Quote Originally Posted by phl0w View Post
...but pitching your nose has always been a major part of WO's physics, thus an important racing technique
Agreed on that. in wo1, 2097 and wo3 pitching was as natural as breathing but in pure it's just irritating.

Quote Originally Posted by phl0w View Post
I do understand your disliking BRs, though. They are a completely unnecessary "feature", only good to divide WO players into two fractions. Much like Mario Kart's snaking technique. Don't get me wrong, they've saved my butt many times when a speed burst was the only way to finish first, but this feature ruined time-trialing for me.
Unfortunately, from what I've read it's back in Pulse.
Actually the mario-boost would seeem even more realistic to me, for a wo game, than the BRs, considering tenergyhe real world wipEouts take place in,
which have been one of the majors resons I've loved these series - I love my sci-fi!

asa: guess i should've said in general racing games are all about the racing line ...
also as you might know I used to 'compete' mostly in TT that lacks the randomness of SR and gives the most even conditions for compareing times.
though now with internet play SR and tournaments are the most fun - yes. for the tables though I'd still race 95% TT

while on a negative roll, another thing about BRs - the AI don't use them, same as the quake, cloak and energy wall in wo3 wich is pretty lame.
also you can drive through you own bomb!

on a positive note, that might be due to a bad prgramming, now you can see the AI make a misstake now and then
at least in two places I've seen them get stuck on a turn - citta nuova on the tight turn before the S-es and the 3rd corner (the u-turn) at chenghou project.
well, it just might be a well placed bomb by another AI.


a bit back on topic: last two days I feel like I'm crossing a barrier where from forcing victories and control of the ship by sheer stuborness now I start to feel more in control
prob'ly due to them Free Races I've been doin last days. another observation - my concentration for FRs seems to vanish around lap 70!!?