Intrinsic said:
That exactly is the thing. I agree with most of wht you are saying but some of what you say I couldn't agree with less. Like you saying open world takes away load times. No, they don't. If you start a game and want to do a specific challenge/race on a game like driveclub (keep in mind that they said it takes no more than 10secs to load anything) or "corridor racers" as the term has ben conned; you start game, your car s already loaded up or yo ucan switch it if you want, select the evnt/race from a menu hit X and wait 10 secodns for the level to start and thats it. In open world games, you start game and your car basically comes out of a garage or a spawn point, then you drive for however long it will take to get to the event or race start point you want. That could in iteself take a solid 6mins to do depending on how big the world is. But I agree with everything else, if theer is one thing I hate about open racers (though I loved burnout paradise), its how forgetful they are. I can remmebr by heart every single turn of laguna seca, high speed ring, suzuka circuit, swiss alps...etc. Just tackling a track and mastering it, playing it over and over and over again until you have it down to perfection adds a quality to a racer that you siply can never get from open world games. I particularly like how they have tackled multiplayer in this game. The whole lobby system just doesn't work in racing games. But with the event set up, they can basically have a list of different types of events all with countdown timers and you just jump into whichever one you want. Rcae starts when th etimer finishes and you are automatically paired with which ever players are available. I reckon they will also have user created events on that list with their own timers too. Can't wait. |
Now I think about it, you're absolutely right. The loading times in NFS Rivals were atrocious. I hated having to go back to the garage to bank the points and get a new car. Not only are Initial loading times much worse, having to drive back to the start to retry a race was a pain as well. NFS rivals offered quick restarts but they don't work if you end the race with the police in pursuit.
Open world is fun for exploring and doing challenges in burnout paradise for example, yet for racing it's indeed a bit shit. Having to check the map while racing, trying to operate a quick menu while going 200mph to find the nearest safe point while being chased, those are not driving skills. It also doesn't feel very satisfying to win when half the pack disappears due to wrong turns.
I like that multiplayer idea. I always waste so much time in lobbies that empty out during the first race. GT6 would be so much improved with a countdown timer in the lobby select screen for the rooms that race with scheduled race starts. Sucks to miss the race start by 10 seconds or end up in a room that's on the first leg of 24h Nurburgring with slow cars or where nobody feels like starting a race.
