I used to play this obsessively in the arcade, looking forward to hooking up for some races! My connection has slowed to a crawl this weekend, it's still downloading... :/
I did play some people online, it's only the easy course I could find games on though - there's only 1 corner you can REALLY make a difference on. I'm struggling getting used to the pad, I miss the gear lever and huge handbrake the cab had!
It's 1000% easier with the controller, although I am still holding it in strange and wonderful ways to get the plunge going on the R2, sometimes I look down and my right thumb is clamping over the whole pad just above R1 and other times is clamping around the base of the Right Analogue stick... its like a climbing/bouldering move.
Just to blow me own parp, I was in the top 10 for a while on Hard in the whole wide world... I should've called me mum.
On medium I keep getting attacked by the Train, you must have to be dead on super quick to get infront of that thing... otherwise you get it halfway through...
I managed to get a session on Hard last night, only one other player had the guts to finish the race and stay on for another one. Even though it was pretty much 1 on 1 all the dirty tricks from the arcade game have come back to me.
It's always about Bombtag, Easy and (sometimes) Medium - it's Hard Mode where this game really comes to life, Hard Mode WITH traffic!
You online tonight man? LMK what time you'll be on and I'll be there.
Works with the Logitech Driving Force Pro with full FF, Feedback and Sensitivity options.
Very tiring, but ace all the same... doesn't seem to be a way to configure button mappings that I've investigated, as I'd have the stick for handbrake.
GTI Club wheel spins on to Wii
Konami's latest coin-op racer heads to new pastures
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is bringing its classic GTI Club racing franchise to Wii early next year, in the form of GTI Club Supermini Festa! (provisional title).
Currently scheduled for a Spring 2010 release, GTI Club Supermini Festa! is based on the latest arcade iteration of the long-running series, and charges the player with racing a series of compact cars around a series of citiscapes across France, the UK, Italy, the US, and Japan. Everything about the game is geared towards searing speed and intuitive handling, with players tussling with CPU-controlled cars or their friends through busy streets as they attempt to be the first past the winning line.
Every stage has been designed for total freedom, with secret short cuts to find and steep hills and hairpin bends designed to test the player’s skill. Control is everything, and the Wii game enjoys beautifully balanced control systems that allow users to slide deftly around corners, whiz through extremely tight alleyways to bypass the other cars, and perform handbrake turns to shave vital seconds from lap times. In addition to the twelve cars from the arcade version, Konami is planning to add four more licensed cars to the mix, each offering different handling and acceleration balance.
GTI Club Supermini Festa! offers two key solo options, with Arcade offering a straight replication of the coin-op, while the new GTI Quest is a tour of the world, with a series of key objectives. Multi-player elements also play a massive part in the game, with the arcade game’s four-player mode faithfully recreated via a split-screen mode and online via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection’s online capabilities. Online, the game can be played as either a straight racer or as a series of fun sub-games including Bomb Tag and football.
Everything about GTI Club Supermini Festa! has been designed to give the player a feeling of sheer speed and total control, and users can also add a personal touch to their car via the extensive customisation features in the game’s Garage section.
Is this a press release? Since when is GTI Club a "long running series"?
It's just 1 arcade game + a bizarre recent rehash which is in no way a sequel. This new version sounds promising though, if the new courses are as fun to play as what's already been established then you can expect a wild ride.
If its got an exclamation mark in the title, its a Wii game... is that the new paradigm?
The Super Mini Fiasco, was totally forgettable, lacked charm, interest and playability, just looked like someone had bought the rights and are producing the game on some kind of Internet metrics.
When you get games with the BMW Mini in it claiming to be anything other than a tedious marketing blizzard... somehow that lump of bavarian steel has become charming, even though its looks like someone has troddon on the original. I think the charismavoid Italian Job proved that for everyone.
Wish there was something not to be cynical about on the horizon, I've got the Super Mario games ear marked, although Galaxy 2 looks... no, stop it, its got Yoshi in, and he was nothing but the most infuriating slice of gaming armageddon that ever attached itself to Sunshine, man I never completed that game, was that the most difficult Mario game ever?
What the hell is a 'Festa'? On paper this sounds good, but I haven't played the new arcade version. I trust Jibs opinion on this as we seem broadly aligned on racing games. Nevertheless they could pull this out of the bag, the concept is and always has been solid. Quite enjoy the PSN version actually which is cool as I never really vibed with the original arcade game.
The new mini is indeed the suxors and is the fatest piece of aspirational lifestyle wank ever to roll the streets. The new Fiat 500 on the otherhand seems to be more likable, at least for now until every tosser has one parked outside their second home.
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Get a move on... I am destroying everyone online... No one wants to play on Hard...
Sorry man I missed ya -
I did play some people online, it's only the easy course I could find games on though - there's only 1 corner you can REALLY make a difference on. I'm struggling getting used to the pad, I miss the gear lever and huge handbrake the cab had!
