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Need For Speed Most Wanted U |OT| Burned out, Upshift

blu

Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Does anyone know if this is available on the euro eshop at midnight?
I'm rotating through a bunch of EU stores like a hamster on diet coke, in hope some admin somewhere in Europ will pull the trigger prematurely.
 

blu

Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Is there any price difference between different EU shops?
Price tags appear as soon as the downloads are available. But the Nintendo Downloads thread has them for UK and DE, and they are 50 45 and 60, respectively.
 

dwu8991

Banned
For those that are having hard locks - You need to update your Wii U in the settings for the latest stability patch !
 

KingSnake

The Birthday Skeleton
Price tags appear as soon as the downloads are available. But the Nintendo Downloads thread has them for UK and DE, and they are 50 and 60, respectively.

Prices are listed also in the Software Features tab, even before the downloads are available. For UK it is 44.99
 

Skiesofwonder

Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
For those that are having hard locks - You need to update your Wii U in the settings for the latest stability patch !

My WiiU is updated to the latest firmware and I have experienced over 10 hard-locks while playing Most Wanted U. That is over a two day span, playing maybe a total of 4 hours.
 

Mutt

Neo Member
Hopefully I don't piss anybody off for asking, but if anyone is willing to ship their box and manual up to Canada shoot me a PM. Just got the news that my copy is disc only, and I'm really anal about my collection.

Still waiting for the game to arrive, and the wait is driving me nuts. So pumped to dig in.

I'm like you. I refuse to buy the smelly beat up last "new" copy from EB because I'm anal about my collection. But who ships disc sans manual and box?
 

blu

Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Prices are listed also in the Software Features tab, even before the downloads are available. For UK it is 44.99
Ah, good find. So it's actually cheaper. Well, UK store it will be.
 

Mildudon

Member
Anybody know if it's possible to play without nearly everthing being unlocked at the start. Were you can't see were the jack sports are and all the cars are locked?
 

Canon

Banned
Also received a shipping confirmation, but my tracking # doesn't work... Anybody else has this problem?

Also, I just noticed that it's delivered by UPS... Should I worry about customs fees since I'm in Canada? :/
How much would that be? I'm never home when things are delivered so they better put it in the mail box. I'll refuse the package if customs are high.
 

fernoca

Member
I deleted my save file but not the update file. I didn't get very far, didn't even race yet but when I went back to play it still was signed under my new account. I just want to switch. I can't believe it's this difficult.
I had this problem on the Vita version last year. It auto-linked the game to another/older account. It's a problem with the way Origin is integrated across all games and consoles.

Solution? Contact customer service and tell them the game was linked to another account and you want it linked to another one. In my case it required some back and forth since the guy had to try a few things on their end and a few resets. Guy was great and everything worked.
 

jaz013

Banned
Silly question: How can I see the song list? There a couple of song I'm already digging, and others that I heard while driving in real life (that can be bad, I cannot listen to Fire Starter or I am Rock while driving without having the urges to step in the gas).
 

Raptomex

Member
I had this problem on the Vita version last year. It auto-linked the game to another/older account. It's a problem with the way Origin is integrated across all games and consoles.

Solution? Contact customer service and tell them the game was linked to another account and you want it linked to another one. In my case it required some back and forth since the guy had to try a few things on their end and a few resets. Guy was great and everything worked.
Will I have to create a new game or will I be able to keep my existing save?
 

ozfunghi

Member
Please tell me there is a way to enable manual gearshifting?? Because i can't find it.

Anyone???

Ugh. So glad i ended up getting the retail version so i can sell this next week. First no local multiplayer and now this...

EDIT: so after a bit of googling it turns out this game does not have an option for manual transmission... In the next NFS, they should take out steering as well, just give you a "drive" button. What a joke. I'm not going to waste any more time on this crap. Tomorrow this is going on ebay. Might get it later for €10 next year or so, or maybe they wisen up and put it into a next installment. What the fuck were they thinking. A driving/race game with only automatic transmissions.

Nope. Both were well known as to not be in the game. Manual hasn't been in Criterion games for years.

Oh well. I guess i'll just have to get my fix elsewhere. My last Criterion racer was B2, which had manual transmissions and was tons of fun because of it.
 

fernoca

Member
Will I have to create a new game or will I be able to keep my existing save?
Yeah, you can keep the save. It just asked me to login again and I continued playing. Heck, when I started this one still had my points from the Vita version.

Anyone???

Ugh. So glad i ended up getting the retail version so i can sell this next week. First no local multiplayer and now this...
Nope. Both were well known as to not be in the game. Manual hasn't been in Criterion games for years.
 

Jachaos

Member
I'm in Canada and Origin has mailed me my shipping confirmation yesterday, however the UPS tracking number doesn't work. I guess it's just a waiting game for it to work at this point ?
 

The_Lump

Banned
Anyone???

Ugh. So glad i ended up getting the retail version so i can sell this next week. First no local multiplayer and now this...

EDIT: so after a bit of googling it turns out this game does not have an option for manual transmission... In the next NFS, they should take out steering as well, just give you a "drive" button. What a joke. I'm not going to waste any more time on this crap. Tomorrow this is going on ebay. Might get it later for €10 next year or so, or maybe they wisen up and put it into a next installment. What the fuck were they thinking. A driving/race game with only automatic transmissions.


