For all the NFS fans here... [Archive]

Delicieuxz

11-11-2005, 01:59 AM

Sweet. I hated the undergrounds but this one looks better with daytime racing and less urbany screenshots, though still way too urban for my liking.

And using a soundtrack instead of original interactive music is so stupid, stupid, stupid etc.

Murder

11-11-2005, 02:47 AM

Best NFS for me is Porsche followed by High Stakes..(thank god hot puirsuit mode is back)

Hated U:2(hated hot pursuit 2 even more),hope this one will be better than the highly comercial underground's.
From what i read the controle of the car is not that great.. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I'll download the demo tonight ( 30kb/s at night and 13kb/s day http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif )
If someone played it,plz give us a few hints for the gameplay and everything.

Delicieuxz

11-11-2005, 03:12 AM

I think the problem with EA's direction of the series might be that they rely heavily on statistics, aiming for the highest sales possible - which is a terrible idea, let me explain: If you want sales your sight isn't set on making a great game, you just hit up what's guarranteed to be the most accepted. If you aim to make the best possible game you can then you obviously have to turn your back on what's currently popular because what's uniquely coming from your mind obviously can't have been around before to be popular. However when you do make a great game according to what you think would be great the sales follow and that sparks a ton of copycats.

Well EA has become the copycat, going "underground" with the fast & furious style and "hip" music which has proved to make some money, no matter how retarded it was - and the people paying for that entertainment still know that it's retarded, but they'll take it anyways.

.......... Crap. Now I've forgot where I was going with this, but it was good. Well I'm cutting this post off here, night everybody! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

Niap!

11-11-2005, 05:41 AM

Time to dust off my steering wheel, been looking forward to some fun police chases http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

wiktorus pro

11-11-2005, 06:55 AM

how is it running ? (graphic settings http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Niap!

11-11-2005, 08:25 AM

Performance is good, full detail + AA/AF nice and smooth http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I'm really starting to like this one, I just love the high speed chases! I really like what they are doing with the environments, you can drive pretty much anywhere you like depending on the race mode you are doing.. with fun stuff like this all over the place..

tons of cops on my tail, thats about to change...
http://members.shaw.ca/pain1/screenshots/NFSMWb.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/pain1/screenshots/NFSMWa.jpg
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Karthik

11-11-2005, 10:09 AM

It looks like PS2 game with bloom effect!

Wamplet

11-11-2005, 10:40 AM

Why do the barrels look like the size of the cars? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Dr. Kill

11-11-2005, 10:56 AM

"For all the NFS fans here" eh? I'm a big Need For Speed fan, but not Underground and on. NFS Hot Pursuit 2 was perfect (on ps2, like I said they screwed up all other versions), but then they go and rip off Midnight Club ( http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif Great series). NFSU2 was so close to Midnight Club 2 that you could basicly call it a "clone". EA piss me off cause they haven't made another Road Rash. If they used the engine from NFSHP2 (a few years ago), it would've been perfect, but nooo. That surely wouldn't make money. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Karthik said:
It looks like PS2 game with bloom effect!

true! Those textures are terrible. Especially for a next gen game. Probably just cause it's a demo. The demo of Hitman 2 had really low res textures, and the full game looked a shitload better. Demos are always dumbed down.

Niap!

11-11-2005, 11:42 AM

the graphics do leave alot to be desired, but they are decent enough. most of the time i'm doing 125+ and when your going that fast you can't really tell with all the motion blur going on anyway. I'd say the graphics are pretty much the same as underground 2, but the gameplay looks to be much more entertaining.

Dr. Kill

11-11-2005, 12:03 PM

I just wish they'd make another classic stlyed NFS. Until then, Burnout will be the new Need For Speed.

btw, Burnout Revenge and NFSMW look like they have the same graphics style.

Delicieuxz

11-11-2005, 06:04 PM

I just wish they'd make another classic stlyed NFS.

Now that's what I'm talking about! W00t W00t!!

Travis

11-11-2005, 09:50 PM

NFSU2 is the second worst driving game I've ever played [#1 spot goes to Big Rigs].
I've written about all the reasons I hate that game many, many times.

Karthik

11-11-2005, 10:20 PM

Delicieuxz said:

I just wish they'd make another classic stlyed NFS.

Now that's what I'm talking about! W00t W00t!!

That's why it'll never happen. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

Dr. Kill

11-11-2005, 11:21 PM

yeah, EA have a nasty habbit of shitting on the fans of their series:

Madden. The genesis ones were great, but ever since Madden 2000, they ruined the gameplay, and every year the lazy bastards barely change the game at all, or add a useless feature.

Road Rash. Where the hell is Road Rash 7? Road Rash has unique gameplay that no other company has tried to emulate (at least on motorcycles), except the great looking (gameplay wise) Jacked, which was cancelled. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif Jacked was going to let you steal the other characters' bikes, something I always wanted to do in Road Rash. It was even being made by former Road Rash team members.

Desert Strike series. I bet some guy at EA said "Hey, this series does good, but lets move on. I can't focus on this style of game any more due to my ADD!" ( http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif )

Need for Speed. WTF?! I'm not a wanna be, and there is already Midnight Club (which is great)

I swear EA have ADD. They do one series for a while, and then move on, or completely change the game. EA alienated their fans, and became Nazis.

DudeMiester

11-12-2005, 12:42 AM

NFS3 was the peak for that series, and it's been downhill ever since.

Dr. Kill

11-12-2005, 02:02 AM

I don't know. NFS 3 and NFS Hot Pursuit 2 are in a tie for me. Note: only the PS2 version of NFSHP2. All other versions were developed by another company cause EA are lazy, and those versions suck.

btw, nice sig.

Karthik

11-12-2005, 06:20 AM

Well blame it on the Sony for life mantra!

kylemf88

11-12-2005, 11:07 AM

I really liked this demo. I haven't had this much fun with a NFS game since underground came along. (I hated all the underground games they screwed up nfs)

Karthik

11-12-2005, 11:12 AM

kylemf88 said:
I really liked this demo. I haven't had this much fun with a NFS game since underground came along. (I hated all the underground games they screwed up nfs)

What surprises me about this game is that it runs on a 32Meg card. Path of Neo won't run on anything less than 128MB of VRam.

Delicieuxz

11-12-2005, 05:12 PM

This demo is really good. I'm looking forward to getting the full game. The music sucks aside from the chase music which is decent apart from sounding a little standard and monotonous - but it's the first time they've had interactive music in the game since NFS3, isn't it? Well kudos for that.

Also, this makes me wonder what they'll do next with NFS10. U and U2 aren't anybody's favorite NFS from the looks of things, and all needforspeed forums have had a ton of "ricers suck" and "street racing sucks" threads since those two, so I don't think they'll be going back there any time soon. In this game we've got exotics, less urban territory, daytime racing, hot pursuit and a little bit of interactive music. It all seems so promising.

dungeon

11-12-2005, 08:37 PM

NFS : fine !
NFS SE : Good
NFS II : just getting better
NFS II SE : More improved
NFS III HP : ok !
NFS HS : Excellent
NFS PU : Superb (best so far)!
NFS HP 2 : Poor !!
NFS UG : Terrible ! (worst ever)
NFS UG2 : New Beginning

NFS MW : probably on top of all versions http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Niap!

11-12-2005, 08:42 PM

Just played a few sprint tracks online... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Best demo i've played in a long time, can't wait until the game comes out.

DudeMiester

11-12-2005, 09:20 PM

The biggest problem with Need for Speed, is the fact I have a need for speed, and these damn ricer cars simply don't have the needed speed. Give me my exotics, concepts, one-of-a-kinds and prototypes or give me nothing.

kylemf88

11-12-2005, 10:23 PM

My big problems with nfs is the lack of muscle Cars. I want a car that just the engine's noise is enough to scare the shit out of a man. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif I hate all this little wimpy Japanese imports.

