Edge writes: Impossibly shiny cars, breathtaking speed, blue skies and roaring engines: racers were once videogaming's ultimate expression of realism crossed with escapist fantasy. But while other genres have rapidly evolved, from the thunder and bluster of modern FPSes to the vast scope of RPGs, racers seem stuck in the same old routine of race upon tournament.
Even the biggest sellers don't seem to be performing as well as they used to: once a perennial fixture at the very top of the UK Christmas chart, Need For Speed managed only fifth place as 2007 turned to 2008. Buried in the blizzard of last year's big releases, Project Gotham Racing 4 has failed to ignite the same fervor as its predecessors. And can Gran Turismo's luster really sell PS3 the same way it once did PS1 and PS2?
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.
After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.
Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣
MotorStorm debuted on PlayStation 3 15 years ago today (in Europe), and remains one of the format's best alternative racing games.
Ahhh motorstorm....i still have the reveal trailer back in my mind from e3 2006 or 5 i think...ps3 never manage to par the gameplay trailer back then but the game especially the first one for me was AWESOME....I m sure that ps5 is capable to give us now this kind of fidelity....for me motorstorm and daytona usa 2 in arcades still is my favorites arcade racer ever....
Bought the 60gb PS3 with motorstorm and my first 720p/1080i TV on the release day, great memories. Oh the mud!
Real shame this franchise fell by the wayside. With todays tech it would/could be such a great open world arcade racer.
The first Motorstorm was good, but Pacific Rift blew it out of the water IMO. Still one of my favourite arcade racing games of all time. I also really liked Apocalypse, despite the Supercars and Superbikes being OP compared with the other vehicle classes.
Mororatoem 1 was excellent the visuals and everything had a really good vibe about it. If they remade that with a festival type open world... If only
I don't know about them but 2008 is already showing the promise to become one of the best years for racing. It started with excellent Burnout Paradise and the sequel to the biggest racing game of all time, GT5 is coming out along with the stunning RaceDriver GRID. Let's not forget about MotorStorm 2 or the new series, Pure.
This article is full of fail.
hmmm
I mean from a next gen perspective I think things have moved forward along with other genres and we racers are spoilt for choice. The best games I have are mainly racers. I never had so much choice when I was PC only. TOCA race driver and GTR being the best. Although Grand Prix legends has a special place in my hard drive.
My case:
Forza - The best physics simulation in any racing game IMO. Online is a blast. Highly customisable game.
PGR3/4 - Evolutions graphics wise and a solid damage model in PGR4. Again strong online. Massive single player.
DIRT - Fantastic graphics, Highly detailed damage model but online sucked. great choice of vehicles - I mean the Buggy's common!
Test Drive U - Not the strongest graphics but the most massive sandbox play area, great sounding motors and evil online duels.
GT5/p - promising the best graphics but the rest remains to be seen.
What we need is a racer that combines all of the strengths that these games have - graphics,damage,online,customi zation,lots of vehicles, large play area/tracks. If a racer came along that did everything the above games did then we petrolheads would probably sell our souls to get it and never venture outside again.
I really hope that GT5 pushes the genre forward and I'm not just talking about the graphics. All the polygons in the world are no good If you can play bumper cars off the railings whilst doing 200mph backwards in a Skoda.
Racing mostly is about A-B the quickest so the whole career/tournament/stage/drifti ng/hillclimb thing isn't likely to change that much unless F1 suddenly adopts bonus points for who can ram Fernando (bad loser) Alonso into a wall with the most style.
Edit - I forgot to mention Race Driver Grid. Given how good Dirt was I am expecting this to be the suprise racer of the year. Them codies sure know how to make a racer.
The last Need for Speed sucked! Thats why it didn't do well. PGR4 was far superior to PGR3. In fact PGR3 left such a bad taste in gamer's mouths that they passed on PGR4...although all true racing fans should pick it up. Dirt is great, and Paradise is amazing. GT5 is definetly going to be a must buy.... I think this article is totally wrong. I what appeals to the average gamer is having an arcade racer, as opposed to the simulators that we have seen lately. Most gamers want to jump in and race around for a while bumping off corners and other cars with total disregard for physics and damage. I believe if we llok at sell numbers we would notice that arcade racers generally outperform sim racers handily in teh money department