Marty Chinn
Member
My friend just picked up the PS2 version and says it does work with his Logitech wheel. Hrm. That makes which version to get a toss up to me again....
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PS2 Burnout 3 IS compatible with Logitech Wheel
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WasabiKing
Member
ourumov said:
if you guys are basing stuff off the demos, let us know in the future.
PanopticBlue
Member
Sweet - my only question is how is Impact Time implemented then? I guess you just use the d-pad?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
In other news, I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to make 'custom' soundtracks in the PS2 version (by replacing the music files in the disk image)
sonycowboy
Member
I just picked the PS2 version up at lunch.
It definitely DOES SUPPORT the Logitech Wheel and it is progressive scan.
It definitely DOES SUPPORT the Logitech Wheel and it is progressive scan.
WasabiKing
Member
Marconelly said:
Since my stereo is in the same room as my computer and console, I just pop in custom CD and I'm good. SCEA has really dropped the ball on pushing the HDD's features to the third party developers. I'm hoping they're working on middleware tools, or if they've been created, push them to 3rd party devs.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
To think how assy it would be to have what is essentially the best arcade racer ever made not support the wheel, when so many crappy ones support it...
Oh absolutely, I'll start looking into this as soon as I get home. I just looked at the files this morning, and curiously enough, I could't even find any music files... but I looked only for about 10 seconds, as I was already being late. Those tracks can't be CDA, right? That would make the job too easy
Nah, they can't be CDA, they mix them with radio noise every time the music resumes after the crash and do other such things with the sound.
What I'll try to do first is see if BO3 uses the same audio format as other EA trax games. If it does, I'll just use the soundtrack from SSX Tricky, SSX3 or NBA street, etc. which are all much better. There's total of 4 songs on BO3 soundtrack that I find reasonably good - and for a while I was considering to disable all but Ramones' song, which in all honesty rocks to no end
)Couldn't agree more. Right now, HDLoader offers infinitely more value for the HDD than anything SCE has done. GT4 and GTA:SA might be their saving grace when it comes to HDD support, we'll see. One thing to consider, though - I wouldn't expect a custom soundtrack support in game like BO3 even if Sony was more open to support such things. Doing everything BO3 is doing AND decoding something like MP3 or ATRAC on a PS2 at the same time, seems nigh impossible.
sonycowboy
Member
Marconelly said:
I was pretty damn positive it would have it since the previous versions did, but some tard out there started a rumor that EA made them pull it out. Clearly, a non-necessary attempt at FUD.
Marconelly said:
Well, if you think value is the ability for you to get lots of games for free, it is a great value. If it was just saving you the hassle of switching disks and getting better load times, I'm not sure the HD cost + HDloader is worth it (for me at least). Plus, it seems as if SCEA has already found a way to block the game if HSG:Fore! is any indication.
Finally, decoding MP3's takes so little time, it's almost negligible, so I doubt that would be the problem. The problem is <<<< 1% of people have an HDD, so why should developers even bother?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Running games without switching the disks, and running them faster is a big enough deal to me, but considering that you aslo get to run all the homebrew software, such as emulators and audiovisual demos, makes it that much more appealing. Right now you can play NeoGeo CD games, such as Metal Slug 1 & 2, Lucasarts Adventures, Genesis, SNES, etc. all on an unmodded machine. How about playing Japanese and even European Imports, again on an unmodded machine? Euro version of Ico works just fine, and so does Japanese Metal Slug 3, Espgaluda, etc. Couple all that with fast load times, and you get the best 'peripherial' made so far for the PS2, IMO.
Btw. many SCEA games released pre-hdloader also don't work... Frequency, Amplitude, War of the Monsters, etc. It's not as much as finding the way (it's trivial) it's that developers apparently still don't bother, as evidenced by BO3.
Sales of FFXI aren't that low... Then again I have no clue what number there would have to be, for a developer to bother supporting something.
WasabiKing
Member
sonycowboy said:
I can't complain much cause I got my HDD for free, but it's only a save vault right now. You can say that it's only 1% of the userbase, but I'm pretty sure that the higher ups at SCEA want to see that number grow. For it to grow, there MUST be some support for the games, even if it is saving DIRECTLY onto the HDD. It's inexcusable, and puts a real sour note on a rather successful endeavor with Sony's other accessories.
And if developers don't want to waste any time with coding for the HDD, then they could use middleware from SCEA...
WasabiKing
Member
rastex said:
- hi A.S.It's just my hope that someone out there is reading, wondering "damn, this kid sounds like he's insane, and right at the same time, get that guy in our offices..."
But in all seriousness, I'm aware of it, and that's where the problem lies. There's no doubt that their hands are tied to SCEI. Problem with some multinational companies is the red tape involved.
Just to confirm, which specific wheel are you guys using? The original Driving Force from a few years ago? Or the newer 900 degree Driving Force Pro? Also can you give some impressions, as far how convincing the FF effects are? I mean, do they hold a candle to the effects in GT3? Or perhaps a Daytona USA cabinet?