jamcc wrote:cooldawn wrote:FishFingers wrote:cooldawn wrote:1. Completely wrong. After the first race the game saves and you can choose to start the next one in the same weekend or quit. If you are referring to Trophy mode then it's three races at once but you don't have to do that. Also races can be timed from 5, 15, 30 or 45 minutes.
I saw no options to change the race lengths. Sorry, but single player racing isn't really that much fun.
A) You didn't look hard enough, B) you havn't played it thoroughly enough. This is sounding like EDGE's review of F1:CE!
The game perfectly balances simulation with arcade gameplay.
*wishes I could record video footage of race to show you how frikkin good it really is*
Have to agree with FF. Online racing is where it's at. Beating my mates (which I normally do) is so much more satisfying than beating a liefless CPU opponent, and besides online competitors are way more unpredictable. And they chat.
I will probably get FC when it's cheap, based on the rubbish online.
First, how can you agree with FishFingers when you havn't even played the game?
Secondly, I urge you to play this because I know you like a good racing game. If you had been paying attention to my previous posts the A.I. is extremely challenging in Ferrari Challenge, not only are they fast but they are aggressive and have plenty of defensive abilities. At no point do the A.I. follow a predetermined path. It's as simple as that. You try and overtake and they will defend the optimum line on approach. Sneak along the inside and they will try and nudge their noses ahead of you on the outside approaching a corner (yes, they will peek at you all the time) or, depending on your position, will pull across to defend the inside approach forcing you outside.
Notice I am using the word '
approach'. That has ramifications as to how the A.I. react when racing. In any one race you
will come across various situations that makes
you think about how to approach the next corner and get around the opposition. You can't just dive in and use other cars to assist braking and the like. The game just doesn't work like that.
The point is that racing A.I. is every bit as challenging and intense as racing humans. It's that bloody good. Hell the A.I. even weave down straights to stop you slipstreaming.
Online isn't rubbish at all either, which is different to being broken i.e. inconsistent lobby/join game performance. The handling and track selection are sublime. Spa for gods sake, SPA!!! Full voice chat is supported and up to 16 players. Oh, and don't forget, the imminent patch should get rid of all the lobby/join game issues.
This game, in many ways, sets an example for other racing games to follow. Believe me or not, that's entirely up to you, but this really is one of the best racing games ever to grace consoles.
"Race drivers don't really care how fast they're going..we keep going faster and faster until we approach that limit of control and that's when we balance ourselves..that's how we make good time."
JOHN FITCH
1950's Le Mans driver
