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Kainz said:
It's 20.1" Belinea widescreen tft that was used there :) The music was coming from my dual screen pc setup on the right. Was watching The Hits channel on freeview at the time lol. It was a bad combo yeah but it's a great rush when you win in a mustang vs a faster vehicle :)
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I was well off there then. Looked like you were filming a projector image up close :).

Have you tried the Cobra yet? Nippy little thing but not a great top speed.

While most will be going for the supercars in this game, I'll be hopefully collecting as many muscle cars as I can. That is if Atari get the sounds right for the cars. So far I end up looking behind me everytime I hear a civilian car approach me since they all use the same sounds as the ingame supercars atm lol
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Not thought of what car/s I will buy yet. Lost my McF1 bonus now I've switched pre-order from GAME to HMV (not that I was particularly bothered about it in the first place). I guess I will wait and see. Shame about having to discover all the car dealers before getting a bike though :(.
 
Finally got round to playing the new demo last night and... another game I was looking forward to I now won't be buying.

Forza 2 better be good or my xbox is going to Oxfam :p
 
Gah I really want to like this game but I find it so hard to drive, I play PGR3 and I can have a good time and take corners nicely at a speed, with this at a fairly high speed the cars barely turn and a slight bump around a corner sends them all over the place. I want to drive the cars fast not at 50mph :(

Also the AI cars seem stupid, many times I have been driving on the right side of the road and the ones coming the other way veer into me!
 
Richeh said:
Also the AI cars seem stupid, many times I have been driving on the right side of the road and the ones coming the other way veer into me!
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That gets on my nerves too as it wasn't like that in the first demo. 90% of my crashes are because of a daft npc car swerving into my path :mad:
 
Handing in my membership already, sorry Bingham!

The game promises so much, but the demo delivers little imo, and as the game has gone gold there is no chance to rectify it.

The handling is still awful, the car models are miles worse than the promo shots comming out, the motorbike dashboard doesn't work, all of the interesting areas are barriered off, being able to only see a few other people is very far from MMO territory, the setting has no variety, the police and 'npcs' are laughable, I could go on. Pre-order cancelled. :(
 
Still haven't placed a pre-order for this game. Played the new demo briefly on the motorbike. I think it may just be that there have been way too many racing/car games in the short lifespan of the 360 whcih is stopping me from enjoying this game.

We have already had PGR3, NFS, RR6, and I'm sure there is one more I am missing. All different games, but racers, all the same.

I can see myself enjoying it over the long term, but I seriously reckon after a couple of months not many ppl will be playing this online. Which will just leave you to do offline races and challenges.

The SR demo was a much bigger disappointment than TDU, yet I can still see myself having more fun on SR. Dead Rising just seemed boring, hack and slash, hack and slash, and more hack and slash. And graphically it didnt impress me much either.

Of the three I will definitely get SR, am wavering on TDU as ppl are pulling out of this TDU cars club faster than a rude joke about a prostitute. Dead Rising will definitely be one to rent as its single player only.

I never bother ordering games months in advance. I mean, seriously, when was the last time a game was sold out on release day!!! I just order about 3 days before release date to ensure one on the actual day.

Prefer to do that then say "OMG this is F'ing awesome I am gonna pre-order it 3 months in advance and sign up for loads of tournaments/clubs etc" and then end up "pulling out early" ;-)

I am sure MS will stop doing demos of games soon as recently most of their demos before release date have been sub standard, or made people realise the game they want is not going to be as good as they thought and cancelled orders.


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p.s. I still think that Gears of War is going to be the biggest disappointment of the year on 360. (I know this will be an unpopular opinion).

a) Too much hype. Do MS think a single FPS game will overshadow the PS3 release?
b) Another FPS on 360 (PDZ, COD2, Q4, BF2:MC etc)
c) No demo to be released, what are they hiding? (bad framerate, lack of AA etc, all sounds a bit too familiar...).
d) As yet I have not even seen any proper HD gameplay footage that hasn't been a camcorder recording of a large screen at a gameshow.


edit: most of this is not even relevant to this thread!!!
 
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SiD the Turtle said:
Handing in my membership already, sorry Bingham!

The game promises so much, but the demo delivers little imo, and as the game has gone gold there is no chance to rectify it.

The handling is still awful, the car models are miles worse than the promo shots comming out, the motorbike dashboard doesn't work, all of the interesting areas are barriered off, being able to only see a few other people is very far from MMO territory, the setting has no variety, the police and 'npcs' are laughable, I could go on. Pre-order cancelled. :(
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Dude its a demo for gods sake, which means probably half the features if not most are not even being enabled for the demo.
Dont know about the motorbike dashboard not working as i tend to drive with the front bumper view :p.

