Carbon? More like ash so far....

"DavidB" <david.abtREMOVEC.TakeThisOut@PITALStiscali.co.uk> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> So far I've only found one thing I enjoy about the game, drift racing's
> back - otherwise I'm far from impressed.

The only thing missing for me is daylight racing, I find night driving
painfull for my eyes!!!

The game is enjoyable thought I can't say more than Most Wanted, yes the
wingman is more a problem than a help and I hate it too when sometimes he
steals your win

As for camera changes, look behind, etc. I think that if in keyboard
settings you set up a number for those features they should work with your
controller.
I connected my controllor after launching the game once and some of the
buttons where "misplaced" so instead of having my setted "nitro" I had "look
behind".


The biggest minus is the wingman -
> a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have
> him win then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I
> want to win it myself!
>
> The speech audio is incredibly annoying during races, so even though the
> wingman might very occasionally be saying something useful, though I doubt
> it, I have turned it off completely. Camera changes, look behind etc do
> not appear to be programmable so I have to use the stick to 'drive' and
> the keyboard for those (PLEASE someone tell me I've missed where those
> settings are, I've found all the race based programmable controller
> settings in 'options-controls'). There's no replay video either.
>
> So, so far I'm not pleased. OK I've only played for a few hours but
> really the game seems to clunk along (the game speed is OK, it's the
> content that clunks along). I had some doubts about NFSMW when I started
> playing it but very quickly I was thoroughly enjoying it, so far I haven't
> enjoyed anything about Carbon.
>
> I'll keep at it for a few more hours but I have a feeling this one's going
> to end up on eBay. I really do hope I will be able to come back in a day
> or two and say I've changed my opinion!
>
> DavidB
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> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

> The biggest minus is the wingman - a total pain in the butt. If I'm playing a race game I don't want to have him win
> then hand me the points or money or whatever and me come second, I want to win it myself!

In the last section, you're stuck with a Tier 2 car against Tier 3 cars.
By using speedbreaker for the tighter turns, and NOS on the straigts,
you can win outright, but the final wingman you get is a drafter with
a tier 3 car which can help.
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Thanks xms & Jeff. I have played for another 6 hours or so and am getting
slightly less annoyed with the game although I wish I didn't have to keep
playing the 'starter' circuits to keep control off an area. The wingman
still p***es me off but I've learned to ignore him/her, unless they get in
my way!! If I do need the wingman in the later sections then I guess I just
need to put up with it.

Do either of you have any comments on the length and frequency of video
clips in the game? That is what I meant by slowing the game down - they
mostly have nothing to do with gameplay and the time delay before you can
'enter' out of them is ridiculous IMO.

I'm playing on a fairy low spec machine so don't have all the graphics set
to the highest when racing. Have you made any movies yet Jeff so I can have
a look at what they could look like? I was not particularly impressed with
them when I turned all the settings up full just to have a look in free
roam. The bacgrounds are great but the cars seem poor compared with NFSMW.

Cheers

DavidB
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<snip>

Thanks xms & Jeff. I have played for another 6 hours or so and am getting
slightly less annoyed with the game although I wish I didn't have to keep
playing the 'starter' circuits to keep control off an area. The wingman
still p***es me off but I've learned to ignore him/her, unless they get in
my way!! If I do need the wingman in the later sections then I guess I just
need to put up with it.

Do either of you have any comments on the length and frequency of video
clips in the game? That is what I meant by slowing the game down - they
mostly have nothing to do with gameplay and the time delay before you can
'enter' out of them is ridiculous IMO.

I'm playing on a fairy low spec machine so don't have all the graphics set
to the highest when racing. Have you made any movies yet Jeff so I can have
a look at what they could look like? I was not particularly impressed with
them when I turned all the settings up full just to have a look in free
roam. The bacgrounds are great but the cars seem poor compared with NFSMW.

Cheers

DavidB
 >> Stay informed about: Carbon? More like ash so far.... 

<snip>

Thanks xms & Jeff. I have played for another 6 hours or so and am getting
slightly less annoyed with the game although I wish I didn't have to keep
playing the 'starter' circuits to keep control off an area. The wingman
still p***es me off but I've learned to ignore him/her, unless they get in
my way!! If I do need the wingman in the later sections then I guess I just
need to put up with it.

Do either of you have any comments on the length and frequency of video
clips in the game? That is what I meant by slowing the game down - they
mostly have nothing to do with gameplay and the time delay before you can
'enter' out of them is ridiculous IMO.

I'm playing on a fairy low spec machine so don't have all the graphics set
to the highest when racing. Have you made any movies yet Jeff so I can have
a look at what they could look like? I was not particularly impressed with
them when I turned all the settings up full just to have a look in free
roam. The bacgrounds are great but the cars seem poor compared with NFSMW.

Cheers

DavidB
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