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What is just crazy? :oook:

If he knows why doesn't he tell us then? :cheeky:

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Reminds me of Midtown Madness ;) I would pay ~$10 to unlock those cars as DLC that work online with proper cockpits (and maybe some challenges to go with them) once the more important problems are fixed.

It sounds more like those noises are 'generated' rather than being the actual consequence of how it's driven (you'd think that guy was scared to crash it or something) :p It looks ok as well, until you see it from the side and puke. ;)

Hehe - look how awful mine is compared to all the others :p Voted for Mb

No graphics issues here - everything is maxed out at 1080p. 60FPS cap normally, and 30FPS cap when recording.

I thought the end of this Time Elimination race was a bit funny :p

Nice driving on that first lap, Adam. I did a quick race with one of the bonus VIP fast cars around the Riviera track and binned it pretty bad - wasn't used to the speed. So far my favourite car (now that I've sorted the settings) is the Porsche GT3 RS. Can be twitchy under braking but good fun to drive.

Yeah - they are pretty ruthless (guess it's revenge for all the past NFS games where we let em have it) :p I did find however that changing the Difficulty from Hard to Medium made the AI more aware of where you were going and would give you a bit more space, while remaining pretty competitive still. Maybe give it a go. That Legends pack looks great - I will be super upset if we don't get it on PC. The drag races don't appeal to me that much.

The comments appear to indicate that those cars are an April Fools joke

How can he never have heard of a Polo? I wonder if he knows about the Fiesta, DS3, Twingo, or Mito.

your answer! /doesn't have twitter

Would be interested in seeing before/after performance figures (at least -60 times).

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The fact that they included Bathurst was enough reason for me to preorder the game (after hearing reviewers talk about 'great physics')

...but not clean floors :p

Some FRAPS shots:

A few of us have this game and a few more are interested in it from what I can gather - so a discussion thread seems like a good idea. Shift 2 is more evolution than revolution, as you might've expected. Pretty much all the tracks from Shift 1 are in Shift 2 (as far as i can remember), as well as new tracks, FIA GT1 season tracks, including multiple layouts. If you've played NFS Undercover, World Online, Shift 1, and/or Hot Pursuit 2010, you'll get VIP rewards (cash, XP, and/or cars). The big topic atm is handling/physics and wheel setup. You can tell when playing that EA stepped back a bit more this time to let SMS do their thing. The first race in your career forces you to use a casual handling mode, so don't use that for first impressions - just get any type of pass (Bronze will do), finish the race afterwards, then head back to the Main Menu - Options to switch back to Elite and make other adjustments. Overall, the physics are better than Shift 1, which in a way felt like you were racing on loose gravel (the way you could take corners at speed and easily slide precisely without loosing that much traction). Shift 2 almost goes too far in the other direction, the front of the car often feels 'airy' (floating). The steering sometimes lags a bit, and if you start to lose control on anything but ideal, smooth road conditions, you'll probably end up facing the wrong way after a big crash. Brakes are also quite sensitive and can really screw up your approach to a corner - so either be super careful (which usually involves braking early and not placing well), or dial down the Brake Sensitivity. Someone's released a mod to deal with the input lag and floaty feeling, which I've tried out tonight and recommend, so grab that from here. Helmet cam :new: annoys me personally, as I've experienced (and much prefer) TrackIR. I'd rather look where I want rather than be glued to the apex of a corner, or rather, the A pillar of my car. You also have noral cockpit view like Shift 1 so that's fine. I'm half expecting a TrackIR mod to be released within weeks. Night racing :new: - Really good. Support for wheels - as far as the menu's go - it all looks good. They don't even bother asking me to map the controls for Gear 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and R as it knows that straight away. I overwite the rest of the controls to make sure everything is to my liking. The one thing that annoys me the most is that you have to choose 'Automatic Clutch' via the Main Menu - Options. It would be much better if you could change this via the Pause menu mid race. Slower cars with H pattern gearboxes are more immersive with the clutch, whereas fast supercars are easier to use with the paddels (where you don't want to have to use the clutch pedal). Career - so far, so good - haven't progressed that far yet (Level 13), but nothing extraordinary to report. You have unlimited Garage spots to purchase all cars multiple times if you want. Wheel settings - after a lot of tweaking and testing - this seems to be as good as I've gotten so far. I'll probably reduce the wheel rotation degrees further, as I tend to understeer due to not turning the wheel enough. Remember to install that handling mod (and backup the files it replaces). I've changed rotation to 360 degrees now, very happy with the handling now. For those who haven't seen it, here's a video I recorded: If you have questions, screenshots, videos, settings, etc - post 'em here. :)

Obviously no-one at Eden is as popular as you t. Who has more than 83 friends anyway? :lol:

Shouldn't you be on the other side of the fence? Preferrably in a car :lol: Recognized that corner instantly.

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Cool - looking forward to it.

Received the game today from Atari's New York address. (Anyone want the address so they can send, erm.. hate mail?) :lol: (just kidding - so don't ask) :evil: The postage date was 1 April - so maybe the DVD is blank :cheeky:

You can right-click the video and click 'Copy Video URL at current time' ^Click to see what happens