Handling i have to admit is a bit wack but still highly enjoyable, i love off road moto crossing with the ninja:p.

As i said its a demo so stop giving it such a hard time, if the full game is anything like the demo then fair enough but i have a feelings its going to be miles better than the demo. Oh well your loss, your just gonna have to sit and watch the rest of us have fun in our respective clubs:p
 
Spawn said:
Dude its a demo for gods sake, which means probably half the features if not most are not even being enabled for the demo.
Dont know about the motorbike dashboard not working as i tend to drive with the front bumper view :p.

Handling i have to admit is a bit wack but still highly enjoyable, i love off road moto crossing with the ninja:p.

As i said its a demo so stop giving it such a hard time, if the full game is anything like the demo then fair enough but i have a feelings its going to be miles better than the demo. Oh well your loss, your just gonna have to sit and watch the rest of us have fun in our respective clubs:p
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No you misunderstand. I see most of the stuff is cut out as its a demo. But its not like they cut out handling, other settings other than 'more green island' and the ability to be able to see hundreds of other people like in a true MMO. Please don't see my post as a flame, but my reasons for cancelling the demo.
 
Got chance to give the demo a go earlier, i'm off next week so i'll have more time to play it then. First impressions were good, the handling and graphics have improved from previous demo.

I kinda found it a bit boring after a while though, don't know if it's just because i've been playing rfactor and the GTR2 demo a lot lately but i just missed racing around a track with a field of cars, jostling for position.

I'll play it some more before i make a final judgement though.
 
SiD the Turtle said:
No you misunderstand. I see most of the stuff is cut out as its a demo. But its not like they cut out handling, other settings other than 'more green island' and the ability to be able to see hundreds of other people like in a true MMO. Please don't see my post as a flame, but my reasons for cancelling the demo.
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Didnt take it as a flame, fair enough it didnt impress you that much, its one of the demos that i keep playing again and again...i just love that ninja bike and sound of it...pure sex:p
 
must admit after playing this a bit i'm enjoying it.

the ninja is great

if anyone is on now. meet me at golf course.

EDIT: Online name is Shikkaka
 
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hmmm not sure if this just applied to the demo but me and nismo are next to each other according to the map, but cannot see each other in game.

If this is so in the full game then it's a bit pants really. I hope not.
 
Steameh said:
must admit after playing this a bit i'm enjoying it.

the ninja is great

if anyone is on now. meet me at golf course.

EDIT: Online name is Shikkaka
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Meh, could see you on the big map (was right next to you) but just kept seeing random people actually in-game.

Edit - hehe ^^ :D
 
Nismo said:
Meh, could see you on the big map (was right next to you) but just kept seeing random people actually in-game.

Edit - hehe ^^ :D
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same here. could see you literally right next to me on the map but no sign in game
 
god damn. is everyone a dumb ass on this game. Whenever i select to race someone they can never figure out how to do races and they always try to pick 2 metre finish lines and cant figure out why it doesn't allow it.
 
There are some plonkers but ive had a few good races aswell. :)

Have you done the challenges and got yourself on the leaderboard on Atari site. ?

I am 47th on Speedo Maxout challenge you have to sign up on website then in game press right on d pad and go across to challenges and it shows them on the map. :)

http://www.atari.com/testdriveunlimited/community/index.php?pg=leaderboard&clear=TSFE0050

As for friends you can lock them out but it seems to be loading the players around you much quicker then a few days ago.

Hopefully Atari will sort it out to be running smooth i know they are aware due to feedback on Atari forums. :)
 
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bingham67 said:
There are some plonkers but ive had a few good races aswell. :)

Have you done the challenges and got yourself on the leaderboard on Atari site. ?

I am 47th on Speedo Maxout challenge you have to sign up on website then in game press right on d pad and go across to challenges and it shows them on the map. :)

http://www.atari.com/testdriveunlimited/community/index.php?pg=leaderboard&clear=TSFE0050

As for friends you can lock them out but it seems to be loading the players around you much quicker then a few days ago.

Hopefully Atari will sort it out to be running smooth i know they are aware due to feedback on Atari forums. :)
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if your on now. meet golf club.
 
How *** **** do you control that flamin bike!!! :o Everytime I take a corner I get launched off it at 100mph+!
 
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