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MotorStorm 2: 16 tracks, Home confirmed

Nigel Kershaw, game director for MotorStorm 2, has confirmed that the new racer will have a "strong presence" on Home when the service eventually launches this year.

Breaking the silence on the lush-looking racer, Kershaw said, "Home is a really exciting area for all PlayStation 3 developers. It's going to have a huge impact on the gaming public when it comes out."

Without giving too much away, he added: "I think it's going to really start binding the PS3 online community together. I'm really looking forward to watching it progress, and MotorStorm will be a strong presence from the off."

Kershaw also confirmed that the final game will have 16 tracks - twice as many as the original at launch - with far more interaction in each one.
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MotorStorm 2, details and info - talkplaystation.com | By: daparky
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Published: 63 days 16 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3
 
 

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Rikitatsu - 63 days 16 hours ago
1 - who cares about HOME anymore ?
I lost interest in it a long time ago...
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resistance100 - 63 days 16 hours ago
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Im not bothered by it at present, however the grounds are there for something special, it has so much potential, if pulled off well, it will be great.
1.2 BilI Gates | 63 days 16 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Kain81 - 63 days 15 hours ago
1.3 - and if its out...
..than you are the first one who use Home i bet
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Fishy Fingers - 63 days 15 hours ago
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When HOME comes you'll be happy they implemented things like this early, don't moan about getting extra features for nothing.
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Admiratio - 63 days 15 hours ago
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I have to agree, HOME will have great potential. It will go a long way in bringing PS3 consumers what they want in an online service. I also don't feel any negativity towards HOME when it gets delayed. I want and know they are working hard on optimizing HOME for us all.
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Mc Fadge - 63 days 15 hours ago
1.6 - I care about Home!
The whole concept an implementation seems great to me, I just hope it works well. Being in Australia I always expect getting the short end of the stick that's covered in rusty nails.

But hopefully, HOPEFULLY, they'll work on it and get it covered so we can chat with people worldwide without TOO much lag/problems
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Gazman - 63 days 15 hours ago
1.7 - True
When I first saw home I thought sims/second life, and the only people that would care about this is most younger gamers
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HighDefinition - 63 days 14 hours ago
1.8 - @fishyfingers
Thank you, for speaking the truth. Cause the truth is, it`s FREE and the longer it takes, the better it`ll be in the long run.

bubble.
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Violater - 63 days 13 hours ago
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Going for a disagree record and loss of bubbles i see
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resistance100 - 63 days 16 hours ago
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16 tracks will do nicely, im glad they are more destructable now as well, Motorstorm 2 really is fixing all the things wrong with the first one, and then adding more things to it, all within a short development time, this is shaping up to be one of the finest off-road racers ever.

3 Disagree's already? Can someone reply as to why you disagree or is it just the phantom disagreers again!
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Fishy Fingers - 63 days 15 hours ago
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I agree, they have obviously listened to the criticism the first game had and have gone above and beyond to rectify that. Tweak the graphics, speed up the online(lobby) and seriously reduce the load times and I'll be a happy man.
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Mc Fadge - 63 days 15 hours ago
2.2 - Well.
It's quite obviously because:

16 tracks will not do nicely, and it's clear that you're not glad that the environments are more destructible now, in fact, it's obvious you hate the very idea of more interactivity! Motorstorm 2 isn't fixing the things wrong with the first one and is either adding nothing to it or taking stuff out! And it's also easy to see that this wasn't in a short development time! A year and a half is simply to long! It's also because it's not shaping up to be the best off-road racer ever.

Or at least, that's what they're saying :3

I can't wait for Motorstorm 2, it's going to be amazing

(Irony is, if they disagree with me now, they agree with you ;D! Paradox! MUAHAHAA!)
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resistance100 - 63 days 15 hours ago
2.3 - @Mc Fadge
That made me lol, have a bubble
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Mc Fadge - 63 days 15 hours ago
2.4 - Oh look!
We got one :D!
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Homicide - 63 days 14 hours ago
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Its just 360 fantrolls. I agree with you Resistance. I rented the first one, and it was okay. There were some flaws, but it seems like the second game is fixing it. Can't wait for it.
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vloeistof - 63 days 15 hours ago
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sweet 16 :)
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Sir Ken Kutaragi - 63 days 15 hours ago
4 - Sounds Excellent;)
Looking forward to the HOME stuff to;-P
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Mc Fadge - 63 days 15 hours ago
5 - Mmmmm
Motorstorm 2 *drool* ^________^

Can't wait for 4 player split screen in these new, detailed, interactive maps :D!

I also wonder what the Home integration will be... Driving around the Home Universe no doubt :3
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ScottEFresh - 63 days 15 hours ago
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Home will be one of the most innovative ways of communicating and playing games/videos/music with your friends.
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meepmoopmeep - 63 days 15 hours ago
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motorstorm 2 looks awesome. home is just another free feature. how far developers support this, only time will tell. but i'm pretty sure each developer will have a kick ass "home" to showcase their work.
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jkhan - 63 days 15 hours ago
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16 tracks!!! Awesome :P
I really liked the first game, it was a graphical show piece, unfortunately thats all it was. It had very long loading time. Plus very less variety. I hope all these issues are resolved in the upcoming installment. It will interesting to see how much they can improve on Motorstorm 1's graphics.
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MK_Red - 63 days 14 hours ago
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I honestly don't see why people are so excited about Home...

As for MotorStorm, I DEFINITLY understand why people are excited because I for one am DYING to see the gameplay for the sequel of one of the most fun racers of all time.
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HighDefinition - 63 days 14 hours ago
9.1 - Because Online gaming.....
Is seriously missing actually interaction out side of playing games together. And game lobbies are boring. Home will open up a whole "new world" of possibilitys, like Clan interaction, gameplans, all that. It`s not just playing house, it`s much much more. For games like SOCOM it`ll be a HUGE feature. Sonys mistake was talking about it TOO early, but at the time they kinda had to.
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MK_Red - 63 days 14 hours ago
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I feel you but I'm a singleplayer gamer who rather hates multi player except for arcade games so, I don't care about it.

Still, MotorStorm 2 is gonna be UBER sweet (Hopefully).
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heyheyhey - 63 days 14 hours ago
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now THAT is a decent amount of tracks

hopefully they provide the same kind of post-launch support as they did with the original via DLC

MS2 is going to rock

as for the Home bit, my idea is it as a front for a lobby system where people can walk around and make clans and stuff

in fact devs should do that for every game
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devilhunterx - 63 days 14 hours ago