[Dakar the Fourth]

I drove into Algonquin to lose the cops.

Edit; Sorry I ditched you sek, but they suddenly choose this time to start construction right outside my apartment. I can't even hear the TV.

[sek929]

Its alright. I was able to finish delivering packages for Jacob, found two more pigeons, three more stunt jumps, and finished the rest of the races. I just need to do them all over again for the achievement. The last race was North Alderney against trucks and I was in a Turismo, lol, easy win.

Race win percentage: 100%....not a single loss.

Also had a chance today to chopper to the Statue of Happiness and see the large chained beating heart. It was more bizzare than I imagined.

[klb5090]

so i attempted to get in on some multi tonight until i sat down to play and my 360 won't play any discs. Each disc i put in the drive it gives me the "unable to read disc" message. After going though my entire library of games i'm a little stuck. F***

[sek929]

I hope you got some kind of replacement plan so you don't have to send it in to MS to get fixed.

Plus, you'll need to have the RRoD in order to get it fixed under the MS warranty.

[klb5090]

Originally Posted by sek929 

I hope you got some kind of replacement plan so you don't have to send it in to MS to get fixed.

Plus, you'll need to have the RRoD in order to get it fixed under the MS warranty.

No replacement plan to speak of and no RRoD this time ( i had that a while ago) luckily i know some people and i'm going tomorrow to try and get a working 360 again. We'll see how it goes, Sek don't you have some replacement plan though Best Buy, whats the $ on that and for how long?

[jokell82]

That's why I bought my system from Costco. If anything happens to it at any time I can return it, no questions asked.

[Peter]

thats why I bought accidental insurance for all electrical items. Anything happens I just drop it down the stairs and buy a new one, and claim the money back.

[sek929]

It was 60 dollars at the time of purchase. However, this last time I was able to extend the replacement plan for another two years for 7 dollars.

Totally worth it IMO.

[sek929]

Awesome sig!

[Dakar the Fourth]

So.... let's see where I am after the weekend:

• As promised I went achievement crazy, acquiring Man Hunt, Half Mil, Genetically Superior, Assassin's Greed and You Got The Message, as well as grabbing Gracefully Taken as a bonus for my storyline work.

• You can't take a date to the carwash, you cheap bastard. WHile we're at it, it won't let me take a bike through, either.

• The Futo is a deceptively good car. It rips.

• Nothing is more anti-climactic than a Faggio police chase. At lower levels, though, it's more useful for losing the cops, I find.

• Speaking of Faggios, I completed Bernie's missions. He was a little annoying, but I don't see how he's offensive. He's no worse a caricature then the violent Irish drunks, or the slang laden, cookie-cutter Mobsters or the baked rastafarians. And yes, his running is hilarious.

• Up to 33 stunt jumps completed, not expecting to find more than 1 or 2 more. Up to 31 pigeons found, including one by complete accident that I heard when I was refusing to drive until a taxi that had hit my bumper backed up.

• Interesting glitch I think I found - get a wanted rating under 3 stars, preferably 1. Drive to one of the tolls and blast through without paying. I swear I've done that twice and it cancels out the star.

• Coolest things I saw this weekend: A dude wreck in his car so hard he got thrown into the opposing lane on a bridge; fighting at one of the industrial sites in Alderney, a guy shot one of the pipes, causing a flame to shoot out and engulf him and his dead bodyguard... finishing the mission for me.

• Moded car types I think I've seen so far: Sentinel, Blista, Sultan... what else am I forgetting?

• I now stand at just over 80% complete.

[klb5090]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

[snip]

• Moded car types I think I've seen so far: Sentinel, Blista, Sultan... what else am I forgetting?

• I now stand at just over 80% complete.

Modded cars - Dukes, Sabre GT, PCJ600 ( one with a GSXR look and another with the Buell look)
- if you count convertible and non - i think just banshee & Feltzer

also about the flaming kill, i shot that and killed myself in a mission while chasing some guy up an industrial site i caught on fire after using free aim to give him a head shot (and missed)...

other news: i have a working 360 again, i guess its not what you know, but who you know.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by sek929 

Awesome sig!

Thanks. I'm not terribly enamored with it. I'm out of ideas lately.

Originally Posted by klb5090 

Modded cars - Dukes, Sabre GT, PCJ600 ( one with a GSXR look and another with the Buell look)
- if you count convertible and non - i think just banshee & Feltzer

Forgot about the muscle cars. I don't count the convertibles.

