Unsurprisingly, all of the WOTLK Classic that we chose to WOTLK Gold drive in had a very different feel, both in terms of our vehicles' handling and the tactics required to succeed. Before climbing into a supertruck for the first time, for example, Scotty pointed out to us that drafting other racers is often a useful tactic in those particular events.
Scotty's remarks during our time with WOTLK Classic also gave us a pretty good idea of how our occasionally aggressive overtaking maneuvers would be received in the current championship. It wasn't just Scotty who'd let us know when we were being overly pushy on the track, either; we got to see cutscenes of angry rival drivers storming into our garage after a race on more than one occasion.
The cutscenes looked equally impressive on both the PlayStation and the Xbox, but the in-game visuals are significantly smoother on the Xbox at this point. Eye candy aside, the only noticeable difference between the two versions of the game is that the trigger buttons are the default accelerate and brake controls for the Xbox game, while the PS version defaults to the X and O buttons. We look forward to bringing you more information on WOTLK Classic after we've spent more time with the game.
The main component in WOTLK Classic is the career mode, which lets you create a character and then starts you off in your mom's basement. You'll earn cash from playing in increasingly high-stakes games, and as you move up the ladder you'll move out of the basement and into a series of increasingly nicer pads. When you've got enough cash, you can hit the pawn shop to cheap WOTLK Classic Gold buy stuff you can decorate your swinging penthouse with. But if you lose too many times, you might have to hock that same gear at the shop to make enough cash to keep ing into new games.
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