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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit |OT| Do you have the Need for Speed?
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Guys, I need help. Maybe the community guys know something about this. I have a 360 in the bedroom and one in the living room. I switch the HD back and forth when I want to go to one or the other. This last time I switched, NFS freaked out. It refuses o recognize my saved game. So every time I start up, it tells me thanks for redeeming my code etc., then it plays that damn trailer. My profile is fine, the save is there, and all my other games load fine. Please help.
EDIT: I'm assuming it has to do with the fact that the game auto saves and loads. I'm looking somewhere for a load option because I can see the saves in my profile, the game just doesn't recognize them.
EDIT: I'm assuming it has to do with the fact that the game auto saves and loads. I'm looking somewhere for a load option because I can see the saves in my profile, the game just doesn't recognize them.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I really need to jump back into this game. I haven't had time to play much recently. But I am loving it.
While I love the autolog I think it could have been better from competitive purist view.
Shortcuts, alternative routes, whatever you wish to call them, are crap by default in a racing game. They should never exist and only bring down the enjoyment of the game. Having said that, i do wish that autolog would distinguish which times were achieved by using the alternative routes or if they were a "pure" time. Having say an (A) next to the time would let players know this was done by using alternative routes.
If I was able to see that a friend has beaten my time by 5 seconds and we both did it in a pure form then I would have reason to go back and try to beat his time . To figure out what corners he took differently, drifts and lines throughout the track would bring out a real sense of competitive nature. To see that he is 5 seconds quicker now makes me go oh, fucking alternative routes.
Also a replay feature like sc2 would have been awesome. Every game should have that now, especially on pc, Share replays, tips and help friends become better.
Im still enjoying it, dont worry PR guy
. Seeing fellow ausgaffers beating my times by .50 gives me reason to go back and kick their ass or at least try to.
Shortcuts, alternative routes, whatever you wish to call them, are crap by default in a racing game. They should never exist and only bring down the enjoyment of the game. Having said that, i do wish that autolog would distinguish which times were achieved by using the alternative routes or if they were a "pure" time. Having say an (A) next to the time would let players know this was done by using alternative routes.
If I was able to see that a friend has beaten my time by 5 seconds and we both did it in a pure form then I would have reason to go back and try to beat his time . To figure out what corners he took differently, drifts and lines throughout the track would bring out a real sense of competitive nature. To see that he is 5 seconds quicker now makes me go oh, fucking alternative routes.
Also a replay feature like sc2 would have been awesome. Every game should have that now, especially on pc, Share replays, tips and help friends become better.
Im still enjoying it, dont worry PR guy
. Seeing fellow ausgaffers beating my times by .50 gives me reason to go back and kick their ass or at least try to.The Antitype
Banned
newsguy said:
It shouldn't have anything to do with auto-saving and loading unless you removed the hard-drive while the game was trying to save or load.
Have you tried clearing the Xbox 360 cache?
Is there a list of the AusGAFfers who have this somewhere? I haven't looked in the Community area of GAF so I'm guessing there...evlcookie said:Im still enjoying it, dont worry PR guy
On another note, are the Autolog friends cross-platform compatible? I'd love to see others on 360 and PS3 to compare with on PC.
The Antitype
Banned
Shaneus said:
We wanted to do that sooooooo bad. It was working, in game, for awhile before the first parties caught wind of it and said 'uh....no'.
We're not even allowed to say the words 'Playstation, PS3, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Apple or iPhone' on the in-game news feed because we get stern words from Sony or Microsoft. :lol
Peterthumpa
Member
NFS PC only? As much as I love my rig and the master race, money doesn't grow on trees you know.StarEye said:
BTW, I want the PC patch so badly, engine sounds are really low on the PC version :'(
Barberetti
Member
Gah! Trying to love this game, I really am, but the fucking cutscenes are driving me up the wall! They are hands down the most annoying thing I have experienced in a game ever!
I'm in a race, neck and neck with another car at 200mph, with a cop car so close behind me that he might as well be trying to get an EMP lock on my fucking colon, when *BAM*, cutscene to a cop car parked half a mile down the road!
LIKE I CARE! THAT CAR IS THE LEAST IMPORTANT VEHICLE WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF MY POSISION AT THIS PRECISE MOMENT IN TIME, SO GET IT THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE!
