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SCREENSHOTS OF NEW MOTORSTORM TRACKS.

9 Jan

Following the announcement on Monday of the new track packs for MotorStorm, here are the accompanying screens with, firstly, the Diamondback circuit and then the Eagle’s Nest track. Bring it on!

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In: MOTORSTORM, PS3 NEWS by: Three Speech Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

39 Comments

i need to dig out motorstorm again, looks like a good time to do it

Comment by Mr Jimmy — Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
I haven’t played it since November and with the current gap in game releases, this might be the time to dust it off.

Any news on price yet?

Comment by Timbo — Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Looking good.

The earlier article stated a £3.49 price.

Comment by Dan (PSN-Detale) — Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
Why not make them free you stingy bunch?

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
@ Tom Capone

You’re not prepared to pay £3.49 for 2 brand new tracks and you’re calling others stingy….?! Take a look in the mirror you tight git.

The tracks look great, more support for a brilliant game!

Comment by Warren Gee — Jan 9, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
its 3.49 pound each!

Comment by carl — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Good times…

Comment by VoodooCharlie — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
Split screen, please =)

Comment by Zta — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
Hey! With all the add ons this game has already cost an absolute fortune.
Initial £32.99 outlay.
Umpteen cars,reverse tracks etc.
Totalling near enough £60.
For a game that costs that I’d expect the moon on a stick.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
You do have to wonder why there is no Track Editor for this game, which I wouldn’t be surprised if it was thought about at some point. Because they can charge for more tracks, that really should have been in the game.

The Game is a good one, but very little in it, and Ton Capone is right, to keep charging for all this stuff, I wonder how much they are really selling. A car Pack of 10 cars for £3 and I would buy it, because the main details for the cars are already there, they are just changing a few textures and a little bit of the shape, but they are mostly the same, but still charge way too much.

The tracks, yes, there is a lot of detail in them, and hopefully, if I read the article right, they were going to give both for £3.49, which if true, would be well worth the money, but still makes you feel the game is just an ongoing Pay to Play affair, because the Original just lacked so many features.

Still, doesn’t detract from being a great racer, just lacks content. I just hope they make Motorstorm 2 a much better product, and with a Track Editor and the ability to use them, much like Sony and the LBP team are doing with there level editor, it could really make for a superb sequel.

Comment by Capeview — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Having never owned Motorstorm I can’t really comment but it’s almost a happy enough thought to make me fly around the room, and make out with a legal age Wendy when I see a developer carry on creating content which constantly refreshes a title over a year after initial release and especially with such frequency.

Comment by JohnSketch — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
@ Warren Gee

I am not stingy, I cannot believe that you think I am because I will not give a corporate board of billionaires £3.49.
It is they who should give lest once again the labour of the many should become the capital of the few.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 9, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
No-one is forcing anyone to buy anything. But I still can’t believe people always want something for nothing. The same sort of people that think the world owes them a living.

IMO there are more important things to get worked up about than paying a measily £3.49 for more than a few hours worth of entertainment. How about bitching about the price of fuel when corporate billionaires are raking in record profits all the time and profits are going up proportionally higher than the amount per barrel it costs them? Or banks that again are raking in record profits despite record levels of debt and ripping of customers with unfair bank charges, and still being able to charge unlawful fees despite a pending high court case which forbids the consumer to be able to fight back?

And you’re worried about paying £3.49 to some hard working, passionate game developers that have shown great loyalty to their customers by offering something that is entirely optional and the consumer’s choice whether to download or not for around the same price as a sandwich…

According to you Ton in your post 12 you say you will not give £3.49 to a board of billionaires, yet according to your post 9 you have already bought all the other optional extras despite the fact that every time a new optional add-on comes out you bitch and moan about the price… It’s small wonder these companies are full of billionaires if you’re going to buy everything thrown your way even when you object so strongly.

Comment by Dave Vincent — Jan 9, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
RANDY*

Comment by E-ROLE — Jan 9, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
@ Dave Vincent

I only downloaded the free extras, I merely looked up the other available downloads and their prices.

I do boycott the other things you mentioned.

You yourself are getting worked up about me getting worked up about giving a corporate board of billionaires £3.49, so tell me which of us has the most time on their hands?

