Catherine Review-PS3

Catherine is involving, intense, and unlike anything you've ever played.

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The Good

• Compelling, personal story
• Devious, challenging puzzles
• Unusual morality system eschews notions of good and bad
• Constant sense of urgency enhances both the story and the gameplay
• Fantastic use of sound effects and music.

The Bad

• Overly demanding requirements for unlocking additional modes
• Occasional camera and control troubles
• Intimidating difficulty. 

Vincent isn't a typical hero. He isn't interested in greatness. If anything, he'd rather keep things just as they are: He thrives on status quo. His girlfriend Katherine (with a "K") wants to get married, which is a prospect that Vincent hardly embraces, either outwardly or inwardly. Faced with a decision he'd rather not make, Vincent relaxes at his favorite bar, The Stray Sheep, where he meets another girl, Catherine (with a "C"). Catherine is the polar opposite of Katherine. Catherine is perky and fun loving, while Katherine is focused and grounded. Catherine represents fun and freedom; Katherine represents comfort and commitment. After his meeting with this seductress, Vincent wakes the next morning--with her next to him in bed. Thus, Vincent's staid life is disrupted by this vivacious woman who soon proves to have a severe jealous streak. Vincent better not cheat on her, she proclaims; who knows what might happen? And Vincent, petrified by this sinister turn--while still intrigued by her ample physical assets--is scared into inaction.
The majority of the story is told through attractive anime cutscenes that do an excellent job of conveying Vincent's anxiety. Not only must he keep these two women from meeting each other, but he must also make sense of his own conflicting desires. In the most stressful moments, the camera zooms in close, showing his flustered expression and globules of sweat dripping down his face. Later in the game, Vincent's rising exhaustion comes through loud and clear when he rests his head on the table while his close buddies express their concern. A scene in which Katherine unexpectedly knocks at his apartment door erupts with more intensity than most games deliver with 10 minutes' worth of giant explosions and high-speed car chases. The talented voice cast makes these characters believable. The delivery is occasionally stilted when the voice actor has to sync his or her lines to lip movements created for the original Japanese voice-over. But actor Troy Baker effortlessly expresses Vincent's mood swings between fatigue and fright without making such extremes seem jarring. Catherine is a character study, but it is more absorbing than most game stories: Vincent is likeable and human, and you care about his path. You want him to find direction.

In a place this freaky, Vincent's pillow is cold comfort.

Catherine is the work of the same team that developed the Persona role-playing games. And though Catherine is not an RPG, if you've played the Persona games, some elements here will be familiar. Most notably, the day is separated into two vastly different portions. While Vincent is awake, you roam about The Stray Sheep. Here, you chat with your friends and strangers in the booths and at the bar. The elderly twins at The Stray Sheep have some cryptic comments for you ("Would you like to speak to Lindsay?" "Would you like to speak to Martha?"), and television newscasts and conversation threads discuss mysterious local deaths that seem connected to Vincent's haunted nightmares. You also receive text messages on your cell phone from both of your ladies-in-waiting. Opening a text from Katherine is accompanied by a whispered sigh; opening one from Catherine rings out a tinkling giggle. These effects encapsulate the women's traits effectively, cramming their entire personalities (and Vincent's perception of them) into a single audio cue. But you don't just mull over these texts when you receive them: You also reply by choosing from a series of canned sentences.
How you respond to these texts and the choices you make during other opportunities influence a morality meter of sorts. This isn't the typical good-versus-bad meter you find in other games, however; it's more of a freedom-versus-order meter. Responses that favor Catherine are on the chaotic side; those favoring Katherine are more disciplined. Where you stand on this meter determines how Vincent reacts to certain situations during cutscenes--and it also helps determine which one of the multiple endings you receive. The angel/devil graphic that pops up every time the meter is evoked is intrusive. Nevertheless, it's refreshing to see the ideas of good and bad cast aside in favor of less judgmental attitudes. Vincent might be cheating, but he's not a bad guy (nor an innocent one). Most games focusing on polar-opposite morals make it easy to follow a good or evil path; you just choose to be one or the other and select actions that obviously push the meter in that direction. Catherine isn't so cut and dry, and as a result, you are more likely to answer honestly, rather than "game" the system.

Careful not to slip off these blocks and into oblivion.

Vincent's fears come to a head once he staggers home from The Stray Sheep and falls asleep. Thus begins the second portion of your day: Vincent's nightmares. In his nightmares, Vincent carries a pillow, is clad only in his boxer shorts, and has sheep horns fastened to the side of his head. At the start of each dream, half-sheep Vincent appears at the bottom of a tall tower of blocks. Your goal is to climb to the exit at the top by pushing and pulling these blocks into arrangements that allow passage. Sound simple? After the introductory levels, it's terrifying. Levels are separated into such telling themes as "Inquisition" and "Prison of Despair." Torture devices and the symbols of Mars and Venus hang above ledges splattered with dark-red blood. Bleating sheep cling to icy blocks as they swirl about the gigantic chamber, lit by the sunlight seeping through stained-glass windows. All the while, remixes of dramatic and popular classical music sound forth, urging you upward. The works chosen--Dvorak's New World Symphony, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and others--are common in symphonic halls the world over. Much of the music is discordant or rhythmically unusual, which elicits the right degree of tension. And each piece is absolutely apt; Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, for example, features a climbing-and-falling theme that perfectly mirrors the gameplay.

It isn't just the atmosphere that makes climbing these towers so intense. The puzzles are deviously constructed, each one making it more difficult to figure out how to arrange blocks in ways that allow you to reach the pinnacle. You have to think from the top down, often many steps ahead, which isn't a simple task. But you don't get all the time in the world to figure it out. The tower is slowly falling to pieces under you and forces you to stay on the move. Each level is a pressure cooker, threatening to boil over if you take too long or box yourself into a situation impossible to escape. You collect pillows that are used as continues, encounter one or two checkpoints on your way up, and can undo a certain number of moves. But even then, on medium and hard difficulties, Catherine is wickedly difficult. Later puzzles are hard enough to exhaust you, featuring ice blocks that cause you to slide off ledges, bombs that cause nearby blocks to crumble, and monster blocks that lick you to death if you hang from them. The emotion you can expect to experience while playing? Panic.

The multiplayer levels give you plenty of devious ways to hassle your opponent.

And that's just while playing standard levels. End-chapter bosses terrorize you further, threatening to stab you with forks or rain down hearts on you that reverse your controls. These boss levels also tend to move the camera around to give you a good look at the monstrosity chasing you up the tower. These shifts play with your perspective to the game's detriment; such indulgences shouldn't come at the price of a useful camera view. Even in standard stages, the camera can be a nuisance, given that Vincent can climb behind blocks and become difficult or even impossible to see, even when panning the camera around as far as it will go. The controls, too, might occasionally get in the way. They're generally fine, but if Vincent is in the middle of an animation, he may not immediately respond to your button press. In a hurry, you might move a different block than the one you intended. The resulting challenge is sometimes exhausting. If you find Catherine overly difficult, you can play on easy, though "easy" isn't the same as "cakewalk." And should you find yourself stuck on a level in the middle of the stage, you'll have to quit out and return to The Stray Sheep because only there can you change the difficulty level.
In Catherine, however, hard work reaps great rewards. When Vincent inches closer to his destination, a clanging bell signals his coming triumph. Once he reaches the top, Vincent cries out in elation--and so will you. The puzzles are fiendish but not impossible, and solving the tougher ones makes you feel incredibly smart. You get a tally of how well you did based on how quickly you climbed, how many piles of gold you collected on the way up, and the like. Then you receive a medal--bronze, silver, or gold--while listening to the joyous refrains of the "Hallelujah Chorus." Before you move to the next level, you enter a foyer populated by anthropomorphic sheep where you can save your game and catch your breath. Who are these sheep? Why do they insist that they are normal and you're the monster? You eventually make connections between the real world and that of your dreams.

A single conversation disrupts Vincent's entire existence.

Before you leave this safe area and move to the next tower, you enter a claustrophobic confessional, where a disembodied voice forces you to answer a question before continuing. These questions affect your freedom/order meter. And again, because there's no clear good or bad answer, you may be tempted to answer honestly. Some of these questions are straightforward. ("Is it easier to love or to be loved?") Others are ludicrous. ("Would you have sex with a ghost if it were attractive enough?") One nice touch: If you reload and play a stage again, the questions are different, giving the impression that there must be loads of them. Another nice touch: A pie graph shows you how other players answered.
There's more to Catherine than its single-player campaign. If you earn enough gold medals (not an easy task), you unlock randomly created trial levels for one or two players. And if you finish the campaign, you unlock a short-lived but hysterical competitive mode. It's a shame the barrier to unlock this mode is so high because it's a blast to find ways to hinder your opponent while racing to the top of your shared tower. And to make the proceedings even more absurd, the announcer offers bizarre suggestions. ("Players must now refrain from using the word 'the' while playing this round.") But such silliness is the exception in Catherine, rather than the rule. This story-heavy puzzler is mature and occasionally profound, exploring themes like sexual fidelity, personal responsibility, and trust. Catherine doesn't just challenge your hand/eye coordination: It challenges your intellect and your emotions.

