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That's the most basic opening I know, and I don't know many. Basically, you back up your queen with a bishop and move the queen to right in front of the oppsing king. The easiest way to defend against that is to bring out your queen or bishop so that your king has a place to move to. I started another game with you if you want to accept it?

If you make a mistake while you're horning - that could be a problem. Like what if you're in the middle of horning and you press the wrong button? Or what about when NPC drivers horn? You'll think you're mate is horning at you and it could become really confusing. What if you're horn fails? I hear that happens to everyone at some point. ...okay, I'll stop.

A date? Well, that's hella lame. I'm with Nismo on this one; it would've been cool to be able to change it. Or it at least should change itself to reflect your progression in the game. Bobby, tts, I just figured out what your avatar is. I've been seeing it as the chest of that one X-Men guy with the visor. The yellow was wrinkles in his shirt. Now I see the face and the X is his ear. lol@me.

I've never heard of any of these except Grid. Thanks a lot, all. I have some research/renting to do now. This is going to be great. I'm sure I'll find at least one gem I'll enjoy.

Bring it on!

What does the 505 on the license plates mean? Is this the 5th version of the game or is 505 leet for SOS or... what?

I watched my brothers play chess for years while growing up and I want to surprise them one day by beating the hell out of them at it. ...or at least giving them a decent challenge. ;) So I've been teaching myself how to play for a little less than a year now. I've only played 2 against real people, the rest has been against a computer. I'm not great by any means, but I'm decent at pattern recognition and I know that by playing real people I can learn a lot more than from a computer. If you're interested create an account on chess.com, start a new game and type "killerbox" in the Opponent field to challenge me. Please set the timer to 5 days (or more) per move.

Thanks. I'll check into that one. We need more UK citites to drive in. Edit: Oh, it looks like it's PS3 only.

Every driving game I've seen places you in the left side of the car and on the right side of the road. And I've never seen an option to reverse that. Are there any games that let you drive on the left side of the road and sit in the right seat?

Thanks for the warm welcome, all. I see the first three of you are in Australier. I spent some time on the east coast there. The sky is different at that latitude. Very beautiful place. I've also been in Rickmansworth for a time. *waves* This is a fairly broad game-community it seems. "Manly" games? SR2 was the first game I was ever able to play as a woman. I made my character look exactly like me and it really changed the gaming experience. Imagine (being a guy) having to play as a woman in every game. It would be a totally different experience for you. ...actually, you would probably be more concerned with enjoying the view. =P And I think Wheelman was made for girls. I mean, come on, it's Vin. What woman doesn't fall to pieces for that voice and those eyes? *fans face* But yeah, the GTA's are certainly guy games. Depends on what you mean by "passion". I'm going to take that as "for gaming". I'm not sure how they view me for it, but I hope it's good. I know this may sound cheesy, but one day I want to be a really good wife. So I started playing Forza just to learn about cars. I've also learned about sports and stuff like that (through games, wiki, and friends). I can't stand watching basketball (though I like to play it). Football is okay, but only with a bunch of friends. Boxing is great. My last boyfriend and I played the GTAs and We Love Katamari a lot. When I moved away he "left" his PS2 with me and a case containing a bunch of games. Not having met many cool people here, one day I was bored and had a friend plug the PS2 into my computer/TV/stereo and well I'm still playing games. You're the first person that has agreed with me on that. I was pretty much booed off of a Forza board for saying as much. The cars were cool, but I honestly don't think that reversing a track or adding a few extra turns was enough.