Hard working,passionate game developers?
Don’t make me laugh. This ilk think the world owes them a living, changing simple textures of a car leaving the performance etc identical and charging you for it. These people have absolutely no pride in their work or a single shred of honour.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 9, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
I agree with Dave Vincent here. Being a game developer is not as lucrative as people think. Some game companies have made money, but it’s generally the publisher’s who take the lion’s share of every game sold. Generally publishers take 85+ percent ( yes it varies depending on how much clout you have as a developer ) of each game sold. Obviously if you have a game that has told a few million you have more leverage with the publisher next time round if you do it right.

Comment by Savage — Jan 9, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
Also I do complain about petrol,bank charges etc but on the appropriate websites and in writing, phone calls etc to the appropriate people.
I’m sorry I had the gall to complain about a PS3 issue on the official UK PS3 blog of all places.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 9, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
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Hey lets all hug and stop arguing.

For the record, I have no objection to paying for add-ons but I do think some are overpriced. At the end of the day though, if it’s too expensive for me, I don’t buy it, that’s how a consumer market works,

Comment by Timbo — Jan 9, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
now if they sold u every downloadable add on for this game with the actual game then this would efinitely be an ultimate ps3 racer

but the fact is is that (im in canada) $59.99 i spent around $20 on the psn to get the new cars and tracks and basically every add on for the game it ends up being like almost 90 dollars, what probly happened was is that we were desparate for a good ps3 game and if they delayed it there wud have been chaos, i mean look how disapointed we ar of LBP bein delayed, atleast we have other games to try out but motorstorm came out when ps3 was honestly garbage (in regards of games) but even if these addons werent on motorstorm i wud still love it i dont kno how they made such a good game with little content, i guess it doesnt sound good on paper but it sure is fun!

if they included all the features in the game up to date in a firmware then this wud be fine but o well i recieved the game and psn money for a gift , im jus sayin :p

wut id like to see in motorstorm 2 (they confirmed a sequel right)

faster loading times
split screen
atleast 15 unique and amazingly fun tracks of the original
i havent quite unlocked all the cars but atleast 10 of each class and costom skin creator instead of pickin one, paint jobs decales, vinyls etc.
demolition derbies
figure eight tracks
hey better graphics always room for improvement right :p
instead of pikin a guy or girl dependin on ur own skin maybe make ur own guy, import ur home avatar?

i think thats it, it seems like a lot but man wud it be an amazin game

Comment by stew — Jan 9, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
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I’ve never bought any of the cars or car designs as they’re not worth paying for… they dont add anything new to the game, but the extra tracks have been superb value.

£3.49 for 2 new tracks is a freakin bargain!

The weekend packs have been amazing too… I’m still playing this game more than any other, simply because it is such good fun and they keep me coming back for more.

Especially as this was a launch title and I, like most people, didn’t pay for it - we got it free with the console as there wasnt anything else worth getting.

Can’t wait for MS2 and hopefully that will bring split screen racing with it too

A track editor would be nice but i can’t imagine anyone would be able to come up with anything as good as the tracks that are in the game or the addons…..

Comment by DillonRadio — Jan 9, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
@ Ton - This is how stupid your argument sounds -

Billy (fictional name) goes into his local high street shop and decides to purchase a music CD by a new band called “The Antarctic Apes”. This CD contains ten songs and costs Billy £12.99.

Billy is very happy with the CD and clearly so are a lot of other people because the CD becomes number one in the charts for many weeks.

On the back of their success, The Antarctic Apes start writing more music for their second album which is due to come out the following year. However, during the period between the two albums, The Antarctic Apes decide to write a new single which they release for £2.99 which is a song that is not on the first album and neither will it be on the second album.

Billy is disgusted and starts complaining straight to the record company and even the store that sold him the first album. The reason for Billy’s complaints - he feels that because he bought their first album he should be automatically entitled to this new song for free. He doesn’t feel that he should pay the extra £2.99 for something new that will increase his listening pleasure of The Antarctic Apes - instead he feels that the band owe him this song for free because he bought their first album… The store and record company try to remind Billy that the purchase of the new single is entirely optional and is he doesn’t want to spend £2.99 on the single he doesn’t have to.

This sound familiar to you?

I do wonder why you ever bought a PS3 Ton if you’re not prepared to spend more on it? It’s like buying a fridge and expecting fresh milk to be put inside it everyday for nothing.

If you really did have some morals etc. you wouldn’t be purchasing ANYTHING from these billionaires and that means the PS3 in the first place. Remember, the PS3 is what is called, in the marketplace, a luxury item. The world runs without them and no-one is ever forced to buy any or ever even expected to. But clearly you had the money to burn and did buy one and now for some reason you feel guilty about it and you’re trying to preach to others that they should all feel guilty about spending a mere £3.49 on something that will give them hours of pleasure. It’s incredible.

