I need to see some hands-on impression first. These guys are hyping themselves up a little high, hope they can achieve their intended success.

id have to day burnout was one of the best purchases for my ps3 to day, the updates kept coming and i loved every megabyte of now hotness i got from it. i bought the first pack of cars to support them for all the work they put into past updates, but then they started getting greedy and started releasing everything with a price tag, and not cheap price tags either. otherwise i would agree with the guy, minus mario kart and burnout driving games are blah, boring, ill go outside and drive.

So just dissect the success of Mario Kart and see what makes Mario Kart successful.

Burnout alone is proof positive that this guy is an asshole. I've never seen a console game get so much post-release support and I've never seen a racing game get more post-release demand from consumers. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of other arcade AND sim racers that are still chewing bubble gum and kicking ass.

And if you don't chew Big Red, then fuck you.

I fucking love racing games and i think 'pure' is one of the most fun racing games i have played in quite a while... Burnout Paradise is a given. But, come on, this guy says the genre is "relatively stale" and you all disagree with him!?

GT , Forza, TOCA, Midnight club, NFS, Wipeout, Colin Mcrae, Ridge Racer, Project Gotham, Gran Turismo... Which one of these games is pushing the genre forwards? I'm not at all saying they are bad games. But, they are all fairly stale. Most of these titles/franchises are on their 4th, 5th, maybe 6th iteration.

Rather than call him a cock. I think we should give him a chance to back up his statement. 'Pure' was a pretty good attempt, not entirely original, but good, solid fun! Which is a push in the right direction.. Lets see what they can do :)

I've noticed a considerable drop in racing game sales in my store as well. It used to be very very easy to get preorders on the next Need for Speed, but gamers have been burned for the last few years with crappy products and its just become a tougher sell. Then there's Gran Turismo Prologue which is pretty much just the demo for GT5 pissing off all the sony folks, and while Mario Kart and ExciteBots are great games, there's a COMPLETE lack of serious quality racing games on the Wii. The only series I almost never get complaints on when I sell them is Burnout because its a racing game that's got the actual racing formula right. Its just fun to play and that keeps people coming back to it. The customizing cars and all that is great, but if your game plays like bowling a bag of eggs down a wet hallway its sales are going to stop quickly. Black Rock has their work cut out for them and I wish them the best of luck.
I don't know, I miss Rad Racer...

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Maybe. Still, Forza 3 plzkthxbai.