[Gironika]

random points that come to mind now:

Mario Kart vs GT5 Kart

Why do people love the Nordschleife so much?

it's all about crashing

Fantasy Tracks vs Real World Tracks

Outrun vs Kaido Racer: Where things went downhill (subtext: How 3D changed racing games)

Racing is not about winning, it's about making friends!

mood > realism

Burnout changed the face of arcade-racing/crashing

why F1 can't catch on in the rest of the world

not another Skyline in Game ___________

why ENTHUSIA changed the game and no one knows





… yeah, I absolutely had to think for some sec's there to make the Kaido pun work, but jokes aside, literally.
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[geinou]

Oh I could actually say something like: For me, Burnout is more like a reaction test, feeling like a QTE without actually beeing a QTE.

[boojiboy7]

So who is hosting this? It's looking like tomorrow (Saturday) is the day. What time are we thinking of doing this at? Suggestions?

[geinou]

Does anyone have experience in hosting a podcast before? I'm not very good in beeing a host and would probably only ruin the whole podcast, so if someone else could do it, that would be great.

About the time: B Coma wrote something about 10pm GMT, but we also could do it at 8 or 9 pm GMT, if 10pm GMT is too late for some people.

10pm GMT is 6pm ET and 12am CEST, if anyone needs to convert the time into his timezone.

[boojiboy7]

I would definitely favor doing it earlier than later, just because I tend to get things going on later in the afternoon, so I am more likely to have free time earlier.

[geinou]

I'm also fine with doing it earlier. Doing it before 8pm GMT could be a problem though. So, for me, something around 8 or 9pm GMT would be fine.

[boojiboy7]

That would be 4 EST, which is pretty good for me. I have the whole day off, but I usually hang out with people during the afternoon, so that will be put on hold. Appreciate my sacrifice, racer dudes.

Not really.

[Deets]

[geinou]

Sounds great, thank you very much!

Hope everyone is fine with 8pm GMT. Just let us know.

[Schwere Viper]

Maaaaaan, the Doodle had it scheduled at 10pm GMT. :<

So you guys are doing it at 8pm GMT now? If that's the case I'll probably have to pull out. 4am is just too weird a time for me to be awake and conversing! That and I have something going on later in the day I need to be awake and alert for.
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[boojiboy7]

So that is a vot efor bumping it back some? Let's see where everyone else is and decide. Compromise and all that.

[geinou]

Yeah, would be the best if everybody who wants to take part in this just says which time is the best for him.

[boojiboy7]

And if for some reason a time is too early for you, sign in whenever you can and we can go from there. People have shown up mid podcast before, no problem.

[Gironika]

I'm fine with whenever this happens, I just wanna RACE … or talk, that is!
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[geinou]

So, when is this gonna happen? 8pm GMT? I will be there, even when we start later.

[boojiboy7]

i should be on then.

[Gironika]

I'll be there!
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[Toptube]

sorry guys my computer started corrupting data on Friday and it ate my windows installation. I thought it might be the hard drive so I went down the street to best buy and bought a new one but its still corrupting shit. Troubleshooting this is going to be a HUGE BITCH.

so yeah, I can't do the podcast ;_;

[Gironika]

oh dear… GT5 vids. Especially the Nür track looks brilliant, to say the least. However, yet another different version of it, it seems to be one of the widest renditions I've seen so far, only ENTHUSIAs felt a bit wider, but I have to re-check that.

But.

8/8? Someone please tell me that this is just online…
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[geinou]

The game is seriously giving you the advice to shift back to the third gear at Indianapolis? Well, if think it's the drivers fault, because he drives very slowly through the turns.

Anway. Yeah, what's up with only 8 cars on track? I hope that's only for the demo, because in Prologue, there were more cars on track (except London, since it's a very short street circuit)

[Teflon]

[Gironika]

yeah, with all that LASER-TECH™©® stuff involved, you'd expect someone to go "fuck you, I'll laser scan that track for real and sell it to japanese companies for Phideogaims for $$$" and make a deal with the Nurburgring GmbH that nobody is allowed to scan that track for five years or so.

