Sorry to post again about this old game no-one cares about, but I tried to get in another Split/Second multiplayer lobby and got lucky to get four more races in.
Unfortunately it went from six to five before I started one, and to three for the last three. Did win my first two multiplayer races though.
And it was still a lot of fun. But it shows me again this game would have new life if only someone could do a remaster. Maybe in a year with fewer new racing games perhaps.
Now we've gone three months with the Xbox 360 BC Cloud save glitch not being fixed, I can only see either they can't or have no interest in fixing it.
If it hasn't after my surgery - I don't know why it'd be fixed in those exact 2-3+ days - I'll just buy all the DLC packs for Split/Second and play the story on a fresh save with those extra cars available.
Anyway, I decided to actually play the game and some races on the three tracks available to me without a save. And it's a lot of fun just with the AI. It seems they're more aggressive - especially with each other - than in at least the three episodes of the story I got to play.
My reaction every Monday morning on my commute into work.
As we wait to see if Xbox will ever bother fixing the Xbox 360 BC Cloud save glitch, I've been listening a lot to the Split/Second OST, and just how ethereal and impactful it is.
Marc Canham et al did an amazing job in conveying an action TV show in just the main theme.
It makes me wonder how it didn't win any awards - but maybe they didn't exist back in 2010?
Also - and I am a Johnny come lately to the game - but if somehow there's a Black Rock dev on here who is still in the industry, please can you convince your current studio to convince Disney to allow a remaster and expand based off the planned sequel?
Oh yeah, I forgot that for anyone who wants to suffer, Episode 2 of my Split/Second unedited play-through is now up.
Episode 3 - the one I crash at the finish - probably next Saturday, with the next whenever the BC Xbox 360 games save glitch is fixed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6HSlkiSQI0&pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv
I've played Episode 3 of Split/Second now, and I don't think I'll ever win an Elite Race.
I didn't hit all the powerplays, but hit some shortcuts, and had a guaranteed win.
Then at the last fucking corner, drifting the car it snapped, crashing me out into the barrier.
I've just been playing some more Split/Second, and again getting a second third place in the Elite Race, this time in Episode 2.
But I also tried my luck at playing some online multiplayer, and on #Xbox at least, the Race lobby was full and filled up, 15 years on. Says something about this game I think.
I finished at the back each of the four races (but didn't DNF) I did though.
It seems there are faster cars to get to use though.
So I finally got Split/Second today and have played Episode 1*, and I can see why it's a cult classic.
There are some weird car physics sometimes, but the atmosphere, soundtrack and world is incredible.
And it may have less polygons, but it still looks amazing on the Series S I have.
How has no-one made a spiritual successor since?
(*I needed two goes to get the third place needed in the elite race)
Paul Morris
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