A thread to say why we like it so much and to share our best moments in the game.
(for the record: PS3 + G27 with AWD's settings from this forum, on ELITE + HARD)
I'm currently at 12% completion and so far I'm loving it. I actually never imagined a racing game could be SO good. It's immersive, beautiful to look at, it gives me a real feeling of danger, it makes me understand when I'm at the limit of the car and that's a wonderful sensation.
I will discuss a few bullet point.
- I don't mind the physics at all. I find that I can make the car do pretty much whatever I want it to do. Small and sudden correction manoeuvres included. And I love the way the wheel goes soft when I lose traction.
- The graphics: yes I can clearly see the resolution is not excellent, but I like it very much anyway, there's something special about the design of the game, the circuits, the atmosphere. It all feels alive, I can sense these circuits have a soul.
- The AI is amazing. I like the way the cars are all packed together, there is not a clear leader. They are intelligent, they will never stop trying to pass you and pass each other too, if they can't pass you on one side they try the other one. They break late, they make mistakes. And I don't find them to be overly aggressive at all. 99.5% of the time my races are without any contact. When they take me out it's because I invaded their line, not because they are jerks. I took notice of this and realized that sometimes I put myself suddenly in their line and simply they have not enough time to react. Simply put: I find it very similar to playing online against real people. This makes the replayability of the game very long, because any "quick race" I create will be just as challenging as any career mode race.
- There are some aspects that I find very realistic: I lose control when I land after a jump, when I hit a curb, when I hit another car.
- Night racing: the lighting and everything, it's just very well done. I turn off the light in my room and I stay in total darkness and it's really engaging.
Favourite moments so far:
- The 3-stage event at Glendale at night with my 676PI Acura NSX. My goodness. Sliding through those long corners, passing the rivals on the inside managing to keep in the tiny space between the barrier and the opponent, all this while basically tandem-drifting, knowing that the slightest touch would send me off, feeling that I'm on the limit of the car and of the track. And at the end of the turn the opponent would come out still ahead and I would go "damn!" and the battle would continue in the next corner with no time to breath. Adrenalin rushing, heart pumping. I found myself laughing out loud, out of pure satisfaction when I got things done well, and at the end of each stage I was shaking.
- Dijon: I just love that track.
Least favourite things:
- "The Eliminator" events: just too much chaos.
All in all the reason why I love this game is emotions and sensation. It makes me feel fear, pride, accomplishment, satisfaction, adrenaline, physical exertion. I never imagined this could be possible. At the moment my opinion is: far beyond expectations. And I really hope it keeps being like this until the end.
Anyone else appreciates S2U as much as I do?
