Quote from Rathalos888 :

I also have a 360 controller, but I have no idea how to get it to work, if it even can >_>.

Anyway, as the title says, would it be a worthwhile buy? I love the demo and I've been playing it off and on for years though (though I've never really gotten very good. I still screw up on Blackwood and my best time in the FBM is like, 1:15, though I don't have a setup, and I still really know nothing about racing or cars).

I've thought about purchasing a license in the past, as I'd imagine it would greatly improve options on things to do, but I only have a mouse and keyboard setup. The thing I hate about the mouse is there's no force feedback or anything, so you seem to be able to turn the wheel all the way with a small flick, and when you try to recover from an accident it can be a nightmare. Considering the cars only seem to get mostly faster yet harder to handle, I would like to know if upgrading to an S2 license would even be a feasible decision? I'd like to get a wheel at SOME point, but they're very expensive.

Thanks in advance!

On a side note I managed to get the 360 controller up and running in game but it requires use of an external program (XBCD) with its own replacement driver for windows to get running. Then you need to mess around with a lot of settings to get it all mapped and working correctly.

Once its all done the game handles pretty nicely with the pad though its still a little twitchy at times using the analog sticks... Nice thing is though you get analog accelerate and brake which makes a difference as you brake slowly into some corners instead of locking up which I found myself doing on keyboard often.

However I am a new player as well and purchased the game just the other day. Love it, well worth the purchase.... They developers created a real gem here... doing a 5 lap race with 20 cars is amazing... even if I spin or end up coming last or second to last its great watching how people take corners and every race you feel like you learn something new

JP

Yes the 1:58 was on the track mentioned above. On the blackwood track I think I amat 1:15.18 or something which isnt bad but naturally can go lower . Thanks for the useful posts.

I tried looking before for the redline servers but couldn't find them. I will give it another look tomorrow once I finish work. Time to sleep now.



JP

Thanks very much for the replies chaps... Just been doing a few qual sessions on fun racing league server and then a race or two... yes i am way off the pace but managed to be one off the bottom qualifying wise... 1.58 i believe i was getting as opposed to the 1:54 of the top boys.

Great fun but there doesnt seem to be any progression overall or per specific server?

Maybe there doesnt need to bem, just turn up and race... but doesnt seem anyway of knowing if you are improving with overal rankings or not.... plus those stats seem to reset frequently per server?

Good fun anyway , games amazing....

Okay so i just bought the game a few days ago, and problem i have with playing blackwood DEMO servers is the first corner crash, even if i try to avoid 50% of the time end up getting cleared off the track... Mildy annoying.

Now I know i cant compete with the top racers in say a 5-10 lap race, but want to improve.

Are there any servers running where BEFORE you can even participate in the main race, you have to time trial on the track first and get a fast lap requirement to enter the race? By doing so you are eliminating a lot of the noob first corner crashers..

As I am new havent found any way apart from just joining loads of servers and trying to race...

Naturally i dont want to join a server with 5 year vets on the track where they end up lapping me but just want to slowly improve and would rather do that online doing races than alone hotlapping...

Any advice on servers to join would be appreciated.

Thanks and hopefully see some people in game later.

JP