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Bleach: Soul Resurreccion Review PS3

Vibrant visuals are undermined by repetitive combat in Bleach: Soul Resurreccion.

• Simplistic combat
• Repetitive level structure
• Bland environments
• Relies too much on previous knowledge of Bleach.

Who is Ichigo Kurosaki? Why is Rukia Kuchiki doomed to die? Is Hueco Mundo a person, place, or thing? If you can answer these questions, then you have a good chance of following the action in Bleach: Soul Resurreccion. The disjointed Story mode in this licensed beat-'em-up makes no effort to welcome newcomers, and even dedicated fans might be surprised at the episodes this game picks and chooses from the popular manga and anime property. The cast list is big, and the visuals are crisp and colorful, making for some satisfyingly flashy moments. Yet these moments are the exception to the rule, as the bulk of Soul Resurreccion consists of simplistic and repetitive combat against uninteresting foes. The game quickly settles into a rut that it never emerges from, squandering the worthy source material with its dull action.

And to think, it all started because she had the nerve to call him 'Skeletor.'

Story mode in Soul Resurreccion begins after the war with the Soul Society. Each of the 14 episodes begins with a short narration that describes what has happened since the previous episode and sets up the events to come. These brief snippets are enough to help Bleach aficionados find their place in the story, but those unfamiliar with the franchise are left in the dark. There is no attempt to even briefly explain the world, the characters, or the major plot points. You play as 10 different characters over the course of Story mode, with a host of others showing up either in boss battles or in hasty midlevel voice-over sequences. These narrations routinely attempt to deliver important revelations or deepen the relationships between characters, but they are so disjointed that it's hard to weave them into the greater narrative. Story mode plays out like a highlight reel, but it relies entirely on your previous knowledge to infuse the proceedings with a sense of drama. There are tender moments, desperate struggles, and climactic battles aplenty in Bleach, but Soul Resurreccion doesn't capture them; it merely references them.
Aside from short narrations and midlevel dialogue, Story mode is all about combat. In each episode, you battle your way through hordes of minions en route to a showdown with a boss character. Even if you don't know a Hollow from an Arrancar, the enemy designs are initially striking. Bony airborne fish swim above ghoulish brutes and toothy monstrosities, while a robed Menos Grande glares down from the height of a six-story building. Bleach's cast of characters is diverse, and boss fights feature an intriguing array of characters. The game's greatest strength is its visual appeal, and playable characters and enemies alike look sharp. Vivid colors and smooth animation infuse the action with some welcome energy, and the most powerful attacks in the game are gorgeously rendered.
Regardless of how nasty they look, most enemies can be beaten with repeated combo attacks that you can execute by tapping the square button. Pressure attacks (the triangle and circle buttons) drain some of your spiritual pressure gauge but pack a big punch and can be very helpful for cutting down groups of enemies at once. They look flashy too, but the biggest visual treat in your arsenal (and also the most powerful attack) is your ignition attack. This bad boy can be unleashed only when you've filled the ignition gauge and powered yourself up by tapping L2, but it does serious damage against minions and bosses alike. This modest repertoire changes from character to character, and it is interesting to see what kind of damage each one can do.

Ichigo sticks it to a Fishbone.

Unfortunately, it's not very interesting to actually deal that damage. You are much stronger than almost all of your enemies, and destroying them is as easy as mashing the square button. Some require a bit more effort, but your pressure attacks make short work of them. You spend the bulk of every level thrashing your way through underpowered foes or simply dashing past them on your way to the boss fight. End-of-level encounters require a bit more strategy, and some can get quite tough. Yet even then, combat is a relatively simple matter of blocking, evading, and then unleashing as many attacks as you can when you get the chance. A few stylish camera angles and frequent quipping from both characters fail to add much excitement to these showdowns.
Soul Resurreccion encourages you to improve your technique with a combat multiplier that prominently displays how many consecutive hits you've delivered. Push this number high enough, and you earn a bumper crop of soul points that you can use to level up whichever character you are using. These upgrades include boosts to attack, defense, and health, as well as occasional new abilities. Improving your characters can definitely make a difference in some of the tougher modes, and dedicated players can reap big rewards by sustaining their multipliers. Alternately, you can repeatedly dash back and forth through a crowd of enemies to artificially boost your multiplier and then dispatch them to collect your reward. It's not an elegant system, but the extensive upgrades available do provide something extra to strive for.
Leveled-up characters come in handy in Mission mode, where you can choose any unlocked character and tackle stand-alone episodes. These missions are generally more difficult than those in Story mode, but aside from the occasional restriction (for example, no jumping) or time limit, Mission mode features the same bland environments and stylish-yet-stupid minions. Once you beat 11 of the 28 missions, you unlock Soul Attack mode. Here you play familiar levels and fight familiar foes, only this time your soul point total is posted to online leaderboards where you can check out the competition.

Another desperate bid for attention from Yammy Llargo.

You can certainly spend a lot of time working your way up leader boards, beating every mission, and leveling up all your characters, but that involves a lot of dull, repetitive combat. The mild appeal of slashing your way through hordes of enemies and unleashing super attacks quickly runs out in Soul Resurreccion, because there isn't anything else to do. The crisp visuals are a pleasure to look at, but they come at the cost of frequent loading times that deflate whatever small momentum you might gather during the course of a level. Bleach: Soul Resurreccion tries to give fans of the anime the chance to play as their favorite characters in dramatic showdowns, but the lackluster combat and poor Story mode structure keep it from delivering.

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International Cricket Captain 2011 Review

International Cricket Captain 2011 doesn't break any new ground, but a wealth of real-life statistics married to a solid management sim makes it worth the investment for any budding cricket captains.


Captain 2011 serves up plenty of jargon and numerical complexities to please the number-crunching managerial mind. However, anyone looking for a more casual take on the gentleman's game need not apply.

You can watch your programmed plays in real time, thanks to a 3D match engine.

The aim of your managerial career is to accrue a skilled team of players to reign over a host of international series and national club league fixtures. All of these feature up-to-date player rosters and attributes for each real-world licensed country and squad. Whether you choose to take control of the English first-class county team or the Zimbabwe international squad in a One Day World Cup, you're bound to find something that suits your tastes. Signing on new players and maintaining current ones midseason requires a balancing act that you constantly need to perform to be successful. Properly grasping the strengths and weaknesses of your players' respective roles in a realistic statistical context can be rather demanding, especially when you're also responsible for budgeting all incoming and outgoing finances. While this is germane to the standard management sim, a strong familiarity with the sport is pivotal to your understanding and enjoyment of the game. Delegating contract agreements and physio treatments for your players is required for managing your team efficiently, while knowing how to develop their talents without exhausting them is critical to your success or failure.
Whatever aspect of management you're best suited for, living with the consequences of your decisions--both good and bad--is the strongest appeal of ICC 2011. Whether you're at the top of the league table or you find yourself plummeting into financial disaster, finding ways to deal with the trials and tribulations of your managerial career is the main highlight. Thankfully, each difficulty mode is tweaked with enough realism to keep those crucial moments of decision making from becoming too easy to predict. Your most healthy players suddenly fall victim to injury at the most inopportune times; and the A.I. often makes strategic choices that you won't be able to anticipate. Granted, some squads are easier to read than others, but there’s still enough variety to keep you on your toes.
Management sims tend to lack visual flair, and that testament rings true for ICC 2011. The menus are plain and flat in design; you sometimes feel like you're preparing a PowerPoint presentation with all the bar charts and graphs that appear. You also get to see your chosen plays represented in a novel, if unnecessary, match engine, which looks extremely rough in just about every way. However, the simplified look works: information is clearly defined, and the subtle use of colour and straightforward imagery help to convey key stats and such without being overbearing. In other words, it accomplishes the necessary ease of use that all management sims should aspire to, as well as provide navigation that is both fast and functional. Plus, the game will run on just about any computer hardware, regardless of whether you have a powerhouse PC or a standard laptop to play on.

Though it doesn't have the prettiest of interfaces, ICC 2011 features everything an aspiring cricket captain needs.

Though its implementation is rather basic, you can also take your saved single-player squads over to compete in mostly lag-free online matches with other players. You find and challenge available players to one-on-one matches through an online ladder, and you have the option to change variables such as the match length before you both start. Multiplayer stats can also be tracked through the ladder, and invites from other players can be received as you soldier through single-player, which is a nice touch. Unfortunately, one of the more interesting components of ICC 2011 is not yet available--the ability to save your games via the cloud and play them separately on an iOS device. The idea sounds promising on paper, so it's a real shame that it won't be available until sometime later in the year.
International Cricket Captain 2011 is strictly for those who enjoy both the sport and the management sim genre. If terms like "howzat" and "wickets" fly right over your head, then the game definitely won't sway your opinion of the sport--and it makes no bones about it. It's a love letter to a sport that works considerably well under the guise of a management sim, and the nuanced strategy combined with reams of comprehensive statistical information will put a smile on your face if you're already smitten with the sport of cricket.

