Right, i just got through playing NFS: Hot Persuit 2 demo on the offical playstation2 mag
(it\'s the racing special edition in the UK - "Playstation2 Greatest Hits Vol 8")
Anyway, it lets you play for about 3 minutes but at first glance.. all is not well :0(
The biggest problem immediatley is the framerate, it chuggs along at about 30fps and fluctuates anywhere
between 30 to 60 fps. now, this is not what i expected but it is bearable as the game plays pretty well.
One strange thing i found is if you turn off the HUD display and play in-car view it runs a whole lot better.
I\'m hopefull that this is just as it\'s the demo and i assume that it will be sorted out for release, well fingers crossed eh.
Anyway, there isn\'t really a whole lot to tell you about the game except it looks well enough but wether or not i\'ll fork
out £40 is another matter. i\'d like to see the framerate sorted out and probably an option to turn off certain hud items
as the rear view mirror gets in the way.
The circuit that has been included is only quite short.. prolly one of the shortest circuits i have played on a nfs game
so this doesn\'t allow me to pass a decent enough judgement on the game.
The matrix style panning is triggered automatically if you jump over ramps or you can trigger it yourself via one of
the shoulder buttons. i had high expectations of the game but was dissapointed initially at the framerate
once i\'d played it a couple of times i got over it esp if you turn off the hud and play in-car
The game has promise but i\'d say rent it first then consider the purchase.
StAnZo
