Have You Played NGC Yet?
Fans are great things. They keep you cool, they add to the immersion of driving a convertible sports car in TDU1, and if you're in the business of making cool stuff they'll even help out with marketing said stuff. Youtube user jaimswallace has done exactly that on behalf of Bugbear Entertainment.
Fan-made trailer
Pre-Alpha 2 was released on Steam on February 15, 2014 with a new Figure of 8 track and an extra car, along with some other improvements and fixes, including the free-camera mode used to create the above trailer.
First Impressions
If you've played any of the previous FlatOut games there is a slight feeling of 'same old' about this title at first glance. However, when you begin playing you realise a lot has been improved in terms of graphics, physics simulation, even the audio is much better than that found in some PS3 exclusive titles that shall remain unnamed.
Playing with a Fanatec CSR-Elite wheel and Clubsport v1 pedals, the chosen sedan responds in a predictable and neutral manner. Force feedback responds well, if a little on the light side - I'd like to see bigger FF outputs when plowing into opponents. Clutch and H-shifter support is currently absent, which given the types of featured vehicles is disappointing, and it would be nice to see popular head-tracking API's enabled.
All in all, Next Car Game is yet another 2014 racing title that's showing a lot of promise. Be sure to help out the developers (and your console friends) by purchasing this title from Steam; if Bugbear raise enough funds they will get to work on console versions.
Next Car Game is currently anticipated to release on PC in Spring 2014. Hopefully with a different name.
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