Hello, Anyone out there? - 2

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Originally Posted by fatman

I agree. I would much rather have the lower classes. The bikes wouldn't need to have real riders or sponsors either.

Apparently the 07 game has lots of improvement in the AI department so that the bikes don't clump together and they don't ram/bump you all the time (as what caused me to stop playing the 06 version). This however was difficult to fully see in the demo with just one track and the AI seemingly set to EXTREMELY EASY to beat.

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I got tired or just racing so I was just messing around and I tried to stay and race with the AI riders to see how they move but they almost don't move, it took 30 seconds to reach turn 1. also the riders spread out so much is unrealistic, in 2 laps the winner is over 2 minutes ahead of the last rider.

I also tried to give them a head start, I waited until the 1st rider reached the corkscrew (1min 45 -46 secs) and then start. I was able to pass them all and win. I wonder why they even have such an easy setting, its pointless.

BTW do you know what the rider line-up is at the full version of the game? In the demo there are 19 bikes but one is the Ilmor with Pitt and only one Kawasaki with de Puniet.

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

BTW do you know what the rider line-up is at the full version of the game? In the demo there are 19 bikes but one is the Ilmor with Pitt and only one Kawasaki with de Puniet.

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I never noticed the full line up in the game and haven't heard any details. I assumed they would have the whole 2007 grid, including Ilmor as they were at the start of the season. I wonder if they just forgot about OJ or maybe there is a licensing conflict?

I tried tailing a few AI riders but they are simply tooo slow to tell anything about the AI's ability. They do seem much more aware of you and don't bowl you over if you slow up in front of them.

i think the demo is worth giving the game another purchase when it comes out but mostly because their really isn't any other motorcycle sim for the xbox.

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Originally Posted by fatman

didn't want to see this thread slip onto the second page.

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Yeah, this thread should never, ever slip onto the second page. Personally I don't think it should drop below anymore than five or six threads. :D

Anyway, as you can see I'm back. My vacation went well, fun was had. My house (and eardrums) are still recovering from Ava's fourth birthday party last week. Man, kids don't have a volume control switch do they? :crazy: Anyway, back to work tomorrow so I'm not sure how much posting I'll be doing but I will be around.

And now the real reason anyone looks at this thread....

http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...l_shell_03.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...rmal_sport.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...2518014057.jpg

Yup!

Thanks Matt, have fun for the rest of the season.

D'oh, and things were going so well too. Yesterday one of my junior riders took a pretty major dirt sample at our practice track, knocked himself out and broke his arm. My first major crisis. Thankfully he's going to be fine and his parents didn't completely flip out when I called them and said 'Now about your son....' :laugh:

And speaking of computer games (as you guys were up the page) has anyone played the WSBK game? I gotta say, it's alot better than I was expecting. My feelings, well it's great that it's this year's riders, teams and bikes but the bad is that despite the fact it's this years schedule they left Lautsitz and Vallelunga off. Oh and Misano is the old layout. Oh yeah it's the old layout of Brands Hatch too. Oh and they final section of the Silverstone lap is the old layout too. Seriously what gives with the tracks?. And with two rounds completely missing then they should have at least included Imola from last year. :angryfire

Oh and sorry, no grid girls today. :(

I thought I posted my opinion about SBK 07

I bought the game when it came out back in May, I was disappointed with the graphics and sound of the game, the graphics belong to a 2003 PS2 game not a 2007 one (I bought God of War II the same day I bought SBK and the graphics of that game show the true PS2 potential). The sound of the bikes is good but the track ambiance with the generic track commentator is annoying.

The game has several errors, missing and wrong circuits as Matt said, and also missing bike sponsors, inaccurate liveries and helmets etc... and also bike power/rider ability are not very accurate, overall it gives the impression that they designed the game with 2006 in mind and then did a 2007 "conversion".

Gameplay is good and its fun to play, the game can be edited for all levels of play, I like the options that allow bike damage and rider injury so unlike most games when you can continue no matter how bad you crash, if you have a big crash your race is over, I wish you had to run back to your bike after a crash like SBK 2001 rather than magically reappearing on it. I don't know about its lap time accuracy though, I did a quick race of Brno last weekend before the MotoGP race and I did a lap time of 1:54, about 4s faster than MotoGP and 6s faster than SBK :eek:

Finally I think they could have used better looking grid girls for the loading screens :p :D

I was hopping for an improved Xbox 360 version that was supposed to come out Q4 of 2007 but it looks like they may be skipping 07 and going straight to 08 next spring
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/815/815429p2.html

On some related news, SBK-07 developers, Milestone are also the developers of the new MotoGP 07 game for the PS2, if anything this will mean both games will have a common physics platform and it will make both games more fun.

Hey folks, I've been away since Thursday in a tent at Leeds Festival (headliners were Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight and the Chili Peppers), I hope you've all been good in my absence...

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Originally Posted by patnicholls

Hey folks, I've been away since Thursday in a tent at Leeds Festival (headliners were Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight and the Chili Peppers), I hope you've all been good in my absence...

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Awesome! I love Razorlight.. Were Muse there? :confused: That woulda topped it off... Oh and the pumpkins and chillis are nothing to sneaze at either ;) Bullet with Butterfly Wings is one of my all time fave songs.. Nice stuff Pat you rock god you :laugh: :up: ..

Sounds like a pretty enjoyable little tunes session Pat. I see Jimmy Eat World and Fall Out Boy were there as well and good ol' Melbourne rockers, The Living End. Lovely. Would be pretty keen to see the Punkin's go around.

Muse weren't there Jake but they coming to town here in Novemeber. You going? My tix arrived in the mail today. Woot! I'm toying with going to Linkin Parks second concert but have just bought a car so dunno if I can afford it, especially when it's the day after MotoGP. I REALLY want Tool to come back, perhaps early next year when I have saved a bit of cash up again.

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

Muse weren't there Jake but they coming to town here in Novemeber. You going? My tix arrived in the mail today. Woot! I'm toying with going to Linkin Parks second concert but have just bought a car so dunno if I can afford it, especially when it's the day after MotoGP. I REALLY want Tool to come back, perhaps early next year when I have saved a bit of cash up again.

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I saw Muse earlier this year.. Was fantastic, you'll have a ball.. Sadly i couldn't afford tix to their latest show as i have to pay for my Phillip Island grandstand tix and im going to buy a car soon too..

Ive also seen Linkin Park before, at the Livid music festival a few years back, Living End were there too.. Rocket Science were one of my favorite acts at that festival though.. Not such a fan of Linkin or Living End anymore.. But Muse, they are great.. :)