PGR3: Shinjuku by night, again

BlimBlim
Saturday, October 29, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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Xbox 360

During the games show my friend Sebull (actually a great PGR2 pilot) was looking for a nice track to show off his skill. Well, I think he should have trained a bit on this incredible Shinjuku corner, soon to be a fan favorite on Xbox Live, before I filmed this :)
Once again (this is getting boring...), the reflexions on the car were disabled in this build, there are some texture pop-in and the framerate is not perfect. Needless to say that all this had been fixed in the final version of the game.

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:17:30

Still looks fun.

Thanks Blim

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Porno_Batman

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:22:05

Hey Blim, this has nothing to do with this game. But now that gamespot and ign have let out the Oblivion demo videos, can you re-post them?

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Raptor360

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:22:13

Nice u never get bored of racing in the dark. Thanks Blim, keep the pgr3 stuff comin :)

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Raptor360

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:31:13

What frame rate do u guys think the current build is running at?

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monkey1988

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:34:59

i'm not gonna download this if the reflections are turned off...but looking forward to when this game is actually out for everyone but australia and hopefully u'll put up some direct feed gameplay vids then

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:38:23 In reply to Porno_Batman

Posted by Porno_Batman

Hey Blim, this has nothing to do with this game. But now that gamespot and ign have let out the Oblivion demo videos, can you re-post them?

done

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AcidSnow

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:53:28

40fps

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vspectra06

Commented on 2005-10-29 23:59:26

Thanks Blim. These PGR3 vids never get old.

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InjaT

Commented on 2005-10-30 01:34:36

Blim, is this the same built as X05 ?

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FamilyGuyFan

Commented on 2005-10-30 01:39:07

Man thank god for Microsoft, they are releasing the console on Europe too, unlike Sony who made them wait a year for it to be released. Also thanks for the vid, the game looks sick.

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Hell_Spawn

Commented on 2005-10-30 02:00:41

Thanks BlimBlim :)

And I think I know what you mean by ''Strange engine sound'', although the engine sounds good when you have the ''Exterior-View'', but when you are in Interior-View the engine sounds a bit to soft, or am I wrong? :)

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staccato_logic

Commented on 2005-10-30 02:07:09 In reply to Raptor360

Is it just me or did the car model look cel-shaded? Is it because of the lack of reflections or some other factor. I just noticed a slight black outline on the edges.

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Bjongers

Commented on 2005-10-30 02:45:11

the engine sounds soft with the inside view because porsche's have their engines in the boot/trunk, it's as if some of you havent drove a porsche. :p

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Dre_realla

Commented on 2005-10-30 02:58:47 In reply to Bjongers

Posted by Bjongers

the engine sounds soft with the inside view because porsche's have their engines in the boot/trunk, it's as if some of you havent drove a porsche. :p

Driven.

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armardo

Commented on 2005-10-30 05:59:07

is driving at nite really THAT dark?

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Hakkiz

Commented on 2005-10-30 11:06:05 In reply to armardo

Posted by armardo

is driving at nite really THAT dark?

It's dark enough to make driving harder than daytime, but it's still drivable. The video makes things look a bit softer than they are in reality.

I must say I really like night races in PGR3. In PGR2 night looked a bit lame but in PGR3 they have done better job with lightning.

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Slabs

Commented on 2005-10-30 11:28:52 In reply to staccato_logic

Posted by staccato_logic

Is it just me or did the car model look cel-shaded? Is it because of the lack of reflections or some other factor. I just noticed a slight black outline on the edges.

Yeah I think the reflection being turned off is the reason for that. Luckily it is 100% confirmed that they were off for a reason and the retail game will have them on in all their glory!

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Nomino

Commented on 2005-10-30 12:10:44 In reply to Bjongers

Posted by Bjongers

the engine sounds soft with the inside view because porsche's have their engines in the boot/trunk, it's as if some of you havent drove a porsche. :p

That would be driven, and yes I have. The engine is not softened to that extent.

Anyway, I thought the guy playing there was supposed to be good? Sounds like he was a bit trigger happy with the accelerator, not taking advantage of their analogue nature.

Just one small observation - do they really need so many damned camera flashes? Get over it already...

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Manager

Commented on 2005-10-30 12:23:03 In reply to Nomino

Posted by Nomino

Just one small observation - do they really need so many damned camera flashes? Get over it already...

Well, it's Japan afterall..

But when you said that, I thought of something. It's quite cool, acutally. When the first vids came, I was like all "omg flashes everywhere!! Can't see the road!!". But now, I don't even think about them. Now when I think about it, I don't think I've thought of any of the flashes in Blim's 5-7 latest videos. And I think that's what Bizarre are thinking too. We will get used to them, but they will still be there - playing with our minds, thinking that there actually are people around the track.

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2005-10-30 13:52:44 In reply to Nomino

Posted by Nomino

Anyway, I thought the guy playing there was supposed to be good? Sounds like he was a bit trigger happy with the accelerator, not taking advantage of their analogue nature.

The trigger sensibility has changed a lot since PGR2 and will take a few hours getting used to. And of course the acceleration itself is way less forgiving than before. Press the trigger to much after a corner and you're in for a ride :D

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Bjongers

Commented on 2005-10-30 14:09:49

drove, (drv) driv·en, (drvn) driv·ing, drives

1. To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward: drove the horses into the corral.

2. To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).

drove/driven same thing, god some of you need to get out more, anywho i've DROVE a 89/911 02/911 and a 03/boxster, and it's the same all over with porsche's they sound nice outside but a bit weak inside.

thank you and come again.

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zerolight

Commented on 2005-10-30 16:10:48 In reply to Bjongers

Posted by Bjongers

In fairness, you can't say i have drove, or i've drove, just as you can't say i driven.

It's either I have driven or I drove.

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vspectra06

Commented on 2005-10-30 19:23:38 In reply to Hakkiz

Posted by Hakkiz

Yeah, the night time racing in PGR2 looks wierd. The lighting was off, and the window lights on the buildings were pretty ugly (only in the Chicago levels). Even the buildings in the far away distance didn't have any window lights turned on. It wasjust a dark building that looked stranded.

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SimonM7

Commented on 2005-10-30 19:52:54

PGR2 felt like 28 days later in general. It played great of course, but the cities felt completely deserted.

It's weird really, because other car games manage to feel alive despite not having visible people in them, I wonder why that is.

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dumbdrumdude

Commented on 2005-10-30 20:52:09

Me,still taking crappy english classes, an finish your argument. It is a verb form of past or past participle.

I drove
I have driven.

You can' say I have drove, not proper english. Meh, anyway PGR3 looks great, thanks for the vids.

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