lasermink wrote:
Thing is, although the controls still annoy me it isn't as bad when you get up to high speeds due to having to make smaller adjustments (or something, I don't know). So I've kind of managed to adapt.
I honestly didn't have a problem with the controls at all. Wired 360 pad playing the PC version. Framerate is halved on the consoles (best case scenario) so you will have more input lag. I certainly noticed it when playing the 360 version of Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, gets quite irritating in a twitchy arcade style racer.
Quote:
The cynical in-game purchase options that are shoved in your face every 30 seconds are aggravating.
Yeah I think this game goes far too far in pushing the DLC, even after buying the (allegedly) 'Ultimate DLC Pack' it was still nagging me about stuff I was missing.
It did sour it for me but it didn't break the game. But whoever decided they'd put DLC-only cars in the starting area so you're coming across them after only a few minutes of play, seriously needs shooting in the face. Especially when the Ultimate DLC Pack DOESN'T include those cars so you're still fucking left with jackspots that you can't knock off the map.
Quote:
The rubber banding is beyond ridiculous.
It felt like fairly standard-issue Criterion to me
Harks back to the Burnout 3/Revenge days I think, they eased off with it a bit in Paradise.
It works both ways though, you can win a race from last place on the last lap if you put an absolute stormer in, but by the same token a single crash at the end of an otherwise faultless race can see you drop from 1st to 4th - comes down to whether or not you like that dynamic I suppose.
Quote:
And yet I seem to have become horribly, horribly addicted. I don't know why. The racing through the open world just works really well somehow. I've only played the first couple of hours, mind you.
I absolutely played the arse out of it, finished it all off, and then dropped it completely, it burned very brightly whilst it lasted though, and I'm quite content I got my money's worth out of it, even with the DLC which didn't add a massive amount of content, truth be told. (The airport area wasn't as good as the extra island you got in Paradise.)
Great game and I can only assume it's getting a bit cheaper now, definitely one to check out IMO.