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Thanks Flashback Jack.

Wow, that really sucks!! I don't understand why Sony have to make things "Regional" in the way they do. How hard can it be to make it available to everyone, regardless of where a person is Geographically located??

I'm glad to hear that you finally managed to get the content though.... hope you're enjoying it? I know i am. :)

I needed the packs mainly for Icaras, because truth be told, at the extreme upper end of its performance compared to other ships it simply outclasses everything on tracks that favour it most (Talon's Junction, Moa Therma). The balance is there in Pulse for the most part, but the differences (slight) between the ships start appearing at the ninety-ninth percentile in terms of performance, particularly on the straighter tracks, which is perhaps the best test of overall balance.

Egg did a fantastic job balancing the ships for most folks, but us being denizens of the Wipeout matrix, able to see in code when we run our laps, we may have just realized our first but virtually negligible anomaly.

The extra tracks are nice. Orcus White is barrel roll paradise and Gemini Dam is a technician's dream. The Icaras feels just like the featherweight Ag-sys and the Auricom is stable as hell.

- F

Egg just designed the ships, Colin did the balancing of the teams.

One of these days I'll have to ask someone to help me out with this as I'm in the US.

For some reason, I still hold out hope that I can just see them magically appear some Thursday at random. Come on Sony, please let me give you more money!

Since everybody buys the right to download the content 5 times it should be possible to get ahold of it somehow, right? Couldn't you just use an European account from someone who bought the packs? I'm sure it works. Someone here talked about getting the packs from another account. I'd also gladly share my right to download the DLC if there's a way to do so.

There is a way to do so, but it violates the TOS of the PSN (giving out your login info). But it's not illegal (There's no laws against sharing an e-mail and password AFAIK).

I would like to see these tracks in motion. Are there any vids on youtube?

Mad Ice recently posted an Orcus White run on Youtube demonstrating roughly fifteen thousand barrel rolls over five laps. Check his post history for the link.

- F

it's a real shame about these packs not been made available (as promised) especially as Vostok Reef imo is one of the best tracks from pulse...very fun to race. (if we must have pulse dlc in HD, i thin k vostok reef should be included, 1. because it's ace, 2. half the world hasn't had the chance to play it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQDyy9w9wM

Agreed!! I've only had the packs a few days, and Vostok Reef is AWESOME!! :)

I second that Vostok Reef is amazing. Edgewinter too. Both have a very natural flowing and Edgewinter reminds me of good old Wipeout-times. Gemini on the other hand is a bit weird, tries to combine too many track elements and it really doesn't flow well. Also there are two turns that I have problems with telling their depths and in the process I misjudge distance every single time.
Orcus has a great bronze/brown style and atmosphere to it. Shame that the sheer number of possible BR completely ruin the track though. :-

Agree with that, Edgewinter White has been a real grower for me and I would like to see it again in HD.

Well, for what it's worth, direct download of games and DLC to the PSP is incoming "very soon" (upgraded from Sony's usual promise of "soon," a promise we have been hearing for YEARS now :lol)

You can see a first screen of the service here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337642

So I am wondering if there is any chance that this will make it easier for North Americans to purchase the Pulse DLC from the European Sony store. PSPs aren't region locked, perhaps one can more easily visit/purchase items from a foreign store?

Hey, I know im probably late on it, but has anyone tried those new custom themes?Also, all the previous DLC is still available right? want to get back onto the online racing circuit :)

I only just got around to getting the DLC for Pulse (I take it that's what you meant, or were you referring to Pure?) and it works fine. Can't use the skins online though, or even for Ad-Hoc play, which is a real bummer!! Apart from that it's great. Vostok Reef is fantastic!! :)

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that with the DLC, the speeds just seem "Faster"?? I don't know if it's because i'm not used to the tracks yet, but even at Venom/Flash speeds, it just feels really fast..... MUCH faster than all the other (Standard) tracks etc. I don't remember Moa Therma or Talons Junction seeming that fast when i first played them. Also it takes an AGE to load up for a race.

I just recently got the packs as well (thank WZ member!)

It does take forever to load new races up. A really long time as a matter of fact, glad to know it's not just me. As far as the speed goes, I think it is just a matter of not knowing the tracks. Especially because you are racing them on Phantom very quickly in comparison to the rest of the game.

Hey, glad to hear that you got the packs. :)

You're probably right with the whole speed thing, because as i'm getting to know certain tracks, they don't seem anywhere near as fast as i first thought. I'm still crashing a lot though. LOL!!

Gemini Dam is giving me fits. I love all the tracks though. Man, we need more tracks like these in the next Wipeout game, whatever it is.

LOL!! Gemini Dam is fun, as is Vostok Reef, but "Orcus" (Black or White).... it's all i can do to see where i'm going because the track is just so dark. I don't like dark tracks! :)

Yep, agreed, more tracks like these would be great!! Let's hope that there's some really good DLC coming for the PS3 eh? :D

I don't want to read through pages and pages.

Did we finally get the packs in the USA?