*lays spike strip*
*BAM*, cutscene to the copper behind me hitting my spike strip, right at the moment that the car I was neck and neck with WHO IS NOW IN FRONT OF ME THANKS TO THE LAST CUTSCENE PUTTING ME OFF MY DRIVING dumps a spike strip in the road right in front of me!
AARRGGHH!
RANT
RAGE!!!
Someone please tell me that it's possible to disable this shit! The person who thought this was a good idea should be ... should be ... GIVEN A STERN TELLING OFF!
I'm in a race, neck and neck with another car at 200mph, with a cop car so close behind me that he might as well be trying to get an EMP lock on my fucking colon, when *BAM*, cutscene to a cop car parked half a mile down the road!
LIKE I CARE! THAT CAR IS THE LEAST IMPORTANT VEHICLE WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF MY POSISION AT THIS PRECISE MOMENT IN TIME, SO GET IT THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE!
*lays spike strip*
*BAM*, cutscene to the copper behind me hitting my spike strip, right at the moment that the car I was neck and neck with WHO IS NOW IN FRONT OF ME THANKS TO THE LAST CUTSCENE PUTTING ME OFF MY DRIVING dumps a spike strip in the road right in front of me!
AARRGGHH!
RANT
RAGE!!!
Someone please tell me that it's possible to disable this shit! The person who thought this was a good idea should be ... should be ... GIVEN A STERN TELLING OFF!
The Antitype
Banned
Barberetti said:
I understand where you're coming from. I think the option to turn those cut-scenes off should be included. I turned them off in Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge. I'm used to them now because of all the time I put into Burnout Paradise, where they couldn't be turned off.
The cut-scenes shouldn't cause you to actually lose ground to other racers through. They can fuck with your concentration, I understand that, but they shouldn't cause you to deviate from your current driving line or smash into anything. If you get into a cut-scene and a corner approaches, you'll automatically go through the corner...or even through a roadblock.
cantona222
Member
Yep. I noticed that. I am trying to develop a strategy where I launch the spike strip just before a road block so that it can hit a cop or a racer, cut into a cut scene where I am guaranteed to pass the roadblock safely. It is tough to time it thoughThe Antitype said:
The Antitype
Banned
cantona222 said:Yep. I noticed that. I am trying to develop a strategy where I launch the spike strip just before a road block so that it can hit a cop or a racer, cut into a cut scene where I am guaranteed to pass the roadblock safely. It is tough to time it though
Haha, good luck with that. If you can time it right, you deserve it.
It's great when it just happens though. You save your ass AND hurt an opponent in one fell swoop.
UnluckyKate
Member
The Antitype said:
Cut scene never bought me anything but good thing or event winning move. Perferct corner, spike/emp attack towards me vanishing, roadblock being in blind corner at 200mph passed without a scratch...
I understand they can be anoying to some people, but I never felt cheated by one of these.
cantona222
Member
Guys, anyone got 1000 Gamer points in the 360 or Platinum trophy in PS3?
Also, Who is trying to go for that? I am trying, the 2 achievements that I know I will face difficulties with are: Getting gold in all racer and cop events :|
Also, Who is trying to go for that? I am trying, the 2 achievements that I know I will face difficulties with are: Getting gold in all racer and cop events :|
cantona222 said:
Cop events are easy. Racer events are usually harder because the rubberbanding works against you + a couple of harder events (i.e. gauntlets where you can't choose the car you want). Don't be too frustrated and if you can't Gold an event after a couple of tries, advance to another event.
BTW, did Criterion remove the time penalties for some of the rapid response and time trial events? I say this because I returned to the game after the patch and played 2/3 of both careers without playing any event with time penalties. That was a relief.
Barberetti
Member
The Antitype said:
Yeah, this is the problem. The game is continuing while the cutscene is playing, so when the cutscene finishes I am not at the point I was before. This means I have to immediately re-evaluate everything that is going on around me, and I should not be having to do this in a racing game. It is causing me to make mistakes and lose races!
I have just finished another hour session (which is about all I can handle before it gets too annoying), and I am finding that I am avoiding using anything that will cause a cutscene to kick in because it might end up making my situation worse than before. This isn't good, and I'm not having much fun at all.
