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[Lukas]

I just bought it a few days ago for 30 bucks. Best racer I have played since PGR2 and GT3.

Its simply amazing. The track design, the cars, the environment, the sound, the force feedback, the sense of speed, the audio, the overall thrill of a racer over Xbox Live or with a friend, the drop dead gorgeous environments, particle effects, and level of detail in the cars and damage model.

If you are a fan of racing in any way shape or form you would have to be an idiot to not pick this up for 30 dollars.

 

[Wellington]

I agree with your comments on graphics. The best looking game to date. It's freakin incredible.

 

[GigaDrive]

imagine Rallisport Challenge 3 on Xenon


drool


btw, where the FUCK is Sega Rally Championship 3 ?

 

[Andy787]

Rallisport Challenge 2 will be unmatched this gen visually and pure thrill wise

Burnout 3.

And I'm a huge RSC and RSC2 fan.

 

[Soul4ger]

The only things unmatched this generation are your delusions.

 

[Lukas]

LOL please tell me you are kidding. Burnout 3 is a multiplatform game. Its not even gonna look close to as good as Project Gotham Racing 2, let alone Rallisport 2.

Yea I know its gonna feel very fast, but I saw the videos and its that "fake movie whiz swish bang everything around me goes blur" fast, while in Rallisport its very realistic the sense of speed.

 

[Lukas]

The only things unmatched this generation are your delusions.

Can you name me a game that is coming out this gen thats a racer and will look better than Rallisport 2?

I cant think of anything. Dont make me laugh by saying GT4.

 

[Soul4ger]

Can you name me a game that is coming out this gen thats a racer and will look better than Rallisport 2?

I cant think of anything. Dont make me laugh by saying GT4.

I was just being a jerk. I don't really care if something looks better, or worse. Sorry..

 

[bishoptl]

LOL please tell me you are kidding. Burnout 3 is a multiplatform game. Its not even gonna look close to as good as Project Gotham Racing 2, let alone Rallisport 2.

Who's letting in these joke accounts?

 

[Che]

The only things unmatched this generation are your delusions.

 

[LittleTokyo]

Eh, the game looks great upon first glance. But there are graphical glitches everywhere you look. Watch the trees, they obviously become more detailed as they get closer. You can actually see branches pop up. It's very annoying.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

It's the best racer I've played yet this gen. So much fun.

 

[Daxter Too]

It's the best racer I've played yet this gen. So much fun.

Agreed, so much fun AND amazing looking to boot. Best racer ever? Mayyyybe.

 

[Lukas]

Eh, the game looks great upon first glance. But there are graphical glitches everywhere you look. Watch the trees, they obviously become more detailed as they get closer. You can actually see branches pop up. It's very annoying.

what so? there was pop up in GT3 and theres pop up in GT4...whats your point?

 

[Pachinko]

Idono about you little tokyo but I tend to concentrate on the racing itself while playing rallisport challenge 2. It just so happens that the graphics are incredible on top of the game being fun, perhaps I'm just enjoying it to much to notice obscure things like tree LOD ?


I was playing career mode earlier and was actually awestruck at the detail found in this one mountain track. I almost wanted to stop racing and just look at the stage it was so well built.
Why people in the US somehow injoy watching cars drive around in a circle over this is beyond me.

 

[Omeyocan]

Lucas !!! Your answer is OutRun 2. Looking forward to it this october via XBox Live...

 

[FightyF]

I've yet to play it, believe it or not.

But I am skeptical that it can beat out PGR2 as far as graphics go.

 

[Lukas]

I've yet to play it, believe it or not.

But I am skeptical that it can beat out PGR2 as far as graphics go.

I think they are tied graphics wise. PGR2 has a lot more cars on the screen at once with huge cities but Rallisport 2 has insane particle and weather effects with cars that are more detailed than PGR2 and beautiful scenery and super long courses - many as long or longer than Nurburgring in PGR2.

 

[chespace]

rallisport challenge 2 practically IS sega rally 3. at this point, i could probably live without ever seeing another sega rally game (which is probably what's going to happen).

