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OMG Bugbear's 'Next Car Game' has the most incredible destruction ever!
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... and Bugbear gets more money (at least that's what I would assume. I'm not 100% sure what PayPal's cut is). Valve has enough money already!
FunkyLounge
Member
FlatOut 2 is my most favourite arcade racer ever, I have been waiting SO long for this!
IMACOMPUTA
Member
So what did the patch add? Those things listed a couple posts above me were already in.
Nymphae
Banned
Huh...it's 25$/35$ on the official website too.... Where is it cheaper than Steam?
Betta Lines
Member
I'd be disappointed if there wasn't bonus modes like that. Considering the fun stuff there is in the initial preview, I'm pretty confident they will deliver.
My thoughts exactly.
This and BeamNG Drive are finally delivering on the promise of that XNA tech demo from years ago with the blue car that would crash and deform realistically.
Bought both, very pleased with Next Car Game, haven't had chance to try BeamNG yet but from reading the forums I like where they're going with it.
Bought both, very pleased with Next Car Game, haven't had chance to try BeamNG yet but from reading the forums I like where they're going with it.
biggersmaller
Banned
EA or Activision buying this engine in 3...2...1...
0x02D08205 (AFR2) for partial SLI support. Good scale but flickering in Start Race button and some visible glows through geometry.
If you see flickering in car glass, alt+tab to desktop and alt+tab to game again to fix it.
If you see flikering over cars, change cubemap quality or disable reflections.
In my Tri-SLI I can play with reflections but sometimes 2xSLI works in a different way.
If you see flickering in car glass, alt+tab to desktop and alt+tab to game again to fix it.
If you see flikering over cars, change cubemap quality or disable reflections.
In my Tri-SLI I can play with reflections but sometimes 2xSLI works in a different way.
There are two schools of thought, which I found out when tweeting the Gone Home developer: a) Buy from their own website, dev gets more money (not sure how much), or b) buy from Steam, dev may get less money but if the game charts on the front page, dev gets more sales.
When playing the dirt/mud track in the Euro car with mud tyres and the more powerful engine, the thought that kept coming to mind was "this feels exactly like Sega Rally (Revo)".
jediyoshi
Member
Been having a total blast goofing around in that free sandbox arena demo from their site. Will definitely buy this when it''s out of early access.
Random Painted HIghway
Member
This...this looks really fun
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
I'd like to think Bugbear is wise enough to not let this happen. They also seem to be quite proud about their (relative) independance with Next Car Game.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
Hurrgh...while I can't last for more than a couple min of the video in the OP, this game does look amazing. Not ready to jump in at the alpha state, but will definitely be keeping an eye on it.
I want this. I really really want this. the last time I had such an urge to play a car game was with Need for Speed Unterground and Destruction Derby.
Sooo gonna get it once it's released.
Also this:
the part with the hammer really showcases the damage model best. THAT IS FUCKING AMAZING. How could this kickstarter fail? Why no one told me? D:
Sooo gonna get it once it's released.
Also this:
the part with the hammer really showcases the damage model best. THAT IS FUCKING AMAZING. How could this kickstarter fail? Why no one told me? D:
CarbonRevenge
Banned
Sadly the gaming press wasn't reporting on it at the time and there was only like three article mentions. The only time it got a decent amount of exposure was when they decided to cancel the Kickstarter and the gaming press picked up on its failure.
Gaming press needs to give more exposure to this game.
biggersmaller
Banned
I don't know anything about Bugbear, but it depends on their resistance to piles of cash being offered to them.
This is just some great shit.
Brerlappin
Member
Had to pick this up based on those gifs 
Im running older hardware, single GTX 560ti 2GB, and a Q6600 & 8GB ram, runs really well for the most part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKDByF3jhs
Im running older hardware, single GTX 560ti 2GB, and a Q6600 & 8GB ram, runs really well for the most part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKDByF3jhs
The KS may have failed, but the crowdfunding campaign through their own website has been very succesful: http://nextcargame.com/
The tech is incredible, I mean holy shit the game looks impressive. The racing model looks like fun too, the cars definitely have a sense of weight so it's not too arcadey and braindead,Now they just basically need to make an exciting racing game out of this. Add a bunch of gorgeous and dangerous environments and you got a winner.
