Gt4 Prologue Pal is out
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No - did not see any at all.
redhed17 - you did kinda come out pretty strongly in your comments there, and that was always going to attract a similarly themed response. I'm not saying that's right, but one must remember the crowd here.
Whilst respecting your right to an opinion (and your comments on hitting 'objects' on the rally course certainly have merit), you might just want to wind back the 'attitude' of the comments and back them up with further illustration what you base them on, like some of the comments you made in your second post.
I'm half of the opinion that the New York course has been slipped in to attract the 'Project Gotham Racing' type crowd - but the course is technically quite interesting, particularly with the need to show restraint in the right angle corners, and the constant radius left before the sharp right leading on to the front straight.
Bear in mind the courses are restricted by being faithful to their real-life counterparts.
redhed, being such a GT veteran, why were you surprised at the invisible walls in the Grand Canyon? That's a GT gimme.
And how much time have you spent on the rally track, because when I first got Prologue I was horrible for many laps until I figured out the new handling model. But once I got it figured out and learned the track, I was having the time of my life. I will agree that it's hard to do with the buttons, analog sticks in GT4 will be much better I'm sure. So try and stick with it for awhile and see if you don't start to appreciate it.
And how much time have you spent on the rally track, because when I first got Prologue I was horrible for many laps until I figured out the new handling model. But once I got it figured out and learned the track, I was having the time of my life. I will agree that it's hard to do with the buttons, analog sticks in GT4 will be much better I'm sure. So try and stick with it for awhile and see if you don't start to appreciate it.
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vat_man, thanks for the thoughtful critique. If my post came over with an attitude, it was because I've been waiting so long, as have we all, that the disappointment was painful. I'd also been standing around in the shop for 2.5 hours, after an appointment finished earlier than expected.
I've been going through some of the License tests that I hadn't finished earlier. The handling improved slightly from the test with the Toyota Celica onwards. Which had surprisingly little understeer(for a frontwheel drive car), maybe it was the aerodynamics. And felt a bit more like previous games. But the cars I had got earlier, felt heavy and understeered. It was hard to even get a an Evo or Impreza to slide with the handbrake. Something I've never had any problems with before. You would think it would be even easier than usual in "Arcade" mode.
I normally turn the wheels left and right while I'm waiting for the countdown, even that seems sluggish.
I've enjoyed "driving" most of the cars in previous games, but some of these don't feel nice at all.(To me only?)
The longevity of this game will come from the License tests I think. Trying to overtake cars without touching or going off track is a challenge.
I still stand by what I've said previously. And if you can try it out before you buy, take advantage of it. .
Although it looks like I'm in quite a small minority my feeling of the game. You should be safe.
But don't say I didn't warn you.
I was surprised by the New York track, there being a lot of similar tracks in Project Gotham Racing. This track is brighter and more colourful than PGR. But if you have PGR, it will be very familier.
I've been going through some of the License tests that I hadn't finished earlier. The handling improved slightly from the test with the Toyota Celica onwards. Which had surprisingly little understeer(for a frontwheel drive car), maybe it was the aerodynamics. And felt a bit more like previous games. But the cars I had got earlier, felt heavy and understeered. It was hard to even get a an Evo or Impreza to slide with the handbrake. Something I've never had any problems with before. You would think it would be even easier than usual in "Arcade" mode.
I normally turn the wheels left and right while I'm waiting for the countdown, even that seems sluggish.
I've enjoyed "driving" most of the cars in previous games, but some of these don't feel nice at all.(To me only?)
The longevity of this game will come from the License tests I think. Trying to overtake cars without touching or going off track is a challenge.
I still stand by what I've said previously. And if you can try it out before you buy, take advantage of it. .
Although it looks like I'm in quite a small minority my feeling of the game. You should be safe.
But don't say I didn't warn you. I was surprised by the New York track, there being a lot of similar tracks in Project Gotham Racing. This track is brighter and more colourful than PGR. But if you have PGR, it will be very familier.
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- The Pool Of Life.
8400RPM, I wasn't surprised that there was an invisible wall, there has to be. But previous rally tracks have had grass on the inside of corners that you could drive through, and then a barrier, be it fence, tape or cliffside. I would have thought it make better sense to make the barrier look like rocks than grass.
As for the gap in the tape at the Canyon edge, I think it emphasizes the invisible wall and makes it feel more artificial. If there is a taped fence round the outside of a corner, then a gap in the fence, one would expect to be able to go through it, although we know that was never going to be the case. As it is you can you bounce of the tape, OK, but you also bounce off the Canyon edge, not OK. Why they just didn't continue the taped fence I don't know.
