Superstars V8 Next Challenge - PS3

hi all after reading a lot of positive stuff about this game over at GTPlanet, i decided to take the plunge
and grab it off of Amazon. £24.99+p&p, a good saving over the shop price of £34.99 imo

i'm just about to go and pop it in my PS3 and give it a blast

back later with some opinions. if anyone else has it or intends to get it, feel free to join in this thread

Look forward to your review, so to speak

TBH Ive gave it a quick look at but that's as far as it went, I haven't plunged up the courage to go and buy it.

It looks decent enough though, just curious to find out what the gameplay is like. You use a wheel I presume?

Craig.

Craig wrote:Look forward to your review, so to speak

TBH Ive gave it a quick look at but that's as far as it went, I haven't plunged up the courage to go and buy it.

It looks decent enough though, just curious to find out what the gameplay is like. You use a wheel I presume?

Craig.

Indeed he does use a wheel. I know Paul quite well from GTF, me and him run various events over at there.

I look forward to the feedback Paul, you never told me what ya really thought of SCC? I thought it was spot on in Physics, only bad thing was the OTT FFB, haha it rumbles the room.

hi all yeah i have a wheel, a bog basic Driving Force EX. its a bit limited though, but luckily i've just had clearance from the financial manager (otherwise known as the mrs) to upgrade so i'm looking at a DF-GT

SCC is a good one Jack, probably has the most demanding handling model of all the PS3 driving games imo

so, my early impressions of SSV8 NC...

graphics - about as good as Shift imo. which to me means not as good as the gfx king, GRID, but good all the same. the gfx on GT5P are no doubt technically very good, but i find them sterile and cold

handling - probably a little too grippy to be considered a sim, but you can push too hard and get yourself into trouble so its ok

sound - well, all the cars sound the same to me but seeing as they're all V8's i suppose thats to be expected. theres some good ambient sounds though, helicopters overhead etc

gameplay - all the usuals from a driving game. quick race, time trial, race weekend and full championship modes. so all pesent and correct. however, seeing as this a faithful recreation of a real life race series with all the cars, drivers and tracks, theres no option to insert your own name into the game. thats a downer for me, i like to see my name in the tables. a good selection of cars, all V8'S of course. most people online seem to be using the BMW M3 E92, but i've taken a liking to the Chevrolet CR8, its a beaut imo. theres pleny of views to drive from, my favourite being the bonnet-cam. the ai is good. agressive but clean-ish. the jump from hard to legend is too big though i think. i got pole qualifying in hard, but last in legend, so i reckon something in between would be ideal

the best thing about the game for me is the gradual drying of the track in a wet race. although it isnt actually raining at any point, the track starts off completely soaked and then develops a dry line as the race progresses. its slippier when you go off the dry to the wet bits as in real life, which is a great touch imo

definately worth a rent, and i reckon if you're into your console driving games, you'll end up wanting it in your collection

hope thats helpful

Hello gents. I'm pondering on purchasing this game but don't know if it will satisfy the racing bug long enough till GT5. What do you reckon? Also, I only have sixaxis controller...is it worth it.

hi like i said above, rent it first and see what you think

i can't comment on how it is with a dualshock/sixaxis because
i've been using my wheel all the time with it

There is a demo for the xbox, hopefully there will be a demo for the PS3 on PS Store soon so more of us can try it out.

RacerPaul wrote:hi all yeah i have a wheel, a bog basic Driving Force EX. its a bit limited though, but luckily i've just had clearance from the financial manager (otherwise known as the mrs) to upgrade so i'm looking at a DF-GT

SCC is a good one Jack, probably has the most demanding handling model of all the PS3 driving games imo

so, my early impressions of SSV8 NC...

graphics - about as good as Shift imo. which to me means not as good as the gfx king, GRID, but good all the same. the gfx on GT5P are no doubt technically very good, but i find them sterile and cold

handling - probably a little too grippy to be considered a sim, but you can push too hard and get yourself into trouble so its ok

sound - well, all the cars sound the same to me but seeing as they're all V8's i suppose thats to be expected. theres some good ambient sounds though, helicopters overhead etc

gameplay - all the usuals from a driving game. quick race, time trial, race weekend and full championship modes. so all pesent and correct. however, seeing as this a faithful recreation of a real life race series with all the cars, drivers and tracks, theres no option to insert your own name into the game. thats a downer for me, i like to see my name in the tables. a good selection of cars, all V8'S of course. most people online seem to be using the BMW M3 E92, but i've taken a liking to the Chevrolet CR8, its a beaut imo. theres pleny of views to drive from, my favourite being the bonnet-cam. the ai is good. agressive but clean-ish. the jump from hard to legend is too big though i think. i got pole qualifying in hard, but last in legend, so i reckon something in between would be ideal

the best thing about the game for me is the gradual drying of the track in a wet race. although it isnt actually raining at any point, the track starts off completely soaked and then develops a dry line as the race progresses. its slippier when you go off the dry to the wet bits as in real life, which is a great touch imo

definately worth a rent, and i reckon if you're into your console driving games, you'll end up wanting it in your collection

hope thats helpful

So true Mate, thats what i loved about it, Forcefeed back was a bit silly sometimes as it was too strong, another thing i love about SCC is the Twitchiness under braking, very realistic. Actually made it feel like i was on the track with the Downforce keeping the car planted when on the brakes.