Take it easy fellas. As 2009 rolls around, every game will come with Trophies thus making this type of thing a common thing.

Take it easy fellas. As 2009 rolls around, every game will come with Trophies thus making this type of thing a common thing.

Buzz has trophies, yet I've been able to copy my save. It is possible to have trophies and "open" saves.

If not, they should give us the option to disable trophies in order to allow the save to be copied, or just let us lose the trophies when copying it back.

Buzz has trophies, yet I've been able to copy my save. It is possible to have trophies and "open" saves.

If not, they should give us the option to disable trophies in order to allow the save to be copied, or just let us lose the trophies when copying it back.

Well, I disagree. I think the way they do it keeps people honest. Now I'm not saying that you're a dishonest person.

It is definitely a disadvantage to people who own more than 1 ps3s (I have 2 myself).

It just keeps people from putting saves on the internet and having people download them.

I just think that the online/trophy data should be stored separately from the game save. If people want to download game saves for their own use, that's up to them.

I have a "5 ticket wins in a specific vehicle" trophy question; Does it have to be a gold win? or can it also be a silver or bronze win?

I understand your confusion since for some trophies win means gold while for others win means podium.

You can't copy game data to transfer to a different PS3????!!! I have 2 PS3's in my house and I just learned that this is one of those games that doesn't allow you to copy saved game data onto memory stick to transfer to another machine. Why is that? Am I missing something??:mad::mad::mad:

I remember reading that the first patch will remove the locks on the saves.

Finally got to spend some "quality" time with Motorstorm PR and I got all the golds except I believe three in Rank 8. Gotta get some more bonding time.

I remember reading that the first patch will remove the locks on the saves.

Finally got to spend some "quality" time with Motorstorm PR and I got all the golds except I believe three in Rank 8. Gotta get some more bonding time.You've read correctly...there is a list of 50 people or more that have had the corrupted data failure (ie wipes out your game save and you need to start over since the only back up is a full HDD back up as of now). So it seems Evo is listening and plans to make back ups of your game saves easier. When does that happen I don't know. So if you race online, don't use the XMB unless you've backed up your HDD. It would suck to be at level 8 and have to do the whole thing all over again.


To Logan - Yeah I've been hearing all the drama via Rupp. I haven't been personally to the site in a very, very long time and I won't until "he who shall not be names" is removed.

To Dogdoctor and Kingshorty (as well as any other former league members) our former "president" has been removed of all his power and is now just a regular member. The council voted and decided that he was bringing the league down; in just the last week at least 7 people resigned just because of him.

So if any of you are interested in returning, "he" is not longer in power. I won't be back though because the time is no longer good for me, and I got used to racing when I want to and if I don't feel like playing MS2, I don't have to.

To Dogdoctor and Kingshorty (as well as any other former league members) our former "president" has been removed of all his power and is now just a regular member. The council voted and decided that he was bringing the league down; in just the last week at least 7 people resigned just because of him.

So if any of you are interested in returning, "he" is not longer in power. I won't be back though because the time is no longer good for me, and I got used to racing when I want to and if I don't feel like playing MS2, I don't have to.Logan....I think you need a further update. I talked with Rupp. Since the shakedown went down in little MSL, el presidente called godaddy.com and had them take the site down. I think his lack of ability to remove the post about him loosing power sent him over the edge. So as his final act due to the monstrous ego he has, the MSL has had the plug pulled. And I fear it won't be returning.

Final note: Logan and Rupp - We 4 (King and I) need to get together and go run some raucous online. Lets set a date!

Final note: Logan and Rupp - We 4 (King and I) need to get together and go run some raucous online. Lets set a date!

Sounds good to me dog..how about Friday night? 10:00 p.m. eastern?

Should I make a new USMSL?...:D

Sounds good to me dog..how about Friday night? 10:00 p.m. eastern?

Should I make a new USMSL?...:D

You should make a ASUSMSL (Anti-Skimp USMSL).

What a dick... he even deleted you off his friends list like it would mean anything to you... March can't come soon enough... lol!

Wow, just wow, I never realized he was THAT much of a baby. I tried going on before I logged into AVS and thought that he must have did something like that.

It is really a shame considering how good things used to be and now those that wanted to be part of a MS league have to look otherwise.

I was going to contact Rupp here to find out what happened, but now I don't have to.

As for Friday night, sounds good to me as long as it is 10pm or later.

I'm down too... hopefully it's late enough that it doesn't cut in to SOCOM time.

So if you race online, don't use the XMB unless you've backed up your HDD. It would suck to be at level 8 and have to do the whole thing all over again.


Yeah I read about that too. If it happens to me I don't think I will do all the tickets again.
Interestingly, Evolution Studios IIRC, said in their forums that the majority of the data corruptions happened when a user turns off the PS3 while it is saving to the hard drive and that accessing the XMB while playing online was not found to be an issue. They recommend to always wait until it has finished saving before you turn it off. And that if you use the XMB to quit the game or turn it off the system will wait until it's ready to turn off. In other words don't force the PS3 off while it's saving and use quit game or Turn oFF system to end MSPR games.
I recall they said they will be putting a more visual indicator (with the first patch) of when the game is saving so that data corruptions don't happen.

To Logan - Yeah I've been hearing all the drama via Rupp. I haven't been personally to the site in a very, very long time and I won't until "he who shall not be names" is removed.

Interestingly, I learned about this too via the RPML which I just joined (I am in the 3 tier = slow :D:D).

I found it to be a good read. I also had a good read about some other drama in the RPML forums. It's just a game!

You should make a ASUSMSL (Anti-Skimp USMSL).



lol...pm me some more good ones King! I guess we only need dog to confirm. Anyone else from here wish to participate?

I think dogdoctor already confirmed that he's down for Friday night.

Interestingly, I learned about this too via the RPML which I just joined (I am in the 3 tier = slow :D:D).

I found it to be a good read. I also had a good read about some other drama in the RPML forums. It's just a game!

Unfortunately, it was a bad read for me Cucuy. I am rupterr, btw.

There is drama over at the RPML, but most of those guys are really nice. Especially tk..who runs that place. One heck of a nice guy!

I think dogdoctor already confirmed that he's down for Friday night.

cool..I know he would not want to miss it. We always have alot of laughs..it's going to be nice with the 4 of us beating each other up, and having some fun together again.

There's always been drama at the RPML but TK allows each member to take care of it by themselves. He only steps in when he thinks it's being detrimental to the site.

Otherwise, that place is a lot of fun!

Unfortunately, it was a bad read for me Cucuy. I am rupterr, btw.

There is drama over at the RPML, but most of those guys are really nice. Especially tk..who runs that place. One heck of a nice guy!

Yeah I understand it would not be a nice read for you. So far I am ok with what I have read at RPML just that one incident with one of the members. So far the tk has handled it well and I agree with you about them being nice.

lol...pm me some more good ones King! I guess we only need dog to confirm. Anyone else from here wish to participate?

Is a mic required? I have one but seldom use it cuz with my kids and house noise I can barely hear what is going on specially on MS2. If they are all asleep I turn on the mic though.

I will try to make it. I will add some PSNID from this page just in case. But you guys (USMSL) sound too fast for my skill. I recall I raced DogDoctor on MS1 and all I saw was his dust. Well I did end in 2nd place on some of those races :D

Ok what is this league you guys speak of, & is the race on 2 jan at 2200 hours private?

Although the last I looked, last week, Shorty was ranked something like 244th in the whole freaken world. :D

Ok what is this league you guys speak of, & is the race on 2 jan at 2200 hours private?

Although the last I looked, last week, Shorty was ranked something like 244th in the whole freaken world. :D

lol... dogdoctor is ranked higher than me. You should join us. We could go into some ranked games and tear it up. That's what dogdoctor and I do. Many times we'll finish 1 and 2 in races. When we're on our game, we're pretty tough to beat.

Ok what is this league you guys speak of, & is the race on 2 jan at 2200 hours private?

Although the last I looked, last week, Shorty was ranked something like 244th in the whole freaken world. :D

The USMSL is the oldest league. That is the one getting killed. It started with MS1 and I believe they ran on Sundays. I am not sure how many tiers they had.

The RPML is a newer one started this summer I believe. I joined early December and we just got started with Motorstorm Pacific Rift. We play on Wednesdays at 10ET (7PST for me) and there are 3 tiers. Every few few weeks there will be promotions and demotions to higher lower tiers depending on your ranking.

We could go into some ranked games and tear it up. That's what dogdoctor and I do.

Wasn't there a limit on Ranked races as far as racing with people on your friends list? I recall it was 5 to avoid cheating I guess.

Is a mic required? I have one but seldom use it cuz with my kids and house noise I can barely hear what is going on specially on MS2. If they are all asleep I turn on the mic though.

I will try to make it. I will add some PSNID from this page just in case. But you guys (USMSL) sound too fast for my skill. I recall I raced DogDoctor on MS1 and all I saw was his dust. Well I did end in 2nd place on some of those races :D

Mic, not really. They don't seem to work for me in the new game, but I have hardly played online, and don't really know how reliable the mics are these days with MS2.

As far as being fast in MSPR,..not me! I have not played the new game too much, and don't know the tracks that well yet, but have been getting better adjusting to the new physics and tracks. Now MS1, I considered myself pretty good, and could hold my own with most racers.

