PS3 Face Off: MotorStorm vs. Formula 1 (Page 2 of 2)
- December 11, 2006 16:21 PM PST
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Vehicles
Boost will both save and demolish your hide!
MotorStorm: If it has two or more wheels, it's probably there. Cars, trucks, bikes, buggies, and even big rigs are playable in MotorStorm, and each vehicle has very specific handling, speed, and damage stats. Lighter vehicles are incredibly fast, and there's awesome independent wheel physics on four-wheeled vehicles. With tons of rides to choose from and awesome skins, too boot, there is more than enough variety in MotorStorm's wheel department.
This kind of damage is a fast ticket to becoming a spectator
F1: As you'd expect, true-to-life F1 cars are featured, and there's not much expansion on this. But turning on in-game damage will certainly change the way you drive them. If you take a bit of damage to one of your wheels, you might be in OK shape, but get smashed from behind and lose your wing...then you're in a heap of trouble.
Graphics
A simply insane level of detail
MotorStorm: Hands down, one of the best-looking games ever on a console system. When the game was first unveiled at E3 2005, no one thought the actual code would look anything like the stunning demo video. But now we can see that it's pretty dang close. Playing in first-person mode provides a greater sense of intensity, as the up-close view of detail you get during slams and spills is nothing short of amazing. And the Havoc physics system brings the whole thing together where rag-doll crash ejections are wonderfully addictive to watch.
Not too shabby in the graphics department
F1: This is definitely not a throwaway in the visual department. The mapping of track terrain and detail on cars is just breathtaking, inclement weather spews rain right onto the screen, and side-view mirrors make excellent use of reflections. Trees and other background objects don't push the graphical boundaries, but F1 as a whole is a more-than-pleasing visual experience.
Multiplayer
It's just like LA freeways.
MotorStorm: Few finished details have been released, but we do know that Sony is promising at least 8-player online play, with the chance that it will be bumped up to 16.
Keep your enemies closer...
F1: There is promise of 11-player races, but there is going to be the ability to add A.I. racers to make the final number hit 22. No word on specifics, but expect standard races and tracks as in the single-player game.
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