New Need For Speed Wii Screens & IGN Impressions...

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GranTurismo said:
It looks a mix between GT4 and the racers on the first xbox, nothing to impressive from the wii so far. I thought the wii was 2-3 times the power of the GC and so far it looks like a Xbox title. Not bashing the wii just the lack of using the so called power of the system to better the games. Just like how MP3 looks like GC 1.5 not GC 3. They need to start using the power of the system or just stop making games for it.

Given your username, I suspect you probably aren't going to be fair to any racer on the Wii (or any other platform for that matter), but those screens are actually very good. They are definitely "replay" screens, though, and we need to see "in-game-play" screens before we judge. EA isn't exactly known for pushing the graphics envelope on ANY game on ANY console so I remain skeptical that they can pull off this quality in-game. Time will tell, of course...

If you go look at the 360/ps3 version on gamespot or IGN (someone please resize and post as I can't do it from here), there isn't a whole hellavu lot of difference in the car models.  Regardless, if one tends to be a graphics whore, then this won't do it for them.

Personally I still prefer Forza 2 to every racer out there.  The graphics are great by any measure but clearly the car models aren't GT5 caliber.  That said, it runs at 60fps and the physics are the best available on any platform at the moment -- period.  Hopefully they get the physics, handling, and others right.