NFSU2 Online

Post by **Bojan** » 09 Feb 2005, 07:51

There's a little bit of info EA would like to know about, so go ahead and answer these two questions:

NFSU2 Online

1. What don't you like about the current experience?

2. What do you want enhanced or improved upon in a future game
- How would you prioritize these improvements?

Bauke777 · Post by **Bauke777** » 09 Feb 2005, 16:59

Hey Bojan, good thread! I got some idea's to (imho) make onlineplay better or more fun. Some of them are really annoying, others are nice-to-haves, all are prioritized and categorized.

Lobby interface

1. The filter in the lobby interface is missing a very important option: NO FILTER! I'd like to see games of the same racetype regardless of the extra options enabled or disabled, like the racebreaker or de collisiondetector-thing (dunno the exact name ). That way I am able to pick a game from the list if there aren't a lot of ppl online

2. I miss keyboard-shortcuts!!!! Like 'Z'-key in NFSU1 to create a room or a game orso. Even to start chatting it needs a mouseclick. Where is the <TAB> option??? It is so much nicer to work w/ if there are keyboard-shortcuts

3. modify the number of created games and players online according to the current platform: list the players&games of pc if ur on pc, list the players&games for PS2 if ur on PS2 etcetc. We would have a better view of how much action there is. Even better would it be very to see the number of players/created games according to the filter + platform

4. I miss the genereal chatfunction in the created-games list as in NFSU1. The EAmessenger is a nice tool to communicate w/ others though.

Gameplay

1. to be able to play w/ 2 pc's on 1 EAaccount at the same time. Bit of a shame to buy the game twice just to compete an online game w/ 2 pc's at home

2. I know this will not happen but put all gaming communities back together, PS2, XBOX and PC!

3. router/firewall-port checker? Simple green/red light that in indicates if it is possible in the first place that ur computer and the computer of the other person can connect w/ eachother. To check wether the required ports are opened, b/4 a game starts. Or even checks when u go online from the mainmenu... orso

4. things u can say like in e.g. Unreal Tournament DURING a race. I know that we have our hands full with the throttle, breaks and gearbox etc, but a sentence under a key, some sort of speechbinder. So u can say/shout something when something happens

5. name of ur opponent is fun, so u can see who's in front of u, but sometimes when 2 or more ppl are in front of u, it distracts a lot. Can't even see the road. Maybe a longer textballoon to the top of the screen? Not sure about this one

6. stats page/results table after a race to see what laptimes some1 has done. I can only see the full racetime per person

Same old song

1. LESS DIFFERENCE B/W THE CARS!!!! See what we're all doing: there's, like, 95% of AE86 on the (circuit-)grid. Remaining 5% is I guess: Corsa, 106, RX7, Celica and 240SX orso. That is such a shame in online games, we have like, what, 30 cars? Same old boring cars on the grid. I liked the start of NFSU1 better: we got all RX7's there... (they look better )

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:11

I hate the filter function, and I wished that the EU & US version can race together instead being seperated.

Bauke777 · Post by **Bauke777** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:59

Andre_online wrote:I hate the filter function, and I wished that the EU & US version can race together instead being seperated.

YEA good one, forgot about that! Pretty annoying also. I'm (EU) not going to sleep very early at night (rather early in the morning

no time to sleep) and I used to play ppl from the US who just came online. Mostly, after 01:00 AM the EU servers are empty. But that's the same as my point on the different platforms being separated... put 'm all back together!!!

MonteCarloSS · Post by **MonteCarloSS** » 09 Feb 2005, 22:06

EA will never incorporate anything you guys want.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 09 Feb 2005, 23:04

MonteCarloSS wrote:EA will never incorporate anything you guys want.

Probably not with that attitude.

But if we weren't trying to change we wouldn't ask. So give it to me.

~ Jon

Post by **GT3x24x7** » 10 Feb 2005, 02:09

Hehe! You tell em Jon..

gogo Acura · Post by **gogo Acura** » 10 Feb 2005, 02:19

I am Really tired of seeing the one or 2 dominant cars. After late hours you'll see more or only that one specific car online thats not a chalenge to play with. Or atleast be a little bit more realistic with the top speed of a car that is almost 20 years old.

