NinjaSix

Nice one Hybrid. What's that quote about Alexander the Great? How he looked out over his empire and wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. I hope it's not too long a wait for the next car pack. :D

I've played Half-life 2 on the PC. It's an astonishingly good game. No idea about the age limit.

Looks great, yes. But is the in-game engine capable of that standard? And how will it play? I'll wait for the demo.

You could sell all your current cars. There's a race near the middle of the island called "180mph in heavy traffic" or something like that. It can give you 70,000 every 20 seconds. But you need a fast car to get it that quick, and you *might* need to be champion level to enter that race. The delivery missions (if you've not done them all) give you loads of money. There's no rush though. Trust me, the novelty of that particular car doesn't last long. Just enjoy playing the game.

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Companies are probably getting sick of being criticised for shipping sub-standard products. It's very difficult to predict how long it'll take to write a piece of software. I'd rather have the game late than for it to be rubbish.

I was just about to put up a new thread. Should that be done? These last few giveaways haven't lasted long.

Your brother needs this

If you're gonna limit the number of Enzos around, it has to be done by unlocking the harder levels. Otherwise someone with no talent but loads of time can earn the money on easy races and then use the Enzo to complete the harder races. Not that I'm saying some races should be made deliberately too hard, but you should be able to earn your Enzo by showing your driving skills are up to a certain standard.

That justinguitar site looks really good. Thanks for that - it's yet another source of lessons and easy songs to keep me going. As for the guitars, well, you pays your money and you takes your choice. I'd personally go somewhere that'll set the guitar up for you. It can be really hard to start learning if the strings are too high above the frets. The place I went have their own QA procedure, and say that something like 1 in 15 guitars fail it and get sent back to the distributors. Guess where they go next? Yup, discount internet sites. Anyhoo, I got some chords going together for a simplified arrangement of "Wonderful Tonight" at the weekend - G, D, C and Em. I was right proper proud of myself. I even worked out how some of the solo bits go. :D

Don't expect first-person shooters or GTA to be any good on it due to lack of second thumbstick. However, there are some superb games for it. Lego Star Wars Wipeout Everybody's Golf ... And those games should be quite cheap now, too. The screen looks awesome, too. They got that dead right.

Oh God, only two? Can I get away with two high-level topics? More cruise-friendly: - Multiple, group-shared waypoints and a north marker on the GPS display. - More players in a session - Ability to hop into the map without losing your session. Hardcore improvements: - Hardcore included as standard. - Single player challenges (hardcore only challenges, or a different set of targets for normal and hardcore modes).

For me, the most fun got out of the game is the driving. It's nice to go and buy a new car while you've not got them all, but collecting the cars is not where the game is at, IMHO. So I don't care if the money is too easy to get. And I agree with Speed_Freak. Yes, you can get 1m relatively quickly by doing the 180mph speed challenge over and over, but once I've got that million I definitely don't want to get another million by doing the same thing immediately. And if I was only going to get 1m each day, I'd rather do the Millionaires Challenge. Yes it takes you three times as long (or more) to get the money, and yes there's a chance of not getting the money, but at least it's fun.

OK, the single decent photo I got of tonight's cruise..... 'Twas good fun. Cheers guys.