MotoGP 08

[RCJAY]

Originally Posted by Gog

Wow- I put 3 fun hours into this today. It's really, really good.

I am using PC, drthompson65 is using xbox and you are using PS3... Eeek!
We cant play together?
I use only simulation, manual gears, cockpit 2

I think for Xbox and PS3 you need to buy a membership and only see your kind of platform

This game is like drugs. I just put in like 3 to 4 hours yesterday!!!!! I like the cockpit look but the movement of the horizon drives me crazy. So I am using the first look.

[Gog]

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I never used the arcade view. It isnt available at the track, on the street or the highway in reality so, if I am "simming", I gotta use the simulation settings. It's only way hard at first and then it easier.
You have to tilt your head to use cockpit2... thats half the fun. I dont understand how so many end up using chase view... nooooO!

Hands down, best motorbike sim I have seen to date.

[RCJAY]

Originally Posted by Gog

I never used the arcade view. It isnt available at the track, on the street or the highway in reality so, if I am "simming", I gotta use the simulation settings. It's only way hard at first and then it easier.
You have to tilt your head to use cockpit2... thats half the fun. I dont understand how so many end up using chase view... nooooO!

Hands down, best motorbike sim I have seen to date.

Ya and the full on Sim mode is pretty hard. Alot of crashes and spinning the rear to much. I know the first view is not good, I really like the cockpit look but have to learn to play like that. When I am playing cockpit mode I can't seem to see the track and know where the hell I am going.

[Gog]

I wouldn't mind if the people using that view were slower because of the wind resistance they would encounter 10 feet up in the air! If it sim, it is unfair to be up there in the air!

I have to relearn auto rider movement for This 08 version. MGP7 was full axis slider rider movement...wicked! WAY harder still! but...much more realistic. I even have a "twist" on my stick that I wish could control knee movements. You know how we steer and make subtle inputs with knees and elbows in reality! That would be totally hard but really fun in sim.

I want to see ACTUAL, scanned tracks like IRacing has. Accurate so we dont have to relearn the tracks every version.

I use a joystick so IMHO it's easier to control the throttle over keypad users or, god forbid, keyboard players. That is key to simulation settings success. The best way is to start on the 125s.

wearcam

In his 1896 paper , George Stratton reported on experiments in which he wore eyeglasses that inverted his visual field of view. Stratton argued that since the image upon the retina was inverted, it seemed reasonable to examine the effect of presenting the retina with an ``upright image''. His ``upside-down'' glasses consisted of two lenses of equal focal length, spaced two focal lengths, so that rays of light entering from the top would emerge from the bottom, and vice-versa. Stratton, upon first wearing the glasses, reported seeing the world upside-down, but, after an adaptation period of several days, was able to function completely normally with the glasses on.

Using the cockpit is very similar but only takes a coupla days. After a bit, you will never go back. Dont look at the horizon!

drthompson65 Cool! This is MotoGP 08? Might have to get it.

Did you buy it? What do you think of it?

[Gog]

Finally got another session in on this amazing, spectacular sim.

NEGATIVES:
Multiplayer blows.

Menus BLOW

The sound, oh gawd the sound. I hate the screeching fans. I must have picked Max Biaggi by mistake.

Lack of controller AXIS. There are only 4 instead of 6 = blatant stupidity

No replay = mega stupid

No player history, stats. It save and obscure, hidden file for best laps.


POSITIVES:

Holy shit. Way more control of the thing.

Following is possible and fun.

Wheel spin is great, AI is decent.

The immersion factor is way up.

Graphics=beautiful.


I wrote to Iracing and asked if they planned to have bikes. The director wrote back and said they'd love too but its complicated and will have to wait.
I know the physics for bikes is ten times more complex than it is for cars.

I wrote a coupla lap times down for anyone doing Full Sim, cockpit2. I only have 5-6 hours in so far.

Valencia-1:33.455
Sachsenring:1:16.852
Estoril- 1:34.622

[Gog]

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You dont get this with chase view and arcade physics!

[RCJAY]

Originally Posted by Gog

You dont get this with chase view and arcade physics!

Man you're pretty good with this thing. I am still working on cockpit2 and spilting time with arcadia look. With arcadia view i am able to go pretty fast and know where i am going. However I am have trouble with cockpit2 and getting a headache cuz of the moving horizon. What make it worst is when you spin the tire the whole picture shakes (thats so real). So far I like the controls on the PS3 cuz we have the R2 key which is progressive and the brakes are progressive too. Awesome game so far.

[drthompson65]

I have my new PC Built. I need to find this..

[Gog]

Gawd how I want a new Comp! What did you build drthompson65?
I got my PC Copy of it on PirateBay.

MotoGP.08.EMUDVD.Multi5-Unleashed
3.50 Gig

Search that version in the search Bar. Flawlessly burned to disc, no issues.


