the days of cheap hot hatch thrills are gone.

TBH, just keep saving. Ask people for cash (NOT GIFT VOUCHERS!) for chrissy instead of socks+jocks. if your budget is $200, another 85 shouldn't be too hard. I paid $280 for mine from a wholesaler about a year and a half ago.

Use an amplifier and speakers/headphones? +1 monitor mounted speakers are fail. I'd always consider a monitor to not have speakers. On an LCD/Plasma TV sure i'd expect it...

Pretty sure the 360 in HDMi composite mode uses normal audio outputs? Or do you have a different kind of cable?

Quote from tristancliffe :

If you fall for Scawen having an AOL address and/or asking people online for their details, then I reckon you deserve everything that happens to you. I appreciate I will be in a minority with a view this 'harsh'. Punishing stupidity might, just maybe, possibly, stop people from not engaging their brain.

Agree. Don't tell anyone anything.

So very true Scawen (about MS slowing down, developing properly etc)

hahahahahahaha!
The world today makes me laugh. If i didn't laugh tho, i'd be stabbing people in offices in the face for making retarded decisions all the time nowadays. Bless companies for being so managment heavy they're blind to their own stupidity and ineptness.

At the end of the day you can't please everyone all the time. We might get customizable rims later. And for a demo user (who from what i can gather is using a cracked version of the game) to be requesting improvements, it's a bit rich. Also not a new suggestion.

crazy...so USB functionality, with an included USB stick for the collectors edition, will be added later? That seems fairly slack lol

IIRC USB key (the one u got if u bought the collectors edition, or any other USB key) or download them from the Forza3 website by logging into your account. You must have uploaded it to your storefront first tho.

Quote from FalconXB :

Okay yeah, just a matter of preference I guess. I'm thinking I may just buy S2 though and stick with the joystick for now until I get the G25.

I raced for years with a stick, you are better off holding out for a good wheel (g25/G27)

What state are you in btw, might be able to point you in the direction of wholesalers with better prices than say harvey norman - $600 2 weeks ago for a G25, i literally laughed out loud when i saw the price tag

I think a lot of the older cars are more fun than the top level R Class cars.
Anyone else get more of a kick from an older modified car than the top shelf stuff?

Yeah 10 years made me realize a lot of my CD's are over 10 years old lol.
However, from within that time period...

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - Their best album imho of the last 10 years anyway

UNKLE - War Stories - UNKLE's work is fairly unknown, but you have probably heard his tracks used on TV shows, i know Top gear has used tracks off both the albums i've listed here

Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost in space

UNKLE - End titles:Stories for film

thats all i can think of...for now busy at work. Muse is also there but i can't decide which album is my personal favourite. VAST would also rate a mention.

there is a simple fix anyway. 2x ratchet clamps, and a small thinner piece of wood. Mate had to do this as the only table he has is dining room, and it's way too thick. As long as the clamps are secured correctly, it's fine. Cost about $15-20AUD i think for 2 clamps and wood. u can quickly remove it and not have to alter the table/desk you are using.

bios, and make cd drive the primary boot. screw windows.

that "pushed inside" look is called "dish" generally in modified car circles.

so dished rims = "pushed inside look"

At least where i come from, thats the case.

sounds like it maybe a problem with your LFS install...Have u tried making a second "fresh" install of LFS in another directory to see if that works?

if its with LCD flicker goggles....120fps is a big ask...or it was the last system i saw with that ability a couple years ago...and that had a gfx card worth about 1000AUD..

Quote from danowat :

The link is to the web based marketplace, you can queue up downloads for you xbox from it.

Yeah it's for the LCE, says it's a theme u get for having the LCE, the address is part of the main forza site, i never got around to typing it into my PC, tried to find out how to get to it from the 360 tho..i figured if it couldn't be accessed from the 360, what use is it..

I got sent a message about a week ago from Turn10 saying a theme was available for download at a web address. But how the hell do i go to the web address on the 360? or do i have to do something like download it on my PC, and copy it across?

2nd and 3rd playthrough (increased difficulty each time) DLC coming later, and playing online with my friends. Always on the lookout for better weapons.

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

I'm stuck on the Crazy Earl mission, I get swarmed by the spiders

If you don't already know, the front of the spiders is heavily armoured, however their hind section is weak. Generally try to shoot them in the ass, or distract them with my turret so i can get to the side or back of them, and shoot from there. Also running away while shooting to spread them out helps just don't get stuck in a corner, or fall off a ledge lol

you don't need someone on that specific mission. Anyone can help you. Preferably higher level that you tho
I was helping my cousin who was level 12 out with a level 50 soldier :P
SPEED RUNS!

Changes in SP effect MP, and vice versa. Sometimes when u just want to chase XP it's easier to grab a couple mates at about the same level and charge thru it :P

Also playing with other people online yields better weapons/cash rewards etc.

took me about 37 hours but my soldier is up to lvl50. About 2/3 the way thru my second playthru but i had to go back to work. Also have an alternate siren at lvl 14. Good times

IIRC didn't some sega racing game have a little sonic doll hanging off the mirror that moved with the G forces sideways etc....was a really old game...