Secret: Blush isn't my last name. It's just what I do a lot. I'm German-Irish with very pale skin that enjoys turning red without informing me. It tends to give me away at times / let's people read me rather easily. Veronica is my first name, but I prefer to be called Onica by friends. I'm in my low 20's, born in NY, but I've spent most of my life in other countries. I've been back in the states for a few years though. I've only played one driving game besides TDU, which was Forza 2. Around the 100 race mark I was so bored by having to drive the same tracks over and over that I started spending a lot of time in the designer. I think they call it a "Livery" for some reason. (Sounds like a body part factory to me.) I finished over 200 races and just couldn't take it anymore. A friend mentioned this game and I'm so glad I was eventually able to find a working (used) copy. No manual or box. Not that they seem really necessary, but if it had come with a detailed map/poster I would have put it on a wall. Mainly I like cruising around and goofing off more than racing. This game has some great scenery and I enjoy the cities sometimes as well. I just wish the camera didn't snap back or that I could get out of my car and walk around a bit. Oh, and I very much dislike how I'm transported back to the road when I wreck my bike into a tree after I've been off-roading for a while. I really love the in-car / in-helmet views, and the little details like being able to roll down my windows, and change my clothes. Although the vehicles were really bad in Saints Row 2, I do miss the Cruise Control and think it would have been a great feature in this game. I'm playing this on a 360, but I don't have xbox Live. Other games I'm playing: Wheelman Ace Combat 6 Crackdown Beautiful Katamari H a l o (my first 1st-person shooter game) Just Cause And I'm a huge GTA fan, but not currently playing any of them. I couldn't get L&D without Live and after unlocking the 3rd island and last residence of IV, I became bored with it. Forced "Missions" don't really appeal to me. I just like to do my own thing and I want all options from the start - though I do enjoy goals. Which is one reason that SR2 is my all-time favorite game. 400+ hours on that one - before I started the 5th mission. My timer glitched around 300h and I don't know exactly how long I actually played it. Well, that's a bit about me. And by now you've probably guessed that I like to type a little. Cheers, -Onica

Being new to the board (and quite possibly a forgetful hardheaded half-drunk moron), I keep clicking the image of the car at the top expecting it to return me to the main page. It's a simple/small thing, but it would be cool if that pic were a link to index.php. *throws two pennies at ya*

Fast Driving: Aphrodite - Calcutta Baby Anne - Let It Go Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days Daniel Mansury - Death of a Moralist Decendents - Everything Sux Demolition Hammer - Time Bomb (the entire album) DJ Friction & Spice - Break At Dawn Eric B & Rakim - Juice Femme Generation - Orlando Boom (RAC Mix) Floggin Molly - Laura Fluke - Atom Bomb Hot Pink Delorean - Played Out (Feat. Fantastadon) Kid Rock - Bawitdaba Led Zeppelin - Immagrant Song Methods Of Mayhem - Crash Metronomy - Radio Ladio (Mac 3000 Remix) Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry - NWO Nine Inch Nails - Last NoFX - Bottles To The Ground Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver RJD2 - A Beautiful Mine Scooter - Fire Scooter - Greatest Beats Scooter - How Much Is The Fish Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a New Tomorrow (the album) Slayer - Skeleton Christ (the whole Christ Illusion albums is good for it) Snake River Conspiracy - Vulcan Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin Strapping Young Lad - Oh My F'in God Sublime - Paddle Out Tool - Bottom Uminski - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (110% speed) Venus Hum - Do You Want To Fight Me Chillin/Cruisin: Atmosphere Beirut Brand Nubian Cake Devil's Gun DJ Krush Freestyle Fellowship Fluke Ghosthustler Halcali Joe Walsh Jurassic 5 Kid Koala Lucilectric MC Chris (only his early works) Metronomy MF Doom Mr Lif Mr Oizo Neutral Milk Hotel Rancid (this could go in either list) Rip Slyme RJD2 Roger Waters Sage Francis Tom Petty Van Morrison Why? I took "driving music" lists provided by Cyborg_Mantis, Fuzzy_duck, (TDU drivers from another game board) and myself to create a youtube playlist of 81 fast driving songs that you may end up enjoying. I didn't include my "Chillin/Cruisin" list. Some of them aren't the best quality - it's youtube. But it'll give you some great ideas. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4667FD4DE8F178E5

They force you to use the Manual if you want any kind of power from your car. The Auto always redlines way too long before it shifts up (especially in low gears and horribly so in low-end cars) and you end up loosing too much torque. You end up shift up before it does - which can cause an unnecessary fight most of the time. What they need is an assist that downshifts for you when you apply the brakes heavily for a set duration. That would be the mac.