It's a shame they don't have more money than that because I don't have a PC capable of running this game. Seems like the console versions depend on the sales so fingers crossed. This could be one of those games that'd make me buy a PS4.
It's a shame they don't have more money than that because I don't have a PC capable of running this game. Seems like the console versions depend on the sales so fingers crossed. This could be one of those games that'd make me buy a PS4.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
In the event of Sony lending out the Destruction Derby name, the problem would be that (as far as I know) they have no real precedent about allowing games they hold the rights of to be ported over to PC. Heaven forbid if Microsoft bought any kind of exclusivity; they've been making horrible business decisions as of late for everyone involved.
Piles of cash can be resisted with a little bit of research looking into how EA and Activision fuck over the studio's they have deals with. Especially EA nowadays. In their reveal or Kickstarter video Bugbear also brought up that various publishers have shown genuine interest in the game in its early stages before, but they wouldn't have allowed them to retain the degree of control they asked for should they have signed an agreement with them.
I'm all for Next Car Game becoming a big franchise on a number of appropriate platforms if given the right financial support; just don't want the PC version or Bugbear's vision to be compromised due to a publisher like what happened with FlatOut in the end.
I think what people are missing when talking about Bugbear is that they had some serious troubles finding a publisher to work with last-gen before Ridge Racer happened. It's not like they have Sony, EA and others lining up behind their doors to fork them cash and IP's to work with. The tech is obviously great but it's not like it wasn't known before that they are a talented studio capable of doing things like this.
Rodney McKay
Member
I wish I enjoyed the Flatout games more. I have all of them on Steam, but when I finally got around to playing them I didn't really enjoy the handling of the vehicles.
THis destruction stuff looks incredible and it's what I've always wanted in Burnout. Damn you and your NFS games Criterion!
THis destruction stuff looks incredible and it's what I've always wanted in Burnout. Damn you and your NFS games Criterion!
Somehow something like this never crossed my mind. While I prefer races, the destruction derby stuff would also keep me occupied for a long time if I could mod in some crazy impossible arenas. Something like in Twisted Metal, although of course smaller.
I have full faith in Bugbear and the only feature I'm specifically hoping for now is proper replays and a replay editor with slow-mo, free camera and stuff like that.
VibratingDonkey
Member
I wouldn't expect anything that's not in the "Upcoming Features" list. At this point I'm not sure if they've even made the decision to bring back ragdoll drivers.
I reckon the crash test arena could stand in for the minigames, if there's not enough resources to make proper competitive/leaderboard ones happen.
Ragdoll drivers must return.
Regional pricing. $30 on Steam here.
John Rabbit
Banned
don't like what these guys did with Ridge Racer, but i just pre-ordered this thing with no hesitation.
Elfforkusu
Member
So... windows only, I'm guessing?
I don't see anything about Mac or Linux on the site, so I assume so, but I can't really tell.
Looks like it's coming along tremendously. I'd make a joke about "can't wait to race online with this", but ... uh... yeah. Not really looking forward to that, even when game comes out for all platforms. :lol
I don't see anything about Mac or Linux on the site, so I assume so, but I can't really tell.
Looks like it's coming along tremendously. I'd make a joke about "can't wait to race online with this", but ... uh... yeah. Not really looking forward to that, even when game comes out for all platforms. :lol
John Rabbit
Banned
THIS SHIT IS SO DUMB.
btw, it's completely 360 controller compatible. i think. i didn't try the copy-object stuff, but everything else worked great.
btw, it's completely 360 controller compatible. i think. i didn't try the copy-object stuff, but everything else worked great.
kutthoat5150
Member
I really hope not that's not true, that was one of my favorite things about flatout 2. Hopefully they reconsider since they've made more than double their kickstarter already
Deputy Dangle
Member
That's just part of the Sneak Preview 2.0 tech demo that you get along with the main game when you buy the Early Access version of it. It's not indicative of the actual racing game that Bugbear is making, but it is loads of silly fun.
Oh I know, but I've bought into NCG and don't remember seeing that in the tech demo. Haven't fired it up since it was first available, though.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
No, Bugbear did say something along those lines. However I also recall something about them looking into a replacement of sorts if there's demand for it, so I assume that'll be what the sandbox in the Tech Sneak Peek will eventually turn into.