Deluxe Ski Jump 4

Not many changes were introduced to the controls, thus the player has to execute three tightly interconnected stages of the jump correctly. Those three stages include the take-off, controlling the character in flight, and landing of course. Judges were also included obviously, who award different amounts of points for jumps. Several additional factors make it more difficult for the player to perform a jump here, including the wind (its force and direction change), rain or snow (these affect the slope), as well as fog, which can severely limit visibility. Interestingly, the player can modify the weather conditions and the length of the inrun to their liking during the training sessions, which helps to improve one's skills.

Technical aspects

Deluxe Ski Jump 4 for PC is the second game in the series to offer full-fledged 3D visuals, and those are noticeably higher-quality than in Deluxe Ski Jump 3.0, which came out in 2004. The game can be played from many different camera angles (above all, a side view, an aerial view, a TPP view and different cameras located in various parts of the jump). Most of the efforts were put in creating realistic character animations and physics behind their movements, though one also needs to notice the addition of infrastructures for particular jumps, cheering fans, or an ability to take part in competitions at different times of day (at night for example, with use of artificial lighting). Although the game's hardware requirements went noticably higher when compared to the previous installments, one can still launch Deluxe Ski Jump 4 on many lower-spec PCs and older operating systems, such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000.