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NFS carbon demo is out
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Oh, what the hell happened? When did NFS become like this load of old cock? I swear there's not been a single half-decent [in terms of gameplay, not graphics] NFS since Hot Pursuit. I think if they gave the drifting gimmickry and trickin' out ya motah shite a bit of a rest and went back to making the actual game fun we'd not be hearing half of these comments.
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Rehevkor said:
Original UT supports 1920x1200 too.
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Raudulfr said:Somepeople are actually saying that the game looks awesome and that "[NFS] finally has decent graphics"
Graphics are good
i just played it and beat it. they added alot of cool stuff that really should've been in it originally. things like the speed bonus in drifts, etc etc. however it's like they sacrificed some of the core elements for the sake of the new stuff. i don't like it one bit.
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this game is crap, pure CRAP
Raudulfr said:Somepeople are actually saying that the game looks awesome and that "[NFS] finally has decent graphics"
What the hell ever. The game looks no better than the previous games, and I actually think it looks worse than Most Wanted in a lot of places. Taking off the motion blur is a big help, but it isn't enough.
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I sorta cheated, since I never turned on motion blur in the first place. I couldn't stand it in MW, so I figured I wouldn't like it any better now. Otherwise, the game runs fine on the rig in my sig- naturally not at any super-duper resolutions or anything but I think it does look pretty good. If it's not better than MW, it's at least on par with it, IMO (graphics-wise, anyway).
EDIT: Why can't EA integrate a real night/day cycle already?! Weather would be nice too, although I would want something better than MW's 2nd lap sprinkles.
As far as gameplay goes, I liked everything besides the drifting, which was kinda 'eh.' Yes, the physics change for the drifting races, but they did that in UG2 also, so it wasn't a huge surprise. I thought it was very convenient that the 3 different cars conformed exactly to the descriptions of the three different classes of cars, but we'll have to wait until the full version to see if the physics of the cars have all been skewed to make them "fit" into a class. My guess is probably.
At the moment, my biggest grip is actually the camera. When you're in any chase mode, the damn thing will shake and it's distracting. OK, it's supposed to simulate going over bumps, but I wish I could turn it off. This being an NFS game though, you can't. I eventually found that I did better when the camera was mounted on the hood, where the cockpit view should've been (I miss that a lot from older NFS games). Your crew member was kinda annoying too, but the circuit race wasn't that long. I'm sure he'll get on my nerves on longer races...
EDIT: Why can't EA integrate a real night/day cycle already?! Weather would be nice too, although I would want something better than MW's 2nd lap sprinkles.
As far as gameplay goes, I liked everything besides the drifting, which was kinda 'eh.' Yes, the physics change for the drifting races, but they did that in UG2 also, so it wasn't a huge surprise. I thought it was very convenient that the 3 different cars conformed exactly to the descriptions of the three different classes of cars, but we'll have to wait until the full version to see if the physics of the cars have all been skewed to make them "fit" into a class. My guess is probably.
At the moment, my biggest grip is actually the camera. When you're in any chase mode, the damn thing will shake and it's distracting. OK, it's supposed to simulate going over bumps, but I wish I could turn it off. This being an NFS game though, you can't. I eventually found that I did better when the camera was mounted on the hood, where the cockpit view should've been (I miss that a lot from older NFS games). Your crew member was kinda annoying too, but the circuit race wasn't that long. I'm sure he'll get on my nerves on longer races...
S0m30n3 said:Graphics are good
I played MW with medium settings and it looked awesome and had good fps. I played the Carbon demo with medium settings and it looked like crap compared to MW and had major slowdowns....
Exactly... but you know how these youngins are... if it has tuning, it rules
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Ive always thought the game engines they use for the nfs series are utter shite with so much stuttering etc even on monster rigs, Other car games like Flatout 2 look just as good but have solid framerates even at a higher res......should i even bother downloading the nfs carb demo with my laptop spec?
I'm sure the final game will be better. Most Wanted is my favorite NFS game until now, but when I saw the autosculpt feature and the new cop modes in Carbon, I really wanted to give it a try. As I said, I wasn't disapointed with it entirely, but I didn't like the fact that the cars didn't look as good as in MW. The fact that all the races are at night, doesn't help either.
Another worth mentioning fact, is: I think Josie Maron is cuter than the Carbon girl
Another worth mentioning fact, is: I think Josie Maron is cuter than the Carbon girl
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Silus said:I'm sure the final game will be better. Most Wanted is my favorite NFS game until now, but when I saw the autosculpt feature and the new cop modes in Carbon, I really wanted to give it a try. As I said, I wasn't disapointed with it entirely, but I didn't like the fact that the cars didn't look as good as in MW. The fact that all the races are at night, doesn't help either.
