When I first found GR a long time ago it was by complete accident while searching for something else. The game itself at first did not seem great but it was fun so I kept it. I pretty much liked everything about it except for the wheels which almost turned me away from playing it. In time as I played it (all original tracks and cars) I decided to look more into it. Tried making some tracks with the editor but didn't like those early tracks I was making with it. So I searched the net again and found the track database (some of you may remember that). At that time there were maybe 50-60 tracks in it some were great others not much different from the early ones I had made which made me wonder. So I looked again and discovered a link to a forum and found the GR community. That is where I found some cars made by users and a lot of great chat about racing. The most important thing in GR was its community of race fans who appreciated GR's arcade style with excellent physics. Back then if you would have asked on the forum what players would like improved about the game the majority opinions would have been more objects for tracks, more polies for cars, cylindrical wheels and online play. Those are the things most talked about then. I have seen many users come on asking if the wheels in GR can be fixed then never hear from them again. I was close to being one of them but it was GR's other unique features and its community that kept my interest. I am sure many of you have tried many other racing games like I have, from NFS to Nascar to GTR and Gran Turismo, etc. etc. None of them are anything like GR. I have never seen or heard of anything even close. To say giving GR2 cylindrical wheels would make it like other games is preposterous and lowers my opinion of the community. I always thought GR2, if it ever happened should be an improvement of GR and not a simple facelift. And with attitudes like this:
Re: Developer Blog
"For me, personally, that means simple yet recognisable appearance, simple colours, fun handling and spherical wheels. The last one is the most important as it really define a GeneRally car"
Will there be the possibility to make normal shape tyres instead of the spericial wheels?
jefcam wrote:
Will there be the possibility to make normal shape tyres instead of the spericial wheels?
It's something we can certainly consider - though I'm hesitant to go "all the way" on supporting normal tyres. Maybe something a bit more like spherical wheels with flattened sides could prove an option. It's something we'll definitely put on the "to consider" list, and come back to it sometime in the alpha testing phase
jefcam wrote:
"For me, personally, that means simple yet recognisable appearance, simple colours, fun handling and spherical wheels. The last one is the most important as it really define a GeneRally car"
Will there be the possibility to make normal shape tyres instead of the spericial wheels?
I personal wouldn't like to see this option. Its guaranteed that people will over time go towards the regular shape and then the iconic feature is lost
No wonder the GR community has shrunk so much.
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