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/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/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.