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Normal blogging will be resumed shortly, but to mark the new year, here are the best ten games of 2009… that I played. (So no Modern Warfare 2 or Uncharted 2, for example.) It was hard to whittle it down to a top ten, but I think I got there. Unfortunately, it means that 33rd
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Bombing around Firemoor Fields, doing a two or three more career races, a couple more vista points, an Achievement for getting clothes for my driver, etc. I think I’m still quite a long way from opening up any new areas.
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Got an Achievement last night. First one in a while. It was the one for collecting one hundred liveries. As luck would have it, it wasn’t just a random livery for a vehicle I never use, but a new design for my beloved Dustgrinder bike. Hooray! Collected another livery after that, then went off to
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Played this for a couple of hours last night while the wife played The Sims 3. Managed to go over half an hour without seeing a road or dirt track as I tried to get the Warrior to climb a mountain with a vista point on the top. Several likely looking slopes proved fruitless, but
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Spent a good a few hours driving to new camps I’d unlocked on the eastern side of the map. Ended up at The Hangar, so did a few races round there, then went back to an area known as Fire Fields, or something. I can’t remember the exact name now. All great stuff, but the
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Played a couple of hours last night while my wife was off playing with iTunes upstairs. I started off in Drownington Cove, doing various things. I finished off the career races there (on two stars), then did some challenges, collected some liveries, got a couple of Mavericks, etc. Best race was probably a Raid challenge
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Did a few races last night, but by far the best was Tornado Warning, which, as the name implies, features a tornado or two. It’s incredibly impressive stuff, with some real “woah!” moments as cars fly past your head and barns get pulled from the ground. An exceptionally fun bit of racing, with the fight
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This evening was set aside for an adventure – driving from Tsunami Reef in the top north-west corner of the map down to Redrock Bluffs (i.e. the Grand Canyon) in the bottom south-east corner. There’s a secret Achievement for doing it, but the best reason to do it is just because you can. I didn’t
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On Friday night I had my first taste of the online multiplayer, after being invited into a group of friends. We had a good time, but I saw a lot more glitches than I’ve seen in the single player game. And not having persistent sessions is an absolutely baffling design decision. I didn’t win any
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Had two half-hour sessions last night and an hour this morning. The first session last night was simply free roaming around. Had a wonderful time finding my way up and around mountains to reach some liveries and vista spots. Great stuff, including a heart-in-mouth drive across a very narrow ridge. The second session saw me
