Just wondering if anybody got to hear the live chat...I missed it.
Anything good?

i am sure there will be transcripts...

arch brings some muddy racing mayhem to the PS3 with MotorStorm. Paul Rustchynsky (Game Designer), Nigel Kershaw (Senior Designer), Simon Benson (Producer) and John McLaughlin (Associate Producer) from Evolution Studios, developers of MotorStorm, answered questions during a live chat on the US Playstation Forums.
The session lasted about 45 minutes and revealed a few bits of info on the upcoming release (besides the often asked "will there be downloadable content?" - yes, yes, yes!).

- MotorStorm is exclusive to the PS3
- WIll be released March 6 in the US
- Can use SIXAXIS motion control
- Took a little over 2 years to develop
- The original name was "Stampede"
- 12 player online Multiplayer
- US gamers will only be able to play other US gamers in multiplayer at launch
- Lobby system for online multiplayer (player choses room to enter from available matches)
- Ranking based on "current experience"; As developers noted: "This means that it isn't just a case of putting in the hours to top the rankings, you'll need to race well consistently."
- Voice chat with USB/Bluetooth Headset
- Will run in 720p at 30 frames per second
- Uses the Havok Engine
- Downloadable content (other stuff in addition to vehicles and tracks)
- A new, speedier demo of MotorStorm will be available from the Playstation Store Online
- MotorStorm features 8 tracks
- 7 different vehicles (ATV, Bike, Buggy, Racing Truck, Rally Car, Mud Plugger & Big Rig) with 5 different styles and unique skins.
- Two camera views are available for all vehicles
- Night races will take place (without headlights!)
- Soundtrack features bands such as: Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother, Primal Scream, Reverand Horton Heat and Nirvana
- 'Live-Fi' technology that presents all of the music tracks in the front end of the game as live versions
- 7.1 audio via HDMI


When asked how much space the game takes up on a Blu-Ray Disc, the developer replied: "We use most of it, about 18GB if I remember correctly (and everything on the disk is actualy compressed at a 2:1 ratio too as the CELL is so powerful, that it can decompress the data faster than it can read it." The team also reiterated how working on the PS2's World Rally Championship gave the team the "pedigree in racing games" and noted that with each release, the graphics and gameplay bumped up another level. We can expect the same with future games from Evolution Studios on the PS3.

http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/1659/2/

Sounds Great!!! Can't Wait. I like alot of people have been waiting for this Killer title.

Now will it upscale to 1080i ??????? or downscale to 480p on my Mitsubishi 65

16x9 Tv.?

- A new, speedier demo of MotorStorm will be available from the Playstation Store Online


The motorstorm demo file size has changed. It is smaller!! I am wondering if this is the new speedier version of the demo in the ps store now?

Sounds Great!!! Can't Wait. I like alot of people have been waiting for this Killer title.

Now will it upscale to 1080i ??????? or downscale to 480p on my Mitsubishi 65

16x9 Tv.?
if your TV doesnt support 720p, it will downscale to 480p.... If it is native 1080i but it supports 720p, it will upscale to 1080i...

It looks like Motorstorm may not be taking advantage of the new scaling system in the PS3 (unless they were only refering to HD rendering). That's disappointing. I was hoping part of the delay was to address this since it's such a cool title.

8 tracks? Night races without headlights?

Night races withought headlights. Sweet, i can already see alot of people, including myself, falling of the cliffs !!

When asked how much space the game takes up on a Blu-Ray Disc, the developer replied: "We use most of it, about 18GB if I remember correctly
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that doesn't make much sense. I guess 18gb would be most of a single layer ona bd if that's what he meant.

Custom Soundtracks??

Full Transcript Here:

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Custom Soundtracks??
Dosen't look like it at the moment. From the Live Chat:


Rodrigo6411: Will there possibly be an update to include Custom Soundtracks? (I love the ones already in the game) I think it would give me a rush of excitement to listen to my favorite music while crashing into other players.
Nature_Boy: To Rodrigo6411 At the moment we have no plans to do this, but if it is a popular suggestion that is certainly possible in the future.

The motorstorm demo file size has changed. It is smaller!! I am wondering if this is the new speedier version of the demo in the ps store now?

Has anyone tried the new version to verify a difference?? What do they mean speedier? Maybe they mean speedier as in small size to download faster?

just checked the file size, doesn't appear any smaller than before...

Just give me the game goddammit!

Has anyone tried the new version to verify a difference?? What do they mean speedier? Maybe they mean speedier as in small size to download faster?

just checked the file size, doesn't appear any smaller than before...

I re-downloaded, I don't think it is any different which was already pretty smooth and fast aside from the first ten seconds of play without boost. Online demo has a much better frame-rate and sense of speed than the store kiocks.