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Anyway, the demo didn't sell me and unlike Burnout Paradise I don't think this game is going to be much different from what was offered here. Looks like Need For Speed will remain in its slump.
So in order to unlock the Racer portion, you need like, PSN friends I guess. I don't have any
You only need 1 friend who has the demo. Send a friend request to Lucascraft. I'll add you and that will unlock your other map. Pretty simple really.
Either way I enjoyed the demo and this game suddenly bumped way up on my watch list for this fall.
I wonder if the helicopter will be the same as in Hot Pursuit 2, dropping barrels of explosives before turning around and firing a guided missile...
I love the demo, and I will certainly be picking this game up as soon as I can.
If you (or indeed anyone) want to add me, go ahead; I'm sure I'll be playing the hell out of the demo as my rivalry with someone I know from Ridge Racer 7 and Burnout Paradise continues (we ended up tied on the Paradise demo's Burning Route with a 55.95; this was after about 3 weeks of solid play, at a point where others were only just breaking 59 seconds).
Also, retook 1st place on my Speedwall about 3 hours ago with a 3:23.53; first on my list to break 3:24. I'm sure that'll change by tomorrow, though.
Last racer I played was Blur, which was the most disappointing shit imaginable. I went from loving that game to hating it in roughly the same period of time it took Tycho and Gabe to go from writing blog posts praising it to blog posts condemning it in the strongest possible terms.
Also, I sent a few friend requests to people ITT, hoping to get to play the race!
PC is still listed on the official website.
Just above 'Features'.
For the race one, a lot of practice; most of the time I'm gaining now is from reducing how much I slow down, and limiting my nitrous to when it's most effective. Plus it helps that I've got at least 2 other people on my Speedwall who keep forcing me to go faster still.
As for the cop one, luck. Sheer blind luck. Think I managed to bust 3 of them in the space of 10 seconds on my best run.
Definitely in the realm of arcade though NFS always tries to emulate the physics of the license cars somewhat. A 370Z isn't going to be taking corners sharply at 150 MPH.
How do you do the sharp turns? The ones you can't just power through i mean. Release gas and press again to drift, or what? What about the extremely sharp left turn after the tunnels? For nitrous do you only do it tuphill or in a straight line? My best time on the race is only like 3:35, I don't know where i will get 10 seconds from besides absolutely not running into anything (which I just don't see happening.)
For sharp turns, I'll tap brake, steer into it, and hit the gas within quick succession. That goes for the turn after the tunnels too; I'm usually going at about 165mph by the tunnel exit, instantly start the drift from out wide, hit the apex at roughly 135-140mph, and snap out of the drift going about 145-150mph into the next two turns. Some of the turns I had been drifting at first can actually be done without if you start out wide enough; the right turn before the tunnels being one of them.
I generally only use nitrous on straights, and only up to about 135-140mph on the final shortcut, since anything more is a waste until you get back on the road. Plus you can shave maybe a second or so off at the end of the shortcut by waiting until you've gone into 6th gear before hitting nitrous; hitting it straight away will put you at about 160mph in the final corner, but delaying it means you're nearer 170mph.
I've definitely got a feel for which turns I can take without releasing the gas including the slight right before the tunnels, but I think i'm still losign more speed on them than necessary.
So for sharp turns you go: release gas, turn sharply and tap brake (not hand brake right?), press gas.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
I don't even touch the hand brake, but that's just my own personal driving style.
As for the shortcuts, don't bother with the first you mentioned, and enter the second entrance of the second one (the first entrance is after a right hander, the second one is on a straight after the following left); if you get the nitrous right, you'll hit the shortcut entrance at 165+mph, and if you take the first corner of the shortcut right, you should still be at 140-145mph, gradually dropping to about 115-120mph through the twistier section. Once you get on the uphill bit, nitrous until you reach 135-140mph, then save the rest until after the right hander, boost back up to 135mph, wait until you get back on the road, then nitrous once you change up a gear.
EDIT - Great, now I have to shave off about 3 and a half seconds to take first again. I have no idea where this friend has found all that time, but I suspected the 370Z was potentially faster overall. Just not as much as doing a 3:17.89... o_O
Thanks for the tip on the shortcut. I'll try that out when I get home. Also, trying to get a better time while intoxicated is probably not a good idea, lol.
If it's the same one I saw, then it's basically my route, only faster. Although I'm now having absolutely no luck with the AI racers and the traffic. "What's that? You wanted to take that corner on the inside, 10mph faster than usual, and a second ahead of your best time? RED SUV SAYS NO."
My buddy got 1:04 on the police chase one, and that must have been some crazy lucky as hell run.
Can you even get a sense of that from the demo?
EDIT: Woooo 3:36 falls! With a super badass, lightning-quick 3:35.12.
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I still suck at this game.
The roads on the NFS map just seems to me like the country portion of the burnout map.
9/10
Much in the same vein as Burnout Paradise I suspect, which is fine by me
Criterion delivers again. I read some ungood things about the demo and decided to ignore this. But you just can't write off Criterion, can you? I love those guys.
Hope it keeps getting great reviews and they do as good a job of the PC port as they did for B: Paradise.