Pro Race Driver
by Codemasters
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Product Summary
Brand: CodemastersFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Publisher: Codemasters
Product features:
- 42 licensed touring & race cars including Mercedes CLK, Alfa Romeo GTV and Viper GTS.
- 38 international circuits recreated under licence including Bathurst, Hockenheim and Silverstone.
- 13 global Championships including official series: DTM from Germany, V8 Supercars from Australia and the Britsh Touring Car Championship.
- Pro Race Driver on the PC will feature online play over the internet or local area networks...more details coming soon.
- The roar of the cars' engines and the dramatic story sequences sound better than ever. With support any for surround sound mode up to and including 5.1, also supporting EAX, enabling reverberation and environmental audio effects.
Video Game Reviews of Pro Race Driver
Customer Review: Fun for what it's worth
Summary: 4 Stars
First off I'd just like to say that I think this is a fun game. It is not exactly a simulation, not by any stretch really, but I don't know of anything else like it on the PC (yet), and there are some tweaks you can do to make it a more-than-half-decent game. The first thing you should do if you get this game is go into the Bonus Code section in the Options and input the code SIM. That will switch it over to a much better "simulation" physics model, in my opinion. I played this game for 3 days before discovering this little piece of advice tucked away at the end of the read-me file, and I swear it improved the game 100%. Now the cars handle a lot better, you can take turns smoothly, you don't skid out as badly (i.e. you can actually recover from some skids instead of sliding across the gravel into a wall), steering is less skittish. It's a bit like turning the steering sensitivity down (which is not an option that I can find elsewhere in the game), but much better. I am not sure about the feel of the various cars in this mode(i.e. front wheel drive vs. rear-wheel drive etc.), I'm not sure if that's improved too because I rushed on here to tell everyone about the SIM code. Why the simulation mode isn't just a menu option is beyond me, it really is much better than the default mode. The game still feels a bit like arcade racing when in sim mode, but that can be a lot of fun. They recommend you have an analog controller for the SIM mode, but I would presume if you are buying racing games you already have one of those. The other tweak I would suggest is to lower the graphics detail/resolution until you get a decent frame rate, any hiccups in the frame rate will make any racing game frustrating to play. I have a half-decent system and I have to play in 800x600 to get a consistently high frame rate (and I win more that way!) The game still looks good at that resolution, and the career mode is kinda fun in a cheesy sort of way. Enjoy! oh, there's a patch for the net lag problem at Codemasters but I haven't tried it.
Description of Pro Race Driver
Exhaust drifts across the asphalt as engines roar and tyres scream their impatience against the red-hot surface. Sunlight sparks off the bodywork of the touring cars drawing up to the grid and on the track ahead, heat shimmers transform the raceway into treacherous pools of quicksilver. As a car pulls into the number three position on the grid, the crowd explodes. Ryan McKane, the meteoric newcomer whos taking the Touring Car circuit by storm, leans from his window to acknowledge his adoring fRacing & Flying Games
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