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This game has so many more options than the first game its unbelievable (still not on par w/ the options you have in NFS, but its defiently a lot) This time you can choose the material you want your body kits to be made out of. (fiberglass, urethane, or carbon fiber, each more expensive then the last) this lets you choose any stlye body kit you want and have it take off the same amount of weight, rather than choosing the lightest kit there is and having to use that design, like in txr0
theres rain in this one, and racing in the rain is sweet, the car models look MUCH better in this game and have much better reflective properties (you can even ADJUST the reflectiveness of your car), the foglights are actually a lightsource now instead of just looking pasted on like they did in txr0, SO many customizable options, window tint w/ color and transperancy adjustability, different color headlights, turn signals, tail lights, indiglo guages and reverse indiglo (on screen guages, they actually dont change in the car, its still cool tho) even license plate placement! center of bumper, right, left, on the dashboard, or not at all.
Engine sounds are much better as well, the cars sound ABOUT how they should, dont expect gt3 calibur, but they're a definite improvement over txr0. each muffler gives your car a different tone. there are oil and water temp guages now which you must keep an eye on when youre racing, cuz if they go into red your car WILL overheat and smoke will come out of the muffler and you'll just gradually slow down. there are cooling system upgrades to buy tho to help keep the car cooler for longer and they free up a little extra hp and tq too. also if you press the select button during a race, it raises your boost pressure a little bit (in turbo cars) giving you some extra power during a race. HOWEVER this causes your water and oil temp to rise quite dramatically, so you can only do this for maybe one or 2 races in a row, then you need to let the engine cool down a bit. Now theres "Pit Areas" you can pull off into along the highway that you can let your car cool down in, or change your settings and stuff w/out exiting back out to the garage.
you actually get 40,000cr to start off w/ but the car selection in the beginning isnt that great. Physics are a little better than txr0, but they're not perfect. but if i can play txr0 over and over again and not get tired of it, im sure i'll make it thru this one. Every customizable setting option gt3 has, this game has. (ride height, camber, damper, toe, stabilizer, transmission, downforce, brake balance, VCD for 4wd, its all there.
its just a great game, if youre a fan of the series you will definently love this game. If not, well then you should probably stick to NFS. The game does start out slow, but thats the whole point of it. Youre supposed to work your way up the ladder so to speak. Dont expect to just hop in a 60,000 dollar car and throw every available option on it and go flying down the higway at 250mph. I do have a couple gripes about this game tho. for one, even if an opponent challenges you, you still start out behind them. one of my main strategies to win against faster cars in txr0 was to let them challenge me so i could be in front of them when the race started, but not anymore...whats genki trying to do to me, actually make me race?? haha
secondly, the car prices in the game seem a bit.....steep. In fact in general all the parts seem a bit high priced, and the money you recieve from beating oponents doesnt seem like its enough. Even for beating team bosses in this one you barely get like 8,000 dollars for some of them when in TXR0 you get anywhere from like 10-15 grand. Oh well. Overall, this is still a GREAT improvement over TXR0, and as you know, txr0 was great, so that makes this game awesome! hehe I suggest you get it, ebgames.com should have it for like 20 bucks.
I dont know that I'd say its the PERFECT game, but it is definently a great game.
