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current points:code:1) thecowboyjoe 2) xander i crews 3) krautastic silverbullitt850 fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Mar 20, 2012 17:09
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I only got this game a few weeks ago and am trying to break into multiplayer. Where can I go to race with goons or other terrible internet people.
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Mar 20, 2012 17:37
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Just ordered the MS wireless wheel on sale yesterday for $40, so I'm excited to have to relearn how to drive. I finally got back to Forza after going away for work for a few weeks, and holy poo poo, you guy weren't kidding about the King of the Ring challenge this month. I did about 3 laps and called it quits. That car is terrible.
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Mar 20, 2012 17:53
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pkells posted:Just ordered the MS wireless wheel on sale yesterday for $40, so I'm excited to have to relearn how to drive. I'm interested in hearing your opinions on this wheel. I originally laughed at it as a toy for kids (this was before the device came out), to enjoy Forza 4, but apparently it can be a truly legitimate wheel alternative.
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Mar 20, 2012 17:57
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MS wheel (assume we're talking about the original wheel and pedal set) is a great entry level wheel. Decent force feedback, it's got two pedals, and even though it's plastic it doesn't feel super cheap. It does have some quirks, the headset port is poo poo and 2.4ghz phones have a bad habit of spazzing it out, but for the price you won't find better.
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Mar 20, 2012 18:02
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Krataar posted:I only got this game a few weeks ago and am trying to break into multiplayer. Where can I go to race with goons or other terrible internet people. We got one of them irc things at irc.synirc.net #forzagoons I use chatzilla.
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Mar 20, 2012 18:04
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I said come in! posted:I'm interested in hearing your opinions on this wheel. I originally laughed at it as a toy for kids (this was before the device came out), to enjoy Forza 4, but apparently it can be a truly legitimate wheel alternative. I was pretty skeptical, but the reviews on amazon were overwhelmingly positive. Most of the negetive comments focused on not being able to use it more than a select few games. Reviews from Forza users said it was great though. I wasn't going to spend that much for full setup, but hey, $40 isn't bad.
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Mar 20, 2012 18:04
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Are you talking about the wheel you hold up? It might be alright, but a friend said he didn't really like it. Your arms might get tired after a while from holding it up so long. And I don't know about the deadzone as it isn't going to go back to center on its own. Apparently the triggers are really nice as they have a long throw. I'd still rather stick with either a real wheel or a controller I think. You don't have to worry about holding your arms up with either of those.
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Mar 20, 2012 18:12
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I used the MS wheel for Forza 2,3 and until recently 4. For that price it's a good piece of hardware, provided you get a good one - in the early days at least there were some build quality and FF strength issues. Also make sure to spend 10 minutes to put some rubber or foam behind the break pedal, as it has not enough travel and not enough resistance, making it far too sensitive. Other than that, once you get over the initial bump of learning how to drive again, it's a whole new experience coming from a pad. And by the time Forza 5 comes around you'll know if you want to go in deeper and spend entirely unreasonable amounts of money. Edit: Oh, you were talking about that new stick thingy 
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Mar 20, 2012 18:17
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Speaking of new stick thingies, the Clubsport Shifter apparently does still exist. Still no release date yet. http://www.911wheel.de/?q=node/8191
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Mar 20, 2012 19:23
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 Sedona Speedway is a god drat deathtrap. (Those are AI drivers.)
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Mar 20, 2012 19:46
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F4 AI can't handle any type/section of banked oval track at all.
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Mar 20, 2012 19:50
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Ether Frenzy posted:Speaking of new stick thingies, the Clubsport Shifter apparently does still exist.
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Mar 20, 2012 19:50
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I'm pretty sure Sedona exposes a bug in the AI.. like the computer cars can't see far enough down the track to safely choose their line or they interpret the oval as a straight or something, because they are loving terrible at staying out of the walls. You see it on Indianapolis too, but Sunset and Motegi are usually okay.
