Weapons and Tracks

If this is indeed a back-to-its-roots manuva then, as all the W1 pilots will know, it will be a rather deep male voice.
I have to say that I agree with this arrangement, as in W3 I couldn't tell what to anticipate.
I feel it is important for thy modern day a-g pilots to know exactly what is going to hit them.... unless its a quake, i'd rather not know about that one! :?

and deciding not to get shot of venom is a very wise move.
It's the only speed class that I find challenging and rewarding. I find rapier too fast, so flash class might be my new target.

1. Has Vector 2 and Phantom 6 laps? or has Vector just 1 and Phantom 5 ?

2. What are the racing colors exactly? Are we able to change the crafts color?

3. Female voice, female voice!!! You can say what you want, it sound's better :D :wink:

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Originally Posted by Thruster2097

I feel it is important for thy modern day a-g pilots to know exactly what is going to hit them.... unless its a quake, i'd rather not know about that one! :?

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Yeah, I can relate to that. The point of a warning system is to allow you to take evasive action. Makes sense with the rest. Mines, move away from the craft in front. Missile, stick to the sides. Quake, umm....fill your pants. :P

I think Colin said Phantom was 6 laps. Makes sense with the extra class, I don't think Vector has dropped to just one lap. And yes, female voice please! :wink:

nah you want that voice from 2097 warning you about the weapons, female voice doesn’t fit in, while were on the subject of females, will there be female F1 drivers in the future if the sport still exists, and if there are I mean to compete with Schumacher and the like? How come you get female pilots on Wipeout, sport must not be tough enough

I love the female voice over the male voice. It make the game sound more intelligent rather that brainless and ruff. It takes intelligence, strength and stamina to play this game. Using awesomely powerful weapons requires a lot of smarts. For example, you wouldn't want to just fire off some Nuclear Bomb and be brainless. Besides, pilots need to be smart in the future, especially when piloting through narrow tracks at extremely fast speeds. Also, when piloting, females can be just as good. You really don't have to have a lot of drive (and physical strength to be a pilot it's more about handling speed), because it's pritty much fun all in it's self. Besides, I would love the females accent over the males any day. :wink:

You only have to look at the fusion storyline for the answer to that one.... something to do with myima tsarong (sp?) and her really fast reactions because she lived in a bhuddist temple and spent most of the day meditating.

As for female F1 drivers, there is no physical or mental restrictions that stop women being sucessful in motorsport, women just simply have a huge lack of interest in motorsport, and the ones that do have shown that it is a nightmare to get any sort of competitive sponsorship.
Hopefully this will change, but for now this is a male dominated sport in the same way that shopping seems to be a female dominated sport. (sorry :lol: )

And as to the voice of the in-cockpit warning system.... my tomtom in-car gps is, has and always will be set to female. Women have always told me where to go before, so why change the habit of a lifetime?

I'm not interested in motorsports either!! :oops:

I only like sports that aren't dragged back by the use of wheels!! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Thruster2097

You only have to look at the fusion storyline for the answer to that one.... something to do with myima tsarong (sp?) and her really fast reactions because she lived in a bhuddist temple and spent most of the day meditating.

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I disagree, she could do that becasue of the craft she was flying

point duely noted, and yes I agree that having the piranha as a run-around may have helped.
but I am sure there was another reason as to her superiority over everyone else.
and I am trying to find the fusion manual to find the reason, but its late and I am oh so clumsy when I'm tired.....

Actually to drive an F1 car you have to be pretty fit 8) ->
-> fight the steering wheel and 5-6Gs for 45 min !! yep!
:idea: it's prob'ly the Autopilot that makes it easyer for them women! :D tihi

Praeterea censeo autopilotum esse delendam

Straying ever so slightly back to topic,
I dont like the name for the new speed class. Flash.
Couple of reasons, partly because it sounds a little cheesy ( I think of the queen song.... FLASH! [noise] swoosh [/noise] AaaaaaAaaA) :wink:
and partly because whenever the dotcommoner in me sees "flash" and "class" next to each other, I expect the next words to be "java" "applet" or ".css" Or perhaps thats just me.

I thought of a few different names, i'm trying to be quick because I have to go to work soon, so I will list the names and tell you why/how I thought of them later.

