The latest gaff from the developer comes in the form of the in-car view in the up-and-coming Grid 2 - as in there isn’t one.
Yep, according to “research” in-car view is out after Codemasters discovered that 95 per cent of players use chase or bonnet cameras to play.
95% of who, Codemasters? American teenage boys, because that’s clearly who your target audience is now?
Or is it just plain laziness on your part?
Well whatever the reason, outside the likes of Outrun 2 and Ridge Racer I always use the in-car view with my racing games and being as the in-car view is what made Grid I won’t be wasting my money on Grid 2.
What’s next Codematers, a rally game featuring vehicles that handle like hovercrafts and voice overs by skater dudes? …oh wait, you’ve already done that.
I’ll stick with the classics methinks.
A car game where you can’t be IN the car.
Who the hell are they dragging into these focus groups???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr_UeroCk
*Update* So I tried the Showdown demo and my word, what an utter travesty that is – oh and it doesn’t have a in-car view either.
It’s hard to believe that this is the same company that was once was at the top of their game when it came to the racing genre.
It’s clear that Codemasters have reached the point where they’re now creatively bankrupt; banging out lazy sequels while simultaneously cutting costs at ever opportunity under the guise of so called “research”.
Don’t expect great things from Dirt 4.
Codemasters have been dead to me since Micro Machines on the Mega Drive so I haven’t bought any of their games since so it’s no great loss for me.
I’ve always thought they were a bunch of jumped-up little shits and I was probably right.
The Colin McRae series, (from 1 through 5), were and still are excellent. As is TOCA and the original TOCA Race Driver 1 & 2. However the latter showed early signs of Codemasters going down the gutter when vacuous storylines started showing up between races.