That's very much like wanting manual gears in Mario Kart or Elevator Trim in Sonic Racing Transformed flying sections, dude. This is not a racing sim in any way.

I play a lot of racing sims (GT, Ferrari Challenge etc) with manual gears on, & it's never once occured to me to use manual shift in Burnout or NFS etc, tbh. Wouldn't suit them at all!
 

Mildudon

Member
I see, what's the point of the jackpots if the card are available from the start, then?



I somehow found a way to deactivate co driver and everything is fine now(though every car is still unlocked.)

How did you do that and have you found a way to lock the cars away?
 
Also received a shipping confirmation, but my tracking # doesn't work... Anybody else has this problem?

I recently purchased something through EA and the tracking number I got never worked.

I know low priority items shipped through the USPS don't always offer the ability to track a package, even though they have a tracking number. It's primarily for internal use.
 

ozfunghi

Member
That's very much like wanting manual gears in Mario Kart or Elevator Trim in Sonic Racing Transformed flying sections, dude. This is not a racing sim in any way.

I play a lot of racing sims (GT, Ferrari Challenge etc) with manual gears on, & it's never once occured to me to use manual shift in Burnout or NFS etc, tbh. Wouldn't suit them at all!

Nonsense. Burnout had them (which was even "more arcade" than NFS - didn't even have real cars), so did games like Metropolis etc. These games benefited from it. Also, as long as there is an option for automatic, why would you care? It wouldn't be much of an effort to include manual, so i can't understand this, and to me, it's a dealbreaker. Obviously you have never played Burnout with manual gears, or you would know how much more fun it was. It's not about the realism, it's about control. It gives you much better control over your car and allows for much better drifting, evasive maneuvers, faster acceleration after collisions etc.
 
Set it downloading about an hour ago (UK) but while I was waiting for midnight to come so I could buy it, I got kinda tempted by the Ubisoft deals, added my digital promo points and downloaded Assassins Creed 3 for the effective price of £19.

Wish I'd started them downloading in the opposite order now because while AC3 is 18% done, its 17GB, NFS:MW is only between 6 and 7GB and would have completed first...

Bah, I guess I should be sleeping anyway! Should have it in the morning..

My NNID is FrakEarth if anyone wants to add me
 

Frodo

Member
Set it downloading about an hour ago (UK) but while I was waiting for midnight to come so I could buy it, I got kinda tempted by the Ubisoft deals, added my digital promo points and downloaded Assassins Creed 3 for the effective price of £19.

Wish I'd started them downloading in the opposite order now because while AC3 is 18% done, its 17GB, NFS:MW is only between 6 and 7GB and would have completed first...

Bah, I guess I should be sleeping anyway! Should have it in the morning..

My NNID is FrakEarth if anyone wants to add me

Bought the same 2 games today... :)
 

pixlexic

Banned
Any graphical comparisons first-hand? Waiting on Digital Foundry...

The textures are completely different in most cases. The frame rate is alot better and the lighting is better.

xbox
NFS360.png



wii u
NFSwiiu.png
 

pixlexic

Banned
You've played it? Because those screencaps aren't that good and with the different times of day in each it's hard to compare.

I played the ps3 trial waiting for the wii u version.

the wii u uses the pc high res textures and better lighting the above images are correct.
 

4Scarr

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The textures are completely different in most cases. The frame rate is alot better and the lighting is better.

I own all 3 console versions, and the only notable differences I've noticed are higher res textures and better motion blur.

The framerate is pretty much the same as it was on PS3. Usually a solid 30, with occasional drops.
 
I had no intentions in buying this game until the half off sale hit...

Now I can't wait to play the damn game :(

It will be fun to compare the graphics though, as my friend just picked it up on the PS3 last week, and I already thought it looked amazing.
 

burgerdog

Member
How to turn off co-driver:

Hit controls on the gamepad > tap the square on the right side of the touch screen to select your wiimote, ccp, or preferred controller > once it has been selected, you can tap the panel on the left (gamepad) to turn off co-driver. From there you can turn off the gamepad and keep playing with your other controller.
 
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Deleted member 126221

Unconfirmed Member
Looks like it's back to $60 for the Wii-U version on Origin's website. I guess it was an error and we got lucky! I'm glad mine is already shipped.
 

Skiesofwonder

Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Got a 2 hour session in before it hard-locked on me. The game really is great when it works, love playing on the Gamepad. Reminds me so much of Burnout, which is a good thing! I'm above 400k and I just beat Most Wanted #6.
 

fernoca

Member
Just tried an hour as a "co-driver". Friend didn't wanted to play as he's not a big fan of racers in general (aside Mario Kart). We had a ton of fun, once he got the controls figured out. Plus me helping around turning off traffic at first, changing cars and giving him directions. Then, it was all about chasing for police cars and slamming them.
 

burgerdog

Member
Reminds me so much of Burnout, which is a good thing!

This x100, I am in love all over again, enjoying this a lot more than Hot Pursuit. It was a fine game, don't get me wrong, it just wasn't Paradise 2 - Most Wanted most definitely is. You have billboards, fences, and another great city to race in. All the game needed was to be 60fps, perhaps on ps4 or Xbox 3!
 
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