Ferrari Challenge ps3

my mate has it, its a good change from GT5. Handling is good, very tricky with all the driving aids off. the AI of the other racers is great, cut you off etc. graphically its no GT5, but its still a great looking game
 
yeah is a very good driving game
patch will make it better
think the graphics are quite weak worse than forza
while the track layouts seem correct they are not really that good for trackside objects
no podium at monza for instance
 
A review about the patch from a guy from gtplanet forums.

So a few bits I noticed, theres now a force feedback option in the setup menu which is great news for us wheel users. Also the "turn names off" in online races is there as well in options, the sound is now much more balanced gear changes and pacing cars don't drown out your own engine anymore, stills sounds as fantastic as ever just a little more realistic if thats posible.
Ok onto the real meat, online! Well I'm glad to say it's fixed and then some! I've just been in a number of races (around 8) First up Lag.......WHAT LAG! Yep never saw a single car do anything other than smoothly drive around the track, no swerving or jumping, with the names turned off I could have been in single player, even with a cloud of smoke everything stayed rock solid. People coming in and out of lobys during a race use to dump the conection....well nope thats fixed, although I did have one race where the game would hang for a split second when people poped in and out, no biggie I'd say it was a poor host conection as it was a 16 player race and it only happend in the one race. Right something new, in one race the host left.......we all kept racing! only when the race was over and we went to the loby after the race did it then dump us out of the game. Right then theres coms....well I was in the lobby waiting for a race to finish and I spoke with an Italian in the race, so I'm in the loby he's raceing, and the coms were crystal clear, seriously clear, I only knew he ws in the race because I could hear his TV in the background LOL
So what else? well this part is all subjective, firstly the framerate seemed much more stable, the clock displaying time in front and behind seemed to update much more smoothly and ore often, oh and collisions, now thats changed, there seems to be more reaction to bumps, I got cliped once and missed a braking zone and cliped a guy as well, much more reaction from the cars now on contact. That leads onto collision detection, on the 2 occasions the impact felt real enough and when it should have been LOL
Well what else? I never tried single player so I can't comment on the AI changes or anything else regarding single player, I also never tried my wheel (yet) so although I saw the force feedback option I can't coment on how it changes that aspect but I'll look later. What I can say with total confidence is this is the game you need to play online, it puts GT5p to shame and I hope to see plenty of you out there, the patch has only just hit so theres not a huge amount of race lobys to chose from and all seemed to be the generic car type but no doubt as word gets out that will change this weekend, I finaly got into a 16 player race with a full grid, it's a sight to behold ta spa with a full field winding up the hill!

Nearly forgot, at the end of a race there a "victory/parade" lap to give everyone time to finish, your car is computer controled and trundles round at a sedate pace like in single player, for marathon races this is a good idea to let everyone finish as battles could be going on at the back of a 16 player field and suddenly having 30 second counter pop up as the first place guy crosses the finishing line could be a tad anoying! during the parade lap simply pause and then select exit to loby to finish
 
Well i have had six races after the patch with no problems.
I can go in and out of lobbys with no system locks.
I am now very happy to have a race game that works as it should.
The game is a keeper for me now.
 
So nearly bought this today, ive been hoping to see it under £30 as is a "maybe ill like it, maybe i wont" game.

Will probably be my next ps3 game anyway, those screenshots look so tempting :D
 
I like said game very much but what is that sound when racing it's hard to explain kinda like a rough scraping noise ? what ever it is it's doing my head in :( first i thought it was because im not changing up in time but i can hear it even at low reves, is it suppose to be the body work scraping on the road ?
 
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.one. said:
I like said game very much but what is that sound when racing it's hard to explain kinda like a rough scraping noise ? what ever it is it's doing my head in :( first i thought it was because im not changing up in time but i can hear it even at low reves, is it suppose to be the body work scraping on the road ?
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Air turbulence?
 
Anybody have any idea how the leaderboards work for the Time Trials :confused:

They seem totally random to me. As an example, I've beaten the Mugello time it tells you whilst it's loading the track, yet when I finish and go back to the leaderboard it hasnt registered anything for me.

Also it gives a much lower time for the 430 you start with, compared to a 575 GTC which I won which I would have though is a much quicker car (and it judging by my times).

That's the only gripe I've got with this game, everything gameplay wise is very good, it's just not packed well at all.
 
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Nismo said:
Anybody have any idea how the leaderboards work for the Time Trials :confused:

They seem totally random to me. As an example, I've beaten the Mugello time it tells you whilst it's loading the track, yet when I finish and go back to the leaderboard it hasnt registered anything for me.

Also it gives a much lower time for the 430 you start with, compared to a 575 GTC which I won which I would have though is a much quicker car (and it judging by my times).

That's the only gripe I've got with this game, everything gameplay wise is very good, it's just not packed well at all.
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I think the leaderboards are down at the moment - probably to do with the notes in the patch saying they had fixed some issues. Should be back in a day or so I reckon. However, the times that are displayed on the loading screen are the pre-set off line records - you beat them to complete the achievements. It doesn't take the leaderboard into account for that screen, just your current best one. Its also the same as the TT leaderboards, car and track specific.
 
not sure what sound you mean maybe drivetrain whine? what view do you use?

anyway the new patch is quite good although i think the ai is a bit too aggressive with weaving and they always defend the inside line now which is ok but you just go round the outside now on the racing line mostly

the ferrari 250 lm is a beast to drive really good fun though
 
TheStig1 said:
not sure what sound you mean maybe drivetrain whine? what view do you use?
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I use bonnet view the sound is like a rough grawling sound hard to explain but very annoying.

Sounds like something is being dragged under the car deep groan kinda comes and goes hehe like i say hard to explain but putting me off playing said title. :(
 
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