Apple just approved the game, sent me an email, I've been searching on the app store for the last 15 minutes, efff its up but i can't find it!!! as soon as its up, someone post, I've gotta get to bed.
MidianGTX says he is playing it now but cant find it in the Canadian, or American app store, i even checked the UK appstore and its not there. i will check the appstore and appshopper.com every 20 min since ill be up anyways,
hes saying that to wind us up. its not in the uk app store. Maybe it comes out at a certain time along with all the other approved apps?
iTunes caching problem? Who knows? Adam, any ideas how big this game is (In terms of data size). If it comes out when I'm at work, and its over 10megs, I'll cry.
I'm gonna try to get more promo codes to get you guys to play, I'm not sure why its not showing up yet. For those with promo codes make sure you send me your review so I can post them up on the game description.
I was waiting for the release thread before I started with reviews/feedback but since it's not around yet I guess I could write it here then copy it over later.
Mini review: I think it's safe to say that Drag Racer: Perfect Run leaves every other App Store drag game in it's dust. It wasn't a very populated genre in the first place, but DRR sets the bar high out of reach. Anyone who's played the flash game will instantly feel at home here, the interface and general setup have changed slightly, but definitely for the better. Personally I was always a little lost trying to navigate the menus on Drag Racer 3, but Perfect Run's menus are clear, simple and easily the best-looking of the series to date. The cars (as usual) are all lovingly detailed and offer a good amount of both performance and cosmetic upgrades. As far as general improvements go, there are a couple of small things I'd like to see in an update. I'd like the name of the car to be displayed on it's stats screen, at the moment when I'm browsing my garage it seems the only way to tell which car I'm looking at is to get in it. It's not a huge detail but it would make switching between cars that little bit easier. Secondly, I'm not too fond of the background during a race. It seems slightly strange to have photorealistic scenery when the rest of the game is all done with vector graphics. I think it would also help with the sense of speed if it were drawn instead, as when you reached a certain speed it could switch to a slightly more blurred version of the background rather than just trying to scroll it faster. It's probably an iPhone limitation that prevents it from really looking as fast as it could, so some visual tricks could be used in order to make it look more convincing. Lastly, the gear stick. It's perhaps the biggest change when moving to the iPhone game from the flash games, and it may divide some players. Personally I think it works pretty well and it's definitely more fun than using arrow keys, but a couple of times while racing I've had problems getting it to go where I want to. I'm not suggesting a complete change, but it'd be nice if the devs could mess with it a bit to see if they can make it slightly more forgiving. Maybe even an option where you don't have to touch the stick itself, but can just trace the correct shape anywhere on the screen (other than the pedal obviously) to change gears? I've got small fingers but I'm thinking other people might not be so lucky in that respect and it'd help them out a lot. Overall it's a solid game, anyone who's enjoyed the previous games should have no complaints, and anyone who hasn't but has even the slightest interest in drag racing should definitely give it a try. I seem to have written mostly about improvements here, but even so they are only minor annoyances and fixing them would definitely add to the polish of the game. This is actually the first game in the series I've played for more than a few minutes, and already I'm feeling the addiction, it's very much a "just one more race..." kind of game.
