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The FUEL PC Meetup Thread (now pine tree free)
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Joe Molotov
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It makes you wonder how much differently FUEL would have been received if it had been released as a $5 digitally distributed title in the first place. 
I'm back from being out of town, and I'd like to do a FUEL run tomorrow or Saturday if anyone is still interested! Or maybe even one tonight. n0b told me that the grand canyon is cool in the very far southeast, but I didn't want to ruin all the special sights by skipping everything in between since I've been unlocking stuff...but if people want to do that instead, that's ok with me. I personally don't think I have the area unlocked to have vistas/liveries/etc. on the map though.
Any thoughts/requests?
Any thoughts/requests?
Blizzard said:
I'm down for a Free Ride on Saturday in the afternoon or early evening. (Got a concert to go to tomorrow night, though.)
Don't really care about the area - I think I'm still at about 6 unlocked, and I too have been leaving the liveries and vista points alone to save them for our pow-wows.
Schmattakopf
Member
I'm also going to a concert, but on Saturday night. I'm not sure if I'll be here in the afternoon. On for tonight though.
On for tonight though.I'm all about Friday you bastards Free all day compared to Saturday I have to work until 11pm.
The grand canyon is pretty awesome though. I unlocked it and had to check it out for a few minutes but I skipped all the areas between that and Drownington Cove. There's also an achievement for driving from Tsunami to Redrock Bluffs so that's something to consider for the future when everyone has a couple hours to spare at the same time (lol).
Free all day compared to Saturday I have to work until 11pm.The grand canyon is pretty awesome though. I unlocked it and had to check it out for a few minutes but I skipped all the areas between that and Drownington Cove. There's also an achievement for driving from Tsunami to Redrock Bluffs so that's something to consider for the future when everyone has a couple hours to spare at the same time (lol).
Schmattakopf
Member
I'm here.Blizzard said:
Okay, we've got the FUEL chat room start up. If anyone wants to hop in in the next hour or so, we'll try to get a drive going by 4-5 EST. *edit* 5 p.m. EST, got about 5 people for it so far. I'm guessing we'll try drownington or pinwheel depending on what vistas/liveries we have on the map.
I posted two shots here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21427213&postcount=4298
And here are two more:
Clouds!
STALKEResque.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21427213&postcount=4298
And here are two more:
Clouds!
STALKEResque.
Lastly, two more. I hope everyone had fun! We had pretty much 5 at all times (remy got replaced with blackmamba) and occasionally split up and rejoined if we got lost. I think I have now found and gotten everything in Drownington Cove, so next time around we might want to try another area like the crater lake area or pinwheel heights.
My jet pilot/motorcycle gear:
I guess I didn't realize until today that the regular brake and/or leaning forwards can make you do a reverse wheelie...
My jet pilot/motorcycle gear:
I guess I didn't realize until today that the regular brake and/or leaning forwards can make you do a reverse wheelie...
This weekend I was pretty busy, but next weekend I'd like to try a FUEL run unless someone wants to do weeknights. If anyone is still interested, could you vote what day/time you would prefer?
I think I could do Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon or evening, or Sunday afternoon.
I think I could do Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon or evening, or Sunday afternoon.
TheOctagon posted a guide for anyone who wants to mess with some downsampling stuff. Fraps only seems to grab the upper left corner, but if you have a powerful card it may look decent.
http://deadendthrills.com/guides/look-good-modded-fuel/
http://deadendthrills.com/guides/look-good-modded-fuel/
We had five people today. I was a terrible leader, but hopefully it was fun for everyone! Mostly we let Java lead, and high points included the half snowy mountain, the evil evil vista point on the ridge overlooking the crater, and speeding down into the crater to race Java up the curvy path to the vista point. :lol
I have more screenshots that might be decent, but I'll wait until another time to sort and convert.
I have more screenshots that might be decent, but I'll wait until another time to sort and convert.
Schmattakopf
Member
Good drive! Instead of posting these in the high-res thread (they're resized and not particularly good), I will just leave them here.
Schmattakopf
Member
I was trying to catch the lightning, but that meant that I had to hover over my screenshot key while accelerating without being able to turn... and with the trees in this game...Javaman said:
I posted a few more pictures here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=21823967#post21823891
Blizzard said:If someone is bothered by me being the only poster in this thread please let me know. We had a four-person drive yesterday since we started too late for most people to join. It was decent, and we just finished up some offshore/tsunami business.
Night view:
Never man! Keep it up. Sorry I bailed early the other day
It's good for $5-10 if you have friends who play it or if you like OCD unlockable games. The graphics aren't great (though you can look at TheOctagon's notes about how to use the registry to make it render at say, 2x2 downsampled in windowed mode). But, it has like 5,000 square miles of terrain that's roughly based on the northwestern US, and you can drive the whole thing seamlessly with no loading. The game is HUGE.Sciz said:
A lot of the areas are also similar, though the difference in snow/ice/trees, weather, and day/night help make it more interesting.
Basically, look at the screenshots in this thread (and maybe Google for the old LTTP FUEL thread in the gaming forum), and ask yourself if you would find randomly driving for an hour or two with friends on voicechat to unlock cars and points sounds fun.
I actually don't think the singleplayer races and challenges are that bad, but I would probably not recommend the game solely for singleplayer races unless it's for $5-10.
Since it sounds like we may have some new people, feel free to join the group (it should be in my/Javaman's profile), and maybe we can have an event this weekend even though Javaman will be out of town. Would something like Saturday afternoon/evening work? That or tomorrow night should work for me, unless something comes up.
Schmattakopf
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The non-open world part (single-player races) is mediocre with the exception of just a handful of somewhat fun races. The open world part is what's interesting, but even that's only worth it if you have other people to play with, which is why I can recommend it on GAF since we have this group.Sciz said:
Slightly Live
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Sign me up for a free ride.
So how about tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST? I don't know if we should do a run for the people who just got the game, or the people who have done several areas. For anyone who can be around tomorrow or Sunday, please vote for a time (if early afternoon is bad) and what you want to do (i.e. pinwheel heights, go for vistas, cars, etc.).
Bear in mind that to get the maverick vehicles, which are purple arrows on your map, at least someone in the group needs to have not gotten them yet, since otherwise the arrows completely vanish. People who have already collected liveries or vistas can still see them on the map and go along for the ride if they want.
Bear in mind that to get the maverick vehicles, which are purple arrows on your map, at least someone in the group needs to have not gotten them yet, since otherwise the arrows completely vanish. People who have already collected liveries or vistas can still see them on the map and go along for the ride if they want.