April Issue of OPM has Enthusia Demo!
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I got my copy today and hate to say it but I am very underwhelmed. There were rumors that the physics would get dumbed down and it seems to be true with this demo. Its very hard to lose control. I took a 7B7 out redlined it, dropped the clutch and there was NO wheel spin. Took it up to 190mph and swung it from side to side and it stuck to the pavement like it was on rails. The TFF DFP support is just above GT4 but the physics are hardly noticibly different if not more dull than GT4. If you were like me and hoping that Enthusia would deliver a much more realistic experience you might be in for a sore letdown if this demo is good representation of what we have to look forward to in May. 
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Gek54I got my copy today and hate to say it but I am very underwhelmed. There were rumors that the physics would get dumbed down and it seems to be true with this demo. Its very hard to lose control. I took a 7B7 out redlined it, dropped the clutch and there was NO wheel spin. Took it up to 190mph and swung it from side to side and it stuck to the pavement like it was on rails. The TFF DFP support is just above GT4 but the physics are hardly noticibly different if not more dull than GT4. If you were like me and hoping that Enthusia would deliver a much more realistic experience you might be in for a sore letdown if this demo is good representation of what we have to look forward to in May.
Was there a full GT4 review in the OPM April magazine? Anything else good in the demo disk?
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Gek54
Care to elaborate? I am interested to see if this game is as good as or better than GT4 but I couldn't tell if you were joking or you actually do like it better.
I realized that when a car like the 787B is going 180+MPH its arrodynamics are going to keep it pretty stable. It was when I was going 60mph that I could break the car lose with ease.
The DFP support is really what is growing on me. The feeling of the tires is MUCH better than in GT4 and the self centering effect is much more realistic. All wheel drifting the Golf R32 is no where near this much fun in GT4.
Graphics are sub GT4 but good non the less. Its the physics that are a step above. Oh and the AI is a little smarter than GT4, there is still some collision if you force the AI to think too fast but if you are slowing down or taking a corner weird the AI will slow and alter its path around you. The music was terrible, that ear peircing J-pop guitar riff crap. Hopefully the US version will get more appropriate tunes or at least the option to turn them off during driving. Menu music is nice.
I am having a hard time going back to my recently purchased GT4
The DFP support is really what is growing on me. The feeling of the tires is MUCH better than in GT4 and the self centering effect is much more realistic. All wheel drifting the Golf R32 is no where near this much fun in GT4.
Graphics are sub GT4 but good non the less. Its the physics that are a step above. Oh and the AI is a little smarter than GT4, there is still some collision if you force the AI to think too fast but if you are slowing down or taking a corner weird the AI will slow and alter its path around you. The music was terrible, that ear peircing J-pop guitar riff crap. Hopefully the US version will get more appropriate tunes or at least the option to turn them off during driving. Menu music is nice.
I am having a hard time going back to my recently purchased GT4
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wow. I will have to wait for the full version to come out (I don't want to spend all my time playing the enthusia demo instead of GT4 - that's a waste of $50). Good to hear that review from a non-biased source. I'll be looking foreward to Enthusia 
What a difference a controller makes! I was not that impressed with this demo using the DS, but today I tried with the DFP and had a lot more fun. The feedback of the wheel returning itself to center is very nice. I would still rank GT4 better in terms of driving feel but this demo is not far off, and is disadvantaged by having the driving aids on. Can't wait to make a real comparison with the aids off in the final version. This is already better than GT3, which is very impressive. Definitely will buy this one.
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What demo have you been playing?! I'm pulling smoke shows left and right with the LM cars!!! I layed down quite a bit of rubber from multiple donuts and then went around the track in reverse for a bit and the tire marks were still there. Also on the other dry track, if you pull off a good hand brake to get the car swerving, you'll get tire marks once again, and the motion of the suspension on the cars when using the hand brake isGek54
On another note, I removed the dark border and the VGS because I find it really isn't necessary. The blur effect on the edges takes some time to get used to... at first I really wasn't impressed, but after playing it a little more, it kinda grew on me. And aside from not being able to modify control settings ( I use DS2 with D-pad left/right for steering, X for gas, and Square for braking normally ), I find this demo to be rather impressive. It's more than I expected after having read some of the other comments. This game I will definately be adding to my PS2 game library when the time comes.Oh yes... my only real problem up to now with this demo is that music! It sucks! It's the kind of music you would hear in a game like FZero for N64. Drowns out all the tire and engine noises as well. The engine noises seem to be done rather well though from what I was able to hear. I enjoyed the deep tone of the R32 and the really high pitched sound of the 787B.
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