Comments on: Racy, Free-Roaming FUEL Action

By: ACESandElGHTS

ACESandElGHTS — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:33:09 +0000

Hopefully all the criticism is premature. It’s unfortunate that they would release that with only a month to go before release, but it doesn’t completely ruin it for me.
Before Burnout, there was racing. Really. You don’t need to pile up your vehicle every time you hit an obstacle. Where’s the realism in that anyway? Oh I completely fucking wrecked my vehicle! Oh, look, it’s perfectly shiny and new again now!

By: Like.to.Gamble

Like.to.Gamble — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:22:22 +0000

For me that looks really cool and i could feel the physics as great.

By: Davee

Davee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:35:26 +0000

As long as they do something about the strange vehicle physics and handling so that it has some “feel” to it (like, say DIRT or GRID), this may very well become one of my fav racing games ever!

By: Chaz

Chaz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:13:19 +0000

Is there anything to find or discover in this huge open world? As it’s all very nice having a huge open world to explore, but if all you’re doing is just driving around it for the sheer sake of it, then it all seems a bit pointless to me. Maybe I’m just missing the point that this is a big open world sandbox racing game and that is all you’re supposed to be doing in it.

When I see a game like this I just can’t help but feel there should be something a bit more to it. Guns! That’s what this game is missing. Now if I could drive around the map and hunt people down and shoot them, then I’d be up for a purchase.

By: loci

loci — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:46:29 +0000

terrain has no effect on the bike….you simply float along without a care for bumps etc
ive now officially lost all interest

By: Hypocee

Hypocee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:24:37 +0000

But sweeping powerslides on a motorbike is totally convincing!

That said, it was very silly of them to put those ridiculous collisions in a promo video. Hopefully they feel less stupid when you’re busy playing.

The straight line criticism’s been addressed by the producer in some interview, maybe even RPS’ – roady vehicles go faster, so you can wind up with a situation where driving the longer route at higher speed gets you there faster.

By: r.dee

r.dee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:01:16 +0000

The idea of openspace racing was in off-road racing game INSANE. That one was really cool, except there were no bikes in it. Will check fuel demo for sure, looks interesting.

By: Flappybat

Flappybat — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:17:19 +0000

That was the least HD HD trailer I’ve seen so far.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:04:56 +0000

Definitely need a definitive answer as to whether this is any good.

At the end of the first video, he does fall off from the crash, so I’m guessing they just have to make hitting objects a lower speeds feel more weighty, rather than BOING!

By: jon_hill987

jon_hill987 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:58:04 +0000

The lack of proper crashing has lowered this game from “looking forward to” to “I couldn’t care less”.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:22 +0000

It’s a shame I’m really interested in this, because I will undoubtedly suck so, so hard at it.

By: Cigol

Cigol — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:21:53 +0000

Boring. Not in a condescending jump on the bandwagon sort of way, but in a ‘hmpf… that really was boring’ sort of way.

And besides, when will someone make a game with proper off-roading physics, complete with annoying ramblers for you to run over (and over) on the way?