Just bought an xbox 360, newbie advice

[cw42]

traded in just about every spare console we had around the house, bar the wii
Now the owner of the xbox 360 pro. 2 controllers, pgr4, assasins creed, halo3.
Had a quick play before work tonight, and very impressed so far. I've got silver live membership, so I'll have a go at hooking up to the network tomorrow.
Do you chaps have any hints or tips I should know about to smooth me into xbox ownership?

[Xenocide]

Not really. Just make sure it's well ventilated

[Tycho]

Upgrade to Gold membership if you've got PGR4 & Halo 3. Both excellent online. Also make sure that COD4 & GTA4 are on your shopping list.

[ZeeTacoe]

as with all DVD players don't move it while the disc is spinning. and hook it up to a HD tv as the difference between normal telly and a HD one is vast.

[cw42]

Cheers guys. It's well ventilated on my hi-fi rack. I've not got a HD telly atm, that's to come in the future I can however hook it up to my projector using the supplied component cable, which I'll be checking out tonight

I've got COD4 on my pc, so that's where it's staying, however, I got a months membership to gold as part of the package, so I'll give halo a try once I get a handle on the control method.

One more Q: I have a microsoft force feedback steering wheel for my pc, will that work with my xbox? (it's usb)

[Polarbert]

Another thing is that if you buy GTA4 for it then you'll get another month free on XBox Live.

[69 coupe]

Are the new xbox360's quieter that the first gen 360's? mine sounds like a fecking train.

[cw42]

It is loud, but not that bad.

[Jack Blag]

Get Racedriver Grid

[Mekon]

You do need to get GTAIV asap.

Also, if you want to play with people on here, add some of these gamertags to your friends list

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

You can do it on PC, which is much easier - http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/Friends.aspx?WT...