OrbitalBeard
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I'd honestly consider Horizon 3 a killer-app if you love racing games.
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Where are the Arcade Racers?
- Thread starter JaseMath
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I'd honestly consider Horizon 3 a killer-app if you love racing games.
Patrick S.
Banned
Really? This looks like 60 fps to me...
The PC version runs totally fine when locked to 30 fps. It's when you try to run it at 60 is when everything goes to shit.
CrAzY FiNgErS
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Patrick S.
Banned
Yeah, this is true. I have been playing this game on PC since it came out, and while it does run fine at 30 fps, many people have input lag at that speed unless they limit the framerate via an external program, and even people with 1080 GPUs and the fastest Skylake CPUs have to run it that way because 60 fps is unachievable for them right now, which is certainly disappointing.
SunhiLegend
Member
It's probably due to the motion blur that smooths everything out.
On topic, I do wish we get some split-screen arcade racers this gen, I loved playing Motorstorm, Split/Second and Blur local multiplayer, it's the main reason I brought those games.
Oh, don't get me wrong, it's a bummer. I just got a 1070 and I'm kind of pissed I can't get a stable 60fps even on medium. Just saying it's totally playable at 30.
I actually haven't noticed any input lag, maybe I'm in the minority there.
Yeah OP, its shitty. Atleast XBox owners have Horizon 2 and Horizon 3 as well as Need for Speed Rivals to hold them over.
PS4 folks only have Driveclub...and Need for Speed Rivals. And it would be so easy for sony to just order a remaster of the motorstorm trilogy
As it stands now, the only thing i can think of is EA deciding to give Need for Speed Hot Pursuit an ultimate edition remaster with all DLC
I'm not counting the always online racing games cause, yeah, i don't support that junk
PS4 folks only have Driveclub...and Need for Speed Rivals. And it would be so easy for sony to just order a remaster of the motorstorm trilogy
As it stands now, the only thing i can think of is EA deciding to give Need for Speed Hot Pursuit an ultimate edition remaster with all DLC
I'm not counting the always online racing games cause, yeah, i don't support that junk
JaseMath
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Joseph Merrick
Member
ubisoft delivers. the crew and trackmania. wonderful.
carmageddon is great. riptide gp renegade is ok.
edit: some other awesome stuff on pc
grip http://store.steampowered.com/app/396900/
formula fusion http://store.steampowered.com/app/389670/
redout http://store.steampowered.com/app/517710/
carmageddon is great. riptide gp renegade is ok.
edit: some other awesome stuff on pc
grip http://store.steampowered.com/app/396900/
formula fusion http://store.steampowered.com/app/389670/
redout http://store.steampowered.com/app/517710/
The Main Event
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Looking forward to 80's Overdrive on the 3DS....
First time hearing about this one. Looks great.
http://imgur.com/qPlrtHD
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=968195
The two that take the most of my time up. Both are still "Early Access."
Ballistic NG is pretty feature complete as of today though. 0.5 patch hit today adding online MP and a track editor and has plenty to dig into for a handful of hours.
Drift Stage is still Alpha and playable for backers on KickStarter, but the most recent build from last week feels so good and actually has me returning every couple nights to try and improve my lap times.
Inidies are our only hope, but since they are small teams, we have to wait and/or deal with "Early Access" so they can afford to eventually "finish" them.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1242418
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=968195
The two that take the most of my time up. Both are still "Early Access."
Ballistic NG is pretty feature complete as of today though. 0.5 patch hit today adding online MP and a track editor and has plenty to dig into for a handful of hours.
Drift Stage is still Alpha and playable for backers on KickStarter, but the most recent build from last week feels so good and actually has me returning every couple nights to try and improve my lap times.
Inidies are our only hope, but since they are small teams, we have to wait and/or deal with "Early Access" so they can afford to eventually "finish" them.
Sword Of Doom
Member
This!! The GOTY on consoles nobody is talking about
Been playing it on PC. Spent like 8 hours playing it yesterday but now I'm kind of bored. The environment and the kinds of events you do got very repetitive for me
It honestly makes me wish I was playing a balls out arcade racer like motorstorm. Wish Horizon would take it a little further
Name was recently changed as noted by this article and press release. Currently says arcade exclusive, but Nintendo has launched consoles in the past with arcade racers (F-Zero, Wave Race, Cruisn' USA, Excite Truck, etc.) and so I wonder if some kind of upgrade could release for NX with maybe extra tracks/cars.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I personally don't think the Horizon games ever really get boring, but yeah, they definitely aren't as arcadey as I'd like in some respects. But man, they're still so, so good.
GuyKazama
Member
I bet @sonic_hedgehog could grease the wheels.
Sword Of Doom
Member
My favorite things about it are the feel
Of the driving, which is fantastic and the bucket list challenges.
its a great game and I've been enjoying it, it's just missing something that I can't really figure out yet.
That sounds like too much for me tbh
I can't handle but find this strange and hilarious.
