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If you're looking for a new car that's a little bit different, EA's "HotRod Hauler Chop Socky Special" may be for you.

Ready to intimidate the competition? This HotRod blitzes all others with a ported and polished big V-8, flame throwing open zoomie headers and super Fat tires. Available with several smokin' hot paint jobs, metal bed skid strips, and hand stitched leather interior - this custom chopped rod is ready to crooze the boulevard in style!

 > HotRod Hauler Chop Socky Special

A designer walkthrough for the new expansion pack The Sims 2 FreeTime has been posted on TheSims2.com. Stuff I leaned from the video include:

• A Sim's enthusiasm for an activity increases with time, and reaching the maximum means the Sim enters the 'zone' when doing the activity, and motives decay at a slower rate. Secret lots, magazine subscriptions and more can also be unlocked from increased enthusiasm
• Sims can now enter food, videogame and dance contests
• When a Sim grows up, you can choose to make friends grow up at the same time
• Filling the new lifetime aspiration meter gains the Sim lifetime benefit points, which can be spent on lifetime benefits relating to needs, work, and each of the Sim's two aspirations - the second one being optional and possibly requiring lifetime benefit points. The knowledge Sim in the video is aiming to one day be able to summon aliens at will
• When selecting a secondary aspiration in the video, you can see that the Grilled Cheese aspiration, originally only available as a consequence of using the ReNuYuSenso Orb (an aspiration reward from Nightlife that allowed Sims to change their aspiration) below gold aspiration, is now available as an option.

 > The Sims 2 FreeTime Videos

As well as Natasha Bedingfield, EA have announced all the songs from the bands you haven't heard of in FreeTime's soundtrack. Have a look at the press release to see the full list of songs included with the latest The Sims 2 expansion pack.
 > Press Release

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The Sims 2 FreeTime producer Bim Majekodunmi has answered some questions about The Sims 2 FreeTime, as well as how to become a producer and more, in a new video posted on The Sims 2 UK. As far as FreeTime goes, she revealed that five new careers - Architecture, Oceanography, Entertainment, Dance and Intelligence ("As in spy careers") - are included and Sims will now be able to have two aspirations at the same time. The video is at the bottom of the linked page.
 > The Sims 2 FreeTime at The Sims 2 UK

Screenshots and item renders for The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff have been posted on TheSims2.com.
 > The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff at TheSims2.com