You would fit in fine..we'll send you a invite. If you make it cool, if not, maybe another time.

yeah, there is a limit I think to 4 friends going into a ranked race. If, and that's a big if, we have more people that are going to play the game on friday, then we can go into custom races rather than ranked.

The USMSL is not the oldest league, RPM is older than the USMSL. The USMSL garnered a lot of publicity because we were actively recruiting members. The RPMs garnered publicity by word of mouth. Many of the members were part of both forums but the USMSL had the more hardcore, competitive driven members.

TK started the RPMs as a place for "Racers Playing Motortorm" to gather and race. That has now graduated to something more competitive because of the many individual tournaments that have been run at that site. I remember them running a 100 races in one day.

As for the mics, they are very very "hit or miss". When dogdoctor and I are playing, we have to shout into the mics in order for it to register. So what I do, since it's cold, I wear my "Superbowl year Colts sweatshirt" and have the hoodie over my head. That way the volume somewhat filters into the mic.

PS
Go COLTS!!!

You would fit in fine..we'll send you a invite. If you make it cool, if not, maybe another time.

:cool:

Cucuy - saw you on there last night. Sorry I only hopped on for 4 races (while wife got ready for bed) and then I took off. If I get on longer I'll shoot you a message to invite me. We have determined for the lower ranked players or those that are still getting used to the game, that if a high ranked player hosts and joins a ranked room, the less experienced players get dragged into some really tough rooms at times. It is better for the less experienced player to host and join, thus giving the host a better online experience while letting the more expereince players have some fun rooms without all the pressure from the true Aces of the game.

I'll keep and eye out for you.

Fun times on Friday night you guys. Sorry for the mishaps Dog, but those things happen sometimes. Kinda lost my way on beachcomber..ehh?

cucuy, I sent you a invite that night, but it was from my other psn account..rupp. Did you get it?

Fun times on Friday night you guys. Sorry for the mishaps Dog, but those things happen sometimes. Kinda lost my way on beachcomber..ehh?

cucuy, I sent you a invite that night, but it was from my other psn account..rupp. Did you get it?

Yeah I saw it. It was on the Rupterr account I believe. I think we were watching a movie that night and I totally forgot about the time. I did not get into Motorstorm until later but I did see your invite. I tried to accept it but I guess everyone was already gone.

Cucuy - saw you on there last night. Sorry I only hopped on for 4 races (while wife got ready for bed) and then I took off. If I get on longer I'll shoot you a message to invite me. We have determined for the lower ranked players or those that are still getting used to the game, that if a high ranked player hosts and joins a ranked room, the less experienced players get dragged into some really tough rooms at times. It is better for the less experienced player to host and join, thus giving the host a better online experience while letting the more expereince players have some fun rooms without all the pressure from the true Aces of the game.

I'll keep and eye out for you.

No biggie.

Yeah, I saw you last night come and go. I was playing for about 1 hr trying to make some progress on the Hire Me Trophy. Before I go to bed I try to beat 1 track with each vehicle. So far I think I have about 45 dev ghosts beaten. Yesterday some of the Wildfire Dev ghosts were not letting me go to sleep early. :D I need to rethink my boost strategy there since max boosting did not work on some cars there.

I have wondered about what you are saying before. I thought if one hosts the matchmaking servers would make sure all your opponents are similary ranked. But did not know what would happen if you join a friend who is higher/lower ranked. You have given me the answer.

Laters.

Fun times on Friday night you guys. Sorry for the mishaps Dog, but those things happen sometimes. Kinda lost my way on beachcomber..ehh?Think of the old NFL coach "Playoffs!???"
"Lost your way!???" You lost your way up my tailpipe and into a tree grove! LOL. I forgive you. I just thought it was humorous that we had a 1, 2 position going and well, that all went up in smoke, or rather up a tree. Fun times. Much more fun when non ranked, as you can take me out all you want, and I don't care. Ranked rooms are another story. I've made it up to 41% of Gold legend. I'm getting closer.

To King: I ran a flawless MP Razorback last night that would have made you proud. 3:30.36 (or.06 can't remember exactly). The next competitor was 17 seconds behind me and Tgfrrr who likes to wreck everyone got a fat DNF. Loved every minute of it.

Yeah, I saw you last night come and go. I was playing for about 1 hr trying to make some progress on the Hire Me Trophy. Before I go to bed I try to beat 1 track with each vehicle. So far I think I have about 45 dev ghosts beaten. Yesterday some of the Wildfire Dev ghosts were not letting me go to sleep early. :D I need to rethink my boost strategy there since max boosting did not work on some cars there.Simple succinct advice. Donwload a top time that is about 3-10 seconds faster than the dev time (usually top #10 - 20). Watch out on certain vehicles though there is a major glitch people are using to post really unacertainable fast times (Big Rig, Badlands for example). Then turn of the Dev Ghost and just run the DL ghost. Follow along and get better at multiple tries and you should have the Dev beat in no less than 4-5 tries.

Way to go on Razorback!

As for Wildfire, you have to remember the elements of the track. Fire speeds up your boost gauge faster than normal. So if you're going to boost, try and do it at points where you're not near the lava.

Hey, anyone else get the update from Azz about the USMSL? I got the message last night. He's asking if (the one who shall not be named) is dropped to a non council member would people still return? lol. wtf?

That is what happened then he went baby and had the website taken down, so I am unsure what Azz would be talking about now.

Am I wrong Rupp?

By the way Rupp, good game coming up this weekend but no way you guys beat us in our house twice.

Weird. I got no such email. Then again, I'm happy to not hear from Skimp Jr.

I asked Azz if he could send out a message. There are some other posts there now, regarding the league.

Logan..your worst fears have materialized. Time for the Eagles to trek up the turnpike, and dethrone the Super Bowls Champs!

If you guys are forming a league or planning a racing night I'd like to join..if I can jump online at that time. Let me know.

I finally made it to tier 5..its getting harder for me as it goes...I havent played in a couple weeks I have been too busy with resistance 2

Just got this game last week a love it!!! Send me a invite. My 360 red ringed, so I will be on more now.

I was on a roll last night. Damn. Of the 3 hours I played. I had about 4 races that I didn't crack the top 3. 95% of the races were gold, with a hint of silver and bronze tossed in for good measure. I climbed to 79% gold legend last night. I'm so close to 100 I can feel it and then I can put the game away, to just race with friends.

Cucuy thanks for playing last night. I know we kept you up past the 11:30 hour, but it was fun. Your getting really good. You nearly had me that one race. More time in the hire me trophies and online races and you'll be doing great.

I was on a roll last night. Damn. Of the 3 hours I played. I had about 4 races that I didn't crack the top 3. 95% of the races were gold, with a hint of silver and bronze tossed in for good measure. I climbed to 79% gold legend last night.

:eek:

Cucuy thanks for playing last night. I know we kept you up past the 11:30 hour, but it was fun. Your getting really good. You nearly had me that one race. More time in the hire me trophies and online races and you'll be doing great.

It was fun. I meant I could start playing till 1130.:D

Yeah on some tracks I felt like I had a chance. I think the closest one was on Razorbac IIRC. I knew you were behind me cuz I had just passed you. I looked at the positions and I am like WTH I am in first and next thing I know I am smashing into a tree/rock wall. :p. On some tracks I still crash too many times. :(

I already have about 60 developer ghosts under my belt. That trophy is making a big difference. Actually that challenge is turning me into 1st person view. I feel I can take corners faster and overall drive better. What do you guys use?

BTW, who were the other AVSers playing that night?

I ride in 3rd person view. Have never been able to play any racing game in 1st person!

Hey everyone,

I finally got a router and I am now able to jump into the online world with gaming. I got this game at Christmas and haven't tried online yet. Would really like to give it a try. I know you guys would be crushing me, but that would still be fun. My PSN is in my sig if you guys want to let me in on some of this stuff. I think it would be an easy way for you guys to rack up some wins until I learn a little more about how to race and not crash into boulders everywhere. I still have no idea about the friends lists and how to add friends and stuff, so I would need an invite first from someone on here until I figure that part out. Hope to see some of you on soon.

Hey everyone,

I finally got a router and I am now able to jump into the online world with gaming. I got this game at Christmas and haven't tried online yet. Would really like to give it a try. I know you guys would be crushing me, but that would still be fun. My PSN is in my sig if you guys want to let me in on some of this stuff. I think it would be an easy way for you guys to rack up some wins until I learn a little more about how to race and not crash into boulders everywhere. I still have no idea about the friends lists and how to add friends and stuff, so I would need an invite first from someone on here until I figure that part out. Hope to see some of you on soon.

On the XMB, to the far right, there's an option called "Add A Friend"... press X on it and type in a PSN ID and voila!, you're done!

As for racking up wins against you, it's not like the first Motorstorm. It's matchmaking, so you'll be paired with all the other noobs of the game. You can't play against us unless you're invited into a party and the party leader takes you into a ranked game.

There are Custom and Casual games as well, but those don't add to your ranked wins tally.

I suggest you play the offline tickets first, then proceed to the Time Attacks to learn the routes (or vice versa) and then jump online.

Good Luck!

That's cool. I didn't know it would be leveled out like that. From reading the posts, I thought I would get in races with yourself and the others here and get crushed every time. That is better to start slower. I am only just shy of Rank 4 right now offline. Haven't played it enough yet.

Yeah on some tracks I felt like I had a chance. I think the closest one was on Razorbac IIRC.At the end I was slowing down to see if I could cross a fraction of a second before you and I accidentally tripped the wire. Sigh. You really did give me a run in the beginning as I got clipped I think. In the end 90% of the races are about not wrecking yourself. If you can run clean, you've got a much greater chance to be in the top 3. A stronger racer like king and I can still mess up 3 to 4 time and beat people of lower experience, but in the online rooms, many times one mess up is going to drop you to nearly dead last.

BTW, who were the other AVSers playing that night?This is the first post (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14434750#post14434750) where I met him. AVS = OFF_Online. PSN = SuperBeard (sp???)

As a rule you should add Logan00, Rupp/Rupterr (depending upon the account he wants to use), KingShorty and I. We're fairly regular Motorstorm players and generally online games to boot.

On the XMB, to the far right, there's an option called "Add A Friend"... press X on it and type in a PSN ID and voila!, you're done!Don't forget, if you do meet someone in that same area there is the section of "Players Met" and you can add them that way too. At least I think you can. :cool:

Careful when you race with dogdoctor... he'll put you into a tree and say that's the way his car slides....!!!

He's a cheeky little bastard... :D

Careful when you race with dogdoctor... he'll put you into a tree and say that's the way his car slides....!!!

He's a cheeky little bastard... :DYou need to learn the better areas to try to pass you pissant! The rally car with any acceleration on the first strech second fifth of collosus canyon is going to slide. ;)

I asked Azz if he could send out a message. There are some other posts there now, regarding the league.

Logan..your worst fears have materialized. Time for the Eagles to trek up the turnpike, and dethrone the Super Bowls Champs!

As I said, no way you guys beat us twice in our house. We are the defending Super Bowl champs and will remind the Eagles that they have never won the big one. Brandon Jacobs is going to run over everyone :D

Rupp, which account do you use on PSN, or should I just add both?

As I said, no way you guys beat us twice in our house. We are the defending Super Bowl champs and will remind the Eagles that they have never won the big one. Brandon Jacobs is going to run over everyone :D

What he said:cool:

Jacobs is going to give Westbrook(their great LB?) a run for his money.

We are the defending Super Bowl champs and will remind the Eagles that they have never won the big one. You are the defending Super Ass Lucky Bastard Champs. Nothing more. Don't get too cocky there Logan. We were riding 18-0 and figured to roll over you guys. Any Given Sunday! Repeat it with me: Any Given Sunday. Go E A G L E S!

You need to learn the better areas to try to pass you pissant! The rally car with any acceleration on the first strech second fifth of collosus canyon is going to slide. ;)

My car NEVER, repeat it with me, NEVER slides... in your FACE!

You are the defending Super Ass Lucky Bastard Champs. Nothing more. Don't get too cocky there Logan. We were riding 18-0 and figured to roll over you guys. Any Given Sunday! Repeat it with me: Any Given Sunday. Go E A G L E S!

Any given Sunday? Ok, I choose Superbowl Sunday 2008... oh wait, that's right... Patriots lost! I guess it's not "any given Sunday" after all. Lots of talk coming from a team that didn't even make the playoffs :p

Will you guys stop bickering?..lol. You already have my one account Logan, just add my rupp account also.

It's going to be good either way Logan..good old-fashioned NFC East football. If the Eagles can stop Jacobs, and that powerful running game of the Giants, the game is going to come down to the kickers, and turnovers. We did win a championship btw ;), it just was not called the Super Bowl back then :eek:

Yeah I understand it would not be a nice read for you. So far I am ok with what I have read at RPML just that one incident with one of the members. So far the tk has handled it well and I agree with you about them being nice.
D

I'm a member on RPML. If you like Motorstorm and Rift, it's worth signing up. You'll meet cool people at all skill levels and have no problems finding a custom room in Rift that's fun and competitive.

TK announced yesterday that there will be a Sunday league night starting up
soon. I suspect a lot of the USMSL members will join.

Go here: http://www.motorstorm-rpms.org/community/index.php

Click on the 'Custom Forms' tab to sign up for Wednesday, Sunday or both.

I'm glad that I joined. It's a lot of fun and the racing is fast and clean. TK is a cool guy and runs a great forum for Motorstorm junkies.

I'm a member on RPML. If you like Motorstorm and Rift, it's worth signing up. You'll meet cool people at all skill levels and have no problems finding a custom room in Rift that's fun and competitive.

TK announced yesterday that there will be a Sunday league night starting up
soon. I suspect a lot of the USMSL members will join.

Go here: http://www.motorstorm-rpms.org/community/index.php

Click on the 'Custom Forms' tab to sign up for Wednesday, Sunday or both.

I'm glad that I joined. It's a lot of fun and the racing is fast and clean. TK is a cool guy and runs a great forum for Motorstorm junkies.
I went ahead and signed up for this also. I assume the Sunday night racing will be at 10:00 Est. time also. Is this correct? Been trying online last night for some fun. There are some tracks online that I have not seen yet and that really kills you when you have no idea which way a turn is going to go before you get there :o

I'm a member on RPML. If you like Motorstorm and Rift, it's worth signing up. You'll meet cool people at all skill levels and have no problems finding a custom room in Rift that's fun and competitive.

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I'm glad that I joined. It's a lot of fun and the racing is fast and clean. TK is a cool guy and runs a great forum for Motorstorm junkies.


Yeah I found out about this and I signed around early December. I already have Week 1 and 2 under my belt. I am in the middde of the pack on the 3rd tier on Wednesdays. I think there are still more people signing so it's likely a 4th tier will be opening next week.

I went ahead and signed up for this also. I assume the Sunday night racing will be at 10:00 Est. time also. Is this correct?

Great. you won't regret it. It's gonna take a few weeks to get all tiers balanced and then I expect the competition to be more even. I don't think the time for Sunday's has been decided yet. I can tell you for sure that on Wednesdays we race at 10:00 EST (7pm for us lefties)

Careful when you race with dogdoctor... he'll put you into a tree and say that's the way his car slides....!!!

He's a cheeky little bastard... :D

:D:D

I went ahead and signed up for this also. I assume the Sunday night racing will be at 10:00 Est. time also. Is this correct? Been trying online last night for some fun. There are some tracks online that I have not seen yet and that really kills you when you have no idea which way a turn is going to go before you get there :o

The Sunday night leagues will start at 9pm EST. The start date of the league has not been announced yet, but I would assume it's going to start up in the next few weeks.

See here:
http://www.motorstorm-rpms.org/community/index.php?topic=727.msg10575;topicseen#msg10575

The RPML League Sign-up form is here: http://www.motorstorm-rpms.org/community/index.php?action=form;id=10

You are the defending Super Ass Lucky Bastard Champs. Nothing more. Don't get too cocky there Logan. We were riding 18-0 and figured to roll over you guys. Any Given Sunday! Repeat it with me: Any Given Sunday. Go E A G L E S!


Any given Sunday? Ok, I choose Superbowl Sunday 2008... oh wait, that's right... Patriots lost! I guess it's not "any given Sunday" after all. Lots of talk coming from a team that didn't even make the playoffs :p


I still sense some biterness Dogdoc, it is ok, maybe next year, 18-1 usually is a good thing, but you got to win the big one. If you want to call the Giants lucky, go ahead, but they still beat your Patriots. ;)

See, that was the Patriot's problem, they took the Giants too lightly, I guarantee the Giants don't and won't take the Eagles lightly. They may not like them, but they definitely respect them.

You are the defending Super Ass Lucky Bastard Champs. Nothing more. Don't get too cocky there Logan. We were riding 18-0 and figured to roll over you guys. Any Given Sunday! Repeat it with me: Any Given Sunday. Go E A G L E S!Let me Repeat. Super Ass Lucky Champs....Way to go EAGLES!

dogdoctor,

You were right about my MS:PR save. When I restored my back-up data to my wife's ps3, it did not even show up there. So it's pretty much gone. Unless Sony gives me back my same system, I won't be piloting another Dump Truck again!

:(

dogdoctor,

You were right about my MS:PR save. When I restored my back-up data to my wife's ps3, it did not even show up there. So it's pretty much gone. Unless Sony gives me back my same system, I won't be piloting another Dump Truck again!

:(King, what is up with all the formality. You reply to every post of mine like you don't even know me.

I figured I was right with the MS: PR - until EVO patches the game it will always be a no go.

Now as for the dump truck. You may still get to use that one and others. Put MS: PR in the PS3, start it under your account. Exit the game and synch the trophies and reenter the game again. I've heard the vehicles that are tied to trophies, not off line rank/completion, will still appear even after a data corruption so it might be still there for you too. Here's hoping.

As I said, no way you guys beat us twice in our house. We are the defending Super Bowl champs and will remind the Eagles that they have never won the big one. Brandon Jacobs is going to run over everyone :D



hmmm...cough...cough...you said what? The defending champs have been DETHRONED!:p

It sure was nice taking out the Giants Logan...sorry bud. The Eagles run has been oh so sweet! First we take out the hated Cowboys, then the whining Giants, who said we can't come to their house and win...HA! Now, on to Arizona..to clear another hurdle.

