I've been playing this game for a week or two now, I'm about a third of the way through the missions, I think I have 1-2 missions before I unlock Algonquin according to the walk through.
While many aspects of the game are indeed amazing, I'm also finding it incredibly frustrating. The combat/shooting mechanics are just fine, but I can't drive to save my life! What am I doing wrong? Completing any driving mission takes about 5 tries and is annoying as hell... particularly since restarting a mission requires you to drive back from the mission start to the next location every time! There's been several instances where I've come within a hair's breath of giving up on the game.
Even ditching the cops can be incredibly difficult for me. Anytime I'm trying to speed I either a) flip the car on a turn or b) smash head-first into an opposing car or obstruction, bringing me to a dead halt while the baddies get away or the cops catch up to me.
What's the secret? I've tried the handbrake but that makes the car fishtail randomly, so I speed on straightways, brake (left trigger) before/on turns, but I just end up going to damn slow. Any car chase for me usually lasts 5 minutes across the entire city! And any car I get into will be wrecked to pieces in quick succession.
I basically just do everything possible by taxi, walking around looking for one then flinging myself in front of it hoping he stops.
But anyway, positives. The graphics are absolutely amazing. Driving around literally looks like live-action. The tv channels are hilarious, as are the talk radio stations (though I'm pissed there's only 3 of these and the rest are music, I'm already hearing repeats of everything). The internet I just find annoying and the text is too small to read. The general story dialog is pretty funny too.
While many aspects of the game are indeed amazing, I'm also finding it incredibly frustrating. The combat/shooting mechanics are just fine, but I can't drive to save my life! What am I doing wrong? Completing any driving mission takes about 5 tries and is annoying as hell... particularly since restarting a mission requires you to drive back from the mission start to the next location every time! There's been several instances where I've come within a hair's breath of giving up on the game.
Even ditching the cops can be incredibly difficult for me. Anytime I'm trying to speed I either a) flip the car on a turn or b) smash head-first into an opposing car or obstruction, bringing me to a dead halt while the baddies get away or the cops catch up to me.
What's the secret? I've tried the handbrake but that makes the car fishtail randomly, so I speed on straightways, brake (left trigger) before/on turns, but I just end up going to damn slow. Any car chase for me usually lasts 5 minutes across the entire city! And any car I get into will be wrecked to pieces in quick succession.
I basically just do everything possible by taxi, walking around looking for one then flinging myself in front of it hoping he stops.
But anyway, positives. The graphics are absolutely amazing. Driving around literally looks like live-action. The tv channels are hilarious, as are the talk radio stations (though I'm pissed there's only 3 of these and the rest are music, I'm already hearing repeats of everything). The internet I just find annoying and the text is too small to read. The general story dialog is pretty funny too.
The other cars go a million miles an hour, turn perfectly, and only one ever crashed. Screw it.
