Intel award winner?

[selanderk]

So where is this Intel award? I always do research before I believe any marketing claims and couldn't find anything other than PR about it being an Intel award winner. So that got me curious about that claim. I did searches on "Spintires intel award winner" and looke through 10 pages of results.

[erik]

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/level-up-2009-winners-announced

Need to work more on your research skill mate. They could get into deep trouble for false advertisement/marketing.

But fortunately they are legit.

[KamiCrit]

Oh wow, SpinTires made top three in two catagories!

[Bob]

"Best Game Optimized for Intel® Graphics" and "Best Threaded Game" back in 2009? Makes no sense.

[Mijit]

Originally posted by s4bo:

"Best Game Optimized for Intel® Graphics" and "Best Threaded Game" back in 2009? Makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense. Games and the tech behind them don't materialize overnight. Spintires has been around for a good long while.

[Bob]

Ah, so it's an old game. I thought it was new.

[Gerd]

It is new. It was in development since nearly 7 years.

[Bob]

They got the award five years ago. You don't hand out awards five years before a game is released.

[Murdoch]

The game has been a work in progress for 7 years according to the devs. They played with SquirrelNuts on Twitch last night. Was awesome, they seem like really good guys with a good vision for this game, and they are dedicated to long term support for this game and bring us alotmore features, maps, trucks and better mod support and wheel, cabin view and much more. :)

[johncage]

Originally posted by s4bo:

They got the award five years ago. You don't hand out awards five years before a game is released.

that's how real game development occurs. it takes a long time.

unless you're activision or ubisoft, then you just put hire 100 people, put a ceo from packaged goods in charge of management, and throw money at them. ♥♥♥♥ game produced in a year.

[Wardiaper]

I am amazed at the attention to detail in this game. I just noticed today the mushrooms getting crushed and the tires get wet, but only the parts that touch the water.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=271596463

The game may have had a demo that came out 5 years ago, but the physics are so well behaved compared to some games where some objects in games go flying off or react strangely when the physics get out of whack.

[Murdoch]

also how how the trucks get muddy where they splash down in to mud or muddy water, its amazing! :)

[Wakey]

Originally posted by s4bo:

They got the award five years ago. You don't hand out awards five years before a game is released.

Ever watched any E3, Pax or something like that? They're handing out awards left and right to games that are nowhere near finished...

[Wardiaper]

Here's an article written by the devs about how the rendering and simulation in their engine works on gamasutra from almost exactly a year ago - http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/PavelZagrebelnyy/20130613/194247/Rendering_and_simulation_in_offroad_driving_game.php

These devs are crazy smart.

[selanderk]

You know. I did searches on Spintires and not Spin Tires. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. With this solved its starting to pass my skepitism.

Thanks everyone.

[Barricade]

Originally posted by Murwaz:

also how how the trucks get muddy where they splash down in to mud or muddy water, its amazing! :)

Yea. I thought that was an amazing touch too when I noticed it. I flipped my UAZ onto its side, and mud was splattered over the hood and on the front wind shield of only the side that was in the mud. The rest of the truck was clean.