I thought you could not restore a system backup, and copy protected game save...from one ps3 to another? Am I right? Why would you think you could do that King?

King, what is up with all the formality. You reply to every post of mine like you don't even know me.

I figured I was right with the MS: PR - until EVO patches the game it will always be a no go.

Now as for the dump truck. You may still get to use that one and others. Put MS: PR in the PS3, start it under your account. Exit the game and synch the trophies and reenter the game again. I've heard the vehicles that are tied to trophies, not off line rank/completion, will still appear even after a data corruption so it might be still there for you too. Here's hoping.

dogdoctor :D

Thanks for the info... sorry about that... just don't like referring to you as "dog" because it feels "low" to me. Don't want to use your real name either because that's between you and I and I like keeping the romance alive.

There are 5 more spots open for RPML league this Wednesday.
Jump in and have some fun and meet some new people that enjoy playing Motorstorm and Pacific Rift.


Sign up here: http://www.motorstorm-rpms.org/community/index.php

Click on the 'Custom Forms' tab to sign up for Wednesday, Sunday or both.

Wow...if you like the WW2 lighters thread then this is the ultra small, but yet hysterical select-cheat thread at the playstation boards. have a fun read (http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=motorstorm&thread.id=79267&view=by_date_ascending&page=1).

Did anyone experienced server connection issues the last couple of days? And more lag than usual on online races? Hopefully they are working on something for the better.

I kept on getting errors about unable to communicate to the servers or something last night.

BTW,

I almost get all trophies. Just need five more:

1 - developer ghosts (40 ghosts to go)
1 - 4 player
3 - Online Ranked
1 - casual

I know some of you got them all a while back but this will be my first game where I am so close to 100% in the trophies dept. Yoohoooo!!! And since I play in little chunks of time, it's taking me this long. :cool:

I almost get all trophies. Just need five more:

1 - developer ghosts (40 ghosts to go)
1 - 4 player
3 - Online Ranked
1 - casual

I know some of you got them all a while back but this will be my first game where I am so close to 100% in the trophies dept. Yoohoooo!!! And since I play in little chunks of time, it's taking me this long. :cool:Not to get personal, but if you need someone with 4+ controllers to come over and just watch you race 1 race with 4 controllers, just PM me. I can help you out there. Good luck with the remaining trophies. You'll get it it. Just takes time.

Be careful with dogdoctor. He uses MS:PR as a way for you to play with "his" analog stick... if you know what I mean!

I'm still scarred from the trauma of seeing something so.... so..... SMALL! :D

I am enjoying this motorstorm alot more than the first, I am having more success on the offline than the first one. I've been juggling between this, R2 and fallout but I am at lv 5 and almost at lv 6.

How come you cannot MAKE a ranked room? and whats the difference between a casual room and custom?

I am enjoying this motorstorm alot more than the first, I am having more success on the offline than the first one. I've been juggling between this, R2 and fallout but I am at lv 5 and almost at lv 6.

How come you cannot MAKE a ranked room? and whats the difference between a casual room and custom?They set it up so that a host can't make a ranked room over and over on the same settings/track that he would be favored to win on. Evens the odds as best it can.

Casual - same as ranked (computer chooses), but not ranked.
Custom - lets the host pic track, laps, vehicle, ambiance - non ranked.

So I'm probably going to pick either this up next or Far Cry 2. How bad is the rubber banding really?

So I'm probably going to pick either this up next or Far Cry 2. How bad is the rubber banding really?

It can frustrate the hell out of you because you could be running a perfect race with the best boost strategy and know the best route and the AI will be damn near behind you

Also, you could be running the worst race ever, but you won't be too far behind the AI.

Depends on how you look at it.

The later levels, 6-8, can get really frustrating because the AI is very aggressive and seems like they only want to kill you and not care about winning.

Other than that, it's a MF-ing blast!

Not to get personal, but if you need someone with 4+ controllers to come over and just watch you race 1 race with 4 controllers, just PM me. I can help you out there. Good luck with the remaining trophies. You'll get it it. Just takes time.

I may take your offer if you don't mind playing around chaos/noise with my kids around. I'll let you know when I get there. I moved to the Sac area after college so I hardly know anyone with "Hardware" :D

Be careful with dogdoctor. He uses MS:PR as a way for you to play with "his" analog stick... if you know what I mean!

I'm still scarred from the trauma of seeing something so.... so..... SMALL! :D

Now you got me thinking. Did he use the sticks with vibration (Dual Shock 3) or just the plain ones? :confused: If it was the plain ones I would be dissapointed. :p


How come you cannot MAKE a ranked room?

I don't know how much you played the first one but I recall plenty of online races where the host would not change the track and you would be playing the same track over and over until you gave up. You would hop to another room and then it would be all Rockhopper. The next room would be all Big Rigs, etc. You get my point.

Like Dogdoctor says it makes the online gameplay less repetitive to play different tracks with different cars/settings/etc. Although I still get plenty of repeats from the servers but I understand why that happens. I just try to veto them. And If the majority of the group comes from your previous race it is usually a successful veto. Otherwise I just play it again

I've had the game for a while but just finally opened it up and began to play. I'm having a lot of fun but still getting used to it!

Add me, I don't have any friends! :(

im on now, trying to get my rank up to gold, if anyone is on i guess invite me? I dont quite know how that works on this game yet

I just realized in just a grunt... lol.. i got gold though!

im on now, trying to get my rank up to gold, if anyone is on i guess invite me? I dont quite know how that works on this game yet

I just realized in just a grunt... lol.. i got gold though!Clint, as an FYI - some of us have stopped playing MS for the most part. But I will get back in every now and then. Word to the wise, if you want friends, just add the person.

dang, late to the party, huh?

I've started adding some of you, I'm sure we will have other games to play :)

dang, late to the party, huh?

I've started adding some of you, I'm sure we will have other games to play :)

Very late to the party.

Oh well, I just got my ps3 around christmas so I've got a lot of catching up to do!

I just ordered Burnout: Paradise, I know I'm even later to that party, lol...

Oh well, I just got my ps3 around christmas so I've got a lot of catching up to do!

I just ordered Burnout: Paradise, I know I'm even later to that party, lol...

Not as late as you might think.

Criterion releases(d) a lot of free DLC to keep the game fresh so many of us here keep going back for more. So when it comes to Burnout Paradise, you're never too late!

Awesome!

When does the first Motorstorm DLC come out I wonder? :)

Awesome!

When does the first Motorstorm DLC come out I wonder? :)

Who knows. They are supposedly working on releasing a patch that fixes the problem of not being able to back-up your data without doing a full system back-up.

Who knows. They are supposedly working on releasing a patch that fixes the problem of not being able to back-up your data without doing a full system back-up.Yeah, word to the wise.

If Attempting a Run at Platinum in MS: PR!

Do full system back ups regularly as there is flaw in the game that causes data corruption while playing online. Then you loose all offline progress and need to start over. Painful! The only fix is to do a restore from your back-up and that only works currently on the PS3 you started with. If your PS3 dies (ask Shorty) you are SOL.

Thanks for the heads-up about the data corruption issue. Speaking of which:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/26/motorstorm-pacific-rift-game-update-just-around-the-corner/



The first major update for MotorStorm Pacific Rift is currently in the final stages of development and testing. This update contains many improvements and amendments to the game, as well as fixes to several issues reported on the forum, and is scheduled for release in the near future.

Details of the first update:

* Restrictions to the copying of Saved Data have been removed. This will make it possible for Saved Data to be backed up and then restored to the User Account it was created under (whether that’s on the same PLAYSTATION 3 or not).*
* Changes to the way the game handles data. These changes will help to prevent Saved Data corruption.
* Visual notification of critical save progress has been added. A ‘MotorStorm Helmet’ icon will be displayed on-screen to warn users that critical data is being saved. This is in addition to the HDD Access light which currently flashes while the game makes a critical save.
* The glitch which enables a player to exploit the Boost system has been removed. The development team are working to identify which times have been achieved using this glitch; Action will be taken to ensure that the Leaderboards become genuinely competitive again.
* Time Attack times and Rank information will update correctly for all players. Any pending Time Attack times will begin to filter through systematically and the online Ranks should display correctly once the update is released.
* Additional fixes and improvements to gameplay. Many thanks for your feedback on these and other issues so far; we are still investigating the other issues that have been brought to our attention.

Should you notice anything about the game that you feel needs to be brought to our attention, please let us know via the VIP.MotorStorm.com forums.

Thanks for the update. I wish they would address the data loss for people whose playstations died on them.

Just picked this up today. Looking forward to getting my tail handed to me online, and to come perilously close to throwing controllers after crashing.

Yeah, word to the wise.

If Attempting a Run at Platinum in MS: PR!

Do full system back ups regularly as there is flaw in the game that causes data corruption while playing online. Then you loose all offline progress and need to start over. Painful! The only fix is to do a restore from your back-up and that only works currently on the PS3 you started with. If your PS3 dies (ask Shorty) you are SOL.

