By Mat Elfring on Apr 08, 2017 08:30 pm
There is nothing more exciting than watching a movie with a high-speed car chase, especially if it ends with a spectacular crash. With a new Fast and the Furious movie coming out on April 14, we thought we'd take a look at the 10 best movies that heavily involve cars in their storylines. Using scores primarily from Metacritic--and a few from IMDb--we're starting with number 10.
10. Cars (2006)
The Pixar film Cars takes the audience into a world inhabitated entirely by anthropomorphic automobiles. The movie follows Lightning McQueen, a racecar who learns the meaning of family. Metacritic Score: 73
9. The Italian Job (1969)
While many people are familiar with the 2003 version of The Italian Job, it is originally based on a 1969 Michael Caine film. In this heist movie, a group of thieves plan on stealing a shipment of gold by creating a traffic jam in the streets of Turin. IMDb Score: 7.4
8. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Jeff Bridges stars in the biography of Preston Tucker, an ambitious car designer during the 1940s who has a revolutionary idea for an automobile. The biggest challenge wasn't designing the car, though: It was taking on the auto-industry. Metacritic Score: 74
7. Bullitt (1968)
The cult classic starring Steve McQueen follows a San Francisco police officer looking for a criminal kingpin who killed a witness he was protecting. The film is filled with gritty car chase scenes set throughout the hills of the city. IMDb Score: 7.5
6. Rush (2013)
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl star in Rush, the true story of James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two rival Formula One drivers. Things were very heated between the two, which led to some horrific crashes. Metacritic Score: 75
5. The Road Warrior (1982)
The Mad Max sequel is unlike the majority of the other films on this list because it takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The movie again follows Max, who helps a small community fight off bandits. Metacritic Score: 76
4. Duel (1971)
This 1971 film isn't incredibly well-known, but the trailer is insane. A man who is driving to the desert for a business appointment finds himself in the crosshairs of a truck driver who chases him around, trying to kill him. IMDb Score: 7.7
3. Death Proof (2007)
Part of the 2007 double feature Grindhouse, Death Proof follows two groups of women who are stalked by Stuntman Mike, played by Kurt Russell. He uses his "death proof" car to kill his victims. Metacritic Score: 77 (The score is reflective of the double-feature also featuring Planet Terror)
2. Drive (2011)
Drive follows a Hollywood stuntman, played by Ryan Gosling, who moonlights as a getaway driver. He becomes the target of some very bad men in Los Angeles after agreeing to help his neighbor. Metacritic Score: 78
1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Finally, the best movie revolving around cars is Mad Max: Fury Road. It stars Tom Hardy as the titular character as he helps Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, and a group of enslaved women escape the clutches of Immortan Joe. Metacritic Score: 90
By Michael Higham on Apr 08, 2017 06:43 am
6 Things You Need To Know About Project Scorpio
6 Things You Need To Know About Project Scorpio
Details and technical specifications of Microsoft's Project Scorpio surfaced this past week and from what we can tell, it's going to be the most powerful console to date. Eurogamer / Digital Foundry had the inside scoop and were also able to see the console in action. The report was dense with tech jargon and details, but to help digest this news, we have highlighted six important things you need to know about Project Scorpio. It's set to launch sometime in Q4 this year, around the Holiday season, and we don't have a definitive price just yet. But for everything else related to the upcoming console, check out everything we've done here at GameSpot:
Scorpio's Six Teraflops Confirmed
Scorpio's Six Teraflops Confirmed
FLOPs--floating point operations per second--is simply a measurement of performance; it can be calculated by multiplying the number of compute units, raster operations (ROPs), and the core clock speed. Though it's not a perfect indicator of how games will run due to potential bottlenecks, it gives us an idea of where performance will stand among other consoles and comparable PC components. How do Scorpio's six teraflops stack up against the competition? Well for starters, this measures at about four-and-a-half times higher than the Xbox One. Compared to Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro, this is roughly a 30 percent increase. Scorpio will be the graphical powerhouse among consoles. The GPU itself is comprised of 40 custom compute units and is clocked at 1172 MHz.
