DocEvi1
04-04-2004, 06:53 PM
www.codemasters.co.uk/tocaracedriver2/index.php (I found the most reliable place was to register here)
I've just fiddled with the demo and I can say I'm not that impressed to be honest.
As you say the handling is more arcade than simulation (no bad thing in itself I guess - it's a game after all), and the menu is marginally better than CMR04 but still has that blasted "hit enter to start" - why?
The graphics, I'm assuming ramping the graphics up in the demo doesn't do a blessed thing. I'm guessing it's all to do with higher res textures not been shipped. It looks quite flat to me tho, the shading seems more on the "make it shiny" rather than "make it realistic", although again that might be the demo or my ageing PC.
The FF wasn't all that grand, although again this is a demo and you can't grade a game on that (it sucks you can't see what a game is like before you buy it).
I liked the damage, more realistic that you can destroy your car, but personally I liked more realism and more feel when something breaks (for instance camera shake when your windscreen breaks and the wind is rushing in), but there were lots of nice subtle noises and lack of power when I really damaged the Merc.
I was mighty impressed by the outside view and the flow of the car when it was power-sliding tho It would be nicer to have a further view out tho (with the current one the car fills the screen)
The noises from the other cars didn't really seem to feature...
I actually quite liked Toca3, it had lots of different cars, a nice progressive career mode but personally I would love more to be made of that. i.e. more job "offers" rather than you can race for xxx. It would add to realism if you could moonlight as a rally driver for a special guest appearance in your countries local event.
The one thing that irks me tho, is why must we move to America to start racing, I'm sure it wouldn't impossible for CM to make the country of origin moveable!
I've just fiddled with the demo and I can say I'm not that impressed to be honest.
As you say the handling is more arcade than simulation (no bad thing in itself I guess - it's a game after all), and the menu is marginally better than CMR04 but still has that blasted "hit enter to start" - why?
The graphics, I'm assuming ramping the graphics up in the demo doesn't do a blessed thing. I'm guessing it's all to do with higher res textures not been shipped. It looks quite flat to me tho, the shading seems more on the "make it shiny" rather than "make it realistic", although again that might be the demo or my ageing PC.
The FF wasn't all that grand, although again this is a demo and you can't grade a game on that (it sucks you can't see what a game is like before you buy it).
I liked the damage, more realistic that you can destroy your car, but personally I liked more realism and more feel when something breaks (for instance camera shake when your windscreen breaks and the wind is rushing in), but there were lots of nice subtle noises and lack of power when I really damaged the Merc.
I was mighty impressed by the outside view and the flow of the car when it was power-sliding tho It would be nicer to have a further view out tho (with the current one the car fills the screen)
The noises from the other cars didn't really seem to feature...
I actually quite liked Toca3, it had lots of different cars, a nice progressive career mode but personally I would love more to be made of that. i.e. more job "offers" rather than you can race for xxx. It would add to realism if you could moonlight as a rally driver for a special guest appearance in your countries local event.
The one thing that irks me tho, is why must we move to America to start racing, I'm sure it wouldn't impossible for CM to make the country of origin moveable!