Well I really liked your game, its really clean and works well however I do have some comments that I''d like to share

1) First thought was why is my car moving so slow, it just seemed that the game was moving in slow motions

2) The cars can just go through each other, this could go either way some might think its a good thing because you don''t have to worry about going around other people but it also means that you can''t block people if they are going to pass you.

3) On the thrid track I had to do 3 laps cause I think I missed a part of the track I think there should be a bondry so you have to go though the check points or something on the track to show that you have hit the check point it would not be very good to think you r in the lead and then at the end of the lap you find out your a whole lap behind.

4) Another point for number 3 is that going on the grass doesn''t seem to slow you down at all so I thought why not cut accross and then I found that I couldn''t because I''d miss a check or something and I had to do the lap again

5) On the third track as well some of the computer controlled cars just stopped in one of the corners this allowed me to get second place even though I had to do 3 laps and that had to only do 2

6) When I pressed the exit button my computer rebooted, I was done playing the game but I wasn''t done using my computer

I have a Celeron 1.7gig, 512 mb ram, and 64mb Radeon video card running Windows 2000

I looks like alot of bad points but they are just little things that aren''t a huge problem the game is great overall and I''m really looking forward to seeing the finished product looks like it will be an awesome game..

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The game's really cool for an alpha.

A few points, most of which you probably already know:

1. In Addition to identifying the checkpoints, as Turt here pointed out, it might be a good idea to not let the cars get off the track. (EDIT: I mean, off the visible area of the screen.) In Drag race, in particular, I was going full throttle on the finish straight, plus I kicked in the nitrous, so, I zoomed way off the map and had a hard time finding my car to get it back on track for the second lap. (That in addition to the fact that is is really not obvious at all how you can have two laps in dragrace, where finish is not connected to start. )

2. All the other things are probably on your todo list any way: have the AI cars use nitro (I feel like I am cheating when I kick it in )

3. Improve the AI driving. (They go off the track all the time. Maybe they don't break enough? Or break too much? I tried not improving my car at all and still I beat them all the time. The start straight I usually come to the end of last, by by the end of the first or second corner, I am back in the lead.)

4. I wouldn't say you need to speed things up a little bit, though, unlike Turt. I think if you improve the car a bit, it does get fast enough.

Otherwise, sweet game with a bunch of potential.

On a side note: what was that game, where you also had an overhead view of the field, and in addition to racing, you could like lay mines on the track, or spill oil, and such, to screw your opponents. Or put spikes on your car to blow them up. I forget what it was called, but it was a sweet li'l game. If anybody knows what I'm talking about, please enlighten me - I'd love to play it again one of these days.

EDIT: Clarification

[edited by - vovansim on September 2, 2003 8:52:31 PM]

quote:Original post by vovansim
On a side note: what was that game, where you also had an overhead view of the field, and in addition to racing, you could like lay mines on the track, or spill oil, and such, to screw your opponents. Or put spikes on your car to blow them up. I forget what it was called, but it was a sweet li''l game. If anybody knows what I''m talking about, please enlighten me - I''d love to play it again one of these days.

Ah, I remember: Death Rally it was called. Oh man, was it a great game. I don''t know if you drew any inspiration from it, but check it out to see.

Well I did give the game a try again with that fraps thing.. I was getting 24fps so that would be why its slow.. also this time when I quit it worked fine..



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