[Shotimes] (OT) Racing Videogames................. was Re: NASCAR numbnuts

[Noah South III]

Everyone should play videogames Don.  Part of what makes videogames so great
is you get to do all the things you couldn't in real life, even if that
means defying the laws of reality.  Even if you've never picked up a
videogame in your life, you should at least give it a try.  You might like
it a lot, and racing in a videogame is a LOT cheaper than racing in real
life.  You don't have to buy things like a car, or a pit crew, or spend all
the time trying to find sponsors.

Yet, not many games can simulate reality and be entertaining, that kind of
goes against what videogames are all about.  A prime example of a failure in
gameplay but a success in simulation was the entire Madden series of
football games.  As far as a videogame went, they SUCKED.  When you played
it, it felt like that really old football game from the 70's that had Xs and
Os, was black and white, and you controlled with a trackball (that game was
hours of fun by the way, because the faster you spun the trackball the
faster you ran, I had bruised palms from play that in the arcade).  However,
as far as a "sports simulation" went, it was the best there has ever been.
If you wanted to play the role of a coach, the Madden games were THE
football games to play.  In a way, they were like the perfect Fantasy
Football games.

Rallisport is like Madden in the simulation department, except it has one
major advantage, the gameplay is like nothing ever seen before.  It drives
like a simulation game, but it plays like an arcade game.

If you like Rally, then you owe it to yourself to at least check out some
video clips of this game.  I remember how my jaw dropped when I saw the in
game footage of Gran Turismo 3 for the PS2.  My jaw did the same thing when
I first saw Rallisport.

-Noah South III

P.S.....And yes, if anyone was wondering, I'm also classified as a gamer
geek.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:27 PM
> To: Noah South III
> Cc: SHOTimes-Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Re: NASCAR numbnuts
> 
> Noah,
> 
> I get all dizzy at the arguments that even you admit are
> dizzying!  :)
> 
> Or something like that.
> 
> I had a huge reply ready, but it comes down to this. I don't
> play that many video games, so I defer to your skills and
> evaluations of video games.
> 
> You did agree that NASCAR drivers have skills, a different
> set of skills in some ways than other series, but skill
> nonetheless.  That is all I wanted.
> 
> I win!  Ya Ya....
> 
> No, not really, just trying to get you to smile!
> 
> Have a good day, don't forget to turn left at least half the
> time in your video games!  :)