Welcome one and all to another edition of "HEY! Look what I actually remembered to do for a fucking change" & Games out this week!™: Ending Friday 15th June 2007.
FatherJack wrote:I downloaded the 360 demo but haven't given it a whirl yet. This series of games is one of the rare few driving games that translates well to the PC.
Well, if you have a horse-feedback steering wheel, that is.
I use a 360 pad, got fettled drivers so it rumbles properly. Best 20 quid forked out ever
M4niachicken wrote:I use a 360 pad, got fettled drivers so it rumbles properly. Best 20 quid forked out ever
A good way of replicating the 360 experience, but with better graphics.
The predecessors at least were among the few games that correctly supported FF wheels, in that you could feel the road and actually recover from slides, whereas most games seem to treat the wheel as a glorified rumbler, much like the PS3 controller will probably end up as.
Don't get me wrong, I love console racers more than most games, it's just in the ten+ years I've owned a FF wheel, I've only found three or four games that actually feel like you're driving.
FatherJack wrote:
A good way of replicating the 360 experience, but with better graphics.
The predecessors at least were among the few games that correctly supported FF wheels, in that you could feel the road and actually recover from slides, whereas most games seem to treat the wheel as a glorified rumbler, much like the PS3 controller will probably end up as.
Don't get me wrong, I love console racers more than most games, it's just in the ten+ years I've owned a FF wheel, I've only found three or four games that actually feel like you're driving.
Have you tried Test Drive Unlimited? I had a friend hook his wheel and pedals up to my PC and he said it was frighteningly good. I have to admit that as a non driver I found it very hard to use and went back to the controller asap but he thought it was excellent.
M4niachicken wrote:I use a 360 pad, got fettled drivers so it rumbles properly. Best 20 quid forked out ever
o rly? what drivers are you using? I have one too, it works fine with most newer games with the standard drivers but there's still a few that dont rumble properly.
I tried the colin mcrae: dirt demo and the rumble on the 360 controller is extremely realistic, only problem is you'll probably need an 8800gs or better to play it, my 7900gs only got 10-20fps at lowest settings
Recently I found TDU quite entertaining for a while, but lost interest pretty fast (especially when I discovered that just pulling off the road by 1' makes you invisible to the cops)
He's hoping trackmania unlimited will last a little longer.
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Recently I found TDU quite entertaining for a while, but lost interest pretty fast (especially when I discovered that just pulling off the road by 1' makes you invisible to the cops)
He's hoping trackmania unlimited will last a little longer.
PC:
Playstation 3:
Playstation 2:
PSP:Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
Xbox 360:
Xbox:
Nintendo Wii:
Gameboy DS:
GameBoy Advanced:Nowt this week...
