Hi Steve how are you?

Ill made some questions, some personals and others from feedback in FASTER Site (www.ride-faster.net):

1.Sim and Arcade modes: There are fans of both modes so will the game include both modes but clearly differents in order to please both kindof fans? I mean you can make a good sim mode then activate some aids and extras for the arcade mode, like brake aids, gas aids (to evitate slide and crash) and so.

2.What about the sim? Some of the most important features to take care about sim are: -Cornering speed (urt was ultra fast more kindof F1 than MotoGP physic); -Brake power and behaviour (a bike needs much more space to brake and if you brake leaning or just lock the wheel then you say bye bye); -Weather conditions, its time to have hard wet races not just dry races with rain effects, the grip in wet tracks arent the same! ; -Tyre wear, injuries, bike damages, penalties, setups..you know the extra but really cool things. We like to make tests for find a perfect setting (with so much options as a real rider with his bike), take care of the tyre wear to finish the race, see rules flags, ridetroughs...

3.Online Modes: Will be there chat in the rooms? private rooms? Both of them are neccesary to can organize championships and so. Too we´ll like to have various game modes in online not just single race but championships, tests (time trials) and so. And dont miss the option to make the qualify sessions and so in the online to can setup your bike and well, for fun too!

4.No Pc version for sure? No option to see it?

5.What about modding? Will you support the modding as so many other succesful games or not?

6.Will we see the MGP Academy category in Carreer mode or as a kindof tutorial?

7.Will be there IRTA tests, private tests and so in the championships or carrer mode? We miss them to make better settings, developemnt of bike pieces and so like real life. Namco made something similar in MGP4 but the piece tests were a bit stupid just something in this line.

8.After you complete a seasson, all teams and riders will be the same? Maybe a cool thing would be that in next seassons some riders move from team to other teams, change their numbers and so.

9.Real wheater maybe? you know would be cool start a dry race and then start rainning in the middle of the race. This happens a lot in real life too!!

10.Any chance to see legend riders as Extra? Riders like Doohan, Schwantz, Rainey, Gardner, Criville, Katoh, Spencer, Mamola, KR, Abe...even a Safety car would be nice and funny!

11. If you have to define the game, it would me more kinda MotoGP URT Series or like SBK and GP500?Maybe a kindof hybrid like MGP08?

12.If the initial release have bugs, wrong or old skins and so, could be wait for updates or dc packs?

Thank you very much i think here is all

Cheers

May 13, 2009 -- 6:58PM, Ronin05 wrote:

ROCKGOD01. Not sure I understand your comment about a lack of  "real feeling" in regards to a stationary horizon.  I don't know if you actually ride or not or have ridden on a track before.  The titled earth view is fine when viewing a video of your riding or watchin a replay.  It sometimes make for interesting viewing.  But most of these are captured by a stationary camera so the view is not an accurate representation of what is being seen through the riders eyes.

As a rider this representation can be very frustrating because it isn't realistic.  The feel of the bike swaying I don't see as an issue because what you are focusing on is the track ahead of you and not the bike. I never think about the actual angle of my bike when on a track. I go by feel and I will lean it over until it feels like it isn't sticking not looks like it isn't sticking.  This "feel" can be gotten by using the vibration features of the controllers which would again be more realistic.   With any racing game played from the 1st person view, you quickly adjust to the space you are occupying so you can gauge distance to avoid collisions with objects be it walls, cars, bikes or whatever.  You don't really need the earth to tilt to let you know that the bike is leaned over.  Instead of tilting the earth to represent this why not either

1. change the height of the camera when the bike is leaned over.  This would be a truer representation of what a rider sees as obviously your head is closer to the ground when the bike is on it's side. This and my knee are what I use to guage how far the bike is leaned over more than actually knowing how far the bike is leant over (if that makes sense). This would actually be even cooler if they put in a rider edit feature like in Tourist Trophy were you can adjust all aspect of the riders position so you would be able to change the view point of the riders head
2. expand the view so that you see the top of the bike as if looking at it from the rider's point of view. So you would see the bike (bars, screen , tach, tank, etc...) lean in relation to the track but the horizon would stay correct

It's a simple matter of camera placement and the issue for me is that most are based off a stationary axis (the bike) instead of a mobile axis (the riders head).   Too often I find my neck hurts after playing bike games with the 1st person view because I'm constantly tilting my head to try and correct the perspective

It would simply be nice to have that option, so that people like myself can have what we want, while people he like the tilted earth can also have that.  Honestly I really think you only need 3 views when actually playing the game, while any others are really only useful when viewing replays.

