I do.
As a little kid i used to frequent the arcades to play the latest new racing game that came out. I played these games because i wanted to drive in real life but i was much too young.
I remember not being strong enough to wrestle that heavy wheel in hard driving. I spent so many quarters on that Namco Grand Prix game whose name escapes me now. I loved the whine of those little F1 engines. When outrun came out i was a man possessed. Outrun turbo ate up all the spare change i could find. Monaco Grand Prix...Crusin' USA...Sega Rally...Virtua Driver...Daytona...Super GT...Konami's excellent highway racing game with a H shifter...every damn single one of them. If i had the money i swear id' buy the F355 3screen Simulator.
On the consoles it wasn't until a proper FF wheel came out that i was able to recreate the arcade experience. I've always looked for SIM games even though i can fully enjoy an arcade game. The more realistic a racing games looks, the more it should handle like real life.
After all these years Enthusia is my all time favorite racing game. I always contend that when the physics are realistic enough, that in itself defines the replay value. This game's physics allow you to do so many things with every single acr that you can never get bored.
Today i took teh S15 Silvia and tried to mastered its drifting physics. There's nothing like pulling off the perfect drift through a corner, or having the drift and then losing it and spinning out! You just know it was your fault so you turn the car 'round and get right back to it.
I can only imagine what this game must be like with a perfect arcade setup. Right now i'm playing off a folding table that i have to put dumbells to hold it down.
One time, while racing with a maxxed out EVO VIII, i got so into a race that i could swear i felt the tarmac under me. For a moment, i completely lost the illusion that it was a game and felt like i was literally driving a car. Granted, the crash physics aren't modelled but when you're racing properly, there's just nothing like it.
Cynics will point me to PC games but it simply isn't my cup of tea.
Konami, please make a sequel and make the physics complete by modelling car behaviour when hitting walls/cars/etc.
Thank you and goodnight.
As a little kid i used to frequent the arcades to play the latest new racing game that came out. I played these games because i wanted to drive in real life but i was much too young.
I remember not being strong enough to wrestle that heavy wheel in hard driving. I spent so many quarters on that Namco Grand Prix game whose name escapes me now. I loved the whine of those little F1 engines. When outrun came out i was a man possessed. Outrun turbo ate up all the spare change i could find. Monaco Grand Prix...Crusin' USA...Sega Rally...Virtua Driver...Daytona...Super GT...Konami's excellent highway racing game with a H shifter...every damn single one of them. If i had the money i swear id' buy the F355 3screen Simulator.
On the consoles it wasn't until a proper FF wheel came out that i was able to recreate the arcade experience. I've always looked for SIM games even though i can fully enjoy an arcade game. The more realistic a racing games looks, the more it should handle like real life.
After all these years Enthusia is my all time favorite racing game. I always contend that when the physics are realistic enough, that in itself defines the replay value. This game's physics allow you to do so many things with every single acr that you can never get bored.
Today i took teh S15 Silvia and tried to mastered its drifting physics. There's nothing like pulling off the perfect drift through a corner, or having the drift and then losing it and spinning out! You just know it was your fault so you turn the car 'round and get right back to it.
I can only imagine what this game must be like with a perfect arcade setup. Right now i'm playing off a folding table that i have to put dumbells to hold it down.
One time, while racing with a maxxed out EVO VIII, i got so into a race that i could swear i felt the tarmac under me. For a moment, i completely lost the illusion that it was a game and felt like i was literally driving a car. Granted, the crash physics aren't modelled but when you're racing properly, there's just nothing like it.
Cynics will point me to PC games but it simply isn't my cup of tea.
Konami, please make a sequel and make the physics complete by modelling car behaviour when hitting walls/cars/etc.
Thank you and goodnight.
