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[Haldanite]

I don't have any problems playing NFSMW on my 360.  I have the console on its side on a stand with over 2 foot of open space behind it.  My power supply sits on top of a computer I have behind the stand.  I've played NFSMW for over 7 hours straight with no bugs or glitches and love the game.  I just rented PGR and the graphics on PGR are outstanding but I'm having difficulty getting used to how the cars handle.  That's my problem and has nothing to do with the game or the console.

[lowendfrequency]

QUOTE(Airhead315 @ Dec 29 2005, 12:47 PM)

Your response is extremely helpful in finding out why NFSMW plays differently on my machine than others....

You just don't get it.   It doesn't play any differently on your machine than others.  NFS:MW chops on my 360, it chops on the demo kiosks and it chops on every single person's 360 that posted in here.  Some people may not have the eye to detect it, but it happens.  Why?  Because every game disc is a digital copy of the original, an exact duplicate.  Every Xbox360 has the same hardware specs.  

It's just like the people that return their copy of COD2 for a new one because of the save game issue.  All the games are identical and all of them have the save game issue.  Just because not everyone experiences the problem, doesn't mean that theur discs or consoles are defective.

[ksteiner]

I dont know abou the 360 but in the xbox its pretty good though yes it gets a little bit choppy but like someone said its the car and the road, but other than that. Nfsmw is a sweet game for the xbox, i like it more than forza. Its pretty fun, if you dont like it on the 360 then get it on the xbox (if you own one), its pretty much the same game but on the 360 it has better graphics.

[Joergen]

Based on the demo from live marketplace the game is nearly unplayable at HD resolutions and very jumpy and choppy at SD depending on what type of race it is. Certainly one of the worst examples of unoptimizing.

In fact I had the exact same experience on my PC with an A64 3200+ and 6800GT 256MB, looks like crap and runs like turd. Simply horrendous.

Come to think of it, do any of the EA games run properly? NBA has stuttering between 60 and 30, NFSMW is horrendously stuttery, Fifa stutters between 60 and 30 and Madden has screen tearing to keep it from stuttering (and I would prefer the tearing over the stutter).

But only PGR3, Kameo and CoD2 seem properly optimized for the critical performance we should demand and receive. The rest are more or less tossed together ranging from criminally bad to barely acceptable.

[Mjkthirdeye]

QUOTE(Joergen @ Dec 29 2005, 03:37 PM)

Based on the demo from live marketplace the game is nearly unplayable at HD resolutions and very jumpy and choppy at SD depending on what type of race it is. Certainly one of the worst examples of unoptimizing.

In fact I had the exact same experience on my PC with an A64 3200+ and 6800GT 256MB, looks like crap and runs like turd. Simply horrendous.

Come to think of it, do any of the EA games run properly? NBA has stuttering between 60 and 30, NFSMW is horrendously stuttery, Fifa stutters between 60 and 30 and Madden has screen tearing to keep it from stuttering (and I would prefer the tearing over the stutter).

Exactly, thats EA for you. If you've ever seen the game on xbox gen 1 it looks like trash. EA sucks at making games.

[Schlitter]

I have Madden '06 and I've had no problems at all. The graphics are amazing too.

~Schlitter

[Tito2k6]

QUOTE(lowendfrequency @ Dec 29 2005, 07:12 PM)

You just don't get it.   It doesn't play any differently on your machine than others.  NFS:MW chops on my 360, it chops on the demo kiosks and it chops on every single person's 360 that posted in here.  Some people may not have the eye to detect it, but it happens.  Why?  Because every game disc is a digital copy of the original, an exact duplicate.  Every Xbox360 has the same hardware specs.  

It's just like the people that return their copy of COD2 for a new one because of the save game issue.  All the games are identical and all of them have the save game issue.  Just because not everyone experiences the problem, doesn't mean that theur discs or consoles are defective.

Right On Bro, that's my piont NFS is an attractive and somewhat fun gam BUT it is under-developed. Your XBOX is alllllllllgoooood.  If you don't believe me, then play the first EA NHL on the PS2.   Somehow, later incarnations looked better and played smoother.  Hard to imagine isn't it(sarcasm )

[dotgp]

well my NFS freezes up i got it for christmas it froze so i swapped it over it froze i am annoyed at this coz its the only game its ever froze on.

Things ive tryed

Swapping over game

Removing HDD then play

set up a house fan over my 360 (cools the PSU nicely but still no go)


this sucks big time

Strangley enough it doesnt do it on the demo i downloaded from marketplace.

[Kernal69er]

dunno, played single and online no problems, best looking racer to date