CPU and System-On-Chip Design
CPU and System-On-Chip Design
Scorpio's horsepower is built into what's called a system-on-chip (SOC). Both the graphics and central processing units are housed on the SOC, which is where you'll find its 8-core CPU. It's described as an evolved version of the the Jaguar-based CPU inside the Xbox One, and it's clocked at 2.3GHz for Scorpio; 550MHz faster than the Xbox One. Like the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, and Xbox One, Scorpio's SOC is made by AMD. The SOC is going to be cooled by a vapor chamber solution, similar to what Nvidia does for the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards. There will also be a fan atop the SOC that'll blow the hot air out the back of the console.
More Memory: 12 GB RAM GDDR5
More Memory: 12 GB RAM GDDR5
Microsoft built 12GB of GDDR5 system memory into Scorpio. As it stands, 8GB will be dedicated to games, while 4GB will focus on background processes and overhead. This is a sizeable upgrade from Xbox One's and 8GB overall with only 5GB dedicated to games. Not only is it 4GB less RAM, but it's slower DDR3 memory. Is this important? From what we can tell, yes. The system was shown using a little over 5GB in the Forza demo used to show off the Scorpio's power. The system will have a total memory bandwidth of 326GB/s, meaning it will offer much more memory throughput than any of the other consoles. For example, the PS4 Pro's memory bandwidth is 218GB/s.
Forza Demo and Native 4K
Forza Demo and Native 4K
Alongside the reveal of its tech specs, Scorpio was shown running the Forzatech engine, used in Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 3 by Turn 10 Studios. The demo was said to be a straight port from the Xbox One version and ran at a native 4K resolution with high res art assets; it was pushing out 60 frames per second (FPS), with room to spare. According to that benchmark from Digital Foundry, the system peaked at about 70% GPU usage; texture filtering, lighting, and shadows remained untouched. Turn 10 also pushed the PC equivalent of ultra settings and the game still ran at 60 FPS with 88% GPU usage. There's still untapped potential under the hood. Keep in mind that this is one scenario, and Scorpio's performance will vary from game to game. True 4K was promised and as far as we can tell, it's being delivered, though not every game may hit 60 FPS.
Backwards Compatibility
Backwards Compatibility
If you have your eyes set on Project Scorpio, but are worried about certain games not running on it, don't trip. Every Xbox One game will work just fine on Scorpio and every Xbox 360 backwards compatible game will as well. If games are to take full advantage of the improved hardware, the onus is on developers to implement the necessary tweaks.
More Powerful Than The PS4 Pro
More Powerful Than The PS4 Pro
Yes, Project Scorpio is more powerful than the PS4 Pro on paper, which was expected. However, both the PS4 Pro and Scorpio require developers to implement changes to take full advantage of the more powerful hardware. It's hard to say how difficult this will be for developers, but according to Microsoft, Turn 10 was able to put together the Forza demo in two days. However, Microsoft says that games that render at 1080p--and even 900p--on the Xbox One will get native 4K support with Scorpio. It remains to be seen what, if any, graphical compromises need to be made to maintain stable performance in future games.
By GameSpot Staff on Apr 08, 2017 02:14 am
Produced in partnership with Dell Spring has indeed sprung, and it's not just April showers and the sudden need to read up on how to use TurboTax that'll be keeping gamers indoors this month, but a new slate of great-looking, hotly anticipated Steam titles. April's yet another month of endless riches as far as new titles go, and we've selected seven of the best ones vying for your valuable time and hard drive space. We assure you, the flowers will be back next year, you aren't missing anything outdoors.
