Forza 2 - the alternative championship...

Forza 2 - the alternative championship...

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BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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ah yes, thats the other thing I need to do - upgrade to gold! paperbag Righty... I am on it now. smile

all this talk of practice has made me nervous, I havent driven my M3 much, infact I've only just returned it to standard! eek

SirTainly

904 posts

212 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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BCA said:
ah yes, thats the other thing I need to do - upgrade to gold! paperbag Righty... I am on it now. smile

all this talk of practice has made me nervous, I havent driven my M3 much, infact I've only just returned it to standard! eek
Ah but for we know you don't need it and will pull a 2 minute lap out on your first attempt! wink

Luke: I only had a similar amount of time on Monday to try the car/track. Hadn't ever driven the full circuit before but found the auto gears were a bit of a pain on the slower corners, they'd not drop down when you needed acceleration. Don't think I'll go to manual though.


LukeBird

17,170 posts

210 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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Yeah the gearbox can be a pain, but I hate doing manual gears on a pad.
Once you've worked out the corners you can carry more speed through you can normally avoid the 2nd or 3rd gear dilemma and just carry speed through in 3rd! driving
First time on the track and in the car for me!
Just found out I'm on a late shift now (was supposed to be doing an early) so anyone fancy a blast later this evening either for practice or just to meet up?

redbarron84

1,568 posts

209 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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I'd be up for tonight.....but i'm playing Badminton 8 - 10 tonight. If anyones online after that though? Methinks I need a practice.

SirTainly

904 posts

212 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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Might be on between 8-9:30 depending on what time I get home from work.

mikey-r

408 posts

198 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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I may well be on for a while later - after 9. If I am, I'll send out a few friend invites.

M.

LukeBird

17,170 posts

210 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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Good, good an informal meeting is good biggrin
I'll be on this evening but not sure when I'll be back from work. Say on at 9ish and on until late, 12 or so. smile
Gamertag is LukeBird.

ih8thisname

2,699 posts

201 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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We have 1 definate slot available and 1 unconfirmed slot for tonights Focus Championship at 8pm if anyone is interested.

5x 5lap races of Suzuka West as it was not run last week. If you are able join us tonight drop us a line over here and we'll send you an invite!

TIA thumbup

BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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ih8, was at work unfortunately. frown

LukeBird

17,170 posts

210 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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Thanks for letting me join earlier chaps.
Please invite me to chat next time, I see you were in a private group. frown
Unfortunately I could hear the piss taking, but couldn't join in! hehe
Oh and I forgot to disable aids when I joined, the car was bks with them on!!!

matt uk

17,730 posts

201 months

Thursday 9th October 2008
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wavey

Evening all. I've been one of the regulars on the Wednesday night championships - but work commitments now mean I can't always get in time.

These PH races are great so I'm looking to see if there's a spare spot going here? Are you racing Sunday evenings? Say, 9pm?? I wasn't in the top runners in the last league so I'm kinda hoping you lot aren't pro-racers!!

I'm happy to help out and get things started setting up the lobby / cars / track etc

Can I bag a spot on the grid??

Cheers,
Matt

GT: dr matt uk

BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Thursday 9th October 2008
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Hmm, tried a quick lap in the M3... very interesting. It is pretty difficult to keep neat out of corners and often finds itself between gears on a number of the slower corners (I use manual) - should be good fun.

Anyone got any more pics of various stickering set ups? I am just finishing mine. thumbup

BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Thursday 9th October 2008
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Mat, I am just waiting for confirmation from Tim2100... if he cannot make it, then I should think it would be fine for you to have the eigth slot considering you're unable to race in the other league.

Cant speak for the others just yet, but I consider myself to be just about able to avoid getting lapped... hehe

BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Thursday 9th October 2008
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SirTainly said:
What have your practice times been so far ? I managed a 2:15:0 but there was still a lot of time to be had on that lap I'm certain.
There is a little bit of time to be had off that. wink did a couple of laps yesterday, tricky car to get a laptime out of - will be very very interesting having 8 of them battling it out. bounce

mikey-r

408 posts

198 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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I managed a couple of sub 2:11's in practice and I'm no Pro, so there definately some time to be had - I'm sure a 2:09's very possible. But, as we all know, that means squat when you have 7 others cars all trying to take the racing line!!!!

Looking forward to this...


Mike.


matt uk

17,730 posts

201 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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BCA said:
Mat, I am just waiting for confirmation from Tim2100... if he cannot make it, then I should think it would be fine for you to have the eigth slot considering you're unable to race in the other league.

Cant speak for the others just yet, but I consider myself to be just about able to avoid getting lapped... hehe
OK, thanks - just let me know thumbup

SirTainly

904 posts

212 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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Oh 'eck, 2:11 or less frown I need to practice a lot more!

mrobertshaw

2,174 posts

231 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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SirTainly said:
Oh 'eck, 2:11 or less frown I need to practice a lot more!
I've not played this game for ages and did a couple of laps last night and I was a good 15 seconds off that sought of pace and the car was all over the place. Ill have to practise all weekend.

BCA

Original Poster:

8,626 posts

258 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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smile lets not get carried away with this practice lark*.

  • mainly as I spend far too much time at the moment building up my career mode so I can afford to buy and tweak cars! Have'nt had the game long, slowly getting back into the swing of things.
Matt, if Tim2100 doesnt post on here by tomorrow, the last slot is yours - I will confirm it on the OP tomorrow night, so you'll know whether you're in or not. smile

Righty; slight tangent ish.... does anyone have any cars with PH logos vinyled on?? If at all possible, can someone gift me one so I can copy the logos? Will gift the car back as soon as I have done this and it would be most appreciated. smile I think it'd be great if we can have the logos on all cars as this is a PH championship afterall.

Not long now people! bounce

ooo also forgot to say, I doubt very much so whether fast laps will mean anything, I reckon with 7 other cars with exactly the same spec all piling into the corners - we should probably end up doing 2:20's!! hehe

matt uk

17,730 posts

201 months

Friday 10th October 2008
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BCA said:
smile lets not get carried away with this practice lark*.

  • mainly as I spend far too much time at the moment building up my career mode so I can afford to buy and tweak cars! Have'nt had the game long, slowly getting back into the swing of things.
Matt, if Tim2100 doesnt post on here by tomorrow, the last slot is yours - I will confirm it on the OP tomorrow night, so you'll know whether you're in or not. smile

Righty; slight tangent ish.... does anyone have any cars with PH logos vinyled on?? If at all possible, can someone gift me one so I can copy the logos? Will gift the car back as soon as I have done this and it would be most appreciated. smile I think it'd be great if we can have the logos on all cars as this is a PH championship afterall.

Not long now people! bounce

ooo also forgot to say, I doubt very much so whether fast laps will mean anything, I reckon with 7 other cars with exactly the same spec all piling into the corners - we should probably end up doing 2:20's!! hehe
Ok, I'll log on tomorrow to see.

By the way, I've got the PH logo so if you send me a friend request I'll send a car across to you.

GT: dr matt uk

Cheers,
Matt

Edited by matt uk on Friday 10th October 19:56