It's obviously a minor, or unoticeable thing, becuase nobody else has mentioned it.
As for the gap in the tape at the Canyon edge, I think it emphasizes the invisible wall and makes it feel more artificial. If there is a taped fence round the outside of a corner, then a gap in the fence, one would expect to be able to go through it, although we know that was never going to be the case. As it is you can you bounce of the tape, OK, but you also bounce off the Canyon edge, not OK. Why they just didn't continue the taped fence I don't know.
It's obviously a minor, or unoticeable thing, becuase nobody else has mentioned it.
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Yes Prologue is out in Australia, well DVDCrave just notified me that the game had come in and that I could pick up my copy. I am about to go and colelct it now so I can't wait.
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Ok after playing the game a bit I think I can understand your thoughts redhed. I initially found the handling to be quite horrible and the steering does seem sluggish but I believe after more play time it will become better because the handling has turned out much more realistic and so its a shock compared to GT3 and Concept. In this case I think its good to get Prologue so we can get used to this new handling and be ready for GT4. Honestly I think this is a step in the right direction and we just have to get used to it.
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- BreakerOhio
I don't want to read through the many pages from this thread, can anyone tell what is necessary for my US PS2 to play the PAL version of Prologue? I have a Moniter that will handle the PAL signal.
Certainly feels like it - I haven't looked at replays specifically for it.
At the tight Citta di Aria, there is quite a bit of heavy downhill braking, and it's quite easy to slide straight on.
In fact, thinking on it, they probably do - in a couple of instances I've gone straight on under heavy braking.
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I've done that in the Asian version of the game.
Go drive the Viper with the road tyres, it takes about 5 miles to stop the damn thing. But it's still awesome. Each car has it's own braking distance, which was quite disconcerting for me initialy.
On another note, I just golded the rest of the licences. Well apart from the McLaren 10 lapper, I just haven't got the endurance to string 10 laps together yet.
Go drive the Viper with the road tyres, it takes about 5 miles to stop the damn thing. But it's still awesome. Each car has it's own braking distance, which was quite disconcerting for me initialy.
On another note, I just golded the rest of the licences. Well apart from the McLaren 10 lapper, I just haven't got the endurance to string 10 laps together yet.
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- Nurburgring, Germany
Well I just go the Game today and today is the 27/05/04 at 4:30pm.
The game is pretty excellent, after I had completed the majority of the 1st section in School Mode, there is a remastered video like the GT4: P Ending Movie but with M5 at Nurburgring, It was AMAZING!!!
I'll hope to post up the video sometime soon.
For ppl who cant get the PAL version.
The game is pretty excellent, after I had completed the majority of the 1st section in School Mode, there is a remastered video like the GT4: P Ending Movie but with M5 at Nurburgring, It was AMAZING!!!
I'll hope to post up the video sometime soon.
For ppl who cant get the PAL version.
Got through the first four sets of licenses and saw the movie - the Ferraris that appear are simply in the context of the crew behind GT visiting some car museums in Italy - there's a 288GTO and an F40 (there was a third car, I forget what it was) - but they're part of a car display, not actually driving.
There are some mind-boggling cars in the movie, though.
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I remember seeing the PD crew at a TVR business. There where nothing but TVR's outside the building, one was on some rotating thing and looked good, I forgot the name of it. All of this ferrari business is leading me to think ferrari will be in but we all will have to wait and see.
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The footage of the cars on the skidpan in the "Making Of A Driver" video was interesting. I'd pay to have a go at doing that.
And yes, they were driving and a Ferrari and a Porsche. But only the Porsche was on the skidpan.
Overall though I expected more on the video. A total of about 31 minutes seems a bit wasteful, with all that space on a DVD.
And yes, they were driving and a Ferrari and a Porsche. But only the Porsche was on the skidpan.
Overall though I expected more on the video. A total of about 31 minutes seems a bit wasteful, with all that space on a DVD.
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Yeah there could have been more content but what I saw was still worth it especially alongside the actual game.
Glad I am not the only one who found the game handling horrible to start with so this works both ways. I am sure I will get used to it sooner or later. I've managed to get my way through the main lessons with mostly bronze and silver's, only a couple of golds. I am slowly getting better.
Race Idiot
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Heh, mine arrived at 7:10am at my door this morning. But I had to go to work, oh well I bought the making of disc with me. Now to find a DVD playing laptop........