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Mar 20, 2012 19:51
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Thank gently caress, 1'32.113" on KOTT. Figuring out how to deal with an understeering car is an amazing (if frustrating) learning experience.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:07
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Another Stupid Newbie question. Does the view affect how the car drives? It seems like I'm driving 1000% differently in 1st person, in car, view, than I am on 3rd person far view, than I am on 1st person hood view. Can't decide which I like better.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:44
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Quad posted:Another Stupid Newbie question. Does the view affect how the car drives? It seems like I'm driving 1000% differently in 1st person, in car, view, than I am on 3rd person far view, than I am on 1st person hood view. Can't decide which I like better. I prefer 1st person hood view myself, but I often switch back to cockpit view for the fun of it. Sometimes, and I can't explain why this is, I do WAY better while in cockpit view for about 20 minutes. After that honeymoon of sorts is over, however, I feel cramped and claustrophobic again and need to return to my hood view. All 3rd person views are awkward and terrible. Anyone who doesn't immediately crash when attempting to use them are nothing less than freakish mysteries to me.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:51
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Quad posted:Another Stupid Newbie question. Does the view affect how the car drives? It seems like I'm driving 1000% differently in 1st person, in car, view, than I am on 3rd person far view, than I am on 1st person hood view. Can't decide which I like better. It doesn't affect how the car drives, no, but it definitely affects how you perceive how the car is driving. I'm a purist, and only use the cockpit view. Do whatever you like best, though.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:53
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Quad posted:Another Stupid Newbie question. Does the view affect how the car drives? It seems like I'm driving 1000% differently in 1st person, in car, view, than I am on 3rd person far view, than I am on 1st person hood view. Can't decide which I like better. No. It's just a massive difference in perception. I always found 1st person much easier to drive. I can judge the current state of my car much more accurately and timely because the whole screen moves with the car immediately whereas in 3rd person most of the screen stays static in relation to the track.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:59
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I use bumper cam due to the increased sense of speed. As I use a wheel, the arms and wheel moving somewhat in sync with my own movement pisses me off big time, and cockpit views just handicap you for no reason. It's nothing like actually being in the driver's seat of a car and it obstructs your view.
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Mar 20, 2012 21:59
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Day Man posted:It doesn't affect how the car drives, no, but it definitely affects how you perceive how the car is driving. I'm a purist, and only use the cockpit view. Do whatever you like best, though.
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Mar 20, 2012 22:01
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Falken posted:It's nothing like actually being in the driver's seat of a car and it obstructs your view. I find myself incapable these days of enjoying racing games without cockpit view. Sure, it's not like sitting in a real car, but then again racing games are not like driving a real car anyway. But if I get into a 300SL I want to sit in a 300SL and not be a floating camera that makes 300SL sounds. In other words: MY IMMERSION 
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Mar 20, 2012 22:08
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I guess I'm just weird as I use 3rd person far view almost exclusively. I tend to insanely oversteer in the cockpit view, and in what I am currently driving, old Chevys, you can't see over the hood scoop. But that's me. Also I have one of the wireless wheels. I like it, but I am better with a gamepad. So who knows.
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Mar 20, 2012 22:12
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My preference has less to do with immersion and more to do with getting more data out of the car. When in cockpit view, the interior+head view jostle around more or less believably, which does provide some information about how the car is behaving. I also have a habit of using interior features on my car (in the real world) to identify where my tires and/or fenders are. Like, if I aim a white stripe along the edge of the road with a certain bump on my windshield wiper, I know for sure that my right tire is also on that line. I do this a lot in game for identifying braking and turn-in points. When a landmark contacts my A pillar, hit brakes. Stuff like that.
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Mar 20, 2012 22:16
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Hey guys, I am going to do some racing now. GT is bentron.
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Mar 21, 2012 01:06
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Pinky the Cube posted:I prefer 1st person hood view myself, but I often switch back to cockpit view for the fun of it. Sometimes, and I can't explain why this is, I do WAY better while in cockpit view for about 20 minutes. After that honeymoon of sorts is over, however, I feel cramped and claustrophobic again and need to return to my hood view. Apparently some people find the way the camera lags behind the car makes it easier to see how the car is behaving, like you get some extra information from watching the car wobble that you'd miss out on because video games have no g-forces (cockpit view kind of does the same thing, but not as much). It makes sense to me, in theory, but I'm terrible at doing anything but crashing in third person view and I only wish I could figure out how to drive like that. I only switch to cockpit view in old cars because I feel like I'm missing out on the full wood dashboard giant steering wheel experience otherwise. I'd drive cockpit view in everything if there was a way to move the viewpoint higher and closer to the windshield, in most cars it feels like I'm driving from the viewpoint of a cat sitting in the driver's seat at maximum back position. Fortuitous Bumble fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Mar 21, 2012 01:16
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silverbullitt850 posted:Xander made a huge jump up the board with that finish last week. Nice work! Thanks man. I'll have a 10% power handicap next race, right?
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Mar 21, 2012 01:17
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burtonos posted:Hey guys, I am going to do some racing now. GT is bentron. HECK YES LETS RUN THIS B*TCH i mean gently caress yeah lets do this i really mean BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY LET'S GO RACIN BOYS VERTiG0 fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Mar 21, 2012 01:35
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Hey dudes, is there any game similar to this that I could play on PC? I know it's probably a long shot, but I don't have a console so I figured I should ask in here.
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Mar 21, 2012 02:31
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eriddy posted:Hey dudes, is there any game similar to this that I could play on PC? I know it's probably a long shot, but I don't have a console so I figured I should ask in here. Nothing out currently that's really worth getting into. Project CARS is still in development, that'll be pretty close, but it'll only have about 50 cars, as opposed to Forza 4's 615 or so.
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Mar 21, 2012 02:43
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWVwOXkcdjs Gibs and I had a bit of an incident 
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Mar 21, 2012 04:17
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWVwOXkcdjs I love that wall and the crashes it causes
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Mar 21, 2012 04:20
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Well we ended up having way to many 1 lap races because of the lobby crashing. Turn 10  Also sorry guy who I took out because I wasnt paying attention
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Mar 21, 2012 05:11
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GOD IS BED posted:Thanks man. I'll have a 10% power handicap next race, right? Updated standings with penalty "weight". Thanks for the reminder.
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Mar 21, 2012 05:30
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Know what car is really fun to drift? An F200 Toyota Aygo with RWD conversion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCILIVCq_g8
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Mar 21, 2012 14:18
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TannhauserGate posted:Know what car is really fun to drift? An F200 Toyota Aygo with RWD conversion. You know what's really fun, full stop? Any car with a RWD conversion. 
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Mar 21, 2012 17:37
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Really hoping someone uploads footage of the turn that killed everyone on Maple Valley from last night.
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Mar 21, 2012 18:13
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So hey, funny enough, I'm just now trying out Rivals mode for the first time (long story about lack of internet connectivity, but anyway), and I've got a few questions. First of all, is there a faster way to sift through literally hundreds of thousands of entries per race than just holding the up button and watching the cursor advance one entry at a time for hours until you get past the $2,500 times, like maybe some hidden Page Up command or something? Also, on some really top level laps, the car I'm racing against apparently can go from 0-100 in .002 seconds, either that or I'm racing from a standing start against someone who had their second lap counted. However, when I beat that time on the second lap, I don't get any credit for it. Is there something I just don't understand about the system or was it really that poorly designed? Is it really impossible to scroll faster than one race at a time? Are people cheating or is there some glitch that lets you build up to top speed on your first lap before you even cross the start line?
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Mar 21, 2012 18:50
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You should get credit for beating a rival's time on the 2nd lap. Game should pop up, say you've beaten the time, and then ask if you want to exit the mode. LB/RB tend to be page up/page down where they can be in Forza, so try using those. (or paddle shifters if you're on a wheel) Alternatively, join AUGR. It'll pull up club member rival times before world rival times. Less people to scroll through, and very likely higher challenges.
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Mar 21, 2012 19:05
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GreatGreen posted:So hey, funny enough, I'm just now trying out Rivals mode for the first time (long story about lack of internet connectivity, but anyway), and I've got a few questions. It sounds like your second lap is always dirty meaning it wont count against someone whos got a clean lap. It would be kinda crap if only your first lap counted.
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Mar 21, 2012 19:09
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