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Need for Speed: Most Wanted demo
2005-11-10, 6:33 PM #1
either the xbox 360 version looks like this... or PC users are getting screwed

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/needforspeed9/downloads/
http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/nfsmwdemo.exe

it's kinda like old NFS and NFSU had a baby that can slow down time

[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/01.jpg]
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/02.jpg]
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/03.jpg]
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-10, 6:37 PM #2
yeah, I saw a commercial for it... Looks pretty cool.
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2005-11-10, 6:39 PM #3
Man... They really could have done better with the shaddows.
2005-11-10, 6:41 PM #4
I imagine that the shadows will look much better when you're actually driving, rather than looking at still screenshots.
DO NOT WANT.
2005-11-10, 6:44 PM #5
not really... the car shadows are painfully blocky...

at least for me
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/shadows.jpg]
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-10, 6:46 PM #6
Are you in a Cayman S?
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
2005-11-10, 6:50 PM #7
would appear that way...

demo has the mustang gt and a porsche in stock and modified configurations

here's some shots from someone with a 6800GT
http://webpages.charter.net/tork64/speedDemo%202005-11-10%2018-30-47-20.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/tork64/speedDemo%202005-11-10%2018-32-47-51.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/tork64/speedDemo%202005-11-10%2018-32-57-42.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/tork64/speedDemo%202005-11-10%2018-33-15-29.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/tork64/speedDemo%202005-11-10%2018-33-22-46.jpg

maybe it's an ati thing with those shadows
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-10, 7:35 PM #8
Can't wait to play this. It looks beautiful.
D E A T H
2005-11-10, 7:53 PM #9
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]Can't wait to play this. It looks beautiful.[/QUOTE]

Err, no it doesn't. Did you miss the shadows?
2005-11-10, 8:04 PM #10
[QUOTE=Cool Matty]Err, no it doesn't. Did you miss the shadows?[/QUOTE]

Did you miss the 6800GT screenshots? The shadows aren't that bad, besides, I like the whole countryside setting, much better than omgstreetracerlawl
D E A T H
2005-11-10, 8:06 PM #11
I think you have adaptive antialiasing enabled and the developers aren't rendering the shadows properly.

Edit: The GeForce might have rendered the shadows better, but the leaves still look pretty damn terrible.
2005-11-10, 8:09 PM #12
How is this Need for Speed different from the other 800 that have been made? ...'cause visually, the blockiness makes it look like it hasn't changed engines from the versions that were on the PS1.
2005-11-10, 9:18 PM #13
The game will still require you to make your car look stupid to progress, as far as I know.

Which is why I no longer play NFS games.
2005-11-10, 9:47 PM #14
uhm... you could progress through NFSU2 without making your cars look stupid

ok you had to have a maxed out visual rating on at least one car to complete the game...

this game is no different... you can do nothing to the outside appearance and still upgrade the car enough to complete the game
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-10, 9:49 PM #15
It seems they removed advanced GFX control? wtf? Otherwise I had a blast.
New! Fun removed by Vinny :[
2005-11-10, 10:20 PM #16
go to video options... press 2

more screenshots
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/04.jpg]
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/05.jpg]
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/06.jpg]
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-11, 12:16 AM #17
Ok, the car and tree shadows look like hell with their blockyness, but everything else about the shots is pretty good.
2005-11-11, 9:11 AM #18
yeah but for people who have the blocky shadows you can just turn shadow detail down and stick with a black blob unde rthe car... still looks good and you gain a few fps (even though the demo seems to be capped at 30fps)
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-11, 10:04 AM #19
That looks so fricking awesome, waiting to download right now. I like the yellow tint, a la Gone In 60 Seconds. And I thought that movie was cool >.>
2005-11-11, 10:20 AM #20
soooooooooo much fun
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2005-11-11, 10:36 AM #21
woooo I finally was allowed to download after waiting in line for 30 minutes and it gave me a 403 forbidden woooo
2005-11-12, 7:16 AM #22
Demo is not capped at 30, although thats about what I get with everything turned up @ 1280x1024. If I turn down everything and put it to 640x480 I can pull in 90 FPS.

I will post shots as soon as I figure out how.
New! Fun removed by Vinny :[
2005-11-12, 7:50 AM #23
These are with the settings all on high, 1280x1024 (click to expand to full size) 4xAA and Adaptive AA enabled. (X800XTPE / XP 2800+, getting about 25/30 FPS)
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New! Fun removed by Vinny :[
2005-11-12, 8:09 AM #24
this game is really quite beautiful. i do not experience the shadow bug that jim7 does. this is with all settings on high, 4xAA with adaptive AA as well. X800XTPE / XP 2800+
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New! Fun removed by Vinny :[
2005-11-12, 8:24 AM #25
This game is hot.
D E A T H
2005-11-12, 8:52 AM #26
maybe the shadow bug only happens with people who have ati cards before the x800

or maybe it's a driver thing.. who knows

anyway... moar

[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/07.jpg]
[http://jim7.home.insightbb.com/nfsmw/08.jpg]
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-12, 9:58 AM #27
I uploaded a video of me playing with the stock Porsche Cayman S here:

http://media.putfile.com/NFSMW-demo-2-wmv
New! Fun removed by Vinny :[
2005-11-12, 10:25 AM #28
ok it doesn't seem to be driver related
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-11-12, 10:28 AM #29
Whoa. Just... whoa. Wow. Oh my. :eek:
DO NOT WANT.
2005-11-12, 10:42 AM #30
It looks very beautiful, runs as well too, but I still don't have interest in car games.

Good stuff.
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2005-11-12, 11:15 AM #31
It's very beautiful.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.

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