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plok 24 May 2007 17:53:31 1,296 posts
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Background downloading away...not liking sound of peoples downloads going slow. :-(

cyk 24 May 2007 17:58:51 306 posts
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Mine just gave up. Can't download it.

cyk 24 May 2007 17:58:52 306 posts
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Post deleted at 17:59:33 24-05-2007

AssassiN Owner/Editor, Computers N Stuff 24 May 2007 18:03:41 161 posts
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mine just won't download at all. I think i'll just wait till tomorrow

Vroom 24 May 2007 18:16:08 4,643 posts
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Started the download at 11am this mornin. Came home from work all ready to roll. Fucking stuck at 80%

(

Started again. Its at 3% now.

/makes tea

Scrumhalf 24 May 2007 18:22:34 185 posts
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Vroom! wrote:
Started the download at 11am this mornin. Came home from work all ready to roll. Fucking stuck at 80% (

Started again. Its at 3% now.

/makes tea

That is a bit strange - I must have started my download about 11am and it was all finished by 1pm.

It sounds like I must have been lucky.

My initial impression of it is very positive. The hill climb is especially good, not so sure about the buggies at the minute it appears there is some dodgy collision detection - the wheels seem to be able to pass through each other on occasions (it could be me though).

Graphically very good - but the crashing is somewhat underwhelming as it seems to be only too keen to put you back on the track when you have a big smash or deviate too far off the track. Although you can quite easily get balanced on a barrier and it just leaves you - in which case you have to open the menu to be replaced, which is plain annoying.

cyk 24 May 2007 18:44:20 306 posts
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I also started it at 11ish. Died at 68% and won't download now.

morriss 24 May 2007 18:53:34 71,293 posts
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I think the network is getting hammered, my Halo 3 download is not fucking moving at all.

JediMasterMalik 24 May 2007 18:54:46 11,820 posts
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Seriously, what DOES MS spend their Live Gold money on?

/troll

Introspectre 24 May 2007 18:58:48 3,274 posts
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XBLol

Donny 24 May 2007 19:04:31 1,491 posts
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Just had my first online race. You all race at the same time and who ever gets the fastest time wins. It's pretty fun seeing you name shoot up from 22nd to 5th when you pass a hard bend and all the n00bs pile off the side of the track. There weren't many options though, I just registered(which was suprisingly quick and easy) then it put me into a random hub. I had to wait for the race that was going on to finish. Then you vote for which track and car you want. Whatever wins you all go with and then you're off. I don't think you can do the all buggy races(with people on the track with you) in the demo, at least I couldn't. PC Demo btw.

d0bbo 24 May 2007 19:08:50 688 posts
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Meh... it's telling me it can't download it now.

Xbox live goes down another notch in my book. It's now on notch -1.

Tiger_Walts 24 May 2007 19:14:57 16,674 posts
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It's odd because I downloaded the Forza 2 demo at 6pm, when most people get home, on the day it was released in about 20 minutes.

Nasty 24 May 2007 19:15:42 4,840 posts
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Nice speedy link for PC demo

http://www.fragland.net/news.php?id=16512

Got all 833 meg in about 25 mins. \o/

/installs

silentbob 24 May 2007 19:15:55 29,527 posts
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Any of you PC demo downloading motherfuckers got a recomendation for grabbnig this at more than 67bytes a second?

Many thanks.

Edit: Yay! Cheers Nasty

Edited by silentbob at 19:20:52 24-05-2007

malteaserhead 24 May 2007 19:25:34 13,443 posts
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stuck at 37% (after about 3hrs)

now at 6%

Inquisitor Moderator 24 May 2007 19:26:20 14,558 posts
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I just gave up, I'll try again tomoz, after I return a busted game to the cunts at CEX

Donny 24 May 2007 19:29:58 1,491 posts
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Mapster wrote:
I'm downloading the PC demo now in the hope that it will trash and burn this heap of shit computer.

/all settings to max, puts a cloth over the air vent

What specs you got? Everything at medium on mine and it ran fine. Very pretty.

Deleted user 24 May 2007 19:34:35

"Pressure? Pressure is for tyres not drivers" - if I hear this another time I will headbutt my telly.

Well it looks smashing, that's for sure but the handlings a bit easy going for a rally game I'm finding. Too easy to be honest, I don't feel like I'm going sideways enough and you hardly need the footbrake. Anyone agree?

And what's with all these people not being able to download it? Took me about 20mins.

Donny 24 May 2007 19:37:12 1,491 posts
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LeSpank wrote:
Well it looks smashing, that's for sure but the handlings a bit easy going for a rally game I'm finding. Too easy to be honest, I don't feel like I'm going sideways enough and you hardly need the footbrake. Anyone agree?

I agree, it's very easy, but as a casual gamer who's not a massive fan of racing games I like the handling.

Inquisitor Moderator 24 May 2007 19:48:54 14,558 posts
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Try deleting the demo from the hard drive and restarting the download. According to major nelson that shold work.

Seems to be working for me as I'm at 7% in 3 minutes, lets see what happens.

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