Okay one last question...

I finally beat everything last night! Got 82/80 cars and all events + smashes, boards, jumps, etc, all complete. Yet Im at 98% done.... why? THey gave me the gold color scheme. What on earth could I be missing?

My guess is you don't have all the Paradise Awards. If you have all the other stuff like you said, these are the only things that would be keeping you from 100%. From the the Stats screen, you have to click Square (I think) to see the Paradise Awards.

Some are tricky. If you're not a fan of the stunt runs, the "40X Multiplier" one might upset you a little bit.

Well that explains that than. Thanks for all the tips though! They really helped. If I recall I have 9 more paradise awards to get as per the last thing that flashed when I earned my elite. I think I get platinum cars with the 100% so thats nothing to me. And after taking 70 hours to beat the game.... Im sick of it!

3 hours of my life went into that one, but I have to admit it was kind of fun.

I started at the Falling Down stunt run went up and down the tracks those cliffs end at and finished at the Quarry. Hitting any jumps I could find on the way. I also hit a double barrel roll when I entered the Quarry as the icing on the cake.

I didn't quite spend 3 hours on it... but I was ready to throw the controller through the TV after I failed twice at 39X. The South Bay Expressway up to the quarry and back down to the 3 jumps on the expressway did it for me.

I finally got off my butt (aka, put down LBP) and got the last trophy for 100%... I had to delete my game AGAIN, 'cuz for some reason, it wouldn't give me the 10 timed challenges trophy...

Anyway... thanks to all that helped me in my quest for a 100% title... it will probably be the only one...

Pssst. If you guys were thinking about running out to Target to snag a copy of Burnout for $20 tomorrow, you'd probably like to know that Amazon has matched that price. Tack on something around $5 for free shipping (or wait until the big deals hit tomorrow morning).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

Newegg has it for 19.99 and free shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16879200397

This is one of those games i see myself playing alot, and frequently... i just may pick it up at that newegg price, thanks Molson.

Paradise and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 are my two 100 hours+ games for the year. Paradise will get more play in 09.

Just out of curiosity, how does this game handle ramping up the difficulty of goals? I mean, from what I've read you just drive around and do races, but does it let you know if it's going to be easy or hard? Is there a way to do easier stuff first, or is it random? In games like GTA, you have some freedom to choose what mission to do next. However, there is still some control over difficulty because sections of the map are blocked off and you have to do a series of missions for someone in a certain order, but it sounds as if this game just has everything open.

BTW, how does it compare to Burnout 3? That was the only one I played, but I wasn't too crazy about it.

Here's video footage and stills of the new island DLC.

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http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/11/28/...land-detailed/

The difficulty ramps up on it's own. The more you win, the more difficult it gets. When you start out, there's no difficult events. Everything is easy. But each time you win, the next event is a little more difficult. Drivers get faster, more aggressive, the point target is higher, etc.

I'm going to be buying so much DLC for this next year.

So the island is just a big playground ala the Quarry, or will there be new events and stuff to earn; not just buy?

The Criterion team just posted a video on their podcast of the Delorean in action...with a nice Christmas poem. (thanks to linkin prime at CAG)

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Can't wait!

Still one of my favorite games this year. Mainly because of how they have handled DLC this far.

I need to get back into this. I kidna got burned...out... and didn't finish my last license.

I need to get back into this game as well.. I loved getting some friends in and just crashing into each other making goofy faces into the camera as it snaps a picture. Or completing challenges.

Good times....

My top game of the year and I can't wait for the DLC next year.

I played again today and actually was able to complete a couple of online challenges.

For the ones playing in the Xbox 360, have you installed the game to hard drive? and have you seen any improvement with that?

I hadn't played in a long time and thought about installing to hard drive, but I just had a little time to play, and I didn't want to wait 15 minutes and then see no improvements.

Spoken like someone who never played a new game on a PS3.

haven't installed it, but the only load times are at the very beginning. Aside from that, the game is pretty smooth.

Raul, sending you a friend request since I've been playing this a lot lately. Just got my Elite license and need to do online challenges.