WIPEOUT

2097, not because it's necessarily the best but because it's solely responsible for getting me into console gaming.

Also because of the bazillion glorious hours of my life it consumed.

2097 cause you finally didn't stop when you clipped the sides; never played HD but I'm sure it's probably better

How does a thread about WIPEOUT sink with only one comment??

2097 for me too, one of the first things I played on psx and, not to get religious about it, but yes it was fun times

2097/XL for the soundtrack alone.

That soundtrack is indeed magnificent. I still listen to it regularly.

(not whilst driving though)

Fusion Ha Ha

yeah maybe but it introduced Zone Mode which is the most intense pure focussed jedi zen gaming experience of all time.

Only one I haven't played is the original - only played HD once though ;_; ;_; ;_;. Think I'm gonna go for Wip3out; sure 2097 was rockin' good times but 3 had some top music too (Know Where to Run still gives me flashbacks to the game whenever I hear it), great circuits, the minimal design was fabulous, and it was the first one to use the analogue controller.

And it had a two player split-screen mode.

Yes! And 3se included loads of classic tracks.

I was desperate for analogue control until I played 3. Digital all the way now, even with Pure & Pulse.

Oh, and the original is a bit arse. Every time you touch a wall you stop (as mentioned upthread), which is only ever thoroughly annoying.

Just been youtubing to remind myself of the tracks. It's been much too long, I need to play this shit again. Some of the 2097 tracks look a bit samey but Sagamartha (snowy mountains) and Valparaiso (Chilean jungle) were both awesome. Most of the wip3out vids are very dark and 3rd person unfortunately, but I remember that Manor Top was my all-time fave of all time - fantastic crashing right-angle turns.

Digital all the way now, even with Pure & Pulse.

well the psp analogue stick is a bit iffy.. even so, i suspect this is nuts.

The first one is pretty much umplayable today - very primitive. 2097/XL holds up okay though. I really want Pulse, but keep waiting for them to release it downloadable over here (would prefer not to use a umd). Love having Pure on the memory stick - for me it gets impossibly difficult around the halfway mark, though. Love zone mode the most. I think HD gets the game so right, it feels and looks perfect, but I wish there was a little more content, some new tracks or something. Would pay for new tracks / DLC.

DLC is coming for HD.

do we need a driving games which camera do you use poll?

hellz yeah

YES

(someone else pls configure, I wd leave some obv ones out :/)

on front bumper (yeah thanks GRID, we really needed that)
in-car with cockpit
in-car with no cockpit
above and behind - close
above and behind - middle
above and behind - far
helicopter
... ?

GTA's "Cinematic"

on front bumper? do you mean just the bonnet showing?

no i mean on the front bumper (yes it is a 'wtf?!' option). GRID also handily sticks the front bumper into the in-car view whether you like it or not.

GRID also handily sticks the front bumper bonnet

ok back on topic - check out the massive cheat here:

this is as good as it gets:

This shit is B A N A N A S

is it for real? can you hack this stuff?

wow that is B O N K E R S

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Been listening to the following soundtracks pretty much exclusively all week:

WipEout
2097
3
Fusion
Pure
Pulse
HD

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Wip3out was robbed!

GOOOOOOOODDDDDD I wanna play HD though.

me too!

guess I'd better go home!

GRRRRRRRRRR

YES YES YES YES YES

HD looks fricking incredible btw

I just ordered 3 since I'd never played it (or can't remember playing it) and this thread made me feel kind of guilty. I also gave in and picked up Pulse this week - have yet to have time to play a ton, but it seems amazing. It's definitely an improvement over Pure, which I already liked a lot (the graphics are better / the control seems slightly smoother). Had a few online races too, which worked surprisingly great.

Just had another go at Wip3out. Problems that make it shithouse:

- Graphic design of the tracks is such that you can't see where the track is half the time, and consequently you go into loads of walls and die
- Graphic design of the HUD is such that you can't properly see what weapon you've got, what your position is &c.
- Dopey bitch who announces WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING all the time doesn't actually say WHAT she's warning you about (e.g. mines, plasma, quake, rockets, missiles), so you've nfi what to look for and end up getting hit anyway
- Aforementioned dopey bitch says DISENGAGING far too often to be useful, leaving you thinking 'oh, I must be in autopilot then' and consequently smashing into walls
- Despite the presence of a weapon in the HUD, you can't use it while another weapon is in use, which leaves you frantically pressing buttons and consequently smashing into walls

just as soon as i get a new tv i will plug this in so i can respectfully disagree with you.

I played Fusion afterwards and oh dear.

ZONE MODE

get up to zone 50 on the first track and then get back to me.

how about no

Ok I have a new hueg tv and have busted these out again. 2097 and 3 really stand the test of time. I don't get all your probs with 3 though, AA. The tracks are fine, maybe even better than 2097. The HUD is kinda less than clear, but the only thing I really couldn't see ever at all was lap number. 'WARNING' is a bit annoying but the only thing you can ever really try to avoid is mines so hey ho. For the overall design, and for analogue control, I gotta give the edge to 3.

But yes yer right, Fusion is laughably bad, don't think I realised at the time quite how woeful it was. It's like they chucked everything out the window and tried to copy Fzero for some unaccountable reason.

Now I am LITERALLY DYING for Wipeout HD.

wipeout hd on sale at ps3 store ($10)

anyways I downloaded it yesterday and my wife it out of town this weekend so I'm going to rock this game until I have an epileptic fit

i am achieving ps3 + this on w/end fingers xed

actually that's not quite true, i will be achieving broken ps3 and will need to get it fixed/replaced b4 i can get this.

(I'll give you the one that just has a broke optical drive, then you'll be able to play this anyway, before you bother fixing it).

w00t

def shd get the optical drive fixed tho, blu rays are ridiculous

console, game, hdmi cable all purchased. sore head and waves of nausea currently precluding usage of any of them ;_;

got the airbraker trophy (zone mode level 50 with airbrakes only) already :)

2097 is 15 years old today :(

Wipeout developers Studio Liverpool closed today :(
i guess spending 3 years developing a Vita game is not the greatest investment, but still sad.

oh noes

Wipeout 2048 is pretty fun, too

how's liverpool for industry jobs? these folks have somewhere to go after this? is it condusive to starting an indie dev there?

i hope they can keep making great stuff, i haven't bought or played a wipeout game in ages due to the sony thing though

most of them will probably get jobs elsewhere, there's Evolution Studios (Motorstorm) nearby in Runcorn, also owned by Sony.
Tory party doing away with tax breaks for UK developers probably didn't help :/
Supposedly they were already developing a Wipeout game for the next Playstation console before being canned.

http://phoboslab.org/wipeout/

http://i.imgur.com/eCkfz1P.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/JsEbj1o.jpg

holy shit