Get Netted

We have been trying our hands on need for speed most wanted for quite some time now. It is a very nice game and tests the gamers on various aspects like response flexibility, decision making. This decision making comes handy in pressing Alt + F4, when u are about to be busted not in the race. In the race it is all about reflexes. We have been sharpening our reflexes ever since we started the game. We know it has taken way too long to finish the game but our PC doesn’t have graphics card and so it hangs whenever it prefers to. As a result we have to play our games more than once to win and for NFS to save it as win.
We started out of the black list and now we are number 4 on the black list. We have made our way through Sonny (15), Taz (14), Vic (13), Izzy (12), Big Lou (11), Baron (10), Earl (9), Jewels (8), Kaze (7), Ming(6), Webster (5), Joe Vega(4) and now its Ronnie’s turn to be defeated . We have already met his requirements of bounty and race wins. All we need is a challenge completion and after that we will knock his head off and snatch his car and move one step closer to Razor. We will be writing again after we are done with Razor.

I know most of you envy watching Rossi and Stoner race at speeds of over 250 kmph. Race is full of thrill and excitement and is a pure adrenalin rush for both the racer and the fan that is attending the race at the track side as a spectator. These races are take place at purpose built tracks which allows racers to achieve speeds as high as 320 kmph on tracks like Monza.

But have you ever thought about a bike race at the speed of 10 kmph. No its not a race in which the person who comes last wins. It is bike racing on loose sand and loose gravel. I and my friends do it on alternate weekends. The place where this race takes place is about 65 km from our town. We are a group of 8 people and we drive our bikes to the place. None of the bikes have been modified so that no one gets any kind of advantage. We race 2 laps of 200 m each on the track and the winner takes home 200$ as the prize money. This money is purely contributed by us.

We do this for excitement and believe me it is in no way less than excitement gained by racing at higher speeds. The excitement levels are highest at the start and finish line. We have to accelerate very carefully so that we get linear motion out of our tires and not only rotational motion. Most of us dig big holes before moving an inch. In the middle part of race, it gets really hard to control the bike as it begins to move at its own will, rarely in the direction the rider wants it to go. It is great fun to drive a bike like this. It requires some skill and bit of luck to win a race on loose soil. I have won 2 races till now and I hope this weekend I can add another victory to this tally.

Spanish’s Formula 1 Grand Prix is just three days away. It has to be the most anticipated race of the season coz it could very well be three way battle for pole on Sunday with Ferrari roaring, BMW catching up and McLaren, though struggling, but already there. Recent testing hasn’t helped any which way for fans to even take a guess that who is going to win but it has to be the best time for Ferrari with Massa back in form and Raikonen already driving like a champ.Hamilton has only disappointed in the last two races after a victory in Australian GP, Kovalinen is getting to pace as well. But it’s probably not their fault. McLaren has struggled in the last two races. They haven’t been up to the level which they managed last year but that is expected as they no longer have the Ferrari’s information to get their cars running as fast as Ferrari.

Talking of BMW they have certainly met the expectations. Robert Kubica has been a revelation. He, with his aggressive driving not only managed pole at Bahrain but also won many a hearts. Nick is going great guns as well and is second in the driver’s championship while BMW is first in the constructor’s championship.

Spanish GP has always been very interesting, last year Massa won here. Let us see whether his stars are lucky this time around as well.

Yes so in my last post I was discussing about the blacklist. Yes there are 15 racers in there who do street racing. And our hero, obviously me here, has to beat them one by one to reach the top and get his ride back. So that is how it is. But first to challenge his opponents he has to fulfill three requirements. First is race wins, each blacklist racer requires challenger to have some race wins, it was 3 for blacklister no 15 and 4 for blacklister no 14. There are race options to choose from, you can do a sprint race, a checkpoint race or a normal 2-3 lap race.Second requirement to race a blacklister is challenges, yes you have to complete some challenges, it can be anything from avoiding police for a stipulated duration to finishing a race in given time. Third requirement to face a blacklister is bounty, the most interesting part of the race, here you fight against the cops, you have to save yourself from being busted by cops and at the same time you have to keep them interested in you to not leave you very early and you end have a poor pocket, say 100 bounty points. It is important to stretch the duration of bounty because some blacklisters require more than 100 thousand bounty points to race with. Well I started my racing today and I have defeated 2 blacklisters, so 13 to go before I get my ride back

Today I got my hands on NFS most waned, yes a bit late one would say but then again I was looking for something that I wouldn’t have to pay for. My friend bought it last week and so I had my chance to play and I didn’t’ wait a moment to confirm after he offered me the game.

Well talking about the game, it is a dam good game, the entire story is build around a guy who is new into the city and I driving a BMW, the best in town and the people that do illegal races have an eye on it so they challenge this guy to race against them and he happily agrees but bad guys as usual don’t keep it fair and puncture his engine oil valve so his looses the race midway as his car is damaged and stops.

He is captured by the police and his recent girlfriend Mia gets him out of there and tells him about how to get his ride back. She tells him that the racers have arranged themselves in order of driving capabilities, obviously decided after the races, called as black list and there are 15 of them in that list …….
To be continued