World of Outlaws Sprint Cars (360)

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:17 pm

I'm interested to hear your findings. I was excited to see somebody actually show up on the Friends leaderboard, too!

And it's pretty ridiculous that your career would be an arcade-style ladder of increasingly difficult races. Generally you have a feeder series, and work your way up to the big boys. This eschews all of that and just dumps you straight in the shark tank, so I guess that's the compromise they made.

I had a hell of a time with that Lowe's time trial, too. My times were like 13.5 on average, and you had to hit no slower than 13.25 over a 3 lap course. Until I had upgraded the chassis to Titanium, I couldn't touch that lap time. So I guess there are some challenges you'll just end up coming back to after you pimp your ride, lol.

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:18 pm

Guys like XXXIV and Zeppo need to get in on this, too. Online can be a real blast if we can fill some rooms with DSP guys.

The one thing that irks me is that you can't see who's who on the track in any online modes. So you have to try to stick with one car or announce which car you are or something.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:38 pm

TCrouch wrote:Guys like XXXIV and Zeppo need to get in on this, too. Online can be a real blast if we can fill some rooms with DSP guys.

The one thing that irks me is that you can't see who's who on the track in any online modes. So you have to try to stick with one car or announce which car you are or something.

I'll always be 03...

I can guess who 34 would be...

Terry, you probably just need to be 01, because that's the place you're going to be in most of the time...

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:58 pm

lol...nah, #26 in everything.

But you can't really see numbers so much. Just color schemes and whatnot until you're right up on them.

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:08 pm

OK, at lunch I unlocked the 410 Sponsorship package.

It's a Silver & Black car. Dibs for all DSP races for the rest of eternity!!!!!!!!!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:23 am

It is odd that any car you get around during the first lap is significantly slower than the rest of the AI cars. In the few races I ran tonight, I always ended up running a half-to-full second a lap slower than the front pack but 1+ seconds faster than the cars I got around at the start. Kind of annoying, but I figure I need to figure out a way to get my pace up to that of the fast guys.

Good game for $20, that's for sure.

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:39 am

I'm gonna go try to find this one. Not sure about today as we are buried in snow again but I may manage to get out.

You all are in trouble

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:05 am

Dave wrote:It is odd that any car you get around during the first lap is significantly slower than the rest of the AI cars. In the few races I ran tonight, I always ended up running a half-to-full second a lap slower than the front pack but 1+ seconds faster than the cars I got around at the start. Kind of annoying, but I figure I need to figure out a way to get my pace up to that of the fast guys.

Good game for $20, that's for sure.

Agreed. Great game for twenty bucks. Great game for 60 bucks IMO.

That issue you're referring to is a design decision, as well. Every Saturday night you have the high-dollar, fast guys, as well as guys who just putt around the track. You'll see several second gaps in their lap times, and they tried to simulate that. You may lap the backmarkers inside of 3 or 4 laps, but it will take a while to catch the fast guys again.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:33 am

Yeah, it looks like I jumped the gun on that assessment. Strange that for a few straight races the fast/not fast cutoff would be exactly where I was after the first lap, but that appears to be what it was.

Tonight there were plenty of cars charging past me at Cedar Lake, I lost my rhythm and couldn't get it back.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:58 pm

So, we gonna take another stab at an XBL race, Terry?

BTW, I can go tonight, but not tomorrow night. Weekends are touch and go, but could possibly do some racin' Saturday night (under the lights!)

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:05 pm

God, I hope so. I am doing the iRacing run tonight, though. But I'm sure I can be around later in the evening after the kids are knocked out--around 11 ET.

I'd LOVE to have a few more guys join up, but I still only see friends leaderboard times from you, Web, and my brother, so I know not a lot of guys are running it. Didn't want to duplicate the thread and listen to the crickets again

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:25 pm

TCrouch wrote:God, I hope so. I am doing the iRacing run tonight, though. But I'm sure I can be around later in the evening after the kids are knocked out--around 11 ET.