I never done system backups but there is quite a few people with data corrupted problems including Kingshorty here. And being so close to platinum in MSPR it would be a blow to the time invested in the game. So assumming you have done your system backup and you get the data corrupted problem you could restore your save? What happens to all other data, downloads, other game saves, etc? Is it restored to that point in time? Does it work like a regular backup on a PC. Meaning:

Let's say I do a system backup (in case of MSPR). Then go on playing for 2 weeks and beat Little Big Planet. Then my MSPR data gets corrupted. I restore. What happens then after I restore? :confused::confused:

I never done system backups but there is quite a few people with data corrupted problems including Kingshorty here. And being so close to platinum in MSPR it would be a blow to the time invested in the game. So assumming you have done your system backup and you get the data corrupted problem you could restore your save? What happens to all other data, downloads, other game saves, etc? Is it restored to that point in time? Does it work like a regular backup on a PC. Meaning:

Let's say I do a system backup (in case of MSPR). Then go on playing for 2 weeks and beat Little Big Planet. Then my MSPR data gets corrupted. I restore. What happens then after I restore? :confused::confused:You will lose any 2 week progress in the other games unless you are able to back them up individually, say to a flash drive. Then once you restore the HDD to get the MS: PR back, you will copy back all the other saves from the flash. If you don't, then the restored games will have been reset by 2 weeks. Works just like a PC. Any progress made after a restore will be lost, unless you can save it in another fashion.

King and I were doing daily backups at the tail end of our platinum run. It just wasn't worth the risk. In the end when King's PS3 died, his last back up was a month prior - that left him very far behind in his game progress once he restored to a new PS3.

The patch is live in some areas of the world, but not in the US yet.

What’s in the update?

The update contains improvements and amendments to the game, and fixes for several issues reported by players on the forum.


* The stability of the game has been improved (the source of many of the problems which would cause the game to ‘hang’ or ‘freeze’ have been eliminated).

* The Saved Data file is no longer copy protected (making it possible to back up Saved Data and restore it if it should become corrupt, and allowing the file to be moved to a different PLAYSTATION®3 console (providing that the User Account the Saved Data is being transferred to is the same User Account that the file was created under originally)).

* An on-screen ‘MotorStorm Helmet’ icon is displayed whenever the game is making a critical save.

* The glitch which enables a player to exploit the Boost system is no longer present (the Leaderboards will also be sanitised).

* Any Time Attack times and online Rank information which have not been processed to the servers (due to a problem with the servers) will be processed systematically (as the problem has been resolved).

* In the Race Lobby screen, vehicles with light coloured liveries are more clearly visible.

* In the Race Lobby screen, the player’s chosen vehicle is displayed alongside their PlayStation®Network Online ID.

* When a player becomes the leader of a group, or the host of a custom game, the members of the group or custom game are informed as such.

* During the matchmaking process, a timer is displayed to show how long it is taking to find a match.

* During the matchmaking process, the player’s Rank is now displayed.

* Rank icons show a number to make a player’s Rank more instantly recognisable.

* When selecting a vehicle in the Festival, the relevant track information is also displayed.

* In Eliminator events, eliminated vehicles will now emit fire and smoke to make them more easily identifiable.

* In the Festival and Free-Play modes, it is possible to pause the game before an event begins.

* In Time Attack, it is possible to toggle the current session ghost on and off.

* In Photo Mode, the level of detail has been improved to ensure better quality pictures.

* In split-screen multiplayer, the Boost gauge has been visually enhanced.

* The audio for the Monster Truck’s engine has been improved.

* Many of the track reset points have been revised and modified appropriately.

* If a controller becomes disconnected in a split-screen multiplayer game, the game will return to the Number of Players screen.

* Group Invites work correctly for a player while they are viewing the Ranked Leaderboards.

* In the Speed event “Dark Territory” on Mudslide, the track reset points have been improved.

* In the Speed event “Go With the Flow” on Razorback, the gate timings have been refined.

* In the Speed event “Go With the Flow” on Razorback, a collision problem has been improved.

* In the Festival, the on-screen display no longer flashes if ‘Start’ has been pressed before the race begins.

* In the Festival, a glitch which caused the medal requirements to remain on-screen as the event begins has been resolved.

* In the Festival, a glitch which caused the “Final Lap!” notification to malfunction has been fixed.

* In Time Attack, a glitch (which caused the “Paused” game-menu and on-screen display to stop working correctly) has been repaired.

* The navigational controls function correctly in the Player Stats screen.

Sounds good, although as a MS:PR newbie I wasn't really burned by anything so I'm not exactly sure what's being fixed. If nothing else, hopefully this gets more people to play, because I've had a little trouble finding ranked matches to race (i.e., get owned) in.

The patch is live in some areas of the world, but not in the US yet.

Thanks King..a little too late for you though huh? So you should be able to restore your saved data to another ps3?

Thanks King..a little too late for you though huh? So you should be able to restore your saved data to another ps3?

Yeah, a little too late for me. I deleted the back-up that I had from Dec 08.

Oh well.

I finally got the platinum trophy last week and people have asked me what the most difficult part of the game was.

Achieving 96/96 gold? --No

Beating all developer times on Time Attack? --No

Ranking up to Legend? --Oh, hell no!

The most difficult part of this game was having the will to play it after losing my game save file to corruption 3 times.

Evolution Studios should have fixed this a long time ago. Their customer support is really poor. Even on their home site (www.vip.motorstorm.com), they are slow or generic in responses.

Rift is full of eye candy, but the game play will be mediocre (at best) until they address quite a few issues. This game was not ready for release, and it shows. After owning this game since release, and giving it a fair shot, I'd have to call it the most disappointing title of 2008.

I finally got the platinum trophy last week and people have asked me what the most difficult part of the game was.

Achieving 96/96 gold? --No

Beating all developer times on Time Attack? --No

Ranking up to Legend? --Oh, hell no!

The most difficult part of this game was having the will to play it after losing my game save file to corruption 3 times.

Evolution Studios should have fixed this a long time ago. Their customer support is really poor. Even on their home site (www.vip.motorstorm.com), they are slow or generic in responses.

Rift is full of eye candy, but the game play will be mediocre (at best) until they address quite a few issues. This game was not ready for release, and it shows. After owning this game since release, and giving it a fair shot, I'd have to call it the most disappointing title of 2008.
I havent played it since I picked up burnout pparadise.. congrats on the trophy though, thats dedication! :P

I finally got the platinum trophy last week and people have asked me what the most difficult part of the game was.

Achieving 96/96 gold? --No

Beating all developer times on Time Attack? --No

Ranking up to Legend? --Oh, hell no!

The most difficult part of this game was having the will to play it after losing my game save file to corruption 3 times.

Evolution Studios should have fixed this a long time ago. Their customer support is really poor. Even on their home site (www.vip.motorstorm.com), they are slow or generic in responses.

Rift is full of eye candy, but the game play will be mediocre (at best) until they address quite a few issues. This game was not ready for release, and it shows. After owning this game since release, and giving it a fair shot, I'd have to call it the most disappointing title of 2008.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was the most disappointing title of 2008. Sure the game had it's issues but I thought it was brilliant.

I think the difference is that if you're going at it alone, then there's no one to feel your pain. Dogdoctor and I went at the Platinum together and we had lots of fun and lots of frustrations but never to the point of calling it a disappointment.

I still love the game, but after achieving the platinum and the garbage way that people race online, I couldn't get back into it.

PS
the hardest, most frustrating part of the game for me was attaining Legend rank.

I finally got the platinum trophy last week and people have asked me what the most difficult part of the game was.

Achieving 96/96 gold? --No

Beating all developer times on Time Attack? --No

Ranking up to Legend? --Oh, hell no!

The most difficult part of this game was having the will to play it after losing my game save file to corruption 3 times.

Evolution Studios should have fixed this a long time ago. Their customer support is really poor. Even on their home site (www.vip.motorstorm.com), they are slow or generic in responses.

Rift is full of eye candy, but the game play will be mediocre (at best) until they address quite a few issues. This game was not ready for release, and it shows. After owning this game since release, and giving it a fair shot, I'd have to call it the most disappointing title of 2008.

Man I am still ranking up to Legend. I can't believe your file was corupted three times. :eek:

Me I got the game at launch and I have not had enough time to get all the trophies. I went on two binges. 1 to get all golds around christmas and another recently to get all Time Attacks. I just need the Legend but I have been slacking on MSPR lately. Can't find time to play. Luckily not game saves curruptions for me otherwise I would get platinum when the next Playstation hits. :D

I am debating about getting KZ2 and if it happens my MSPR gametime will probably suffer and go to a comma.

You do know that Evo released a patch that allows you to back-up your gamesave without having to do an entire system-backup, right?

You do know that Evo released a patch that allows you to back-up your gamesave without having to do an entire system-backup, right?Wait...I thought the pseudo patch was pulled. Practical joke style. Are you saying it is out now. As of yesterday, it wasnt.

I have seen no patch since it was pulled. Would sure be nice though.

Wait...I thought the pseudo patch was pulled. Practical joke style. Are you saying it is out now. As of yesterday, it wasnt.

No, I had no idea it was pulled.

My bad!

No, I had no idea it was pulled.

My bad!Yeah it was released for just a 4 hour flub window in some parts of Europe. The US/N.A. never saw it. Then it was quickly yanked without as much as a word except it was release in error. :rolleyes:

No, I had no idea it was pulled.

