I just can\'t say enough how bad I want this game... every new piece of footage and every new screenshot I see, just makes me want it so much more. I\'ve loved the series from the start as well, WO 1 was incredible, but to me the pinnacle of the series, and still one of my fave ever games, was Wipeout 2097 (WO XL in america I do believe).
It had just the right learning curve, a more refined and playable physics model than the first, harder enemy oponents than the first and definitely 3rd, and was just so damn stylish.... I just hope fusion goes back to that.
Wip3out for me was a great game, but in the shadow of WO 2907 had a few disappointments, the crafts WERE lacking in AI quite a bit, it was REALLY easy to take advantage of that and win a race, the best example of that situation i can think of is that huge downward spiral in megamall. You can go from last to first in that bit without trying.
Anyhoo... i really hope this game can beat even the first two and shine as the best ever... it certainly looks like it may, this is awesome