Today, I’ve got the driving license! Yay! And it was about time, I’m 23 years old D: and I actually do love cars.

So let’s celebrate it a bit. I’ve created two fabulous giveaways in one car-related puzzle. The first giveaway, it’s the Shift 2 Unleashed. I’ve never played it, but I heard it’s not that shitty like the other new-age NFS titles. So it’s pretty promising :3. I always wanted to try it, but I don’t have the time to play it anyway, so let’s give it away. I’m sure it’ll be great fun for arcade players as well as for more advanced players of racing games. The second giveaway, it’s the Test Drive Unlimited 2. It’s a hilarious game! LOVE IT! I’ve spent over 400 hrs in this game, lol. It’s not about the racing itself like the Shift, but more about driving around, collecting cars, exploring (the two islands are huge and you can go anywhere you want!) and socializing with other players.

All the answers are car names except for the last two (the youtube questions). You don't have to worry if you write the car name exactly right (spaces, dashes, etc). I put there many variants for the answers. If something seems too hard, tell me here. I'm expecting only the last question to be really hard. The hints might appear here on forum later. No public teamwork, please! Do not post answers nor close hints in here or you’ll be disqualified!

The puzzle: http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/Hubmdpxg

Both giveaways end in 24 hrs (23 hrs and 35 minutes to be exact) and there’s no contributor value, so anybody that solves this puzzle can enter :3

Hints:
Question 4 - It's basically Ford Mondeo that looks like fatter XJ.
Question 6 - Here's another video, it won't solve all your problems, but it might help you a little bit ◕ ‿ ◕

Btw, Shidoin solved it with no hints! :3

Entries:
Shift2: 6
TDU2: 7


Answers


Q1: Mazda MX-5 (also known as Miata or Eunos Roadster) (pic)

Quite easy question, you all probably knew it. And if not, it was only matter of knowing what's a typical British sportscar. Then it was easy, there are not many roadsters from Japan. And the mx-5 is even the most famous one.

Q2: Fiat Multipla (pic, moar and moar fabulousness)

Probably the ugliest car ever made. If you have ever made fun of this car, you knew the answer right away :D

Q3: Mazda RX-8 (pic)

First of all, you had to know the kind of engine that can make this ridiculous number of horsepower – the Wankel engine. There have been not too many cars built with this engine, so you could start just guessing or find the certain model according to the capacity and performance.

Q4: Jaguar X-Type (XJ vs. X-Type)

I thought everyone will get this pretty quickly just by guessing all the recent Jaguars. The hint brought the Ford Mondeo in, because the Jaguar X-Type is based on the Mondeo. If you google the combination of Ford Mondeo and XJ, or Ford Mondeo and Jaguar, the Wiki's page with X-Type shows up right on the first page. And why I call the X-type a fatter XJ? Just look at them! It's basically more curved and puffy XJ from that generation (the X350 and X358). But I still like it :3, it’s still fabulous and not that weird like the S-Type (but dat ass! mmm).

Q5: Colin Steele McRae (info)

You had many ways how to find out who it was. You could have just googled the gold Impreza from X-GAMES, or looked for the results from X-GAMES that’d fit. But you could have seen his name even in the clip at 1:21.

Q6: Bob Shubin Jr. (played by Derek D from Fast Lane Daily)

If you didn't know Derek D, you were pretty much screwed without the hint. Although Shidoin found him even without the hint. After posting the hint video, it got much easier. You could have started looking for the original video on YouTube, because you knew he was at the New York Intercontinental Auto Solution (=International Auto Show). Or you could have just looked for car news shows on YouTube until you found Derek D or the logo that would fit in the clips (that’s why the logo wasn’t fully covered). After knowing the Fast Lane Daily show or Derek D, it must have been pretty easy to find the original video (or similar) that’d give you the right answer. Btw, you could have heard his name in the hint at 0:53, anyone has noticed it? :P


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gratz! :D
I like to drive, but driving game are not my kind..
thx anyway ;)

11 years ago
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Congratulations :) Drivers license is your ticket to freedom.

11 years ago
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Took you a while....but congrats nonetheless. :)

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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Grats, and Thanks! Your dream car

11 years ago
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Hehe, that's a pure swag car :D. I'd take this one only over the car from Q2 :D

11 years ago
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xD

11 years ago
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Congrats! :D

11 years ago
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Stuck on Q2 Q4 and Q6
Also thanks :)

11 years ago
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Same with me. But congrats on the license, and thanks for the sweet puzzle giveaway!

