Posted on February 14th, 2009 in Console
Below is the first of Simbin’s Racing Academy videos, getting console racers ready to tackle Simbin’s first Xbox 360 simulation which is due to be released in less than a week.
The second part focuses on overtaking and dealing with the AI as Simbin’s Diego Sartori takes us through the video.
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ermax18
February 14th, 2009 at 14:55
I wish we had this graphics engine on the PC. It looks amazing.
zudthespud
February 14th, 2009 at 16:51
Actually of the reviews i’ve read it says the graphics are probarbly the biggest letdown of the game, which is probarbly a good sign :) I guess if you compare them to other 360 racers it is worse.
Mr. A
February 14th, 2009 at 17:27
Yeah, car models, textures and so on doesn’t look impressive. But the the graphics engine coupled with highres textures on pc could probably look very good.
Uff
February 14th, 2009 at 18:54
After the first videos where everything seemed great due to the fact it was something new, now graphic seems to be quite normal for me too.
NFS Shift seems to have a far better engine, but I’m just taling about impressions: we obviously have to put our hands on these games to have a better idea of how they are. ;)
Raikku
February 14th, 2009 at 19:51
Give us the demo…