Results 1 to 13 of 13

Thread: NEED FOR SPEED Rivals....PC

  1. #1
    Banned
    viewer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    NSW 2450
    Age
    70
    Posts
    4,410
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked 1,959 Times in 929 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    17479

    Default NEED FOR SPEED Rivals....PC

    I have always enjoyed car racing games.

    I was disappointed you can never get Gran Turismo for pc...grr

    Anyhow, family got this game for me at Xmas and I installed it a few days ago.

    What a mother f'er of a game to instal...by the time it did everything, it took about 55 mins. You cannot even play the game if you don't have an internet connection, it needs it for activation...even said it on the pack.

    When it finally gets to run, it opens with a non stop verbose speel about the game, what to do etc etc.

    Further, it has no instruction leaflet to tell you what the controls are...I had to google that!!

    It defaults to keyboard controls, which in my opinion is stupid, and you have to navigate yourself to a garage before you can get to the option screen to change to joystick.

    Did the changes, and connected my joypad, which is one of the usb type ps3 controllers, but for pc....I use this all the time on games.

    The joystick would do nothing I wanted...I checked it's configurations, axis controls etc, and all showed as working flawlessly....but not in this game...looks like I'll have to buy a different one...grrrr

    Not impressed at all.

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to viewer For This Useful Post:

    best4less (02-01-14)



Look Here ->
  • #2
    Senior Member

    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Posts
    2,742
    Thanks
    2,501
    Thanked 2,295 Times in 850 Posts
    Rep Power
    995
    Reputation
    36415

    Default

    First off I commend you for buying the game but just on the set up I downloaded a few weeks ago a cracked version off one of the torrent sites and I was impressed how bloody easy everything was set up.
    Even the joystick worked a treat straight from the start.
    Until I read your post I was considering buying an original.
    Think I might leave it now
    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.

  • The Following User Says Thank You to Seymour Butts For This Useful Post:

    viewer (02-01-14)

  • #3
    Banned
    viewer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    NSW 2450
    Age
    70
    Posts
    4,410
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked 1,959 Times in 929 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    17479

    Default

    I see why you got it your way....didn't know they paid something like this..
    ..

  • #4
    Senior Member

    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Posts
    2,742
    Thanks
    2,501
    Thanked 2,295 Times in 850 Posts
    Rep Power
    995
    Reputation
    36415

    Default

    That's a little steep - I don't suppose it was through EB Games???
    I've taken a few back to them and while they don't give refunds they don't ask questions just give a store credit.
    cheers
    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.

  • The Following User Says Thank You to Seymour Butts For This Useful Post:

    viewer (02-01-14)

  • #5
    Banned
    viewer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    NSW 2450
    Age
    70
    Posts
    4,410
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked 1,959 Times in 929 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    17479

    Default

    Don't know where they got it...will ask tomorrow

  • #6
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Newcastle, Nsw
    Posts
    4,604
    Thanks
    815
    Thanked 2,531 Times in 1,138 Posts
    Rep Power
    1178
    Reputation
    41376

    Default

    If they bought it from EA's Origin online store it probably didn't come with an instruction book.
    My nephew picked up NFS Shift 2 Unleashed from the Origin store and no instruction pdf.
    He contacted customer service and they couldn't help him out as they didn't have one or even know where to get one.
    What's the point of selling games with no instructions?

  • #7
    Junior Member sidd230's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    6
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    10

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Seymour Butts View Post
    First off I commend you for buying the game but just on the set up I downloaded a few weeks ago a cracked version off one of the torrent sites and I was impressed how bloody easy everything was set up.
    Even the joystick worked a treat straight from the start.
    Until I read your post I was considering buying an original.
    Think I might leave it now
    This is really bad on your part. You are the reason paying customers have to suffer. If nobody pirated, they wouldn't have to shove DRM down our throats.

  • #8
    Junior Member sidd230's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    6
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    10

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteOx View Post
    If they bought it from EA's Origin online store it probably didn't come with an instruction book.
    My nephew picked up NFS Shift 2 Unleashed from the Origin store and no instruction pdf.
    He contacted customer service and they couldn't help him out as they didn't have one or even know where to get one.
    What's the point of selling games with no instructions?
    The point? Ever played minecraft? That is the whole point of the game. No instructions. You have to figure out everything on your own. Though it doesn't make sense for a non creative game, you simply can't say "What's the point of selling games with no instructions?"

  • #9
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Newcastle, Nsw
    Posts
    4,604
    Thanks
    815
    Thanked 2,531 Times in 1,138 Posts
    Rep Power
    1178
    Reputation
    41376

    Default

    Obviously not everyone's as bright as you sidd230.

  • #10
    Banned
    viewer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    NSW 2450
    Age
    70
    Posts
    4,410
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked 1,959 Times in 929 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    17479

    Default

    There was no instructions in the sleeve of this new one either...sorry, had forgotten about my thread here...probably my disappointment in the game

  • #11
    LSemmens
    lsemmens's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Rural South OZ
    Posts
    10,585
    Thanks
    11,867
    Thanked 7,061 Times in 3,338 Posts
    Rep Power
    3153
    Reputation
    132592

    Default

    Some basic instructions for any software, games included, would always be beneficial. Even if all it says is you need to get to a "garage" and upgrade your "doohickey" to get more "whatchamacallits". It, at least, gives you a clue as to what you can do!

  • #12
    Banned
    viewer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    NSW 2450
    Age
    70
    Posts
    4,410
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked 1,959 Times in 929 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    17479

    Default

    I played around again for ages with this game again today, trying to get my wireless joypad working on it. A google search uncovered a number of posts about using an xbox 360 emulator controller, but after about 3 hours I had had enough.

    I like driving games, but there seems to be an abject lack of used/cheap driving games on ebay and the like for pc, with many being older games that research tells me that they won't run on Win 7 either.

    I thought there'd be heaps about...but that is not the case.

    Trust me to be given the one game that joysticks were not enabled as a working controller.....my keyboard driving skills are woeful....I end up all over the track!!

  • #13
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    152
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts
    Rep Power
    198
    Reputation
    67

    Default

    no manual gearbox option though, that is 2 nfs games...
    not happy

  • Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •