Sorry If the quality isn’t that great on these videos guys, I changed the bitrate a few days ago and I forgot to switch it back to best when I recorded these.
So I tried out the online this morning, and it seems a lot better than Pacific Rift, Matchmaking is a lot better, and the netcode seems really good.
The betting system is a welcome addition. Basically at the beginning of each race you bet on one person that you believe you can beat. If you want to go against the best of the best then it’s going to cost you more chips than it would if you bet against someone who is continuously finishing in last place.
Then during the race the HUD keeps track of your rivals position, so you always know either how far in front you are or how far behind you are to them.
The little quicktime events do not occur in multiplayer. I guess it’s to keep the connections stable and also not to break up the gameplay. It’s a lot of fun. I really think you guys are going to love this game.
Also, you don’t lose rank progress if you don’t finish in the top 3.
You gain the chips that you use to bet, which is also used as XP, during the race by doing such things as stunts, drifting and gaining air-time. Then everything is accumalated at the end to get your grand total of XP. It also depends where you finish, how many players you beat and made wreck etc.
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