I'm just glad the console versions are seemingly coming out the same day. I'll go with the Xbox version, and maybe get the PS2 version later if it's playable on the PS3 while the Xbox version isn't compatible with the 360. Custom soundtrack support is reason enough to get the Xbox version, as I'll be able to have all sorts of classic Sega songs playing while I go through the game.
More hot PSP screenshots with humorous alt-text:
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2006/0...trun-2006.html
Picked up the PSP version tonight. Firstly, it looks incredible (for a PSP game). There are plenty of modes, unlockables, and the new tracks are really good.
The only downside it would seem (and for once it isn't the PSP controls), is the framerate. Less than impressive and it DOES impact upon gameplay.
Not enough not to make this not worth buying for the PSP, if it is your platform of choice, but enough to make you wonder why they didn't tone the graphics down.
Looking forward to clocking up some OutRun miles
Hmm, this is what I've been hearing from multiple people. Hopefully it's not too bad. I'll find out in a few days when my copy gets to me, I guess.Originally Posted by THATinkjar
And apparently they goofed up the control settings in the XBox version so you can't properly map the gear paddles on the Logitech wheel. The best you can manage is the left paddle shifting up, and the right paddle shifting down. ;_;
It's kind of sounding like this has just as many little bugs and nitpicks as XBox Outrun 2, and that has me worried quite frankly. Hopefully I turn out to be wrong, because I've been pissing my pants waiting for this game since like July.
From the sound of it, they were too busy wanking over the draw distance so that it would look good in stills. :-/
Which would explain the lack of any videos at all of the PSP version.From the sound of it, they were too busy wanking over the draw distance so that it would look good in stills.
It only looks marginally better than Ridge Racer at times, and is a third or a quarter of the framerate. It is the damn traffic.
Not the best trade off.
Why can't this also come out the the XBox??!?!?!?!
SNKFan75
It is. Plus the PS2.
UGH... May 9th for the PC version... Oh well, at least it isn't too far away. But how is it that the PSP version is already out? It wasn't supposed to come out until April 25th! I hope this means that the PC version might come out early too.
Thanks!It is. Plus the PS2.
The European console versions are out now, and thus my PSP copy of the game is making its trek across the Atlantic as we speak. I ordered from http://shop.game.net if you're curious. It's a good $60 US with the exchange rate and shipping, but hopefully it'll have been well worth it. I'll be picking it up for XBox and PS2 when it comes out here. And I doubt I'll get the PC version any time soon, because there's no way in hell it'll run on a 450 MHz P2 with an 8 MB video card. Ha ha.
I just got Outrun 2 and I'm loving it. I hope this one is as good or better.
I wonder why Europe always gets everything before we do? The US is always last in line, unless it's a worldwide or US release. And then there's alot of PC games that we never even get here. I could go broke trying to get all the cool PC games that never made it across the Atlantic. I understand Japan getting everything first, and not sending alot of stuff over here, but why on earth do we not get everything that the UK gets? We speak English too, dammit! I know the US isn't a good market for European sports games, but why deny us any of the other stuff? It doesn't make any sense. And worse yet, it's nearly impossible to find a UK seller who will ship European software to the US. I don't understand that either. Amazon.com says it's Amazon.uk's fault, and Amazon.uk says it's Amazon.com's fault. I don't really care whose fault it is, I just want the problem fixed!
I know it works both ways, and there's alot of pissed off gamers in the UK who can't get alot of American releases, but I don't believe that's right either. Our cultures are not that different. So why do developers on both sides of the Atlantic keep on playing these games of cat and mouse with us? You can have this, but not that. We'll let you have this, but we're getting it first. It's all bullshit. Just release everything everywhere simultaneously for God's sake. It can't be that hard to do. And if you don't want to release a certain title in a certain region for some reason, at least make it easy for people in the forbidden zones to import it. I just don't understand all this bullshit of the "haves" trying to play keep-away from the "have nots". It's fucking evil. Just release the damned games and sell them to whoever wants them! Why do they not want to increase their sales?
So is the XBOX release still April 11th?
Possibility is infinity! You must be satisfied!
You just can't handle my jawusumness responces. -The Sizz
Regardless of framerate, the PSP version is still a lot of fun. But don't pick up the PSP copy thinking you'll be able to live with the framerate if you know full well you won't be able to.
Edit: Someone uploaded a video of the PSP version in action. Download this to check out the framerate.
Dead link. Nuts.
EDIT: Think I found the working URL.
http://mute.city.free.fr/images/outr...Run2sp_psp.mp4
Okay, I just got the PSP version yesterday, and while I'm enjoying the game a great deal, the frame rate does get pretty awful even in the presence of traffic that could barely even clog a one lane dirt road. Control is pretty tricky, though I'm getting by, thanks to my pathologically excessive play time with Outrun 2. But combining Outrun 2's demanding speed and handling with a d-pad and nearly useless analog nub does not make a very friendly environment for beginners. You may want to stay away from this one until you've had ample practice on a console version, otherwise you'll just get frustrated trying to learn the physics of the game with sub-optimal inputs. Current fans of the game should eat this right up, though, since it looks and plays great aside from those slight issues.
I agree, davidbrit2. The videos of the game in action don't look too bad... but it does get incredibly bad, and the videos are not a true reflection of just how bad.
But the brilliant gameplay shines through, and I'm having plenty of fun. Some people will just moan, though.
Yup. And then there's people like me that'll still moan, but play the game anyway because it's too damned fun. ;-) After all, I've played the crap out of Saturn Daytona, if that tells you anything.
It depends when you played the crap out of it, thoughYup. And then there's people like me that'll still moan, but play the game anyway because it's too damned fun. ;-) After all, I've played the crap out of Saturn Daytona, if that tells you anything.Back then, it was awesome. Now... I'd probably run a mile... and then play some Daytona
Can you hear that distant noise echoing across the Atlanic there? It's the sound of every European gamer pissing themselves laughing.
Rest assured, the US gets at least 90% of stuff several months before we get them in Europe. If we get them at all.
I'm talking like within the past two months. Ha ha.
As for Europe getting games first, or getting exclusive games, it seems to happen most often with racers. Where's my NTSC PS2 version of Colin McRae 05? ;_;
Yup. And then there's people like me that'll still moan, but play the game anyway because it's too damned fun. ;-) After all, I've played the crap out of Saturn Daytona, if that tells you anything.
hell yeah, I still play the shit out of the xbox outrun game, so I am getting this on the psp, and xbox... sweeet
To be this good takes AGES
To be this great takes SEGA!!
Microsoft has them as exclusives in the United States. That's why Colin McRae 04 and Colin McRae 2005 never saw US releases outside of the Xbox versions.
European PS2 owners didn't get them first, since they were never intended for US release.
What I wish we'd see is for Sony to bring over their first party WRC titles (We only saw the original), and their F1 line now that they have the exclusive F1 license. And Richard Burns Rally better come out for the Xbox over here sometime.
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