The courses are marked, just not very well in a few cases, so you'll miss the odd turn rather than get lost.

I've not played it, Mod.

I'm contemplating a trade, as I can't afford it outright.

I honestly have no sense of direction though. I'd need a large Crazy Taxi style arrow helping me out.

I think there is a lot of emperor's new clothes about this game. Passing a speed camera and being clocked at 80 when it seems like you are doing about 300? And how about being able to retry a challenge instead of being dumped straight back into the game?

I_R wrote:

The cops are beatable, it's just feels very unnatural and gamey how you do it. Slow down on cool down and look out for them on the map, hiding somewhere works if you can find a spot. The odd bit is that the ones that were behind you slow down to a crawl once you're out of sight, but if you speed away the game just spawns more in front of you. It's a bodged technique to cover for the almost complete lack of cop AI.

I think the system works fine. It can be frustrating if you end up with a higher heat level at the end of a race but I quite like the way you have to zoom off and then slow down to avoid other police cars  as you enter cooldown - its a bit like bit pilot on ios in this sense - plus also that moment when you think you have evaded them and one spots you and it all kicks off again in a roar of those wonderful sound effects - totally filmic.

Moto70 wrote:

If you press start you can select retry event...

Of course you can, but you normally also get some dialogue option at the end on an event to offer various options of what you would like to do next instead of being dumped back on the road. There are a number of issues with this game that seem to get getting glossed over for some reason. Has anyone else noticed the jump/stutter/glitching of audio in this on the 360 version? The frame rate (at times) is also inexcusable in such a game at this stage of a console's life.

I haven't played it for that long, but already these issues are quite apparent.

Just got into work for the first time since Thursday and no game still. I hope the c-unit that stole it gets Aids of the mind.

LtPidgeon wrote:

There are a number of issues with this game that seem to get getting glossed over for some reason. Has anyone else noticed the jump/stutter/glitching of audio in this on the 360 version? The frame rate (at times) is also inexcusable in such a game at this stage of a console's life. I haven't played it for that long, but already these issues are quite apparent.

I've not noticed any audio drop outs, but the frame rate does drop abruptly every so often, there is a definite feeling that it's pushing the 360 very hard. Developers seem to find that a worthwhile trade for having so many lighting and particle effects. I don't mind 30 frames a second myself, but I'd have thought a solid 30 was a must. Thankfully I'm not noticing the drops too often.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted appeared fifth in the UK all-format charts - it could only manage the week's fourth highest new entry. The Criterion-developed game was beaten by WWE 13 in third and Football Manager 13 in fourth.

Sauce

Doesn't sound great.

I HAVE ORDERED THIS.

I've been using the first person view quite a lot, I find it a bit easier at higher speed to judge the layout of traffic ahead.

One thing that does really annoy me, and this applies to both views, is that whoever designed the UI thought it'd be a good idea to put all the notifications (informing you when you've wrecked an opponent/police car) on the horizon line - This Means your view of the horizon is obscured whenever it pops up, which makes it very difficult to judge your line for weaving through upcoming traffic etc. 

It's only a small detail, but I've noticed it on more than one occasion and I'm surprised it didn't come up in testing.

I_R wrote:

LtPidgeon wrote:

There are a number of issues with this game that seem to get getting glossed over for some reason. Has anyone else noticed the jump/stutter/glitching of audio in this on the 360 version? The frame rate (at times) is also inexcusable in such a game at this stage of a console's life. I haven't played it for that long, but already these issues are quite apparent.

I've not noticed any audio drop outs, but the frame rate does drop abruptly every so often, there is a definite feeling that it's pushing the 360 very hard. Developers seem to find that a worthwhile trade for having so many lighting and particle effects. I don't mind 30 frames a second myself, but I'd have thought a solid 30 was a must. Thankfully I'm not noticing the drops too often.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted appeared fifth in the UK all-format charts - it could only manage the week's fourth highest new entry. The Criterion-developed game was beaten by WWE 13 in third and Football Manager 13 in fourth.

Sauce

Doesn't sound great.

I mentioned the audio issues a few posts back and got ignored. Seems people are happily stepping over some real issues with this game.

There's several, the sound popping in and out. I'm using a 5.1 system - maybe more apparent on it? But yeah, defintely in a Fez-like manner.

I've not had any bother with the sound, in fact i love what theyve done with it. Going into tunnels gives you the great engine echo, boosting cuts out the effects and pumps up the volume of the music etc., it's great stuff.

The flash from speed cameras, and the table that takes up a quarter of the screen every time it pops up is a mare though. It's fair enough while you're free roaming, but mid race that shit should be turned off. We need to do more multiplayer as that is where this really shines, playing against the AI isn't fun for me.

I've still not got involved in MP at all so I'm very excited for that side of it.

Just unlocked the 918 Spyder.

I've got one speed camera to get. Fuck knows where it is.