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Assassin's Creed: Revelations for PC

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Assassin's Creed: Revelations for PC Screens Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: UbisoftDeveloper: Ubisoft Montreal # of Players: 1 Genre: Action-Adventure Release Date: N Amer - 07/19/11 Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360,   Review Date: July 19, 2011

 

 

Assassin’s Creed Revelations presents the most immersive experience available in the series to date and the culmination of Ezio’s adventure. In Assassin’s Creed Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

In addition to Ezio’s award-winning story, the acclaimed online multiplayer experience from Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood returns, refined and expanded, with more modes, more maps and more characters that allow players to test their assassin skills against others from around the world. The latest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed saga also includes revolutionary gameplay, allowing players to manipulate the construct of Desmond’s memories and the Animus to decipher the mysteries of his past and gain insight into the future.

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Battlefield 3-latest review

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Apache - Air Assault-PS3

Cheats:
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Code     Result
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JKGODM - Godmode ON/OFF
JKAMMO - Unlimited Ammo ON/OFF
JKMSUC - Immediate Mission Successful

Trophies:
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Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Flying Colors (Bronze): Complete 'Takeoff' mission.
Locksmith (Bronze): Unlock all chapters.
Wave Goodbye (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in 'The Sky is Burning'.
Bridge Burner (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'Whiteout' in Local Co-op mode.
Radio Silenced (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'Over and Out'.
Drug Bust (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in 'The
River Deep' in Local Co-op mode.
Overwatch (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in 'The
Gang's All Here'.
Four Eyes (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in 'Lord
of War' in Local Co-op mode.
Crude Defender (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'Sharks in the Water'.
Demolition Man (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'Holidays in Hell' in Local Co-op mode.
Stopping Power (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'Sunshine Units'.
Highly Survivable (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective
in 'City on Fire'.
Point And Shoot (Bronze): Complete a specific mission objective in
'On the X'.
Dominator (Bronze): Win the 'Domination' mission in Squad Operations.
Ace Of Diamonds (Bronze): Complete specific mission objective in
'A Diamond in the Rough'.
Chemical Killer (Bronze): Complete specific mission objective in
'Rain in the Desert'.
Rigged With Explosives (Bronze): Complete specific mission
objective in 'Ship of Fools'.
A Leaf On The Wind (Bronze): Complete 'A Damn Shame'.
Team Player (Bronze): Win all Squad Operations in any flight mode.
Rumble in the Jungle (Bronze): Complete specific mission objective
in 'Turkey Shoot'.
Shot At Fame (Bronze): Post scores to all Leaderboards.
Deadliest Home Videos (Bronze): Watch a replay.
Hotshot (Bronze): Kill 10 enemy infintry in FLIR view.
Touchdown (Bronze): Complete a landing at a landing zone in
Realistic or Veteran difficulty.
Ripple Effect (Bronze): Kill 8 ground units with on Hellfire
ripple shot.
See It, Shoot It (Bronze): Enable setting 'Control Turret in Zoom'
and kill 5 enemy infantry by gun in this mode.
New Veteran (Bronze): Win any mission on Veteran difficulty.
Squadrowned (Bronze): Win one Squad Operations mission in online
Co-op mode.
What, No Roflcopter? (Bronze): Complete free flight with each
helicopter.
Big Brother Is Watching You (Bronze): Use satellite view in each
location.
Sticky Trigger Finger (Bronze): Using the 30mm cannon, kill 20
enemy infantry without letting go of the trigger.
Peppy's Request (Bronze): Do a barrel roll!.
Keeping It Real (Bronze): Play one mission entirely in cockpit view.
Not A Scratch (Bronze): Complete any mission without dying on any
difficulty.
Gunfighter (Bronze): Kill 30 enemy ground units with the 30mm camera.
Rocketman (Bronze): Kill 70 enemy ground units with the Hydra 70
rockets.
Sting Like A Bee (Bronze): Kill 9 enemy air units with the FIM-92
Stinger missiles.
I Can Dance All Day (Bronze): Avoid 15 incoming missiles.
Skin Deep (Bronze): Unlock all skins for all helicopters.
Bumper Stickers! (Bronze): Unlock twenty decals.
Desert Striker (Silver): Finish Tazirstan Chapter on Realistic or
Veteran difficulty.
Feet Wet (Silver): Finish Africa Chapter on Realistic or Veteran
difficulty.
Jungle Striker (Silver): Finish Amazon Chapter on Realistic or
Veteran difficulty.
Apache Of Two (Silver): Win any 3 missions from the Campaign in
Local Co-op on any difficulty.
Hell Yeah (Silver): Kill 114 enemy ground units with the AGM 114
Hellfire missiles.
Rotorhead (Gold): Complete the Campaign.
Helicopterrific (Gold): Complete the Campaign and Squad Operations.
Second The Best (Gold): Complete all secondary objectives in
Campaign mode.
You Complete Me (Platinum): Earn all available Trophies for
Apache: Air Assault.

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X-Men Origins - Wolverine PS3

Trophies:

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Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Getting Started (Bronze): Killed 100 enemies.
A Day's Work (Bronze): Killed 500 enemies.
You Can't Hide (Bronze): Lunged to 250 enemies.
Lunge (Bronze): Lunged to 25 enemies.
Pounce (Bronze): Lunged to 100 enemies.
Piggy Back Ride (Bronze): Lunged to a W.E.N.D.I.G.0 prototype's back.
Quick Killer (Bronze): Quick Killed 1 enemy.
Efficient Killer (Bronze): Quick Killed 20 enemies.
Perfect Killer (Bronze): Quick Killed 3 enemies in a row.
Drop Dead (Bronze): Killed 10 enemies by throwing them off high areas.
Apprentice (Bronze): Raised One Combat Reflex to Master Level.
Mutant Lover (Bronze): Raised one Mutagen to level 3.
Astonishing (Bronze): Found 1/2 of all Dog Tags in the game.
Defensive (Bronze): Performed 1 Counter move.
Untouchable (Bronze): Performed 25 Counter moves.
Catch! (Bronze): Killed 1 enemy with a reflected projectile.
Boomerang (Bronze): Killed 25 enemies with a reflected projectile.
Aerial Assault (Bronze): Performed 10 Air Grabs.
Ultimate Wolverine (Bronze): Fought 4 W.E.N.D.I.G.0 prototypes at the same
time and defeated them at Alkali lake..
Hot Potato (Bronze): Light 20 enemies on fire.
Shotgun Epic Fail (Bronze): Killed 25 Ghosts with their own weapon.
WoW! (Bronze): You feel a cold as you examine the sword and skeleton. A rustle
of wind in the trees faintly echoes the name Arthas.
Aerial Master (Bronze): Got 6 enemies airborne at once.
Fully Loaded (Bronze): Maxed out all upgrades.
Slice n' Dice (Bronze): Killed 6 enemies with a single attack.
Found! (Bronze): You found a mysterious hatch!.
Slaughter House (Bronze): Dismembered 100 enemies.
Heightened Senses (Bronze): Killed 200 enemies in Feral Sense.
Environmentally Friendly (Bronze): Killed 10 enemies using objects in the
environment.
Whatever it Takes (Bronze): Killed 30 enemies using objects in the
environment.
Bloodlust (Bronze): Killed 50 enemies while in Berserker mode.
Weapon X (Bronze): Killed 150 enemies while in Berserker mode.
The Cake (Bronze): You found the cake, yummy!.
Clean Up on all Aisles (Bronze): Destroyed all objects in the grocery store
fight with Fred Dukes (The Blob).
What I Do Best (Silver): Killed 2000 enemies.
Samurai (Silver): Raised All Combat Reflexes to Master Level.
Devil's Brigade (Silver): Found all Dog Tags in the game.
Blender (Silver): Killed 200 enemies with Claw Spin.
Walking Death (Gold): Beat the game on Hard Difficulty.

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FIFA 11 Xbox 360

Infinite money in Career mode:
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Select a team in Career mode. Purchase a player who is listed for loan.
Sign the player, then go to "Budget Allocation", and set the "Transfer
Funds " to "Wage Budget" ratio 0:100. This makes the money for
transfer funds 0%. Go to "Sell Players", and terminate the loan of the
player you just signed. You should have more than $2 billion. Go to
"Budget Allocation", and change your wages funds percentage as desired
(40:60 is recommended).

During a transfer period, loan any player. Once he has signed, go into
your budget allocation, and put the entire budget into wages. Then,
release the player instantly. Go back into your budget allocation, and
put the allocation level to 50:50. You should now have over 2 billion
for transfers and 46 million for wages.

Easy arena accomplishments:
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As a player, kick the ball away. Then, switch to the goalkeeper, and run
as far away as possible from the goal while the AI controls your player
and runs to the ball. Switch back to your Virtual Pro player, and shoot
from a distance to get the accomplishment for shooting from a distance
of 32 yards. If you juggle the ball and volley, you will also get
another accomplishment. This trick also helps to get other
accomplishments.
Note: You can also use a second controller to control the goalkeeper to
make this easier.

Much money on your career:
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Do you think your starting money on Fifa 11 is to little? OK litsen here.
If you loaned out a player to a another club and after that chanche your budget
allocation to 0:100 and after that take back your player you loaned out you have
really much money. I recommend you chance your budget to 40:60
(1 700 000:49 000 000) or 50:50 (2 000 000:36 000 000)

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Alladin

Cheat Codes:
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Press ~ after starting the game at the screen where the items are
described. Proceed for two more screens and press [backspace] at
the screen with the magic lamp. This enables the cheat mode. Then,
press one of the following keys during gameplay to activate the
cheat.

Result Key
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Level Select - 1A through 1M
Level Skip - [keypad +]
Five Apples - A
Five Gems - G
Toggle Invincibility - H
Toggle Free Movement - M
Toggle Objects in some levels - U


Gametip:
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To defeat jaffar in the last stage do not go near him and try not
to be pulled by him or you will die. Hit him with apples at intervals
and then *after killing him he will become a snake. Try to hit the
snake with apples and GAME OVER!


Skip level

Pause the game and then type ABBAABBA during gameplay. This will skip
the current level.


Skip Level:
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At the first title screen, type 'lamp' you will hear Aladdin say 'yeah!'
like he does when you get a life. You know it has worked. Start the game
as usual. Press '1' to move onto the next level.

Hint:
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Submited by: malik faisal hayat

Pause and enter {assaassa}and enjoy new stage.

By RISHABH JAIN with No comments

Call of duty elite preview

In short, Elite is a web service that ties into Call of Duty games, beginning with last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops. To start, think of it as an updated, refined, and far more slick version of Halo's Bungie.net functionality. Want to pore over your stats? Obsess over your k/d ratio? Even check out your file share screenshots or videos? Just like Bungie's seminal service, Elite provides a dizzying array of data on just about anything else you could use to dissect your performance in any given round of Call of Duty. Recent matches, custom classes, personal best, leaderboards, weapon performance, it's all there. You can compare your performance against your friends to see how you stack up, either game-by-game or career-wide. This is all included in the service's Career section which, notably, isn't included in the marketing triumvirate we heard repeated again and again: "Connect, Compete, and Improve." The fourth pillar of "Career" may be well implemented, but it's also the most basic of Elite's features. Let's talk about Connect.

Connect
Thanks to the lack of creativity, ambition, or just plain old functionality of the two major console gaming platforms – that would be Xbox Live and PlayStation Network – Activision is able to offer something much deeper to the Call of Duty community: Groups. For me, and I imagine millions of less competitive CoD players, Groups is exactly what's been missing from the online console gaming experience, and specifically from the Call of Duty experience. Without a skill-based matchmaking system, Call of Duty's online ecosystem favors those who've leveled up, earned more gear and more perks, and punishes those who haven't. To add insult to injury, the service is seemingly populated entirely by racist (and/or homophobic) twelve-year-olds whose filthy mouths are only matched by their abnormally high k/d ratios.

Now imagine being able to affiliate yourself with a Group – maybe your high school, or your zip code, or your favorite video game blog – and playing against, and competing with, that Group. Instead of having a leaderboard ranking with eight digits, you could be in the top spot for the Group dedicated to your favorite book. And, since everyone ostensibly shares some cultural connection outside of belonging to a cesspool of the world's worst human beings, that experience is not only more satisfying, but it's also more social. Groups can be organized into buckets (basketball teams!), and each Group listing will contain features like the number of people in the Group, the leaderboards, the collective hours spent in the game, and even a Group-specific comment section.

And then there are Clans. If you play with the same group of people consistently and are looking for an experience that's a little less public, Clans are the way to go ... especially if you're interested in that Compete pillar. We'll come back to that!

Connect is about more than just social affiliations though; videos are also grouped under this hub. Treyarch's Dan Bunting boasted that Black Ops' Theater feature "has generated over 74 million views of videos from fans of the game. This is more YouTube views than content from ESPN, NBC, and other major leaders from the same period of time." Elite will embed your YouTube videos with one special enhancement: You can tag your friends. Did xXXsmokezmadbluntz420Xxx shoot you right in the face accidentally from across the map last night? He could tag you in that video so you both could relive the excitement. If the video is especially wonderful, it can either be promoted with the usual filters – most viewed, most recent, etc. – but it can also be promoted by the Elite staff, serving as curators here, helping to bubble up the best videos.

Compete
The Compete pillar features just about what you'd expect from a game like Call of Duty: You or your clan can compete in pre-arranged tournaments for everything from a "Trophy," which will be attached to your Elite persona, to a real-life Jeep (Black Ops edition, of course). When Modern Warfare 3 launches, Activision promises everything from Group versus Group competitions, to clan versus clan, "even intra-clan tournaments and competition and leagues." They call this "programming" and, much like a television lineup, Elite is going to be trying to program something for everyone. If shooting pictures instead of domes is more your speed, they gave an example of a screenshot contest in which players can upload in-game grabs directly from their file share.

Improve
Once you've reduced the sphere of competition from the entire world to a smaller, more manageable group, say your kickball league, suddenly the idea of trying to improve has some actual merit. Jockeying for some merit when you're on the bottom of the 'boards never made much sense, but when that distinction has purpose, improving your skills makes sense. The Improve pillar uses much of the data from the Career pillar to give you some insight into why you're dying so damned much. Never understood the distinction between all those weapons? Every weapon in the game is listed and fully detailed. Bunting says, "If it's in the game, we have tips from the pros on how to help improve your game."

Four Screens
"Elite is constantly evolving," Berger said. "So accessibility is a key part of that evolution. You saw Elite today on the web; however, the Beachhead team has adopted a philosophy we're calling "four screens." That means that not only are we bringing it to the web, but also mobile applications, the TV, as well as in-game." While no one here at Joystiq HQ can figure out the distinction between the "in-game" screen and the "TV" screen, we did understand the "mobile applications" part. Right now that means iOS and Android devices but, in keeping with the "we're evolving" mantra, Berger said, "We're open to supporting any devices that our players want us to support. As long as they're there, we want to be there for them." Hear that N-Gage users? Get your e-petition ready!


The Beta
While the idea of a "beta" is certainly unusual in the Call of Duty universe – most other online shooters use betas as equal parts marketing and beta testing – Elite is different. "We genuinely want to learn from the process of having the community involved, building that base, and seeing how they use the service and seeing what breaks and what stays up," Sonny says, adding that he can't speak to the absence of game betas. So, beginning this summer interested players will be able to participate in the Elite beta using Call of Duty: Black Ops. It's unclear how they'll select participants, but Sonny did say it will be a "staged rollout," slowly adding more and more players as the service scales.

Additionally, when it launches in the fall, Elite is going to offer a premium membership. Now that's a change and it's one we have to get right.- Jamie Berger

The most important thing to note about the beta functionality – which we used during a press event – is that it's limited to Black Ops for now. That means that much of the promise of Elite will have to wait for Modern Warfare 3 this fall. The Black Ops integration is strictly "one-way" meaning if you want to matchmake with your Group? You can't. Play with a clan? Nope! "Beginning with Modern Warfare 3, Elite is going to incorporate robust support for private clans," Berger acknowledged. "In addition, Modern Warfare 3 is going to integrate your Elite Group and clan identity and affiliations into the game directly in really powerful new ways, which we look forward to sharing with you later in the year." And sure enough, nobody at Activision was willing to talk about much of that functionality, leaving us to base all of our feedback on a slick UI, a strong promise, and the potential for a platform with its own dedicated team behind it.

The Team
Having a dedicated team providing these types of online services isn't entirely unique in our industry – something like Blizzard's Battle.net notably comes to mind – but it isn't common either. It stands to reason that Sonny and his team at Beachhead have learned from their colleagues at Blizzard. "We have excellent communication between staff on the Blizzard side and staff on the Beachhead side," Sonny told us. "They've let us know a lot of things that we need to know when we're considering our service with regards to everything from operational concerns to security concerns to feature concerns." Fellow Activision properties DemonWare (they provide much of the back-end infrastructure that make online games work) and Raven have also pitched in. "There are components of web services that we build, there are components of web services that DemonWare provides in terms of parsing all the data from the Black Ops game, and then there are components that even Raven is building for the component that they're actually working on," Sonny said. Raven was rumored to be the third studio collaborating with Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, so we asked if it was working on something Call of Duty-related besides the Elite web service, Sonny equivocated and finally offered, "Yes they are ... but I can't say more than that."

In addition to the Beachhead team, which is tasked with long-term plans to build to evolve the service, Activision is creating a "dedicated service organization for Elite that's going to provide worldwide 24/7 programming as well as customer service for our members." Indeed, compared to the usual packaged goods products we're used to consuming, Elite looks and acts more like a web service. Beachhead's technical director came from Google, its Operations Lead had a prior career at Expedia, and many on the design side came from web agencies. While Sonny wouldn't give us a number (and neither would Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg) he did say the team was growing.


The Cost
So, what will Elite cost you? We don't know! And, if you believe Activision, they don't know yet either. For us, announcing a service like Elite without clearly defined tiers and a pricing structure only invites speculation and confusion. "A number of the great features that you've seen first-hand today are going to be made available free including things like Career and Groups, to all players, enhancing the out-of-the-box experience for everyone," Berger said. "Additionally, when it launches in the fall, Elite is going to offer a premium membership. Now that's a change and it's one we have to get right."

In other words, Activision is cognizant of the resistance to the idea of charging for anything related to Call of Duty. "We know we have tens of millions of players who are playing our game every month. That is just too large and too diverse a group for us to create a one-size-fits-all strategy. We understand that. When our fans buy Call of Duty, they expect to be able to play the game single-player campaign, co-op missions, and the best multiplayer in the world, out-of-the-box and with no additional price. And that's our commitment to them." If you want one DLC pack but not two, then skip Elite and get that one pack. If you want Groups but don't care about the paid services Elite offers? Then don't pay for them. For the vast majority of players, we imagine Elite will be a solid value-add and not another thing to spend money on.

Call of Duty Elite is a fascinating strategy for a brand like Call of Duty, and provides a sharp contrast to the competition. "Social innovation, in today's world and certainly going forward, is going to be more important or of equal importance than traditional graphical innovation or gameplay mechanics," Berger said, seeming to clearly indicate EA's incredible-looking Battlefield 3. While DICE has always delivered a stellar online component – Bad Company 2 landed on our Top 10 last year as a result – the marketing behind Battlefield 3 has clearly been on graphical innovation. Will Elite change the way we all play Call of Duty? It's far too early to tell; the Black Ops integration is a fine proof of concept, but we'll need to see what Modern Warfare 3 has in store before we hand over our credit cards.

By RISHABH JAIN with No comments

Need for speed hot pursuit 2010

Level and rank requirements
Get the indicated number of points to reach the corresponding rank:
Racer
Wanted Level 0 Racer: 0
Wanted Level 1 Racer: Unknown
Wanted Level 2 Racer: Unknown
Wanted Level 3 Racer: Unknown
Wanted Level 4 Racer: 128,000 points
Wanted Level 5 Racer: 195,000 points
Wanted Level 6 Racer: 275,000 points
Wanted Level 7 Racer: 360,000 points
Wanted Level 8 Racer: 450,000 points
Wanted Level 9 Racer: 545,000 points
Wanted Level 10 Racer: 645,000 points
Wanted Level 11 Racer: 755,000 points
Wanted Level 12 Racer: 875,000 points
Wanted Level 13 Racer: 1,000,000 points
Wanted Level 14 Racer: 1,130,000 points
Wanted Level 15 Racer: 1,265,000 points
Wanted Level 16 Racer: 1,405,000 points
Wanted Level 17 Racer: 1,550,000 points
Wanted Level 18 Racer: 1,700,000 points
Wanted Level 19 Racer: 1,850,000 points
Wanted Level 20 Racer: 2,000,000 points
Cop
Rank 1 Cop: 0
Rank 2 Cop: Unknown
Rank 3 Cop: Unknown
Rank 4 Cop: 128,000 points
Rank 5 Cop: 195,000 points
Rank 6 Cop: 275,000 points
Rank 7 Cop: 360,000 points
Rank 8 Cop: 450,000 points
Rank 9 Cop: 545,000 points
Rank 10 Cop: 645,000 points
Rank 11 Cop: 755,000 points
Rank 12 Cop: 875,000 points
Rank 13 Cop: 1,000,000 points
Rank 14 Cop: 1,130,000 points
Rank 15 Cop: 1,265,000 points
Rank 16 Cop: 1,405,000 points
Rank 17 Cop: 1,550,000 points
Rank 18 Cop: 1,700,000 points
Rank 19 Cop: 1,850,000 points
Rank 20 Cop: 2,000,000 points
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
Settling the Score (25 points): Select a Friend Autolog Recommendation and beat it.
Graffiti (10 points): Create a 'New Post' or 'Write a Reply' on the Wall.
Share the Dream (10 points): Share a Dreamshot to the Wall.
Socialite (10 points): Have 5 or more NFS Friends.
Gotcha! (5 points): Bust a Racer.
Officer (5 points): Reach rank (3) Officer as a Cop.
Patrolman (5 points): Reach rank (5) Patrolman as a Cop.
Trooper (10 points): Reach rank (8) Trooper as a Cop.
Sergeant (10 points): Reach rank (11) Sergeant as a Cop.
Lieutenant (10 points): Reach rank (14) Lieutenant as a Cop.
Undercover (10 points): Reach rank (17) Undercover as a Cop.
Captain (10 points): Reach rank (18) Captain as a Cop.
Pursuit Agent (25 points): Reach rank (19) Pursuit Agent as a Cop.
Ultimate Enforcer (50 points): Reach rank (20) Ultimate Enforcer as a Cop.
True Blue (100 points): Earn a Distinction in every single-player Cop mission.
Chase (5 points): Play 10 Online Hot Pursuits as a Cop.
Bounty Hunter (5 points): Play 10 Online Interceptors as a Cop.
Vengeance is Mine (5 points): Wreck a Cop.
Suspect (5 points): Reach wanted level (2) Suspect as a Racer.
Target (5 points): Reach wanted level (4) Target as a Racer.
Felon (5 points): Reach wanted level (6) Felon as a Racer.
Offender (10 points): Reach wanted level (8) Offender as a Racer.
Outlaw (10 points): Reach wanted level (11) Outlaw as a Racer.
Wanted (10 points): Reach wanted level (14) Wanted as a Racer.
Fugitive (10 points): Reach wanted level (17) Fugitive as a Racer.
Notorious (25 points): Reach wanted level (19) Notorious as a Racer.
Most Wanted (50 points): Reach wanted level (20) Most Wanted as a Racer.
Golddigger (100 points): Earn a Gold Medal in every single-player Racer event.
Festival of Speed (25 points): Play 10 Online Races.
Race (25 points): Play 10 Online Hot Pursuits as a Racer.
Escapologist (25 points): Play 10 Online Interceptors as a Racer.
Burnout (25 points): Fill the Nitrous bar then use it all in one go without hitting anything.
Wall of Steel (5 points): Deploy a Road Block which then gets hit by a Racer.
Shock to the System (10 points): Get a hit with an EMP.
Hit Confirmed (10 points): Get a hit with a Spike Strip.
Aerial Assistance (5 points): Call in a Helicopter which then hits a Racer with a Spike Strip.
Denied (5 points): First Jammer use that affects a Cop.
In the Zone (25 points): Use a full Turbo without hitting anything.
Power Spike (25 points): Spike strip a car that is targeting you with an EMP.
Eye of the Needle (25 points): As a Racer, drive through an undamaged Road Block without hitting it.
Share the Joy (25 points): Dreamshot a BMW and share it with your Friends.
Imprezive (25 points): Accumulate 2,000 yds of drift in a single event using the Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
Flight of the Bumblebee (25 points): Win the 'Muscle Reflex' race in a Bee Yellow Chevrolet Camaro SS.
Shaken, Not Stirred (25 points): Win any Hot Pursuit in an Aston Martin.
Wet in the Vette (25 points): Drive any Corvette in the wet.
Godzilla (25 points): Get any medal in 'Run to the Hills' driving the Nissan GT-R SpecV without using any weapons.
Iron Man (25 points): Get Distinction in a Hot Pursuit, Interceptor and Rapid Response using the Audi R8.
Electrically Charged (25 points): Bust the 918 Spyder using an EMP in 'Porsche Patrol'.
Snakebite in Black (25 points): Spike a cop while driving a Black Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR or Ford Shelby GT500 Supersnake.
Midnight Cowboy (25 points): Dreamshot a Midnight Blue Metallic Ford GT at night in the desert.
The following achievements require the "Super Sports Pack" bonus downloadable content:
Untouchable (30 points): Get gold in all the Super Sports Racer Events.
Swift Justice (30 points): Get distinction in all the Super Sports Cop Events.
Sting in the Tail (15 points): Get 5 spike strip hits with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Interceptor.
Slip and Slide (15 points): Do a 1000 yard (915 metres) drift in the Porsche 911 GT2 RS.
Show Off (15 points): Take a photo of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and share it with your friends.
Moon Shot (15 points): Bust a racer in the GUMBERT Apollo S Interceptor at night, online or offline.
Land Speed Record (15 points): Hold the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport at top speed for 2 seconds.
Hotshot (15 points): Win an Online and an Offline Interceptor event in the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Interceptor.
Fender Bender (15 points): Wreck 5 cops in the GUMBERT Apollo S.
Blast Off (15 points): Complete 5 online races in the GUMBERT Apollo S.
Biteback (15 points): Beat a friends recommendation in the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport.
The following achievements require the "Porsche vs. Lamborghini Pack" bonus downloadable content:
Top of the Range (15 points): Win an online event in the Porsche 911 Turbo.
Offroad Innovation (15 points): Drive for a mile 1.6 kilometres) on shortcuts in a race and win it in the Porsche 959.
Street of Dreams (15 points): Drive the Porsche 911 Speedster for 20 miles 32.1 kilometres).
Pin-up (15 points): Take 3 pictures of the Lamborghini Countach.
The Diablo You Know (15 points): Reach top speed in a Lamborghini Diablo on a coastal road.
Flame Grilled (15 points): Use a full bar of nitrous in one go in the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento.
Rubbing is Racing (15 points): Take down another racer in Arms Race.
Chase the Ace (15 points): Play 5 games of Most Wanted as a Cop.
Priority Target (15 points): Play 5 games of Most Wanted as a Racer.
The Porsche Principle (30 points): Get Gold or Distinction in all Porsche Pack events.
Masterpieces (30 points): Get Gold or Distinction in all Lamborghini Pack events.

