Score: 6
"......Good, but still needs some work."
date: November 22, 2008
There are quite few things not to like about this game. The road is a little bit too narrow in places, the hitting-wall effects are demented and most of the cars are almost identical to each other in performance. I also found that even the best handling of the cars had an annoying tendency to over-control to homicidal levels at high speeds, and had terrible understeer at low speed..........this means that, after hitting a wall and getting stuck there, it is virtually impossible in many cases to avoid hitting it again......plus the lack of music/sound doesn't do much good......
However. I like this game, apart from the things above. I like KNOWING I've done well when I've got the NSX round a corner with a really good line, having utterly caned it coming up to it. And this game definately has one of the best drift engines I have ever seen. Even if the NSX can get 4 wheel drift in a straight line through over-control and then spin and auger into the walls going backwards.............it just makes it better when you DO get it right.........And the background is VERY good.......I can't deny that at all......I don't want to.
The big problems are the sound, the wall-hit effects and (IMO only), the Hit Areas on the cars for wall impacts AND possibly tweaking/calibrating the controls a tiny bit. True, cars at massive speed are hard to control, but just lightly touching them one way shouldn't make it try to spin out.......
A great game, for all its faults. 6/10 (because I think it's still a rough diamond) and 4/5.
BTW: Hint to people who have no problem cornering,but still can't get a decent time....The easiest handling car is NOT the fastest one........the NSX blitzes it, but can be.........tricky.................and corners go better if you cut off power beforehand......and turn in early. Being careful not to do it TOO soon, or you will end up either A. Stationary, and/or B.Stuck against the side of the track for half a minute because you turned in too soon and augered into the walls.
