Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
well the developers claim that it was due to the new "seemless-online-autodrive" system.. where they need to synchronize up to 6 player's worlds simultaneously..
I don't know why they couldn't do 60 for that.. maybe something to do with server load.
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
well the developers claim that it was due to the new "seemless-online-autodrive" system.. where they need to synchronize up to 6 player's worlds simultaneously..
I don't know why they couldn't do 60 for that.. maybe something to do with server load.
"seemless online auto drive system". Aka............a multiplayer game?
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
well the developers claim that it was due to the new "seemless-online-autodrive" system.. where they need to synchronize up to 6 player's worlds simultaneously..
I don't know why they couldn't do 60 for that.. maybe something to do with server load.
"seemless online auto drive system". Aka............a multiplayer game?
Theres a cops/robbers element to the game.. so other players who can be cops or robbers can seemlessly enter your game, and mess with you... challenge you to stuff, etc..
They call it element-of-surprise... It's like putting facebook into NFS essentially.. and it cost us 30fps
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
well the developers claim that it was due to the new "seemless-online-autodrive" system.. where they need to synchronize up to 6 player's worlds simultaneously..
I don't know why they couldn't do 60 for that.. maybe something to do with server load.
"seemless online auto drive system". Aka............a multiplayer game?
Theres a cops/robbers element to the game.. so other players who can be cops or robbers can seemlessly enter your game, and mess with you... challenge you to stuff, etc..
They call it element-of-surprise... It's like putting facebook into NFS essentially.. and it cost us 30fps
Ah I see. So its still a fun game though? Every NFS that comes out I usually write off for a while, then I get tempted when its cheap and usually enjoy them when I end up playing them.
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
Will it let you actually let you configure a racing wheel properly this time, while letting you use half-decent camera angles? Or does it still feel like a burnout clone?
Because I could live with 30FPS if it actually worked decent, unlike most recent NFS games. I know NFS, apart from the Shift games, are arcade racers and don't really need a wheel, but any racing game just feels better with a wheel.
Edit:
This reminded me to watch the TotalBiscuit video on this, and it seems to continue the trend of horrendously annoying menu systems where you spend 90% of the time just waiting for tutorials you don't need or insane menu transitions. Also, if you move the FPS cap to 60 the game plays at double speed(not the menus though, those are still slow as ****).
30FPS lock is just plain crap programming. It's easy as pie to code for variable fps. I know, I've done it and it's just something I do as a hobby now and then.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO. I tried a wheel in some of them, but going lock-to-lock is easier with a controller and I have Forza 4, which makes Shift's physics and reactions seem... wrong. Really wish my G25 worked on the Xbox.... :(
I kind of like Burnout Paradise, but don't like the new Most Wanted.
Shift 2 was the last game I really enjoyed in the series, Shift is probably ok as well, but I mostly skipped that, only picked it up later when it was dirt cheap on sale. That said, the Shift games are not very NFS-ish games, but that doesn't make them any less entertaining. Other than Shift 2, Underground 2 is the last proper NFS style game in the series that I liked.
Best NFS memories are of Hot Pursuit 2, I played the **** out of that game with my old Sidewinder wheel, good times. See, I thoroughly enjoyed playing that with a wheel, which is why I expect all NFS games to be playable with a wheel even if they are arcade racers, but the new Hot Pursuit won't actually let me configure the wheel.
And yeah, Burnout Paradise is fun, but it's not Need For Speed, so I was annoyed when the new Most Wanted was mostly just a Burnout clone with licensed cars.
Ruined by 30fps lock..
The control feels extremely sluggish..
Played through the intro, it would definitely be a top notch game, if not for the lock..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/c8908497.gif)
Ruined by 30fps lock..
The control feels extremely sluggish..
Played through the intro, it would definitely be a top notch game, if not for the lock..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/c8908497.gif)
its a terrible port, totally unplayable and unacceptable
Need for Speed Underground 2 pretty much defined my console racer experience. I'd really like to see them uncap the FPS on this generation (there is no excuse), because I really like the persistent world concept and could see myself hopping on and screwing around all the time. It might be asking a lot, but I just want to have as much fun as I did as a 13 year old discovering that I could adjust tire bias and gear ratios in my NFSU2 garage.
Need for Speed Underground 2 pretty much defined my console racer experience. I'd really like to see them uncap the FPS on this generation (there is no excuse), because I really like the persistent world concept and could see myself hopping on and screwing around all the time. It might be asking a lot, but I just want to have as much fun as I did as a 13 year old discovering that I could adjust tire bias and gear ratios in my NFSU2 garage.
I enjoyed Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted (original PC version) and Carbon. Shift was also okay. All the others are crap IMO.That's pretty much been the opposite of my experiences with the franchise. I was a fan of NFS1,2,3,porsche, etc. I got underground 1 when it came out and played it a lot but didn't really enjoy it that well. Same with underground2 (which fixed some issues with 1 but wasn't any better. I really disliked all of most wanted2 and didn't pay it that much, but I guess the same went with MW1. At that point I gave up on the franchise completely.
Isn't it a bit ironic that it's called "Need for Speed" but is locked at 30fps and when you unlock it you wish you didn't have speed?No, that's the point, when you up the FPS to something decent, then you get all the speed, thus satisfying your need.
IT"S FIXED...
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4709493&postcount=249Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/baa60776.gif)
IT"S FIXED...
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4709493&postcount=249Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/baa60776.gif)
Somewhat, FPS is still tied to game speed, which is not a good thing.
Not that it matters, doesn't really make the game any better.