Put simply, this is the most realistic representation of the TT course we're likely to
see in a racing game for a very long time.
If you find yourself paying close attention to the car manufactures
featured in racing games, Need for Speed should have you all covered.
The graphics have improved while the field was nearly doubled, and the career mode is one of the best you'll
find in a racing game.
I will say that this is a bit too challenging though, I ended up opting for the third person view as I always
do in racing games.
Something I have never seen done
before in a racing game, the story basically throws you into the final lap of a race and from there you will go throughout the story.
They don't care about casual gamer complaints, because the hardcore gamers strictly use the cockpit view
in racing games when available, along with a quality racing wheel.
The lack of online
multiplayer in a racing game of this kind is a disappointment, and the length of the story and tracks themselves mean the game is over too quickly.
«By necessity, players learn to
drive in racing games largely by relying on visual and audio feedback,» he says.
If you are new to the racing genre, there is also a pretty handy tutorial mode that goes in detail about every essential
step in a racing game.
Just don't expect to see the same advances that have been
made in racing games over the last three years.
I can't recall the last time I've ever been lost
in a racing game because the surrounding environments were just a mess of confusion.
For the most part, if you have any
skill in racing games then you're not going to have any problem getting through this game.
Now he races cars for a living, like he's always wanted to — and like he had
practiced in racing game after racing game for years and years before.
Of course, these sort of events are nothing
unusual in racing games, but they add a nice bit of variety in a season mode which is otherwise just regular races.
At the end of the day, what
matters in a racing game is that there are enough races in enough different environments with a respectable amount of vessels in which to race in.
I've never seen either of these
options in any racing game before, and as I played, I couldn't distinguish a difference between them.
However, there are some selections that absolutely must make the
cut in any racing game that strives to be the second best thing.
You're right in that
everything in racing games are connected — one tiny change to physics requires another pass on vehicle dynamics.
It takes us back to the sweet era where the
focus in racing games was on customization, and not shiny graphics, resolution or frames per second.
Art and level design are very
close in racing games and that's why we have to think about the ones who are going to level build each track.
This level of
detail in a racing game of this style is super important in making it a game that will keep your attention for a long time.
Gamers
steeped in the racing games of today may be disappointed going back to something they may think feels, looks, and sounds dated, but there are those that will enjoy it.