Comment by Dave Vincent — Jan 10, 2008 @ 9:29 am
I think that the Motorstorm guys deserve our support. Motorstorm was a superb launch title for PS3 and along with Resistance gave us real quality at a very difficult time for PS3.
I wish all games received the level of support and development that Motorstorm gets, after all you only buy DLC if you find it worth what you think its worth, no one has a gun to your head and the prices seem reasonable to me, its not like MS charging 800 of their “points” for solitaire!! or charging its users for themes LOL!
Motorstorm still impressess me with its graphics and the thrill of the race, this is my type of racing game. LOVE IT cant wait to see what Motorstorm2 is going to be like when they are not on such a deadline as they where with 1, because I think it could be amazing.
I bought the new ticket races for Motorstorm and some of the new cars, the paint jobs I left on the shelf and I need the following info before I buy these new tracks..
Are these tracks just for the multiplayer or are they in a single player ticket race ???

Comment by granty — Jan 10, 2008 @ 9:32 am
@ Dave Vincent

Nothing you have said is like anything that applies to me. Why do you care so much what I think and say?
And also please stop trying to start a flame war.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 9:56 am
A more accurate adage would be that the “Antartic Apes” released an album containing 6 tracks, when most other bands release with at least 10 tracks.
They then decide to release in dribs and drabs 4 other tracks which were already recorded at the time of the album release but held back,for £3.49 each. Hence the album now cost Billy £26.95 when the going rate for a finished 10 track album is £12.99, therein lies the cheating of the consumer.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 10:01 am
@ Ton Capone

Your analogy isn’t entirely accurate: I would agree an album with 6 tracks is less than the norm, but even so you know what you are buying, if 6 tracks aren’t enough don’t buy it. But what I don’t agree with is implying that Motorstorm has less tracks than the average racing game when it was launched.Hhow do you define the number of tracks a racing game should have? for example Gran Turismo prologue will have 5 basic tracks, with reverse and variations on those bringing it up to 10

Also in your analogy you have skipped over the fact that some new features have been free, for example the time trial mode, holiday liveries, and additional songs.

Comment by John — Jan 10, 2008 @ 11:04 am
Oh my god, getting Ton to understand is like trying to describe colours to a blind person…

Comment by Dave Vincent — Jan 10, 2008 @ 11:47 am
The time trial mode, the holiday liveries and additional songs are in my opinion not very good. They were probably given free as they knew even some people here wouldn’t pay for them.

To ask people to pay for “new” vehicles (which has happened) is tantamount to giving one of the songs already on the album a new title and selling to the album buyer again.

I bought a PS3 in good faith that the hype which Sony perpetrated and encouraged about it was true but the games are to me a huge disappointment.

I honestly believe microtransactions are a great evil and should not be encouraged, they are encouraging lazy development,unfinished releases and cashing in on the vulnerable consumer all of which I find intolerable and vile.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 11:52 am
Ton, I agree with you on two points, the vehicles on a personal level I didn’t feel were worth the money, but that’s my choice, it doesn’t bother me.

Secondly I agree there is a risk that microtransactions will allow the sort of development practices you mention, but on the flip side it also allows futher development of complete games. After all it is possible that these 2 new tracks have only been developed recently, in the previous console gaming model this simply wasn’t possible. All in all I would rather have the risk of the former than not be able to buy an add-ons to my games.

I still don’t accept “cashing in on the vulnerable consumer”. People still have the choice of what microtransactions they purchase, they don’t have to if they don’t want to, and they knew exactly what they were buying when they purchased it.

Comment by John — Jan 10, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
They should carry a notice stating that the game is planned to include add ons which you may have to pay for in future.
This way you can make an informed choice about whether or not you think you are buying a complete(d) game. The dubiety is not helping anyone.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
So Motorstorm isn’t a completed game now!?

Unbelievable!

And as for microtransactions, if anyone is stupid enough to believe that they have to buy something, they deserve to be ripped off and exploited for being so ignorant. But seeing as 99.99999999+% of people realise that these things are optional, and should they want, and choose willingly, to spend their own hard earned cash on whatever they choose to do so and whenever they choose to, I thinks it’s out of order to label these people the “vulnerable consumer”.

