving so fast, it's hard to react. There are numerous breakable objects; in fact there are too many. Again, is this Test Drive 6 or NFS? Luckily I got it at EBX, so I'll probably get the PC version, which has gotten rave reviews, and if $15 cheaper anyway. Oh yeah, apparently there are no vehicle upgrades, either. :-( Life is what you experience between racing games. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

. Another possible glitch is the fact that I could One minor thing - I think it might be that the autos only have 5 gears, even in the models that have 6 in manual form. I remember some cars being like this in High Stakes. The real Porsche Tiptronics only have 5, so this is actually realistic, although the 5th gear would be about the same as the 6th in the manual, I think. Closer to the manual's 6th than 5th anyway. Marc

Sebastien Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: > Much better ?? Well graphicly , sure,but there is NO feeling of speed on > the PC version !, I nearly fall asleep last night while playing ! > Seb Try the Boxster mission, Zone Industrielle, bumper view, 3D shutterglasses. If you still fall asleep, i would suggest some extra strong coffee.:) Andreas -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Worueber man nicht reden kann, darueber muss man schweigen."(Wittgenstein) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Kroell alias [email hidden]

Joe62 wrote: > You should try the PC version, it's a completely different (and much > better) game. I think they have just pushed too far beyond the limits > of what's possible on a PSX. Look for the next-gen console NFS (on PSX > 2 maybe?) to catch up to the PC feature-wise. Much better ?? Well graphicly , sure,but there is NO feeling of speed on the PC version !, I nearly fall asleep last night while playing ! Seb

You should try the PC version, it's a completely different (and much better) game. I think they have just pushed too far beyond the limits of what's possible on a PSX. Look for the next-gen console NFS (on PSX 2 maybe?) to catch up to the PC feature-wise. Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

Sebastien Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Much better ?? Well graphicly , sure,but there is NO feeling of speed on >the PC version ! I disagree. In the bumoer-cam the feeling of speed is excelent (of course you have to progress past the early underpowered models!). Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

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> Sebastien Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > Much better ?? Well graphicly , sure,but there is NO feeling of speed on > > the PC version !, I nearly fall asleep last night while playing ! > > > Seb > > Try the Boxster mission, Zone Industrielle, bumper view, 3D shutterglasses. > If you still fall asleep, i would suggest some extra strong coffee.:)

I played it on my Video Projector 2meter wide screen, SBLive 4 speakers ( 5x100W ), MS Wheel FF, sorry but compare to other title like Motorhead, NFS 1, GPL, GP2, the sensation of speed is REALLY poor, plus there is no action, i almost forget i have a brake pedals ! I've complete the factory missions, okey they're hard but the sensation of speed is poor ! What i mean is the road is so wide that there is no action, just turn a litle the whell sometimes, just play GPL and you'll know what is sensation of speed and action driving thrill !!! Have you ever experience driving at 200 kph in real life ? In NFS5 you drive at 300kph and you feel like driving at 100kph :o( All that IMHO. Seb

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:42:38 +0200, Sebastien Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Have you ever experience driving at 200 kph in real life ? >In NFS5 you drive at 300kph and you feel like driving at 100kph :o( A particularly reckless friend of mine in high school once drove me around at about 130kph in an old Chevy Cavalier. I swear it felt like we were going 230! Martin Long Live Nigel Mansell!