Burnout help!!!

I got it today and pretty much love it! I've played it just as much as Janes F-15 which I also picked up today (EB's $60 bucks for both after 2 $10 mail in rebates... pretty damn good :) Anyhow, when I start a race and am in the bleach box to do a burnout, I hit the enter key and turn on line-lock. The car is in 1st gear and I gun it. It got of hobbles up past the christmas tree with a burst of smoke here and there. I know it auto mode it'll burn out like it should, but I WANT TO DO IT (whaaaaah!) ha ha :) . And also that transmission lock thing, I know on staging and waiting for the green light, I use it then with full throttle. No prob. Well, when going down the track the engine NEVER reaches a very high (sound wise) roar. It's always so low pitched and doesn't seem like I'm going fast at all (usually around 125). I know I should be going near 200 MPH. Don't any of the preset cars go really fast? I just want to go go go and not spend a lot of time tweaking... LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I purposely left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). Pete Hawk

Pete, how old are you? (just curious) Christian > I got it today and pretty much love it! I've played it just as much as > Janes F-15 which I also picked up today (EB's $60 bucks for both after 2 $10 > mail in rebates... pretty damn good :) > LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I purposely > left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into > the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came > barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't Mhz, > it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). > Pete Hawk

Probably a lot older than you are, but very much a kid at heart Pete

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>Pete, >how old are you? (just curious) >Christian >> I got it today and pretty much love it! I've played it just as much >as >> Janes F-15 which I also picked up today (EB's $60 bucks for both after 2 >$10 >> mail in rebates... pretty damn good :) >> LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I purposely >> left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into >> the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came >> barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't >Mhz, >> it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). >> Pete Hawk

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> Well, when going down the track the engine NEVER > reaches a very high (sound wise) roar. It's always so low pitched and > doesn't seem like I'm going fast at all (usually around 125). I know I > should be going near 200 MPH. Don't any of the preset cars go really fast? > I just want to go go go and not spend a lot of time tweaking... > LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I purposely > left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into > the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came > barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't > it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). > Pete Hawk

R: Pete I get the same exact thing. This reminds me of X-Car in a way. I want a very good setup right out of the box just for the sake of seeing if this game rocks or not. I know my setups right now are horrendous but I have a gut feeling even a good setup isn't gonna be very fullfilling in the adreneline department. The sensation of speed is terrible and the engine sounds are just as bad. Now the question is why go to all of this trouble and then make the actual race a bit of a letdown this should be fairly easy to do after X-car? To give the speed sensation a quick kick in the pants they need a point of view variable like quake (fov 120) or so. This would at least give the user a great speed sensation without messing up the timing of the game. Why the engines revs like it's only running on a few cylinders is beyond me, unless it is only running on a few. Then I come back to my first question why not have a very good setup out of the box so we can judge this game. As it stands this is gonna go back like X-Car unless I can get a real high revvin beast. I wan't a killer drag game badly if this fails we only have NHRA left. Q.B.M.

I agree. What someone needs to do (who has a killer setup that goes well over 200 mph) is share it with the rest of us who want a quick thrill, and are not out to compete in the internet ladders. I just wanna see this thing scream!!! Btw, I setup the Quaker funny car with a 12 cylinder engine and it works! Pete My top speed so far is only a measly 150 ish or so. >> Well, when going down the track the engine NEVER >> reaches a very high (sound wise) roar. It's always so low pitched and >> doesn't seem like I'm going fast at all (usually around 125). I know I >> should be going near 200 MPH. Don't any of the preset cars go really fast? >> I just want to go go go and not spend a lot of time tweaking... >> LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I purposely >> left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into >> the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came >> barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't Mhz,

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>> it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). >> Pete Hawk >R: >Pete I get the same exact thing. This reminds me of X-Car in a way. I >want a very good setup right out of the box just for the sake of seeing >if this game rocks or not. I know my setups right now are horrendous but >I have a gut feeling even a good setup isn't gonna be very fullfilling >in the adreneline department. The sensation of speed is terrible and the >engine sounds are just as bad. Now the question is why go to all of this >trouble and then make the actual race a bit of a letdown this should be >fairly easy to do after X-car? >To give the speed sensation a quick kick in the pants they need a point >of view variable like quake (fov 120) or so. This would at least give >the user a great speed sensation without messing up the timing of the >game. Why the engines revs like it's only running on a few cylinders is >beyond me, unless it is only running on a few. Then I come back to my >first question why not have a very good setup out of the box so we can >judge this game. As it stands this is gonna go back like X-Car unless I >can get a real high revvin beast. I wan't a killer drag game badly if >this fails we only have NHRA left. >Q.B.M.

