10 May 2000 - The Day

[Y2kGoofball]

Well EA have put all their money on 10 May 2002 for the release of V8 Challenge. But this time they even have pics of the first truck coming in with all these copies of V8 Challenge.

Lets wait and See.

:o

Y2k


PS - Im sure someone has already said something about the 10 May in another post but lately I havent had much time to catch up with everything so I honestly dont know if you all know or not.:")

[Dylan]

fingers crossed, i think its almost 6 months since the first "date". unfortunatly i have to buy some more expensive, more important stuff first.

[monaro]

EA reckons it could be in some stores by tommorow (may 4)

dylan: pedals?

oh and matt, youre 2 years out ^_^

[MattB]

Originally posted by monaro


oh and matt, youre 2 years out ^_^

2years? u mean 57years off ;)

[Dylan]

Originally posted by monaro

dylan: pedals?


and shifter and a VK Commodore with a 308, nothing wild just VN heads, cam and 'zaust. the quaddy is good for bout 300-350 ponys i reckon, so i can keep that.

[Fte_by_Ford]

Have to put u's all down , but me workin at Harvey Norman, i can honestly say that it won't be out on the 10th, but more closer to the 25, i' keeps u's updated guys. :?

[MattB]

l'm going harvey norman tommorow, to by a firewire card for my MP3 player......l'll ask then......

they'll probally give me the run-around:'(

[Fte_by_Ford]

l'll ask then......

they'll probally give me the run-around

of course we'll give u the run around, we never tell the truth, but i can say we're lookin about the 25th for V8C

[MattB]

Originally posted by Fte_by_Ford


of course we'll give u the run around, we never tell the truth, but i can say we're lookin about the 25th for V8C

^_^ do u guys get trained how to confused the customer and give them the wrong info????:D


when l was buying my printer, the guy then tried to sell me a Surge Protector, games from the bargin bin, and even started talkin about how good LCD's are.............&(

l didn't get fooled tho:read:

[Y2kGoofball]

Once when we went in for a burner the guy at HN tried to sell us ...

a new CD Rom (saying something about speed of the CD Rom - but we already had a brand new 52x cd with the comp and only one slot for a CD so the burner would be the only CD Rom thing in the system)

Then he tried to sell us a DVD drive, and then more expensive better burners and finally told us a DVD burner would be a good buy &(

Then when we said we'll think about it he moved onto computer steering wheels (which i had brought from them like 1 and a half weeks before anyway &( )

Y2k

[Mickcals]

Y2k I got my burner fixed\


And this week Im going to get V8 Challenge on Thursday, if not Wednesday

And it is definatly at EB in the Penrith Plaza

[MattB]

there Hardly Normal^_^

the 'preview' box has been at EB for months now,:rolleyes:

[racecar1]

Any word about a demo, or are they planning to just grab the $$ before the car physics are known?

[Mickcals]

No I think they ve all got it in stock but are waiting for the 10th May Friday to release it

Hopefully im getting it on Saturday




And if its not out then Im going to get the Avesco Version instead

[Y2kGoofball]

Nah I think there happy to release it first then give us all a demo.

They probably wont bring out a demo though :rolleyes:

There so sure it is the 10th May that it will be released. We'll see ... again ^_^ )

Y2k

BTW Matt - EB is Hardley Normal, even more hardley normal then hardley normal &( &( &(

[DC_Dogz]

I was at Harvey's last night they tood me 9am today and had the copies in stock!!!!!!!!!!!!..

On holidays..as soon as the wife gets back I might pop up! and get me a copy

[Dylan]

$69.95 for those wanting to know, both EB and HN said they have it in stock

[Y2kGoofball]

thank god its finally in

How long have we been waiting for ???

^_^ we can laugh in ea's faces now ^_^

Y2k

[Dylan]

every one at the EA forum is saying its crap, the cars dont even have a nutral gear

[monaro]

i downloaded a movie of bthurst and it looks pretty good, who needs a neutral gear anyway, ecxept for burnouts; OH NO!!!!

