Marc wrote:
In short, if you have even a passing interest in the type of racer and have somehow managed to avoid playing this, please do so.
For what it's worth,
Jak X: Combat Racing got a re-release on PS4 A.D. 2017, so I'd recommend that to PS4-owners as well, although I haven't played the PS2 original in about a decade, hence I've no idea how I would like it these days. It has to be said, Burnout 3: Takedown (originally purchased soon after Jak X, as I wanted a second fill of such antics from that PS2 of mine), re-visited last year or so, annoyed me with stuff I wouldn't mind back in the day (still not a bad game by any means, just... underdeveloped).
Marc wrote:
One of those games where I'd be quite happy to shell out again for a 60/1080 remaster.
Doesn't the PC original sport both features straight out of the box? No baiting here, serious question, for I read Split/Second: Velocity is locked at 30 fps on PC as it is on consoles, whereas Blur can do 60 fps on a PC, so it could not be taken for granted in their time and age still.
Last but not least, if you keep playing vehicular combat games on PS3, but have yet to encounter
Full Auto 2: Battlelines, I couldn't recommend it enough... played in
no more than 720p. Possibly a placebo effect this, but I find its framerates more palatable in 720p than they seem to me in 1080p. I'd also happily disable the anti-aliasing, if doing so could improve its performance in any a way.
Oh yes, as for the part of it I've played through, it's perfectly serviceable without resorting to "Unwreck" command. I read one review of 1st where someone'd found it too easy
because of the "Unwreck" feature, than another one, of 2nd, mentioning that the latter's "Unwreck" was not helpful enough this time around. A word to the wise - simply don't use "Unwreck" whatsoever.