The accelerometer is the control system you would expect to see, but here the arcade nature of Asphalt is the issue. Quite simply, this is a fail, and very close to a deal-breaker for me. When you jump back to the game, the whole level is reloaded, a 15 to 20 second wait, and worst of all, your position in the race is not kept - you'll be put back to the start line to run the race all over once more. Which is when you discover that there is no fast-app switching implemented in Asphalt 5. Worryingly, this is probably the best of the three control systems, but it pops up another issue - with your thumb very close to to the 'back' and 'windows' button, it's very easy to pull yourself out of the game. It is a digital input system, and the longer you hold down on the screen, the more you steer. Screen is the simplest to understand, where tapping on the left or right of the screen will steer your car. Three options are available, accelerometer, wheel, and screen. It's as if the world suddenly had a strobe effect in place and it's horrible.Īssuming you get past the graphical issues, you get to fight the control system. The biggest graphical issue I have is when the cars find a ramp and go flying through the air and the subsequent huge drop in frame rate of the car's animation. Switching between the two seemingly at random makes for a slightly nausea inducing drive. The graphics are in that horrible no mans land between 'smooth' and 'a little bit jerky'. It's also a game that feels old when compared to other racing titles on Xbox Live. Any serious Asphalt fan who has any other platform has likely played this game to completion in the past, and there's very little in the Xbox Live version that makes me want to play through it once more. Asphalt is a long running franchise, with each version built around a base game engine that is then ported around as many gaming platforms as possible.
The problem with this release is one of timing. Unfortunately, the gaming world has left the start line and is a couple of laps ahead of this tired title that needs to be quietly pulled aside and retired from the race. Gameloft's long running street racing franchise Asphalt Urban GT power slides onto Xbox Love with Asphalt 5.
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