New pics E.A.Sports doesn't even have.

[AccadaccA]

I found some pics that the E.A.Sports site doesn't even have.

http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image10.jpg (http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image9.jpg)

Click the pics to enlarge

http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image12.jpg (http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image11.jpg)

They obviously textured the Bathurst track before last October (Bathurst race weekend) as those FAI sponsors at the finish line (footbridge) were "Cougar" advertisements last year.... Unless FAI is outbidding for that spot again this year.

http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image14.jpg (http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image13.jpg)

http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image16.jpg (http://www.totalnfs.net/v8chal/Image15.jpg)

I know what you're thinking but YES they are ingame pics and NOT the real life deal.

[DC_Dogz]

F-------------k'n unreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The graphics look awesome, I have been waiting 10 years for game like this. I remember I bought a game about 6 years ago..like Bathurst or some thing simular.. Man it was crap. It was like real photo background and cartoon cars superimposed on the track… ever since that day I have stayed away from local car games… That Dick’old’fart racing looked crap…. Glad I didn’t buy it. One of the reasons I bought HS was for the Commodore pity it was so slow compared to the other cars….

They say the 11th… I might even try one of the stores on the Sunday the 10th They would have to receive stock before the weekend. Makes you wonder if they have stock in the back room now, Any Aussie people in Brisbane know anyone with a computer store outlet???..

Hehehe…. Get a P4 1.9 gig with DDR ram delivered today for work…time to do some work home swapping of PC’s….. The graphics should run at max on a 1.9 gig machine with my Voodoo5……. Can’t wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!……

PS... about bloody time they did a real game with the Aussie V8's it is one of the best forms of motor racing in the World!... very simular to the Corvette cup they have touring the US...


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[Ashwin91]

All i can say is :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :love: ,Amazing!!!
I can't wait!I love that cockpit view!!!



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Ashwin

[V8Grunt]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DC_Dogz
I remember I bought a game about 6 years ago..like Bathurst or some thing simular.. Man it was crap[QUOTE]

Yeah, but do you still have it (if so will you consider donating it to me, - i seen it advertised on the net for $80 !choke! )

[DC_Dogz]

Kidding $80 bucks

About 4 weeks later traded it in at one of those PC game swap shops....I got 5 dollars for it...about 4 dollars more than it was worth... I swear it was crap!..

[racecar1]

Mark, they most closely resemble in performance the TransAm series in North America.
TransAm is still pretty good but many years ago they forced them to run low restriction mufflers, which ruined the whole effect!
No such restrictions over there from what I hear on TV!

[MattB]

cool pics , thanks mate:D

just a question, in GT3 they didn't include a HRT racing car in the game because EA has the license for HRT-HSV-holden.........

but why does this game hace a ford tickford and so does GT3?

[Dylan]

the damage looks cool (jayco falcon)

someone should try to convert this to nfs to replace acca's (sorry, no hard feelings)

[monaro]

V8 UTES!!!, FINALLY!!!
i didn't know that they had the ute muster in it aswell!, now no matter what i'm buying it
:HB:

[MattB]

hehe yeh l cant wait for this game, is it gonna be on the PS2? cause if it isn't l aint sure if it'll work on my current PC

[MattB]

l'm wondering why EA didn't show these pics?

answer: they are a stuck bucnh of lazy arseholes!!!!!!

[Y2kGoofball]

Man I have mine on pre-order for the 11th.

The stores which definately are getting it are Harvey Norman stores and Games Wizards. I havent checked with other places

But the stock around the back ... ages ago I held a box they were going to use for display. This was before Christmas.

Makes you wonder ... plus they were supposed to get it 15 Dec 2001.

Y2k

[Dylan]

Originally posted by monaro
V8 UTES!!!, FINALLY!!!
i didn't know that they had the ute muster in it aswell!, now no matter what i'm buying it
:HB:

there not the actual V8 brutes all the holdens are the same but with differnt colour combonations and same thing with the fords but should be fun none the less

[AccadaccA]

Originally posted by DC_Dogz
.... I remember I bought a game about 6 years ago..like Bathurst or some thing simular.. Man it was crap. It was like real photo background and cartoon cars superimposed on the track… ever since that day I have stayed away from local car games...
Mark : It was called "Bathurst 1000". I got suckered into it too. The track was so narrow passing was impossible. and the cars looked like cardboard cutouts glued to icypole sticks. Not even on a straight angle. I think that rear/side view was the game's only view.

I took mine back to Target where they have a no questions asked policy. heh Lucky I always cut the plastic wrap neatly so as to open the box without removing the clear wrapping. Helps protect the box.

Kev : Trust me mate, you do not want that game. Dick Johnstons challenge is 100% on that P.O.S. !!!

Dylan : True the damaged taillight lens shows they use far more polys than HS. Hey no hard feelings on replacing the Supercars I edited. I never did much except for the paintjobs.
As for the V8 Brutes, well that's exactly what the real ones are (basically the same except for the war-paint) as there are restrictions as to what they can alter. The commentators at Bathurst said they are the same as the sedans in modifications.

Y2kGoofball : heh, I've held the big display box too. Same image on both sides. I must have worn the ink of the display box at out local store ....with my eyes. ;)

[MattB]

how much will the game cost?

l saw a advertisemetn saying it will be 70$ which is cheap for a New game, dont u think?

l know l cant afford 100dollars ATM for a a new game, so if it's $70
l should be able to buy it.......

anyone know about the online racing?

