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Scirocco Griffon posted:Turn 10 will be giving away stuff during the 12 Hours of Sebring today. Yet another chance for a unicorn car! Also, I got the launch car pack last night. Does the Honda CR-Z count as a hybrid? And for the BTCC race, can you upgrade the battery components?
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Every goddamn time they do one of these community things it's while I'm at work. I might be able to catch the end of the 12 hours, but it seems like these things cater to the student/unemployed demographic. There's never any in the evening. I believe yes, the CRZ is valid for BTCC, you can upgrade the battery parts but only up to stage 2. At least, that's how the one I built came out. Comes to A584 if memory serves.
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GOD IS BED posted:I believe yes, the CRZ is valid for BTCC, you can upgrade the battery parts but only up to stage 2. At least, that's how the one I built came out. I think the Prius is the only hybrid that can recieve major tuning upgrades (aside from the Tesla, but who cares about that thing), all the other hybrids seem to top out in D class or lower. Which is disappointing, because building something along the lines of this CR-Z right here would be crazy awesome.
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GOD IS BED posted:I believe yes, the CRZ is valid for BTCC, you can upgrade the battery parts but only up to stage 2. At least, that's how the one I built came out. Comes to A584 if memory serves.
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How are people making the 69 Camaro into S Class without being under 3600 pounds? I can't figure it out...
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Mar 17, 2012 16:00
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Monstrous bling wheels.
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AzraelDM posted:Monstrous bling wheels. This. Lexani and DUB wheels increase weight rather than reduce it, and if you factor in the additional weight from widening tires and increasing rim sizes to 20" or more, that's probably an extra 50 or so pounds from tires alone. This and adding heavy street aero when applicable was one of the most widely exploited ways of gaming the PI system in Forza 3, since you could always shave a good amount of that weight back off with lots of racing parts.
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3 cars so far and I can't break into the 16's (I managed to do it once on a fluke in my Country Squire but it wasn't fast enough to beat the challenge). Somebody, please help - call me, email me, msg me or post here whatever. I don't know how to tune a drag car. I managed to find a very crude guide online that helped but I need to fine tune somewhere.
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Someone here said they used a T-bird, so I tried that. I just swapped in the GT500 engine and every engine upgrade, then threw on some big rims and anything else that would add weight (it was at like 3602 lbs or so). I can't get a good launch, but I was able to beat the target time.
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Found myself a little exploit car that no one else seems to be using. Take the BMW E30 M3 at C356, add full Forza aero, race differential, and a full roll cage to get it down to D350. Add some sway bars or whatever you fancy. Ok it's not as good as those fuckers in the Chevy Spark or whatever else but it's the fastest D class car I've came up with 
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speedtek posted:3 cars so far and I can't break into the 16's (I managed to do it once on a fluke in my Country Squire but it wasn't fast enough to beat the challenge). Somebody, please help - call me, email me, msg me or post here whatever. I don't know how to tune a drag car. I managed to find a very crude guide online that helped but I need to fine tune somewhere. If you just want to save yourself a lot of headache, go to the Most Downloaded section of the storefront and there's at like three tuning files designed specifically for beating the community challenge.
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YF19pilot posted:The big key points are 1) don't hit the bump in turn 12, and 2) keep low and don't hit the grass. You don't have to be right down on the grass, there is some room for error, but if you take a line that is too high, you'll find yourself backing off the throttle and not getting the speed you need. If you want some practice with taking those corners, just fire up a stocker and take it around the Brickyard Oval a few times until you find where the groove is. It'll be in the same place (just backwards) with the F1 layout. I just set a time of 1:32:050 which, for now, is good enough to beat 'ol Juan Pab. I owe this entirely to your advice on how to take this last stretch. Thank you. For those keeping score I now have a beautifully painted Lancia in my garage and hopefully a new unicorn coming to me in April. If you ever need help moving or something, uh, let me know.
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I really regret getting rid of my MS wireless wheel and want to pickup another one but don't want to drop 500+ for a full on Fanatec wheel. I see that their Porsche GT2 version works on both 360 and PS3. Does that work on PC too? I'm not wanting to go for a full setup so paddle shift is fine for me. Anyone here use the GT2 version and care to comment on its quality? Puddin fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Mar 18, 2012 04:53
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The GT2 is amazing, easily the coolest toy I own. It feels great, has little noise, the thing is solid. I use the wheel stand, which is excellent quality too. It does work with the PC, but I haven't used it for that yet. If the price is doable for you, I would recommend it wholeheartedly.
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  I loving love digital camo. Also this car.
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GOD IS BED posted:The GT2 is amazing, easily the coolest toy I own. It feels great, has little noise, the thing is solid. I use the wheel stand, which is excellent quality too. It does work with the PC, but I haven't used it for that yet. If the price is doable for you, I would recommend it wholeheartedly. Thanks man, I've looked into it a bit now and its going to cost me like $700AUD just for that kind of setup which is way to much for me to justify. Sucks that the Logitech ones don't work, G27's are pretty cheap nowadays and that's probably about my limit for something like that.
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tehsid posted:That owns so hard. Shame I can't really tune for poo poo or I'd do something like that to race with. What you need is the Forza Motorsport Tuning Calculator. I don't think I've seen any mention of it but it's rather good and provides a nice stable base to fine tune.
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Anyone that has the Fanatec Forza Motorsport CSR wheels with the CSR elite pedals, do you have any indications of dimensions/weights of the boxes they come in? In AU they want $699 for the set, seeing as you can buy them off the Fanatec website for $350, I could probably get them shipped cheaper via a third party.
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Jarf posted:What you need is the Forza Motorsport Tuning Calculator. There's also a more basic but much easier to use version on MyForzaGarage if Excel spreadsheets scare you. It gives a brief rundown of what to fiddle with to make the car's handling more to your liking.
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Scirocco Griffon posted:There's also a more basic but much easier to use version on MyForzaGarage if Excel spreadsheets scare you. It gives a brief rundown of what to fiddle with to make the car's handling more to your liking. That's really cool. I use 'ForzaDroid for Forza 3' on my Droid once in a while (not sure if there's an iPhone app). I've used it for a few of my cars with success. It just has you plug in some basic info on the car (weight, tire size, distribution, etc.) and it gives you some settings to tune. Kinda like the spreadsheet but not as intensive, and it's on your phone!
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Forza 3 tuners tend to give pretty bad tunes when used on Forza 4 in my experience but whatever works for you.
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Jarf posted:Forza 3 tuners tend to give pretty bad tunes when used on Forza 4 in my experience but whatever works for you. They can make a highly tuned car controllable, and if you at least know the basics of how to iron out major handling problems then they make for decent results if you just want to be able to get around a track without the car flinging itself at every wall in a suicidal fury. Obviously no tuning sheet will ever produce results as good as learning how to tune from scratch, but they're a drat sight better than leaving all the racing parts at stock and you at least get to build the car how you want.
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Puddin posted:Anyone that has the Fanatec Forza Motorsport CSR wheels with the CSR elite pedals, do you have any indications of dimensions/weights of the boxes they come in? The wheel boxes are about 14"x14"x14" and around 18 pounds and the Clubsport pedal box is about 18"x16"x12" and around 25 pounds. Elite pedals are probably a few pounds lighter but I'm guessing they use a similar or same shipping box. They charged me $10 to ship the Shifter/Clubsports to California in '09, and $18 to ship the CSR Elite in Dec of last year. Not sure if that's a standard USA rate or what. Ether Frenzy fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Also keep in mind that everything they have is already packed up and ready to be shipped as far as I can tell. If your order multiple items, you will get multiple shipments.
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So after doing some Rival stuff and realizing that Rewinds "don't count", I decided to start learning to race like a big boy. No assists except suggested braking, AT. I've never driven a manual car so shifting annoys me because I don't know, like, when I should shift down, etc. I'm trying to run through every single race in the game with a lovely F200 Rabbit and a "balanced" tuning setup I DLed, just to get the hang of making teeny tiny adjustments so I don't spin out; I'll graduate up to like D or C soon. Main question, and it's gonna sound ridiculous since I'm on a pad because I don't wanna drop $$$ for a wheel; is it better on a pad to leave the stick neutral, and tap L/R as needed? Or to make very slight adjustments towards the L/R without actually hitting the edge of the gate? OR... instead of neutral, should I be holding straight North on the stick the whole time and turning by sliding from Up to Up/Right / Up-Left? I feel like I'm overthinking it, I just want to know the most accurate way to use the stick because the game is hard enough as is, dammit.
