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[Blue Blood]

That's what I was thinking. If they had PS3 wheels made for this game, we'd know by now and they would perhaps looks more the part.

[Professor J]

Are there any actual shops in the UK offering the preorder bonus? I asked at GAME and Gamestation today and neither of them are doing it (Gamestation hadn't even heard of the game with the employee I spoke insisting it didn't exist and that Tennis was the last SEGA Superstars game ).

I don't really want to have to buy the game online just get the preorder bonus, I much prefer to go and collect it, ensuring I get it day one.

[NinMicroSega]

Hey guys, looks like I was banned from NeoGAF for being RIGHT:

For some reason I didn't notice the frame rate dips, maybe my eyes are worse than I thought they are (I have a damn powerful glasses prescription). Though I heard some random guys going on about how you can alleviate some of the frame rate issues by clearing the cache. It sort of makes sense, I suppose, I remember the BioShock patch having serious issues until you cleared the cache. I think they fixed that though, didn't they?


My Xbox 360 wasn't the only one, jerks.

[MarcelloF]

You can clear you cache on the 360? oO I never knew..

[Hogfather]

News to me. Guess they didn't sell well enough (you know, due to the lack of six-axis-enabled games) to be around much.

They sell well enough to get prime space in various stores... Mind you... I would only use it for a driving game. Wouldn't dream of using it for any other game.

[CNash]

I also can't believe Mr Nash actually started discussion on cross dressing characters... Those long hours do funny things to those poor testers, you'd almost think they had started lusting after the female characters

I figure that deep down, everyone has a soft spot for Ulala. Why else would she keep popping up in these compilations when she could've been sidelined a la Nights? Her last full game was way back in 2002, after all...

[Barry the Nomad]

Though to Ulala's credit, her last good game came out much more recently than NiGHTS.

[Cephrien]

He said 24 tracks.
24

Why did I read people complaining about there being only 9?

[NinMicroSega]

They sell well enough to get prime space in various stores... Mind you... I would only use it for a driving game. Wouldn't dream of using it for any other game.

Really? How is it that all of the retailers that I have been to (Toys "R" Us, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, GameStop, Sears, Kmart, etc.), I have never seen these things stocked? Must be an online-only thing, or only sold through Sony Style.

He said 24 tracks.
24

Why did I read people complaining about there being only 9?

The complaint was 9 Sonic tracks, all from Sonic Heroes.

[Blue Blood]

He said 24 tracks.
24

Why did I read people complaining about there being only 9?

Because you read wrong. People are complaining about the high number of Sonic tracks- 9 in total. No, that's wrong. People are complaining about the high number of Sonic Heroes tracks. 9 Heroes based tracks, set across only 3 stages.

[NinMicroSega]

Does anyone have any idea about this talk of a burned CD/DVD of the demo? Is that only for the press? If so, how did that other site get a copy?

Links to what I am talking about:

http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409411
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409415
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409476

[Cephrien]

oooh. I see. My bad.

That's super dumb to complain about that though.

[MarcelloF]

No, its not. More than a third of the tracks are from one series. People want their favorite series and in general more series to be represented more..

[Barry the Nomad]

I don't get the "ZOMG! 9 HEROES TRACKZ!!!"

Okay, okay. So the areas are named after Heroes locations and the default music is from Heroes. But look at how much Sumo changed the Heroes locations to be more like a standard Sonic level. Seaside Hill is a 50/50 split of Green Hill Zone and Seaside Hill. Final Fortress looks to be a 60/40 split of any final stage and Final Fortress. The Casino tracks are a whole mess of casino objects, not just Casino Park. Once we see more of the Sonic tracks and have the option to change the music to a game other than Heroes, I'm sure the anger will die down.

[Blue Blood]

Does anyone have any idea about this talk of a burned CD/DVD of the demo? Is that only for the press? If so, how did that other site get a copy?

Links to what I am talking about:

http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409411
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409415
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=15380&view=findpost&p=409476

Uh, they downloaded the demo on their computer, burned it to a DVD and have played it that way. It's another way around the whole issue of Gold-exclusive demos. It's safe too, as you don't need to mod your 360 to do so.

[NinMicroSega]

Uh, they downloaded the demo on their computer, burned it to a DVD and have played it that way. It's another way around the whole issue of Gold-exclusive demos. It's safe too, as you don't need to mod your 360 to do so.

Dur, I forgot about that. It's the same way you can update your 360 to the latest update to play original Xbox games.

[Barry the Nomad]

New review: http://forums.sega.c...ad.php?t=314156

The german game magazine "ComputerBildSpiele" (very popular in Germany, but contentswise rather on an average) has reviewed Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
The content of the review was rather fluffy, nothing new here.

Their opinion:

Good things:
+ popular characters
+ great designed tracks
+ creatively designed challenges

Not that good things:
- sometimes framerate problems
- split screen can get confusing

Conclusion: not as good as Mario Kart, but welcome. Great variety and nice tracks.

The mag uses german grades, where 1 is best and 6 is worst. I evaluated the estimated rating (perentage) in brackets.

PS3/XBox: 2,32 "good" (should be 82%)
Wii: 2,46 "good" (should be 80%)

[MarcelloF]

Is that possible with all downloadable games?

[Barry the Nomad]

Is it wrong that the character I'm most excited to race as is myself?

I've never played as my avatar outside of a simple golf game. He (I?) has this little winter hat and these red gloves that I wish I myself had. I can't wait to see me (him?) racing alongside Sega characters!

[Nerd Bear]

I'd love to see one review, one paragraph, one SENTENCE mentioning this game without any references to Mario Kart at all.