NFS Hot Pursuit 2 - Ultimate Racer Event #7 - online

This is a battle between the United Kingdom and the Australian manufacturers. I had luck that this is just a single race and not a knockout race like on previous event. It's not very motivating to do 3 races in a row, which contains only the same track. The cop skills are as usual. Road Blocks, Spike Strips and the chopper are all disabled. Enjoy!

NFS Hot Pursuit 2 - Ultimate Racer Event #6 - online

Which cars are better? This is a battle between the United Kingdom and the Germany manufacturers. Actually there are only 2 cars participating in this event: The Jaugar XKR and teh BMW M5. This event will be battled 3 times on the Natioal Forest course. I'd like to mention, that it is the shourtest and also the fastest track in the game. Enjoy!

Gran Turismo 4 in 1080p

Now that I have Gran Turismo 4 on all versions (NTSC US/C, NTSC-J, PAL), it's time to test the feature that was removed in the european version. I have captured a replay from the US version in 1080i and rendered it again in 1080p to have a video in full frame. The course I have chosen is one of my favourites, the "El Capitan" course, which isn't featured currently in Gran Turismo 5. Maybe it might come as a DLC or it might be (hopefully) in Gran Turismo 6, which is in progress after the release of Gran Turismo 5.

The 1080i mode is not in true High Definition. It is just an upscale from the horizontal lines. The vertical lines were not touched and remain in 640p. The upscale boosts a bit more of flickering and also sharpens more the image. It also takes effect only when you are about to start a race. The main-menus, options, garage and anything else is kept in 480i or 480p. 

Now enjoy the video.

Gran Turismo 5 - Special Stage Route X released!

After seeing so many videos about drag racing, Polyphony decided to bring us the new track, called Special Stage Route X. It is over 32km long. In exception of the Test Track in Gran Turismo 4 which is "only" around 12km long, this one is almost 3 times longer. The straights are 12km and the curves ca. 3km long each. It takes 3 minutes and 45 seconds of your patience for 1 Lap. :)

Here is a video which is a one make race between me and 7 other X2011 cars. Is includes also the transition from day to night. The timeer was set at 14:30 (2:30pm) o'clock. And the progression was set to 30. Enjoy!

NFS Hot Pursuit 2 - Ultimate Racer Event 5 - online

Now let's switch the side. This time I will be a cop and have to stop 3 racers within 2 minutes. That was very easy, I didn't use the nitrous and won't use it for the future pursuits. I'd like to mention that the cops have nitrous installed in their cars. Enjoy the pursuit. :)

Gran Turismo 5 - Time trials & NFS Hot Pursuit 2 Event #4

The newest time trial seasonal event is finally done. I recommend to chose a 4WD car beacuse the second race is going on rain. All-wheel cars have the best grip and are highly recommended on rainy tracks. Enjoy the race!

This event is a knockout race between the german and australian cars. The weirdest thing on this event is, that you have to do 3 races on the same track on the same direction accomplish it. Each race contains 2 laps. So because this event isn't so much fun, I didn't care much about doing clean laps. I chose the car Ford TS50 for a change, since I have already done the time trials with the Opel Speedster and the Mercedes CL55 AMG. The cops aren't calling for road blocks / spike strips / chopper, so it was an easy race. As always i use manual transmission and go on "extreme" handling.

NFS Hot Pursuit 2 - Ultimate Racer Event #3 - online

He it goes, the next delivery mission. The couse this time is very tight and has many sharp corners. The police is the same as in previous event. The cops are calling here for the road block also . Enjoy!

NFS Hot Pursuit 2 - Ultimate Racer Event #2 - online

Here we go, the next Ultimate Racer challenge featuring an Opel Speedster. It's also a Delivery mission. The police calls now for road blocks. Chopper and spike strips are still disabled. The track itself is pretty fun. You need only to be careful when use some of teh shortcuts. One mistake, and you'll hit the wall. Enjoy!

The handling was set to "Extreme" and the transmission to "Manual".

My new blog!

Hi all!

I'd like to introduce you my new blog. I've opened this blog to inform you about my future gameplays and perhaps other real-life stuff. If you go to my YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/GTRufus1),  you might have noticed my new background. So now for my first post, I'd like to show you how my new logo actually looks without the asphalt:

Any critics or suggestions are welcome.

I have returned to the classic Need For Speed Hot Pursuit for PlayStation 2. This time, I'll also upload the "Ultimate Racer" events along with NFS the RUN, Gran Turismo 5 and other games. There is a total of 32 challenges which can contain up to 8 races each challenge. Please don't expect 100% clean driving. Even I do mistakes and crash into a wall or a traffic car. My personal goal on all challenges is to never getting busted. On a few challenges you will be the cop and have to stop the other racers.

Enjoy the first challenge for now. It's a pretty easy one for the beginning. The cops on this challenge call for road blocks or spike strips or the chopper. I'd like to menton, that the Lotus Elise is the slowest car in the game.