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einTier posted:1958, 1960, 1961, and 1970 were the deadliest years of F1, with three drivers killed in each season and four in 1958. However, it's really the late 1960's and specifically the 1967 where people feel that things got especially dangerous. poo poo, F1 was still pretty insane until the mid 90's, Senna dying woke a lot of people up. In the mid 80's there were apparently absolutely no rules in regards to pit safety and you'll see lunatics changing tires while wearing shorts and t-shirts or running onto the starting grid as the lights go out to check someone's exploded engine, and half the courses were too old, too small for the cars, and in countries run by tinpot dictators so there were no funds for safety marshals so you burned to death if you didn't die outright running into the solid concrete wall 9 feet off the corner's apex. In one race in '82 or '83, Nigel Mansell reversed back into his pit station because he locked up the brakes and skidded past it.
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Kilonum posted:You can toss in different engines, hell the Bel Air won't even leave A class without a new engine Putting in a more powerful engine tempts me to see how little I can get away with in other upgrades, which immediately led to rolling the Ford. I'll give it a shot and see what I can come up with.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I didn't even realize that there was a Forza 4 thread because I'm a huge loving idiot. I added my info to the spreadsheet. If anyone wants to add me and get together for some races, I'm usually available on the weekends.
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Ether Frenzy posted:In the mid 80's there were apparently absolutely no rules in regards to pit safety and you'll see lunatics changing tires while wearing shorts and t-shirts or running onto the starting grid as the lights go out to check someone's exploded engine, and half the courses were too old, too small for the cars, and in countries run by tinpot dictators so there were no funds for safety marshals so you burned to death if you didn't die outright running into the solid concrete wall 9 feet off the corner's apex.. (which is exactly what happened at the indy 500 in the 80's, forcing the addition of additives to the fuel so you could see the flames)
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Ether Frenzy posted:poo poo, F1 was still pretty insane until the mid 90's, Senna dying woke a lot of people up. That's why I don't understand why they have all these races in such lovely countries? You'd think they'd convince some tracks in the US to host some F1 races so at least there would have been money around to pay for safety.
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Cojawfee posted:That's why I don't understand why they have all these races in such lovely countries? Because it isn't NASCAR.
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Cojawfee posted:That's why I don't understand why they have all these races in such lovely countries? You'd think they'd convince some tracks in the US to host some F1 races so at least there would have been money around to pay for safety. Last time there was an F1 race in the U.S., it was a total disaster, guaranteeing there will never be a F1 race in the U.S. ever again.
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I said come in! posted:Last time there was an F1 race in the U.S., it was a total disaster, guaranteeing there will never be a F1 race in the U.S. ever again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Grand_Prix#Indianapolis In short, false. There was a blowup, but they ran the next year. I also toured Indy recently, and those people are gigantic redneck dickbags about F1. "They said they don't wan' eat no Indiana cookin', they brought they five-star chefs with 'em." Way to draw new attractions, guys. They tried to get everyone to kiss the bricks because I guess Dale Jarrett did it a few years ago. If you don't know who that is, then go back to Africa you commie. Or whatever. F1 will be in Austin next year. Assuming the track gets built in time. Cojawfee posted:That's why I don't understand why they have all these races in such lovely countries? You'd think they'd convince some tracks in the US to host some F1 races so at least there would have been money around to pay for safety. But marketing international things to Americans is hard! e: \/ Dayuum, photo finish!
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I said come in! posted:Last time there was an F1 race in the U.S., it was a total disaster, guaranteeing there will never be a F1 race in the U.S. ever again. Nope, never again. Until November 2012.
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V8 Super cars was one thing, but F1 in Austin? Hitting that poo poo UUUUUUUUUUP.
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^^^^Don't forget that the Aussie V8 Supercars are going to be racing there, too.^^^I said come in! posted:If we ever get track DLC (sounding very unlikely though) I want Spa, Virginia International, Bathurst, and Mid-Ohio. I don't know, there is a spot for track DLC on the in-game marketplace section. Hopefully we will get more than what we got in F3, just the 'ring GP track, if I remember correctly. edit: Beaten while I was double checking.
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There is a section for tracks, but all that's on there are the "buy the game new" tracks.
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Cojawfee posted:There is a section for tracks, but all that's on there are the "buy the game new" tracks. True, but the game is less than a month old. I figured they put that section there for a reason. Personally, I'm hoping for Bathurst and Willow Springs (long shot there).
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Is anyone still getting their daily forzabux for checking into Community? Mine haven't appeared for the past few days.
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VolumeBroadcast posted:Has anyone else had a good amount of freezing in multiplayer load screens? Seems to happen regularly and even requires a restart of the 360 as I cant even go back to dashboard. Theres a good chance I'm just getting ready to red ring, but just making sure this isn't a common problem. Yeah I've been having some problems with loading some cars (sometimes it'll freeze, sometimes just load forever and ever), this happens in multiplayer as well. All searching says that it's a sign RROD is coming, but I've had the same problem since Forza 3 and it hasn't happened yet so who knows?
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GOD IS BED posted:Is anyone still getting their daily forzabux for checking into Community? Mine haven't appeared for the past few days. Probably on hold to fix the 999,999,999,999 credits that people were getting.
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Any time something bad happens on a 360, people say it's sign of the red rings coming. Check the files on your 360 for anything that might be corrupted. I got scared a few weeks ago when I was playing forza and my 360 froze up for no reason. I power cycled and it kept freezing at the dash, and I was getting scared. Luckily I used my computer fixing skills and took my 360 down to its base parts, power and video. No ethernet or hard drive, everything worked. Plugged in my ethernet, everything worked. Plugged in my hard drive, froze up. Turns out the mafia 2 demo I had downloaded but never played got corrupted and just that night started loving up my 360. Then later a tune file got corrupted. Just look through the files for an exclamation point.
