Rumour Mill, New Friends and those hidden cars and usual skollob.

The Rumour.

A Revenge 2 type game is supposedly being released in November, there has been talk of this and even links at Play.com and some other sites, to Pre-order it!

New Friends.

Paradise

Last Night met some people to play Paradise with, and made two new friends which is alway nice, probably more, to just dick about with, help them out with challenges and basically listen to other peoples lives as they tick by, was a good room to hang out in. And since the host has a good number of people to play, had to jump to make room, but it was cool.

Did some Ranked racing in Paradise, and improved my rank by 200, so sitting at around 400 or so, raced some interesting tracks, majority without traffic, but since it's not my room why worry, did have some good traffic ones as well, normally 5 rounders.

Did not race in the PCPD once (while it does seem the car of choice for most), not keen on the car, though it does go like the clappers, but kept up with it in the V12, as it was the 'car of the day', then moved onto the Carbon Carson GT, GT Carson, for traffic on, and some other cars I was mucking about with, though did stick with the V12 as much as possible, not super dupper, but did the job. Can't say I won every race, but did come in normally the top 3, worst top 5, and the usual drop outs because people never look at the routes before they race, so quit.

I still don't like the Takedown Physics, the skippy corners and floatyness when you touch anything, or bouncing off traffic, but Cagney will hopefully fix most of that.

Revenge

Had some great racing with DM, am now on his hallowed friends list, which always a good thing, on Revenge that I got my rank down to 866, was 3k or more, some great racers in the room, saddly not Kev, who quit in a Ten Rounder, single laps, due to being tired, lol, not that his rank was great, and now probably in the 15,000's, lol. Of course was doing well until the last round of 10, single lappers, some very good people in the room, and was thinking DM might like some of his rank back, he did complain as much, lol, so I was going to run in the 205 Criterion, but DM said, that it was not a good idea due to the rooms racers, so rushed to change back to Revenge Racer and got the Low Rider!?!

Silence ... I KILL YOU!

What can I say, it was very entertaining, timed out maybe twice could be more but the writer of history, will say 2 for now, lol, now when White Mountain came up I was given a 1 mile, well for N69, while everyone else gave me 1.2 to 1.3, the object was for me to finish first, yeah right, room full of RR's, but be the guy everyone takes down as they pass. Nice?

Since the first couple were so close, yes I still finished last because I really can't drive the machine, though I did learn to Glen Boost as I played it more. And since they were all waiting for me to go, I grabbed some takedowns as I past them, The Low Rider does Drive better with 2 times Boost, lol, and was it 4 White Mountains I had to race?

I have to say, most of the buggers, would Glitch past me to prove a point, but there were Points near the end when I should have won, and cry of "No you're not going to beat me in that clap trap etc", and scappering across the line, even when almost everyone crashed on the causeway or near it but they were just to good for me to get a decent place. But I was taken down numurous times, especially on the cause way, Barstewards! 

Though I did come Fifth in one race, I shall not name and shame, as I can't remember to be honest and then someone timed out and I got Fifth over all, which was good as the guy who did go had a good rank. Those 2 points do add up, lol.

When the dust  cleared, when we started the race, most were in the low 1K's, when our disconect came back, we were in the 3k's and everyone else was around the 300's. Next time I'm sticking with my 205, and would like a rematch, obviously, my goal is not to time out, but more chance of having a better race, than in the Low Rider, lol.

And thanks to all in the room was a great time, now don't spend all my rank at once you might make yourself feel sick, from laughing to much, telling the story,  about Suffur's Suffuring, LOL.

Those Hidden Cars

There was a thread on the Criterion Forums about this, but I think it's gone now. But there are some cars within Paradise that you don't unlock through normal play but via another method, before you ask I don't know, how to do it, and if I did, I would probably not tell the general public anyway. I got the heads up via a message, but I had been investigating, some stuff, that i saw a couple of months ago, via a Japanese youtube video, no sorry no link as my computer refuses to let me add favorites at the moment, and writting and trying to find links is not easy as my blog might timeout before i finish looking.

Anyway this Japanes person, had 89 cars in thier line up, way more than the normal sponsor car download/unlock limit and take into account, Japan might have some exclusives too, but over 12 extra cars seemed fishy, so I assumed that there were other cars within the game.

I also had my suspicsions (sp) because after I unlocked all the cars I could get, I got the Steel Wheels code, but not bothered with any other as yet, I would drive around Paradise, and hear other cars in my sound space, and even the odd tune, and no I have got no cars running free, gott'em all thanks. So I always wondered if there is the odd car running loose awaiting to be taken down, and since i've not heard anyone with an extra car done that way, maybe it was done somewhere else and somehow else. Criterion did say there was the odd Easter Egg, and since no-one knows what they are until found, maybe be a hidden car within the game?

Anyway the cars, can be got, but can't be repaired if you mash them up, so one source says.

Though the cars are, sponsor cars, but did not get the green light I assume, well not all of them are sponsor cars, there is the Marble Car or The Chrome Car as it has been referenced, which was used to test reflections and I assume maybe others to test the game out.

Anyway to those who do find them have fun, I know when I find one, I'll take a snap shot, even just for me, as they do look interesting, and maybe a Marble Car race would be fun.

The post is back or I have found it again, linky:http://www.criteriongames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3874

Pictures of the cars is with the Persons Post: Burnout_-_King so he gets his credit, Nice find dude!

I'm done, Rumouring, and that Revenge 2 game, is supposedly not a Criterion game, but EA, so maybe similar to Dominator and Legends, so people may get their wish after all.