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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit |OT| Do you have the Need for Speed?
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MrCompletely
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Is there a way to find public games with a friend on 360? Buddy and I wanted to play in a public hot pursuit lobby, but couldn't figure out how to search for a game with two open slots. I had to keep joining quick matches, then he would have to rush to catch any open slots, and we usually ended up on different teams.
Either way, hot pursuit online is awesome!
Either way, hot pursuit online is awesome!
DidntKnowJack
Member
Fortunately, in this case everyone's a winner. According to Digital Foundry, the PS3 and 360 versions are identical. So get whichever version you like.frogg609 said:
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Cool, but will Criterion add a manual transmission to the console versions? I know the gamepad controls are crowded anyways, but still...felipepl said:
KoruptData
Member
Start a friends game then when your friends are in the game there is an option to switch it to a public game from the lobby.MrCompletely said:
Peterthumpa
Member
Check here for more info, other mods and downloads:Sectus said:
http://www.tocaedit.com/IB/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=1
This is a good game. I'm enjoying it more now that I've gotten better at it. The time trials helped whip me into shape.
my favorite event so far was the Preview called Vanishing Point or something where you drive the ultra fast sports car in the desert. You hit some fuckin insane speeds on the part where the road is straight for a couple miles, it's intense.
my favorite event so far was the Preview called Vanishing Point or something where you drive the ultra fast sports car in the desert. You hit some fuckin insane speeds on the part where the road is straight for a couple miles, it's intense.
HiccupTruck
Member
Anyone have the game (PS3 ver.) lock up on them after ending a race?
Happened to me twice today (both in Interceptor matches) and now I have an uneven count of races played as a cop/racer.
The second time I was driving as a cop and my car stopped at top speed, no engine running, no slowing down to a stop. My car went from top speed to nothing. I could talk to my opponent and they even tried racing back to see if they could interact with my car, but they couldn't get to me in time. The match ended and both of our games crashed, despite being able to talk.
Fucking lame.
Happened to me twice today (both in Interceptor matches) and now I have an uneven count of races played as a cop/racer.
The second time I was driving as a cop and my car stopped at top speed, no engine running, no slowing down to a stop. My car went from top speed to nothing. I could talk to my opponent and they even tried racing back to see if they could interact with my car, but they couldn't get to me in time. The match ended and both of our games crashed, despite being able to talk.
Fucking lame.
MrCompletely
Member
KoruptData said:
I tried that, but the game just counted down to the match start and nobody ever entered the room; tried this twice in a row.
iNvid02
Member
why the fuck did they cap the bounty at level 20? after playing as a racer now you get nothing, its just frozen at 2 million. why not let the bounty add up to your lifetime count.
also do bigger cars like the bentley and shelby gt500 take more damage than say the ccx? there is no strength stat but it seems as though the ccx crumbles apart within seconds in hot pursuit
also do bigger cars like the bentley and shelby gt500 take more damage than say the ccx? there is no strength stat but it seems as though the ccx crumbles apart within seconds in hot pursuit
ColonelSkills
Member
I've grown to appreciate this game a little more recently, but the MP interface needs some work. I want to be able to join as a party with my friends, be on the same team and whatnot. 1 on 1 is fun for a while but partying up would be ideal.
Also, I'd really like to find a game where the biggest threat, as a cop, is not...well, the other cops. But idiot randoms are nothing new, I guess.
Also, honest question, I got destroyed outright from one hit as a racer. Wasn't stopped or anything, just going through a corner. Full health to zero. Is there some tactic that is super damaging that I don't know about or should I chalk this up to inconsistent online weirdness?
Also, I'd really like to find a game where the biggest threat, as a cop, is not...well, the other cops. But idiot randoms are nothing new, I guess.
Also, honest question, I got destroyed outright from one hit as a racer. Wasn't stopped or anything, just going through a corner. Full health to zero. Is there some tactic that is super damaging that I don't know about or should I chalk this up to inconsistent online weirdness?
I have one major complaint that I don't know if you guys have felt missing. In Hot Pursuit 2, when you were playing hot pursuits, you would hear the cops talking with each other constantly about what was going on (He's going xx speed! He just rammed the car! etc.), and it really made the cops feel more alive and present. The sense of being chased was felt throughout the WHOLE race. In this game, you take down the cops right when they start chasing and you don't hear anything from them again until at the end of the race... and I feel like very little dialogue is exchanged.
Two minor ones:
1) Road blocks seem like too much of a threat because they can be VERY hard to avoid, and the only way is to go through the gap (or get lucky and have the cutscene of a takedown), it should be where it just causes damage, and slows you down.
2) The cutscenes in the race. Burnout games have had the option to ignore them to keep the flow of the race, and that isn't here. They're enjoyable at first, but sometimes you get interrupted RIGHT when you are about to knock someone else out. In worst cases, when the cutscene is done and you get back to driving, you're at a turn and the car isn't turning and slam the side of the turn.
Still, this is the best Need For Speed I have ever played.
Two minor ones:
1) Road blocks seem like too much of a threat because they can be VERY hard to avoid, and the only way is to go through the gap (or get lucky and have the cutscene of a takedown), it should be where it just causes damage, and slows you down.
2) The cutscenes in the race. Burnout games have had the option to ignore them to keep the flow of the race, and that isn't here. They're enjoyable at first, but sometimes you get interrupted RIGHT when you are about to knock someone else out. In worst cases, when the cutscene is done and you get back to driving, you're at a turn and the car isn't turning and slam the side of the turn.