I noticed the differing body types on the PCJ, but I never equated it with differing performance.
I also heard there are two NRGs as well.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Has anyone used Dwayne's special ability?

I've tried to be clever and call cops into a few situations lately, but the game has been screwing me over and saying they are unavailable. Bastards.

[jokell82]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Has anyone used Dwayne's special ability?

I've tried to be clever and call cops into a few situations lately, but the game has been screwing me over and saying they are unavailable. Bastards.

I used his ability for the museum mission but they didn't do much. In fact, one got in my way when I was shooting at someone else and I hit him right in the head. He didn't die, though.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by jokell82 

I used his ability for the museum mission but they didn't do much. In fact, one got in my way when I was shooting at someone else and I hit him right in the head. He didn't die, though.

Not surprising. At least they seem to have accounted for bad AI (I believe I accidentally shot Packie in the back of the head on one of the mission with no ill effect).

Something about the museum mission made me think it was supposed to be awesomer than it turned out. I seem to remember someone commenting in an article about the breakable vases being these just for the awesome shootouts.

Speaking of shootouts, I think I'll be making a couple of Tony Montana-like last stands this week. I'll tell you guys if I find any particularly good spots to hole up in.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Ah, to have reliable transport again. Using my cycle method, I discovered 5 pigeons and two stunt jumps so far tonight. (I was off on my pigeons, BTW, I've discovered 46, counting tonight's new ones).

So, uh, it's time we started sharing some numbers:

Progress: 80.83%
Times Busted: 0
Times Died: 22
People Killed: 1015
Playing Time: 68:40:17
Longest non-stop game: 5:38:08 (my first night)

Cars stolen: 428
Bikes: 36
Boats: 9
Helicopters: 12 (Helitours ones didn't seem to count)
Stars attained/evaded: 370/332
People run down: 1121

Miles on foot: 97.92
by car: 884.45
swam: .83
Bike: 139.59
Heli: 46.81
Boat: 21.55
Train: 10.78
Taxi: 123.00 (Really abused it this weekend, added like 80)
Average speed: 36.51
Farthest jump distance: 448.46
Highest jump reached: 139.84
Air Launches: 2893

Money spent on health care: $86304
Picked up on street: $7892

Longest free fall: 82.92

Bullets fired: 9981
Headshot kills: 432
Time spent in cover: 01:05:42
Accuracy: 54%
Free aim: 35%

QUB3D high score: 15350 (first try)

Meals eaten: 40
Cutscenes watched: 158

and for hilarity's sake
Scored with girl: 12
Prostitute visits: 6

[klb5090]

Progress: 100.00%

Times Busted: 2
Times Died: 102
People Killed: 1432
Playing Time: 73:04:09
Longest non-stop Game: 5:59:06

Cars Stolen: 681
Stars attained/evaded: 695/477

Miles on foot: 128.33
Miles by car: 936.45
Taxi Passenger: 489.20 (abused this when using the guide for the last 190 pigeons to get 100%)
Farthest Jump Distance: 420.40
Longest Bike Wheelie: 782.47
Average Speed: 38.11
Flips done in vehicle: 184

Money made from missions: 1,343,789 (...where did it all go)
Money spent on health care: 849,310 (...oh...there)

[sek929]

Progress: 51.41
Times Busted: 0
Times Died: 11
People Killed: 453
Playing Time: 43:32:16
Longest non-stop game: 04:01:03 (also my first night)

Cars stolen: 249
Bikes: 12
Boats: 8
Helicopters: 4
Stars attained/evaded: 233/223
People run down: 343

Miles on foot: 51.16
by car: 550.94
swam: 1.47
Bike: 20.13
Heli: 33.44
Boat: 7.97
Train: .32 (guess I don't like the train)
Taxi: 153.41 (my favorite way of completing Stevie's car missions)
Average speed: 38.13 (beat you by 2 MPH Dakar)
Farthest jump distance: 392.42
Highest jump reached: 130.38
Air Launches: 1461

Money spent on health care: $51533
Picked up on street: $1138

Longest free fall: 549.78 (that's right, today I took a dive off the GetaLife building and somehow survived!!)

Bullets fired: 4416
Headshot kills: 193
Time spent in cover: 00:05:42 (I honestly don't use it that much)
Accuracy: 61%
Free aim: 68%

QUB3D high score: 13450 (third try)

Meals eaten: 24
Cutscenes watched: 197

and for hilarity's sake
Scored with girl: 9
Prostitute visits: 1

And my own additions...

Favorite Car: Banshee
Addiction Level: Detox/Retox

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by klb5090