ION
STROBE
VORTEX
PULSE
HURRICANE
SAMURAI
KATANA
TEMPEST
SONIC

My personal favourite is vortex class. Just sounds mean :)

being a long time sonic fan....no I can't say it sounds too good, vortex does though fits in nicely

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Originally Posted by Assegai Developments

nah you want that voice from 2097 warning you about the weapons, female voice doesn’t fit in, while were on the subject of females, will there be female F1 drivers in the future if the sport still exists, and if there are I mean to compete with Schumacher and the like? How come you get female pilots on Wipeout, sport must not be tough enough

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Giovanni Amati was the last female formula one driver, back in the early 90's. She only competed in three events in '92 and failed to qualify her Brabham for any of the races. She did enjoy limited success in other series, though - so she had talent, just not enough talent to get an F1 car on the grid.

F1 isn't the be all and end all of motorsports, though - it has always had a mix of some of the best and some of the poorest drivers in the world, plus the cars are hardly ever evenly matched, so it's hardly a good guideline.

Danica Patrick will be racing for the Rahal Letterman team in the IRL this year. She's proved very quick in the entry series and seems more than able to cope with the exertions of the sport. Plus, she's only 23 next month, so she may have potential to go further than Sarah Fisher, who just doesn't seem to have the speed required to gain a regular IRL drive, but is looking toward NASCAR this year.

So maybe there is a future for females in racing - but for now it is a male dominated sport.

I find myself to not be much of a "Flash" fan either, mostly because it doesn't fit the sounds of Vector, Venom, Rapier and Phantom. Then again, I think we'll get used to it in less time than we have time complaing about it. :)

You do get used to it.

Even if you don't end up liking it.

Even if you don't end up liking it after a year of knowing about it.

It pains me to say it, but after the relatively pedestrian pace of Vector and Venom, Flash (spit) is where the game really gets interesting.

Damn you Colin and your Freddie Mercury worship! :twisted:

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hey! i love Freddie Mercury. um... as an artist.
i have to admit that 'Flash' doesn't seem to be quite the same sort of name as the others, but they are split in character themselves
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thruster.... your name suggestion is quite poetic.

Vector - Venom - Vortex - Rapier - Phantom

has a nice rhythm and soft alliteration before toughening up at the end. Maybe for the next game. :wink:

Same for me, Votex sounds like a good name!!!! However, if they make a faster class than Phantom, what would go their? Any ideas?

AAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!! is the only name that immediately jumps to mind....

Ahem, on a more serious note, I really like the sound of Vortex as well, although Tempest has my no. 1 vote.

Vortex has mine.

It probably it too late now but mabey there would be a patch you could download with that kind of stuff.

Its totally too late, and I like Flash anyway :)

Flash implies speed - quick as a flash ! :P

Vortex for me conjurs up images of Star Trek ships heading towards a blue swirly thing and the adventure game on bbc2 (remember that ?) and also it would be

V, V, V, R, P

loads of V's !!!!

You'll get used it, Foxy loves it really he just likes to make fun of me, after all he is the one who usually sports the Freddie Mercury moustache :wink:

:P

Kids and grown ups love it so, the happy world of....

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to be honest, as infoxicated says, it does grow on regardless of liking it.

For vortex, I kinda had a whirlpool in mind, y'know, really fast moving water... but now you mention it, it does have a sci-fi ring to it.
This is exactly why I am not the professional here! :wink:

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''Kids and grown ups love it so, the happy world of....''

what does that refer to? [non-Englander here, remember? ;) i can't complete the quote.]
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unless it was used somewhere else first its the saying that haribo use to advertise their horrible sweets, that last word your searching for is haribo

in german it's:

"Haribo macht Kinder froh - und Erwachsene ebenso!"

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thanks AD. haribo, three syllables, which fits the rhythm pattern. :)
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I know the common english song ends in haribo, but I really dont think thats what was implied....

