It’s a bad idea made possible by completely impractical tech, which makes it perfectly on brand for CES Read more

Heard of it but never played it — the PC version actually seems to hold up very nicely visually Read more

Ohhhh the DS version is baaaaaad Read more

Ah yes — that was it. Completely flipped the nature of that agreement around in my head. Thank you. Read more

I agree. Of course I would have liked a sleeper hot hatch, but it isn’t one, which is fine. But I’ve driven compacts in this segment that aren’t what anyone would describe as “hot,” and they still feel more engaging than this car. If you want the luxury and the comfort, I totally get that. But then I also don’t know… Read more

K I’m biased but

So I read almost the whole thing then got to the part where it’s mentioned that this came out in 2002. How the fuck does a game releasing in ’02 look like a 3DO launch title??? Read more

Early game, the cops are really strong against slower cars. Once you have something quick, though, you’ll get away no problem. Unbound sort of has the same issue to an extent — difference is, Unbound trades cops’ strength in pursuits for presence at all other times. Read more

Sounds like a pro-level strat, I will try this Read more

When I chatted with the Creative Director he said that they did try to improve the physics and even got help from Codies in that regard. It hasn’t really transformed the handling though. At least, not for me. So far I’ve played mostly with brake- or gas-to-drift turned off, hoping that the car would just react… Read more

That’s what you’d think! Perhaps they saw how it went down with GT7. Having a restrictive/grindy economy is one thing, but having that and pushing MTX for in-game cash is a bad look, as we’ve all seen. Read more

Totally fair take and you’re definitely not alone! Read more

This is it exactly! The cops aren’t as...deadly as in Heat, but they are more present. So I’m not getting busted like I did in the last game — actually haven’t gotten busted once in Unbound — but I have to spend what feels like half of my playtime running from them, when I really want to make money and move forward.… Read more

Right, it is not the first at any of those things, which is why I did not say it was the first at any of those things Read more

Everything seemed sturdy and fine on the cars I drove! And no glitches. Read more

Too young to remember...2012? Read more

Jesus. What are you doing in the meantime? Driving something else I hope. Read more

The Si would be a lovely daily as well. All the Civic you really need for a reasonable price. And I much prefer the sedan body style over Honda’s weird pseudo-hatch thing. Read more

Good point. They’ve got time now, which they never really had before. Read more

Yeah, and I go back and play them often too. Was just trying to represent the spectrum of offerings there used to be, compared to now. Read more