Ballistics

The Game This is Ballistics - Velocity in its purest form! Ballistics takes place during man's next century. Technology and increasing demand for hazardous entertainment has borne a new form of racing. The Ballistics pilots run their hover bikes on magnetic fields inside a track that allows full 360 degree movement. The races take place in many different settings; all with their own unique design concept and environment, but all shaped to breed the speed.

Game play The second control system is enabled by hitting the detach switch on the dashboard and release from the magnetic field. This will enable free motion; loop, roll and turn inside the tunnels. The free movement will allow the pilot to reach certain positions in the track that allow bonus power ups or just prize money. The downside of free movement is of course that it is harder to control and can cause crashing at high speeds. The free movement should be avoided and only used for short periods. Colliding with obstacles will knock the player into detach mode and it is imperative for him to get back on track and attach.

The gameplay is built upon almost limitless speed and the avoidance of in-track obstacles, and the collecting of booster fuel and using of cooler zones that are placed along the course. All this while opponents try to overtake and ram you into the tunnel walls in their attempts to snag the first place. Classy moves and extreme courage are rewarded with money. Rushing down the tunnels at well above MACH 2, pilots are in for a real challenge!

Graphics and effects Using GRINs own Diesel Engine, Ballistics renders from 20,000 to 110,000 polygons in the view port. Adding up to a total sum of over 1500 textures in seven tracks with fully animated environments and light effects, you have a stunning piece of entertainment. Effects like masked chrome, real time lights, reflections, morphing animations, bump mapping, sparks, explosions, rain, snow and fog are all well balanced together with the 3D sound to give the gamer a nice run for money spent on new 3D hardware.

Features

• Contains 7 highly detailed and original tracks

• 40 Speeder parts catering for over 10.000 possible Speeder combinations

• Gameplay which offers a lot of technique to be mastered for the higher divisions while still enabling the user to quickly get into the game on the easier levels.

• True 3D sound in outside scenes, ambients in the racetrack and sound placed on passing opponents used to raise the speed sensation even more

• In game speech giving you tips and comments on your play.

• Very configurable graphical set-up. Enabling the user to set his features in game to balance as he wishes between performance and graphical quality.

• Speed beyond what you thought you could handle.