By RISHABH JAIN with No comments

Need for Speed - Hot Pursuit 2z

Cheat Codes:
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To use these cheats you need to apply them as command line paremeters.
Just run the game in this way (edit game's shortcut):
C:\Program Files\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2\NfsHS.exe +[parameter]

Notice, that the "+" sign is necessary!

Code               Result
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ghost           - Your car is transparent for other cars (real pain for cops:).
opentree        - Allowes you to enter locked evens in event trees! (and no trainers
                  needed: )
nofrustration   - Disables annoying confirmations.
nomovie         - Disables movie demos.
nomusic         - Turns music off.
nosnd           - Turns off sound FX.
noreverb        - Turns off reverbration.
nofrontend      - Menu is turned off - like a demo mode.
nomipmap        - Disables mipmapping.
noparticles     - Probably turns off particle animations.
minfront        - Turns on VERY stupid main menu.
helicoptersOnly - Cops seems to use only the helicopter backup against you.
screenshots     - Probably allows to take screens (seems not to be working).


HeXCheat:
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open NFSHP2\tracks\track.ini.

To access all tracks in beginner mode change
trackDescrip=kTxtintermediate/advanced to trackDescrip=kTxtBeginner.

changing following strings wil give you all tracks for $10
eg:    m_price[0]=10
       m_price[1]=10
       m_price[2]=10
       m_price[3]=10


Money Cheat:
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To purchase cars at a cheap price ($10 each), open up the cars.ini file in your
CARS folder (from the main NFSHP2 game folder) using Notepad.
Change the following lines:

price   =10
nfsprice=10


Hexcheat:
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Go to the "NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2" folder. Then in to the "Cars" folder
Open the file named Cars.ini [Save it as another file (Cars default or something)]
Then you can see some thing like this, (but not only a one)

    [car12]
    name=f50
    mfrname=kTxtFERRARI
    displayname=kTxtF50
    class=1
    traffic=false
 ** price=80000 **
 ** nfsprice=160000 **
    stat0to60ID=kTxtF50_0to60
    statTSID=kTxtF50_TS
    statTSKPHID=kTxtF50_TSKPH
    statHPID=kTxtF50_BHP

Change the "price" and "nfsprice" as you want.
Then you will be able to by FERRARI F50, as you gave it.
[do it to all the 23 cars If you like]


Change car price:
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Open "cars.ini" file in your \Cars folder using Notepad and make the 
following modification:

price   =10
nfsprice=10

Now, you'll be able to buy all the cars for $10.


Gametips:
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Cheap chars:
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Use a text editor to edit the "cars.ini" file in the "cars" sub-folder in the
game directory. Change the values after the "price=" and "nfsprice=" lines to
"10". You can now buy all cars for $10 each.


Faster cars:
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Use a text editor to edit the "cars.ini" file in the "cars" sub-folder in the
game directory. Change the "mass=" value to "100" for a faster car.


Dodge Viper GTS:
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Get 2 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Dodge Viper GTS.


Lamborghini Murcielago:
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Get 3 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Lamborghini Murcielago.


Extra points:
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* If you see a police car ahead, ram it to get him to chase you. Lose the police
  car and you will get extra points for a hit-and-run. Look for the dirt road
  shortcuts to lose the police and get ahead of other drivers.

* Choose be the police in Hot Pursuit mode. You will get 25,000 points each time
  you complete one mini-mission.

* Start You're The Cop mode in single player under the beginner difficulty setting.
  Select either the Crown Victoria or the BMW M5 (the opponents are easier to catch).
  Then, go to National Forest and catch the fourth and third cars. On the last two,
  hit the third one to make him lose control, then arrest the first place car.
  Immediately catch the second player that you forced to lose control to minimize
  the time to around 138, if done quickly enough. The procedure is quick but easy,
  giving you over 25,000 points if you throw in a couple of jumps. Then, restart
  and do it again.  


Ferrari F50:
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Lead a single race, full grid, advanced, for eight laps to unlock the NFS edition
of the Ferrari F50.


Lamborgini Diablo 6.0 VT:
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Get 2.5 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Lamborghini Diablo.


McLaren F1:
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Get 4 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the McLaren F1.


McLaren F1 LM:
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Get 5 million points or win the World Championship to unlock the NFS edition of
the McLaren F1 LM.


Mercedes CLK GTR:
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Get 4.5 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Mercedes CLK GTR.


Porsche Carrera GT:
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Get 3.5 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Porsche Carrera GT.


Dodge Viper GTS:
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Get 2 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Dodge Viper GTS.


Lamborghini Murcielago:
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Get 3 million points to unlock the NFS edition of the Lamborghini Murcielago.


Faster cars:
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Use a text editor to edit the "cars.ini" file in the "cars" sub-folder in the
game directory. Change the "mass=" value to "100" for a faster car.

Open the folder of a powerful car, such as the F1, F50, etc. Copy the "car.ini"
file from here and paste it over the original "car.ini" file of a slower car in
its own folder (for example, the Elise). This instantly gives that car the speed
and handling characteristics of the better vehicle. Note: Back up the original
"car.ini" file of the slower car in the event that you want to revert it back
to its standard settings.


Cheap Cars & Tracks:
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Open the cars.ini file in the Game's CARS folder using notepad and change these lines

price=10
nfsprice=10

For cheap tracks open tracks.ini in the TRACKS folder and change all lines starting
with m_price to look similar to this

m_price[0]=10


Free money:
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To gain extra money you must first have not bought too many tracks. End the game
if it is not already closed. Go to the location of your file. Usually it is stored
under C:\program files\EAGames\Hot Pursuit 2. Next go into the file called tracks.
In this folder you should find a text file called tracks, open it. If you scroll
down you will notice that all of the tracks are grouped in an organized order.
you should notice three or four numbers with some of them being different and
some of them the same. All of these numbers should be in the thousands. Change
all of these numbers to a negative number such as -60000. You may wish to change
all the numbers for each track to a negative number. Exit the program clicking
YES to save. Start the game and buy a couple of tracks, when you buy them the
computer will end up paying you money. You will know if you have done the program
correctly if the computer says the track costs -60000. Also you can switch the
track to backward!


Gametip:
--------

Your cheat was very helpful, I am not a gamer but my 6 year old grandson is,
It worked fine with these mod\'s.  change car price to price=0, nfsprice=0.
change track price to m_price= just put a \"-\" in front of exesting price.
Then start game using desktop shortcut and you will find all cars and tracks
are open plus you get credited the cost of the track. enjoy


HexCheat:
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At first go to the directory where you have installed the game . There you
will find a folder named [cars].Open it .Here you will find a file named
[cars.ini]. It is usually a read only file.ringht click on it ,go to it's
property ,erase the tick on read only. Now open it with a text editor like -
notepad. Here you will find the cars are in a serial way. named [car0] ,
[car1], [car2] in this way. Here you will find two line for all cars.They
are price=  and  nfsprice=  ,all car have some value for these lines such as
----------------------------------------
[car0]
name       =911t
mfrname    =kTxtPORSCHE
displayname=kTxt911Turbo
class      =3
traffic    =false
price      =0
nfsprice   =5000
---------------------------------------
for all the cars make the lines just as
---------------------------------------

price   = -999999
nfsprice= -999999
-----------------------------------------
Then save the file and make the file read only again as the same way you
erased the tick for read only ,make it tick again.Now play the game and goto
single challange.select a unlocked track then press next to choice car.here
you can buy every car .as more you buy cars the more you will earn money !!
after buying a car you will have enough money to buy all the tracks .
Enjoy.!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hack Out Cars and Tracks:
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NOTE - The following will alter your game files. It is highly suggested
that you make a back-up copy of your files before you alter them beyond
all recognition.