For France it's ' Haribo , c'est 'bo' la vie '

I like the name Flash which reminds me the film ' Flash Gordon ' when i was a bit younger ( love that song from Freddy too ). Obviously Flash could enter into the Wipeout Dictionnary easily ( remember that old topic :?: )

Vortex is great , i'll vote for it :wink:
How about Typhoon a good synonym for 'uncontrollable speed'

Like Hellfire has already said about his AAAAAGGGHHHH name for 6th speed, i could propose a new ' WHOOOOOSHHH' class. :D

Zone mode will probably be faster than Phantom, i hope the difference between the 2 won't be so huge than in Fusion : when you have udgraded your ship at 100% even with Piranha it's like zone 25 not much more. And for those who has reached zone 60 it's a huge difference, you can trust me 8) .
I hope PuRe zone mode will be as awesome as Fusion'one was. Just a detail about that : please don't make resetting the score till a certain number of points like in Fusion ( 4.294 Billion) it could be great.

-On zone mode, I'm afraid I'm gonna start turning the PSP like a steering wheel, and then loose focus of the screen!!! :D This game should really get me used to the PSP's handling (not like I'm gonna play many other PSP games).
-I would like flash if only it was a higher class. Why would flash be classes slower that Phantom? Which is faster, a phantom or a flash of light? It's not known to me.
-But of course I'll get used to it!!! Not that I'll play it much though (I'll probably be playing phantom the whole time, it teaches the best skill :D ).
-For the 6th class; however, IT'S ALL BLURRY!!!! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Chill

-For the 6th class; however, IT'S ALL BLURRY!!!! :lol:

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I have about seven words that accuratley portray every phantom race I have been in.
GO! - bash - bash - bash - nudge - bash - KABOOM!
....and it's player eliminated for the nth time!

My excuse is that because I admire all the fine work that the graphics people have done with the backgrounds, I like to go slow enough to appreciate it. :D

What really annoys me is when you manage to get a quick start in a Phantom race and plough straight up the arse of the craft in front. I pretty much judge my whole race within the first ten seconds. Crashing on or before the first corner makes me restart every time, it usually means I'm in for one crap race.

Mind you, I'm not really a big fan of Phantom myself, give me Rapier any day. :wink:

Rapier is the best speed, but with only 4 laps it isn't long enough, Phantom is ironically easier in that they give you an extra lap in which to get into first place, granted that's still a mean feat on a track like spilskinanke. Where does Flash go in the order? If it's before rapier hopefully it'll get 4 laps and Rapier will get 5 :) That'd be class.

P.S. Plus Rapier had the much, much, much cooler logo compared to Phantom.

Logos for classes? :? Well, in pure, if your gonna be playing other players, your probably not going to need to turn in order to nearly miss the first craft in front of you. They'll know the boost effect also.
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And then again, you'll never know. :wink: Rapier's awesome too, but I like to play the top speed over and over again until i'm really good. (At least hoping to get really good). I rarely crashed into the craft in front of me because I "got the thing down". It's pritty easy if you get the hang of it. Soon, it'll become second nature, and you won't even remember it. I didn't remember this problem until you mentioned it!!! :wink:

Zone on pure = there goes my analog nub!

I like that idea that they should add class logo's, I wonder if that have (insert zargs' thinking smiely here...)

Doens anyone play a fast racing class then get impatient when they play a slower class after beause it feels too slow?

I have plenty of times. Well, that's why I usually never step down from classes. I thought you guys were talking of already existing class logos!!!! Ya, it's an awesome idea! Wipeout had logos for classes, so it would be nice to bring back the tradition. :wink:

in wo1 there were logos for venom and rapier!!! 8)
in 2097 .. don't remember .. http://www.geocities.com/zargz/leenden/phm.gif.. << this one you mean, mobius^ ? ;)

Praeterea censeo autopilotum esse delendam

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Originally Posted by Mobius

I like that idea that they should add class logo's, I wonder if that have (insert zargs' thinking smiely here...)

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They already did, unless you haven't played w'o" or 2097 you should remember them. Vector was two superimposed 'v' shapes with a 5 pointed star; Venom was a semi-circle backed onto a larger quarter circle with the star above the quarter circle, though they made the semi-circle more angled in 2097; Rapier was four inverted 'L' shapes 2 facing left, 2 facing right with the same star above them and Phantom was some weird circular fan shaped pattern. They ditched them in w3o when tDR went completely up their arses thinking they were the design gods with that uber-minimalist nonsense.

(I'd do an umlaut 'u' but I don't know how on this keyboard :roll:).

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oeuber? oeber?
SOOPA!!
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(puts up hand meekly) I really, really liked the minimalist style on W3O (puts hand down again and hides)