NSGP dead?/Racing Game Discussion

[King Rob]

You mean this one? http://www.mediafire.com/?v5511vk5byd5br9
Yes it was cute!!!

On that note I think I still have all the designs I did with that back then, seems like forever ago

[Ludwig Gross]

Oh... come on! Wtf... it seems that now all are copying this thing! Codemaster is actually the "Mafia" in F1 racing games and I suppose they have all the best programmers and developpers so... btw the cars in the pictures have a weird stretch, maybe they have some gum-like physics?

I'm posting a new thread regarding a bug in the new 1.27 version. Editor will not work cause of a problem with a PNG file. It's the z_Objects_13_Wall_05, to solve just replace the old working one in the 1.25 version. Damn, I was going crazy while making a new mod these days.

[Alfonso]

Oh... come on! Wtf... it seems that now all are copying this thing! Codemaster is actually the "Mafia" in F1 racing games and I suppose they have all the best programmers and developpers so... btw the cars in the pictures have a weird stretch, maybe they have some gum-like physics?

I'm posting a new thread regarding a bug in the new 1.27 version. Editor will not work cause of a problem with a PNG file. It's the z_Objects_13_Wall_05, to solve just replace the old working one in the 1.25 version. Damn, I was going crazy while making a new mod these days.

Dont make a new thread with bug: There´s already one about it: http://www.newstargames.com/newstarf...-possibilities!
Write it there and i will update the thread!

[Ludwig Gross]

Ok, you can drag it there.

[Ludwig Gross]

I've been using rFactor for a while, and is the best racing simulator so far, but...
it literally eats my RAM, warming up the hole thing. NSGP too maybe due to gfx, programming, don't know...

this is also an important thing!

Preserving the health of your computers, in this sense Codemasters (and Infinity Ward) with their "big" games in terms of RAM consumption have done really good

It's not a critic, just a remark.

[-=Magic=-]

How STEAM decide what indie game should take or not? I see on STEAM that you "Super Laser Racer" is there for 3,99 euros! And why they didn't take a NSGP also? There is almost 3 million people playing over STEAM every day, so putting NSGP there can be a good profit, or STEAM ( read: fat Gabe Newell ) need also to be paid in front so that they can published yours indie game?

because NSGP remember F1, and Steam don't want to have any kind of hypotetical problem with Codemasters and/or the FOM, unless you got a written pice of paper signed from Bernie Ecclestone.

[-=Magic=-]

In summary, the key to longevity (and sales!) is VARIETY and COMMUNITY. Particularly with a low-tech game, gameplay will trump prettiness. As an indie, you'll never compete in the prettiness or extreme tech stakes, but if the gameplay is fun and the number of challenges is varied and changing, then that's what keeps people engaged. The racing fraternity tend to be very loyal to an engine if the underlying game is good. Re-Volt, for example, still has people designing tracks and running online comps as well as revamping the game a decade on. GP Legends, even the venerable Microprose GP still have people who support it. Codies' browser-based effort will be forgotten in a year, if not less.

I agree with you.

[Alfonso]

I agree with you.

Yep...agreed also.
For me gameplay of a game is 71% then comes graphics,....

You can have the best graphics...if gameplay is horrible...they will not catch me playing the game for sure!!!

[przemator]

Yep...agreed also.
For me gameplay of a game is 71% then comes graphics,....

For me gameplay is not so important, it's exactly 37.666%.

Why 37.666% you ask? Well, it's simple:

(pi * gravitational constant * (earth mass^2)) / (Planck's constant * the speed of light * (10^65)) = 37.666%

[Alfonso]

For me gameplay is not so important, it's exactly 37.666%.

Why 37.666% you ask? Well, it's simple:

(pi * gravitational constant * (earth mass^2)) / (Planck's constant * the speed of light * (10^65)) = 37.666%

LOL

Offtopic....

[Frank_will]

Yep, what is great about this game is gameplay, with some little additions this can turn out great, i really hope to see NSGP2 out one day, game has a lot of potential, what is needed is just some polishing and some little new features.

[siread]

Sign up for the closed beta:
https://www.f1onlinethegame.com/

[Manta]

What if this effort from Codemasters draws attention to top down racing from people who have never considered it before but then the game turns out to be a shallow cash cow and people are left wanting this type of arcade racer but done properly? That's when we wave the NSGP flag at them.....what? It could happen! Stay positive, dudes.

[przemator]

What if this effort from Codemasters draws attention to top down racing from people who have never considered it before but then the game turns out to be a shallow cash cow and people are left wanting this type of arcade racer but done properly? That\'s when we wave the NSGP flag at them.....what? It could happen! Stay positive, dudes.

Interesting scenario . NSGP had a few moments where the number of active online players could exceed 20, but since the game is stable up to 12 players, it has a natural popularity limit. Because let\'s face it, nothing is more of a thrill than a well prospering online racing series with lots of players. Somehow it puzzles me that so little NSGP players tried to join our online initiative and test their skills against other human beings.

[Sida79]

And how puzzled were you by the fact generally has many many times more players competing in offline competitions?