http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2009/01/28/what-s-the-difference-between-a-technique-and-a-hack.aspxWhile answering a question on the Creators Club forums , I found myself thinking about the difference between general purpose rendering techniques, which tend to be flexible, reusable, and widely understood, versus game specific hacks, which rely on creativityenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2009/01/28/what-s-the-difference-between-a-technique-and-a-hack.aspx#9385830Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:35:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9385830vampyre_dark<p>Very interested in why the second MotoGP took just as long as the first. How many changes to the core technology or engine happen between game one and two?</p> <p>Were they very different games on the inside?</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2009/01/28/what-s-the-difference-between-a-technique-and-a-hack.aspx#9386591Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:11:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9386591ShawnHargreaves<p>&gt; Very interested in why the second MotoGP took just as long as the first. How many changes to the core technology or engine happen between game one and two?</p> <p>We made incremental improvements throughout the engine (for instance the detail texture motion blur technique was added in v2) but the core of the game was the same.</p> <p>For the programming team, most of the second year was spent adding online networking and LIVE support.</p> <p>For the artists, they were building new tracks and bikes. The original game had 10 tracks: the sequel had 18.</p>