Quote from MotoGp Site :

Paul Butler opened the press conference, saying: “The purpose of this press conference is to apprise you of the circumstances that resulted in the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli. You know who we all are, the Race Direction; Claude Danis who is the FIM representative, Javier Alonso the Dorna representative, Franco Uncini the riders’ representative, and I’m Paul Butler the IRTA representative and Race Director. Michele Macchiagodena is our Medical Director and he will explain to you the circumstances that resulted in this death.”

Michele Macchiagodena said: “I’m very sad to be here to report about the death of Marco Simoncelli, a friend. Because of the crash he had during the race, in which he was hit by other riders, he suffered a very serious trauma to the head, to the neck and the chest. When our medical staff got to him he was unconscious. In the ambulance because there was a cardiac arrest they started CPR (cardiac pulmonary resuscitation). Immediately in the Medical Centre, with the help also of the Doctor of our staff at the Clinica Mobile and local Doctors, he was intubated and it was possible to take off some blood from the thorax. The CPR was continued for 45 minutes because we tried to help him for as long as we thought it was possible. Unfortunately it was not possible to help him and at 16:56 (local time) we had to declare he was dead.”

I presume more details will follow later.

They've got development income though

Not heard anything for a while, was expecting it months ago :S

Instead of DLC they should be updating standard cars tbh...

R.I.P Real talent for the future, such a bad few weeks for motorsport in general.

Terrible accident involving Simoncelli. Lost the front and bike came back across the track with him still holding on. Edwards and Rossi had nowhere to go and ploughed straight into him. His helmet had came off and he lay motionless on the ground.

He was taken to medical centre where they said he was conscious. Race has been cancelled as he is in a critical condition and they are focusing all medical attention on him.

Thoughts and prayers to him and his family, hope he pulls through.

Quote from Fuse5 :

as much as i appreciate deja vu,

Thanks m8 Love you too

lmao jamie

e2mustang: This video contains content from Channel 5, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

ERRR Channel 5 is UK WTF?!?!

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

So tell me how it is driving around in a car made out of the trays you get in bumper boxes of biscuits?

Chairs look comfortable though.

Crash into it, see what happens

iirc the games are released on the day that the game charts start in those regions.

Just use a vpn and get it on the 24th

http://battlefieldo.com/forum/ ... th.1107/page-2#post-14295

Last edited by DejaVu, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 15:04.

Have fun failing your MOT next year S14

The cars are ok A shame they are all touring car variants, but here's hoping for future DLC

Probably taxes and stuff

Another reason to be patient: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... A7vmk&feature=related

Build 78 (25/10/11, Manager+)
Toned down heat haze
Added a few more options to visuals menu
Added gamepad filtering option
Added cloudy weather selection to race menu
Fix for DX9 windscreen corruption bug
Fix for groundcover crash
Updated Glencairn track
Updated Racer car
Improved lighting settings for most tracks
Fixes to car setup menu (still lots of bugs)
Change audio balance to bring out more wind noise
Version number added to UI
Various UI fixes and improvements
Updated kart
Fixed direction of driver head lean in corners
Enabled fuel consumption and tyre wear
Added free camera (Ctrl-F then the mouse and WASD, SHIFT keys)

Build 76 (20/10/11, Manager+)
Car setup menu added (first pass, many bugs)
Kart added (first export, no bug reports yet please)
Glencairn track added (first export, no bug reports yet please)
Nuke 3 added (first export, no bug reports yet please)
Fix for DX11 "grey square around the player car" bug
Updated exports of all tracks (various fixes and improvements)
Various UI fixes
Idle throttle adjusted on all cars so you can stall if clutch not used properly
Disabled exhaust backfire on LM2011

Build 74 (17/10/11, Team Member+)
Instant replay enabled (placeholder UI and cameras).
Fix for 5:4 aspect rendering.
Fix for blue tint bug affecting certain NVidia cards.
Language set to English only.
Security implementation to support builds per member level.
Made look left/right faster.
Racer sound improvements.
AI aggression reduced a little.
AI improvements at Connecticut Hill.
Formula B physics updates for better performance over kerbs and turning in general.
Continued Connecticut Hill art updates.

Quote from Franky.S :

Great time for my PS3 to break. When Spa is released. Any news on about the time for DLC cars?

They came out with the spa DLC, you can buy seperate or as one pack:

Course Pack ($4.99)
Spa Francorchamps (with weather effects)
Kart Space I/II (at night)
Racing Car Pack ($7.99)
Red Bull X2011 Protytpe ’11
Dodge Challenger SRT8 Touring Car
Honda CR-Z Touring Car
Mazda Roadster Touring Car
Mazda RX-7 Touring Car
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Touring Car
Nissan GT-R R35 Touring Car
Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 Touring Car
Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 Touring Car
Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Touring Car
Subaru Impreza Touring Car
Toyota Prius Touring Car
Gran Turismo Racing Kart Jr.
Gran Turismo Racing Kart 100
Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125
Racing Gear Pack ($2.99)
Includes suits and helmets of 8 famous WRC and NASCAR drivers and 12 new helmets.
Paint Pack ($1.99)
Includes 100 new paint colors.
Complete Pack ($11.99)
Includes all the packs in one convenient bundle.

Complete pack was £9.45 iirc

Ariel Atom is looking good, roll on Monday

I love shuffle races

Better now you can increase the ratings of the cars in shuffle aswell, unless you get stuck with an elise on Spa like i did

Got a Ben Spies vibe

When's closing time Dennis?

Free to those that have already paid for its development.

For me it's pointless downloading if it is leaked, I only bought it for multiplayer.

Can't wait - such an awesome track no matter what game it's in

What's the test track like? Looks huge Might go for team member status tonight That way if I don't make much return on investment, i'll have a full game for roughly the price i'm willing to pay and will have atleast some input into it's development.

Played the beta for around 15 hours on metro and about 30 hrs on caspian.

In 30 hours of caspian, i didn't die from air attacks once. Took down quite a lot of heli's and jets with the stinger though

Quote from Boris Lozac :

lol, i don't think so, why are you guys pulling those statements out of your a**es

http://bf3blog.com/2011/03/con ... yer-maps-will-be-smaller/

Was also posted on battlelog forum, the bigger maps are more restricted than pc version