Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010

[spaceelf]

I dont like that the cops have NOS... do they have that in real life anyways?

No...and they also don't have 1.8 million dollar cars in real life.

[tsupersonic]

No...and they also don't have 1.8 million dollar cars in real life.

Italy has some awesome cop cars - linky

[Razorwing]

I dont like that the cops have NOS... do they have that in real life anyways?

Yes they do.. they just don't admit it. :laugh:

[Baines]

I don't know about your locale, but in North America, Europe and Australia the game is already out. They didn't pick up on that issue at all during QA. Thus, boffins at Criterion are scrambling to patch it ASAP.

Hopefully they patch all the ridiculous unskippable movies and that annoying NFS World ad at the beginning of the game.

Also the "skip intro" bug where you can skip the race intro, but it just changes the "skip race" button to a "skipping" notice and still plays the whole intro in it's entirety.

[-KJ]

In the police chase level of the demo I had to practically ram the cars to stop them. I think I tried fishtailing the cars but the car didn't seem to be affected by it (from what I remember, I only tried a few times, though).

Is it the same way in the full game with all cars? Kinda felt cheap to me how you had to practically use your nitrous and ram into cars. Felt way too much like a Burnout game.

I enjoyed the race in the demo, though.

[Baines]

Yeah it's pretty much the same. You can pit them but a lot of times (at least in my experience) they'll see you coming and hit the NOS.

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

So, $34.99 is worth it...right? :)

[TAZMINATOR]

So, $34.99 is worth it...right? :)

$59.99 for Xbox. $49.99 for PC. Unless it may be cheaper for Black Friday if available.

Not sure how much for PS3 version. I have not looked up for PS3.

[Razorwing]

too bad there are no replays either. :(.. God I miss the old NFSHP.

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

$59.99 for Xbox. $49.99 for PC. Unless it may be cheaper for Black Friday if available.

Not sure how much for PS3 version. I have not looked up for PS3.

Yeah, it's cheaper on Black Friday.

[spaceelf]

Yeah, it's cheaper on Black Friday.

It's worth it at full price, so hell yes.

[vanx]

Hopefully they patch all the ridiculous unskippable movies and that annoying NFS World ad at the beginning of the game.

I believe the NFS World ad appears when NFS can't connect to Autolog so it tries to shove another online component down your throat.

[vanx]

Matt Webster, Criterion Games producer announced:

Thanks to everyone who has helped us track down the problems that have been heavily reported on these forums.

I'm pleased to be able to update you on the patch that will be forthcoming early next week.

Mulit-Core CPU's

We've now located and fixed the problem that players were reporting where the game would crash on Car Select, Map Screen, Loading screen or just at the start of an event. Interestingly we're actually intrigued that the game works at all after our investigations with the problem actually manifesting itself in code that we shipped as part of Burnout Paradise.

We've also taken the opportunity to address a couple of other reported problems.

Missing Rain / Snow and Corona effects

This have been fixed

CL Eye Driver crashing the game on startup

Fixed.

Corrupted Dreamshots in non 16:9 aspect ratios

Fixed.

We've also added D-BOX motion chair support.

Once again, thanks to all the players who helped us track down and identify the problem. We'll detail exactly when the patch will be available as soon as we can. As I said, it's likely to be early next week, but we need to go through the testing and certification systems that are in place prior to release.

Criterion Games

Source: Official NFS: HP forum

[Another Canuck]

'bout time!

Now we just need a patch to make the game intro skipable.

[PGHammer]

I believe the NFS World ad appears when NFS can't connect to Autolog so it tries to shove another online component down your throat.

World is part of the same franchise; therefore the only surprising thing would have been to NOT see adverts for it. (Further, World is F2P, so all the blurb costs is dead time.)

[PGHammer]

I dont like that the cops have NOS... do they have that in real life anyways?

Yes; they do (especially in jurisdictions where the officers/deputies take their cruisers home).

In fact, in most states, nitrous itself is not illegal for use on street vehicles - the bugbear is impact on emission standards (which no street-legal vehicle gets a pass at violating, including the police).

Maryland - except for the city of Baltimore, most local municipalities, and all counties, as well as the state's own public-safety agencies, have a "take-home" policy regarding police vehicles. (Amusingly, Prince George's County, MD has a "take-home" policy regarding most automobile-type official vehicles; the exception is - surprisingly - vehicles assigned to the County Council, due to recent abuses and a string of DUIs involving members of the Council; the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission changed to a similar policy, for a similar reason.)

[Another Canuck]

What?

I have never, ever heard of any Police departments who use vehicles equipped with nitrous - safe for in movies.

