Need for Speed: Playable again?!?!

by Dodge Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:40 am

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for those not in the know, slightly mad studios is connected with simbin/blimey, creators of the racing sims GTR/GTL/Race. This game uses that physics engine apparently :talon2:

Tone that physics engine down a little bit, add some close combat need for speed style racing, and you have yourself a real need for speed game Very Happy

Need for Speed: Playable again?!?! Nfs_shift413_screen

plus the sim bin ferrari game is complete, they are just waiting for approval from ferrari :saynomore:

Need for Speed: Playable again?!?! Ferrari_006

Both games are PC/PS3/Xbox360

Plus they are making a new arcade style game for Wii that actually sounds pretty neat, sounds more like the hot persuit series

by Omni Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:50 pm

Those graphics are pretty fucking awesome

by JaysonAych Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:17 pm

I had seen shots of that, and I'd thought man that looks a hell of a lot like that "Race" game that's hitting the Xbox soon. Now I know why.

by Aristotle Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:53 pm

that looks pretty damn nice.

i tried to play forza today, but after half a lap at the nurburgring, i got bored and shut it off. :undies:

by Dodge Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:15 am

JaysonAych wrote:I had seen shots of that, and I'd thought man that looks a hell of a lot like that "Race" game that's hitting the Xbox soon. Now I know why.

Yes, that would be why. I've played race 07 for PC, pretty good game, its more "entry level" sim than GTR though.

by Talon Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:06 pm

I'll buy it

by thewalrus Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:15 pm

I'd get a headache playing that. :undies:

by Honor Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:51 pm

thats because you have a 13 inch tv :gah

by Turbojett Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:16 pm

Aristotle wrote:that looks pretty damn nice.

i tried to play forza today, but after half a lap at the nurburgring, i got bored and shut it off.

8-9 minutes is forever when you're running the 'Ring.
Just for shits and giggles i tried doing an unmodified Triumph on that course in GT4 just to see the lap time. I pretty much did the same thing. five minutes in, and I hadn't even hit the Karrussel. :jay:

by SBF Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:22 am

They need to revise some of the old NFS games. Hot Pursuit and High Stakes mainly, those two were the best NFS games IMO.

Those graphics that dodge posted while blasting through the hills getting chased by some cop cars and a helicopter, fuck yeah.

by JaysonAych Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:58 pm

SBF wrote:They need to revise some of the old NFS games. Hot Pursuit and High Stakes mainly, those two were the best NFS games IMO.

Those graphics that dodge posted while blasting through the hills getting chased by some cop cars and a helicopter, fuck yeah.

Before I stopped buying EA games, I had a blast with some of those NFS games from NFS3: Hot Pursuit onward. NFS HP2 on the PS2 was fantastic. It absolutely sucked on the XBox due to different developers, but on the PS2, it was some of the most fun arcade-style driving you could get at the time.

by SBF Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:08 pm

JaysonAych wrote:
SBF wrote:They need to revise some of the old NFS games. Hot Pursuit and High Stakes mainly, those two were the best NFS games IMO.

Those graphics that dodge posted while blasting through the hills getting chased by some cop cars and a helicopter, fuck yeah.

Before I stopped buying EA games, I had a blast with some of those NFS games from NFS3: Hot Pursuit onward. NFS HP2 on the PS2 was fantastic. It absolutely sucked on the XBox due to different developers, but on the PS2, it was some of the most fun arcade-style driving you could get at the time.

I think my all time favorite was NFS: High Stakes. It definitely took it to the next level with pink slip racing.

by JaysonAych Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:34 pm

SBF wrote:
JaysonAych wrote:
SBF wrote:They need to revise some of the old NFS games. Hot Pursuit and High Stakes mainly, those two were the best NFS games IMO.

Those graphics that dodge posted while blasting through the hills getting chased by some cop cars and a helicopter, fuck yeah.

Before I stopped buying EA games, I had a blast with some of those NFS games from NFS3: Hot Pursuit onward. NFS HP2 on the PS2 was fantastic. It absolutely sucked on the XBox due to different developers, but on the PS2, it was some of the most fun arcade-style driving you could get at the time.

I think my all time favorite was NFS: High Stakes. It definitely took it to the next level with pink slip racing.

I have that for the PC. But by the time I had enough computer to run it properly, the graphics had become hella-dated.

by SBF Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:38 pm

I just really enjoyed the imaginary tracks that they came up with as well. All the street racing in Underground got boring.

by dunnas Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:25 pm

NFS1 & 2 were the best because they were something new for their time. :curses:

by JaysonAych Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:23 am

SBF wrote:I just really enjoyed the imaginary tracks that they came up with as well. All the street racing in Underground got boring.

