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I don't know why I didn't think to sign up to this thread earlier when the game came out, but now I'm reporting for duty. Added my name to the spreadsheet and hoping to add/find some fellow Forza goons. Already part of a club that I don't really want to leave, and not terribly interested in Rivals mode so much anymore, so I'll probably just start adding folks at random who tend to have weekday evenings/Sunday evenings free as I scroll through the spreadsheet. I play with the MS wheel and am not too shabby on my own lapping or against the AI, but I tend to rely on the braking line and have little experience vs. real people, so I tend to bump folks on the corners if they brake earlier than I do. (especially since I prefer lightweight cars with good brakes) ninja edit: #forzagoons on synIRC? I'm there.
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# ¿ Dec 6, 2011 22:41 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 20:31 |
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Rainwave here, sent club request to AUGR. Want to get in on some races!
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# ¿ Dec 19, 2011 03:18 |
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Any tutorials or videos anyone can point me to on how to get started on basic drifting? Experimenting on my own surely isn't working well. I'm used to tuning my cars to stick to the road like glue, so I have no idea where to get started on either cars or techniques.
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2012 07:50 |
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Keket posted:Add me on Xbox and ill give you a hand sometime, gt keketcat TannhauserGate posted:tldr- 1) Can you drive? I'm not bad, I think. I'm in the top 30% of rival times whenever I try 'em and clock a 1:43 around the Top Gear track. 2) Can you drive without assists? I drive A class with no cars, and some S class cars, with no assists. I turn TCS on for most S class and all R1+ cars, I have a bit of a lead foot that leads me into trouble exiting corners. I use sim steering since I use the MS wireless wheel. 3) Can you powerslide? Not on purpose. I've gotten adept at keeping myself OUT of powerslides through tuning and countersteer but I guess I need to learn otherwise now. My fav cars tend to be Lotuses, which have a bit of a bite to them on the exit. The rest are instructions I'll hopefully by able to follow. Thanks for the tips. I was actually pretty sorely disappointed that Forza 4 didn't introduce racing tutorials - it'd be cool to have a virtual driving guide/critic, or interactive modes that use telemetry on replays to give you advice. ("you didn't brake enough", "too little throttle", "too slow here", etc)
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2012 05:47 |
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Hey guys, the next turn in Infineon is over this way, right? [timg]http://i.imgur.com/5udAX.jpg][/timg] Oh. I guess it's not. Good thing this bump and that wall are there to stop me! Well, at least nobody else was as stup- oh god. And here come contestants 4 and 5! Full stupidity can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/aVidrGd26pU This all happened because I'm reliant on a braking line and, obviously, being off course there wasn't one for me to look at. That everybody else had followed me, though... well, that's special. LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jan 8, 2012 |
# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 05:36 |
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VikingSkull posted:There's nothing more satisfying than entering a corner too hot, saving it, and watching the people behind you plow into a wall because they were staring at your rear end. This happens to me almost every time I'm in one of my Lotus cars. Problem is I then have to hope I can round the bend fast enough not to get hit...
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 16:50 |
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Been trying to find one of those 80s car-height small pickups, but the only one in the game seems to be the GMC Syclone, which has a PI of 385 and a price of 12,000CR. Unfortunately I have no idea what cars could qualify, especially since I'm not well versed in muscle cars.
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# ¿ Jan 13, 2012 03:35 |
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Can anyone give me a good class/PI to sort of target around for this shitbox challenge? I'm a little short on knowing old cars (and owning DLC) so I'm sort of clueless here.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2012 00:02 |
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Dr. Faustus posted:I was doing really well until Lightglobe's AI car shunted me into ALL THE WALLS on lap 18 of 20. I mean, I was doing fine and being careful in my Radical. Then I had to limp through two laps with 100% damage all around because I didn't know that the car coming up behind me was going to loving rape me.
