BMW M3 Challenge - free game !

[Krys TOFF]

Blimey! team, creators of GTR, GTR 2 and GT Legends games, will offer next tuesday (11th of september then) a FREE game named BMW M3 Challenge to celebrate the new BMW M3 real car available at your local BMW sailor.
This game will look more like a demo than a real game IMO because you'll be able to race only BMW M3 cars and only at 1 track : Nurburgring.
Anyway, this game will have a feature that is often absent in demos : online play.

Around 530 Mb to download, I'll give you a link next tuesday.

Minimum PC config needed to play :
    * Windows XP / Vista
    * Pentium IV 1,8 GHz or equivalent
    * 512 Mb RAM
    * 500 Mb disk space
    * graphic card 64 Mb, compatible DirectX 8.1
    * sound card compatible DirectX 8.1
    * internet ADSL web acces for online play

This game will use GT Legends engine. A new real game is under preparation by Blimey! : Ferrari Challenge.

Pictures (3 pages of screen capture) : http://www.jeuxvideopc.com/screenshots/32558-bmw-m3-challenge/page-1.php

[Mark L. Rivers]

I'm waiting for your link...

[Chulk]

So am I! I love M3!

[Mislav]

Hi folks!

I couldn't wait for any link so I've found one to download the game! It's 345Mb, I hope it works.


http://www.bmw.com/com/en/newvehicles/mseries/m3coupe/2007/experience/game/content.html

[Mislav]

And it is working!

Although my graphics are on low-medium but it's still a great game. Download it, maybe we can compare our opinions about the game.

My today's lap record is

2:21.994

And yours?

[Mark L. Rivers]

Download: perfect
Installation: perfect
Launch game: crashing after choose TIME TRIAL (or other choices...) 

[Mislav]

Well you have to be patient Mark, than it makes fun 

Where are you BMW fans!? CTG, Chulk, Krys, Akoss? You should try the game. It makes such fun racing against your ghost car in time trial. I made another best lap, now it's

2:20,876

P.S. My trick: my parents bought back in 1993 a BMW 320i e36. We still have that old black peace of bavarian art. After 8 years of driving it I can melt with the machine and squeeze out best performances of an BMW 3series 

[CTG]

My computer is way too slow to run this game (Pentium IV, 1300 MHz, 256 MB RAM).

But wow, BMW site is fast (download: 57 seconds).

[CTG]

Pffffff it works with the lowest settings and with 2-10 frames/second due to the car's position (less frames in corners or when car is sliding a bit). Under these conditions: 2:33.5xx from 7 laps.

[Mark L. Rivers]

Download: perfect
Installation: perfect
Launch game: crashing after choose TIME TRIAL (or other choices...) 

After disinstallation and re-installation the thing is the same. The game crashed exactly in the middle of loading after I choose a whatever choice (TIME TRIAL, PRACTICE, etc...).
I've WinXP SP2 and no similar problems with other games... Any idea?

[Krys TOFF]

Sorry, I was away from Stunts community and the web the last few days.

Link given by Mislav is the official one given at Blimey studio website I'm downloading it right now.
Another official link from the editor 10tacle : http://www.10tacle.de/index.php?id=285&L=1

[Mislav]

It sucks when you have 5-10 frames per second, it really influences the lap times. And it's no fun anymore.

But I found out how to get about 5 seconds per lap - the BMW is set up with the standard suspension (car options). You have to disable that suspension and enable another one (some name, should be a sponsor of the game). Better handling, braking and especially start. So I made quite easily 2:20.xxx, but with smooth good graphics.

[Mislav]

I drove some laps and with bilstein suspension my beemer's about 2-3 seconds faster, so I improved:

2:16.689

It's still far from perfect, 2:14 should be possible with my notebook's keyboard. With the wheel I don't have even 2:12...

Chulk, do you play the M3 Challenge?

If somebody wants to see the 2:16 video with the record lap and the ghost car lap I can put it on youtube 

[Chulk]

I have a big exam tomorrow (constitucional law). I'll play next week.

[Krys TOFF]

Oh, I never published my best time here.
I don't rememeber exactly my best, but it's something like 1'22"xx or so. Frame rate is not very good, my graphic card is not a top one (GeForce 6100). I should decrease the graphic level (I let the default one, which is set to "high") and try again.