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I was thinking about kinect integration other than the horrible hold your hands in the air (but don't wave them like you just don't care or you will crash into a wall) steering. While racing the ring, when you come around that corner where there is the long run up hill that you can pretty much go flat out, you get the sun in your eyes and its pretty hard to see. It would be incredibly cool if you could raise your hand like you would if your actually driving and it block the sun and it make the road easier to see.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ris_E-ZpGd4 I don't understand why you guys have to accelerate so slowly.
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Talking of kinect, I use the bumper cam and a problem I have is I can't see anyone to my side so I'll either take someone out or wait for them to pass, but then 3 other people rudly shoot past too. Would kinect allow me to turn the camera to see what's around me in the bumper view? I know it does for the dash view. Using the "look left" or right button doesn't work as instead of rotating left/right, it'll cut to 90 degrees left/right view, so if someone is off to my corner, say 45 degrees, it'll completly miss them.
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Nov 3, 2011 06:55
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Sometimes, racing with pubbies isn't so bad.
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I hope that guy rage quitted despite the race already being over. Making people rage quit is like, proof, that you're good.
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Ak Gara posted:Talking of kinect, I use the bumper cam and a problem I have is I can't see anyone to my side so I'll either take someone out or wait for them to pass, but then 3 other people rudly shoot past too. Would kinect allow me to turn the camera to see what's around me in the bumper view? I know it does for the dash view. I had to turn head tracking off as it just jerked the camera around a fair bit. You do know that pressing the R-stick at 45deg makes you look at 45 degrees? Puddin fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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xzzy posted:(which is exactly what happened at the indy 500 in the 80's, forcing the addition of additives to the fuel so you could see the flames) What additives, when? Unless I'm totally missing something, it wasn't until they recently switched from methanol to ethanol that the fuel burned with any color, and they're switching to E85 next year.
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I forget who was asking tonight about the South American circuit that runs around a lake, but I think I found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrero_de_los_Funes_Circuit http://www.gt1world.com/calendar/circuit/san-luis http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/stunning-venue-for-gt1s-grand-finale
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Cannot Find Server posted:Sometimes, racing with pubbies isn't so bad. Serves him right for putting loving oversized chrome wheels on a Lotus.
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xzzy posted:Alpine Ring. Blue Mountain was an even more insane and crazy take on Bathurst and I'm shocked they never brought that back. That downhill section was fun. I wish they could get the actual Bathurst but supposedly Codemasters still has the rights to the Australian V8 Supercars series which includes all the tracks which means it's a no go for Forza (Like GT, they cheat by just licencing the cars instead) Also the German DTM is still in the hands of Codebastards as well. Eurospeedway Lausitz would be a hell of a lot of fun in Forza now that I think about it (Though they already have 3 ovals with infields).
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TannhauserGate posted:I also toured Indy recently, and those people are gigantic redneck dickbags about F1. "They said they don't wan' eat no Indiana cookin', they brought they five-star chefs with 'em." Way to draw new attractions, guys. <---From Indy: Hell, most the people only put up with Indy racing because it is historically significant. Most of the population doesn't even realize there is a MotoGP race there in August. 
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Sex Vicar posted:Blue Mountain was an even more insane and crazy take on Bathurst and I'm shocked they never brought that back. That downhill section was fun. Doesn't make a huge amount of sense as Bathurst was in Shift 2 - unless it is a case of license the car or license the track - not both.
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Sex Vicar posted:I wish they could get the actual Bathurst but supposedly Codemasters still has the rights to the Australian V8 Supercars series which includes all the tracks which means it's a no go for Forza (Like GT, they cheat by just licencing the cars instead)
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Sunday Punch posted:No music video this time, sorry. I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Any chance of putting it up on your storefront?
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maximadigital posted:I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Any chance of putting it up on your storefront? Sure, I'll put it up right now. Search for Geogaddi, or my GT (Sunday Crunch).
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 The shortest racing driver in the land.  Tire_deformation.jpg (seriously I drove this untuned and it felt like the rear tires were going to collapse)
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I picked this up lat weekend after wanting a racing fix, its a great game. I'm on the 4th circuit at the moment and have been wondering about tuning. I'm trying to find a guide on what to do but most things lead to some giant spreadsheet. Do you guys tune your cars or let Forza set everything up? I've been playing with all assistance off and manual /w clutch which is fun but I am bad at going into turns with it. I'd like to play online but I have a habit of bumping cars by trying to pass during curves and early parts of turns.
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I painted the Bismarck! 
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Falken posted:I painted the Bismarck! I've been wanting a livery for this car!
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I know it's tough, but if you're going to post huge screenshots, please include the tiny image tag in it, thanks!
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Thanks for the vintage F1 stuff to whoever posted it, very interesting documentary. Men were loving MEN back in day. I soooooooooo wish those were in the game. Goon races in those would be epic. As an additional sidebar which is "sort of" related to this thread, here is the Ask/Tell thread I recently started about my job working for a professional monster truck team - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3428047 - I figure some of you gear heads would find it interesting.
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Sunday Crunch how much Forza Fun Bucks do you take in for a commission for a bad rear end paintjob I'd like done? Or does it involve a Forza Fun Handy?
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Oldstench posted:The BBC show "Grand Prix - The Killer Years" might interest you. The last part of this show is pretty disturbing. Watching a driver burn to death in his car while his teammate tries helplessly to stop the inferno.
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