Need for Speed: Most Wanted Demo

Won't install :(

I love EA like I love cancer....

/sigh

just says i don't have dx 9.0c (which I obviously do) and the 'do you agree with this license?' page is blank

Anyone having problems with this? I just upgraded my system so I'm getting 40+fps in BF2 with all settings maxed out at 1280x1024. When I fire up this NFS demo, it's getting 4 frames per second.. yep, single digits here. No matter what I change, 4-6 frames per second. Something can't be right here. I just fired up BF2 to be sure, and that's running fine.

For those of you that have pre-ordered a 360 and like the PC demo of this game, wait for the 360 version. You WON'T be disappointed.

Killer game. Must pick up the black edition on Tuesday at Best Buy.

It kept me at the edge of my seat and I almost felt like I was really being chased by cops. Definitely need to upgrade my subwoofer.

Wow, this game is beautiful. X850XTPE here, looks fantastic, although I do get some slowdowns at max settings @ 1024x768 (but those are probably due to my lacking 2800+XP). It seems that the more advanced control of graphical settings is gone, which is a damned shame and I hope it's only for the demo. My system can handle reflection updates at max, but not some of the other settings like antialiasing. I really wish they offered advanced setup, and hopefully the full version will offer it in some degree. The lack of an advanced display setup was extremely disappointing.

Game physics, specifically car physics, feel a little wonky. Not nearly as solid as NFSU2, which had a really great, solid feeling to all of the cars. This game feels like everything is kind of sliding... yet you dont really have any slideouts. It's like they tried to give you control of sliding out but the game doesn't know what you want so the back end of the car kind of repositions itself. Maybe this is graphical though, because playing in first person, the physics seem more solid.

Destruction is great. In NFSU2 & 1, there were often stupid things your car would get caught on. That does not seem to be the case here; I ran through a tree, a toll booth (to a degree) and a newsstand and they all barely slowed me down. I also ran into a couple of Dodge Rams which more or less flew completely off to the side while I continued. Is this hokey? Yes. Is it fun: definitely. I for one really did not like the NFSU style where if you hit traffic you basically had to restart the race because it brought you to a dead halt. Honestly guys, realism does not equal fun. That's the whole goddamn point of the game.

Car damage is graphical only as far as I can tell. It is there, but it doesn't seem to affect you. This is good as far as I am concerned because once again, realism sucks.

The new race modes are awesome. When being chased by the police, you can hear the police scanner as they say where your location is, and try to track down information on you. In a burnout kind of way, the game tracks how much monetary damage you do to the state in terms of "bounty". The police will try to nudge your rearend into a spinout. They will form roadblocks which you can use speedbreaker to get around. They will try to keep up with you. Once you get away from all of the police or satisfy the objectives of your challenge (causing damage or getting around X number of roadblocks), you must evade the police. This is very similar to the impromptu races you could do in NFSU2, where you have a meter that fills with the more distance you have. Once the meter is full, another timer starts called "cooldown", and the game locates a few safe spots for you to hide on the map or you can just chill on the highways and try to avoid being seen.

Speedbreaker is the new addition to the driving. It's like Max Payne for driving, and I haven't decided if I like it. Combined with the somewhat wonky physics, it can leave your car sideways in .25 seconds and then you lose all of your speed. It seems hard to control but then that may be the overall physics which take some getting used to from the NFSU line.

The demo does not let you customize your car, I don't think, but I did get to play about 5 different cars with various customizations, and what looked to be a stock viper with some under-the-hood modifications.

Overall A-, great game, a must buy for me.

Whoah, graphics are NIIIIIICE on this game. Im surprised.

I'm actually glad to see they got the mix right this time out. While I'm not thrilled about the 2Fast2Furious Rice-O-Matic treatment that they're giving the exotic cars, I'm also glad that it's no longer the primary draw of the game. I couldn't get online to play against other people but the single-player stuff made for some good times.

When did EA get rid of the fucking CHALLENGE EVERYTHING? I'm so glad it's gone. New logo movie is much more watchable. Fucking whispering kids.

downloading at 1100k (sustained) from Gamespot. HAHAHHAHAHA!! I love the Shack.

the full version better have replays!

*yawn*

widescreen anyone?

fun, system hog, makes me want to go buy that usb wired 360 contrller.

can you get that now? where???
thanks in advance

check it out. Thanks Fileshack.

is this any better than the awful ps2/xbox demos? those were pretty bad. does it still have the heavy/wonky control system where you felt like you were really moving in a new direction for a good half a second after you started steering?

Bah more arcadey racing games. Does the shack play GTR? I'm so hooked by that game.

What is with the color? Does anyone else find the drown/tan hue to everything annoying, or does the wife need to ship me off to the old foggies home?

Is it just me or is this game just ugly? I'm running at max graphical settings at 1024x768 and it's just ugly. The textures sucks cars are low poly. And worst of all the shadows are blocky to the max. Its horrible. I bumped it up to 1280x1024 and it still looks the same just at lower fps.

Trackmania sunrise looks 5x better than this.

someone tell us if its fun enough to warrant a 500mb d/l :D

The sound is nice, but I dunno. Something just doesn't click with me. I think I'm spoiled by the feel of Flatout, which had it down to a T.

holy fuck this game rocks!!!

with everything at maximum, this is one pretty game. it's fun too. the police chatter is pretty realistic, controls are nice and tight, driving is a little less arcadey than underground and did i mention how pretty it is?

i'm def gonna pick this up on the 17th. good thing i just upgraded my comp!

they put a wing on an m3. >:(

Love the demo ,its a buy for x360. Can anyone get online? I have an accound but EA wants CD key to play the demo online wtf? Ive created five accounts and it gives me bad username

Too bad your link to it is broken!

Is fileshack broke for anyone else using firefox? I click the orange "download now!" and in a new tab I get the same page again. No usual smaller fileshack "Get in line" window.

In need of some fast mirrors.

Holy crap that was a ton of fun. The one that I had the most fun with was the challenge series roadblock. I could drive around forever and wander in the city with the cops on my tail.

damnit EA, you guys have succesfully brought me back to the nfs series. The cars handle awesome.

installing now

HOW UR DEPTH OF FIELD?

are those in game shots or what is the deal?

Wow, must be getting hit hard. I usually get ~900 k/sec from the Chicago mirror. Only pulling 320 k/sec right now.

Oh well, I've got some house cleaning to do while it downloads. Hope its better than the Xbox demo. Xbox ver felt very sluggish and had horrid aliasing, framerate, and textures.

Nice,will give it a try before I buy the 360 version.Maybe I could save 60$ who knows.(hate EA)

I'd just like to iterate that the Cayman is hot.