another (new) IGN preview

[Frances_Penfold]

New IGN preview published today (March 28th)

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/862/862824p1.html

Pilot assist? I didn't know about that but probably just because I failed to read the fine print in one of the other previews

[eLhabib]

it's basically just acting like a strong magnetic field that pushes you away from the banks to avoid scraping and crashing. I hope it can be set to mandatory disable in multiplayer, because it IS cheating, practically.

[Axel]

No piloting assists please

[blixabargeld]

useful after barrer rolls: you could even point a wall and still avoid from crashing on it..

[eLhabib]

relax, guys. this is for people new to the series, and it definitely makes the game enjoyable for someone who couldn't handle the ship otherwise. it's not like you can get any ace times easily that way. in order to bring wipEout closer to the masses (read: casual gamer), I think this is a very good feature to put in.
If SL really forget to make an option for multiplayer to restrict the pilot assist, then everything is lost that can be, but I don't think this is gonna happen.

[Frances_Penfold]

I'm not really worried-- just surprised. It sounds like Pilot Assist slows down your ship so it's probably (hopefully) only meaningful for competition amongst newcomers to the game. If that's the case, it really *might* be helpful for introducing new players to the game.

[eLhabib]

no, it doesn't slow down your ship (at least not that I've noticed) - it just keeps you off the walls.