They did come up with some great tracks. Very detailed and well-put-together.

by Arthur Dent Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:44 am

Impressive looking. But everyone knows the best NFS is the Porsche one (but only on PC).

by Dodge Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:57 am

Arthur Dent wrote:Impressive looking. But everyone knows the best NFS is the Porsche one (but only on PC).

bingo agree 250%

by SBF Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:54 am

I really did enjoy the Porsche one, it's probably 3rd on my list behind High Stakes and Hot Pursuit.

by Dodge Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:16 pm

I would say

Porsche Unleashed
Hot Pursuit II
Carbon (I know..I know..but the police chases were so good)
NFS II
High Stakes

would be my top 5

by thewalrus Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:39 pm

I liked Porsche Unleashed. I remember playing that on my lap top in the campus pub - when I was supposed to be working on my Independent Study. :undies:

by Dodge Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:56 pm

I loved how it was story based and racing based, was a great blend of the two that has since not been repeated in any successfully way ( way to fail PRO race driver, way to fail)

by xtine Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:01 pm

This is the last racing game I played:

Need for Speed: Playable again?!?! Wipeout64

by SBF Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:16 pm

Dodge wrote:I would say

Porsche Unleashed
Hot Pursuit II
Carbon (I know..I know..but the police chases were so good)
NFS II
High Stakes

would be my top 5

My top 5 would be:

High Stakes
Hot Pursuit II
Porsche Unleashed
Underground (because it was something fresh and new)
NFS: SE

I never played Carbon and the newest ones.

by Honor Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:48 pm

they arent worth playing at all

by JaysonAych Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:18 pm

Dodge wrote:I loved how it was story based and racing based, was a great blend of the two that has since not been repeated in any successfully way ( way to fail PRO race driver, way to fail)

Porsche Unleashed was story based? Hmmm....I have that one and I don't remember a storyline. May have to go back and look at it. :shrug:

by SBF Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:37 pm

JaysonAych wrote:
Dodge wrote:I loved how it was story based and racing based, was a great blend of the two that has since not been repeated in any successfully way ( way to fail PRO race driver, way to fail)

Porsche Unleashed was story based? Hmmm....I have that one and I don't remember a storyline. May have to go back and look at it.

Maybe not for console which I had, I just remember moving through the decades, no story line though.

by JaysonAych Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:39 pm

SBF wrote:
JaysonAych wrote:
Dodge wrote:I loved how it was story based and racing based, was a great blend of the two that has since not been repeated in any successfully way ( way to fail PRO race driver, way to fail)

Porsche Unleashed was story based? Hmmm....I have that one and I don't remember a storyline. May have to go back and look at it.

Maybe not for console which I had, I just remember moving through the decades, no story line though.

I have it on the PC. I just remember that through the decades stuff too.

by Honor Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:06 am

i think there was a storyline or something. i remember some bitch talking to me over the radio while racing.

by Honor Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:07 am

i cant believe gt5 might not come out til 2010 :curses:

by Dodge Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:03 pm

JaysonAych wrote:
SBF wrote:
JaysonAych wrote:
Dodge wrote:I loved how it was story based and racing based, was a great blend of the two that has since not been repeated in any successfully way ( way to fail PRO race driver, way to fail)

Porsche Unleashed was story based? Hmmm....I have that one and I don't remember a storyline. May have to go back and look at it.

Maybe not for console which I had, I just remember moving through the decades, no story line though.

I have it on the PC. I just remember that through the decades stuff too.

There was a narrator and a text based story..apparently i'm the only one that payed attention :lol:

by dunnas Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:47 pm

honor man wrote:i cant believe gt5 might not come out til 2010

Fuck GT5

by SBF Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:17 pm

I have always like the Gran Turismo Series, but I have to say that I got bored with GT4, rather fast.

by dunnas Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:53 pm

Same here, I hardly played any of it.

Things have moved on a lot from the days of GT1-3. Hundreds of cars and fairly crappy handling isn't going to cut it anymore.

by Turbojett Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:03 pm

eh? I liked GT4 better than GT3.
...or maybe I liked that fact that I didn't have to do the 24H of Lemans/Nurburgring by myself. I always lose my rhythm after I've paused, then taken a break/slept/gone to work/whatever and then come back to it.

by Dodge Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:24 pm

GT3 was lame

by Turbojett Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:33 pm

well, I wouldn't have said it was lame, but GT4 was much better. My R33 was the shit when it was still competitive.

by dunnas Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:42 pm

GT4 was lame. Mad

by Turbojett Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:54 pm

feh. can't please everybody.

by Turbojett Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:01 pm

Dodge wrote:I would say

Porsche Unleashed
Hot Pursuit II
Carbon (I know..I know..but the police chases were so good)
NFS II
High Stakes

would be my top 5

Dude the police chases in Carbon were too easy. the Most Wanted chases were more involving, and you actually had little quotas to meet. I could have those Corvettes chasing me for forty minutes or so. so fun.

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