Win a race and you get cash. You can use the cash to upgrade your vehicle with add-ons like heavy-duty off-road suspension, brush guards, performance exhaust and special off-road racing tyres.
It all sounds very nigged, doesn't it? Unfortunately though, due to the fact that all the trucks are licensed, the game won't feature physical damage, which takes a bit of the macho sheen off the proceedings. We've never quite worked out why this is a stipulation for these licences.
Are the manufacturers trying to make us believe that their trucks are invincible in real life? We're not all from the Deep South you know. The big question is whether it's actually going to work as it's intended. There's a serious lack of decent racing games on the PC that you can play online, and as this is the first that's promising cross-platform play, we're going to keep our fingers crossed and pray.
That red paint is so shining it makes people squint. Local gas stations have already started ordering extra shipments of high-octane. Other drivers smile in warm appreciation, knowing you are the harbinger of safety and a well-proportioned steering axis. Even your friends think you're cool. Life is good. Time to break this little bronco and get dirty! New graphics and racing modes help put you in the seat of 70 real-life vehicles, but the real fun in this somewhat average racing sim is the new, entertaining mission structure.
Nowadays, a racing game has to have all the best graphics, the most accurate depiction of real-world locations, and perfectly re-created vehicles. Unfortunately, 4X4 Evo 2 has none of these things.
In fact, in comparison to the reigning king of all racing games Gran Turismo 3 on Playstation 2 most would argue , this one comes up a little short. Driving feels more like riding on a sheet of plywood - one that doesn't steer very well, which was also true in the original. Acceleration is just the brief moment between fully stopped and full speed.
There's a lot of bumping, a lot of grinding, and not much of anything else. There are times when you really feel like your monster vehicle is a monster, and acceleration has a hurling, dynamic nature. Evo 2 vehicles just lack power. There's no sense of speed or vehicle control. And, all the trucks drive about the same, although the Jeep Wrangler does seem sportier.
For those looking for a real-world racer, hungry for that adrenaline rush of racing, speed right past this one because you won't find much accuracy or adrenaline. What you will find is some loud music and lots of stuff to do and see.
The new graphics are actually fairly mediocre. Not bad, not amazing. Interesting that the game requires a high-end system, with fairly flat graphics. The reasons the game runs slow are also what makes this one worth looking into. During just about any race, there's a wide assortment of structures and objects all over the place -- way more than the original.
You might find yourself racing through a junkyard with old tires and gates scattered everywhere, through a military base with chain link fences blocking your path, or across a busy highway with semi-trucks coming right at you.
In this way, the game has a lot in common with Microsoft's Motocross Madness series. Both games offer a huge number of objects and structures throughout the game environment. This is what makes Evo 2 fun to play, but also incredibly distracting if you're a serious racing fan. The other great feature is a completely unexpected mission structure. There's the requisite career mode where you can buy a vehicle, race at the amateur level and slowly accumulate enough money to buy a better truck or upgrade the one you own and compete at higher levels.
Races get difficult quick, but even if you place last, you still get some chump change. It's compelling in some ways, although just about every new simulator has a career mode; Evo 2 , however, provides a completely different way to raise funds that sets it apart from other racing games.
Tucked away in the career mode, these missions range from some tricky obstacle courses to the even more varied objective-based missions. You can hunt for an ancient city, provide search and rescue in Alaska, discover a downed plane in the Grand Canyon, bring documents to a radio station on a secret island, and generally forget all about racing. These are some truly massive maps -- 32 in all.
Road getting a little bumpy for you? Removed Direct3D memory checks, new hardware would force high-resolution textures off. High detail truck mode now works with more than 2 cars present.
Reverse wheelspin fix applied. Truck detail now has new option for high detail. Corrected issue where single player UI only scaled if you changed aspect ratio. Widescreen resolutions. PS2 trucks included. Updated build based on build 44, to match build 56 Use patch 2 if you need force feedback. Updated in legal agreement to indicate this patch is not to be distributed with a paid version of this game. Updated website name.
Setup menus has build number. Master server bypass in metal. Download - Patch only. This is the one you want to original experience this the version you want, it includes the following fixes:. Build 57 patch.
Menus freezing fix. Multiplayer connection fix.
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