I recently bought the PS2 version of "Need for Speed: Underground", and having had a blast playing the single-player side of the game (I'm now on the 90th mission, I think) and put together a fast car with all the upgrades, I shelled out a little more dough and got the Broadband adapter for the PS2 so I could play online. However, since NFS:U allows both PC and PS2 users to race against each-other (and offers no way to tell what system a given player is using), it seems that PS2 players are at a severe disadvantage - even with decent skills and a souped-up car, I get my ass handed to me every time by what I can only assume are PS users who have managed to hack their copy of the game. At first, I just figured I was just a lousy driver, but when you're driving a totally maxed-out car and still get lapped seven times before you can even complete one lap and the other drivers never once touch a wall, even in the sharpest turns while going several hundred miles an hour, one has to suspest that there is a serious imbalance in the way people on different platforms are using the game.
So, I just don't play NFS:U online anymore. It's really a shame that such a potentially fun multi-player experience is ruined by a combo of poor thinking on the part of the developer and asshat PC users cheating their way to ill-earned glory. Oh well.
I've got two or three of these comics, inc. one that isn't on the page linked in the story, featuring Superman. I'll have to put some scans up, as it's pretty fun! Having a TRS-80 Model 100 is great, but having the comics to go along with it is priceless...:-) Huxley
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Seems to me this is a fancy version of the SegaChannel! Am I right, or am I right?:-)
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I recently bought the PS2 version of "Need for Speed: Underground", and having had a blast playing the single-player side of the game (I'm now on the 90th mission, I think) and put together a fast car with all the upgrades, I shelled out a little more dough and got the Broadband adapter for the PS2 so I could play online. However, since NFS:U allows both PC and PS2 users to race against each-other (and offers no way to tell what system a given player is using), it seems that PS2 players are at a severe disadvantage - even with decent skills and a souped-up car, I get my ass handed to me every time by what I can only assume are PS users who have managed to hack their copy of the game. At first, I just figured I was just a lousy driver, but when you're driving a totally maxed-out car and still get lapped seven times before you can even complete one lap and the other drivers never once touch a wall, even in the sharpest turns while going several hundred miles an hour, one has to suspest that there is a serious imbalance in the way people on different platforms are using the game. So, I just don't play NFS:U online anymore. It's really a shame that such a potentially fun multi-player experience is ruined by a combo of poor thinking on the part of the developer and asshat PC users cheating their way to ill-earned glory. Oh well.
Not to go too far off topic, but how long till the RIAA starting going after users who talk to people they haven't paid for?
---Apparently his backpack was running Linux, that's how he stayed up for so long ;-)---
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Ummm, or Viagra....
Huxley
I'm still waiting for my check from Bill Gates... I must've forwarded that email to a billion people! :-) Huxley
Imagine a Beo- aah, forget it.... :-)
Huxley
PS please don't hurt me...
I've got two or three of these comics, inc. one that isn't on the page linked in the story, featuring Superman. I'll have to put some scans up, as it's pretty fun! :-)
Having a TRS-80 Model 100 is great, but having the comics to go along with it is priceless...
Huxley
Seems to me this is a fancy version of the SegaChannel! Am I right, or am I right? :-)
Huxley
Well, I'm glad to see an anime win an Oscar, but I've still not seen "Spirited Away"... Oh well, just as soon as NetFlix get it... :-)
Huxley