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Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.

pb wrote:

> Speaking of Nintendo, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they
> plan to bring Mario AllStars to the Wii in the UK as they are in
> Japan.
>
> An updated version of that would be fantastic, remember having
> the pack with the SNES and taking it over to Spain to play.

I'm really hoping that too...though would be nice for some unlockables...Super Mario World...the Super Mario Land series (even if they are emulated) and so on.

But there's still 3DS for that I suppose...

You could probably come up with a custom difficulty setting that would meet your needs. Whether you can play that in the career, I don't know yet. On the harder difficulty settings, you will need to learn tracks and play with car setups. The car setups will no doubt stump me as it does every racing game.

I will say that you may need to be a fan to get the most out of it but it could be accessible to the casual player. I'd have to test a few things out to find out.

Nice to see you're chatting again GK!

Speaking of Nintendo, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they plan to bring Mario AllStars to the Wii in the UK as they are in Japan.

An updated version of that would be fantastic, remember having the pack with the SNES and taking it over to Spain to play.

Hey guys. Been a while since I was on here chatting. Had a busy couple months with holiday, getting robbed and looking for work, but finally got a chance to write some reviews and post on here.

New trailer of Donkey Kong Country Returns just gone up if anyones interested? Rambi returns! Anyways just thought I'd post before going to bed. Look forward to chatting to you all soon :)

I can understand exactly what you mean pb. I found the MotoGP demo to be a handful because of the difficult controls (and that ridiculous 'streamline' feature where you sped up following the right line! Come on, even you've got to admit that was a terrible idea pete. Sounds like something off Mario Kart). Anyway, the F1 demo does seem very serious. I couldn't help notice how it looks extremely similar to Racedriver GRiD.... In fact I'd go as far as saying it is Racedriver GRiD! Just with more emphasis on F1 and slightly better graphics. Think it's a no-no for me.

Its one I intend getting in the future...probably when it gets to about half price in the shops...haven't had an F1 game since F1 WGP on the Dreamcast...and that was a fun F1 sim!

Sonic Chris wrote:
> Not sure wether to get F1 2010 or not... keep us updated GP!

Even though I'm not a big F1 fan think I'm going to get this myself as it looks a decent racing game.MotoGP 09/10 & SBK X were both crap so suppose I'll have to go the dark side !.Had a watch of some gameplay footage of F1 2010 on You Tube and it looks pretty good apart from the Geordie race engineer,he sounds like the bloke who narrates on Big Brother.As long as he doesn't go ''Day 3 and Lewis is flat through Eau Rouge'' suppose I can live with that.Be cool if it was totally true to the 2010 F1 season.I'd play as Vettel so I could nick all the best bits off my team mates car ! :)

I'd like F1 2010 but I'm concerned that it's too realistic. I know that sounds silly, but I would like to be able to race without spending ages practicing corners and learning tracks off by heart.

Obviously Formula 1 isn't ideally suited to that anyway, but...

Not sure wether to get F1 2010 or not... keep us updated GP!

Okay, some early thoughts on F1 2010. The starting press conference was a good way of getting everything going. It basically just runs through your name, country, starting difficulty, starting team and season length.

I like an authentic racing experience so I went for a 7 season career, which is the longest, and then adjusted it for a full race weekend and full race distance.

I do think I have the difficulty level too low as I have done 1 practice session and beat everyone in my Virgin racing car by 2 seconds. I went for the 2nd of 4 difficulty settings. Not sure if they can be customised in the career but they can be in quick races.

The handling takes a little getting used to, mainly because you aren't sure how much grip you have and you arrive at corners really quick. Starting races will be a problem for some I think as it can get a bit chaotic. I've noticed that sometimes the flags for cutting the track can be a bit harsh and I think they are worse on the higher difficulty. I just ran wide a bit and got a warning.

I played it safe to start with on car setups but it was a little confusing on a quick setup because it has 3 sections, wet, adaptable and dry setups. It was Bahrain which is always dry so I had a look at the dry setups and the descriptions seemed to imply that it was going to give me oversteer regardless of what dry setup I picked. I suppose I'll have to try it to see.

I did a quick race around Belgium and some time trials around Silverstone. Tried the wet weather as well. Looks pretty good. The jump from the level 2 difficulty to level 3 (medium to hard) looks like a steep one as the default is manual gears on hard.

Not bad so far though. Looking forward to seeing how a full race pans out.