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[DCharlie]

yup, i'm with Che on this one.

RSC2 is amazing looking, some stunning environments to race around and the game is just out and out fun. The 16 player online games rock so much (even if it is basically time trialing).

 

[FightyF]

rallisport challenge 2 practically IS sega rally 3.

Damn...time to sell off some organs. I'll try to find a preowned version...I'm piss poor at the moment.

 

[Gattsu25]

my lack of interest in the original is keeping me from spending a dime on this game, but DAMN does this game look nice

 

[Doom_Bringer]

is it comming to pc?

 

[Lukas]

Possibly but in an interview DICE said they feel sorry for anyone that would have to port it

 

[Sho Nuff]

This IS Sega Rally 3 in my mind.

And it is the best-looking racer on any platform.

 

[Sai]

"Rallisport Challenge 2 will be unmatched this gen visually and pure thrill wise"

HARUMPH! BAH! AND SO FORTH!

.... But yeah, RSC2 is great. I should play it more.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

This IS Sega Rally 3 in my mind.

And it is the best-looking racer on any platform.

Absolutely.

 

[TAJ]

>>>HARUMPH! BAH! AND SO FORTH!<<<

Apples and oranges. Besides, RSC2 is 60fps and your pick isn't.

 

[Gorgie]

appreciate

I'm looking forward to trying RSC2, but don't forget F-Zero GX.

 

[ManaByte]

appreciate

I'm looking forward to trying RSC2, but don't forget F-Zero GX.

...

RSC2 looks damn near photorealistic. F-Zero does not.

And as good as GT4 looks, the only thing it can compare to in RSC2 are the car models. RSC2's tracks are just jaw-dropping and the detail in them is much higher than that in GT4. It is the best looking racing game this generation.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

What manabyte said. The complexity of the courses in RSC2, alone, blows F-Zero GX outta the water...the fact that they are fully interactable is just icing on the cake. F-Zero GX looks great, but is quite simple-looking by comparison.

 

[ManaByte]

What manabyte said. The complexity of the courses in RSC2, alone, blows F-Zero GX outta the water...the fact that they are fully interactable is just icing on the cake. F-Zero GX looks great, but is quite simple-looking by comparison.

And don't forget the level of detail and varity in the car damage

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Yeah! I mean, RSC2 is really just untouched by ANYTHING on consoles today. The physics, the relatively realistic car damage that IS governed by collision speed and impact, the fact that courses can go on for miles and miles and miles, and the lighting...all at an unshakable 60fps with an insane draw distance and heavy particle-effects use. The visual depiction of dirt, dust, mud, gravel, etc that build up on the vehicles... The FUCKING fantastic lighting, again, is simply unrivaled on console. The road-suface complexity and the resulting physics effects...OMG. And it's insanely fast...though, not as altogether fast as F-Zero GX... The only thing that impresses more, visually, in F-Zero GX, other than the overall speed, is the number of vehicles on track.

Bottom line: they're not even in the same league.

 

[MrSingh]

And don't forget the level of detail and varity in the car damage

yeah. nothing beats the feeling of losing a wheel within the first 15 seconds of a multi-player race. lol

 

[etiolate]

I love the inside detail of the cars, the broken windows and little touches like that.

 

[Lukas]

How can i forget how the dirt, mud, sand, snow build up on cars

its so realistic, it really blew me away the first time i saw it

then if you fall in a body of water, you car gets clean, nice detail

it also doesnt get as dirty when its raining, also a nice detail

and rallisport 2 also nailed down night racing 100% - best view ever from the inside, with the windshield wipers working realisticly, pushing water off to the side and then it drips down as more collects

simply awesome game, its a same that its not selling like it deserves too

 

[Floyd]

Bottom line: they're not even in the same league.

Both games are doing completely different things. A graphical comparison makes no sense.

Unless you put 30 other vehicles on a RC2 track, and turn up the maximum speed to 1500mph. I think RC2 would run at 2fps if it tried that.