My bad!

The patch was pulled 14 days ago.

This post pretty much sums up my feelings on Pacific Rift (author: TK2012)

http://vip.motorstorm.com/ms/portal/_ns:YXVzZXItZm9ydW1zLTAyNHxjMHxkMHxlcHJveHlUYXJnZXQ9MT1MMjF2 ZEc5eWMzUnZjbTB2WW05aGNtUXZiV1Z6YzJGblpUOWliMkZ5WkM1cFpEMWlY MFZPWDFCaFkybG1hV05TYVdaMEpuUm9jbVZoWkM1cFpEMHhNVEE1/forums.psml

Although this is my story, there are many who have a story like this or who have taken part in our efforts…


Dear Evolutions,


I’ve been a supporter of your game since March 2006. In fact, in the weeks prior to the game being released, I would walk by the PS3 displays inside of my local Target stores and just look at the MotorStorm picture shown on the advertisement of upcoming games. I even took off work on the day of the release to be sure that I had a copy in hand. Your game was THE reason that I purchased a PS3. This may not be anything special, but prior to MotorStorm, I had played video games maybe a total of 100 hours in the 15 years prior to this. I can’t even tell you what it was about the game other than I knew this would be something that I was going to enjoy.



Enjoy it I did. I never stopped playing this game from the time I unwrapped it. Furthermore, I wanted to let other people enjoy the game as much as I did. In May 2007 I started weekly tournaments where people who enjoyed the game could find a place to race each week, grow their skills, meet other people with a love for the game, and more importantly have fun. These tournaments grew into two nights of racing each and every week until I had well over 100 tournaments organized by June 2008.



But, it didn’t stop there. The tournaments continued throughout most of the summer with a 100 Race Tournament held in one twelve hour period and an ongoing “theme night” tournament to bring some life into the game when things were starting to descend.



The great thing is that it wasn’t just me out there doing these weekly, monthly, or special tournaments. There were others out there doing the same thing. Although the list is much longer, I will just mention PSN ID fans like plong, electriccemetary, camelcarp, CommanderSaNtA, SOCOMAO3, brrnout, IronEagleX, MaxT63, and axecutioner-b.



Then, there were the leagues out there that operated along the lines of tournament-style racing. These gave another opportunity for racers to come together in order to race, compete, and have fun. At first there was one league which leads to a second league which leads to another and another. Once again, it wasn’t just I out there organizing these leagues. There were other people creating new ways to enjoy the game with others in mind. You had the first league started in July 2007 with the USMSL founded by Skimpbiz. By the next year, you had the MotorStorm Season founded by brownflavor and TCB founded by NCONTROL. These have been joined by a fourth league that I recently founded that has two nights of racing and forty-five active members in the first few weeks of existence.



I know that this is a lengthy buildup to my first point for writing today, but I wanted to give it the respect and the strength that it deserves. You see, all of these people have plenty of others on their buddy list. In fact, I am constantly deleting people from my current name in order to make room for other people who need to find my rooms on your game. Lifting the restriction to copy your saved game data to another name would assist greatly for not only the organizers who PROMOTE your game during the highs and lows, but also make things easier for the participants who take part in this promotion of the game.



Most of us fail to understand why it is so important to only save the game (post eventual patch) to the name in which it was created. I’m willing to bet that the amount of people assisted by lifting this restriction would far outweigh any negative done by a handful of people who could somehow exploit such a feature. I mean, it was never changed to restrict copying on the original MotorStorm, so can you please shed some light on this reasoning? It doesn’t take sales away from your game because to begin with a player has to purchase the game in order to use it.



If you still don’t understand the importance of being able to copy to other names, I can only say that it helps not only in promoting your game by us getting more members, but it also helps us in getting more members which helps keep your game alive. It is a mutual benefit and not one-sided. Maybe I am wrong, but do you not think that these types of tournaments and leagues helped keep your game alive over the past two years? I know for a fact that momentum increased with each new addition because it brought people who stopped playing the game back onto the game. This in turn assisted in keeping popularity higher for you and which I’m willing to bet transferred to some revenue in the way of DLC purchases and sales of Pacific Rift.



~_~_~_~



I’ll move onto another larger problem that I see as someone who has PROMOTED your game to a great extent. There is a real lack of ease to meet current friends and make new ones. Many people have commented on this, but perhaps you don’t understand that this has been your lifeblood. Nine months ago, a poll was given to members of another forum in which they were asked what the top 3 things were relating to MotorStorm. You would think that aspects relating to a racing game like competition, graphics, game play, audio, vehicles, tracks, or intensity would be the answers. All but one person said that the top reason was the PEOPLE that they had met.



One person went as far to describe it this way; “The absolute number one thing is not advertised on the box.
The friends made while playing Motorstorm is awesome!”



Many of us in this MotorStorm COMMUNITY have even gone as far as meeting one another who live hundreds of miles away from us. Some have even met when we have been passing by the vicinity of someone we know. I’m sure this isn’t limited to only people who are in North America either.



The ability to easily find our friends is the reason in which the first MotorStorm kept people coming back for more. It was easy to make friends. It was easy to find friends. It was easy for the COMMUNITY to grow. All of this means that this popularity benefitted you by turning into DLC purchases and sales of Pacific Rift.



Previously, there were people like me who hosted hours of play each week on the game which we called “hosted rooms”. It was an easy way in which we could find a room name and join at will without the need of being invited. Most of us played every track available, so people wanting to participate (just like in tournaments and leagues) needed to purchase the DLC. This type of daily or weekly behavior of hosting rooms kept interest alive in current players and new players alike. I hosted two rooms. One was strictly racing called NIGHTline and the other was ELIMINATION-NATION which I’ll speak about later. It was people like Cirrus5005 w/ The Circus, bumbscag w/ Random Races, nygyg w/ Eliminator, HUSKY510 w/ MUD IN YOUR EYE, and OnedollarBill w/ All-Off-Off. But, it did more than keep us coming back for more each day/week. It helped to keep interest and in turn sell your game. This is something that Pacific Rift sorely lacks.



I can meet more new people right now (that I will want to play again) in one hours worth of playing the original MotorStorm than I have met on Pacific Rift in the past three months because of the way in which the lobby and online system operates. If you fail to see how this is going to decrease people playing your game overall and wanting to purchase any future DLC or releases of the game you are indeed in trouble.



~_~_~_~



Expanding on the hosted rooms, there were even ELIMINATOR rooms that may not have had the popularity of standard rooms, but when created, they filled up within 5 minutes and stayed that way for two or more hours straight. I know this because I hosted them. I would get messages from people outside the room who were upset that they couldn’t get into them. Even during the past couple weeks; we have had the same experiences as when the original MotorStorm was in its heyday.



The fact that ELIMINATOR has been absent from online play completely escapes most of us. If it wasn’t an important part of MotorStorm or was a failure, then you wouldn’t have included it in the offline of Pacific Rift. Maybe it is a DLC planned in the future, but most of us really don’t want to purchase something that we have previously purchased. I understand that there are certain things you will want to make some additional funds in the way of DLC. But, if it is your intention of selling us ELIMINATOR again then that is a low that many of us would find repulsive. I’ll remind you that you gave us Time Attack and Mirror Mode for free, so please don’t drop the ball on ELIMINATOR since most of us already purchased it once.



~_~_~_~



I could really go on and on here, but I think I’m hitting on the key parts where Pacific Rift just doesn’t measure up to the LASTING experience that MotorStorm was for many of us. The items that you are supposedly addressing in the first patch are definitely a start to remedy the situation, but it is in no way the cure. There is a real sense that you are ignoring the needs of a thriving community on the game AND in the way in which you COMMUNICATE to us off the game, too.



The fact that you have all of these communication tools at your fingertips, but tend to not utilize them sends a message of apathy to most of us.



You have an ANNOUNCEMENT screen on the original MotorStorm which has said the same thing since February 18th 2008. Did you ever think to mention that there is a NEW RELEASE called Pacific Rift available for those who may not know?



You have people who belong to different forums that have been created for your game. Would it hurt to possibly reply once a month with an update as to what is on the horizon? Or possibly take one or two questions every month from these forums? I know that the 140+ members on my forum would appreciate it considering they pay for the hosting with their own contributions to the site.



You ask people to email you their concerns and then send a reply three months later saying that you have received the email and will address it in the future only to never reply back to the sender again. I speak from experience after sending you two emails of the same content concerning the problems with the buddy only feature available in MotorStorm and the ability of not being able to remove players from the room who were disruptive. This was the way in which you replied. First rule that I learned in business; don’t promise someone you will do something if you have no intent in fulfilling that promise. I gave up thinking I would get a reply.



Furthermore, do you see the importance of informing your community as to why a patch was pulled after it was released? You may have people out there now that are concerned about whether it is safe to go on the game since it was pulled abruptly and without dissemination of a reason why.



You’ve promoted the soundtrack more than you promote the things which are actually important to your community. Actually, I’ve been trying to be nice by saying “community”. I think it may be more beneficial if I used a different word. How about promoting, fixing, and communicating things which are important to your CONSUMERS.



