Does the game have a track minimap?

[TokyoDan]

If it doesn't have a track minimap I'll not buy it. I need a minimap because I like to know what curves are coming up if the course is a road course (non-oval). I have a terrible memory and can't remember road courses. Of course if there are only oval tracks then a minimap is not needed.

[medicinehead]

Not during race no,but seems like a lame reason to miss out on this absoulute gem of a game.

[Sulfito]

Nope, there is no minimap

[justintabs]

It shows a minimap before each race that helps a lot.

[Forky]

I thought too that the game needed a minimap. But no, otherwise the nervousness would not be the same.
The minimap would change all and remove a lot of suspense to the tracks. Like all good car games you need to know tracks on which you will run. The top is a server that offers 2x the same circuit in a row. A first time to warm up, a 2nd for all degummed once the track known.

Memory with training needs :D

[Frosty85]

no minimap.
this is a banger racer game, not grand turismo. you learn the track by crashing and driving out of bounds at full speed.

there is no feeling like going full speed in first person cam and have 0 idea when next turn is or how fast you can take it.

[TΩKSYK]

I'm glad there isn't a minimap, this game isn't NFS or one of Codemaster's or some random racing game, its banger race/folkrace.

[Brian]

The tracks are so short and easy to remember, you don't even need a minimap.

[TokyoDan]

Originally posted by Brian:

The tracks are so short and easy to remember, you don't even need a minimap.

Thanks!

[SG]

Minimaps aren't just to know the track, they are to follow the opponents too. Knowing how far the others are gives more fun tension to the game for me and the minimap is better than looking behind by moving the camera for me.

Honestly I consider this a minus. I'm hesitating to buy the game for several reasons and this is one of them. I wonder if it competes with Flatout 2 very well. But I could be wrong, tho. Please don't take my thought for it.

[Teho]

You have a box that in seconds tell you how far ahead the race leader is, how far ahead the guy immediately in front of you is and how far behind the guy immediately behind you is. You don't need a minimap to judge where the neareast opponents are in wreckfest.

[Purple44]

hit Tab and you get the whole player list.

[SG]

Cool!

It's not just a matter of need really, but never mind.

Are those as effective and practical as a minimap? I still don't own the game and I'm checking things up first. With minimaps a quick millisecond glimpse or even a looking at it indirectly while your eyes are on the road tells everything one needs to now. I hope those do too.

I'll check videos on Youtube or something and see, I guess. Shareware and demo days, the good old days, are long gone, unfortunately. So far I can't tell if it competes with Flatout: 2 or UC. Please, Wreckfest, be the one, please!

[Hyperion Biga]

Real banger cars don't have minimap. You're supposed drive by looking at the road, not a map

It would take the unpredictable danger out of the game, when suddenly in a corner there is a car who has wrecked himself, or spinned, and you need to think fast to avoid crashing into him. Or, you could see when cars are coming into cross-section, and avoid nearly all collisions with map

The tracks are very easy to learn anyway, as they are fairly short and full of landmarks. You don't even need to stay on track completely, in many parts

[SG]

I see. I wonder if real banger cars don't have damage report view on the bottom left too (just kidding).

That's another point, tho; tracks are fairly short. This is bad. Guess I'll just go back to the FlatOuts and skip this one. I heard the team behind the first two FlatOuts are behind this one too. I wonder why Wreckfest isn't as attractive as those two for me.

Got what I need. Thanks for the feedback, guys.

[Purple44]

But if you like to race online, Wreckfest is a good online sim-cade racing game. Can race on no rules servers or find semi clean, semi rough servers or go for a clean racing server.

Ya if you looking more for a more arcade racing game with nitro like Flatout 2, Wreckfest is not it. But if want have some close racing or rough racing, you can find it online with Wreckfest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPNy18OdivY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_UVhDfKL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRyLz81l3m0