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When I raced with the pad, I'd usually leave the stick neutral and tap the sides for straights, and hold it L/R for turns. I tried holding it north and rotating the stick around, but it usually felt too slow for me. That said, I've been using a wheel for over a year now, I'm never going back to a pad. And if you pay attention to your tachometer while in Automatic, you'll notice about where the computer will shift up or down - it's a decent way to get a feel for shifting. Then, go into a hot lap mode and play with it yourself. It will make you a far better driver to know how the transmission wants to act. GOD IS BED fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Quad posted:Shifting: As a general guide you can shift up at redline and down whenever you're more than 2000 RPM below redline. If you need a more exact guide, take a look at the engine power/torque curves via the upgrades screen and note where horsepower maximizes and where it begins to bleed off. Steering: When you have simulation steering on, tapping the stick is essentially strobing the wheels from full turn to neutral rapidly. This will upset the car's balance, inertia, and traction; it is similar to quickly jerking on a real car's steering wheel. It will take considerable time to learn it but you will need to use the stick as you would a wheel - when turning out or leave a corner, gradually 'wind in' and 'wind out' the stick. In reality this is perhaps a quarter of a second at most, but this allows for the car to apply proper traction.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flsrryONg0 Holy poo poo look at that angle. The R3 Quattro owns hard  PS AdamH1mself was right behind me in his EB110 the entire time
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Scirocco Griffon posted:If you just want to save yourself a lot of headache, go to the Most Downloaded section of the storefront and there's at like three tuning files designed specifically for beating the community challenge.
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Ok, people seemed to like the dice racing last night, so I am going to do it again tonight. I am looking at 10ish pm est. Sure sure, the idea of e class cars on fujimi sounds stupid, but it's terribly fun to me so why don't you give it a try? gt is bentron
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flsrryONg0 The best thing is that the turbocharger sound is louder than the engine, well thats what it was like from my car anyway. 
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T1g4h posted:
Goon racing owns hard. I think that EB110 flies better than any other care I've driven, too bad flying isn't really an objective.
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Ether Frenzy posted:The wheel boxes are about 14"x14"x14" and around 18 pounds and the Clubsport pedal box is about 18"x16"x12" and around 25 pounds. Elite pedals are probably a few pounds lighter but I'm guessing they use a similar or same shipping box. Awesome thank you. I may have found a guy in AU that is selling the Turbo S and clubsport pedals for $300 and have been used once. He is on the other side of the country but I could use my works freight account. Just have to sell my 3DS and games first to subsidise the cost. Also have to convince the wife again, she no doubt will kick up a stink as I sold the MS wheel a few years ago.
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Alright! Nice racing last night guys! Shall we try for 8 pm est tonight?
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burtonos posted:Alright! Nice racing last night guys! Shall we try for 8 pm est tonight? e: I must, MUST build some D and E class cars though.  Puddin posted:Awesome thank you. I may have found a guy in AU that is selling the Turbo S and clubsport pedals for $300 and have been used once. He is on the other side of the country but I could use my works freight account. Just have to sell my 3DS and games first to subsidise the cost. Btw; we didn't get lucky in the rugby Falken fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Mar 20, 2012 |
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Falken posted:Absolutely great to be dice racing again for the first time since... Forza 2 I believe. Will definetely be around more often for that. And yeah, dice racing is tons of fun 
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:If anyone has some decent cars for D, E and F, it'd be nice to see them in the club garage. There's a couple, but a bit more variety wouldn't hurt. The more competitive the cars, the better. GentlemanofLeisure posted:And yeah, dice racing is tons of fun Yeah I enjoyed the bit I experienced on Saturday night, next time I'll try and not do it after spending all afternoon in the pub JingleBells fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Mar 20, 2012 |
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JingleBells posted:I imagine after our next SAEG race which is E class racing there may be some decent cars - sadly that's not for 2 weeks I wanna get in on some of this action!
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