[PGHammer]

What?

I have never, ever heard of any Police departments who use vehicles equipped with nitrous - safe for in movies.

Like they would admit it.

Think; why would the FBI purchase one hundred supercharged Buick Regals (the infamous GNX, to be precise; the FBI bought one hundred of these hotrod Buicks, with the speed-governing functions in the engine computer turned *off*)? They only have two doors!

Also, think of rural sheriff's departments, with miles and miles of open, and largely enpty, roadway (such as lots of the western Midwest) - do you honestly expect them to take out-of-county speeders running at ridiculous speeds through their jurisdiction lying down? (Most of western Kansas, for example, is more sparsely populated than the fictional Seacrest County.)

[WastedJoker]

I think the police in reality would use more reliable and cheaper alternatives such as supercharging.

[Chaltalian]

You are having me on! :blink:

They pulled it on November 9th, a week before its North American release.

as vanx said, they pulled it off on the 9th and I had a demo but it's no longer working after the 9th.

Thanks to both of you. :)

[Setnom]

Don't go looking for realism in this game, guys. Wether or not police uses nitro, it's not relevant. Just enjoy the awesome game.

[Another Canuck]

Oh, I should have said, I don't care that they use nitrous in the game. It feels pretty well balanced to me.

I've been busted just as many times as I've busted others.

[Kerm]

Hopefully they patch all the ridiculous unskippable movies and that annoying NFS World ad at the beginning of the game.

Also the "skip intro" bug where you can skip the race intro, but it just changes the "skip race" button to a "skipping" notice and still plays the whole intro in it's entirety.

This is my biggest problem with the gam, more so even than the occasional fps drop and huge stutter.

It's just so slow trying to play the game! Also god forbid you actually level up or unlock something because it takes 10 minutes to show you that have and what you've unlocked.

URGH. Let me skip and actually play!

[PGHammer]

I think the police in reality would use more reliable and cheaper alternatives such as supercharging.

Like they can't be used together in the same (and street-legal) vehicle?

Ever heard of a company called Gale Banks Engineering? Their whole reason-for-being is making either complete engines, or add-on packages for the "shade tree mechanic", including turbocharging, supercharging, and/or nitrous, for both late-model "pony cars", such as Mustangs and Camaros/Firebirds, Charger/Challenger, and pickups/SUVs (as a company, they have shifted mostly to the pickup/SUV side as far as publicity goes).

While you can't buy a NOS-equipped new car, turbocharged (and even supercharged) new cars have been around for a LONG time. The Studebaker Avanti was the first such built in North America; however, Ford, GM, and Chrysler would each produce both factory turbocharged *and* supercharged non-diesel *automobiles* (not trucks or SUVs - exception being GMC, which would produce the first factory-turbocharged SUV, called, appropriately enough, Typhoon). The longest run of such vehicles goes to, oddly enough, Buick (the original Grand National and sister Regal T-Type were both equipped with the same 231 cubic-inch turbocharged V6; Pontiac wouldn in fact, *borrow* this engine for the 25th Anniversary Trans-AM, only the second factory-turbo T-A that Pontiac would build), which decidedly flies in the face of their "mature audience" reputation. Nitrous and abnormal-aspiration assistance (turbocharging or supercharging) has reasons for being on the street (and under the police cruiser hood) for identical reasons why it appears on the drag strip (to catch the opponent). The police hate losing as much, if not more so, than drag-racers do.

What I think drives YOU barmy is the very idea of the cops thinking like those they are trying to catch.

(A sidebar - one of Ford's more interesting limited-production vehicles of the past decade - the Ford Five Hundred - is actually the direct descendant of the second most infamous law-enforcement vehicle ever to roam North American streets; the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. The CV with the Police Interceptor package was popular because it was not only relatively cheap, it held the biggest passenger-car engines in Ford's lineup. It would be a favorite (especially unmarked) of local, state and Federal law-enforcement agencies throughout North America - even the Mounties and Mexican Federales would buy more than a few. The most infamous law-enforcement vehicle to roam Noirth American streets? THAT dubious distinction goes to the marked Volvo sedans of the Town of Falls Chruch (VA) Police Department; they managed to thoroughly shade both the CV and the marked *pursuit pickups* of the Maryland State Police. Yes; I've seen them (the pursuit pickups, that is), and I didn't want to believe the Volvos, either.)

[vanx]

Chaps,

Those of you gaming on PCs, patch 1 is out right now! Grab it here: http://hotpursuit.needforspeed.com/post/need-speed-hot-pursuit-pc-patch-1

Finally, a week later, I can play this game! :cool: