[ZmaN]

Well, it comes out in a day and I CAN'T WAIT!  I tried the demo and it looks SOOO much better than NFSU2...  You guys MUST try it!  go to gamespot or gamershell to get it.....  whats your input on this game..

IGN has some nice screenies and Vids for your viewing pleasure...

[Falcon]

Graphics are great, getting chased by cops is fun, but thats about it.

*wishes he could get NFS: High Stakes running on his comp again*

[Fineus]

I'm also really looking forward to this (of course I am, there were some great suggestions in my other thread about driving games and I decided to give this one a go). It'd be nice if the graphics were a little more adjustable but as it is - I really enjoyed it.

Definitely on my christmas list.

[Taristin]

Not too fond of ricing out the cars, personally. But then, the car games I like are more like GT 1-4, Forza, etc... Race, not rice.

[pyro-manic]

I'm really not into racing games (except Wipeout, of course. That's ace) - I get very bored very quickly. Not least because I'm truly awful at them...

[Night Hammer]

Not too fond of ricing out the cars, personally. But then, the car games I like are more like GT 1-4, Forza, etc... Race, not rice.

[Deepblue]

Aldo's going to kill me for this, I just know it...

Anyway, PGR3 looks damn sweet, and I'll probably pick it up instead of NFSMW.

[vyper]

I'll ****ing kill you instead if you're not careful.

Anyway, NFS:MW - I literally just played the demo and I have a comments:

1 - Yes, the cop chases are fun, and it's nice to be racing around a new city.
2- WTF have they done to the engine? I used to love the slick loading times of NFSU and NFSU2. Now it takes forever. Hell the entire city loaded in NFSU2 quicker than one map in MW (which I suspect may be to do with the shift over to DirectX 9.0c.
3- Once again, in comparison to NFSU2 the engine requires far more power than before for the exact same settings.

Put simply, the cop chase was fun, but I'm not otherwise impressed.

[ZmaN]

Aldo's going to kill me for this, I just know it...

Anyway, PGR3 looks damn sweet, and I'll probably pick it up instead of NFSMW.

PGR3?

[Night Hammer]

Project Gotham Racing 3

thats not even the best XBox racer

Forza is way better


(its no Gran Turismo however)

[Deepblue]

Well, until Forza 2 hits...

Project Gotham Racing 3

This:




(AKA fricken sweet!)

[Dark RevenantX]

2- WTF have they done to the engine? I used to love the slick loading times of NFSU and NFSU2. Now it takes forever. Hell the entire city loaded in NFSU2 quicker than one map in MW (which I suspect may be to do with the shift over to DirectX 9.0c.

The map in MW is in esscense a city.  The races just give you different routes through the city, but the whole thing is loaded.

For the above post, that's the best looking racing game I have ever seen!  This makes me hate the X360 even more!

[vyper]

2- WTF have they done to the engine? I used to love the slick loading times of NFSU and NFSU2. Now it takes forever. Hell the entire city loaded in NFSU2 quicker than one map in MW (which I suspect may be to do with the shift over to DirectX 9.0c.

The map in MW is in esscense a city.  The races just give you different routes through the city, but the whole thing is loaded.

It's just as bad since, as I said, NFSU2 loaded the city faster.

[Fineus]

I beg to differ vyper, I haven't noticed much different if any (and we're talking maybe a second or two at most) for the loading times.

I will say one thing though, judging from the demo, the use of glow is very very fierce. Sure it looks kinda pretty but it's also not realistic at all.

[WeatherOp]

I'm not, played both UG and UG2, and I can say that I hate the street car games. But, I like NFS 3 and NFS4. I wish they would go back to the supercars.

[Fineus]

Check out Most Wanted then... granted they've taken a twist towards street car style within it, but even the demo features a Porsche and a Dodge Viper. I'd hardly call those street cars. Of course there's also a VW Golf (tuned of course) and in the full game I believe I saw an Evo. But there'll also be a Lambo, a Lotus and an Aston Martin.

Which means there's at least some diversity.

[WeatherOp]

Check out Most Wanted then... granted they've taken a twist towards street car style within it, but even the demo features a Porsche and a Dodge Viper. I'd hardly call those street cars. Of course there's also a VW Golf (tuned of course) and in the full game I believe I saw an Evo. But there'll also be a Lambo, a Lotus and an Aston Martin.

Which means there's at least some diversity.

Hmmm, thats something I didn't know, then I will have to check it out.

[vyper]

I beg to differ vyper, I haven't noticed much different if any (and we're talking maybe a second or two at most) for the loading times.

I will say one thing though, judging from the demo, the use of glow is very very fierce. Sure it looks kinda pretty but it's also not realistic at all.

What video card are you using?

[Scuddie]

I am not excited at all.  Matter of fact, I am rather loathesome of the game.  The last good NFS game was Porsche 2000, that game was infinitely better than the pre-teen-bopper bull**** that is put out by EA now.  I am not even willing to try the demo, as Underground killed the whole franchise for me.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Games focused on cars bore me witless. Hell, the focus on cars is 75% of the reason I didn't ever finish GTA3 or GTA:VC (and never bothered with GTA:SA).

Aside from that, however, I must give props where props are due: Both NFS:MW and PGR look very beautiful.