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Racing Games Too Fast, Furious For U.S.?
An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad just posted an interesting article called 2 Fast 2 Furious For The U.S., discussing the Japanese releases of Gran Turismo Concept and World Rally Championship 2 Extreme for PS2. It's pretty interesting, since these are two games that haven't been scheduled for a U.S. release yet, despite having solid predecessors." Seems like we'll never see GT Concept in the States, despite a European release (wonder why?), and if WRC 2 Extreme can make it through the surfeit of rally titles currently clogging U.S. bargain bins, it should be a worthy buy.
We'uns here in the you-notted states don't like real complimicated racin' games. We'uns likes NASCAR! Mash down on the loud pedal and turn left. Yeehah!
How ya like dat?
As a rally game fanatic, I'll tell you why WRC 2 Extreme is desired in the States...
Its the only rally game offically licenced by the FIA and the WRC. Sure, games like CMR3 and V-Rally have licenced various cars, WRC2 is the only one with all the drivers and all the cars from the World Rally Championship.
Well, that doesn't really mean much for gameplay, now does it. It will be tough to knock CMR3 off its pedestal.
"However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
Licensing issues are most likely why these games will never see the light of day here.
This may be a ficticious memory or a past rumor, correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember the original Japanese Gran Turismo having a ton of cars (Ferrari) that were not in the US version due to similar licensing issues.
I find driving on the wrong side of the road in games quite disturbing. In the interests of safety they should have made right-hand drive cars for Grand Theft Auto 3!
This failure has affected my driving in real life.