Dr. Kill

11-12-2005, 10:42 PM

I hate Jap cars, too. I LOVE muscle cars. Midnight Club 3 has quite a few, and it is in a similar style. MC3 has a lot better selection of cars than NFSU/NFSMW, I think.

kylemf88

11-12-2005, 11:40 PM

Another thing bad about NFS is thier fake body kits.

KillerByte

11-13-2005, 10:48 AM

I just downloaded this, and I have to say I rather like it. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm a fan of all the recent NFS games anyway, including the Underground series, and this seems to take the best bits from both sets of game.

I love how they've also included the Burnout-style bullet-time feature called the Speedbreaker. If you spot a shortcut at the last minute and you have some time left on your Speedbreaker bar, you can slow time down to make the move possible.

Now, I just need to decide whether to get this for my PC or my XBOX. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Denz

11-13-2005, 11:00 AM

DudeMiester said:
The biggest problem with Need for Speed, is the fact I have a need for speed, and these damn ricer cars simply don't have the needed speed. Give me my exotics, concepts, one-of-a-kinds and prototypes or give me nothing.

Yes. I loved NFS 2 or another where you had a ford that has metalic part used for Rocket or something like that.

Dr. Kill said:
I hate Jap cars, too. I LOVE muscle cars. Midnight Club 3 has quite a few, and it is in a similar style. MC3 has a lot better selection of cars than NFSU/NFSMW, I think.

Yes, and they say there are muscle cars on NFSUMW. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

Wamplet

11-13-2005, 12:05 PM

Yeah, I like real cars, personally. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Cars that need to be modded to get close to sports car/muscle car performance shouldn't even be used.

At any rate, I played the demo and it was ok, but I just couldn't get into the game. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif the police chase part was fun, but I hate racing and I hate timed shit. I just hate it.

Zaarin

11-14-2005, 09:12 AM

I like this one because I can do pretty neat stuff.
Example I can mock Smokey and Bandit by driving under semi and stupid cops drive pass. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Also I like the new scenery, this woodland city feels much nicer than Underground 2's harbour city.

And what comes to the cars, well, Corvette C6, Mustang, GTO, Viper, Crown Victoria and in Black Edition 60's SS Camaro. Not bad and couple of the euroboxes and riceburners are pretty. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I don't just understand why the hell that damn Volkswagen is still in(yeah, I dislike VAG-conserns vehicles, I testdroved the new Jetta yesterday and tought that it's crappy). http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

SyntaxN

11-14-2005, 09:55 AM

It´s...ok http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Graphically disappointing, but I don´t care because EA loves photoshop more than development tools http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Burnout is still much better!

Parkar

11-14-2005, 11:14 AM

This is probably the best Arcade Racer I have played yet. It is like they stole my dreams about what I wanted when I played the two hot persuit nfs games. Tons of cops, go where ever i want, super cool and detailed conversations on the police radio and a bunch more cool stuff.

Except for low res textures the game looks amazing. I also love the way the cars feel especialy the viper, spent several hours just doing that chalange. Crashed 89 police cars just now but got busted in the end http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif.

This is the first nfs I can enjoy with the chase cam to, have always wanted to be able to see my ride when driving but it has just felt way to strange in the older ones.

avatar_58

11-14-2005, 12:41 PM

This game is great, the police chases are really fun. Graphics on the whole are great, I don't know why anyone would complain about bad textures when you are travellling that fast.

Definate buy for me. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

It started to rain for me when I was getting away too http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Travis

11-17-2005, 01:28 AM

Can anyone confirm if the full version is any good, if the ads have been toned down, or if cars can actually take damage and keep it? I heard the characters were as lame as the previous ones, which isn't good. If there's too much 'gangsta' talk then..that's bad.

Delicieuxz

11-17-2005, 02:55 AM

The characters are so lame you can't hate them instead you have to laugh at them. They've gone beyond cheesy into creating their unique form of fantasy nerd. You wouldn't mind if the story wasn't there, in fact you might prefer it.

