Hope the game is as good, the demo is fantastic.

Bad Points: Handling, like being on an elastic band, like a cheaper race game - not up to Codemasters usual standards, maybe the full game will allow a little tweaking of the settings?

Good Points: The Racing!, the Atmosphere, the Graphics, the Damage, the Control Options:

Cars look fantastic, in playback the effects are stunning, the smoke is like real whispy smoke, not grit. The brake lights are like lights, with bulbs, not just red squares on the backs of cars, the cars bump and crash realistically, they dont recoil in a 'shocked' unrealistic way like Gran Turismo, they bounce, crunch, bend, scrape and glance off walls. Panels fall off, flap if loose. You can see through the grills to the mechanics below, sparks from the exhaust, wheel nuts whirring.

The Atmosphere is tangible, people gasp, shout, theres enough blur to give you a rush, in replay the cameras shake, cars run over you. Playing the SF eBay race… more »

Hope the game is as good, the demo is fantastic.

Bad Points: Handling, like being on an elastic band, like a cheaper race game - not up to Codemasters usual standards, maybe the full game will allow a little tweaking of the settings?

Good Points: The Racing!, the Atmosphere, the Graphics, the Damage, the Control Options:

Cars look fantastic, in playback the effects are stunning, the smoke is like real whispy smoke, not grit. The brake lights are like lights, with bulbs, not just red squares on the backs of cars, the cars bump and crash realistically, they dont recoil in a 'shocked' unrealistic way like Gran Turismo, they bounce, crunch, bend, scrape and glance off walls. Panels fall off, flap if loose. You can see through the grills to the mechanics below, sparks from the exhaust, wheel nuts whirring.

The Atmosphere is tangible, people gasp, shout, theres enough blur to give you a rush, in replay the cameras shake, cars run over you. Playing the SF eBay race the cars slam over the bumps and jumps, you can almost feel the grind of metal on metal.

One thing I like very much is the Control Setup, you can change ALL buttons to be what you want, I really must have my usual setup to really get into a game and enjoy it quick, it should be std on all games - hey there's only like 12 or so buttons/sticks. I hate having to use triggers for acc/brake - I must use the analogues, then I setup gears (always manual) on the triggers, rear view and handbrake on LB /RB that way I never take my fingers off the buttons and driving becomes 2nd nature - thats how it should be!

Anyway.. hope the full game is as good if not better, I bought Toca Touring Car 1&2, Racedriver 1&2&3 so I'm damn well buying this!

DD