Wants arcade racers.. dosnt want platform with most recent arcade racers.
OK...
Same.
I haven't played 3 yet but I played both 1 and 2 (and the F&F thing) and lost interest in both very quickly.
Ultimately I think its comes down to the courses/tracks/(whatever you would call them) simply not being very interesting. Like its initially cool having the large world to drive around but once you start getting into the meat of the racing it feels... lacking.
At least that's what I've come up with when scratching my head thinking "why don't I like this more?"
Polioliolio
Member
If you're not interested in steam games, playing on PC, then it's more than the lack of arcade racers that you need to worry about.
It's slim pickings all around on consoles.
It's slim pickings all around on consoles.
Outrun
Member
I loved BLUR.
DonMigs85
Member
Yeah, I'm really sad about it too. I just want a nice, preferably 60FPS arcade racer on console again.
Actually this generation publishers have been too scared to take risks - we don't have a lot of RPGs and fighting games either. It's mostly first person shooters. And the ones we did get have this lower-end/poorer production values feel to them, like Street Fighter V.
Actually this generation publishers have been too scared to take risks - we don't have a lot of RPGs and fighting games either. It's mostly first person shooters. And the ones we did get have this lower-end/poorer production values feel to them, like Street Fighter V.
I miss them badly. Also I don't get frustrated much from game news/interviews much if ever, but I legitimately did get a bit irritated (even though the post was made partly in jest) when I read an excerpt from a Summer Lesson interview.
Good news is my brother bought a FH3 code recently in that Target error, so I'll get to play it. Bad news is, that it's very likely that I might not like it, as I haven't liked any open world racers yet aside from maybe Midnight Club.
If I didn't have the PC to run it I'd definitely buy an Xbox for it and feel good about my purchase.
In fact, I'm considering getting a GTX 1080 so I can play in full 4k 60fps* glory on my TV.
not exactly stable but still
Lionel Richie
Member
Trackmania Turbo is downright stunning.
SolidSnakex
Member
I think a big reason why racers have been in such a slump in terms of sales is because of how similar they are nowadays. They were really at their high in popularity during the PSone/PS2 days (including arcades over that period) when there was a lot more balance to the genre. You had your sim racers, your hybrids and your pure arcade racers. Now it's mostly just sims and hybrids. And the hybrids tend to lean a lot more toward sim than the traditional arcade experience that people expect from the genre.
Just look at the speed you take corners at in those games. Another thing is that arcade racers tend to prioritize framerate, so they run at 60fps. While hybrid racers are almost always 30fps. Which is really strange given that even sim racers prioritize 60fps.
Just look at the speed you take corners at in those games. Another thing is that arcade racers tend to prioritize framerate, so they run at 60fps. While hybrid racers are almost always 30fps. Which is really strange given that even sim racers prioritize 60fps.
Midnight club never prioritized 60fps, and that was pretty good regardless
Oh damn, PC too?
Need more arcade racers. Ballistic NG looks cool, I'll check that out.
The only Midnight Club on PC is Midnight Club II, and playing it at 60FPS is incredible.
Midnight Club's a weird one. It's a fantastic arcade racer in spite of the fact that all its games were 30FPS on consoles and sometimes lower.
The only Midnight Club on PC is Midnight Club II, and playing it at 60FPS is incredible.
Midnight club 2 was the only one that had a fantastic sense of speed though :/ Midnightclub 1 was ugly as heck on PS2, and Midnight Club 3 DUB edition wasn't the same.
I would've been really into Trackmania Turbo if it had more circuit tracks that had a long track length (30-60 seconds per lap is too short). It pretty much nails every other feature in terms of what I'm looking for in an arcade racer, but falters in that aspect for me.
Lionel Richie
Member
That's my only complaint with the game as well, these shorter laps make it get a bit repetitive with time. I've seen someone somewhere saying the game plays like a mix between Trials and classic Sega arcade racers and that's not 100% accurate but it's damn close. The sense of speed is just flat out awesome.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
They're on the PC. The top down racer renaissance has been nice as well. Obliteracers is amazing.
I did mean home versions! I live near enough arcades that have Initial D though.
More_Badass
Member
Well yeah, that's the nature of game development, and the consequence of having transparent development from the start.
Distance is nearly completion, and GRIP has evolved a ton since the first build
True. That being said, Midnight Club LA's sense of speed was alright.
I really wish all the Midnight Club games had proper PC ports.
Yeah, i played LA only a bit though, it wasn't gelling with me,but what i played seemed decent, i just wasn't all that into it at the time, its been years though.
And is that really true? That Rockstar didn't properly port them to PC?
The Silver
Member
One day the gaming gods will give me a new Burnout, a real one not that open world crap.
momshotdad
Member
Forza Horizon 3 is closer to what you want than you might think.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Yeah, came in here to mention that. More info here.
http://arcadeheroes.com/2016/09/30/cruisn-blast-by-raw-thrills-nintendo/
Get on Forza Horizon series, its the closest thing to Burnout 3