1. 3rd person view: with the option to zoom in & out as well as raise & lower.  when playing this view I like the rider to be big so I can have a better feel for the scale ratio, but the problem here is generally bad camera placement in that it's too low.   You can't see anything but your rider.  The view with the camera at the correct height is usally zoomed out a bit more than I'd like.  My question is why can't we have booth with the option to move the camera around until it suits the player?
2. On-bike view: Based on the perspective of the camera being placed on the front of the bike. This is the current defacto standard
3. On-rider view: Based on the perspective of the camera being placed on the front of the riders head. This would provide the view from the riders eyes.

Ronin

I have ridden quite a bit.   I had a 2000 Ducati 996s. So trust me I get it.  I was just saying in regards to the whole tilting thing that I remember one of the GP games in their options for view you could change between two different axis or tilts.  I think in the one the road tilted and in the other visa versa.  So I was just saying that why can't you have both or make it like you said where you set up the camera where you want it.  That would be the best solution from our end but maybe not the dev's end.

The game should be race focused online biased.  There should be a test and tune feature where we can download bike parts; engines, wheels, calipers, forks, maps for the TC and etc.  THis is a part of moto GP and has a solid place in the sport since it is a PROTOTYPE based motorsport.  YOu should have the ability to go on any track and test and tune your parts and setups.  Surly some things are hard to Simulate but ya know what?  The games of today are moving towards a more realistic experience.  Everyone is so worried about graphics and the surface of a game.  I am willing to sacrifice some of that fake realistic part for those features that actually make the experience feel and seem more real like all these things we are talking about.  It would be great to have all of these things at the top level but I don't think these guys have the budget to produce something so dramatic in depth of content.  Why they don't make the game solid and then build on what they have as a base is beyond me.  IF the main parts of the game are solid then they can charge us for DLC to upgrade to the next thing or for parts, tracks, the whole shebang?  I wish these dudes had the major money behind them just once so we finally get a fully comprehensive game reflecting the soul of MOTO GP.

OK Ronin you completely missed my point.  Plus your post is way to long.  I am basicly saying they no matter whatever they call it need some cool DLC.  I just think that they have the ability to do it and make it worth while.  No one said crap about changing oil.  I just want a game that has depth so you don't want to put it down after the first night.  I also believe that the setups and parts thing would give the game that dimension it needs. 

Ronin, some points youre right, some others not. At last for me of course.

Ive ridden several bikes too (GSX600Rk5, CBR600Fk7, GSX1000Rk7, Fireblade900K2, RS250, RS125...)so i know a bit about how a motorbike works too.

About brakin level im not with you in a comment you made about SBK08. Maybe it could need a bit more (or maybe more progressive/sensitive)but not 200% !!!

Same with wet races...The main difference in wet conditions (im talkin by experience too) isnt just the grip? Grip is all here. You cant lean the same as in dry conditions or you fall, and you cant brake or throttle the same way or you fall too. Wet conditions means a smoother riding or crash.

The cool point about bike damages for me is easy: Im not a MGP rider so when i play a MGP game i want to feel like if im. And when a rider fall in a GP then he cant continue. Just have to remember fallings means to Rossi lost his tittle so yeah is an important thing. I like to be concentrated not just in ride at max but takin care of my bike and rider, knowin that if i fail in one race i lost 25pts. And well theres an easy option to make all people happy: Bike Damages On/Off. Theres no need to discuss about not implement it.

The same with IRTA, tests and so. For some people is fun not just to ride in GPs but develope and upgrade their bikes. So tests and IRTA ones are perfect scenario to make it. It makes it more real and gives you another ways but just GPs and GPs.