F1 Demo Anyone?

[frank_t]

Anyone got the F1 demo yet?

<a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16958" target="_blank">http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16958</a>

If so what do you think? i'm not sure if i should download it as it is big and i hear that it quits some times when your almost done...

Frank_t

[Spart]

Download wasn't working earlier, but it is now.

Server is supposedly a bit sporadic, so I'm downloading it with Interarchy and the promise of easy resuming. ;)

[Brad]

I just tried it.

If I had to sum it up in one word, I'd say: Lame.

I didn't like it. The graphics are sub-par and definitely look several years old. The sound isn't so great either. The car handling is so-so. There also doesn't seem to be any way to change screen resolution or any other advanced kind of options.

Eh. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

[ 11-12-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>

[chych]

Ugh, screwed up my system, monitor lost signal but computer was still running, had to ssh in and kill the game. Bah.

[Spart]

[quote]Originally posted by Brad:
<strong>I just tried it.

If I had to sum it up in one word, I'd say: Lame.

I didn't like it. The graphics are sub-par and definitely look several years old. The sound isn't so great either. The car handling is so-so. There also doesn't seem to be any way to change screen resolution or any other advanced kind of options.

Eh. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

[ 11-12-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

You must not have looked around much. The graphics are beyond shit, but the cars are fully customizable as is the video. I managed to change the res to 640x480 and mess with about 30 other video/graphics options before proceeding to mess with the car (angle tilts of the wings, all manner of things I do not understand.)

It's too bad the graphics suck...and my video card is apparently unsupported though it could easily handle it.

[jutus]

It's like playing a blast from the past.

We're talking graphics on par with arcade games 5-6 years ago.

Too bad, those teaser screenshots they released looked WAY better.

I can't believe that this was a 2000 release originally... the graphics look ANCIENT.

Huge let down for what could have been the first "real" racing game on the Mac in a long time.

[Spart]

[quote]Originally posted by jutus:
<strong>It's like playing a blast from the past.

We're talking graphics on par with arcade games 5-6 years ago.

Too bad, those teaser screenshots they released looked WAY better.

I can't believe that this was a 2000 release originally... the graphics look ANCIENT.

Huge let down for what could have been the first "real" racing game on the Mac in a long time.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, it's pretty sad, the graphics at their highest setting are worse than Driver's graphics at their lowest setting, and Driver is old.

Had such potential...ah well.

All of those car settings... :eek:

[Fluffy]

What's wrong with the graphics? They look fine to me. The tracks are detailed, the cars are pretty well done, the environmental effects are good. Are the textures not right? I just don't see how anyone could call the graphics "beyond shit" when they look like everything else being done these days. I don't own Driver, but the screen shots from reviews look far worse than the graphics in F1.

[jutus]

Ok, I just learned that the demo uses software rendering only, which would explain the crappola graphics.

Look at the screenshots on MacGamer + IMG for a better representation of the graphics.

decent. Nothing great, but decent.

Sounds still suck though. :)

[Spart]

Admittedly it looks better...but that wasn't the smartest move.

Giving a demo worse graphics capability than the actual game sure isn't going to help sell this thing.

[Fluffy]

Well, here's a small screen shot of the demo on my machine. Maybe there's something wrong, but it sure seems to be using hardware acceleration.

http://homepage.mac.com/fluffy/.Pictures/F1PIC.jpg

What kind of graphics cards are you all using?