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# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 14:56 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Not to be a total douche, but the Spec e30 rules call specifically for non-adjustable anti-roll bars. Sadly, it doesn't list a size in Forza, but I think we can fudge it since we have to run 225/45R16s instead of 205/xR15s anyway. I can throw my tune in the AUGR garage in a few minutes so you guys can check it out.
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# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 02:16 |
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Real nice of AUGR to start the race when people are having troubles just joining the lobby. Stay classy, guys.
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 04:24 |
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VERTiG0 posted:(edit) - just tried joining the race Jabs set up (gonna borrow a club car) but I'm getting errors about NAT bullshit?
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 04:45 |
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Jabs posted:That's when I restarted the whole kit and kaboodle, and that fixed it for all but 3 people, I think.
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 17:53 |
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Jabs posted:We waited 5 minutes from the time the last person joined. LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jan 26, 2012 |
# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 22:08 |
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Dr. Faustus posted:Here's the video from my replay of the initial wipeout.
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2012 17:50 |
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The second the account hacking became known as an epidemic I switched auto-renew off my account and moved to using cards only. Same price, little fuss (free shipping or on the way home pickup), no lockout worries. I keep a "buffer" of MS points for DLC. Also a maximum length password of random poo poo helps. Really, though, MS needs to figure this poo poo out, stat. It's obscene. They don't give you a gold account?!
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2012 08:34 |
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Open wheeled cars?! Ariel Atom 300 Supercharged!! ARIEL ATOM 300 SUPERCHARGED! That supercharger is THE reason I still have PGR4. In surround sound it's like having a banshee scream into your ears when you're hitting the throttle. Everyone else here can keep their V12 grunters, I want that scream! Also my Xbox died. Hopefully I can make it to the next GTCC. Having a local shop fix it up, I don't need this one to last much longer.
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2012 23:22 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:He's pricey, $50k. hazard2gnt is his storefront.
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# ¿ Feb 15, 2012 23:01 |
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Has anyone taken care 75? That's a real close colour scheme to my typical Feisar/Wipeout livery, so it'd fit right in to my garage.
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2012 03:10 |
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YF19pilot posted:LiquidRain, I'll write you in as well. Edit: apparently you're not "officially" GTCC? what's your GT again (or just send me a friend request).
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2012 18:03 |
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Yup, had one of those nights just yesterday in the GTCC races. Much worse performance than usual, and inconsistent lap times. I just kept falling further and further behind and couldn't get anywhere near the lap times others were posting. The only reason I managed to stay in a decent rank was that the people behind me were wiped out. I only managed to start catching up when I stopped caring about catching up. (but by then it was too late)
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# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 17:03 |
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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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^^^^^ AUGR is not invite-only, last time I checked. Just join and get accepted.speedtek posted:Here's the end of the first lap in the next race. I almost poo poo myself when I exited the last corner and saw all the AI cars sitting there (I was in the orange 787b). Cannnot Find Server & I actually had a really good race that round.
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# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 20:14 |
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CaseFace McGee posted:Rainwave managed to catch a tiny protrusion while trying to pass me on Positano.http://youtu.be/AljySAdTWSk I knew I didn't have much space, but... man. That knock put me to zero in an instant and my screen went completely white for a second. I didn't even know the screen went white if you got hit hard.
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# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 05:09 |
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They didn't change the '05 Elise or '08 Exige either, both of those being leaderboard cars on some tracks. (though they aren't gear-limited)
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# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 19:15 |
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Apologies to everyone I keep ramming off the road. I'm still working on learning how to pass properly. :p Aside from that, good racing!
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2012 04:09 |
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I was just going to say, somebody oughta take a look at that truck. Something's wrong with its wheels. I imagine it's just perspective from a zoomed in camera making that pickup, a part of the track's background, look like it's part of the racing pack.
