WipEout HD

Finally! Officially dated for September 25th. Only twenty bucks!
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/15/wipeout-hd-officially-dated-priced/

stoked!

okay yes awesome

http://jl13.com/images/wipeout_hd_zone.jpg

i am so happy about this. and i don't even have to leave the house to get it. i love living in the future.

One of the games I'm most jealous of PS owners for having. Also the Kraftwerk-enhanced trailer :O

^^^ this & this... the return of #135 on the list of "games to play while stoned out of your fucking gourd"

This will be the thing that tips me toward spending whatever Christmas cash I get on a PS3. I didn't want to do it, but Wipeout is about the only game I've ever played like a madman for years on end.

tomorrow can't come soon enough

okay, why can't i find this thing on Amazon?

isn't it on PSN?

Yeah, it's a direct download from PSN only, as far as I know.

ohboyohboyohboy

this will more than keep me going from here to Dead Space. i am currently being pretty cocky about the review reports of it being brutally hard, but i bet my controller doesn't make it to October intact.

so i could like, have this by tonight ?

fucking slurp!

you can have it now (assuming it's up) if you're in front of your PS3!!

And its only £12!

1 hour to go!

so has any ilxors played it yet ?

I've got a headache and playing this game won't do me any good right now. But still, I'll be downloading it as soon as I get home..

it looks gorgeous from the screenshots

I tried to download it this morning and it wasn't available ;_;

oh well, guess I'll be downloading it tonight ^_^

yeah this is quite brilliant. i love being able to play my own music as i'm screaming round the tracks at a million miles an hour.

I really like it, I must admit I didn't right away as I was a bit rusty with the trigger turning and that first track was pretty tricky. But didn't take long to get addicted to unlocking stuff and loving it.

first actual moment of PS3 envy right here

haw haw

http://www.wipeouthd.com/en_US/index.html

so so awesome, can't wait to get home

I'd just rig it to play the Wipeout XL soundtrack.

first actual moment of PS3 envy hoping dans internet connection gets hit by a comet right here

u mad (and PS3less)

i will buy this

want want want want

need ps3 and hdtv first ;_;

and job, to enable funds for purchase :(((

Some of the later time missions are solid! Got a bit frustrated at times with only seconds from getting the bronzes.

And check out the song which seems to be a cover of Tuff Little Units' "Join the Future"

It's seems like it's a better game than I thought it would be, and I thought it was going to be really good. So far, I'm damn amazed. Maybe the best looking game I've ever seen.

I did one race and I am already in love.

*seethes with envy*

I just realised we're now playing Wipeout with better graphics than from the original Wipeout fmv that everyone creamed over at the beginning of the first game.

Custom soundtracks! Set that up last night and it really adds a lot. First time I've ever even bothered using the feature.

Also I tried out a couple of online races and no lag that I noticed, very smooth, even though I seemed to be racing people over 6,000 miles away. Obviously a small sample size though, but I was impressed. There did seem to one bug, as it kept repeating driver eliminated throughout one of the races, more times than there were drivers in the race?

Game gets really hard at the higher speeds. I guess you can't just hold down the gas when you're flying around the track like that, but gotta ease up around the corners too. Air brakes don't seem to be enough. Or maybe I just have to memorize the tracks better?

Hi guys I'm Antexit on psn exclusively for this game. Could we have big ILG race plz?

JUST ONE MORE GAME JUST ONE MORE GAME

That snow climb level is frustrating, what's the key to taking those really tight corners without stopping your ship to a dead stop?

love ubermall though.

i like how the nice lady says the name of your team when you select your vehicle

takes so long to d/l wtf

s1ocki i would like to race with you, are we PSN friends?

i'm krangor, who are you??

what's with the stingy loyalty points distribution. How many sodding points do I need to just get one more skin?

guys this game is aweeeoeiwoeiwososome

SO JEALOUS

nb does it have zone mode?

yes it does

Zone Mode is gorgeous.

and actually, in keeping with the general "Noisia is awesome" vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVpm9aFMiYc

so fucking choice, the bass thuds in this mixed in with the various chirpy synth riffs and the stutterstep syncopation all dosed with a healthy level of distortion

I am often a very simple man when it comes to music like this; all I want is a swaggering, testosterone-laden brawler of a tune that makes me want to punch you in the face. Kudos to both of these for being exactly that.

Those songs are making me regret that I always play with my own tunes.

tbh the only soundtrack I've put together that's come close to matching the original soundtrack is sticking the entirety of Silent Shout on my PS3; there is something eerily awesome about racing to ambient half of "The Captain" and both "We Share Our Mother's Health" and "Like A Pen" sound like they could mesh almost seamlessly with the tracks included on the original soundtracks

There's something pretty great about future-racing to Slick Rick.

oh, Depeche Mode's "Hole To Feed" also works very well

(actually this is reminding me to copy some of my Panacea tracks onto my PS3)

Silent Shout is a great soundtrack for most video games.

alex moulton - exodus is a wicked sdtrk for this

also anything rex the dog

Sunday race day! I know there are a lot of new games out there, but if anybody is up for it, I'll be hosting some flash races starting in about half an hour, and running for an hour or two. host = jefflev13

Years late to the party - I finally got this! I got through a couple of events a bit too easily on Novice so went back and started again on Skilled and now I'm struggling. Can't see me ever doing it in Elite. I used to be really good at Wipeout on PSX - guess my hands and brain have slowed down a lot in the decade or however long it's been :(

When I go into online mode I can only find about 6 races to join and half of them require an expansion pack - is there no-one playing it any more or am I missing something (not that I'm overly fussed about online while I'm still piss at the single player)?