I'd LOVE to have a few more guys join up, but I still only see friends leaderboard times from you, Web, and my brother, so I know not a lot of guys are running it. Didn't want to duplicate the thread and listen to the crickets again

Ah, hell, just keep it in this thread. Those of us who have the game will notice when the thread's been updated. If people wanna miss out on a fun little game, that's their loss...

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:02 pm

I saw my store had this in stock when I worked last night, I may pick it up when I go in today.

fletcher21 · Post by **fletcher21** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:11 pm

i put my 360 away in storage a few months ago when I got the ps3. I am thinking of digging it out and buying this. How does it compare to the ps2 version from 2002?

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:05 am

2 people I know and myself purchased this today

I am in for some action sometime!

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:32 pm

fletcher21 wrote:i put my 360 away in storage a few months ago when I got the ps3. I am thinking of digging it out and buying this. How does it compare to the ps2 version from 2002?

It pretty much IS the ps2 version from 2002...but with better graphics.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:45 pm

Teal wrote:
fletcher21 wrote:i put my 360 away in storage a few months ago when I got the ps3. I am thinking of digging it out and buying this. How does it compare to the ps2 version from 2002?
It pretty much IS the ps2 version from 2002...but with better graphics.

PS2 version is still better, IMO. Better damage, repairs, better framerate stability, better AI, etc.

I popped the old one in after getting the new one and the old one still wins.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:26 pm

webdanzer wrote:
Teal wrote:
fletcher21 wrote:i put my 360 away in storage a few months ago when I got the ps3. I am thinking of digging it out and buying this. How does it compare to the ps2 version from 2002?
It pretty much IS the ps2 version from 2002...but with better graphics.
PS2 version is still better, IMO. Better damage, repairs, better framerate stability, better AI, etc.

I popped the old one in after getting the new one and the old one still wins.

I agree with Web for the reasons he noted. The career mode in the PS2 version was much better because you had limited resources and had to choose what races to run and the damage really mattered because you had to pay to get it fixed (or choose not to and race a somewhat damaged car).

The 360 version is a steal for the price though. The PS2 verson to me is a classic. The 360 version is good but not in the same class.

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:36 pm

Yep--Career Mode is much more limited. No damage no matter how hard you hit something, and the Career Mode was cooler having a calendar with week by week info instead of random events.

But online, it's ridiculously good--since the handling model is so similar, it's basically like having WoO online.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:29 pm

Found the original WoO for PC tonight. WoO-hoo -- time to get dirty!

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:01 am

It's 3 a.m., and I'm prying myself away from my laptop after racing in a new career for four hours.

That, my boys, is the power of WoO.

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:16 am

Now you've made me start digging for my old PC copy. I wonder if it will work with Windows 7.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:11 am

DChaps wrote:Now you've made me start digging for my old PC copy. I wonder if it will work with Windows 7.

Don:

Let me know if you can't find it. I found a DTR 2 league site last night that had an .ISO of WoO for the PC among its Miscellaneous Files downloads. I snapped it up immediately.

I'm running XP, so I'm unsure of the game's W7 compatibility.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:17 am

I'd say WoO has a 99.99 percent chance of working in Windows 7. Hell Grand Prix 3 works in Windows 7.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:33 pm

I have been playing the piss out of the Ratbag games since I discovered a site that has ISO files of every Ratbag game:

http://www.ifrt-dirtracing.com/DTR%20Stuff.html?

Upon further review, I find Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars to be a far superior game on the PC than WoO. DTRSC has better racing AI, better control, more realistic damage and is skinnable with tons of different chassis available. WoO looks better, but that's about it.

DTR 2 and DTRSC are the pinnacle of Ratbag's games.

If anyone wants to play some DTR 2 or DTRSC online on the PC, holler! I'll be happy to host some IP racing.