For those of you who don't know, there is a demo of this game available on Xbox Live. I've been playing it quite a bit, and I am definately going to buy this game. I love it, the gameplay is so much fun that even though the demo is very short I must have played it over 30 times already. My favourite part is the execution system, it allows you to take down multiple targets with one click on the Y button, but to unlock it you need to do a hand to hand take down.

Anyway, here is a video of me doing the main bits of the demo on the hardest difficulty setting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl56CRPm04Q

The rushing classes are too powerful, some of the sub machine guns are stupidly powerful. I don't like it when a silenced M16 can fire 2 bursts into someones legs/chest and not kill them, but an MP5 can fire one burst into my chest and kill me instantly. Infinity Ward should pay attention to the type of ammunition the guns use, MP5's would be useless at range or against someone wearing body armour.

Anyway, rant over, here is the new episode of "Knife This", it's my favourite so far, probably because I came up with most of the throws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1RTRUENhs

There are two changes the FIA could make that would increase overtaking 10 fold...

1. Ban carbon brakes
2. Bring back V12 or V10 engines

The advancement of carbon brakes is probably a big reason for the modern era of F1 having so little overtaking. The problem is they stop the cars too quickly, the braking zones are tiny and the majority of overtaking happens in the braking zone. If the FIA are going to start regulating anything then the brakes would be the best option, what team really cares about their braking systems being capped and regulated? They should restrict the use of exotic materials, and try to double the length of the braking zones.

As for bringing back the larger capacity engines, we only need to look at what happened in MotoGP to see why it's a good idea. When MotoGP switched to 800cc engines the cornering speeds increased. The riders had to maintain that speed through a corner because they couldn't just park it on the apex and power out of the turn anymore. That meant there was only ever one fast line, and if they attempted to overtake and failed, they would drop a long way back. MotoGP have realised that they need to restrict cornering speed, not top speed, which is why they are going to switch to 1000cc engines in 2011. The same applies to F1, the cars didn't get any slower when they switched to V8's, the top speed was reduced, but the cornering speed increased, and the more cornering speed the cars have the less overtaking there will be.

Quote from gtpsharky :

SeaNanners?

Yep, david who made the video wanted something with a similar layout, showing the stats and all that other stuff like guns and perks etc.

Just wanted to share this video with you guys...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMkOlGiEgcg

...it's a dual commentary done by some friends of mine. It's got a casual style, and I don't think it's too bad for a first attempt. I designed the template for them, based on someone elses layout. Anyway, check it out and let them know what you think by rating and leaving comments.

Quote from BreadC :

luscious liz i believe her name is

My friend Lizz would have been happy to hear she won a race, now I have to tell her she cracked an exhaust pipe and dissapointed a young German.

Quote from zeugnimod :

You have to calculate them yourself.

I never bother, but I got lucky in that race. I had to choose Virgin to get Liuzzi and Force India but it paid off. I probably should have chosen Chandhok and gone with Lotus, but I assumed Virgin could make a race distance.

Quote from Lukaas :

You got any?

I've put a bomb under your seat, if you drop below 100 mph it will explode.

Not the best track to showcase the new rules, but I like the fact it's all down to the driver to win the race, rather than the guys with computers in the pits. Vettel was brilliant again, Red Bull only need to give him a reliable car and he could win the championship, but Alonso and Hamilton will be hard to beat. Hamilton did well with a slow car, definately got more out of it than Button managed.

At least I got one of the bets rights in my F1 fantasy thing, Chandhok first retirement.

Quote from Hyperactive :

Looks like my predictions were spot on:
luzzai
chandhok
Force india
force india
lotus fuel

I nearly went with the same setup, but I worried because last season I went with Mclaren for the last race and lost, my eggs are now kept in serveral different baskets.

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Just discovered my new favourite gun - Tar-21 Silenced. That thing is a BEAST

I recently swapped mine for the M16 silenced, but before that I was using the Tar with heartbeat and silencer. With cold blooded pro and ninja pro on it's an awesome gun. I found it was a bit too rubbish at long range though, hence switching to the M16. But my favourite tactic is used on search and destroy, basically you keep tapping the switch weapons button while prone near the bomb, let the enemy arm it, crawl up behind them and then disarm it the moment it's planted. Unless you play against people who use the tactic or know about it already most people won't spot you and you get an instant ninja defuse.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Hugely clever interpretation of the rules. Should win a Chapman Award (if such a thing existed).

Mclaren always seem to come up with these clever interpretations, but they usually end up being banned, along with all the other clever ideas that give teams an advantage. Let me just throw this out there, if Ferrari had come up with this everyone would be calling the FIA biased for declaring it legal.