You can unlock all the cars and tracks by reducing the price of locked
cars/tracks to either 0 or a very low value. To do this, simply use
notepad to edit the cars.ini file in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2\Edit Cars\

You can do the same for the Tracks.ini file in the directory
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2\Edit Cars\tracks\

When you reload the game you can see the results.


Cheat:
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It is about, unlock the cars and tracks. the cheat is
1. Go in the program files and found the folder "E A Sports"
2. there is one folder name "need speed hot pursuit2"go in this folder
3. there we found two folders name "cars and tracks"

4. suppose we want to unlock the cars, than we go in the cars folder, there
   you found "*.txt" folder (name "cars").This folder open in the notepad.
   You found a huge written text there. In this text you found description
   about the cars e.g (car 0)(car1)some thing like that, in every description
   you see the ame,mfrname,displayname,class,traffic,price, nfsprice......here
   we go there is price=10000 and nfsprice=10000 some thing like that you only
   have to remove the numbers of all cars.
   And now enjoy the game

5. Same way are apply on the tracks DRAWBACKS
   THERE ARE SOME DRAWBACKS ALSO, BUT NOT FOR THE SYSTEM, IT IS FOR THE
   GAME ONLY
1. THIS CHEAT WORKS ONLY ON WIN XP,2000,ME,NT
2. THE LOCKS ARE OPEN IN ONLY (SINGLE CHALLENGE ->SINGLE RACE,
LAP KNOCKOUT, TOURNAMENT)


CHEAPER TRACKS:
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Submitted by: Kiriti Guha Roy

First open the "NFS" Folder, then go to the "Tracks.ini", there you
will find a sub-folder " tracks".
Edit it with a text editor.
Change the "m_price[0]",m_price[1]",m_price[2]","m_price[3]" :-to "10".
ie. all the tracks price will change to 10$.  ENJOY !!


finality speed in one car:
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go to> program files>Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2>cars>in directory cars>
open car.ini and change in part [basic]

only changing (Mass=xxxx) to down (Mass=800.0).


Cheat:
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I bet this is the best cheat in this edition of NFS. The result will make
every gamer and car lover laugh. This invovles some editing work.Open your
NFS folder, then open cars folder.Open the folder of car you want to edit.
For eg-'elise'.It will have many subfolders. Again there will be a folder
named car,[car_hp is the nfs version of the car and car_cop is obviosly the
cop version].You can edit any version. {But be sure to drive that version}.
In the car folder you will actually see that EA has written that tuning
of the car is possible.Select the matter from AeroDragCoefficient=x.xxx to
FinalGearRatio=x.xx.Delete it. Don't close that folder.Then open any other
car folder for eg-'f1lm',copy that car's AeroDragCoefficient=x.xxx
toFinalGearRatio=x.xx. in the initial car's folder. Close the folder
accepting the canges.This literally means you change the engine of the car.
[Backup the initial car's folder if you want to drive the original car].
This has unbelievable results .How about this,the elise which goes only till
200kmph was clocked 345kmph by me.Don't change any other matter.Because that
can damage the graphic settings and programming of the car.Write to me if
you enjoy this cheat. You can create your own car by this.Any person knowing
about tuning can make their own creation ,for eg-a Holden with clk-gtr
performance.Imagine and ENJOY!!!!!!


Lots of MONEY:
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Open (NFSHP2\FrontEnd\Championship.ini)
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2\FrontEnd\Championship.ini

Change the price against "m_reward[0]=150" to the amount of your choice
e.g. m_reward[0]=1500
     m_reward[1]=4500
     m_reward[2]=10000

{0 stands for BRONZE[3rd place], 1 for SILVER[2nd] and 2 for GOLD[1st]}

Make similar kind of changes in-->

NFSHP2\FrontEnd\HotPersuit.ini & NFSHP2\FrontEnd\Top Cop.ini  

Change all these prices to get a handsome reward!!


Cheating with TIME:
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Open NFSHP2\FrontEnd\Championship.ini

Change all the values of m_lapTime to the values of your choice
e.g m_lapTime[0]=500
    m_lapTime[1]=400
    m_lapTime[2]=300

The values(500,400,300) indicate minutes.
i.e setting m_lapTime[2]=300 will set the time limit for winning GOLD to
5 minutes!!!!!!!
i.e you can easily win GOLD at TimeTrial events.


Cheating with LAPS:
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Bored of playing 2,3 or 4 laps for a single race??
Well with this cheat you can change no. of laps to 1

Open NFSHP2\FrontEnd\Championship.ini

Change all the values of m_numlaps i.e   m_numLaps[1]=1
m_numLaps[2]=1
m_numLaps[3]=1
m_numLaps[4]=1

You will be required to play only "1 Lap" for each race!!

m_numLaps[2], m_numLaps[3], m_numLaps[4] indicates that it is a four race event
2,3,4 indicate race number

i.e when no. of races > 1 some where it will be written as
m_numRaces=4 or m_numRaces=3 or m_numRaces=2.


Easy Win Champship:
-------------------

Go to the directory -
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2
\FrontEnd\Championship.ini see there something like
this= m_AvailableCarList[0]=clkgtr (or any other name)
change it to the= m_AvailableCarList[0]=f50 (or any other
name from the cars folder) for the fastest car in the game
to win the championship.
Also change the value from
m_reward[0]=3000 to m_reward[0]=100000
m_reward[1]=60000 to m_reward[0]=200000
m_reward[2]=150000 to m_reward[0]=400000
When you will win the championship you will get a reward of 400000.


Cheat:
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GET THE TRACKS OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT EFFORT!
---------------------------------------------
Go to the installed folder of NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2 installed folder in your
system then go to the folder named Tracks (e.g:--C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For
Speed Hot Pursuit 2\tracks) ,you can see a file named Tracks.ini. In the file the
names of the Tracks and their corresponding informations are given. In the given
informations the price of the Tracks will also be given. You can change the value
to zero(0) or any other desired lower value, and ENJOY the thrill of the game by
UNLOCKING the EXOTIC Tracks of your choice in the game for no value at all!
HAPPY RIDING!

[ NOTE :-- After changing the value of the tracks you must save the file (tracks.ini)
with the same name & in the same folder(i.e.You have to overwrite the file tracks.ini)]


GET THE CARS OF YOUR CHOICE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MODE!
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Go to the installed folder of NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2 in your system then go to
the folder named Front end (e.g:--C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
2\FrontEnd), you can see a file named Championship.ini.In this file you get the
informations about the events in the game.In that you find a line written as
"m_AvailableCarList[0]=speedstr"(HERE SPEEDSTR IS THE NAME OF THE CAR AVALIABLE
IN THAT EVENT).You just change the name of that car with the name of the car of
your choice,then restart the game.You find the new car in place of the old car!


GET MORE POINTS FOR THE SAME EVENT!
-----------------------------------
Go to the installed folder of NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2 in your system then go
to the folder named Front end (e.g:--C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot
Pursuit 2\FrontEnd), you can see a file named Championship.ini.In this file you get
the informations about the events in the game.In that you find a line written as:-

m_reward[0]=300
m_reward[1]=900
m_reward[2]=30000
You can change the value of that reward with any desired value!
(
HERE [0] INDICATE POSITION 3.
HERE [1] INDICATE POSITION 2.
HERE [2] INDICATE POSITION 1.
)


Cheat:
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Wanna hell full of money . try this... buddy
copy the tracks.ini and cars.ini file form ur cd to ur pc folders of
cars and tracks. first edit the the cost of tracks and cars .better put
cost of cars to a negative value (-999999..). when u unlock the track it
will give a goddamn amount .Also u will get NFS editions and u can go
with unlimited speeds...BEWARE.. dont go for very high amounts like 100
billions b'coz it will make all your money to negative value.
The designers set the account money only to a limeted extent . beyond
that amoutn ur money will become negative value....... Take care
feel the real hot pursuit with its NFS editions


Increasing the amount of Reward:
--------------------------------

First go to the NFS Folder(the place where U have stored the main files
eg: C:\Program Files\EA Games\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2)
Now open the FontEnd & then Championship.ini folder and Edit the ( "m_reward[0]=..."
to what ever amount U want; maybe 100 or 1,00,000
m_reward[2]=1,00,000 First Place
m_reward[1]=50,000 Second Place
m_reward[0]=10,000 Third Place
Enjoy Buddy ! Go Wild !>>


Cheat:
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Copy all the Files from the folder F1 or any other fastest cars(in Cars folder)
and paste them in any slow speed cars.now you can fly like them even if you select
slower cars.


