split second Vs Blur ?

BoB3rt · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:19

I have a 360 and I have not had a racing game in a long while, after playing NFS pro street I was so disapointed they were trying to make them too realistic eg. correct speed, follow lines, slight nudge and u crash horribly.
not that I couldn't play them just seemed to reduce the fun!
so other day I got split second demo was fun, unfortunately no Blur demo though.

anyone own both or played both as they appear to be what am looking for! like NFS 2/carbon/most wanted. but I like a lot of people online (too beat

) so figured would need a more recent game.

I know a new nfs is coming out so be intresting to see but I've yet to see a trailer of that yet.

cheers!

ic1male · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:53

Prefer Blur myself. In order to compete successfully at Split/Second, you have to do the entire single player campaign first to get a car worthy. Otherwise you will just be outraced and left behind with no opportunity to use your power-up doodahs.

Plus in Blur, you have umpteen multiplayer challenges to attempt which get you hooked.

NVIDIA_x64 · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:06

+1 for Split Second very fun game :cool:

Vonhelmet · 13 Jul 2010 at 17:50

Penny Arcade came down heavily for Split Second on the basis that Blur is just chaos and luck.

Senture · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:02

Played the PS3 version of both Split/Second and Blur. Blur felt like it was lacking something, although I couldn't put my finger on it. The SP side was very easy, but the challenges set to unlock rivals were boring as hell. The MP side is just chaos, lag is a big problem with players warping round the screen and getting shunted off course without anything hitting you. If you can get into 1st by half way round the first lap, then you've won.

Split/Second was much more polished with some fantastic races and route changes causing absolute carnage but the difficulty ramps up very quickly. You have 12 episodes to complete and different races per episode to pick from. After Episode 5 they start throwing very complicated tracks and cheese tactics AI at you. MP wise ic1male hit the nail on the head, try and do MP without completing SP and you'll lose every race. Wrecking people online is nearly impossible so it boils down to your car and skills (mostly the car though).

Mojo · 14 Jul 2010 at 08:53

+1 for Splitsecond, I set up a lan game with 5 of my mates after a few ciders, was the funniest session we've ever had, was so satisfying to land a dam on Nathan's head and hear him scream like a girl from upstairs =)

ic1male · 17 Jul 2010 at 13:07

Grrrrr, really hate Blur now. In first position and it seems the entire field bombarded me with shunts so I ended up last and rage quit.

PiKe · 19 Jul 2010 at 10:14

These are both fine games in their own right.

Dutch Guy · 19 Jul 2010 at 15:53

ic1male said:
Grrrrr, really hate Blur now. In first position and it seems the entire field bombarded me with shunts so I ended up last and rage quit.

This is the reason why I haven't bought Blur or SplitSecond, I just know it will end with me swearing loudly or a broken controller.

I just don't like racing games that are based on luck.

PiKe · 19 Jul 2010 at 16:12

Dutch Guy said:
This is the reason why I haven't bought Blur or SplitSecond, I just know it will end with me swearing loudly or a broken controller.

I just don't like racing games that are based on luck.

It's not 'based' on luck. Theres's a luck element to it but so long as you have a powerup, you can use it defensively.

There is an element of skill else there wouldn't be any consistency in the end of race results, and I can tell you, there is.

Vonhelmet · 25 Apr 2012 at 00:44

NECROPOST.

Got Split/Second from Lovefilm. Played the first season so far. The handling seems quite stiff and it doesn't give much feedback so it can be hard to feel when you're about to lose grip or fall out of a drift. Hot Pursuit is miles better on that front.

ic1male · 25 Apr 2012 at 00:45

Almost 2 years! LOL. I wonder why Split/Second is still not on Steam.

Phatjayunoi · 25 Apr 2012 at 01:08

Well the slow framerate for the game doesn't help either, so it makes it feel like the controls are more stiff.

And there's nothing to gain since Disney closed down Black Rock Studio last year, and neither is Disney on Steam.

Jak3 Mac · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:36

Split second! Amazing game!!!

Jericho.u.k · 25 Apr 2012 at 18:23

Loved split second and hated blur LOL

kdd · 25 Apr 2012 at 18:29

For an arcade racer I would get something like Grid or one of the dirt series. Dirt Showdown looks a lot of fun. I thought split Second was poor and Blur was mediocre.