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I'd have to echo what people have said here. Decent online service. Much more standard control. More mature orientated games. I REALLY wanted to play Smash Bros Online but whenever I did it was lag central. Mario Kart held up quite well but it the whole friend code system annoyed me. I'm curious to see what they come up with.

Yeh, I mean it's not a bad thing. The guns do sound a LOT meatier. Set pieces seem awesome too.

The combat doesn't look THAT different from ME2...

I have faith in Clint Mansell but i'd rather there was some continuity. I did feel the soundtrack to ME2 was weaker than 1 though. 1 had that Blade Runner/80's Sci-fi vibe to it. ME2 was much more fleshed out and orchestral. It was great in places, don't get me wrong, like the Suicide Mission, Arias club. I just felt the background music in fights and exploring just didn't grab me as much. So hopefully there'll be an even bigger focus on the soundtrack in general. I think I only heard the Normandy theme once in ME2. EDIT: Favourite songs in ME universe anyone? This is mine from ME1: And ME2:

Nice. I think if I did a montage it'd just be a series of crashes. What views do you guys use? I just stick with the standard behind the car one. Experimented a little with the drivers view but I just couldn't guage corners or anything.

Nintendo and Microsoft is who I have my eyes on. Though I think Nintendos will just be Nintendogs 3DS sales, 3DS sales, new Nintendogs, then 5 minutes for the new console (ho ho ho).

Did I read somewhere the female shepard is being voiced by someone else this time?

Anything has got to be better than the 4 lines of dialogue mixed in with car chase, gun fight, fist fight, bike chase, boat chase, gun fight, plane chase, explosion, gun fight, fist fight, that was QoS.

I was initially worried that it may lose the RPG elements which make the series great but to be honest the combat has always slightly suffered. If they want to make it more like a shooter in that respect then fair enough Sounds like this good be the best Mass Effect experience yet. All I was ever in it really was the story and characters. I like the fact that the party is being scaled down a bit too, I think they went a bit insane with the 2nd one. There were quite a few characters I just didn't bother getting to know. I'm still hoping against hope that whoever was sent to die on Virmire survived :p

Been playing (and loving Duke Nukem 3D) in preparation for this. I would say that it does seem to be more of a remake but hell I don't care

Cheers guys that's helped a lot. I seem to see that when I play online everyone goes for the highest BHP car there. I like to try different cars though but was unsure if there was a point if that's all you needed. Now I know better

People will pay it though. I'll stick to Battlefield thanks.

Ok, complete noobish question alert. I'm a little confused over the BHP of cars. What are the benefits of low and high BHP? Is it really as simple as one can reach a higher top speed than the other...

That video is insane. I especially liked the bit where he span and reversed through the container. Crazy!

I'd say the online is a lot more refined. I mean Dirt 2 was very smooth anyway. Rarely did I lag out at all. Also Flashback is now useable online too. Like single player you get a limited amount but it doesn't give you the option to rewind it'll just set you up at the speed and direction you were going before the crash.

It's funny. As soon as I posted I thought to myself. "That handbrake really isn't working very well". I look in the instructions, and it's the bloody B button!! I've spent the entire time playing under the assumption it's the same as Dirt 2 and A is handbrake...it's amazing I made it through any Gymkhanas!

I hate you for being so good at Gymkhana. I can't do that spin in the bordered off area for shit...

The Youtube feature is a nice touch but I doubt i'll ever use it as I suck at driving . Just unlocked Gymkhana. Again due to my crapness I found it really hard to drift and what not. Got the hang of it in the end and actually won an online race so I can't be THAT bad.

Loving it so far. Much more Rally focused than the last but still retains that fun element. Don't remember the amount of tweaking being in the last one either. Adds some strategy to each race

Do you actually do anything in the modern version? Looks like you press boost and watch the screen blur...

Has some good reviews too. It seems pretty much what I wanted. Dirt 2 but more Rally focused

I loved Dirt 2. I knew this was coming but didn't realise it was next week!

Lonesome road sounds good. I still need to complete it properly and have a full levelled up character.