BowserBasher

Quite enjoyed the race Sunday, Vettel going out really did make the race, if it weren't for that, I could have seen another run away victory. Some great over takes, and there was that huge battle around lap 20 (I think) where you had about 10 drivers all in a long train. Had some great moments there, and took about four laps before there was any kind of incident between them all. Anyone use Google Earth might want to check this out. Over the weekend I have created a F1 2012 tour showing all the tracks in the calender. You should be able to just download this file, and open it in Google Earth, highlight the folder called 'F1 2012 tracks' then press play tour. A few notes: Unfortunately, the US track does not show in Google Earth yet. But I have set a 'path' which I took from photos to show the track. For the street circuits I have included a 'path' for the track. I used the historical imagery option to select a past view of Sazuka as the current one is half covered by a cloud.

One thing that I think I got (from a translated video) was that street pass will be used in the way that when you streetpass with someone, you seem to build up a streetpass community in that all the houses will be there for you to visit. This is from this video (around 2:05 into it.)

Got my Toad console this morning too. Looks so sweet.

Came here from a post by Retro_Link in the Awesome stuff thread. This thread is brilliant. Just watched the Time Lapse video from a few posts up and have to say that is amazing. What I love the most is seeing all the lightning storms. Just wonderful

Can't say it was great though. Just consisted of developers coming out and playing their games for 5 to 10 minutes at a time. Only a few really went into details about what was new to the game.

All in all I loved it. Nintendo takes the social network side of things and puts it's own spin on it. The controller looks and sounds great, all the possibilities are running wild. I can see a game like Animal Crossing being suited beautifully to the Miiverse stuff. Roll on Tuesday!

Haven't seen any mention of this on here yet. Within the last month or so, it has been revealed that the next game is the Lego series is going to be Lego Lord of the Rings. Then just the other day, a trailer appeared showing Wii and 3DS along with the normal other formats. Here is a link to the official Lego Lord of the Rings page with the trailer. No word on weather this is how the game will be, with the voice acting, or if this is just done for the trailer. Either way, I can't wait for this game.

That's one of the things that I thought amazing when I saw that on one of those Sky Sports F1 featurettes they keep running. (the one with the Ferrari cars). Can't imagine sitting like that for so long.

Thought the race only picked up in the last 10 laps when we may have had something happen. Unfortunately the rain came a little too late to have any involvement. I'm beginning to think that some changes need to be made with Qualifying 3 and those that don't set a lap time. I feel that if you are good enough to get into Q3, then you need to be going for pole (or at least as high as you can get up the grid) and not just set sector times and get to pick your tires. Either that or just let everyone start on the tires they want to.

Love that helmet camera. Wish we would see a little more of it in the main shows. Wonder if it will improve over time to be more central on the helmet, it always seems just slightly off center.

No sign of mine yet. I'd never sell mine, not even sure I'm going to open it. Leave it nicely wrapped up in the box.

Great race and an amazing last 10 laps. Really thought Kimi might have joined that fight for the top three, but just missed out. This is going to be a great season if it carries on this way.

That's insane. How do people think to try these things. I mean to think to beat the boss, but not go into the teleport thing, but then go out, come back in, activate it but not actually go in it, then go out through the door again (that you normally can't). Then the game jumps all the way to the end pretty much.

Thought it was a very good show. Was completely shocked that Sheamus won so quickly, and thought they really should have had more time. Kane/Orton and Divas match was just meh. Really can't remember much about them. I was kind of thinking that Show might win the IC title, just because of the way it was built up. Good to see too, lets see what they do with the title on him. GM match was what is was, and as soon as Santino hit the cobra and didn't get the win, I knew Team Johnny would win. I wonder if it's not over though. Punk/Jericho was a great match, back and forth. Thought Jericho would win. HHH/Taker was what it was billed as. HHH continuing to tell HBK to end it or he will, HBK torn between ending it and letting them go, and even I think torn between who he wanted to win. There were times when it seemed like he could have gone either way and cost someone the win. Great ending. Loved the aftermatch stuff with all the guys appreciation of each other. Cena/Rock was just a great wrestling match in terms of no run-ins, no ref bumps, no gimmick spots. It just felt great to watch. I thought Cena had done it on that second AA. Seeing the last Rock Bottom and the 1-2-3 was just amazing though. I love how looking back, I was reading about so many former stars supposedly making run-ins or returning. Maybe they are, and it's being left for RAW, but I wonder if sometimes some of those are just WWE trying to confuse us by putting stories out there.

OMG, I won one too! I rarely ever win anything like this. I was so surprised to see the email this morning. I can't remember which one I went for, I think it was the Toad one, or the Peach one (I may even have entered twice.)

"Oh look, Borris is trying to look like an igloo again"

I've never had a RR streetpass work properly. At first I thought maybe it was because I hadn't opened that particular track, but even with all tracks and cars unlocked I still don't seem to get any ghost data when I turn the game on.

Yeah sorry bout that, I've been going through career mode. If you are free later on, let me know.

I don't know then. Whenever I have gone to buy puzzle pieces it just automatically picks a random piece from a puzzle I have started on.

That's fine, I'm going to be busy/not around at the end of Jan, but any time after that is fine.

Nope, buying puzzle pieces is totally random. Been getting a lot more hits recently. When I have it in work, I can get 3 or 4 hits in a 6 hour period. Even today I took it into town with me, (Northampton town centre) and got 3 hits in about 3 hours, and they weren't store 3DS, they seemed real.

OK, added you (Mii is Simon). Might be easier if we said in advance when to attempt a game. Mario Kart is taking up my online play at the moment, but I am playing F1 at the weekends playing through the career mode.

Completely agree with the controls. Taking the high speed corner in Turkey (you know, it's the one that is classed as 4 corners but you can do it smoothly in 1) is just no where near as smooth as it should be. I've found that using control method B, (R accelerate, L brake, X KERS, Y DRS) is the better of the two controls.

Will do, I'll add my code under my avatar soon.

Received my copy from Amazon this morning. I'm liking it so far. Only few gripes is really just with the steering, even setting the sensitivity all the way to the lowest, it's still awkward at times to keep a smooth turn going. Also I really don't know whether to play this with the 3D on or not, I find the game so much smoother (running) with it off, and do find it a little easier to control, but it does look quite nice with the 3D on. Something I've just noticed, and not sure if it was doing it the whole time, but when I turn the game on, the 3D turns off (as in the 3D green light on the 3DS) and will only come on when I enter the race. For all the menu's and such it's in 2D. Does this happen to anyone else? Is it maybe my game or a setting I accidentally changed? Also if anyone still plays, I'd love to play some online sometime.