Re: Playstation racing games-no audi

["Dave Aukerman" <mhauk@ccsdana.net>]

Rent before ya buy.

Others to avoid:

RallyCross 2 = big buck-o-suck

VRally = cool cars, realistic reactions and screen, big minus is that you
can't use the analog controls so. . .

Dave

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> From: Tom Van Ness <tom@reece.com>
> To: quattro@audifans.com; audi-20v@lists.emailsol.com
> Subject: Playstation racing games-no audi
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 11:43 AM
> 
> so I picked up Ridge Racer 4 (R4) yesterday.
> 
> I have played Gran Turismo for about a year. I love Gran Turismo.
> I've spent literally weeks playing it and building cars, etc.
> 
> I had read a review of R4, saying it was as good, if not better than GT.
> I've been jonesing for a new racing game, so I just went ahead and bought
> it.
> 
> 
> The result?
> 
> 
> It sucks.
> 
> Sucks bad.
> 
> 
> Let's just say I won the Grand Prix trophy in about 35 minutes.
> 
> It took me about 4 weeks to do that in GT.
> 
> 
> There is no realism to the driving. The graphics are very nice, but it
> plays like a bad Sega racing game from 1987.
> 
> The worst part?
> 
> They list about 40 kinds of cars. But the stupid thing is that they
aren't
> real manufacturers, it's made-up crap, like Assoluto and Lizard. Just
plain
> stupid.
> 
> And to cap it all off, there's a story involved. Your racing team manager
> yells at you and you eventually find out some magical secret.
> 
> 
> Stupid.
> 
>