Ah very interesting thread! TL;DR: I can confirm that the FAS doesn't feel half as awesome as it used to. As a FAS owner, a year ago, I used to feel awesome in HazRES and CZ... Then, a little bit before The Commanders, I went doing some exploration, then after a couple of months of exploration, I've...
smartroad wrote:"It's not like there is a sun that could reflect off of it and blind all other road users, setting fire to their hair or bursting tyres" LOL
Or the reflection of cars in it that could trigger dangerous reflexes from other drivers when they see it in the corner of their eyes... !
Those pimp paint jobs are quite funny, In some cases they can be ok... But I hope they will use the gold shader in a tastier way in the future... More like a ribbon of gold or some mechanical parts in gold or chrome, instead of dipping everything in a gold bath. Ships and vehicles painted in gold li...
Hello to you respected commanders, I'm a french old timer of the Elite universe. I had played a little of the original Elite , on an Amstrad CPC 6128. I don't think I had been unable to survive more than two consecutive jumps with my comander at the time. Docking seemed insanely difficult to me. :? ...