Yeah way to go guys. Nick Hastings is the man!

I hope it’s good. Would be nice to have two decent multiplayer racing games to choose between. I just never trust a game I can’t see reviews of, y’know? £50/60 is too much money to throw around on the offchance.

Ali wrote:

£41 on Amazon if they don't send it to the wrong city....

That I live in. And no, it's not at my house being played by me right now.

poprock wrote:

I’m not seeing very positive first impressions … (Screenshot from Twitter.)

You cannot possibly get an accurate feel for a game like this in thirty minutes. Hell, there are very few games you can grasp in that time.

Finally got a copy now and skipped every movie and travel to get up to where I was in the beta. Time for fun now!

It's a bit of an odd one.

Had some fun just driving around. Drove down to Las Vegas and had a cruise down the strip.

Got some co-op on one of the missions. Which made it easier.

But it's a bit off, imho, having an MMO and not being able to create your own character. One of the funniest things about TD:U was creating a bonkers avatar and putting them in funny clothes.

The story is terrible, the supporting cast is terrible.

Some of the missions are frustrating solo too. One early one sees you chasing down a pick up but your top speeds are virtually identical so it's hard catching up. Literally it took 1 out of the 3 minutes just to catch up. Miss (because the guy turns for instance) and it can take another minute to line him up again and catch up again. Eventually I learned his pattern.. and each time some black guy from central casting is ghetto talking you through the mission AGAIN.

the random I co-oped with didn't speak.. just did some mouth breathing.

There appears to be people around though.

Fancy hooking up tonight for some road tripping?

Chief wrote:

poprock wrote:

I’m not seeing very positive first impressions … (Screenshot from Twitter.)

You cannot possibly get an accurate feel for a game like this in thirty minutes. Hell, there are very few games you can grasp in that time.

For a racing game? Yeah you can.

stonechalice wrote:

Chief wrote:

poprock wrote:

I’m not seeing very positive first impressions … (Screenshot from Twitter.)

You cannot possibly get an accurate feel for a game like this in thirty minutes. Hell, there are very few games you can grasp in that time.

For a racing game? Yeah you can.

Lol, Well clearly they are all the same (although this is totally different from like DriveClub but y'know that already).

But in this case you'd have barely got past the tutorial in 30 mins to have any chance of seeing anything of the actual game. So no  you can't.

Bob wrote:

stonechalice wrote:

Chief wrote:

poprock wrote:

I’m not seeing very positive first impressions … (Screenshot from Twitter.)

You cannot possibly get an accurate feel for a game like this in thirty minutes. Hell, there are very few games you can grasp in that time.

For a racing game? Yeah you can.

Lol, Well clearly they are all the same (although this is totally different from like DriveClub but y'know that already). But in this case you'd have barely got past the tutorial in 30 mins to have any chance of seeing anything of the actual game. So no  you can't.

Yeah you can. If it handles like shit, then you'll know it in the first half hour. Surely that is one of the most important things in a racing game? You could have the whole fucking world as a map but if it plays shit, it means fuck all.

Simples.

stonechalice wrote:

Yeah you can. If it handles like shit, then you'll know it in the first half hour. Surely that is one of the most important things in a racing game? You could have the whole fucking world as a map but if it plays shit, it means fuck all. Simples.

And yet in this you don't really get to do much in the first half hour apart from bounce a 4x4 over some rough terrain and then set the story up. Still the handling is robust so I'm sure half an hour is fine.

Drove all the way to LA.. was nice winding up and down through a forest.

Or that opening up perks by completing missions can be used to improve your characters driving skill and, thus, the car handling and braking. Never mind the car handling upgrades that open up as well. I suspect most folk criticising the handling never realised they were playing with all assists switched on and could also adjust the settings. 

My current favoured setting is steering dead zone at 0, steering sensitivity on 75-80%, steering speed factor on full and brake linearity pushed to the right a few clicks (brakes are too grabby as standard). Still playing with steering linearity.

There is however not enough force feedback from the PS4 controller.

I really do hate the mission AI and the dodgy physics.

But somehow it all fades away when in freeroam.

Started ploughing through some of the campaign last night in the hope of unlocking some perks, better cars, bit o' cash etc.. the actual missions themselves are ok. Especially when you get a little crew together, Got two extra people with me last night and it's quite a cool system of suggesting things to do.

Also while I was tweaking my steering systems I see there's also a drivers aids all switch on by default. I'm surprised I didn't notice that in the the first half an hour!