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anything-but · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:27

Well,that`s mine dl`d and installed.....HOW much space needed?

I`ll pop on tonight for a play if anyone`s on,off out in a mo to see the circus of horrors @ dartford with the son

Nieldo · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:47

Couldnt be botherd saving, baught an Enzo with stage 3 tuning and also upgraded my bike for stage 3 tuning.

Nothing like going 220+MPH in the city

next car im after is the saleen S7 twin turbo, fast fast FAST!

Im nieldo ingame, not figured out how to add buddys or anything yet.

silversurfer · 27 Jan 2007 at 18:16

Just had a go and it seems ok. The handling reminds me of GTA3 though I havent tried it totally without computer help yet.

Takes about a gig to run, slows my 6600gt but isnt unplayable which is reasonable enough. Couldnt get it online yet

The car is a 20k chevy which has a lot of torque steer when you try to pull off, apart from that its pretty tame

Nieldo · 27 Jan 2007 at 18:27

Im going to be sitting at the very left of the island at the point, the bit where it sticks out in my Enzo if anyone wants to join me for some driving about

will stay there for a few mins.

alexisonfire · 27 Jan 2007 at 18:29

Nieldo said:
Enzo with stage 3 tuning

Pretty much the best car, i used this for practically 90% of the game.

silversurfer · 27 Jan 2007 at 18:38

No one else had problems with getting it online then, just kept saying server unavailable to me. Guess I'll try again

MoNkEyMiKeY · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:00

Same here. Can't remember if you have to get so far into the game before it opens online?

ps3ud0 · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:06

Guys do you wanna meet up sometime later tongiht - say midnight?

Must be an obvious locale to meet up and drive - I would pick one but am still dling

, last one corrupted...

ps3ud0 :cool:

tonyyeb · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:07

Have you logged in with a gamespy account?

Also check your firewall is letting TDU out.

Mortster · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:20

any of you lot want to meet up later on then ?
i think i have finally figured out the friend system now, you need to press F whilst driving to bring up free ride menu, then use the numpad keys to select other players in your immediate area, allowing you to add them as friends, or lock on to them (with the GPS i believe)

and thanks for the 450 degree DFP advise tony, this seems to work very well indeed.

really love this game, turning on AA has made things look really nice on my rig, just love the freedom of driving 150mph in my Alfa, and not making any real progress on the map!! it's huge !

Vita · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:36

Right guys, 2nd time I've had a problem now. It's annoying. Upon downloading the file when it gets to 57% it freeze's. What is up with that? I'm on a 1MB and downloading with FireFox.

MoNkEyMiKeY · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:36

Ive decided to play without HDR its so much smoother and the AA looks nice.

Mortster · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:57

MoNkEyMiKeY said:
Ive decided to play without HDR its so much smoother and the AA looks nice.

Are you playing at 1680x1050 ?
I am in a similar situation, originally playing at 1680 with HDR on and no AA, but ever since turning on the AA I dont think I can go back to playing with none, but I really dont want to lose the HDR, it does look nice in places, but overall AA is probably a wiser choice.

Chrisss · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:03

Can you get a 360 controller to work with this?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:04

Fstop11 said:
Can you not use your save game files from the other beta? Coz I had the Enzo, 360 and a rack of other cars with a biiiig condo.. Don't really want to do 20 more 30min races

Anybody?

Nieldo · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:08

Mortster said:
any of you lot want to meet up later on then ?
i think i have finally figured out the friend system now, you need to press F whilst driving to bring up free ride menu, then use the numpad keys to select other players in your immediate area, allowing you to add them as friends, or lock on to them (with the GPS i believe)

Where u wanna meet? and what time?

I like the point at the west of the island, got a nice little car park to wait around for people to arrive.

Derang3d · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:21

Fstop11 said:
Anybody?

It's not possible. It was asked on the closed beta forums and the reason behind is that there are a lot of changes to accommodate for between both versions.

silversurfer · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:25

I travelled from the south of the island to the far east point with the lighthouse.

It was listed as 30 miles and I think this game must operate in 100% realtime because it took me about half an hour to drive it. I was online because I could make out other players crashing and the usual mic feedback and white noise that is internet comms

When I got to the lighthouse I seemed to be offline again, really was no one around. I was calling up a big map with M but then I reenabled the GPS and it wont appear now.

This game is impressive even if you dont love it, the journey I took reminded me of driving to france or something. Lots of high speed motorway type driving but pretty detached, 1 finger on the keyboard type stuff

The car does seem to have some handling but the game wont let me at it. No driving aids apart from automatic it says now but the car is still drifting at 120mph round bends perfectly, any hint of the car losing it is quickly sorted by letting go of the keys. They just dont make chevys this good afiak

On the other hand when I top the cresent of the hill the car's suspension will go light and I may even get wheelspin but nope the car acts perfectly still.

I took a bookmark/photo of the place anyway so I presume I can travel back there instantly or something now?

I made some fraps videos and they came out well with proper sound, etc I can upload them later maybe if anyone wants

ps3ud0 · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:25

Nieldo said:
Where u wanna meet? and what time?

I like the point at the west of the island, got a nice little car park to wait around for people to arrive.

ps3ud0 said:
Guys do you wanna meet up sometime later tongiht - say midnight?

Must be an obvious locale to meet up and drive - I would pick one but am still dling , last one corrupted...

ps3ud0

Sorted? - Not got a pic of the map and where you were?

ps3ud0 :cool:

tonyyeb · 27 Jan 2007 at 20:35

Mortster said:
and thanks for the 450 degree DFP advise tony, this seems to work very well indeed.

Great stuff. Im loving this game. It is huge. Just bought a ferrari f430.

How do you unlock races on the other part of the island? or is the beta limited to the south bit where you start? I wanna race for more than $7000. Oh and just got busted for six heavy crashes online for $37500!!! Wiped me out!!!