Glad you are giving cockpit a try RCJay! Do you have a comp?
I have watched a coupla of track cams for these circuits and it's really close. The bikes are wiggling and thrashing, sliding and spinning in sim mode...ya baby! Throttle control is everything!

This multiplayer thing is bad news.

[drthompson65]

AMD Quad Core, on a MSI Motherboard with 8 GB of RAM, 1TB storage and dual ATI 4870 1GB GDDR5 Cards in Crossfire. About $1200 worth of parts are NewEgg.

[RCJAY]

Originally Posted by Gog

Gawd how I want a new Comp! What did you build drthompson65?
I got my PC Copy of it on PirateBay.

MotoGP.08.EMUDVD.Multi5-Unleashed
3.50 Gig

Search that version in the search Bar. Flawlessly burned to disc, no issues.


Glad you are giving cockpit a try RCJay! Do you have a comp?
I have watched a coupla of track cams for these circuits and it's really close. The bikes are wiggling and thrashing, sliding and spinning in sim mode...ya baby! Throttle control is everything!

This multiplayer thing is bad news.

I am using PS3. What up with the soft, med and hard tire. How do you use it?

[Gog]

Originally Posted by drthompson65

AMD Quad Core, on a MSI Motherboard with 8 GB of RAM, 1TB storage and dual ATI 4870 1GB GDDR5 Cards in Crossfire. About $1200 worth of parts are NewEgg.

Oh man, that is going to look SAweet! I am stuck using 800x600 2x antialias in order to get decent framerates. I am green with envy.

RCJAY - I am using PS3. What up with the soft, med and hard tire. How do you use it?

All I have done so far is use default setups, soft tires and time attack. I am really blown away by what I see in this sim, this is amazing chit. I try to get 10 good laps in before I change any settings. Sofar I've managed to play with gearing only. I reccomend taking notes too. Nice NOT to forget what works. I'll post any tips I find here.

The multiplayer issue is troubling. MotoGP07 plays flawlessly online but I have only heard bad things about MotoGP08. Capcom uses the exact same engine that SBK08 uses. Same menus too.

[Gog]

News: MotoGP 08 Demo - GamersHell.com

MotoGP 08 Demo (543.22MB)

Demo for world's premier motorcycle racing championship game now available
Capcom has released a playable demo for MotoGP 08, giving you the chance to try out the PC version of the latest installment in the MotoGP series. The demo allows access to a quick race around the Mugello circuit, with a choice of riding as either Spanish favourite Dani Pedrosa or America's Nicky Hayden. Players can also select one of the game's three riding models and set the opponent AI to create the ideal challenge to match their riding skills.

[Gog]

Hey Dr. T RCJAy

What is online gameplay like in XBOX/PS3 - MotoGP08?
Are there many peeps?
Is the connection good?
How much?
Is it a hassle to play?
What features do you like.

I almost got an Xbox yesterday and thought I'd check again to see which has best online experience.

[drthompson65]

I couldn't tell you. I haven't booted my Xbox in months, I should to get the new OS upgrade someday.

I'm mostly playing a lot of World of Warcraft.

[RCJAY]

Originally Posted by Gog

Hey Dr. T RCJAy

What is online gameplay like in XBOX/PS3 - MotoGP08?
Are there many peeps?
Is the connection good?
How much?
Is it a hassle to play?
What features do you like.

I almost got an Xbox yesterday and thought I'd check again to see which has best online experience.

I don't have connection to the internet with my PS3 so I am just playing the game it self

[Gog]

I tried to play MotoGp07 this weekend but it's too arcade now! Haha, I suppose MGP08 will be arcade soon too. The biggest features of MGP07 were the excellent online, full contact racing and the superior control of the ridr's lean.

Nothing keeps you interested and high strung like a grid from all over the world! The AI games never get me pumped up.

Get both these videos going at the same time.... I synchronized them at the start of the grandstand. It's very close now, the sim is not quite accurate, I had to pause it a coupla times because it went faster in two spots. Great to see how damn accurate it is though. If they would laser scan, the guessing would be over. All the bumps, cambers and undulations would be 100% accurate. Like I-Racing's offerings. Staying close is now possible with MGP08, really fun to block like the Turd is doing to Rossi here.

Why dont you grab an Xbox + Gold Live and we can block and jam this winter. Speaking of which, we got the first snow storm last night... my bike is still outside under wraps but the salt truck stamped the end of 08 riding ...bhwaaa

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iracing realism...wow

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[drthompson65]

a lot of guys I work with do the iracing thing. They full seats, large screen TV's, HD TV's, Monitors and headets. They go all out. Many say the Dale Jr. Uses iracing to prep for races along with Carl Edwards. They digital mapped all tracks to get the "realism" in it. The CEO of iracing is part owner of Rousch-Fenway racing and the Boston Redsox.

Currently all my times is into World of Wacraft. Gotta get my rogue up to level 80 so I can gank those Gnomes!