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Demo Derby

Demo Derby: Official Xbox Magazine 064

The derby gallops around again! This time we visit Las Vegas, overthrow a local government, and drive around for an unlimited amount of time!

The past and the present collide as Giant Bomb digs into the dark world of old demo discs.

Feb. 4 2018

Cast: Jeff, Brad, Ben

Posted by: Jan

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Man... TDU 1 on PC was so good. I used my G25 wheel for it and it was great. That map of Hawaii they had was huge and the online worked flawlessly for me, I wonder how TDU 2 was in comparison. Never played it

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@glots: Wrong, it's actually the difference between what these sorts of disc were like during the pre-360/ps3 gaming days VS the earlier gens. They got rather "boring" quick that gen (well, a year or two in, anyway). The OG Xbox discs are more interesting, IMO.

Of course discs like this were less carded about by a year or two into the 360/ps3 gen because the internet was not mainstream (also, XBL and PSN, etc.) and who needs demo discs when you have WAY more information at your finger tips (and 360 for a time had a fare amount of demo's from the online service).

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Also - part of the demo disc is for the OG Xbox, so your not even seeing the whole disc in this case (not that the OG part would make up for it, of course lol)

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I miss early and mid 2000's techno/electronica (late 90's too, actually)