Another worth mentioning fact, is: I think Josie Maron is cuter than the Carbon girl
In every EA demo release I have seen, the actual game looked/performed NO different.
Well no widescreen support so it can get lost...
Flatout 2 was awesome, damage system was great and it looked really nice with the settings cranked up really high. Not to mention most of the tracks looks like a warzone on the last lap round where there's 100's of fence posts scattered around and colapsed sections of bridges and whatnot.
Graphically NFSMW was a reasonable pay off for me, it runs well on my 7950GX2 for the level of visuals it supplies, especially considering how vast the landscape is when it's all unlocked.
Flatout 2 was awesome, damage system was great and it looked really nice with the settings cranked up really high. Not to mention most of the tracks looks like a warzone on the last lap round where there's 100's of fence posts scattered around and colapsed sections of bridges and whatnot.
Graphically NFSMW was a reasonable pay off for me, it runs well on my 7950GX2 for the level of visuals it supplies, especially considering how vast the landscape is when it's all unlocked.
Raudulfr said:I played MW with medium settings and it looked awesome and had good fps. I played the Carbon demo with medium settings and it looked like crap compared to MW and had major slowdowns....
Exactly... but you know how these youngins are... if it has tuning, it rules
That's if you call park bench spoilers, stickers, paint and rims tuning.
Silus said:
The demo may have been buggy, and the full version is better. Graphically, and as far as game play, the demo is identical to the full version. Sure there are some tweaks, but the vehicles, and weapons all work the same way. That was really the point, while the demo may not be totaly representative of the final product, I've found that are usually about 95% representative of the final product.
no widescreen support. thanks EA, you guys are shit. not the shit, just shit.
it does run smooth though, about the only positive i saw. also, the xbox360 controller works just like the console version without any configgin, so thats a huge plus. if you hide your pc you wouldnt be able to tell its not on xbox besides the clear graphics.
it does run smooth though, about the only positive i saw. also, the xbox360 controller works just like the console version without any configgin, so thats a huge plus. if you hide your pc you wouldnt be able to tell its not on xbox besides the clear graphics.
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spicey said:
I thought that too and even said as much in a thread about a year ago. Now that I've had two widescreen monitors, I am never going back. So much better than 4:3 when it is supported, and even when it isn't, the extra desktop space in Windows is nice. If you watch movies on your PC, it is really a must in my opinion.
Plus, if no one buys widescreen monitors, they will never gain acceptance.
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I could never go back to 4:3 for my main monitor. At least the NFS games can me made to run at widescreen with some work.
I'm currently using a 19in crt, but after recent experiences with widescreen lcds I will be upgrading sooner rather than later. Widescreen IS the future, it is a far more natural aspect ratio than 4:3.
Why game devs aren't automatically including widescreen resolutions is beyond me. Might be something to do with company's like EA not wanting to spend any more money than they have to (recycled trees anyone?)
Why game devs aren't automatically including widescreen resolutions is beyond me. Might be something to do with company's like EA not wanting to spend any more money than they have to (recycled trees anyone?)
Elitebastards have done a performance analysis. Seems NV is having driver issues with Carbon:
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=29
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=29
ManicOne said:
That review is kind of pointless...
First they are puzzled that the NVIDIA cards "trail" the ATI cards. Yeah, they compare a 7950 GT to a X1900 XTX...seems fair. If they don't have a 7900 GTX for a fair comparison, don't do it at all.
They even include a 7600 GT, which seems to be competing with a X1800 XT...Laughable at best.
And also, the only real problem they point out, is the fact that SLI is not working and even they say that it will be fixed as soon as NVIDIA releases a profile for the full game.
I play Carbon on my 7800 GTX 256 @ 1280x1024, everything maxed, but I turned off Motion blur, because it really doesn't look good and I get something between 25-45 fps.
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Dan_D said:
Nope, it's a Ubisoft game. It's also built on Valve's Source engine, which has supported widescreen ever since it's been out.
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So has anyone actually seen this on store shelves? All my local stores are saying that it will be in tomorrow. Guess I'll have to tide myself over tonight by playing some more FEAR: Extraction Point.
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Dan_D said:
I forced AFR on and got zero performance increase. The load balancing bar fills up, but it doesn't run any faster.