I'm not so sure about Rosberg, at Williams last season he kept topping practice times but never showed the same pace during a race. Also Mercedes set their best times as other teams switched their focus to longer runs. I'm expecting Mclaren to win, even if they don't qualify well they have enough of a straight line advantage to do well in the race.

Okay I think I have a final team, I had to pick one now rather than tomorrow because I'm working and won't be able to update my team.

Driver One: Vitantonio Liuzzi (For)
Driver Two: Lucas di Grassi (Vir)
Chassis: VJMO3 (Force India)
Engine: Cosworth CA2010 (Virgin)
Fuel: Petrobras (Wil)

Top tip for anyone choosing Hispania drivers, if you have to make a choice pick Bruno Senna, because if one car breaks and they can only run with one car, they will run with the guy who will get the most sponsorship money for them.

Quote from UncleBenny :

Have you ever seen the video where Kenseth is getting interviewed and then Carl comes over, pulls him away, and acts like he's going to punch him? Afterwards Kenseth said he's glad it got caught on camera because the Carl Edwards you see giving interviews on TV is not the real Carl Edwards.

Well it's all subjective, I like him because he holds people accountable for their actions without going out to actually hurt people. I saw that video, he was angry and shoving the guy, but he didn't actually punch him. I like NASCAR because they do allow a certain amount of pushing and shoving, but they forget where the line is and let things build up too much, that's when it gets dangerous and people lose their temper.

This video shows why I like Carl Edwards, he holds people accountable, if you bump him to gain an advantage he sees that as an open invitation to race the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93Q78ozmCw

Quote from Falcon140 :

I see where Carl's coming from honestly. You can only take so much, and Brad pushes everybody around. I'm not saying Carl was right or wrong, but somebody had to put Brad in his place. Carl didn't wanna hurt anybody, and he explained that. I think they should probably park both of them. Brad brings it on him self mostly, and needs to know that his actions won't go unpunished either.

NASCAR is to blame for the whole incident, if they had sorted Brad out themselfs then the drivers wouldn't feel the need to do it on the track. I think Carl is a top bloke, he wouldn't go out to hurt anyone on purpose, but he has a moral code and obviously wanted to teach Brad a lesson for being such an ****. Also NASCAR should never have switched to those rear wings, they must have known it would cause the cars to flip over if they got turned, unless they just thought it looked cool and didn't actually do any testing on it.

I play Recon as spotter/suppressor, by that I mean I take down high value targets and spot like mad. To me Recon is more about thinning the crowd so that other classes can rush in and score the objectives, when it comes to defense it's about taking out snipers and laying C4 on vehicles. But I switch classes all the time during a game, based on the needs of my squad/team. If you just stick with one class no matter what is happening then you will lose, unless you have a good squad to balance it out.

Episode 7 of Knife This is up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4MSYHgxdY&feature=sub

...this is a personal favourite of mine since I came up with most of the complicated throws. The one off the slide into the window took a long time to perfect, try it for yourself to see how hard it actually is!

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I've been playing DIRT 2 on the PC quite a lot recently. I love the Trailblazing events, especially in the Evo you win from the X-Games, that thing is too fast. I've collected all my best bits from career and lumped them together in a little montage for all you DIRT 2 fans to enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHPVDz7HOs

Be sure to watch it in HD.

When I was reading that article I kept thinking I was reading about another F1 scandel. Anyway, here are the latest episodes of Knife This to cheer up all you COD fans. Remember these are all staged knife throws, but it's still loads of fun to come up with inventive ways of killing people with the knife.

Ep.4 - Quarry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqsqnZMa6ao

Ep.5 - Terminal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6L4R1dSEyQ

Ep.6 - Karachi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eb7NV5YNI0

Mclaren and Sauber would be the best bet, dependant on prices.

EDIT: Well this will be much harder than last year. Okay so my team is...

Drivers: Adrian Sutil-Heikki Kovalainen
Chassis: Virgin
Engine: Lotus
Fuel: Sauber

Last edited by ATC Quicksilver, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 01:46.

Quote from Intrepid :

Just look at identical twin studies for example. There are some remarkable findings.

Good point, I remember a case where twins had been seperated at birth each having no idea they had a twin. When they found out and met each other it turned out they had lead almost identicle lives. I can't remember what program I saw it on though, probably Horizon or something like that.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Incidentally I had a German bloke fit my boiler and it took him all day, then it broke the next week.

Was it a Polish boiler?

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Israel has been operating outside of international law since the early '60s, they can do whatever they like. It's no wonder their neighbours are so pleased with them.

On that subject:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new ... -by-Mossad-assassins.html

Back on topic:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new ... -near-British-waters.html