Next time, please make the cutscenes an option. Infuriating does not even begin to describe them.
The Antitype
Banned
newsguy said:
Any updates?
NHale said:
No, you just run into fewer of them as the game goes on. Like I said earlier in the thread, the primary point of those races was to give you a preview of cars you haven't unlocked yet, and to give you some experience on the tracks you'll be racing on.
The time penalties were there to make those events somewhat challenging in the process. But yeah....they're not popular. So I wouldn't expect to see them make much of a comeback. :lol
Tornado Condor
Member
Anyone wana play? My gamertag Is salvamag
caligula13
Gold Member
so, when is this game going to be in 3D as promised?
I AM JOHN!
Banned
Yo, fuck this game.
I've been trying to play it for a while now. Except I can't, because every time I try and connect to the Autolog servers, when the game boots up, it won't do it, claiming I need to be connected to Xbox Live to use Autolog (which I am). And then when I try and connect again, the fucking game ALWAYS freezes. Always. Without a hitch. I was able to get around the freezing once with a well timed hit of the guide button, but it only worked once and didn't do much good aside from getting me to the main menu and making me watch that stupid Shift 2 trailer.
Any advice, GAF?
EDIT: never mind. It finally worked this time.
EDIT 2: never mind the never mind. Now it just keeps disconnecting me from the Autolog servers for no reason!
I've been trying to play it for a while now. Except I can't, because every time I try and connect to the Autolog servers, when the game boots up, it won't do it, claiming I need to be connected to Xbox Live to use Autolog (which I am). And then when I try and connect again, the fucking game ALWAYS freezes. Always. Without a hitch. I was able to get around the freezing once with a well timed hit of the guide button, but it only worked once and didn't do much good aside from getting me to the main menu and making me watch that stupid Shift 2 trailer.
Any advice, GAF?
EDIT: never mind. It finally worked this time.
EDIT 2: never mind the never mind. Now it just keeps disconnecting me from the Autolog servers for no reason!
The Antitype said:
I just started playing this game a few days ago and this problem sticks out like a sore thumb. While it's useful at times as it can have you go through roadblocks and other situations that are unavoidable due to timing it equally can cause you too lose. I've lost a few games because the cutaways cause a speed drop and allow racers or enemy cops to get ahead. The worst was on the exotics hot pursuit level on the coast just as I get within a mile and take down a cop his buddy and helicopter instantly appear then nail me.
I AM JOHN!
Banned
And it just froze again!
Tornado Condor
Member
Sweet, I'm level 20 Most Wanted!
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
AusGaf sure do like them some NFS
Yes, I have been feeling the same a couple of times now.eviltasan said:
But it can also work in your favor: a road block is coming up that I don't think I can swerve - drop a spike strip that immediately registers, a cut scene triggers and once that is complete, I resume my race magically teleported through the road block.
But yes:
Criterion, give us a settings patch to disable all cutscenes. All events are displayed in the upper left corner anyhow, who wants to know what's happening, read from there.
Tornado Condor
Member
Gen X said:
oh man :lol :lol
The Antitype
Banned
Hey guys, I'm not going to be able to come on here anymore.
Feel free to send any and ALL questions to the community team at @NeedforSpeed on twitter, or facebook.com/needforspeed. They see it all, and will respond.
Thanks for your support of the game!
Feel free to send any and ALL questions to the community team at @NeedforSpeed on twitter, or facebook.com/needforspeed. They see it all, and will respond.
Thanks for your support of the game!
Tornado Condor
Member
The Antitype said:
why not?
I don't know how long it's been like this/will be like this, but this game is currently $27.97 on Amazon's game download service.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E10R4K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Great if you missed the Steam sale. I'll likely finally cave and get it now that I have some money (yay financial aid refund!)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E10R4K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Great if you missed the Steam sale. I'll likely finally cave and get it now that I have some money (yay financial aid refund!)
I'd just like to use this opportunity to say a well deserved FUCK OFF to any developer who decides that a two-player splitscreen mode isn't essential in basically any racer. Online is NOT a substitute. Should I really have to buy two copies of the same game, two computers/consoles and two TVs/monitors to play two-player with my wife? REALLY? Seriously, I HATE ONLINE GAMING FOR THIS PARTICULAR REASON!
Thanks for listening.
Thanks for listening.