That’s right. The iPhone has a rumble pack.
It’s a detail that’s been pretty much neglected across the board in discussion of the iPhone’s merit as a gaming platform, leading up to the launch of the iTunes App Store. But as anyone who’s downloaded and played Pangea’s Cro-Mag Rally on the iPhone can attest, the device is capable of basic haptic feedback thanks to the vibrate feature used primarily by the phone side of the iPhone.
Most modern consoles are capable of some form of rumble / vibration, at least as an option. It’s great to see that the iPhone SDK has opened this up to developers. Just as skidding across tracks in the mud in Sega Rally Revo on the XBOX 360 wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying without the rumble, so too would collisions in Cro-Mag Rally be less jarring without that in-hand jostle.
Unfortunately the iPod touch lacks a vibration feature, but we still hope to see rumble widely implemented in iPhone platform games (hopefully as an option that can be turned off to save battery life). The Sony PSP does not support rumble of any sort. On the Nintendo DS, it’s available via option pack in game that support it. Having it built-in to Apple’s flagship mobile device is a definite feather-in-the-cap to the iPhone as a mobile console.
So many menus/screens to click through but other than that it looks really nice. If the price is right, I will buy it. Good thing i'm asking for itunes gift cards for my birthday! (aug 29th if anyone wants to buy me some thanks.... lol jk)
wow, that's a lot nicer than the Palm version of GTS Racing i had on my Tapwave Zodiac! can't wait for this to come out.
I hope you can drift. I don't like racing games that don't have a good slide around corners mechanic.
Why would you make Formula 1 harder to control??? Thats totally opposite of the real world. Finely tuned machines that are easier to control, very light, and have tons of down-force. Oh well.
i'll most likely be buying this. one thing that bothers me is that you never see the side of the car when in a race. just one continuous view.
Yea I agree about the horizon problem. This game can't be steered like crash bandicoot (which also has no horizon compensation). In crash you can steer by pushing the phone forward and back, but in this game it would screw up the acceleration.
I'm still waiting for asphalt 4...
According to TUAW, it'll be $7.99
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Please! Will someone just make a driving game with a touch steering wheel as well as tilt control!!
James thats what asphalt 4 is supposed to offer.
Looks good. Something that's not very noticeable in the video though: if you look at the in-game screenshots from Astraware's site, you'll notice that the cars aren't actual 3d models, but rather 2d animations, like Mario Kart 64, on top of 3d tracks.
I like this game.