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Not a big leap from CMR mac

Written by CB from Bangkok

Jan 31, 2009

I have Colin McRae Rally mac, and I'm not bashing this product because it doesn't work at all on my G5 iMac... I can run it on my 2.4Ghz macbook.

But for a game that only runs on the latest Intel macs, one would think to expect more. In comparison to a game that runs on a G5 (I'm talking about CMR mac), RaceDriver 3 fails to impress:

- Graphics are not any better. In fact, the graphics look even more 'flat' here than they do in Colin McRae rally !

- Damage and dirt modeling seems... well... not as spectacular. In CMR you -REALLY- see your car get dirty and damaged. Here... there's not much, until you really total you car -- and even then it doesn't -feel- damaged enough!

- I couldn't get 900º steering support on my G25 wheel. I've seen someone else post they did. I hope I'm just not doing something right, because this game is SUPPOSED to have 900º support!

- Rally cars and Touring cars are different animals indeed -- but even with the offroad tracks in the demo, it just doesn't -feel- like you're bouncing around on the dirt like you should. And the dirt doesn't even look like dirt -- it looks like a tiled wooden floor you're racing on (feels like it too)!

To be honest, I was expecting this to be a lot more than Colin McRae Rally was. It isn't. I'm still glad I had bought CMR when I did, and CMR is still more exhilarating to play than this newer game by Feral is!

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