Also how to add custom soundtracks? I can't see the option anywhere.

To play a custom soundtrack you go to options, audio, then the third choice down, music playlist will let you select whatever albums or playlists you have set up on your hard drive. In game, you just hit pause and go to audio options, then music playlist.

Online mode has always (since day one!) been somewhat inactive. Which is a pity as the system in this game is really suited for online racing and works great & seems grief proof. You can still find races on the weekend, I think, but like you noticed, not too many lobbies even at peak hours (6 is actually above average!). Some amazing racers online though (of the people still playing), so it can get a little humiliating if you're just playing the game casually (and not obsessively mastering every nuance with your godlike reaction times). When I play online I usually look for races going on in the two slower divisions (or create my own), the two faster speeds are just too crazy impossible for me.

Speaking of Novice, when the game originally launched, it didn't have a novice mode - everything was at elite difficulty & that difficulty did turn a lot of people off right away, I think - which is one of the many reasons online has always been dead too.

The expansion Fury is definitely worth picking up as it doubles the original games content and adds in several new modes - totally worth it (everybody on here would agree, I think).

Thanks Jeff - I'll play my way through this then buy the expansion.

I've been streaming music from my PC/Laptop and hadn't put any music physically on my PS3 hard drive - which might explain why the option wasn't available :)

I came 5th in my first online race.

Loving Zone mode - it's a pity admiring the shiny details = crashing!

Fuck Buttons 'Lisbon Maru' + Zone Mode OH YES

It's not the speed that kills me on this mode, it's adjusting to the change of speed.

I'm fucking horrible at this and i really really wanted to like it.
i also used to be pretty good at wipeout, whahappen

Had some friends over to play the multiplayer recently and it was such a blast.

oh can I just say the Noisia tracks I linked upthread still rule balls

I'm fucking horrible at this and i really really wanted to like it.
i also used to be pretty good at wipeout, whahappen

^^

i still rule fyi

It does get better, guys

Am I missing it or is there no way to set the total lap number in Racebox? I want 20 laps so I can hear these 10 minute instrumentals right through. I'm having a night off this as I was running through the tracks in my head last night instead of getting to sleep. All Gold in the first two events on Skilled level - not going to attempt Elite until I unlock everything.

My only big complaint is that it's such an unfair game the way it can fuck you on the last corner but I even forgive that as it works both ways and I occasionally steal an otherwise bad race with a good last lap and some lucky weapon usage.

I've still got the original Wipeout. I should dig it out to find out if it was easier or if my old man gaming reactions are letting me down on HD.

This skilled/elite thing isn't anywhere near as much of a factor as the speed class of the ships. Can get Gold on Elite at all the Venom class races but when it gets up to Flash/Rapier I'm bouncing off the walls and need the noob bumper bars (pilot assist) on.

Online could be so good if anyone played it :(

i really played this all at ELITE level? no wonder it was so fuckin hard

I think it originally shipped with Skilled and Elite then they added Novice for teh noobs.

Zone races are so hypnotic, I just fucking love them. You get into an amazing groove for a while then the speed cranks up and you're jolted out of it by hammering into a wall at 1000km/h.

fuck a Sebenco Climb

fuck a Sebenco Climb

QFMFT

Watch this guy from about 7.30 and cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i473NnU31-8

Beginning to think on some of these races that "Elite" difficulty = "Lose no matter what" - I finish a race 3rd in 2.28 with the winner on 2.23, then I eventually get down to 2.22 and the winner finishes in 2.19 then a million races later I get to 2.19 and the winner is on 2.14 wtf - oh and last place is 2.22 - faster than the winner in the first race.

I think I'm about doe with this, it looks and plays so well but they're just taking the piss with the AI.

doe = done

ZONE ZEUS, BITCHES

can't be done tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqmdv5iyIOY

IS THAT REAL

no

aw

yeah, it's a viral

but apparently totally doable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmtbLu5nxw

have to wait a bit longer for this tho:

http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_406/4060855/file/sony-playstation2wipeout-fusion-london-race-track-small-27551.jpg

http://phoboslab.org/wipeout/

http://kotaku.com/wipeout-is-back-kinda-1706156323

yay

I bought Wipeout Omega and played through the first few bits of Pulse (as well as a race in 2048)

holy shit, y'all

this GAME

I keep thinking these pandemic/vaccine words sound like WipeOut vehicles

Pfizer
BioNTech
SARS-Cov2
Astra Zeneca
Novavax
Moderna
Covid-19
Sinovac

lol

Zone Mode and time trials are so amazing when you get in the groove with the right music. Might see if I can still play this.

i will admit that i had the Astra Zeneca sponsored W1p30ut car thought

https://i.imgur.com/Y3w70Fb.png

haha i love this

Weird that this thread didn't get a revive when the PSVR version came out, it's INCREDIBLE.

literally the worst thing about this pandemic is not being able to go round yours to play it.