Blur multiplayer demo now available on Xbox Live

The multi-player beta changed my mind about this game and I'll be picking it up. I still want to play split-second to see which has the better gameplay but, at this point Blur maybe my next racing game purchase...

Incredibly fun. Gone are the OCD racing sim whores, replaced by ACTUAL gamers playing a totally unrealistic, arcadey power-up fest. It doesn't get much better than this... even better than Mario Kart in my book.

O so this plays like MarioKart??? AWESOME

Hey I love racing simulators. Nothing can compare to some touring car racing with actual respectable players and good even specd cars.

Also, the only classes that are good in this game are the lower ones where you have to actually use strategy to win. The high classed fast cars, its all about luck.

The beta didn't support the racing wheel, so it was a no go for me.

i agree, there wasnt really any strategy to it either. People were just throwing whatever they had on them and first place was always the person who started out in first (at least in my matches)

I hate leveling! Either you select mods that will get you fans so you can level faster, or you select mods that will help you win. Either way, because cars are also level locked, "Blur" is not fun for n00bs. Why not make multi-player fun from the start? Works for "Halo"!

Real problem, once a driver breaks away from the pack, they are hard to catch up with. Any drivers left behind end up barging themselves into oblivion. The lightning bolt (nuclear option) isn't near enough to slow down the leader. Glitches abound. Plus, some game mode draws hardly any players. Bizzare should have spaced the beta farther from the release to tackle these game play issues.

Really I don't think you should blame your lack of skill on why you don't like a game.

There was an extreme amount of depth when I played. The track layouts are usually 3 lanes with about 2-4 routes you can take at any time and if you don't take the correct route at the right time you'll end up mid-pack or near the end.

LA docks is the easiest place to see it if you go far out to the left you'll get more power-ups so you can defend/attack people more and if you go to the inside when the routes split up you get a placement advantage but you're left vulnerable because you have little to no power-ups.

Yeah it's a lot harder to place 1st every race because there's 20 people but, it's not like it's a toss in the hat. I was playing in a party Sunday night and me along with 3 other guys fought for 1-3 over and over again. It's because we knew how to use the power-ups properly and knew when to go offensive or drive defensively plus we "knew the track layout". The games made for you to take 3-4 different routes throughout and every race is dynamic depending on how others drive.

I bet during the beta someone placed in the top 3 over and over again. Instead of you trying to figure out what they did and learn the track probably even learn how to play the game properly you chucked it up to randomness..


Dude I'm not saying that your opinions wrong, everyone's has their own opinion but, it seems like you disliked the game for the wrong reasons...

Random rankings? Hardly. A well managed power-up reserve can carry you quite far. In fact, small mistakes can make a big difference... but even if it were random...

So? I would rather have a game that everyone can have fun playing, no matter where they land in the standings. Some of my favorite games involve me shooting a missile into the person in front of me, only to boost under them across the finish line and into... 10th place.

Honestly, the game fuses some of the best elements of hardcore gaming with accessible fun that you usually find in casual titles. The biggest mistake will be the core gamers blowing this off because they can't win consistently.

What are you? A pro gamer with a contract to fulfill? Please, get serious and then... lighten up.

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I think you're highly mistaken.

I agree that in some situations you can get slapped back to the end of the pack through no fault of your own.

But I wouldn't see people on winning streaks if it was exactly like Mario Kart. Yes, there is randomness but it's not that bad.

I know I'm not that great at the game and I usually finish at about the halfway mark, but a friend of mine and I were both saying that it doesn't seem to matter what place we finish in, because it's just FUN.

I like the fact that the racing never drags, either. You screw up and crash, they put you back into the action right away.

With only a few tracks, the game would be boring. But the challenges are fun, and the additions to mod your vehicle look like they'd keep me coming back.

In comparison to, say, Forza, this game is fast, fun, and crazy. The tracks are fun and varied, and we've only seen what, 4 out of how many?

as for the number of people playing, it was a closed beta. I play at 12am PST and there's enough people to fill a room of 20.

Probably just taking it's sweet time. Hopefully will be out in a few hours. Just hope there's not another Return to Ostagar 'delay on the day it's supposed to come out'.

the yellow one isn't a hatchback. its a BMW x3 (i think) other one is a MKIII VW Scirocco. the fact that they included the Scirocco in the game makes me want to buy an Xbox and get this game.

My thoughts exactly. Downloading at this moment. Let me know if it was worth it.

I've been playing this for hours now and absolutely love it! It's like what Full Auto should have been. This is a must buy for me. I love the racing, the COD leveling system, the maps are awesome, and overall just love it!

I'm sorry this isn't GT or Forza. It isn't meant to be an obsessively technical racer. Only car nuts, graphics whores, and sheep play games like that.

It's meant to be fun. And, for me at least, it is. It could still use some tweaking, but I'd rather play a good game than a frustrating simulator.

What an awful comment. I am none of those things that you mentioned, yet I enjoy the full gamut of racing games, Forza to Mario Kart, and everything in between.

For me though, if you're going to have realistic cars in a realistic setting, while I know they want to exaggerate and stylize the physics, but if you don't make them at least slightly believable, it gets to a point where it doesn't make sense and is no longer fun.

if this game requires you to know the ins and outs of it before you start to enjoy it, instead of pick up and play, then i justly pass on it.

Yeah, lets not learn how to play games people, lets all demand developers to make simpler games where you only have to press the right trigger to race. Slot car racing games from now on cause its way too hard to learn what power ups do. Wait we cant have slot car racing, if you hold the trigger when you turn you will go off the track, that would be too hard for some people to learn and would be make the game unenjoyable. All racing games must now consist of just straight lines and automated acceleration of the same car for everyone and everyone always ties so everyone feels like they win!

The wall-riding is something which should be addressed - and as for those pesky leaders? Pick up lightnings - pick up two or three, wait til the leader is in a tight section, and unleash them all. It's almost unstoppable.

According to the beta forum, the wall riding has been addressed, though I'm unsure if we will see the results in this demo or not.

As for one person getting way out in front... Meh. In the pack is where all the fun is anyway.