GioDeR · Post by **GioDeR** » 10 Feb 2005, 02:30

OK!

1: To much crap in the lobby...one has instead of too few in NFSU, gone to too many choices in NFSU2! The rooms are, imo, too small....lets have a smaller version of the nfsu rooms... Why cant i play the americans? why? why? why? i have a couple friends around there and in other places of the world that i wanna play, im also one of the founders of TeamVenom and that is a bad and huuge problem for us, we need to be able to play ALL our members!! Enhance the chat function from nfsu in the rooms as well as keeping the messenger and friends list!
On the positive side: the messenger and friends function is brilliant, nice work there!

2: I would rectify those issues i was spaeaking about, it is possible to have them all, and thats it basically!

Kind regards:

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 10 Feb 2005, 20:15

Cool! Thanks for all the feedback, guys.

~ Jon

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 10 Feb 2005, 21:40

--> EA Messenger is a nice and useful addition.

--> I havent noticed any cheater (this is a big improvement compared with nfsu1).

--> The nfsu1 ranking system was better IMO. In nfsu2 online, everybody get points, no matter how bad they are. It is only a matter of time (play 5hours at day and you will be at the top).

--> I dont know what happens in the end of the races, but many times the results are not valid and I lose the reputation points I should have got. Im not a cheater but I am treated as one! It is annoying! Nfsu1 results system was better.

--> Rankings in the official site are way different than those inside the online game menus!!
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Later I will come with some suggestions. Now Im not inspired

Simon600 · Post by **Simon600** » 12 Feb 2005, 05:43

THIS GAME NEEDS CAR AND PREFORMENCE DAMAGE!!!!!

I see so many people winning and hitting every bloody wall at every corner, people dont even try.

I myself do races and dont even hit a wall once online or off,

[/quote]I am Really tired of seeing the one or 2 dominant cars. After late hours you'll see more or only that one specific car online thats not a chalenge to play with. Or atleast be a little bit more realistic with the top speed of a car that is almost 20 years old.

I drive a Focus and i have no trouble betting RX-8's and corrala's with it, "thats what the dino is there for"

marshallpre1 · Post by **marshallpre1** » 12 Feb 2005, 06:27

umm the first thing is that I AM ALWAYS DISQUALIFIED... i dont cheat, but then i have an rx7 that runs 20.3s on bayview (drag) and i have tuned it the way i want to tune it... but from what i have heard i cannot tune it the way i want to because my acceleration in second gear is way too fast.... wait a second.... isnt drag racing all about acceleration?? and now i cant tune my car?? maybe its because i am not using the car that everyone uses.... which is the 240sx... ok EA u gotta stop getting money for making a certain car the best in the game... i think they are mad at me for not using their nissan sponsored car...

and i hate all of the choices for game modes ... we just need a couple choices...

i liked the NA Central idea.... and maybe like someone said, tell us if someone is playing ps2, or EU so we can decide whether or not we want to race them.... you should not make the decision on who we can race... after all this was supposedly an improvement on the previous game.

in conclusion, im really getting sick of disqualifications and inability to connect to other players. im really sick of it, my team is really sick of it (Dark Rydas http://www.darkrydas.net), and many of my friends.... thank you EA for making me hate you more and more and more...

ps: "EA Games: Challenge Everything..."

wait more like "EA Games: Challenge a few people and get disqualified"

Bauke777 · Post by **Bauke777** » 16 Feb 2005, 12:42

marshallpre1 wrote:umm the first thing is that I AM ALWAYS DISQUALIFIED... i dont cheat

...me neither, but I noticed I always get dq'd when I crash (or get crashed) badly so I float in the big nothing

. Then I get "respawned" back on the track but, WAY in front of my opponent OR like hundreds of meters behind! Or respawn outside the track, there's no way of getting back on it. I just sit there on the wrong side of the track watching everybody having fun till my time is up

or drive a little in the free-roam world...