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2012 22:58 |
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One of the things I really wished would have appeared in Forza 4 would be training drills on proper passing at speed, amongst other things. Instead Turn10 just gives you a 1-4 rating on your pass depending on how close you were to the other person. Reading about it isn't the same as doing it, since you really need to learn things as reflexes. I learned very quickly that "car up ahead" isn't "follow that car" when I plowed full speed into someone on a straight on my first night of GTCC racing and was trying to follow other people's lines. Haven't made the same mistake again. LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Apr 19, 2012 |
# ¿ Apr 19, 2012 21:32 |
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00Fresh posted:Here's a few clips from last night. quote:The Top Gear test track incident
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2012 00:47 |
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I like how the ground disappears 15 seconds into your 3rd video.
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# ¿ May 26, 2012 02:43 |
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PhancyPants posted:Mine syncs the save file to the cloud, but car packs and replays are on the HDD. Alternatively: buy an 8GB USB stick.
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# ¿ May 27, 2012 21:18 |
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Cojawfee posted:This is how you don't overtake. TannhauserGate posted:Bottom line: Downshifting upsets the car, and that's bad.
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# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 01:47 |
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General Probe posted:One of my favorite glitches is lag spikes glitching cars through other cars without ghosting them, here's one I posted way early in the thread
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# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 04:06 |
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^^^^^^ Depends on the track, honestly. For half the Nurburgring you can safely ignore the line, for Laguna Seca the line's pretty accurate save for the fast left-hander before the Rahal Straight.Gammatron 64 posted:I'm not even doing manual transmission yet... I'm only on hard mode. (I've only had the game for a couple days though, and I'm pretty new to non-Kart racers.) Easy and medium are a little too drat easy - the game practically plays itself. Most folks you'll be playing with here have been playing for years or are very acclimated to simulation racers. For what it's worth, I've been playing Forza since 3 came out about 2-2.5 years ago and I still play with the racing line on braking only most of the time. (though everyone's different) LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Jun 1, 2012 |
# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 17:30 |
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I think Dan (or someone at T10) mentioned at one point that their secret sauce is getting a load of test data and specs from manufacturers on their cars, and then plugging it into a car physics modeler, and bam there's your Forza car. It is literally one-size-fits-all physics modeling on the cars. The looks of the cars are just that: looks. I just want my open wheeled cars.
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# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 20:37 |
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Some reading would alleviate your fears, and confirm the non-tuning:forzamotorsport.net posted:The Horizon Festival is also the hub around which Forza Horizon revolves. Go here to buy or sell cars to and from your personal collection; design and paint the cars you own using Forza’s incredibly flexible livery editor; upgrade your cars to take them to the next level of performance; upload your automotive masterpieces and browse your friends’ in-game creations. eurogamer.net posted:But the Forza family resemblance is plain to see in plenty of other ways, such as the use of the same car classes and performance index (no E- or F-class slowpokes, mind); the optional green line that shows ideal cornering approaches and speeds; the rewind button for unspooling crashes; a full range of customisable driver assists; a detailed in-car camera; and support for Microsoft's wireless Speed Wheel and Fanatec's superb CSR force-feedback steering wheel. You won't, however, be able to tune your cars - though you can modify their appearance - and damage is only cosmetic, too.
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# ¿ Jun 5, 2012 02:07 |
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Bigsteve posted:I wonder if the reason that there is no free car on this pack as well as the Porsche pack is anything to do with everyone with the season pass getting the pack before the Porsche pack for free?
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# ¿ Jun 6, 2012 18:36 |
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Finally got around to some replays. Soccer physics glitches are awesome. Sockington makes a mess of my aero on LeMans and walks away scot-free. Sockington still hasn't learned his lesson in that car. And finally, at long last, ladies and gentlemen: THE GOAL.
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# ¿ Jun 8, 2012 02:54 |
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Noooo not the bike rack!
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# ¿ Jun 8, 2012 04:49 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 20:31 |
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We've done that sort of thing before in hobbled "G-class" cars (sub-100 PI), and I discovered that you're better off "popping" your car in reverse. The gear ratio is typically higher than first, which helps.
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# ¿ Jun 12, 2012 15:08 |