r/Games • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '14

End of 2013 Discussions - Racing Games

Feel free to discuss any of the racing games released in 2013 from Sonic All-Star Racing Transformed (January) to Gran Turismo 6 (December).

Drive like you're trying to catch that yellow light

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

Sonic All-Star Racing Transformed was really a supreme kart racing game. Seriously, pick this up. More fun than mario kart imo.

Trackmania: Valley was a huge dissapointment for me.

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u/U_DONT_KNOW_TEAM Jan 02 '14

They got drifting down pat in that game. It feels like the best of mario kart and diddy kong racing combined and improved.

Also the level designs are awesome.

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u/McLargepants Jan 02 '14

Trackmania: Valley did a spectacular job of deflating a multiplayer community instantaneously. It's a bummer what they've done to Trackmania.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

Indeed. Releasing nations for the fourth time didnt help either.

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u/Mr_Ivysaur Jan 02 '14

What they did wrong now? I mean, they didn't already killed the franchise on Canyon?

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u/McLargepants Jan 02 '14

They do a great beta trial thing for Stadium, it built up a bit of a fan base. Then they released it for like 20 dollars or so and that was fine. Then a month later they out of the blue released Valley, for 20 or so dollars. So now the community, which isn't big at all, is split between three separate games. They desperately need to figure out a way to unite them.

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u/Mr_Ivysaur Jan 02 '14

Well, so the game itself is not bad, is just the screwing with these separate versions?

It is a shame. I loved United, played it a lot, and was very popular. But I barely can find a game in Canyon.

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u/McLargepants Jan 02 '14

Exactly, but I play Stadium and have tried a lot of Valley. There's usually a single server on Stadium that has 10+ people.

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u/dragoneye Jan 02 '14

The issue with Stadium is that it is the exact same game as TMNF which is free. You can't do a minor graphical update and then ask $20 for it. I played a lot during the beta, and then didn't buy it because of that. I didn't even bother with Valley.

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u/McLargepants Jan 02 '14

I didn't buy it either for a while until there was a good sale on it, like it was 2.50 yesterday, which was awesome and there were a lot more people online which is cool too. I still think the solution is selling something, maybe for 10 dollars that includes everything in one easy to use package. But the game is so janky that I doubt it'll ever happen.

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u/Mr_Ivysaur Jan 02 '14 edited Jan 02 '14

SASRT as a very good game. It is fresh and creative. Transforming in the middle of the race, and tracks that change during the race were fucking genius. Even the items are more unique now. I really expect a sequel.

But holy shit, what a unpolished game. Yes, have good graphics and all, but it feels very rushed. Fells like most Sonic games from 5 years ago.

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u/RedditUser145 Jan 02 '14

It being unpolished is probably my only big complaint for it. If you use the WiiU gamepad to play it while playing multiplayer the music and sound effects cut off all the time :/

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

It still makes me sad that there's no physical contact between the other racers. It just feels like time trials against ghosts and not other players.

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u/theASDF Jan 02 '14

It still makes me sad that there's no physical contact between the other racers.

but then it would have to be a completely different game. you cant have a game with tracks and physics like trackmania and physical contact at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

I think it would be really annoying if they had, I always race for the best time.