Oh and I don’t buy the extra car argument at all either. Again it’s a choice and I would consider it like buying a remix of your favourite record. Again, down to the consumer if they choose to buy or not.

Comment by Dave Vincent — Jan 10, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
@ Dave Vincent
You should have noticed that I wrote
“This way you can make an informed choice about whether or not you think you are buying a complete(d) game”
It is down to the individual to decide not Dave Vincent.
So get off my back so called “Dave Vincent” and don’t read my posts in future if they infuriate you so.
You are a cyber bully and a coward.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
We are still in the age of Horse armour…

I haven’t bought any Motorstorm additional feature yet as I believe they are over priced in relation to the initial outlay for the full game. Its not as bad as the ‘horse armour’ in oblivion joke but still I feel it needs refining somewhat.

2 tracks for £3.50 is getting a little better… but what ever they have been charging for some new car skins is a complete joke (cant remember price, just remember laughing then pressing back), especially considering the stuff had already been created and just not incorporated into the finished game (watch interview with motorstorm guy).
Ok, the new tracks may be additional work from the original design and new tracks do add a significant amount to a racing game that why 3.5 for 2 is getting slightly better in my eyes.

But companies are still testing the water with downloadable content prices. Do they release a new track at 50p with the chance that 80% of MS users find that a great price and download it, or do they release a track at £2 with the chance that only 20% of MS users will buy it?? From the above comments they obviously haven’t hit the nail on the head just yet.

Personally £2 ish for several tracks and a bunch of new car skins would have me hovering over the buy it button. And remember there is no retailer stealing profits with DLC so more of the purchase price will see its way into dev hands.

Free user generated content will mix things up with LBP and Unreal 3 too.

Comment by SH4RKY — Jan 10, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Sensible comments SH4RKY.
Personally I think every download should cost £1 and that it has to be over a certain amount of megabytes to stop them releasing 1 car or 1 track at a time.
My aim is to unite the gaming community in order to use people power to force a better deal for ourselves.
I would like Sony to come forward and give us a breakdown of costs etc and the process by which they came to these prices.
I think that sounds fair, and it shouldn'’t be difficult.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
PS Why aren’t they working on some new halfway decent games instead of trying to flog the life out of these horses.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
Well my friends call me Dave & my clients call me Mr Vincent. No idea why I’m now a bully and a coward. All I’ve ever said is that I find it hard to believe that someone complains so much about the price of something that is as cheap as chips but fails to grasp the concept that it is for an item which is not compulsory and is only an added enhancement to a product. All I believe is you are showing a complete lack of respect to those people who are just offering something new to their customers should they want it. Should customers not purchase it, then I’m sure we wouldn’t see any more enhancements, but while demand is there, they have every right to carry on adding more.

Instead you come here and start off with an aggressive first post. Now if you had posted something like “It’s a shame this couldn’t have been offered as a free download like the time-trial enhancement was, seeing as this game is now a year old and Motorstorm 2 isn’t that far off.” then I would have had a lot more respect for you but still would have disagreed with you as I would have said how for a small cost it adds more life to a product which otherwise may remain on the shelf.

But instead you sit on a high horse and try to preach to us your anti-capitalism viewpoints and tell us we should not give our money to whoever we want because we’re just making the rich richer and they don’t deserve our money, yet you’re just as guilty because you’ve bought a PS3 and games in the past. You seem to be the only one that is not letting people decide for themselves if they want to buy something or not. At which point have I ever said it is up to me who decides who buys what!? I have always believed it is the consumer’s choice and right to choose to buy whatever they want - it’s their money after all.

I’m doing this on a public forum where I have every right to express my opinion as much as you do, but I don’t resort to calling people names whereas you do. In case you didn’t know, lowering yourself to name calling is often considered the lowest form of argument.

Comment by Dave Vincent — Jan 10, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Just leave it Vincent.
I started off by saying “Why not make them free you stingy bunch?”
If you view that as aggressive then you are more timid than the average person and would probably have some sort of confrontation phobia.
Instead of being reasonable you and your friends jumped down my throat with both feet “I can’t believe you think this!” “I can’t believe you think that!” etc
Well believe it Vincent, I do think these things so let this be last of it, it’s in the past, I’m sure you have to go and throw money away somewhere.

Comment by Ton Capone — Jan 10, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Well if anyone cares after all that, I have decided not to buy them

Comment by John — Jan 10, 2008 @ 10:39 pm

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