World Online BETA 1 Survey is out.

• Sinister 3/11/2010 12:14 AM
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EA has sent out surveys to those who had a chance to participate in the first North American Survey.

Please be thorough, detailed, and honest with your answers. Also, for Question 13, it would be appreciative if you could also include NFSCars.net as a source you learned about Need For Speed World. Once you have completed your survey it includes a confirmation to keey an eye on your email for the next beta testing period, which is still yet to be announced.

As an added bonus, for those who own Shift on the 360, watch the NeedForSpeed Twitter.
Ferrari Codes are being given away randomly for free to the first person who enters it into the game.

http://twitter.com/NeedforSpeed

http://www.needforspeed.com/web/world
Apply For the Beta, if you haven't yet, then PM me with your email address.

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World Online Beta 1 Complete.

• Sinister 3/8/2010 5:55 PM
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Thank you to all those who were accepted and had participated in the first North American / European Beta testing for World Online. It is recommended that you keep the files if you choose to continue participating in future tests. Any files will be updated as required when the next beta session is open, those files which will not be updated, won't be downloaded again, which should speed up the downloads as betas progress.

Currently the next testing session has not yet been announced, however as soon as the news crosses my desk, I'll be certain to share.

Also, if you're still interested in participating in a future beta testing, be sure to PM me with your email Address, unless you have done so already.

(I do not want duplicate emails from people who have already sent one)

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World Online Beta News

• Sinister 3/1/2010 8:09 PM
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Check your mail, and if necessary your spam folder for a message from EA saying whether or not you were accepted to participate in the World Online Beta Program.

We look forward to having you as a member of our beta community and hope you enjoy the experience. Be sure to visit the Need for Speed World site often for all the latest developments, behind the scenes information from our developer team, and more opportunities for you to give us your feedback or report bugs.

The beta version of Need for Speed World Online is a work in progress and intended to help our development team in creating the best game possible. You will likely come across bugs and glitches, and we strongly encourage you to report any and all of these issues to the Need for Speed World team.

As part of the beta program, you will occasionally receive emails from us, as well as surveys asking questions about your experience. We realize that filling out surveys is not the most exciting thing to do in your spare time, so we greatly appreciate your feedback and assure you that it will all be heard.

Good luck - we can't wait to see you on the road!

Sincerely,
The Need for Speed World team
http://world.needforspeed.com

This currently is the beginning session for the Beta
START TIME - Friday, March 5 at 9:00 AM PST (12 Noon EST and 17:00 GMT)
CLOSE TIME - Sunday, March 8 at 11:59 PM PST (2:59 AM EST and 07:59 GMT Monday)

More Days will be added to the schedule as the testing progresses.

The client download setup is 7.9Mb and is only available once you have logged in through the World Online site through the email.

After the installation program is run, you will need to login with your EA email and password, which then will start another download of 774.81Mb

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Expected Downtime Monday Evening

• Mike Geise 2/28/2010 11:56 PM
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UPDATE

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The server move has been completed.
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We will be switching severs monday evening and this involves changing the ip address for nfscars.com and .net. The downtime should be minimal and will depend on how often your internet service provider updates their dns caches.

New Server Specifications

Server #1 (Web)

1x Intel Xeon X3450 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
2x Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) ECC Registered (8GB Total)
2x Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 1)

Server #2 (Database)

1x Intel Xeon X3450 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Server
1x ASUS RS300-E6/PS2 1U Barebone Server (300watt PSU)
3x Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) ECC Registered (12GB Total)
2x Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 1)

I have included some photos for anyone who wanted to know what servers look like.

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World Online Beta Testing Soon.

• Sinister 2/27/2010 11:49 PM
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Just counting the time left until the beginning of the World Online Beta Testing.

Be sure if you want to participate to follow the instructions in the following link.
Beta Test Signup.

Register soon, before it's too late and you miss out until the release of World Online.

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