11 years ago
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Q2 isn't really very hard but Q4 and Q6 is :(. Thanks for puzzle and congratulations - driving licence is one of the best things in life for me :D

Edit: Only Q6 left!

11 years ago
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But i dont know if he means a manufacturer or the car itself..

11 years ago
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Omg dude you gotta drop a hint or something, how on earth did you get those??

11 years ago
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i dont even answered 1 question <.< :D

  • fuck yeah got question 1

11 years ago
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I did it! :D

11 years ago
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how did you find out number 6 ? do you know him or searched the interwebs ?

11 years ago
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I don't know him. Just searched really deep in the internet and used deduction :D

11 years ago
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Howwwww??? Please, tell us your secrets, tell us something, I'm begging you!

11 years ago
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I would like to but I can't :(. Maybe tohico will drop some hints later :)

11 years ago
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Yeah, I understand.

^sob^ the agony of not knowing is killing me

11 years ago
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Nice! I thought I'm gonna have to drop some hints before someone solves it :)

11 years ago
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you should give some hints anyway :P

11 years ago
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It wasn't easy but it's only partial success - now I have to win these games :D. Btw What will be your first car? :D

11 years ago
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I haven't decided. I have to save the money first, so I have plenty of time for the picking :3. But I was thinking about something small to help improve my maneuvering/driving skills before I get to sedans. The car from Q1 seems suitable for that. But I might end up with a sedan anyway, which would be great comfortable option for winters. Like the car from Q4 and many others.

11 years ago
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Nice quiz. I'm a car guy and some of these are tough.

11 years ago
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I only need the last question answer and Congratz on getting your license :)

11 years ago
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Still can't get it solved :/

11 years ago
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Thank you for the gratulations! The hint for the question 6 is coming by one hour. Stay tuned :3

11 years ago
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Wait, does that mean one hour later from now, or one hour before the giveaways end?

11 years ago
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It meant one hour from then. The youtube is processing it now :3

11 years ago
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Woop I got 6, now for the rest :D, had to do some serious research though

11 years ago
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Ugh, stuck on 4

11 years ago
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The hint for question 6 added. It's just a small hint, it gives you one or two ways to get the right answer tho. All the major hints remain hidden there :3

11 years ago
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Finally got it! But still stuck on 2 and 4 like Massivekills. I gotta say tohico, this is the most difficult puzzle I've come across in a while; nicely done.

Any chance we might get any hints for 2 and/or 4?

11 years ago
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Well, I kinda need one for Q4 xD

11 years ago
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Congrats on getting your license.
I'm in the process of getting mine, currently awaiting for a theory test. I'm 24 :D
Out of curiosity, how long did the whole process took?
Also thanks for the giveaways.

11 years ago
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Thanks, good luck on your license :)

It took me quite a lot, like 6 months or so. Only because I took 3 months break because of school and laziness. And then there were problems with getting the final driving tests (they changed the examiner, so I had to get a temporary one, but he got sick for sevaral weeks).

11 years ago
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its like 4 is impossible, I have the feeling im looking in the right place, but just cant seem to find it, I thought 6 was hard, but 4 is way harder.

11 years ago
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Congrats! Getting a car?

11 years ago
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Thanks. Yea, eventually I'll buy my own car. But it'll take at least 6 months before I can afford one.

11 years ago
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Lol been searching for this answer for a long time now literally have no clue question 4 is just too random :p

11 years ago
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I finally did it!! Q2 was the hardest one for me, the question wasn't very clear. But one of your earlier comments sent me in the right direction. Q6 is not easy but you just need to be smart about it. I just had a hunch and it worked! (hard to talk about it without giving hints)
Thanks tohico and grats on getting your license! :D

11 years ago
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Yep same for me on Q2, I wish he would post something like a hint for question 4, because thats really a pretty random question

11 years ago
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Sweet, congrats! We finally have a second solver here :3

11 years ago
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Been stuck on Q4 for the past 2hrs..

11 years ago
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yup same

11 years ago
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stuck on 2 + 4 like others, 6 wasn't too bad

EDIT: now just stuck on 4 like the others

11 years ago
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4 hours passed since I solved Q6, and I still cant solve Q4

11 years ago
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Congrats buddy :)

11 years ago
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Lucky, I am 21 and still don't have mine, I failed the driving test, only cause the instructors here are very dodgy, and thanks for the giveaway :D

11 years ago
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Congrats on the license :)
edit solved.

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Closed 11 years ago by tohico.