Ryzza5

I guess I've always been a PC gamer. Started with a Commodore 64 which some may call a console, but you had to type commands to launch your games and other software, and ours had a printer attached, so.... Then came the IBM 386 for the family and later my very own 486 running a dual OS of MS DOS, Win 3.11 and later Win 95. Racing games such as Stunts were popular, where you could build your own tracks. Not too long later we upgraded to the amazing Pentium 1, followed by a Pentium 4 a few years later. These were what we played the early NFS games on. Windows 98 SE FTW. Fast forward a few years to when I inherited an old SFF workstation running the pretty new Windows XP. By that stage most of our games were for the PS1 (which we inherited). Someone else later gave us their seldom-used Xbox, which we bought a few games for. Midtown Madness 3, obviously. NFS Most Wanted (2005) didn't really run well on my workstation, so I had to buy my first dedicated graphics card - I think it was an ASUS ATi 9600? In any case the card wasn't SFF so I had to rest the case lid on top of it, no big deal. What was a big deal however was Test Drive Unlimited. It wasn't marketed that much here (despite the delayed PC release I hadn't heard a great deal of it), but I remember looking at the box in a shop one day and checking out some YouTube videos and knew it was going to be good. Except that it ran like pants on my PC. I'm talking lowest of the low settings, 640x480 res with around 20 FPS. I was working 1 day a week while studying so plans were afoot to build a budget gaming PC (the base of which my younger brother still owns, I think). It did the job, but as the disposable income kept coming in I knew something bigger and better would be on the horizon (the base of which is used by one of my iRacing/GT6 league buddies). From then on it's always been about PC gaming. I did buy a PS3 in December 2008 as well but it was seldom used beyond GT5. I purchased an Xbox 360 especially for Forza (and to cruise with the other staff here), both ending up being let downs. FH1 made up for it a little, and it's still used for it's media streaming functionality, but I'll think twenty times before buying another Xbox.

Last race should be a 3 lap sprint worth 100 points :nuts: :gmc:

So anyone can win?

Like.

Must be the hardcore fan early adopter special price to make a quick grab. I'm sure it'll drop soon enough.

Looking good, but is there still no proper photo mode yet?

I was always going to need some convincing for this but at that price I'll be waiting for a Steam sale. The annoying thing is a lack of sales here will kill further development of the game fairly quickly, as well as any potential sequels (remember IvT are a part of Ubisoft now). I wonder if the FH1 Rally expansion is priced better now.

You're probably still going to see either version in the middle of a city. ;) Also, it needs a stripe.

Why not both? :yay:

I assume you have posted details on the official forums...

Maybe this explains why scientists are trying to make Mars habitable. :mhmm:

Alex from FR loads up NFS UG2 to see if we've forgotten any fatal flaws, or if current NFS games really are worse overall?

Both the standard and elite controllers can now have their buttons remapped globally (outside of games) Button Remapping Now Available On Standard Xbox Wireless Controllers |

Something crazy is about to happen apparently

Deviant EV3 - 3 wheeler electric Translogic 188: Defiant EV3

On a slightly different tangent: Failed Windows 3.1 system blamed for shutting down Paris airport | Ars Technica

On my system (which was an upgrade from 8.1 Pro/Media Centre), it just kept crashing to desktop (or, "stopped working"). After re-installing I get a proper unsupported operating system error from the game launcher, requesting Windows 2000/XP. Possibly related to MS disabling Securom in Win10. I'd rather not go looking for cracktacular patches, if you get my drift. ;)

Thought/hoped so, but then wasn't sure when I saw the inherited 'add new traffic' feature.

Sounds great. Could I possibly request that traffic vehicle changes are not included by default? Cruises were often spoiled by some players playing with 1.68b and some not, where the former had longer traffic vehicles, and the latter would crash into the empty space behind a regular traffic vehicle. If you'd like me to look into configuring an installer for the patch let me know.

Any chance of also adding some simpler Windows 10 compatibility with the patch as well? :)

Beyonce will be devastated :eek: On a completely different tone, I just heard this: Which was a little surprising given that they posted this a few days ago They've basically got into the habit of offering to play with any artists who come on the show and who haven't brought their own band... and they were completely shocked when Rob said yes.

That makes two of us (about the last bit) :lol:

There can only be one best bike video

Once you go above 10-15mph you have to steer bikes backwards anyway. No really. It's called counter-steering.

Why so big? I've got a feeling a certain track pack may be on its way soon.