Next gen games

[UKBob]

IIRC there was a PC game which replicated the streets of london accurately. Does anyone know how accurately, how big and how much of london was actually replicated? Reading reviews about the xbox 360's project gotham 3 - they took 20'000 photos, the cities are probably accurate models of real life, arnt they? (or have non-genuine roads been added)?

I wonder how many years it will be, before a game comes out which features a true to life 3D map of an entire city Boggles the mind! (especially when you started playing games 23 years ago like me)

[xiphias]

The getaway. 40 square miles IIRC. Havn't played it since I lived in London though, which might make it quite fun! And surely a lot of this info is available from land registry and so on, I'm sure it can't be too difficult to process into a game

[ultimasimon]

Ha ha you must be as old as I am

There was a driving game with Mini's in that was set in London. That was a laugh but I can't remember the name of it.

No doubt some youngster will come along shortly and remind us old codgers who's brains don't work like they used to

[UKBob]

ultimasimon said:

Ha ha you must be as old as I am There was a driving game with Mini's in that was set in London. That was a laugh but I can't remember the name of it. No doubt some youngster will come along shortly and remind us old codgers who's brains don't work like they used to

the mini featuring rings a bell. Who has the time/ability to photograph 40 square miles of a city though

Roads are one thing (even your sat nav has almost perfect roads of the whole of great britain, and europe even) but actual landmarks and building textures another.

[Mr Whippy]

Midtown Madness 2 had London in, albeit pretty low quality, it was still all in there, and toally driveable across what seems to be the congestion charging type zone at least!? Even had traffic and pedestrians, with working lights and everything.

With todays Master Mapping data for urban areas, all the shapes are there from OS and such people, all they have to do is extrude shapes and texture the faces.
In reality it's more than that, but the job is now alot easier to do things to that higher quality than it was before. I expect 5 years ago PC/console games didn't have the budgets to get the latest OS data and mapping stuff, and digital camera's and data collection will have been alot more.


Tis a shame that half the newer games although better quality, don't let you really explore the streets, expecially PGR 1/2 and GT4's efforts. They go to all that effort recreating a city and yet we can't enjoy it in free roam with traffic and things that we could in MM2.

Gameplay is an element missing from alot of todays supposed "games", in return for stunning visuals.

Dave

[hedders]

ultimasimon said:

There was a driving game with Mini's in that was set in London. That was a laugh but I can't remember the name of it.

Unsuprisingly, it was called The Italian Job!

[AJLintern]

I liked Midtown Madness Loved the way the pedestrians dived out of the way and yelled abuse at you! Driving through all the traffic like a nutter with the police chasing you was also rather good fun

[ultimasimon]

hedders said:

ultimasimon said: There was a driving game with Mini's in that was set in London. That was a laugh but I can't remember the name of it. Unsuprisingly, it was called The Italian Job!

It was Midtown Madness I was trying to recall. Now that you mention it I remember Italian Job, but I never played it or saw it.

Midtown Madness was fun as you could squash pedestrians, ram police cars and knock off CYCLISTS

[UKBob]

ultimasimon said:

hedders said: ultimasimon said: There was a driving game with Mini's in that was set in London. That was a laugh but I can't remember the name of it. Unsuprisingly, it was called The Italian Job! It was Midtown Madness I was trying to recall. Now that you mention it I remember Italian Job, but I never played it or saw it. Midtown Madness was fun as you could squash pedestrians, ram police cars and knock off CYCLISTS

Sounds like GTA. Always great mowing down a few CYCLISTS after a hard days work.