Need for Speed World

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Checked it out for the first time yesterday and the best way to describe it is Carbon. Its Carbon almost exactly, but online with power ups and utterly horrible graphics. How far along is this? This feels like an Alpha to me, not a beta 2. I stayed with it for over an hour trying everything I could find (power-ups, leveling, races, cop chases, painting, vinyls) and Im very unimpressed. My main question is exactly how far along is this? I really like freeroam driving games, but they gotta do much better than this in every aspect I can think of. Is this going to be polished to an extent that it reaches the level of Burnout Paradise for example?

wait, is this a beta 4?

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Kondrath

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Checked it out for the first time yesterday and the best way to describe it is Carbon. Its Carbon almost exactly, but online with power ups and utterly horrible graphics. How far along is this? This feels like an Alpha to me, not a beta 2. I stayed with it for over an hour trying everything I could find (power-ups, leveling, races, cop chases, painting, vinyls) and Im very unimpressed. My main question is exactly how far along is this? I really like freeroam driving games, but they gotta do much better than this in every aspect I can think of. Is this going to be polished to an extent that it reaches the level of Burnout Paradise for example?

wait, is this a beta 4?

It's beta 4 or 5... I think it's their last beta before the official release. So many client errors, multiplayer races hardly ever start, can't upgrade your car other than vinyls and paint, my graphics settings reset whenever I open the client, in game graphics are pretty disgusting (red smeary lights while using a Turbo, run into a wall at 100mph and only your windshield cracks, etc....), world map has issues with clicking on icons, windows disappearing, etc....

I really do hope it magically becomes 100x better for official release. If not, well.... There's always test drive unlimited 2.

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Denis W. Veteran

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I gave it a spin yesterday... they need to optimize their engine, seriously. It feels like the same engine that powered Most Wanted to Undercover, where at its latest iteration it sucked horribly.

The initial world you're stuck in is, I'm assuming, what you'll get when the game goes live and if you don't pay up for the starter pack. NFS World isn't fully free to pay anymore; you need to eventually pay $20 (for now) to unlock the entire game. What you're stuck in right now is kind of like Carbon's city in some aspects.

The removal of the slow-mo effect from the game kind of kills the thrill of screwing around with cops.

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Pupik

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Edit: Never mind :D

Got your PM, and I didn't recieved any code. Just this e-mail with a download link:

Congratulations! You're just 24 hours away from racing in Need for Speed World! But why wait? Get started early by downloading the game client and redeeming your SpeedBoost by clicking the link to your left.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ON THE ROAD!

> START TIME - Wednesday, June 2 at 10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CET> CLOSE TIME - Sunday, June 13 at 8:59 PM PDT / 05:59 CE Monday

I don't think anyone received any beta code/key.

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san.W10

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Need for Speed World Launches July 27

Thanks to everyone for your incredible participation during the Need for Speed World Betas; it's been fantastic to see hundreds of thousands of people sharing our World.

As we approach the game?s launch we're working hard to ensure the best experience possible; to achieve this we've decided to change the Head Start date to July 20th with the official launch following a week later on July 27th. Thanks again for taking part and we?ll have more news soon.

http://www.needforspeed.com/post/need-speed-world-launches-july-27

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Scirwode

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Is it even ready? Sometimes when I start some of the races, I'm not sure if I'm in front or the middle of the pack. Also, the police seem to pass me by without even sensing that I'm racing, yet can chase me when I'm idle or going very slowly.

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deletedxyz

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lol, how is it going to be released already?! It's probably gonna' flop badly. Way too many bugs and not a whole lot of features...

It's the pattern for every MMO out there, like All Points Bulletin, Age of Conan and others. Release buggy game and gradually fix bugs over time from user feedback.

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