The game's ok if you aren't looking for a racer. Upgrades count for next to nothing. I raced with a VW gold, hardly modified, and won pretty easy nonstop even though the opponents were getting increasingly better cars. Then I got a Supra and heavily upgraded, but it made zero difference in the races. The opponents all stayed right on my tail or right beside me, which is exactly where they were before. Like I said, this isn't a racer, catch up is set to 800%. This is a pretend racer.

I think a huge amount of the game world is actually in the demo. Over 1/3 of the whole map is in the demo - and it pretty much all looks the same, so it gets old fast.

This seems kind of like a watered down hybrid of Underground & Hot Pursuit together. The tuning isn't as required and the police chases are one dimentional. So all in all I really don't think there's much to get in depth with in this game, it's just something to play a bit casually around with. The incentive to get better cars isn't there for me because the game functions entirely on catch up, not your cars stats.

Travis

11-20-2005, 03:29 AM

Wow. I got this game, and boy is it way better than that piece of shit Underground 2.
I love it. Car chases are just so awesome, the world is nice and big. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
I'm in the process of beating Blacklist 14.

Micki!

11-20-2005, 03:10 PM

Can this demorun on a
- Intel Celeron Processor
- 384 MB DDR
- GeForce4 MX440
Ugh, i hate my system... Does anyone know if it's gonna run in any way on that system..?! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

Yatta

11-20-2005, 03:15 PM

I watched the video of it on an Xbox 360 Kiosk at Best Buy. It looks spectacular.

Micki! said:
Can this demorun on a
- Intel Celeron Processor
- 384 MB DDR
- GeForce4 MX440
Ugh, i hate my system... Does anyone know if it's gonna run in any way on that system..?! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

Sorry Miki, it won't run on that system. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Karthik said:
It looks like PS2 game with bloom effect!

Not it doesn't. At least not on the Xbox 360. At some point I mistook its graphics for real life.

Travis

11-20-2005, 03:18 PM

I'm running it on max quality, 1024x768, and it looks awesome.

avatar_58

11-20-2005, 03:38 PM

On the best detail the game looks amazing......too many good games to buy right now....so little cash. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

TerminX

11-20-2005, 07:15 PM

Yatta said:
Sorry Miki, it won't run on that system. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===========================
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional,
or Windows XP Home operating system
Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 1.4GHz or higher
32MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (Geforce2 MX or higher) using a
supported chipset (see below)
256 MB RAM
DirectX compatible sound card
3 GB of HD space
8X CD-ROM

Lethe

11-20-2005, 08:37 PM

Worst nfs game i have ever played. Feeling is totally off and I wonder how they managed to create a sequel with inferior graphics to their previous games..

Yatta

11-20-2005, 09:49 PM

TerminX said:

Yatta said:
Sorry Miki, it won't run on that system. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===========================
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional,
or Windows XP Home operating system
Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 1.4GHz or higher
32MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (Geforce2 MX or higher) using a
supported chipset (see below)
256 MB RAM
DirectX compatible sound card
3 GB of HD space
8X CD-ROM

He's on a Celeron. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Kevin Wolff

11-20-2005, 09:59 PM

Yatta said:
He's on a Celeron. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

So? Provided he meets the clockspeed he should be ok. Maybe exceed it by a few hundred MHz, but hey...

TerminX

11-20-2005, 09:59 PM

Yatta said:
He's on a Celeron. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

So? That's about as relevant as the color of his case at this point. Besides, it's probably a P4 Celeron seeing as he stated he has DDR memory.

Yatta

11-20-2005, 10:12 PM

Ok... but it won't be an enjoyable experience.

Phait

11-20-2005, 10:18 PM

Yatta said:
Ok... but it won't be an enjoyable experience.

I'm often surprised what my Celeron is capable of.

Travis

11-20-2005, 11:58 PM

Lethe said:
Worst nfs game i have ever played. Feeling is totally off and I wonder how they managed to create a sequel with inferior graphics to their previous games..

Really? My opinion is the opposite, really.
NFSU2 is the second worst racing game I've ever played, the lead spot going to Big Rigs.
But Most Wanted is definently one of my favourites. I dunno why I like it so much more.

tony

11-21-2005, 01:35 AM

I just downloaded the demo, and only played it for about a half hour, and I think I will definately pick this one up.