Both these games impress graphically for different reasons. The only games RC2 should be compared with is other rally games.

 

[TAJ]

>>>Both games are doing completely different things. A graphical comparison makes no sense.

Unless you put 30 other vehicles on a RC2 track, and turn up the maximum speed to 1500mph.<<<

The latter point has zero impact on framerate.

 

[Floyd]

>>>Both games are doing completely different things. A graphical comparison makes no sense.

Unless you put 30 other vehicles on a RC2 track, and turn up the maximum speed to 1500mph.<<<

The latter point has zero impact on framerate.

I mean it couldn't achieve those speeds, unless detail dropped significantly.

That’s why a graphical comparison with a game that does have to achieve those speeds, with that many vehicles on screen, is silly.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

If the number of polygons on the cars were greatly reduced (to F-Zero GX levels), RSC2's engine could probably do 30+ vehicles on track at a time. It already is capable of doing 16 on certain tracks. F-Zero GX has an advantage in that the car models aren't as insanely high on the poly counts as RSC2. The issue of the much more advanced RSC2 physics would have to be toned down, as well...

Still, my statement about them not being the in the same league was not only my opinion of their graphical prowess, but also that there cannot be a simple and clean comparison due the differing intentions of two games. F-Zero GX is a futuristic formula one-style racing on high-speed, mostly confined tracks. RSC2 is rally game that requires comprehensive environment interaction.

And yeah, the overall detail level would have to be somewhat simplified to accomodate the extreme speed needed in a game like F-Zero.

 

[SolidSnakex]

rallisport challenge 2 practically IS sega rally 3. at this point, i could probably live without ever seeing another sega rally game (which is probably what's going to happen).

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I wish that was the case for me as well. SR2 is still on a completely different level compared to other racers in terms of replay value imo. This is mainly due to SR2's track designs being basically superior to any racer on the market. Only if Sega would stop messing around with these other series and get back to SR. RSC2 is still a great game though.

 

[TAJ]

>>>Both games are doing completely different things. A graphical comparison makes no sense.

Unless you put 30 other vehicles on a RC2 track, and turn up the maximum speed to 1500mph.<<<

The latter point has zero impact on framerate.


I mean it couldn't achieve those speeds, unless detail dropped significantly.<<<

Again, the "speed" of the vehicles has jack to do with framerate.

 

[Floyd]

I mean it couldn't achieve those speeds, unless detail dropped significantly.<<<

Again, the "speed" of the vehicles has fuck-all to do with framerate.

Ah ok. I will go along with you then and say well done. You made a fantastic point.

 

[bunkum]

I guess none of you have seen Richard Burns Rally to make such outlandish statements.

http://www.bhmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=20355

 

[Li Mu Bai]

RSC2 looks damn near photorealistic. F-Zero does not.

Tell me Manabyte, how do you make a conceptual rendering of a futuristic racer, tracks, & environments look "photorealistic?" I agree with Lukas, this game is truly beautiful, but with 16 cars let's not fool ourselves with a locked 60fps & same LOD. Though IMO, it is the easily the best looking rally, & nearly racer to ever be released. (PGR2 shares that title)

 

[xabre]

Rallisport Challenge 2 will be unmatched this gen visually

Just as long as you're talking consoles because Colin McRae Rally 4 PC shits on this.

 

[Dekajelly]

Just as long as you're talking consoles because Colin McRae Rally 4 PC shits on this.

And Xpand Rally shits on them both

http://xpandrally.com

 

[isamu]

appreciate

I'm looking forward to trying RSC2, but don't forget F-Zero GX.

Yess!!! Reasoning has surfaced in this thread.

 

[xabre]

And Xpand Rally shits on them both

Well I guess until it's released you can enjoy photos of what it won't look like

 

[Mustang]

imagine Rallisport Challenge 3 on Xenon

Indeed.

Also, imagine what Polyphony Digital will do with Gran Turismo 5 on PS3.

Good times ahead.