[AccadaccA]

Yes $70 is what they've advertised it for. To bad the catalog came out with it advertised two months before it's release. I had a go at staff in two "Software Botique" stores about the false advertising. They just cringe and say it's out of their hands what gets put in their catalog. Which is true but at least their management should now hear what the public think of their broken promises. Fair enough if they said "coming soon" but they just made us believe it was already in stock.

As far as online racing goes, I think that all the V8Challenge site says is something like "race over IP connection" or similar.

[MattB]

lol acca, l just called electronics botique (same as softwarebotique?? ) and they told me it was $70bucks and will be released on the 14FEB. $70 dollars seem like a very good price too

l also have the mag from EB and they advertised V8challenge a few months ago.....


as for online racing, this is wat it says on the v8challenge site
''Multiple game modes, including championship, single player and full LAN and Internet multiplayer support''

l hope we can all take part in online racing:D

[AccadaccA]

Sorry my mistake. It was "Electronics Boutique" I meant. The fake arse b@stards!!

[Y2kGoofball]

That's where Mickcals is getting his from .. I wouldnt touch the place because the Penrith store SUCKS.

They managed to put a game aside for me for the Playstation. When I went to pick it up they told me it was for the N 64 and I could have that for a greater price. So I let rip but it didnt get me far.

BTW any one a member with Games Wizards? They have a discount so if I get it from there it will be $60.00

If any 1 has a store near them a free membership aint so bad for that discount!!

Y2k

[Y2kGoofball]

Acca (sorry I read the posts from last page to first for some reason!!) ...

glad someone else got to hold the box too. Not many people beleive you when you say you have.

I dont know if this is the same game but Bathurst 1000 - Touring Car Champions. Made 1997 I got it for 6 bucks brand new.

I still have the game! It's a cardboard car with a real video track. Drives like a Ford ... umm i mean crap ... acctually doesnt drive at all - the video moves. Pretty crap but I've kept it because it's like the first V8 game ever isnt it??

Y2k

[MattB]

l'm a member at the gameswizards at auburn(y2k should know were that is?) l got my PS2 there, very big shop 2


the electronics beatique closest to me is a very good shop, its always got alot of ppl in it even real early in the morning, they are nice ppl too

[Y2kGoofball]

Yeah I know where that shop is.

Hey - when I was working in the Penrith Plaza (that's where our EB store is) I was walking past first thing - right after they just opened and this guy was in there going ballistic.

I never have been back in there (I dont think I'm welcome there either)

But I've heard other stores are good. Just the manager of Penrith is a complete wanker.

Y2k

[MattB]

l'm going to order V8challenge from either HarveyNorman or Electronics Beautiqe tommorow, l hope atleast


this is probally the only came l've wanted to race online before l've even bought the game, l've played alot of online games like 4x4, deltaforce landwarrior etc...... but l have never anticipated playing online like l have with V8challenge.

[Y2kGoofball]

Huh .. well you know where to come for a challenge ... a V8 challenge!!!

Y2k

PS I'm serious - a real online v8 challenge

[monaro]

70 bucks sounds allright to me.
electronics boutique are the biggest con-arists this side of cristopher skase.
in the rendered pics on the nfs site, there is the royal coach motor inn, and my grand-pa used to run it and its two blocks away from my school, pretty good render of what it looks like

[Wazza]

=(( =((
Looks too good....

whats better though... Rusty Fords or Putty Holdens?
^_^

j/k :P

My dad owns a Ford Fairmont V8....
Holden looks nice though.. HSV and HRT... yummy ;)

[MattB]

isn't the latest Holden model in New Zealand the 85commo? well thats what l heard^_^

jk mate, as l said in the forum ^above^ hope u can get the game and race online some time..........

[monaro]

i don't think my puter can run it but i'm buying anyway to see, and if it don' t run i'm buying a new puter

[Wazza]

Yeah.. they stopped at the 85 commodore coz the newer ones fell apart too easy and resulted in high death toll. So only the good Ford's are allowed to come in....
:D


anyway... online racing is the beast!
PU online is really fun.. being interactive with other people.. and whipping their asses is another enjoyment... ;)

[MattB]

good fords? they make those?^_^

l was gonna ask u if u wanted to join my racing team for when l get V8challenge, but now l know ur a ford boy l might re-consider^_^ jk mate

l never got the chance to race PU online, l sticked to 4x4 :)


Matt

[Wazza]

haha.. i think my dad would kill me if I bought yet another game.. last 2 weeks i bought all these CDs and bought GP3 yesterday.... just spending every cent on my wages ... all i need is a wheel.. just cant save.. lol

Gp3 is fun to do lots of dounts.. :D
Doesnt seeem that hard either.. cars grip road so well compared with PU 8)~

[Bathurst Freak]

GP3 is currently available for $20 at Electronics Boutique, best bargain I ever saw, I'm a Bathurst Nut with a full photo set, I've scrutineered the photos's and the screenshots and have come up with no criticisms except that that V8 was revving past the 7500 RPM limit, but if this was done to increase playability I think I can forgive that.

The Bathurst Freak

[DC_Dogz]

Originally posted by Bathurst Freak
GP3 is currently available for $20 at Electronics Boutique, best bargain I ever saw, I'm a Bathurst Nut with a full photo set, I've scrutineered the photos's and the screenshots and have come up with no criticisms except that that V8 was revving past the 7500 RPM limit, but if this was done to increase playability I think I can forgive that.

The Bathurst Freak

Were is the screen shot of the rpm over 7500??????

[Markos]

Wow! the graphics look very nice. I hope my pc can handle these graphics i acrually don't think so.

[AccadaccA]

Originally posted by DC_Dogz
Were is the screen shot of the rpm over 7500??????
Mark : It might be on the official site.