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It's 1000% easier with the controller, although I am still holding it in strange and wonderful ways to get the plunge going on the R2, sometimes I look down and my right thumb is clamping over the whole pad just above R1 and other times is clamping around the base of the Right Analogue stick... its like a climbing/bouldering move.
Just to blow me own parp, I was in the top 10 for a while on Hard in the whole wide world... I should've called me mum.
On medium I keep getting attacked by the Train, you must have to be dead on super quick to get infront of that thing... otherwise you get it halfway through...
... just missed you, last night ...
How'd you get on?
I started a Hard online, no one joined... I am cursored.
Sorry man I couldn't stay awake -
I managed to get a session on Hard last night, only one other player had the guts to finish the race and stay on for another one. Even though it was pretty much 1 on 1 all the dirty tricks from the arcade game have come back to me.
It's always about Bombtag, Easy and (sometimes) Medium - it's Hard Mode where this game really comes to life, Hard Mode WITH traffic!
You online tonight man? LMK what time you'll be on and I'll be there.
________________________________
Works with the Logitech Driving Force Pro with full FF, Feedback and Sensitivity options.
Very tiring, but ace all the same... doesn't seem to be a way to configure button mappings that I've investigated, as I'd have the stick for handbrake.
v.good.
Great News!(?)
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GTI Club wheel spins on to Wii
Konami's latest coin-op racer heads to new pastures
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is bringing its classic GTI Club racing franchise to Wii early next year, in the form of GTI Club Supermini Festa! (provisional title).
Currently scheduled for a Spring 2010 release, GTI Club Supermini Festa! is based on the latest arcade iteration of the long-running series, and charges the player with racing a series of compact cars around a series of citiscapes across France, the UK, Italy, the US, and Japan. Everything about the game is geared towards searing speed and intuitive handling, with players tussling with CPU-controlled cars or their friends through busy streets as they attempt to be the first past the winning line.
Every stage has been designed for total freedom, with secret short cuts to find and steep hills and hairpin bends designed to test the player’s skill. Control is everything, and the Wii game enjoys beautifully balanced control systems that allow users to slide deftly around corners, whiz through extremely tight alleyways to bypass the other cars, and perform handbrake turns to shave vital seconds from lap times. In addition to the twelve cars from the arcade version, Konami is planning to add four more licensed cars to the mix, each offering different handling and acceleration balance.
GTI Club Supermini Festa! offers two key solo options, with Arcade offering a straight replication of the coin-op, while the new GTI Quest is a tour of the world, with a series of key objectives. Multi-player elements also play a massive part in the game, with the arcade game’s four-player mode faithfully recreated via a split-screen mode and online via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection’s online capabilities. Online, the game can be played as either a straight racer or as a series of fun sub-games including Bomb Tag and football.
Everything about GTI Club Supermini Festa! has been designed to give the player a feeling of sheer speed and total control, and users can also add a personal touch to their car via the extensive customisation features in the game’s Garage section.
Hmm, sounds weird. This is based on the unrelated-to-the-sumo-effort recent arcade rehash?
Might be a bit duff given the experience of that at ATEI.
Is this a press release? Since when is GTI Club a "long running series"?
It's just 1 arcade game + a bizarre recent rehash which is in no way a sequel. This new version sounds promising though, if the new courses are as fun to play as what's already been established then you can expect a wild ride.
If its got an exclamation mark in the title, its a Wii game... is that the new paradigm?
The Super Mini Fiasco, was totally forgettable, lacked charm, interest and playability, just looked like someone had bought the rights and are producing the game on some kind of Internet metrics.
When you get games with the BMW Mini in it claiming to be anything other than a tedious marketing blizzard... somehow that lump of bavarian steel has become charming, even though its looks like someone has troddon on the original. I think the charismavoid Italian Job proved that for everyone.
Wish there was something not to be cynical about on the horizon, I've got the Super Mario games ear marked, although Galaxy 2 looks... no, stop it, its got Yoshi in, and he was nothing but the most infuriating slice of gaming armageddon that ever attached itself to Sunshine, man I never completed that game, was that the most difficult Mario game ever?
I digress.
Yeah, it's a press release. Sorry for not making that clear.
Yoshi will be ace in Galaxy 2 though. Pointer aimed tongue controls should change the way he works in 3D for the better.
What the hell is a 'Festa'? On paper this sounds good, but I haven't played the new arcade version. I trust Jibs opinion on this as we seem broadly aligned on racing games. Nevertheless they could pull this out of the bag, the concept is and always has been solid. Quite enjoy the PSN version actually which is cool as I never really vibed with the original arcade game.
The new mini is indeed the suxors and is the fatest piece of aspirational lifestyle wank ever to roll the streets. The new Fiat 500 on the otherhand seems to be more likable, at least for now until every tosser has one parked outside their second home.