Forza Horizon 4 !

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Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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ajprice said:
waughie said:
I have spent most of the evening tweaking, swapping parts and generally messing about with the eagle to be no further along. In fact I haven't got within 2 seconds of my own time. I've swapped engines, tyres, aero, and engine tuning.

I can't remember the exact tune I used to set my first time now. Most other cars seem to drive away up the final sections after the first set of hairpins.
If it's just you stuck with one letter I was going to suggest using the Xbox or PH name, but W would only give you the Willy's Jeep to tune up and W Motors Lycan to detune down (if it's possible to get it to 870).
As Waughie was always the one I was worried about, how does the collective feel about him moving up the alphabet to F?
I knew this would be a tough one but I wanted to try something different that would give is an eclectic mix and prove that the regulars at the front were just st hot in whatever they used laugh

vonuber

17,868 posts

167 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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Fine by me, even though I'm cursed with German ste and barges.

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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vonuber said:
Fine by me, even though I'm cursed with German ste and barges.
I used the Scirocco once, it was really good.

You could use the iron Knight and still get points laugh

vonuber

17,868 posts

167 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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Drabbesttunic said:
I used the Scirocco once, it was really good.

You could use the iron Knight and still get points laugh
It's fast but twitchy as hell at this PI.

The iron knight though.. hmmm..

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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Waughie.
You can have F.

Try not to drown in Fords and Ferraris, we expect to see you topping the charts now hehe

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Monday 5th July 2021
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vonuber said:
Drabbesttunic said:
I used the Scirocco once, it was really good.

You could use the iron Knight and still get points laugh
It's fast but twitchy as hell at this PI.

The iron knight though.. hmmm..
Do it, do it, do it laugh

AlexR3

15 posts

139 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Could not get a decent lap in last night, used the lotus 3-eleven but it doesnt have the power to keep up. Jumped into a Lola and every go i had i'd end up meeting traffic on blind bends.

Speed1283

1,170 posts

97 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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AlexR3 said:
Could not get a decent lap in last night, used the lotus 3-eleven but it doesnt have the power to keep up. Jumped into a Lola and every go i had i'd end up meeting traffic on blind bends.
I didn't have much of a go last night but I did struggle with traffic, basically if you meet it in the village you are pretty much screwed, especially on that bridge. Once clear of that it's less of an issue due to better visibility and wider roads.

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Speed1283 said:
AlexR3 said:
Could not get a decent lap in last night, used the lotus 3-eleven but it doesnt have the power to keep up. Jumped into a Lola and every go i had i'd end up meeting traffic on blind bends.
I didn't have much of a go last night but I did struggle with traffic, basically if you meet it in the village you are pretty much screwed, especially on that bridge. Once clear of that it's less of an issue due to better visibility and wider roads.
At least it wasn't just me laugh

Speed1283

1,170 posts

97 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Drabbesttunic said:
Speed1283 said:
AlexR3 said:
Could not get a decent lap in last night, used the lotus 3-eleven but it doesnt have the power to keep up. Jumped into a Lola and every go i had i'd end up meeting traffic on blind bends.
I didn't have much of a go last night but I did struggle with traffic, basically if you meet it in the village you are pretty much screwed, especially on that bridge. Once clear of that it's less of an issue due to better visibility and wider roads.
At least it wasn't just me laugh
I swear I had about ten attempts where I met a car right on the racing line where I'm fully committed with no escape options. Annoyingly my rewind keeps falling (must be a bug) so I have to start from scratch.

My initial experiments suggest that I'm going to have to look at the 22B, this is a handling track, albeit with some low down grunt. I tried rear wheel drive (BRZ) but it's too twitchy on the hairpins.

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Speed1283 said:
Drabbesttunic said:
Speed1283 said:
AlexR3 said:
Could not get a decent lap in last night, used the lotus 3-eleven but it doesnt have the power to keep up. Jumped into a Lola and every go i had i'd end up meeting traffic on blind bends.
I didn't have much of a go last night but I did struggle with traffic, basically if you meet it in the village you are pretty much screwed, especially on that bridge. Once clear of that it's less of an issue due to better visibility and wider roads.
At least it wasn't just me laugh
I swear I had about ten attempts where I met a car right on the racing line where I'm fully committed with no escape options. Annoyingly my rewind keeps falling (must be a bug) so I have to start from scratch.

My initial experiments suggest that I'm going to have to look at the 22B, this is a handling track, albeit with some low down grunt. I tried rear wheel drive (BRZ) but it's too twitchy on the hairpins.
I didnt even know you could rewind, I thought it flagged you for that too.

Speed1283

1,170 posts

97 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Drabbesttunic said:
I didnt even know you could rewind, I thought it flagged you for that too.
Yes it does, but sometimes it's worth carrying on in a run, especially early in the week as you can still learn alot from a flagged run and it gives you an idea of what the car is capable of.

The_Cheeseman

617 posts

188 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Speed1283 said:
Yes it does, but sometimes it's worth carrying on in a run, especially early in the week as you can still learn alot from a flagged run and it gives you an idea of what the car is capable of.
I should do this more, I restart so many times that I get the first few corners nailed and then have no idea what I'm doing towards the middle and end of the track.

ajprice

27,804 posts

198 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Accidentally squeezing the d-pad when you're on a run and going into photo mode, is it just me doing that? hehe

AlexR3

15 posts

139 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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The_Cheeseman said:
I should do this more, I restart so many times that I get the first few corners nailed and then have no idea what I'm doing towards the middle and end of the track.
I did that last week and decided to just carry on and find the limits this week. Endless joy for the misses to watch me get frustrated with AI traffic biggrin

Drabbesttunic

1,280 posts

42 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Not feeling it tonight, try again another day.

waughie

186 posts

175 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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I've built a new car! I thought it right to use one of the ultimate F cars. The Ferrari F40. So far 1.75 million credits has gained me .2 of a second, but it was a dirty lap.

Ran out of time tonight but it's definitely quicker than the Eagle.

Speed1283

1,170 posts

97 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Drabbesttunic said:
Not feeling it tonight, try again another day.
I've improved tonight, but I'm playing my best card now and tonight looking at the board there's no way I'll be challenging for the top this week. The 22B with a V8 is lovely to drive but it just doesn't have the handling) grip to compete. It takes about 10 goes to get a clean run though with that stupid traffic.

djfaulkner

1,103 posts

220 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Drabbesttunic said:
Not feeling it tonight, try again another day.
Snap.. It's either the track, traffic or car laugh

Speed1283

1,170 posts

97 months

Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Speed1283 said:
Drabbesttunic said:
Not feeling it tonight, try again another day.
I've improved tonight, but I'm playing my best card now and tonight looking at the board there's no way I'll be challenging for the top this week. The 22B with a V8 is lovely to drive but it just doesn't have the handling) grip to compete. It takes about 10 goes to get a clean run though with that stupid traffic.
Do I get an award for decent traffic dodging?? (Just before the bridge).

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