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faceless007
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A bit late to make this comment, but I played the PC version of San Andreas (without mods) a year ago and while it's kind of fun, it really hasn't aged well. Horribly barren and undetailed locations, laughably low-poly characters, untextured surfaces, weird floaty physics, interface for minigames don't make a lot of sense, really inconsistent art direction, I could go on. I found the whole thing to be so uneven in execution I wondered why it was hailed as so great. Mafia, which came out the same year, was much more polished and superior graphically.
But for $5, I wouldn't exactly say it's no fun. I played all the way to the Vegas city so obviously it has some value.
But for $5, I wouldn't exactly say it's no fun. I played all the way to the Vegas city so obviously it has some value.
Schmattakopf
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For the new page.Desaparecido said:
Codemasters Racing Pack is $17.50
Edit: They took down the individual sales for some reason.
Edit: Individual prices are back up!
DiRT $2.50
DiRT2 $10
FUEL $3.75
GRID $6.25
ToCA Race Driver 3 2.50
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Deleted member 17706
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SalsaShark said:
It's part of the weekend deal. There is some Codemasters Racing pack with all of their games for like $15 total. I already have Dirt 2 and am not really interested in anything else besides FUEL and maybe GRID.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Desaparecido said:
They took it down the individual sales.
Kabuki Waq
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damnit too good to be true.
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Deleted member 17706
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faceless007 said:
Mafia actually came out in 2002 on the PC. San Andreas was a 2004 release for consoles and a 2005 release for the PC. The big difference between the two is that Mafia started out as a PC exclusive and San Andreas started as a console exclusive.
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zombieshavebrains said:
Wow, I should have bought it when it first came up. Fuck buying the whole pack. I already have Dirt 2 and don't care about some of those games.
Very much worth it.Zefah said:
Obligatory:
Jim Rossignol's 8-hour tour of Fuel's world
I still fire this game up from time to time just drive around and see the sights. Combined with the right music (again, Rossignol had the right idea), the game is so haunting. My one complaint would be the driving mechanics, whilst perfectly fine, lack a certain physicality to them. Hard to put my finger on it. Mind you, getting to the top of a peak, switching to first person view mode and then barrelling down the mountain side is as fuck-awesome as it gets.
Kabuki Waq
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i wanted Grid. Damn. Are they going to put the individual sale back up or was it a mistake?
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Like others all i wanted was Dirt 2 for 10 bucks. I'm just interested in rally/offroad racing. Not a big Gran Tourismo/Toca/Forza fan.
Salacious Crumb
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The individual sales seem to be back up.
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Deleted member 17706
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Got Fuel! Sweet!
Err... nope. I just got an email saying "Credit Card Declined"
Edit: Nevermind, went through this time!
Err... nope. I just got an email saying "Credit Card Declined"
Edit: Nevermind, went through this time!
Salacious Crumb
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Does the steam version of Toca 3 use Starforce DRM? I'm pretty sure the disc version did.
Schmattakopf
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Your support site account is separate.Zefah said:
faceless007
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So, uh, is anyone a hardcore racing fan and can elucidate on the what the differences are between all those games? I'm a casual fan of arcade racers (last one I played is Need for Speed: Most Wanted), which one might be closest to that? I like the open-world style and the multitude of race types.
Dead Prince
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it won't let me add to the cart. and my password doesn't work? WTF.
I NEED SCISSORS
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Steam deal of the forever.
speculawyer
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I'm not even a big fan of racing games . . . but $17.50 for all those. But . . .
Dirt 2 90%
Dirt 84%
Fuel ~70%
Grid 88.5%
Toca Race Driver 3 85%
Why not?
Dirt 2 90%
Dirt 84%
Fuel ~70%
Grid 88.5%
Toca Race Driver 3 85%
Why not?
Dead Prince
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no. not just youSlavik81 said:
and what should I do. after i submit the payment it still says working but i got an email saying the transaction went through.
EDIT: Nevermind. just checked my game library. it's in there.
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Deleted member 17706
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DMPrince said:
Same thing happened to me. It worked after a few tries.
Salacious Crumb
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DMPrince said:
Same thing happened to me with Grid.
Schmattakopf
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Well I'll have to buy a new gamepad for sure now.
Schmattakopf
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Maybe if I can find a cheap wheel. Can anyone recommend a decent controller with a good d-pad that will also work with a PS3 or 360?wmat said:Buy a wheel _and_ a pad. You can thank me later
Joe Molotov
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Slavik81 said:
You can tell just by the stats page that the servers have been janky later.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
I tried starting a game and then quitting, but I can't get the Steam update news to come up. Restarting Steam gave me a MW2 popup or something, but that was all. :lol Is there any way to actually confirm that the individual sale prices last all weekend as well? $10 for Dirt 2 is tempting, even though I didn't care for the demo. I have two questions about it:
1. Are there decent mods for it?
2. Is there scenery that isn't just a giant brown hill with dust?
*edit* Two more questions!
1. What does DiRT stand for? Or is it just TO BE COOL?
2. Don't you think that the Steam browser thing is silly now, where if you go to the store page, click on something, then switch to your library and back, the back arrow at the top takes you back through your library instead of through the main pages? They just need tab-independent history like a normal web browser or something. =P
*edit again* I was confusing DiRT 2 with FUEL. I wanted the one with the giant landscape driving. But maybe all of these in the pack look decent...maybe I should just get the $17.50 one instead of the $14 combination. :lol (someone just told me that DiRT 1 doesn't work on Windows 7, but I have Vista and it's not a big loss...race driver 3 also doesn't look so great)
1. Are there decent mods for it?
2. Is there scenery that isn't just a giant brown hill with dust?
*edit* Two more questions!
1. What does DiRT stand for? Or is it just TO BE COOL?
2. Don't you think that the Steam browser thing is silly now, where if you go to the store page, click on something, then switch to your library and back, the back arrow at the top takes you back through your library instead of through the main pages? They just need tab-independent history like a normal web browser or something. =P
*edit again* I was confusing DiRT 2 with FUEL. I wanted the one with the giant landscape driving. But maybe all of these in the pack look decent...maybe I should just get the $17.50 one instead of the $14 combination. :lol (someone just told me that DiRT 1 doesn't work on Windows 7, but I have Vista and it's not a big loss...race driver 3 also doesn't look so great)
DIRT 2 and FUEL have demos, I think, so you can try those first if you want.dani_dc said:
FUEL doesn't seem to have mods as far as I can tell, presumably because people would cheat.
FUEL also seems to be the only one with non-Steam DRM -- SecuROM. Oh well, I just went with DiRT 2 only and saved myself a big $7. :lol And FireFox just got closed by Vista due to some data execution prevention alert. Scary. May have been the Steam store.
Schmattakopf
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It's over? The news thing says it's for a week, starting on the 26th.pilonv1 said:
chixdiggit
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hamchan said:
You should get one anyway. They are dirt cheap and convenient (if you don't want to spring for the wireless adapter).
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Toca and Grid are redundant, with Grid being a generation ahead graphically. Dirt and Dirt 2 are redundant. Dirt 2 is better. Fuel isn't that good.speculawyer said:
So you could save money and pick up Dirt 2 and Grid by themselves?
edit: nm, you'd be saving like, $1. :lol
Yeah. Go for it.
Schmattakopf
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Not much...BobsRevenge said:
Nevermind that, I just got my PS3 controller working.Desaparecido said:
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