I Wish steam could refund my money to buy GSC and enjoy a functional racing game. This game should be called pCrash... more sales dont make it better, simply talks great about marketing strategy, and in that aspect they have been so good.
Oh, except GSC is broken in that you can't run championships, there's an issue with saving results. So aside from from that, yeah, go at it. The irony lies in the biggest gripe against pCars is that SP mode is "broken" because when it rains the AI are too quick. (I remember when the beta testers were complaining about too much grip in the wet!! Woops, guess they must've fixed that.) I, somehow, have not let that ruin my experience. Nor have I experienced crashes or slowdowns with my ATI hardware (I must be blessed).
I wish there were some more moderate opinions about the game. I know, the squeaky wheels usually get the grease, the pitfalls of the internet. But you either get the unabashed supporters or the people who get nauseated by the success pCars has attained. Right now the latter is outnumbering the former.
To me, anyone who says the game looks like crap is talking out their exhaust. I don't know why or how I've achieved it, but nothing looks as good as pCars on my machine. Nothing comes close. AC looks good, but its missing a lot that makes pCars feel alive.
Its unfortunate that the FFB is as difficult to set up as it is. There's really no excuse to do things the way they did. The saddest part is there's something good under there, it just takes too much effort to get to it! Once set up, it's great. Certainly not Shift 3.
Is the AI fundamentally broken? Nope. Or at least not that I've found. You can't barge them out of the way like Gran Turismo. And you better leave them room if they are alongside, because they will not freak out and back down in deference to you. I've been frustrated in the FRookies (for example), but I learned how to race against them.
Is the game hardcore like RBR? Nope. Is it Need for Speed or GRID? Equally Nope. If you call it an arcade game, turn off the assists. (yes, all of them, no cheating...)
The patch should be out by now, also. I've defended them on this issue in that its better to get it right once, then hose yourself and have to back track. I am also against inundating users with tiny patches. But if they'd released one patch so far that had fixed the AI wet tyre issue, they could have stemmed a lot bad words from the community. They could have taken the ammo out of the guns pointed at them...
And should they be mentioning pCars2? **** NO! Not yet. Are they insane? No developer should be mentioning sequels two weeks/ a month after a game release. They continue to screw the pooch in the public eye...
BTW, did anyone read the blurb at virtualr.net about pCars boosting wheel sales? This is great news for all of us. Better wheels to market, better racing games in the future? The chances are better now than they were two months ago. We have to help these newbies set up their wheels though and get the most out of their games. We have to actually act like a community that these people want to be a part of.
