Upstairs Chris

Have any of you seen.

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THE VOLVETTE

;389163']The first, last, and only time I was ever in Manhatten, I saw a California (was brand new then), a Mulsanne (again, brand new), and a Maybach, among others. Cities can certainly be interesting.

 

-Leadfoot

I lived in Los Angeles for a year and that really was something special car wise. I mean in one day I saw 19 Bentleys. Any type of Porsche were no longer interesting, they were really as common as Honda Civics out there. Many many lotus's, and maybe 2 or 3 Lambos a week. Ferrari 360's were also very common. Only a few Aston's though. Also, in stark contrast to what you said, I never saw a Maybach that entire year.

Car culture is really something strong out there, I kinda miss it. However, its UNGODLY expensive to live any type of normal life. If I ever came into money I'd probably move back.

I had a couple thousand miles on my Dodge viper SRT10 in tdu1, but that wasn't because it was my favorite, it just handled business at the pseudo drag strip in town next to the Nissan dealership.

My favorite car to drive was the Ferrari 612. I just love big long proper grand touring GT's. So it will probably be that again, however the Aston V12 Vantage and the Audi RS6 Avant have a good chance of stealing that top spot. However, if the release a Bentley Continental GT as dlc, it will be a no contest. I love that car.

You prolly haven't played any of Slighty Mad Studio's games i.e. GT Legends or NFS:Shift.

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-Concept of used cars(I am cheap)

-Finding pieces of broken down cars around the island

-Actual support of off road

-Turn signals

-Co drivers (Thinking about goofy rally pace notes)

-Getting out of the car (Lemans starts anyone?)

-Diesels, need I say more

-More than just 3 traffic cars and 6000 fire trucks as traffic

-Smooth roads.

-Obvious DLC

This thread is quickly becoming off topic, but I am no moderator so who cares! lol

Anyway. A few years back EA was churning out cookie cutter game with every big name on them just for a profit. Then the massive Call of duty explosion happened, and the entire idea of cookie cutter game was taken to the next level. I mean those games are all the same, I would know I played em way to much. With that being said I've noticed somewhat of a resurrection in EA....sort of.

While EA themselves is entirely focused on profit above all else, and anything developed in house is quite bad they have recently taken a step back from individual developers. They have shown a tendency to buy a smaller developer and basically let them run the show if its working, and just provide the capitol for them to make great games.

Also they do support their games more than most, with someone previously pointing out the massive DLC for rockband, and actual servers for the Battlefield series.

It seems now Activision is really the giant we all hate. Call of duty is just rubbish now. Cod4 was awesome, but seriously not upgrading your engine for 4 games and just pasting new textures and guns is just awful business practice. I really wish the masses would see this.

Of course they're some exceptions. I tell you I had Nfs:HP reserved and half way paid off at gamestop once, then I played the demo. I assure you friends, those funds is what paid off TDU. I was super excited about that game, loving all the NFS games back from its heyday, especially Hot pursuit. Then I realized the game sucked and I was livid.

That's really upsetting. For the most part, I am a cockpit only driver. I love watching the guages work on all my racing games. So if they really aren't up to snuff of games that came out years ago, like forza or the nfs series I will be very disapointed.

Also if I remember correctly, every GPS screen in tdu 1 showed the map.

On a positive note tdu 1 & 2 are the only games I know of where the hud guages for the outside cameras are guages from the car, not just a default for all.

Clint Eastridge

Xbox 360

Gamestop

With the exception of his wacky driving decisions sometimes that scenic drive video was awesome. I can't wait to take a hummer to the top of those coastal mountains where there are no roads.

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Finding parts of a broken down car out in the wilderness is a pretty cool idea. Kinda gives me an excuse to explore randomly, like I needed one :D

Start to look real good gents.

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Edit: Totally off topic, but looking at your other videos and your avatar with the MARPAT, I'm guessing you're in the Marines?

Yea, 4th CEB alpha co 4th MARDIV

3 1/2 years in the reserves, its not bad.

E-4

Field Radio Operator

Never been deployed though.

Thanks, updated first post

 

Also, he keeps mentioning videos of scenic drives, but I haven't seen anything of the sort on the videos he does... does anyone have any idea which videos he's referring to?

I was wondering the same thing so I shot him a question on the VVV facebook page.

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Well I figured he felt pretty good about me driving off with it because he had my car, a fully functioning one in his driveway.

Oh geez

I made this horrible, guy wrenching, daft video filled with mispronunciations a few years ago when I was younger. I have never linked it anywhere on the internet because I felt it was horrible, but I fell that this thread is where it belongs.

Enjoy...if you can.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gunnyEstrada#p/a/u/2/90fLbW44m4o:o

So earlier this week I was browsing craigslist when I came across this.

ok you ask for pics LOOK 1994 jeep

That my friends is a 94 jeep Cherokee. Now I know we have a lot of UK members so I will just be short and to the point. The engine that is in those is extraordinary.

The 4.0 is arguably one of AMC's most famous engines. Many of these engines are known to go more than 300' date='000 miles (480,000 km) without rebuilding. In comparison, "this engine made more power than the Ford 302 V8, Chevy 305 V8, Chrysler 318 V8, as well as any of the 6 cylinder engines the Japanese were putting in their trucks... and it had comparable or better fuel economy."[16] [14]

In their time, these things were amazing.

Its a 4.0 liter inline 6 making 190hp and 220 ft/lbs. On a very light frame with 4 wheel drive and good ground clearance. These things are the stuff of legend. I used to have one, back in the day but a terrible ex girlfriend wrecked mine enough to bend the frame and well, its done after that.

