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Official Video Games Thread VI: Somebody set us up the bomb

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JF_Gophers said:
Also took down most of bueller's Rival times. ;) :D
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Apparently Baghdad Bob is my information officer, I've been ****ing around in World Tour without even knowing I've been invaded :D.
 
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Maple Valley continues to be my favorite Forza course.

bueller said:
Apparently Baghdad Bob is my information officer, I've been ****ing around in World Tour without even knowing I've been invaded :D.
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It will be in your message center both in-game and online. So the only notification is probably a blinking email icon on the bottom left of your menu screen.

I didn't try to set really good times, I did just enough to win the bounty and send it back to you. That way we can pass them back and forth a few times, instead of one of us setting some insanely good time the first time out.

That Vintage Melee course is annoying. Its the only one I didn't beat the time on (was 1 sec behind) because your laps are flagged invalid for any little thing, including if cars run into the back of you.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Maple Valley continues to be my favorite Forza course.

It will be in your message center both in-game and online. So the only notification is probably a blinking email icon on the bottom left of your menu screen.

I didn't try to set really good times, I did just enough to win the bounty and send it back to you. That way we can pass them back and forth a few times, instead of one of us setting some insanely good time the first time out.

That Vintage Melee course is annoying. Its the only one I didn't beat the time on (was 1 sec behind) because your laps are flagged invalid for any little thing, including if cars run into the back of you.
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I should've told you not to bother with the drift one. I only did that for the achievement.
 
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bueller said:
I should've told you not to bother with the drift one. I only did that for the achievement.
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Well, there are 2 achievements related to drifting, so I was going to have to do it at some point.
 
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Well, there are 2 achievements related to drifting, so I was going to have to do it at some point.
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I still need the "perfect drift" one. I keep figuring it will come up in the course of normal racing and it hasn't, yet. :mad:
 
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Solid list of games on sale currently via Steam.

Homefront, $19.99 (-50%)
Tomb Raider: Underworld, $6.79 (-66%)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary, $3.39 (-66%)
Tomb Raider: Legend, $5.09 (-66%)
Heroes of M&M V, $4.99 (-50%)
Red Faction: Armageddon, $33.33 (-33%)
Red Faction: Guerilla, $13.33 (-33%)
Saints Row 2, $9.99 (-33%)
The Baconing, $7.49 (-50%)
War Hammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Retribution, $19.99 (-33%)

Plus DLC for most of these games is also discounted.

Amazon has a couple deals as well.

Brink, $9.99 (-67%)
Duke Nukem Forever, $18.99 (-37%)
 
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Weakness over took me and I picked up a Kinect (2 games incl.) today.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Weakness over took me and I picked up a Kinect (2 games incl.) today.
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When can I borrow it to pick up that stupid ****ing drive a car with a Kinect achievement? :D

Also, the classic cars are very hard and very fun to drive fast. No doubt in my mind that McLaren, Donahue, Hulme, etc. had bigger stones than the current crop of drivers.
 
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If you need cars that are easy to win with (in their classes), get/win these:

Lotus Evora T124 Endurance Car (favorite car to this point)
Aston Martin A12 Vantage
Subaru WRX STI '08
 
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Played a ton of Forza over the weekend.

- Cleared all of the Autovista challenges, which unlocks a couple extra secret cars (for autovista).
- Made it up to the Elite series (season 7 or 8?)
- Driver Level 46
- Highest affinity level is 12 I believe (Subaru)

Also, if one you of would buy either my ZR1 Tuning or the crappy vinyl I made for 1,000 I will return the favor to unlock that achievement.
 
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Minor gripe with Forza 4: can't do Autovista from my cheap Microsoft wheel, since it has no analog sticks and I'm not dumb enough to shell out for a Kinect.

And holy crap are the muscle cars a handful with the driving aids off.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Minor gripe with Forza 4: can't do Autovista from my cheap Microsoft wheel, since it has no analog sticks and I'm not dumb enough to shell out for a Kinect.

And holy crap are the muscle cars a handful with the driving aids off.
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Umm... Autovista I did with a regular controller. So im not sure what you are referring to there.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Umm... Autovista I did with a regular controller. So im not sure what you are referring to there.
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Exactly. I can't do Autovista from my wheel, since the wheel doesn't have any analog sticks. I can't just turn on a regular controller on port 2, either. I have to log out with the wheel, then re-log in on port 1 with my regular controller. #firstworldproblems
 
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The Honda Integra handles like a farking go-kart. That thing eats apexes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, elevensies, and everything else.

/don't care that it's FWD
 
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We need to setup a Forza club. Only reason I haven't is a lack of creative thought on a name and tag for it.

Then we can share cars.
 
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We need to setup a Forza club. Only reason I haven't is a lack of creative thought on a name and tag for it.

Then we can share cars.
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If I didn't just get the ps3, nhl 12 for both, and didn't spend as much time away from home working I would most likely get forza 4. I just can't justify it with everything else right now.
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
If I didn't just get the ps3, nhl 12 for both, and didn't spend as much time away from home working I would most likely get forza 4. I just can't justify it with everything else right now.
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Fall is always an expensive time for games, even without the buying of a new system. They pack 90% of the AAA titles into a 3 month window before Christmas. Then we go all summer with nothing good.

You bought NHL 12 for both systems? Why? :confused: :eek:
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Fall is always an expensive time for games, even without the buying of a new system. They pack 90% of the AAA titles into a 3 month window before Christmas. Then we go all summer with nothing good.

You bought NHL 12 for both systems? Why? :confused: :eek:
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Haha, I've got a fair amount of buddies to beat on both systems ;) Gotta dish out the beatdowns evenly.
 
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