1.6 and Party Pack Impressions

Just some quick impressions

The new colours are awesome: the game looks absolutely stunning, espcially the cars. The crumples in the bodywork also looks a lot more defined. Night time also looks a lot better. I also haven't seen any fog...

The cars don't seem to have changed that much. They're slower while not boosting, but you get boost easier and use it up slower so it isn't a problem. The R-Turbo felt the same, but tougher. The X12 felt like it cornered a lot better.

The broken flashing billboards are very annoying. The superjumps and smash gates are alright.

The new menus look lovingly retro.

Barrel Rolls seemed exactly the same (I always tilted towards the roll).

As for the Party Pack, it's a tad expensive but was more varied then I thought it would be. Most use the lower-end cars.

A couple of favourites:

- Crash Land a Barrel Roll over the 1st street broken bridge in the Manhattan.

- Get as many oncoming near misses on the freeway in the WTR Racer. Acceleration locked on full. Boost locked on full. Breaking disabled. No crashes allowed.

The menus and HUD also look very nice.