I would love to have another one so I contacted the seller and scheduled a time to come see it.

Then things got interesting.

I followed the directions and ended up in "Healthy Heights Trailer Park". The guys name could have been jimbo by the looks of him. He was shoveling the car out of the snow and seemed very uninterested in me. Probably because he knew the probability that I would die on the test drive.

I started it up and with 170,000 miles on it, she cranked over instantly and idled at the a very constant rpm with a very low purr, a testament to that engine I am sure, but that's where the pleasantries stop. On the display box the "CHECK BRAKES" light was lit. Interesting I said, the pedal felt a little soft but nothing to extreme for an 17 year old vehicle. I started down the road, flicking switches and testing things. It than began to shake...and by shake I mean with the utmost of violence. So naturally I applied the brakes. To no avail.

I started to stop with the braking force of a sailboat.

I immediately turned around and pulled into a gas station and used the e brake to stop. I turned the wheel hard left and put it in park. I got out, looked in the wheel well to inspect the brakes. They looked fine to me, I said to my lady friend "Hey step on the brake pedal" and about 3 seconds later my shirt, pants, and face were covered in brake fluid.

I used the mans shirt in the back seat to clean myself off, then very gingerly drove back to the exotic trailer park. I pulled into his driveway foolishly applied the brakes. After coming to a stop in his snow bank, I got out threw the keys at him and said "You are aware we have lemon laws in the country right" To which he replied something I could not decipher.

I promptly left.

WTH who does this to people. What if I needed to stop for an emergency! I would have hit someone in someones else's car with no insurance and no inspection.

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Is it just me or does every single somewhat leaked image of anything has to be shot by someones shaking hands under horrible light.

Every. Single. Time.

On Engadget.com they post a lot of sneak shots of upcoming phones. 9 out of 10 just look like fuzzy black squares, but somehow those nerds can identify every part.

Is 100% true that you can't adjust cockpit view? Why would they remove that

My complaint exactly. I was watching one of the newer VVV videos and he test drives a Bugatti. The in car view was unusable because of the roofline. Considering that we have like 5 Bugatti's, this is kinda an issue.

Perhaps this is done for the preview build so that those playing can experience the full cycles as you know what some reviewers are like, 1-2 hours and they're done. You do get some decent ones sure but they are usually the minority.

 

As for the handling without knowing what control system they were using and also any tweaks to the settings it's hard to gauge how crap or horrid the handling is from vids. I can't see this game being screwed up in the core areas but then hey these things happen and whoever makes the decision for it needs kicked in the shins repeatedly if it turns out to be the case.

From what I understood this is exactly the case. I can't quite understand why everyone got all in a tissy over what someone said on the steam forums when I know that somewhere on THIS forum I read that the cycle was shorter for review versions, or maybe is was on that VVV guy.

It's also my understanding that in the VVV videos when he test drives a car, when its over all the cars in the dealership are different to allow the reviewer to see more cars in less time. Again, something I read here.

This game just keeps punching me in the stomach.

Who wants to cringe. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this a while back.

Jaguar XJ220 in Qatar -- Autoblog

This Jaguar XJ220 - a veritable poster child for the dawn of the modern supercar era, the one-time standard bearer of the 200 MPH Club and one of only 281 produced - made its way from Coventry to Lebanon, then through a Dubai dealership before finally ending up in Qatar.

 

With only 900 kilometers (560 miles) on the odometer, this big cat has clearly been subjected to more abuse than any supercar lover (or animal rights activist) could possibly stand to see. The neglect, from the pictures at least, doesn't look much worse than a good washing could recover, so here's hoping.

I've been a member of this forum for a few months but mostly a lurker, I posted my introduction and never posted anything else until these last few weeks. However, what I have noticed is that you sir, complain about everything. That's your right I suppose, but it every last aspect of the game is falwed beyond repair to you, simply don't buy it. Don't impose your views on us.

With that being said, in my opinion, this shifting in the videos is the worst part. They never promised Forza/GT physics, never, so I was expecting a mix of arcade handling models. The sound is mediocre despite some members acting like children over car sounds. Its not the best, but it will do. However, the VVV videos the shifting is just awful. He is using an automatic I understand and I do hope its negated by using a proper manual. Its like the rpms teleport from readline back to 3000, no gradual falling of rpms. Just instant.

With that being said I have noticed that during the license tests it seemed the worst. I did notice that even in the higher end cars it wont let you rev it up and smoke on when the start timer says go. Probably to make an even start for everyone doing the license tests. So revving it up there, is not beneficial. It just resets the cars rpm to idle.

I understand the disappointment with no XJ220, its such an iconic car and advanced one for its time. However, I feel its been overdone. I saw a post on autoblog once where a reader found one covered in dust and dirt surrounded my garbage in an alley in some stinky middle east country.

Personally, I am more upset over no XFR. Such a cool car.

Please for the love of god just give me this. Any others are just optional.

Yea, according to my firefox history I visit autoblog more often than I visit google. I saw this story and was writing up a long winded cry of defense for the game, because this was quite possibly the worst trailer to feature for it. I got about two paragraphs in and said screw it. Knowing that the internet is a terrible terrible place, and that I would just be run over in the comments.

I felt sad really, I really love autoblog as a site and was completely dumbfounded that they chose that trailer.

On a happier note, original poster, I don't even know what It means but I gave you an internet.

remember, he is playing a promotional version of the game, so they probably have it set to change every time just so they can show as many cars as possible.

Good point, didn't even cross my mind.

I left the VW Roadster at the dealer for a few weeks after forgetting about it.

WHAT! How could you, those cow print seats were super cool :cool: