Ass Traffic
Primary Category: Anal
Secondary Category: Group Sex
Additional Keywords: One on one, threesomes/foursomes
double penetration, A2M, Eurobabes
Reviewed July 2 2006
(2nd look, June 10 2007)
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| Content Quantity: |
20/20 |
Content Quality: |
20/20 |
Updates: |
7/10 |
| Entertainment: |
15/15 |
Navigation & Design: |
9/10 |
Download: |
5/5 |
| Value for Money: |
14/15 |
Reviewer's Tilt: |
4/5 |
Total: |
94/100 |
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Ass Traffic has been around for nearly three years now, and it's probably safe to say that it has established itself as one of the best dedicated anal porn sites.
The girls are hot, the action even hotter (and you get a fair share of DP and other group action in addition to the regular one-on-one anal fun), and with one new episode added every week, Ass Traffic is now close to 150 exclusive videos with accompanying photosets.
The technical quality of the videos falls a bit short of the best out there, but the highest quality is nevertheless still well suited for full screen viewing.
Enough with the flattering words though, one thing Ass Traffic definately doesn't score high points on with this particular reviewer, is punishing European members with a 30 Euro price tag, meaning we're paying the equivalent of around $7 (at the time of writing) more just because we happen to live on this side of the Atlantic. Not cool at all, and the first time I've seen this.
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Site info updated December 20 2007
| Pictures: |
Approx. 215+ photosets (approx. 20-100 per set)
1500 or 1024 px resolution
(a few updates are missing photosets)
Additionally 100-200+ video stills with every update |
| Video: |
223 (approx. 30-40 minutes each)
Windows Media (wmv) and Mpeg formats available
Highest quality: wmv 960x576, 3000 kbit (1920x1080, 8000 kbit on the most recent videos)
No DRM protection |
| Bonus: |
93 downloadable anal scenes from various DVDs |
| Pricing: |
1 month recurring: $29.95/€29.95
3 months non-recurring: $69.95/€69.95
3 day trial: $2.95/€2.95 |
Update, December 20 2007
With the latest few videos, Ass Traffic as well as the two other reviewed sites from the same guys, Prime Cups and Tamed Teens have gotten another significant quality boost. A very significant quality boost.
The new optional fourth quality is full 1080p HD (1920x1080) at an incredibly high 8000 kbit bitrate (as opposed to the 720p, 1280x720, 4000 kbit that's common for nearly all the other, still relatively few, porn sites that have moved to HD video), so for those of you fortunate enough to be in possession of
a) a large 1080p HDTV connected to your computer (whether directly or through eg. Windows Media Center, an XBox 360 Elite or some other method), or at the very least something like a 22" 1680x1050 widescreen monitor or larger
b) A very fast Internet connection for the downloads (or admirable patience, 30 minutes of video clock in at around 2.5 GB)
c) A pretty powerful computer to get fluid video playback
you now have the option of watching hardcore anal and double penetration action in ultrasharp quality (or wonderful crisp closeups of huge, beautiful boobs - and anal/DP - if we're talking about Prime Cups).
As mentioned, at the time of writing it's only the latest 3-5 videos on the three sites that are available in 1080p HD (and for some reason the very latest one on Ass Traffic isn't), but another few months and I imagine there should be a fairly neat HD collection on each of them.
2nd look, June 10 2007
It's been almost a year since my review of Ass Traffic, and I haven't actually visited the site since. It was great already back then (though I felt the sex was overall a tad hotter and a bit more extreme at Asshole Fever).
Well, a few rather important things have happened since at Ass Traffic that will probably have me reevaluate which anal site is the better one, and it does look like the one at hand is coming out on the winning side this time, even if the nature of the content hasn't changed (still more or less no-nonsense hardcore anal sex with mostly very hot babes, mostly one on one but also quite a lot of group scenes, whether two guys with making for some double penetration fun or two girls on one guy).
First of all the number of exclusive scenes at Ass Traffic is now at 195 - that's a lot of hours of anal porn entertainment. That's just volume though, what's more interesting is that video and photo quality on the latest 32 scenes has gone from relatively mediocre (decent at the time of my original review, but it's 2007 now) to pretty damn spectacular.
Low quality (mpeg 320x240) scene segments and full scene files are available in case you're on a slow Internet connection, but complete scenes can now also be downloaded in either a very nice looking 640x480, 1500 kbit version (cropped to regular 4:3 format) or a really great widescreen 960x540, 3000 kbit version - not quite HD but significantly better than DVD quality.
Photos have also gotten a pretty neat boost - from around 680x1024 pixels to 1000x1500 and if you go for the screenshot zip files you'll get them in a huge 1920x1080 resolution, indicating that the Ass Traffic people are actually shooting their videos in full 1080p HD quality now, even if they are currently downsizing them to 920x540 (1080p is overkill on anything but a large HDTV anyway though, but 720p, 1280x720 as a slowly increasing number of sites are starting to offer works quite nicely for computer monitors 19" or larger).
In any case, aside from getting your anal fix from eg. one of the large DVD download sites or a pay-per-view site like AEBN, I'm pretty confident in saying that Ass Traffic is now probably the best anal site on the web. I still think Asshole Fever has a few more videos that really stand out as a bit more hardcore and extreme (not that the throat fucking, double penetration and gaping assholes you get here isn't "hardcore") and they overall might have a stock of slightly better looking girls, but Ass Traffic does have around 60 scenes more (plus the 93 bonus videos from various DVDs), and this latest quality upgrade really makes an impression - or at least it does if you've got a fairly fast Internet connection and a decent monitor.
I have added one point to the content quantity score and two points to quality.
Original Review
Here we are again with one of my favourite niches - hardcore anal porn. And to expand the upper range of the anal review category I decided to go with a site I've already been a member of a couple of times before, and which has probably, and rightfully so, been among the hottest and most popular anal sites over the last year or two.
Like the very similar (but newer and smaller) anal site I reviewed (and loved) a few months ago, Asshole Fever, Ass Traffic is all about no nonsense anal drilling. The babes are generally very hot (the East European beauties strike again), the cocks are big, and the action is fast and furious and often pretty rough. Just the way I like it.
Ass Traffic has been around since September 2003 and with weekly updates (rolled out in daily parts) consisting of a new long video - 30 to 40 minutes - and around 30 to 100 photos plus a slew of video stills, the site has grown to a pretty impressive size of currently 146 episodes episodes.
In addition to all this exclusive content, you'll also find 93 bonus videos - anal scenes from various hardcore DVDs. If you've visited VideoBox or VideosZ you might recognize many or even most of them, but they are nevertheless still a nice addition, especially since the technical quality is the same as on the exclusive videos, and they are downloadable and not just the typical streaming videos many sites use as bonus content.
As already mentioned, Ass Traffic makes heavy use of a lot of East European hotties (there are also quite a lot of girls I don't recognize so don't ask me about their nationality), including well known babes like Dora Venter, Simony Diamond, Angel Dark, Claudia Rossi, Mya Diamond, Krystal DeBoor, Alissa and many others.
Several of them are repeat visitors, Dora Venter (always a favourite of mine) is appearing for the fourth time in this week's update for instance.
Aside from one-on-one anal sex you'll also find quite a few threesomes (or even foursomes) with two(/three) guys on one girl, and yep, that usually includes some hot DP action. Additionally there are several scenes with two girls, usually joined by two guys.
(Member area screenshots)
Before I move onto the technical stuff (video resolution etc.) bear over with me while I do a bit of nitpicking.
The main reason I'm even including the following is because the site is so very similar in nature to Asshole Fever (or rather the other way around, as Ass Traffic is about two years older), so a bit of comparison seems appropriate.
And compared to Asshole Fever which sported some very rough and extreme scenes among the "just" severely hardcore anal scenes, the sex at Ass Traffic can at times seem a bit sterile (no pun intended) and lacking in variety.
It's great, hot and all that (we've already established that I think) but in comparison it's just lacking that final edge.
While we are on the nitpicking and personal peeves, I'm also a bit disappointed that pretty much every scene at Ass Traffic features quick and direct editing between eg. position changing, so you very rarely get to see a girl being "thrown" around a bit or a cock roughly (or gently) inserted into a willing hole - it's already in there after the cut. I personally love to see that stuff, and it's things like these that made me use the word "sterile" above.
All that aside, Ass Traffic very much still deserves its 15/15 score in the entertainment category, because entertaining it certainly is. The minor issues above are instead reflected in the missing last point in the Reviewer's Tilt score, while that other site scored a 5/5 here and landed on my favourites list, despite still being a significantly smaller site.
Now moving on - the technical stuff, was it? In two words - pretty good, but that's as far as I'll go.
The photos generally look great (but lacking that last bit of sharp professionalism that characterizes the photo content at rival site Asshole Fever, and the other sites from 21Sextury as well - there's probably a good chance you'll stick almost solely to the videos at Ass Traffic), even though it wouldn't hurt to boost the 1024 pixel resolution to 1200+
The resolution on the videos (all in mpeg format) is rather average at 448x336 (with two lower qualities available as well).
The high 1400 kbit bitrate more or less saves the day and makes sure the videos still look pretty good in full screen mode, but Ass Traffic still has some way to go before it can match the 640x480+ resolutions that are (fortunately) becoming more common on high quality sites.
Finally I'm gonna end this thing with a complaint, and a pretty big one at that.
What the hell is up with charging me the equivalent of around seven dollars extra (today's exchange rates) just because I happen to live in Europe? Not cool at all, so there goes one point in the value for money score. I'm tempted to remove two as $37 is a pretty steep price compared to the $20-30 most porn sites charge (regardless of where you live), but since Ass Traffic is afterall a large and very good site, and "only" us Europeans are punished with a higher price tag, I'll let them off the hook with that one point.
I'm going to assume they don't push it so far as to charge the Brits £30.
First time I've seen this, but I'm guessing it might not be the last.
That aside, even for European anal fans Ass Traffic is probably well worth a visit.
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85-94 Very Good
75-84 Good
65-74 Acceptable
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