Tourist Trophy Photo Thread

[roguegeek]

I would hope there'd be a lot of people playing Tourist Trophy since it is the definitive motorcycle sim. One of the great features is the photo mode. Show them off here.

[roguegeek]

Took these today. Click on any image to see a larger one.

[groff22]

That game looks sick! Damn, might rent it this weekend if it's in.

[weaselnoze]

geek do u have it for ps2? how did u get the screenshots to ur computer?  also how much did u pay for it?

[weaselnoze]

well i couldnt wait. i ordered it from buy.com for 38.99 and free shipping!

[calamari]

i am almost 100% sure that there's no countersteering in this game... 

[melloGS]

awsome graphics...and i'm amazed that it's only 39.99!

[groff22]

i am almost 100% sure that there's no countersteering in this game... 

Yeah I was thinking that too, if polyphony wanted to do it realistic, then it should be that way. Who knows, maybe there's an option.

[Blingmasta]

May not be, but MAN is it fun anyway. Just like GT4 but with bikes. Sweet, glorious bikez.

[makenzie71]

i am almost 100% sure that there's no countersteering in this game... 

Bah...who cares?  We'll just say the game focuses more on weight transfer.

[calamari]

i am almost 100% sure that there's no countersteering in this game... 

Bah...who cares?  We'll just say the game focuses more on weight transfer.

I only say it because this game is supposed to be a simulator. but what the heck do I know about games 

[makenzie71]

Go hop on your bike, get going about 40mph, take your hands off the bars and lean to the right and tell me if the bike turns.  If it does, explain how you did it without countersteering.  If it does not, you can kick me in the balls.

Developing the complexity of realistic control into the game would have been pretty difficult as at speed you can actually manuever the bike without any handlebard input and do some pretty aggressive stuff with minimalistic effort.  It's actually possible to simulate on a $15,000 arcade maching with a leaning moto frame to sit on and genuine hand and foot controls...but incorparating such complexities into a PS2 paddle would make the game immensely difficult and we probably wouldn't have had it released until March of '09.

I'm still confounded by the fact that Polyphony actually released the game on time...not even GT1 was released on time and it didn't really have a release date...

[My Name Is Dave]

For the first time in my life I can say that I'm better at something in real life than in its video game counterpart. This game is hard, man.

Is anyone else having a hard time getting it down? I can only ride the sub-500cc bikes, and I have to take the corners really slow. Needless to say, I am getting nowhere. I'm having fun of course, but I may be missing something here.

[makenzie71]

I thought I was doing horribly, too, until I compared some of my times to real-world intermediate and expert track-day riders' times at Laguna Seca...it just takes a bit of time to actually adjust yourself to how fast you're actually going and how the controls work.

[Jake D]

I bought this game over the weekend.  It was $39.  At first, I was lowsiding and running long in corners, even with the little 250's.  Frustrated me so bad I went for a ride on the GS.  Came back and tried it again.
Within two hours of playing, I built my garage up with about 20 bikes, and I am now able to out run the Italian liter bikes on my MV Agusta F4.  It is awsome once you get the knack for braking soon enough and throwing it into a corner without running long. 
Heck, I even got the 'Busa and a Firebolt XB12R, all the 600 bikes, and the Gixxer 750.   I wasn't able to handle the Ducati 999R.  That thing will spin up and buck you at the drop of a hat.
But the F4 is my favorite.  Plus they allow you to fit different pipes on pretty much every bike you get (except the factory race bikes).  I'm now enjoying it as much as GT4, and I've only had it one day. 

[makenzie71]

Yeah 30 minutes last night got me like 8 new bikes...bike acquisition is kinda of lame in it's simplicity.  The only thing I'll mis from the GT series is having to buy stuff...

[Jake D]

It took me a while to figure out how to get a new bike.  I had this scooter and was like, WTF?  But you can get the novice license and the junior license pretty easy, and to get new bikes you need to race them and stay ahead of the CPU rider for 10 seconds.  When I got one bike can't remember which, I was actually low siding it when the ten seconds expired.

I also miss having to save money for parts and new rides.  Plus you don't have to sell bikes to make some extra cash, so your garage is full so stuff you'll never use, like the Motard and the '79 CB750F, etc. 

[My Name Is Dave]

Simplicity? Man, I'd get ahead of the other guy and just start praying that he wouldn't pass me in the next 10 seconds. I'm terrible. It may have to do with the fact that my PS2 was covered in dust from not being played in the past year. I'm a little rusty.

I do the same thing in GT4. Something in my head says that slowing down will put me more behind, so I barely brake and then gas it through the corners. So of course I wreck all the time. Maybe if I change the view to the rider's perspective I will start riding like I know how in real life. Or not, who knows...

[Jake D]

I prefer the first person camera, but not the one that shows the windscreen.  You can't see through those damn things.  It got like 100 times easier from the first person camera.  Trust me.

[My Name Is Dave]

I prefer the first person camera, but not the one that shows the windscreen.  You can't see through those damn things.  It got like 100 times easier from the first person camera.  Trust me.

I'm only remembering 2 camera angles (overhead and first-person), but I must be wrong. I'll have to check it out tonight.