I’m sure I’m not the only person who is starting to be disappointed in this game. It has such potential to be just as great if not greater than the original. But, I’m afraid you’ve lost previous consumers, are losing current consumers, and will lose future consumers if you keep this aloof approach to us.



Please resolve the issues expressed in this letter along with the problems of lag, ranking errors such as 2st/3nd/2rd, handling. But really, our main concern is that you seem to just act as if we don’t even matter to you to some extent which really cuts us to the core. Start thinking about what we actually want from the game. You’ll find that we will sell more of your products than Paul could ever do in his promotional tour.



We are LUNATICS UNITED. Do you hear us?



-TK2012

I feel bad for game developers these days. They spend their lives creating these games for all to enjoy, just to have a bunch of "lunatics" complain about them and want more. Just enjoy the games for what they are and leave the developers alone. Sure Motorstorm isn't perfect, but what game is?

No one has said that the game needs to be perfect. But it should at LEAST be free of corrupted data problems every time you play it. This game takes alot of work if you want to complete all that is in it. To do the work for it and accomplish the tasks it has in it only to have to restart over and over again is a complete crock. And this is all on the development team of EVO. They know these problems are there and the don't give a *....*! Give us a game that won't freeze and corrupt every time we get a message from someone while playing!!!!!

LUNATICS UNITED!

I don't feel bad for the game developers. They charge a premium price, I expect the same from them. Pacific Rift has serious flaws. Corrupt data, and lag are the top 2 that you hear about.

Evo isn't doing much PR to help themselves. Instead of focusing on the patch that they promised to deliver by the end of Jan, they decided to release a new demo last week, which pi**ed off a lot of people. If you follow this game, you should check out the developers home web site www.vip.motorstorm.com (have a look at the forum posts).

I'll think twice before buying another title from them. I don't support companies that turn out poor quality products and have equally poor customer service.

Hmm. I'm not quite sure why Evolution hasn't earned a 2nd chance. With Motorstorm 1 they were one of the top developers in terms of listening to customers and supporting their game. Right up there with Criterion.

Regarding the new demo, is it possible that Sony told them to make it? The first demo was horrible and probably turned off tons of people (it did for me, but I eventually bought PR). Sony could have easily asked them to put together another demo to attract people who were turned off by the first. Apparently the game's best track is in it.

My point is, I don't expect a company that spent 6 months cranking out solid support for Motorstorm 1 to just turn to crap with the sequel.

Newegg has this game for $37.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879261122&CMP=AFC-C8Junction

Just read some of the above posts about data corruption. I have the game but haven't played it yet and was revisiting the thread for some of the tips. I pretty much play it with my son and that is it, not much of an online gamer! My question is, if I plan on playing offline and not through the internet will I still run into these problems that are mentioned? Should I save myself the pain of these problems by not playing? I am not very tech savvy and probably wouldn't know what to do if a data corruption even occurred.

thanks.

The actual patch just came out today.

I pretty much play it with my son and that is it, not much of an online gamer! My question is, if I plan on playing offline and not through the internet will I still run into these problems that are mentioned? Should I save myself the pain of these problems by not playing? I am not very tech savvy and probably wouldn't know what to do if a data corruption even occurred.

thanks.

if you and your son are enjoying the game just keep playing. The only thing that would matter IF you get the data coruption is that you lose your progress but If you don'e care about those things just keep playing and enjoy.

The actual patch just came out today.



For reals? {goes to check PS Forums to find out and to read all the complaining about such and that}

SOURCE (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/02/18/motorstorm-pacific-rift-game-update-1-now-live/)

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Game Update 1 Now Live

Posted by Jed Ashforth // Game Director, Evolution Studios

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Time to rev up your engines guys, because the MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Game Update 1 is finally here! More than just a patch, there’s a load of new features in there that will make your time playing MS: PR that little bit sweeter. Here’s a peek at a few of the major elements:

* You can now back up your save data for later restoration to the User Account it was created under (on any PS3 system, so you shouldn’t ever need to lose your personal progress).
* A ‘MotorStorm Helmet’ icon is now displayed on-screen during critical data saves. This is in addition to the HDD Access Indicator, which currently flashes while the game makes a critical save.
* We’ve fixed an exploit that was recently found where pausing and unpausing during critical boosting would grant you an extra second or so of boost. Repeated over and over people have been able to shave seconds off the top leaderboard times. Seems like a lot of work for someone just to cheat at a leaderboard time, but it’s all fixed now. Anyone who has used this exploit please be warned - we’ll be clearing down your times off the leaderboards shortly.
* We’ve made the online rankings easier to understand, and made the whole Online experience even smoother and easier.
* You can be confident that Photos taken in Photo Mode will now look their best, because we’ve tuned the graphics up a notch in this mode.

There’s plenty of other stuff in there too, so make sure to grab the new patch next time you take the game online (don’t worry, you’ll be prompted!).

To give you an idea of the sort of great action shots you can take, we’ve included our examples here. Think you can do better? Get posting those snaps at VIP.MotorStorm.com and prove it! For those of you new to the delights of virtual photography, there’s a great tutorial to get you started here.
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Game Update 2 is also on the way soon, which has some very cool new content in it, especially if you have a bit of a penchant for collecting cool stuff, or if you’re the type of person who enjoys PS3 Trophies and the like. I’ll say no more for now, and leave that one hanging there…

Keep on MotorStorming!

Regarding the new demo, is it possible that Sony told them to make it? The first demo was horrible and probably turned off tons of people (it did for me, but I eventually bought PR). Sony could have easily asked them to put together another demo to attract people who were turned off by the first. Apparently the game's best track is in it.

This is exactly what has happened to me , I was totally 'turned off' by the first M:PR demo but now I want the game after playing Demo 2 ( luv'd the first game and hope for the same level of fun from Pacific Rift ) .

Hope the new patch takes care of the reported issues .

- Jason

Finally,

After 4 months of playing here and there, I got my 1st Platinum in MSPR. Yey.

So what was the worst part? the eternal worry that I could lose my game progress due to the game save corupt bug.

Congrats.

From AVS that makes 3: dogdoctor, myself (KingShorty) and you (cucuy)

WOW! I feel like I have been living under a rock! I have been playing MSPR since release day and havent had any of the problems people are reporting, no corrupt data or losing saves..only a chat issue which is prolly my fault for having nat type 3. I can hear peeps just fine in the lobby but not while racing.

I also had no idea they released another demo???? kinda stracge if you ask me:confused:

I dont think I have played the game since I d/l the patch and played that night, does that mean if I put the game in again it will uninstall the patch?

Finally,

After 4 months of playing here and there, I got my 1st Platinum in MSPR. Yey. Congrats! :D

Congrats.

From AVS that makes 3: dogdoctor, myself (KingShorty) and you (cucuy)


Any of you guys still playing Rift, ever set up a casual room, etc..?

I still play, usually in a created casual room, thats the only way to play with friends I believe. I will more than likely be playing tonight. shoot me a f/r

Any of you guys still playing Rift, ever set up a casual room, etc..?Cucuy might occasionally. King and I no - sold my copy and he's in the process of selling his now. Sory.

Cucuy might occasionally. King and I no - sold my copy and he's in the process of selling his now. Sory.

Sold.

Why?

Why?

Honestly, I played the first one so much that the second one just didn't have the same appeal.

Too burnt out or just not as good?

Too burnt out or just not as good?

A little of both. Again, playing with riff-raff not as much fun as playing with people you know.

The online just became bogged with people trying to ruin races with Big Rigs/Monster Trucks.

After getting the platinum trophy, the game just lost all its appeal.

A little of both. Again, playing with riff-raff not as much fun as playing with people you know.

The online just became bogged with people trying to ruin races with Big Rigs/Monster Trucks.

After getting the platinum trophy, the game just lost all its appeal.

I have to agree. MS was a completely new experience for me.
New PS3-cool technology, On line game play, meeting others, mic support, + it was a killer game. I logged 7000+ races.

After you beat Rift, get the Dump Truck, rank up to Legend Gold, it kind of loses it's appeal. I still jump on with friends for casual races, and participate in the RPML league-which is a lot of fun.

But yea... Rift isn't going to have the longevity that MS had.
I can see where you guys are coming from.

I'm looking forward to Fuel. Looks like a pretty cool game, and I hope it gives me my Motorstorm fix.

I have to agree. MS was a completely new experience for me.
New PS3-cool technology, On line game play, meeting others, mic support, + it was a killer game. I logged 7000+ races.

After you beat Rift, get the Dump Truck, rank up to Legend Gold, it kind of loses it's appeal. I still jump on with friends for casual races, and participate in the RPML league-which is a lot of fun.

But yea... Rift isn't going to have the longevity that MS had.
I can see where you guys are coming from.

