S71NG3R

Yes that's a good idea how many people can be in a club? I was thinking about buying a club but will need to raise some funds first ;)

I remember playing the original Test Drive on the Commodore 64. It was so great at the time and was what pushed driving games forward. The only problem was getting the game to work, any of you that had a Commodore 64 know what I mean. It took years to load just to select the car. Then a decade to load the mountain road only to find the taped stopped running before it loaded so you had to start again. The fun times of 80's gaming. :headbang: But when it worked which was like a 1 in 10 chance it was like heaven. I remember waking up early Saturday morning and the challenge was to get the game working before the good cartoons started on the TV. The best bit was the full H pattern gears. You only had a one button joystick with 8 way direction so if you selected manual gears you had to hold the button down and then manually move the stick into the gear it was so cool at the time :). You had to learn to do it quickly because you could not steer at the same time, so you could only change gear on the straights. Then add twisty mountain roads slow lorries and the cops on your tail it was more than any challenge you get in games today. I think I only managed to get to the top once or twice and your reward was you could keep the car and that was it.

Sorry guys we had major problems today with people trying to connect and the isolate option just kicked everyone out. So I think we need another test or wait for a patch before we do a 8 person cruise. I think we can only do mini cruises for now until they fix it or have a better way to connect. What dose everyone think about just having a time and day every week for us to meet up? Then if you can't connect there is always next week. Let me know what you think about this, hopefully this way some of you will have more of a chance to cruise together.

Just keep trying. Jump to the road if I'm not there jump out and back again until you see me

Sorry meet me back at the Italian Independent Dealer I forgot the road maybe locked for you.

You can come to the test cruise tonight if you are online then (details above). It looks like there will be spaces.

Now 16th on the leader board with 24 :excited: (at time of post ;) )

That's a shame are you sure it was not just a bad day? Have you tried again at a different day with different players? Your welcome to try again when we do the test cruise as there will be spaces if some do not turn up.

That was a good score we said here at work ( in our coffee break ;) ) anything over 30 means your're car mad!! I would just like to get to zero. They always throw in a hard one at the wrong time. lol

I've had this on a game before try this website it helped me last time if I remember http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108340

Yes dosen't look good, look at the feedback he's got :(

Yes no problem I will add you to the reserve list for now and then add you to the main list for the next one that follows the main cruise. Please note after the test cruise is the main cruise (date TBA). The test cruise is just to make sure everyone has added each other as friends and to test the isolate session option. Oh yes and have some fun at the race track.

You can use any car or bike. We will end up at the race track for some fun so you may want something a bit faster or easier to drift :) Don't worry if any of you are not champ yet, thanks to The_Driver_Filipe we will show you how to get it ;)

Think you know your cars then try this game http://www.channel4.com/4car/name-that-car/quiz_init.jsp Then post your name and score. My name is car nut with a high score of -1 :o :)

Only one day left until the test cruise, I need to know who is going to turn up. Here is a reminder of the details:- Italian Independent Dealer Wednesday 11th April @ 8pm UK time. The list of people are:- 1. S71NG3R 2. MathiasBraathen 3. kpt.daffyduck 4. ~Kisame~ 5. CarboyX 6. EnosEnos 7. The_Driver_Filipe 8. ChristianHA There have been connection problems the last few days and there is nothing we can do accept keep trying. Because of this it's best to start the game early. I will also be testing the isolate session option to see if it works but I will wait 15mins for people to connect before I isolate the session. I will stay in this forum and keep ALT-TABing out of the game so you can post here if you get a problem. Please reply by 7PM tomorrow if you are going to turn up. Soon the fun will begin :D

Ok I've updated the list. MathiasBraathen your now added.

Sorry all 8 places are full but I will put you on the reserve list.

Ok you are now added. That's it all places are filled. If anyone else is still interested then let me know so you can be put on the reserve list. The list of people are:- 1. S71NG3R 2. MathiasBraathen 3. kpt.daffyduck 4. ~Kisame~ 5. CarboyX 6. EnosEnos 7. The_Driver_Filipe 8. ChristianHA This is important for the cruise to run as smoothly as possible:- ~Kisame~ can you add your gamespy name to your user CP. We will have a test cruise just so we can all add each other as friends in the game. This should help with connecting to the same session. The date for the test cruise is Wednesday 11th April @ 8pm UK time. Please reply here ASAP if you can't meet at this time and date. The location will be the Italian Independent Dealer unless someone has a good location they know. After the test cruise the date for the main cruise and full details will be posted here. If anyone has any questions I will try to answer them ASAP.

They are nice pics thanks :)

It is up I am there now I will wait there for you.

Now added. I should be online then if the servers aren't down again. So I will meet you at the lighthouse at 5pm UK time. There is now only one place left.

Your now added. The date will be posted here after all 8 places are filled. If they are not by the end of next week I will still post the proposed date to see if all can attend. The type of car or bike is not a problem, you can bring the slowest car if you want ;) As you already have a gamespy account you can use this when you first start the game.

Ok now added. There are only 3 places left.

Now added.

The interface is very basic and finding people is not easy (I have just added some tips in the cruise, meetings thread). Because it's the same as the Xbox 360 version you can't type peoples names to find them like you can with most PC multiplayer games. This makes finding people very hard and a bit hit or miss. You have to first add a person as a friend and you can only do this by meeting them in the game and they must be in the same session as you. If you are not in the same session you will not see each other. Even if you are both in the same place at the same time you can still be in different sessions. It is a lot easier to find people on the map when they are added as friends. Just use the filter option in map view, select players online tab and then at the bottom you can choose only display friends. There are a few other options like only display club members etc. This is the only way of doing it and I haven't worked out how you can list all your friends. It looks like you can only see your friends if they are online. So if you select friends using the filter you should see red dots on the map if they are online.