Today kids are resourceful indeed! Rather than wasting time on following the game's own rule, they instead go about finding cheat code from the net. One or two manages to crack without, but mostly would further compare the notes with their peers based on the found cheat codes. Some games have no cheat code available, and they then collaboratively cracked together. Borrowing dad's flash disks or memory media, kids exchange their game-cracks.
PC's version medal of honors is one of kids victim. Just go into the system by invoking "tab" and type dogod or whatever, now you're immortal with no running out of ammo. However it is different story on WRC 2003. To unlock more powerful car to win you would need to be in top five on every podium stage, and win the championship as a professional player. Otherwise some of stages in certain countries are locked. And you need to participate on every single stage of each country challenge. The stage takes normally 5 minutes to finish. This excludes the console's downloading. Depending on the condition of laser reading device.
Despite of PS2 Sony ruggedness, this device weaken as it take abusive long hours usages. Kids's game are notoriously demanding, their sense of awareness of electronic's vulnerability is almost none. Consistent parental's monitoring is virtually a "Mission Impossible"! Yes they are degrading and the console has been serviced more than twice. Replacing an original laser module is a costly alternative, it may cost as a new slim PS2. The slim PS2 is also a no match to our existing console's reliability. Being slim it makes them difficult to dissipate heat out, hence shorter life time expectancy.
Another good alternative is to install a PC harddisk instead. I have already a spare 150 Gb samsung HDD to throw into the console, yet modification requires networking module. With the advent of the downturn crisis our exchange rate is not currently favourable now to buy such module card. It is not a wise investment right now, at least we would have to wait. As the expert says the crisis would need two years to recide, we expect sooner though!
Hence cracking WRC 2003 manually on a weak laser tip is a logical way to do it, albeit at much slower pace. It takes time yet somebody has to do it! Last night I just finished those stages on Argentine series. No luck yet to be the within the top ten, but on previous series at Finland's last stage I managed to win.
Just may be that the car choice is not suitable. The Pug 206 has proven to be hard to control. WRC 2003 only allow three main settings on suspension, brake bias and gear ratio. As I recall on similar game by Mc Rae has a setting on steering sensitivity, so that you could make adjustment. Still though three by three adjustment is nine permutation possiblities! Practice makes you win. But kid's agility is surely a no match to an adult without practice at all!
By adjusting both suspension and brake bias to mid settings, and leave the gear ratio to long or maximum top speed attack. I finally, got the optimal driveability to compensate for the lack of PUG 206's handlings. On that long section the Pug managed to attain high speed and as the result a win. Imagine just this one win I now could brag about my skill again to our kids. Our kids used to be at lower rank than mine. This is the drive for me to practice where ever I could! A dad's egothistical way for a raw driving model!
PC's version medal of honors is one of kids victim. Just go into the system by invoking "tab" and type dogod or whatever, now you're immortal with no running out of ammo. However it is different story on WRC 2003. To unlock more powerful car to win you would need to be in top five on every podium stage, and win the championship as a professional player. Otherwise some of stages in certain countries are locked. And you need to participate on every single stage of each country challenge. The stage takes normally 5 minutes to finish. This excludes the console's downloading. Depending on the condition of laser reading device.
Despite of PS2 Sony ruggedness, this device weaken as it take abusive long hours usages. Kids's game are notoriously demanding, their sense of awareness of electronic's vulnerability is almost none. Consistent parental's monitoring is virtually a "Mission Impossible"! Yes they are degrading and the console has been serviced more than twice. Replacing an original laser module is a costly alternative, it may cost as a new slim PS2. The slim PS2 is also a no match to our existing console's reliability. Being slim it makes them difficult to dissipate heat out, hence shorter life time expectancy.
Another good alternative is to install a PC harddisk instead. I have already a spare 150 Gb samsung HDD to throw into the console, yet modification requires networking module. With the advent of the downturn crisis our exchange rate is not currently favourable now to buy such module card. It is not a wise investment right now, at least we would have to wait. As the expert says the crisis would need two years to recide, we expect sooner though!
Hence cracking WRC 2003 manually on a weak laser tip is a logical way to do it, albeit at much slower pace. It takes time yet somebody has to do it! Last night I just finished those stages on Argentine series. No luck yet to be the within the top ten, but on previous series at Finland's last stage I managed to win.
Just may be that the car choice is not suitable. The Pug 206 has proven to be hard to control. WRC 2003 only allow three main settings on suspension, brake bias and gear ratio. As I recall on similar game by Mc Rae has a setting on steering sensitivity, so that you could make adjustment. Still though three by three adjustment is nine permutation possiblities! Practice makes you win. But kid's agility is surely a no match to an adult without practice at all!
By adjusting both suspension and brake bias to mid settings, and leave the gear ratio to long or maximum top speed attack. I finally, got the optimal driveability to compensate for the lack of PUG 206's handlings. On that long section the Pug managed to attain high speed and as the result a win. Imagine just this one win I now could brag about my skill again to our kids. Our kids used to be at lower rank than mine. This is the drive for me to practice where ever I could! A dad's egothistical way for a raw driving model!
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