a page does have user setups there, there are a couple right now, but will be increasing in time. Some 3000+ funny car setups pulling 250mph and up. look into it at [link lost in import: /***.com/burnout/] >I agree. What someone needs to do (who has a killer setup that goes well >over 200 mph) is share it with the rest of us who want a quick thrill, and >are not out to compete in the internet ladders. I just wanna see this thing

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>scream!!! >Btw, I setup the Quaker funny car with a 12 cylinder engine and it works! >Pete >My top speed so far is only a measly 150 ish or so. >>> Well, when going down the track the engine NEVER >>> reaches a very high (sound wise) roar. It's always so low pitched and >>> doesn't seem like I'm going fast at all (usually around 125). I know I >>> should be going near 200 MPH. Don't any of the preset cars go really >fast? >>> I just want to go go go and not spend a lot of time tweaking... >>> LOVE THE GAME though! I've had some great crashes. One time I

purposely >>> left before the green light, went into my opponents lane and slammed into

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>>> the wall (wanting to see how he'd react to my being there). He came >>> barreling down and SLAMMED into me! It was soooo cool. I really didn't >Mhz, >>> it runs super smooth (and Voodoo 1 of course). >>> Pete Hawk >>R: >>Pete I get the same exact thing. This reminds me of X-Car in a way. I >>want a very good setup right out of the box just for the sake of seeing >>if this game rocks or not. I know my setups right now are horrendous but >>I have a gut feeling even a good setup isn't gonna be very fullfilling >>in the adreneline department. The sensation of speed is terrible and the >>engine sounds are just as bad. Now the question is why go to all of this >>trouble and then make the actual race a bit of a letdown this should be >>fairly easy to do after X-car? >>To give the speed sensation a quick kick in the pants they need a point >>of view variable like quake (fov 120) or so. This would at least give >>the user a great speed sensation without messing up the timing of the >>game. Why the engines revs like it's only running on a few cylinders is >>beyond me, unless it is only running on a few. Then I come back to my >>first question why not have a very good setup out of the box so we can >>judge this game. As it stands this is gonna go back like X-Car unless I >>can get a real high revvin beast. I wan't a killer drag game badly if >>this fails we only have NHRA left. >>Q.B.M.

"......increasing in time. Some 3000+ funny car setups pulling 250mph and up. look into it at [link lost in import: /***.com/burnout/] " Im sorry, when I said "3000+ funny car setups", I meant "3000+ HP funny car setups...." I dont want to mislead anyone

> I got it today and pretty much love it! I've played it just as much as >Janes F-15 which I also picked up today (EB's $60 bucks for both after 2 $10 >mail in rebates... pretty damn good :) I bought the game too but passed on F15 temporarily. I found that when you select AUTO burnout/stage, you never actually see your car doing the burnout. You just stage. Kind of BS if you ask me. Also, I notice that the Line-Lock doesn't seem to do much. I still roll forward and never do break the rears loose. I'm kind of PO's about that and ready to return the game :-) My best so far is 7.011 with a Top speed of 188. The trick is to lower your gear ratios so that your engine can wind up. This is actually quite tricky. I have been working on a Funny car and am using a 2speed Auto trans. I had to customize the gears to get something reasonable. Oh and your not going fast at 125 so that part seems correct :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

>Pete I get the same exact thing. This reminds me of X-Car in a way. I >want a very good setup right out of the box just for the sake of seeing >if this game rocks or not. I know my setups right now are horrendous but >I have a gut feeling even a good setup isn't gonna be very fullfilling >in the adreneline department. The sensation of speed is terrible and the >engine sounds are just as bad. Now the question is why go to all of this This is because you don't have a good setup yet. And it is quite difficult. When you do get something fast is is quite a kick. Depending on what type of pile of junk you have for an engine (hehe) this complaint is quite believable. Besides, normal FC ot TF engines always sound like ***until you wind them up. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

have I guess I am curious how REALISTIC it is to build a 55 Chevy to perform like this? As far as I know the only cars that have any hope of these type of numbers are TF & FC's. WTF? If I am correct (and I think I am) this is another flaw with the game- possibly a game buster. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.