[MattB]

Originally posted by Y2kGoofball

BTW Matt - EB is Hardley Normal, even more hardley normal then hardley normal &( &( &(


can u say that again?^_^

[Y2kGoofball]

Originally posted by Matthew Button



can u say that again?^_^

Ok

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Originally posted by Y2kGoofball

BTW Matt - EB is Hardley Normal, even more hardley normal then hardley normal
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Basically ... I dont trust EB. So they are more less normal then the store Harvey Norman, by which is named Hardley Normal

If you dont get it forget it !!&(

Y2k

[MattB]

:read: now i get it:D

[AccadaccA]

Got my V8 Challenge and I must say this game ROCKS!!!! :hat:-^

Excellent game engine, despite all of our fears, it is true to life (tap n' spin) handling.

The sound is freaking awesome, the video excellent, landscape doesn't repeat textures (example trees) like other popular games do. Plenty of different shaped gum trees. :)

Full video options on a GeForce 2 MX400 in a 1Ghz AMD and it doesn't miss a beat, except a slight pause when taking screenshots.

Man, E.A. SPORTS has done us Aussies proud!!! :hat:-^-^-^-^-^

On the downside: 25 lap limit for Bathurst (although that still is a long time), and only 14 cars per race (you & 13 opponents).

[Dylan]

do the cars stall? like in racer 0.5?

[AccadaccA]

I haven't played it long enough to answer that yet but many times they tend to brake too heavily and I collide into their tailgates. :D

I think every race start I have had there have been crashes ahead on the grid or first corner). Then when I skid into them I am black-flagged for it. :(
But like I mentioned on the main forum here, that "rules" function is toggled on/off in the game menu.

[MattB]

most games that have 'rules' normally get it all wrong.

TOCA2's rule system is pretti crap.

it must be hard to get it right in the coding, i guess:rolleyes:

[Y2kGoofball]

Acca ...

Some questions. What teams can you race as? Have you had any probs with sound?

there was one more but ic ant seem to remeber now :")

Im sure I will though!

Y2k&(

[MattB]

matt(y2k), acca said the sound was perfect for him.

he loved the crackling sound of the v8's:D

[ebbhead]

Originally posted by AccadaccA

Man, E.A. SPORTS has done us Aussies proud!!! :hat:-^-^-^-^-^


Just a note, EA SPORTS Australia is only the publisher of this game, not the developer. It was developed by DICE, a swedish company which also made Rally Masters and a very (to say the least) similar game series called STCC and STCC2 (Swedish touring car championship). Which brings me to the real subject of my post.

This game is just (well, almost anyway) STCC2 with new cars and tracks. Some of the sound effects are also taken from Rally Masters. The engine sounds lacks detail and the graphics would have impressed me about a year ago. The whole game feels like it's made of recycled parts from dice's earlier releases, and as we all know, this is a fast moving market, things get pretty antique pretty fast in the gaming industry. That's the facts. Over to my opinions, and to sum it up, I can only add that the AI is very stupid, for example, during every start the AI cars just wobble from left to right for no reason, no matter if there's a car trying to pass or not. Looks hilarious on replay though.. :)

Anyway, this is some facts, and also some of my own opionons. Everyone's entitled to their own opionion, but I guess there's a reason why this game isn't going international. Just don't expect too much of this game, it will only make you dissappointed.

[AccadaccA]

Fair call, we all have our opinions.

And yes it is a fast moving industry. I never bought STCC or STCC2 although I had already been told that Dice used the same menu setup.

Perhaps you can afford to buy (or obtain) every game as it's released but it's the first car racing game I've bought since PU (I think) except for bargain bin specials (my second copy of HS and some others). I do have a large collection racing/rally sims that where great in their time and I never was so excited about any of those (new) as I am about V8 Challenge. From "The Need For Speed" (when new) onwards, nothing else has had such an impact on me.

I am also using a keyboard after having my ol' trusty steering wheel for 5-6 years. But it does definately out-shines all racing games I have played.

[monaro]

good worrk acca, it helps to get a down to earth view of the game other than getting those idiots in the V8 challenge forum who want details which aren't even possible

just regarding that last post time of yours, either its a really good game and can't get off it or you are nocturnal^_^