I only got to play it with my keyboard, as my wheel is tucked away somewhere; i didnt get to get a full feeling of the gameplay, but I had a blast playing it. I'll have to hook up my wheel later this week and give it a go.

I'm going to have to agree with Travis here, I can already tell this will be one of my favorite NFS games.

Even on my thinkpad, which is definately NOT made for gaming, (P-M 1.6, 7200 mobile radeon (underclocked), 768Meg ram) framerates were smoth and there were no slowdowns. Obviously, I just set it at the minimum settings, it runs at little higher than minimum settings smoothly, but there is an ocasional slowdown. I was actually impressed that it ran as well as it did.

Micki!

11-21-2005, 05:51 AM

Yatta said:
Ok... but it won't be an enjoyable experience.

I may point out that many of my (even 'older games') games are lagging... I run AVP2 on full graphics for instance... And i DO experience some lagging now and then... (often in the start of a level) I can barely run Return To Castle Wolfenstein without any lag (full graphics) But there are some minor slowdowns though...

However, i still hate my system... with that stupid processor, and crappy DX7 graphic card... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I think i have the demo on some DVD somewhere (PC magazine)... I could try it out... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

theRobot

11-21-2005, 02:00 PM

Travis said:

Lethe said:
Worst nfs game i have ever played. Feeling is totally off and I wonder how they managed to create a sequel with inferior graphics to their previous games..

Really? My opinion is the opposite, really.
NFSU2 is the second worst racing game I've ever played, the lead spot going to Big Rigs.
But Most Wanted is definently one of my favourites. I dunno why I like it so much more.

I like it as well, I know a lot of people are gonna bash me for even mentioning this, but I think it looks retro. Like what Ford did with their 05 Mustang, EA, when they were actually worth a damn made a wonderful game about racing exotic sports cars very fast down leaf stricken roads, fall if you will.

I think this is their homage to their own game. Blending the old with the new.

Decker

11-22-2005, 05:39 AM

I especially enjoyed how the demo told me I need to install DirectX9.0c, seeing as how I already have it. Running DX9 installer didn't modify any files or ask me to reboot. Also, other games work just fine.

Any suggestions, besides me getting off my lazy ass and googling a solution?

Karthik

11-22-2005, 10:12 AM

My friend bought over his copy of NFSMW to try it on my PC. I had him bring his old FX5200 card since my Ti 4200 card fan is not functioning. The game put every graphic setting to low running on 640 by 480. Okay, yeah it looked crappy without FSAA and all those thingmajings. However, one thing that really distured me is how much bloom effect this game uses. Granted it's not as bad as Path of Neo, it still too bright. Imagine Sands of Time twice the bloom effects. Ugh...and on top of that FX5200 can't keep a consistent framerate. Still wonder if Ti4200 will perform the same.

By the way, my friend said that his in-game graphics looks almost like the ones in the FMVcs with his GeForce 6600 GT OC. Can anyone confirm this?

TerminX

11-22-2005, 10:56 AM

Everything looks pretty good except for those low res vinyls. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif

Parkar

11-22-2005, 03:17 PM

This is what it looks like on my 6800gt with all settings maxed (notice: low quality jpg so disregard the jpg artifacts). It is playable but it slows down some when all racers are on screen and a few other places so I play with reflections on car and road and the car geometry at low.

theRobot

11-22-2005, 05:00 PM

Yes, but what resolution? Having everything maxed at 640x480, I'm sure ya know. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif So what you running in?

avatar_58

11-22-2005, 07:16 PM

theRobot said:
Yes, but what resolution? Having everything maxed at 640x480, I'm sure ya know. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif So what you running in?

I've run it in 1280x1024 with everything maxed and it runs the same as NFS:U (although it looks much better!) http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Parkar

11-23-2005, 02:49 AM

theRobot said:
Yes, but what resolution? Having everything maxed at 640x480, I'm sure ya know. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif So what you running in?

I thought the screenshot was a pretty good indication of the resolution, if not 1024x768.