I should try the Nordschleife in ENTHUSIA again with the highest car you can drive (one of the SUVs) and see whether the viewing angle changes things/perspective a bit. I still like that version best, even if driving there wasn't the most satisfying experience. Most fun was had in GT4 that ironically has one of the least accurateversions. But it was fun to throw the Takata NSX over those curbs … anyway, the GT4-version is second-to-last, only being beaten by a GTR2 fan-conversion (but since it's done by fans <and> for free, maybe I should place the GT4 one lower…)




and yeah, wasn't GT all "IN THE FACE Forza, 20 cars!"
This was one thing I really was looking forward to. Especially Le Mans or a ALMS-track with different classes. Geez…
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[geinou]

I doubt GT5 will have an option to make different classes for a race (yet I'm still hoping!). You can do it in Forza 3 (only in multiplayer), but with only 8 cars on track it's not very recommendable.

I remember the Version of the Nordschleife in Forza 1. The curbs there way too high.

[Gironika]

[Toptube]

the Nürburgring in Shift is pretty good. I don't know how accurate it is, but its got some really fun elevation changes. I don't remember if it has a complete version though where you can run the entire track. I only remember segments.

[geinou]

[Schwere Viper]

"The Real Driving Simulator."
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[geinou]

[boojiboy7]

Yeah, there isn't much racing in any of them, especially not single player.

[Teflon]

[Gironika]

[shnozlak]

[geinou]

Yes, PGR2 had the Nordschleife. Furthermore, PGR3 did the whole Grand Prix Circuit and Nordschleife combination for the first time. That was pretty great.

[Gironika]

[geinou]

Did you drive over the snowy Nordschleife in PGR4? I think that was quite funny.

Thank god by the way, that Le Mans and 24h Nurburgring aren't on the same weekend any more. Some years ago they did that mistake.

[Gironika]

I've driven an elise a bit in PGR2? I think it was, but none of the sequels then. Have I missed much? I guess yes.


Plus! I remember that, who thought that having both on the same day(s) is a good idea? It still was kind of funny, having a two-TV-setup and switching rooms when TV-ads would give you a break from watching Nür or LM.
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[geinou]

PGR3 wasn't really a big deal. Playing this you fastly realize that it had to come out with the launch of the 360. PGR4 was way better, but not as good as PGR2. Driving over the snowy Nordschleife in PGR4 was quite funny though.

Also I loved how they implemented rain and ice into the game. When it was raining, there were puddles all over the track. Driving over them and you got aquaplaning. So the basic idea was to go around them, which wasn't that easy while having a fight with another player. Wish over racing games would implement something like that.

[Gironika]

interwebs won't work @ home, I guess that THE WORLD (read: "za warudo") doesn't want me to buy R:Racing. Did I miss anything GT5 related?
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[geinou]

Some stuff about an italian track I don't care about. Maybe they had to rename it, I really don't know.

R: Racing is on my list too. I want to flip the bird and overtake my opponents!

[Teflon]

I mainly recall R: for ruining the best possible game with the worst possible driving model. Possibly my expectations were sort of jacked up beyond any feasibility though. Quite possibly. I'd made a desktop background out of promo art and spent four months gazing longingly at it before the game came out and destroyed my capacity to froth in childlike innocence.

Hey in other Namco news I realized I now pass the system requirements for Ridge Racer 7 so I picked that up. Not sure how I feel about how much shit there is to do to your car in it VS RR6 as I kind of enjoyed the whole 'cars as discrete objects' thing and seeing your car autonomously beef up as you progressed through the classes , but on the other hand I also enjoy doing shit to cars so it's a draw I guess? I still enjoy stylishly drifting stylish cars through stylish locales while getting carpet-bombed with pounding techno beats so that's all good.

[Gironika]

I fear that the F1 game will be the same, I have to admit.





I tried NOT to get my hopes up high, but what can you do? I wanna see Vettel crashing like he did last weekend.
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