I'm looking forward to Fuel. Looks like a pretty cool game, and I hope it gives me my Motorstorm fix.Did you do a racing league with MS? See that is where I think King and I lost it. We did the USMSL for nearly what, 1.5 years. MS was great. Racing in a league is great. But once you get burnt out on a game its tough to go back. And we got burnt. We both hoped that the Rift would draw us back in. And it did for a short while, but again we were not about to join another racing league. Thus without a drive to continue to perfect and perfect and perfect upon perfection of racing lines, it just loses its appeal. Sadly I couldn't stand to see $40-50 sitting on the shelf going unused and I sold it. And I can tell you that while playing and beating the game was a fun, frustrating as hell, experience, I'm not missing playing it one bit.

did you do a racing league with ms? See that is where i think king and i lost it. We did the usmsl for nearly what, 1.5 years. Ms was great. Racing in a league is great. But once you get burnt out on a game its tough to go back. And we got burnt. We both hoped that the rift would draw us back in. And it did for a short while, but again we were not about to join another racing league. Thus without a drive to continue to perfect and perfect and perfect upon perfection of racing lines, it just loses its appeal. Sadly i couldn't stand to see $40-50 sitting on the shelf going unused and i sold it. And i can tell you that while playing and beating the game was a fun, frustrating as hell, experience, i'm not missing playing it one bit.

+1

Cucuy might occasionally. King and I no - sold my copy and he's in the process of selling his now. Sory.

Yeah I still play here and there. I am on the Wed RPM and play some nights out of the week. I haven't played in a couple of weeks since my PS3 died and I still have not gotten a new one.

I also doubt I would play more races than I did on MS but still will play here and there. Add me. My PS3 name is in my sig

I am still playing through the RPM's, but I only play once or twice a week and the first 5 or 6 races a night is a learning curve every time again. Ski-Doo is getting my time right now until Fuel comes out.

I recently got this on newegg for $35 and I'm up to level 7 now...and I'm about to give up. I feel like I'll run a good race with no crashes or major screwups and still finish 3rd, over and over and over and over. Or I'll be going strong on lap 2 in the top 2 or 3 out of nowhere a semi lands on my head - BAM 11th place.

I recently got this on newegg for $35 and I'm up to level 7 now...and I'm about to give up. I feel like I'll run a good race with no crashes or major screwups and still finish 3rd, over and over and over and over. Or I'll be going strong on lap 2 in the top 2 or 3 out of nowhere a semi lands on my head - BAM 11th place.Don't give up. Pause. Go online and run the time attack against the 15th best time for the vehicle you need to run. Run it over and over till you memorize the lines and then come back and race it. Also note...the faster you go, the faster they go. Save all you boost for straight-a-ways and the sprint to the finish. Don't boost and the AI won't either.

I have two more level 7 races to run then I am at level 8. My strategy for these harder races is to not boost at all during the first lap, boost only to get ahead of the little packs on the second lap, and then boost during the straightaways to maintain or gain the lead in the third lap. Not always 100% and it doesn't leave room for many errors, but I do eventually get first place with this method.

btw, I hate ATV's and I hate speed events, and I especially hate ATV speed events!

i just cleared all speed events on the new expansion packs speed and time attacks for both speed and adreline.

the adonn packs are maybe best DLC price based i ever bought. it is awesome :)

do the new tracks show up in ranked online games?

I finished up all of the festival races and the time attacks and went online to try some casual and ranked racing. Got my butt kicked in the ranked rooms, but I know with more practice against real opponents (instead of bots) I'll get better.

What is the deal with the casual races? I kept trying to get matched with some and was never able to find any?

How long did it take you Legends to get to Legend status?

I finished up all of the festival races and the time attacks and went online to try some casual and ranked racing. Got my butt kicked in the ranked rooms, but I know with more practice against real opponents (instead of bots) I'll get better.

What is the deal with the casual races? I kept trying to get matched with some and was never able to find any?

How long did it take you Legends to get to Legend status?

when dogdoctor and I went for Legend status, it took us about 2 weeks of playing almost every night. Of course, we had to deal with the dicks of MS:PR online wherein you had people taking big rigs and monster trucks just for the sheer enjoyment of crushing other vehicles. And of course, we were going head-to-head with each other fighting for top placement.

I don't know how much things have changed since, if at all. But if you've done all the time attacks and you know which vehicle runs best on which track, you'll be alright.

Also...to add to King, be sure to always place in the top 50% of the racers in the room. Placing dictates the points acquired and thus how fast you move up the ranks. Getting below 50% will garner a loss in points. A DNF is really bad on your points too. So the larger the room the more points for the win (also 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc...) and the better the odds of you finishing above 6 other races n(of full room was 12 people). And just as a final note...if you find yourself in a room with either idiots or someone who obviously plays nothing but MS: PR and is crushing the competition, step out of the room. Wait 30 seconds for the old room to start up as it would have without you and they try to get into a new room. There is just no reason to deal with the idiots or punish yourself over and over with a loss. Yes it would be nice to beat those folks, and if you had 12 hour a day to play too I'm sure you would get to the status and skill required to do so. But since most don't, just bail and keep your head up for the next group of racers.

Also...to add to King, be sure to always place in the top 50% of the racers in the room. Placing dictates the points acquired and thus how fast you move up the ranks. Getting below 50% will garner a loss in points. A DNF is really bad on your points too. So the larger the room the more points for the win (also 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc...) and the better the odds of you finishing above 6 other races n(of full room was 12 people). And just as a final note...if you find yourself in a room with either idiots or someone who obviously plays nothing but MS: PR and is crushing the competition, step out of the room. Wait 30 seconds for the old room to start up as it would have without you and they try to get into a new room. There is just no reason to deal with the idiots or punish yourself over and over with a loss. Yes it would be nice to beat those folks, and if you had 12 hour a day to play too I'm sure you would get to the status and skill required to do so. But since most don't, just bail and keep your head up for the next group of racers.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? We never did things like that. We pushed on no matter what. Why would you suggest to someone to bail rather than get better with better competition? Practice makes perfect ESPECIALLY in situations like this. You're only going to get better with tougher competition.

Thanks for the pointers. I played a bit last night and every ranked room I was in was full. There were about 3 or 4 legends on average, but none of them were jerks. I came in 2nd once and 3rd a couple times, but it is a much different game than the level 8 festival races! My biggest problem is surviving off the starting grid. I usually get bumped off course or rolled over by a monster truck right off the bat, then trying to catch up the rest of the race.

I learned about losing points quickly when coming in last on one race. I made it to silver rookie status, which isn't too bad considering I started online racing Saturday night. If it took you guys two weeks it will probably take me 2 months (or more)!

I was able to get into a casual room on the Korea server, but I can't seem to find too many of these. Any tips on finding casual races? (I need that trophy, you know...)

Any tips for cornering in this game. It just went platinum here so I got it, but find the handling really odd. At any kind of speed you can barely turn, let alone turn enough to initiate a slide. It's like my brakes are locking up the steering, only I'm not braking. Going off the accelerator is one way, but only after you drop below the 'turn threshold speed', which is too slow. The only other way I've found is the handbrake, but can that be right? Using the handbrake for even medium turns? Feathering throttle works sometimes, on some vehicles. I'm confused.

MSPR pros: how do I corner properly in this game? I get that mud makes turning hard, but it's the same on every surface.

Any tips for cornering in this game. It just went platinum here so I got it, but find the handling really odd. At any kind of speed you can barely turn, let alone turn enough to initiate a slide. It's like my brakes are locking up the steering, only I'm not braking. Going off the accelerator is one way, but only after you drop below the 'turn threshold speed', which is too slow. The only other way I've found is the handbrake, but can that be right? Using the handbrake for even medium turns? Feathering throttle works sometimes, on some vehicles. I'm confused.

MSPR pros: how do I corner properly in this game? I get that mud makes turning hard, but it's the same on every surface.

Well, it depends on the map. Generally, handbrake + boost is the best way. Handbrake into the turn and boost out of it. Of course, the map you're playing on changes things up. Do the time trials and you'll see how the developer's ghost do it and you'll eventually pick it up.

Thanks for the response Shorty. Knowing that that's how it is I'll keep pluggin'. Handbrake + boost is what I ended up with, only I wasn't sure if it was down to inability or game design. I'll check out the time trial ghosts, thanks for that too.

Thanks for the response Shorty. Knowing that that's how it is I'll keep pluggin'. Handbrake + boost is what I ended up with, only I wasn't sure if it was down to inability or game design. I'll check out the time trial ghosts, thanks for that too.

No prob. If you want to really get the best out of this game, you can download the ghost of other racers and race against the developer's ghost as well as the top person using each vehicle on each track. This way, you'll learn which vehicle is best suited for each track. Good luck!

I rarely use the brake in Pacific Rift. Lift off the gas doing into a sharp turn.

As others have suggested, if you want to become one of the top players and run fast, then you need to spend time on Time Attack.

They recently ran a tourney on another forum Time Attackers vs. Ranked Racers and the Time Attack group kicked some serious azz!

Another technique for making a sharp turn is to use the Ram Boost (L1 or R1) while turning. It is faster than hitting the brakes but you need to time it just right. I've been experimenting with this technique and have improved my skill on some of the sharper turns.

Another technique for making a sharp turn is to use the Ram Boost (L1 or R1) while turning. It is faster than hitting the brakes but you need to time it just right. I've been experimenting with this technique and have improved my skill on some of the sharper turns.

+1

The Ram Boost is a great technique for when you drift off line and you want to correct it quickly. The downside to using Ram Boost is that it also eats away at your boost reserves. Most people use Ram boost on Badlands (going up the big hill as you turn left) and Razor Back (sharp right turn in the cave).

http://psp.ign.com/articles/103/1031074p1.html