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well.. it's not really a review, because a review consists of playing the game.

but I couldn't. so I wrote up my initial impressions of it here.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/ ... e#18637232

It's like that because apparently nobody uses wheels. Duh.

yeah, it's as if wheels are an alien invention or something.

Ferno wrote:yeah, it's as if wheels are an alien invention or something.

EA is afraid of lawsuits if NFS players start to drive in RL.

Ferno wrote:yeah, it's as if wheels are an alien invention or something.

GASP!
You've solved it! That's how men invented the wheel!
(And the Loch Ness Monster exists! And it's actually a cyborg! And it's controlled by aliens! And this is a blatant Dr Who reference!)

Plenty of better (imo, I never really liked NFS) racing games out there for me to even bother with EA's crap.
I noticed how the vast majority of posts in that thread were complaining about something... there was almost no-one saying "this game is good!"

Well sure, aren't most posts on the interwebs complaints?

The last NFS I really liked was Porsche Unleashed.

Thenior wrote:Well sure, aren't most posts on the interwebs complaints?

The last NFS I really liked was Porsche Unleashed.

PU was the best they had. Everything after was crap. I've even tried the lasp Hot Pursuit one and it's not that fun. I just want to race and not have to worry about not scracthing my car.

Thenior wrote:Well sure, aren't most posts on the interwebs complaints?

When it's a really good game I tend to see more compliments in "response threads".

Maybe it's just the communities I'm in.

I liked hot pursuit - have it, and it's the only NFS game that I have.

I never got *that* good at it - I think I only beat the campaign on difficult once, and it was by the skin of my teeth. Backwards/Mirror/Night always tanked my times, and I'd end up just hoping that I wouldn't end up with one of those until I'd secured myself in the standings. I think I found that the class C cars were actually the easiest to consistently win races with - they were more forgiving of small driving mistakes.

Racing games can be hard like Descent is to most but if you stil to it, have a good controller (stick or joypad don't cut it) you can get a lot better. You just need to stick to it and learn the cars and tracks you race.

I've had a passion for racing since my first PC in 1994 and been doing it on a regular basis since about 1999. I just recently got Dirt 3 and F1 2011 and found out that GTR 3 is due out next year. I splurged a few years ago and bought Logitech's G25 racing wheel and never regretted it. Having a wheel for racing is the best thing ever. It makes driving so more realistic and fun.

Dirt 2 is probably the most fun racing game I've played - haven't tried Dirt 3. I liked Forza III, but only played for a half hour.

DIrt 3 AND F1 2011 came in a bundle for 33$ so I bought it. Dirt 3 is a lot of fun.

My favorite NFS game was also PU/P2000. Hands down.
I "enjoyed" the later titles, the ones with tuning and customization and all of that but not nearly as much and not in the same was as I enjoyed:

NFS PU
NFS HP
NFS HP2

I'd say my favorite out of the ones post-HP2 would have to be Most Wanted simply because customization took a back seat to gameplay and fun.

Of course, I play other racing games, too. I'd say my favorites are the old Extreme-G games and WipEout games. I also play quite a bit of Trackmania Forever now and then...

And sometimes..

Ballistics.

Too bad I hit too many things in the last one

Trackmania is fun, I used to be ranked 99 in the world