Paradigm
Release Date: April 5th Imagine a low budget, Eastern European remake of Oddworld: Abe's Odysee and you've maybe captured a small percentage of the big crazy parade of insanity that is Paradigm. It's a point-and-click adventure in which you play as the world's most handsome post-apocalyptic nuclear mutant as he tries to escape the clutches of the evil genetic conglomerate run by a sloth that can't stop throwing up neatly packaged candy bars every few minutes. It's a game where the usual adventure game instinct to click everything actually pays off. If you call paying off "may displease your friend the talking eggplant". Don't take our word for it though; there's a demo you can peruse over at www.paradigmadventure.com.
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Release Date: April 7th Bulletstorm was one of the most inexplicable cult hits of the modern age of gaming. How a game made by the wonderful lunatics who made Painkiller, bolstered by all the AAA horsepower Epic Games could provide and so dedicated to the cause of joyous, psychotic FPS glee didn't become a permanent staple of every gamer's library boggles the mind. However, Gearbox, in their benevolence, have teamed up with People Can Fly to give Gray and his motley crew a second chance to shoot, kick, slide, and lash themselves into your hearts. The Full Clip Edition gives the original game a full 2017 makeover, bumping resolution up to 4K, a new graphical toggle for "realistic" graphics, includes all the DLC, a new challenge-based Echoes mode, and a special appearance by the King himself, Duke Nukem.
What Remains of Edith Finch
Release Date: April 25th First person exploratory games are becoming almost as ubiquitous as their shooter brethren, but while separating wheat from chaff can sometimes be a little difficult, What Remains of Edith Finch has a pedigree that stands head and shoulders above the rest. It's a game by Giant Sparrow, the folks behind the delightful and beautiful Unfinished Swan on Playstation, and being published by Annapurna Interactive, a gaming branch of the film company responsible for some of the best movies of the last five years, including Zero Dark Thirty, Her, American Hustle, and The Master. Giant Sparrow is clearly looking for that level of prestige in this generation-spanning tale where young Edith Finch explores her family's home, reliving the dying day of each family member that shuffled loose the mortal coil under its roof.
Telltale/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Episode 1: Tangled Up In Blue
Release Date: April 18th Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still about a month away, and while there's plenty of ways to help Make Yours Marvel until then, Telltale is about to take the edge off big time with its first Marvel series, based on the Guardians of the Galaxy. While the team's make up and designs are ripped straight out of the MCU—sorry, anybody hoping to make life-changing decisions as Adam Warlock—this will be a entirely original adventure for the team, in which our favorite bunch of a-holes steal an artifact that runs them afoul of the Mad Titan Thanos.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
Release Date: April 25th Yes, technically, there's a 3 in that title, but this is "just another" Sniper: Ghost Warrior game like GTA III was "just another" GTA. CI Games has apparently remembered there's two other words in that title they could be taking full advantage of, and have designed accordingly. This time, the game will be throwing you in a vast open world near the Russian border where you can either lay waste to your enemies from a distance like usual, slay them silently from the shadows, or get up close and personal. It's nice to have options, isn't it?
Syberia 3
Release Date: April 20th 13 years ago, Benoit Sokal's epic about Kate Walker's journey to the frozen lands that time forgot came to a melancholy end as she sent Hans Voralberg on his merry, mammoth way. But Kate's back this month. The long-in-development third game in the Syberia series will bring Kate back to life, making another trek across an unknown land with a nomadic tribe of bird-shepherds. This time, however, Kate'll be making the trip in fully realized 3D environments. Our next trip to the island has been far too long coming.
Little Nightmares
Release Date: April 27th It's no surprise to learn the folks behind the creepy Little Nightmares were helping hands over at Sony on the LittleBigPlanet series and Tearaway. It's got a similar feel, but replacing freewheeling delight and boundless community creativity for grim, unnerving terror. You play as Six, an unfortunate little person stuck in a beautifully rendered, but freakish carnival funhouse of horrors populated by the souls of the condemned, and some very real childhood fears come to life. Try to inject whimsy into this one, disembodied voice of Stephen Fry.
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