Hint:
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When you are going on road and cop is beside your car and go on wrong way you can
rid from the cop after some time.


Hint:
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This is not a cheat but it works.when a cop starts chasing you, drive from the
oncoming traffic.the cop will not chase you but in some exceptional cases they
might chase you and you have a chance to crash them onto oncoming traffic. But
beware you too have a chance of crashing onto the oncoming traffic.


Hint:
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To win in chmapion ship and challanges in files search for car folder. Copy it to
where you have installed game then edit only carrer folder and change mass to 0.000
for all cars in championship race you will see that all cars become unstable and
you win easily.


Hint:
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Right-click the nfs shortcut icon and select properties.click find target and select
the folder named "cars".select your favourite car's folder and open the notepad and
reduce the mass of the car.this will awesomely increase the speed of the car.


CHEAT FOR EARNING MORE MONEY:
-----------------------------

Go to the folder of installation then open cars folder in it open cars.ini file
using notepad and change the money as by keeping "-" minus symbol before the price.
Bby this you can earn more money so that you can buy more cars and unlock more
locations and tracksi too did it and gained lots of money enjoy the game.


Hint:
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To purchase cars at a cheap price ($10 each), open up the cars.ini file in
your CARS folder (from the main NFSHP2 game folder) using Notepad.

Change the following lines:
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price   =10
nfsprice=10


Cheat: Car Edits
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Open up the game's files and search for a file named Championship.ini.
PLEASE REMEMBER: Doing this may corrupt or ruin your game file or other
computer functions, so attempt this AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Open the Championship.ini file and search for the following:

m_NumAvailableCars=3
m_Availablecarlist[0]=ellise
m_Availablecarlist[1]=speedstr
m_Availablecarlist[2]=vx220

Edit those lines with this:
m_NumAvailableCars=6
m_Availablecarlist[0]=ellise
m_Availablecarlist[1]=speedstr
m_Availablecarlist[2]=vx220
m_Availablecarlist[3]=mllm
m_Availablecarlist[4]=clkgtr
m_Availablecarlist[5]=f50

Doing this will unlock more standard cars for you to drive than would
otherwise be immediately available.


Cheat: No Police Chases:
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(Caution this cheat requires you to edit game files, create a copy of the file
before editing)this cheat enables you to race without the hassle of being chased
in any event. First go to the game directory and open the "AI" folder. Then open
the "AIChaseDefs" configuration. Once open, change all the numbers in these four
lines to say 0.

Before:
pursuitLevel_1_Duration=30
pursuitLevel_2_Duration=30
pursuitLevel_3_Duration=40
pursuitLevel_4_Duration=40
pursuitLevel_5_Duration=45

After:
pursuitLevel_1_Duration=0
pursuitLevel_2_Duration=0
pursuitLevel_3_Duration=0
pursuitLevel_4_Duration=0
pursuitLevel_5_Duration=0
Once you have done that the police will only chase you for about 2 seconds.


Easy Money:
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At the main menu select single challenge and then select knockout lap and select
this options below

Opponents-1
Police-on
Difficulty- advance

and select the other options as you desire, then select the track and then select a
car, then play, don't worry if you lose, because, if you lose you will get $1500 and
if you win you will get $2000. You can repeat this as many times as you want.


CRASH A CAR (except for traffic)
==================================
If you want to crash a car (except for traffic) then do this 3 easy steps-

1.go near a car
2.hit the car's down-left/right side and
3.the car will CRASH!


To unlock cars:
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First go to the drive where u have installed games. In that folder cars n open it
then change file name cars to anything u or car and in that make the price "0" to all.

like
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[car0]
name=911t
mfrname=kTxtPORSCHE
displayname=kTxt911Turbo
class=3
traffic=false
price=0000
nfsprice=0000
stat0to60ID=kTxt911Turbo_0to60
statTSID=kTxt911Turbo_TS
statTSKPHID=kTxt911Turbo_TSKPH
statHPID=kTxt911Turbo_BHP

u wil c that u can unlock car without money
it doesn' work in few cars it'll so $2000 try it


Super Slow Traffic:
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Firsy go to C:/Program files/Ea games/Need4speed Hp2/Ai/Airacers go to entiny13
and under entiny13 is should say Traffic and down a bit it should say speed=35
change it to 1.


Get All the Cars and Tracks:
----------------------------
Here is a simple code if u want all the cars and tracks. First go to my computer
and click on drive D or C (were ever u installed your game.) Then scroll down till
u see a folder called TRACKS. Click on it and then click on another file that say
tracks and u will see that every track is copied in a neat order. And u will see
the word (example:) m_prices(2)=30,000 just change that 30,000 into zero and when
u are done exit out and it will say do u want to save click yes. then exit out of
the file and the folder and look for a file called Cars and do the same thing click
on it and click on another file called cars. And it will neatly show each car in
order. For example scroll down to your favorite car (Mercedes Benz clk_gtr) and
change your favorites car price and nfs price to zero.
Note: when u change nfs price to zero the nfs edition car will cost only 2,000.
Then u can change all of them. Get out of the folder and save when it asks u and
exit everything out. Click on your game and single race and if u want to change
track it will be on 0 just unlock it without paying and something with the cars
except nfs edition.


Easy Quota races:
-----------------
To win the many Quota races do the following. When you see the car you are chasing,
do not put your sirens on immediately because the car will try to escape. Wait until
you are directly behind him, then put your sirens on. By doing this you can catch
the car faster. This works 95% of the time.


Extra points:
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Go to You're The Cop mode. When you start, put your sirens on first then call for
a roadblock. They will put out a spike strip. All four speeders will run over them.
You can then arrest them. Immediately afterwards, you will get the points.


Get the police off your tail:
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* When you have a cop on your tail, wait for it to come to your side. When it is
  trying to ram you from the side, brake as fast as possible. The best area to do
  this is at Coastal Parkland. The best car to use to make you crack up at the cop
  is the McLaren F1 LM or the McLaren F1. If done correctly, you will see the cop
  ram into the wall.

* If you are getting chased by the cops, let the cop get a bit ahead of you and
  then do a California Stop to the officer. It should spin him out and you should
  only swerve slightly. This will give you plenty of time to get away from the
  cops.
  Note: A California Stop is when you hit the back left/right wheel with your
  front wheel. This will spin the car out.


How to do donuts with lots of rubber with 4 drive car:
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You edit "car.ini" in the Diablovt folder to give the engine heaps more HP then drive it
with a manual box. You may have to crash on a wall as well to start spinning You can also
do donuts in reverse as well. The game sometimes runs out of rubber to lay but there is
plenty of smoke.

[engineblock]
FlyWheelInertiaFactor=1.5
mass=0.10
MinRPM=1000
RedLine=12000
WarningLine=10000
torqueCurve_0=0.00
torqueCurve_1=0.00
torqueCurve_2=14490.30
torqueCurve_3=14500.80
torqueCurve_4=14510.50
torqueCurve_5=14559.30
torqueCurve_6=14593.20
torqueCurve_7=14644.50
torqueCurve_8=14654.40
torqueCurve_9=14664.70
torqueCurve_10=14670.50
torqueCurve_11=14670.60
torqueCurve_12=14654.40
torqueCurve_13=14660.30
torqueCurve_14=14507.40
torqueCurve_15=14468.50
torqueCurve_16=14443.90
torqueCurve_17=14220.00
torqueCurve_18=14220.00
torqueCurve_19=14220.00
torqueCurve_20=14220.00
torqueCurve_21=14220.00
torqueCurve_22=14220.00
torqueCurve_23=14220.00


'also for wider rear tires change SectionWidth=335 to 1335
[tire_rear]
TypeCode=10

'ignore
attach=11
basename=tireblac
displayname=Pirelli PZero
mass=12.00
'was SectionWidth=335
SectionWidth=1335
AspectRatio=30
WheelDiameter=18
SpeedIndex=12
CamberAngle=0.00
RollingResistanceFactor=0.90
PeakFriction=1.6
ForceScale=1.15
SlipAngleScale=1.0
AligningMomentScale=1.0
SlipRatio=0.9
MaxRenderTravelUp=0
TractionControl=1
LeaveOilSlick=1
AntiyawControl=1


Unlock any car Hexcheat:
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Go to the "NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2" folder. Then in to the "Cars" folder
Open the file named Cars.ini [Save it as another file (Cars default or something)]
Then you can see some thing like this, (but not only a one)

[car12]
name=f50
mfrname=kTxtFERRARI
displayname=kTxtF50
class=1
traffic=false
** price=10$ **
** nfsprice=$ *10$
stat0to60ID=kTxtF50_0to60
statTSID=kTxtF50_TS
statTSKPHID=kTxtF50_TSKPH
statHPID=kTxtF50_BHP

the car has opened in $10 dollars try it on maclaren f1 and maclaren f1lm.

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