Still, this is the best Need For Speed I have ever played.
CoachKevin
Member
Just played about 45 minutes of the game and holy sh*t is this game good.
I literally screamed out, "OHHH SHITTT" 3 times in 45 minutes. Can't wait to paly some more after getting some work done!
I literally screamed out, "OHHH SHITTT" 3 times in 45 minutes. Can't wait to paly some more after getting some work done!
magnificent83
Member
MrCompletely said:
Had the same exact problem over the weekend, what me and my friend ended up doing was we kept playing until we were able to get people into the room. It sucks but its that or try the method you were doing before
magnificent83
Member
BPK said:
I think by rank 10, you'll recognize most areas but with the ability to reverse tracks and move you to different locales via the intersection, the combination of track sections make a lot of tracks feel fresh.
Tears For Fears
Banned
Searching nfshp videos and found this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUbqGL-6RJI
don't know how they beat that race with the F1, the bugatti always kills me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUbqGL-6RJI
don't know how they beat that race with the F1, the bugatti always kills me.
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
imma add you just becauselawblob said:
still on the fence about nfs:hp. just got 3d-dot game heroes, sly collection, and dj hero 2 to mess around with
will i even have time, i wonder
terrdactycalsrock
Member
so i was a fan of burnout until i bought Burnout Paradise and suddenly the game had all of this weird website stuff and friend's leader-boards and it just overwhelmed me and i just put it on my shelf. But like i said i am a fan of other Burnout games so i want to try out Hot Pursit, but is this game a good single player game? or is it still heavily dependt on the website and leader board stuff?
ColonelSkills
Member
Yeah, I've seen that. I have no real problem with that sort of thing.iNvidious01 said:
I think the game just spazzed out or there was a lag issue or something. Since I was going pretty much just straight through a tunnel's soft left and all the sudden I exploded completely. It was rather violent. Equal parts funny and aggravating, though. I might have been more mad if it wasn't the third turn of the course and I was close to winning, though.
DidntKnowJack
Member
If you liked the old style Burnout games, you should like Hot Pursuit. It does prominently feature the leaderboard stuff, but if you play offline you never even have to deal with that stuff. Or if none of the people on your friend's list have the game. But even playing online, it just mentions when someone has beat your best time, or suggests you retry a race to re-capture the lead. You can just choose to ignore all that stuff. It doesn't personally do anything for me, there's always someone on my friend's list who scores miraculous times on a regular basis. Times I will likely never beat. So I generally ignore that stuff.terrdactycalsrock said:
But the core gameplay is so solid and so fun, I really find it hard not to recommend Hot Pursuit. Especially if you were a fan of the older Burnout titles. That's not to say this is a Burnout game, it clearly isn't. Though there are light sprinkles of Burnout here and there. Like getting more nitrous by driving into oncoming traffic, near misses, or knocking out a rival.
TheApatheticOne
Member
Finally got to put more than a race into this last night, and this game is criminally underrated, at least when it comes to my friends list. Out of like 75 people (about 3 IRL friends lol), only 2 other people bought the game. : ( Even then, beating those two's high scores and then posting on the wall that I had did have the faint resemblance of crack cocaine.
The online portion IS crack. Not sure how I am going to handle my Black Ops AND NFS additions at the same time. :lol
The online portion IS crack. Not sure how I am going to handle my Black Ops AND NFS additions at the same time. :lol
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Shit the Amazon price went back up to $50.
Anyone know if this is going on sale anywhere?
Anyone know if this is going on sale anywhere?
FunnyBunny
Member
Hot Pursuit initially left me underwhelmed. Now, I can't stop playing.
I spent my first week with the game trying to play it similarly to Burnout; checking cars, trying to cause crashes and expecting a highly unrealistic control of my car. But that's not how the game is designed to be played.
The past few nights (after listening to Giant Bomb's sublime description of how to properly drift) I've found myself in the zone. As a racer, I'm avoiding contact as much as I can. And I'm winning.
This game is a lot of fun. Oh, and it's beautiful.
I spent my first week with the game trying to play it similarly to Burnout; checking cars, trying to cause crashes and expecting a highly unrealistic control of my car. But that's not how the game is designed to be played.
The past few nights (after listening to Giant Bomb's sublime description of how to properly drift) I've found myself in the zone. As a racer, I'm avoiding contact as much as I can. And I'm winning.
This game is a lot of fun. Oh, and it's beautiful.
slaughterking
Member
Love this shot.FunnyBunny said:
Finally beat the McLaren F1 challenge last night! Hadn't touched it in days preferring to run through the rest of the racer events instead of spend time pulling my hair out. Went back to it last night and got gold by two seconds on my first try, even though my run was far from perfect. I think if I really put in the time I could beat it by 10+ seconds.
It goes to show that the more you play, the better you get, even if you can't see the improvement right away. I think the Autolog is actually a really useful tool in that respect, because my ultra competitive nature has me going back to previous events every time someone beats my time. Learning how to shave precious seconds has made events like the McLaren challenge easier to beat.
It goes to show that the more you play, the better you get, even if you can't see the improvement right away. I think the Autolog is actually a really useful tool in that respect, because my ultra competitive nature has me going back to previous events every time someone beats my time. Learning how to shave precious seconds has made events like the McLaren challenge easier to beat.