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HELPFUL - Version: 1.0.5, 9/7/2008 03:30PM PST
jesusversuswar
I could not release some of the cars because I could not pass the slalem course. When I contacted Redline they asked me to email part of the game and unlocked it all for me, emailing it back. It was amazing what was now possible - including racing flying cars, big sports cars and even broken down pick-up trucks smashing into one another. One of the best game I have bought.
Mostly Just Crashes 



- Version: 1.0.4, 5/7/2008 07:14PM PST
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t.spoon
I just downloaded this game for the first time, and got it directly from the Ambrosia website. Thus I took is as a bad sign when it said I've had the game for 540 days when I launched it- at least it new that it was the first time I'd ran it. Has this game even been out for 540 days?
The first time, I could navigate the menus and such OK, but the first time I got into a game, the steering wouldn't work. I was using the correct buttons, and I could accelerate, brake, and shift, the steering just wouldn't do anything. I left and messed around with it and couldn't get it to work. I tried quitting and restarting, and the program crashed on launch. I tried restarting again, and it crashed again and this time brought down the whole system so I had to go to the hard power button.
So I deleted it. It was unusable.
The first time, I could navigate the menus and such OK, but the first time I got into a game, the steering wouldn't work. I was using the correct buttons, and I could accelerate, brake, and shift, the steering just wouldn't do anything. I left and messed around with it and couldn't get it to work. I tried quitting and restarting, and the program crashed on launch. I tried restarting again, and it crashed again and this time brought down the whole system so I had to go to the hard power button.
So I deleted it. It was unusable.
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- Mostly Just Crashes
My only gripe is about the online multi-player environment. It is a great concept, but has an achilles heel. One of redlines strengths is the capacity to build and use custom tracks and custom cars. Unfortunately, in the multi-player section, it is one of redlines weaknesses. There are so many custom cars and custom tracks that trying to find someone running a race with tracks and cars that you have is almost impossible. You cant race on someone else's server unless you have all the cars running in the race and the track they have chosen. I think that this is one reason why the multi-player part of redline has been a bit of a ghost town over the last year, certainly compared to what it used to be.
A solution, at least for the missing cars, may be to somehow make the cars physics specs available to all players who dont have the cars plugin, which are then applied to some generic car included within redline. It mightnt look as pretty as the hotted up "real thing", but at least it might make the game accessible to those without the cars plugin. I know you can download most cars and tracks, but this can be annoying if you have to do it every time you want to race someone online. Another alternative may be to have some type of p2p software built-in to redline that enabled direct download of track and car plugins between player.
Anyway, just my two bobs worth.
Brad.