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OH GOD I AM IN A PUBLIC LOBBY RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT FULL OF RETARDS EDIT: and then my xbox hardlocked 
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Kilonum posted:OH GOD I AM IN A PUBLIC LOBBY RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT FULL OF RETARDS Forza, thou art a cold, heartless bitch. I've got my car prepared for GTCC's C-class vintage (pre-1975) roadster series. 
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Sep 17, 2012 01:06
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GhostDog posted:While we're on the subject of tuning: I recently tried the tuning calculator to see if I can get a better base tune to work from and was surprised to see how low the sway bar settings were that came out of that thing. For cars around a ton of weight it proposes settings around 10, half of what Forza generally gives as a default. Does the calculator have the right idea? You can always use the modifiers on the left hand side of the spreadsheet to tweak the settings to your liking and they all have tooltips to explain what does what. But overall the default sway settings are way too stiff, god knows what measurement they are meant to be anyway. Edit: Has anyone ever had their xbox hardlock after exiting a lobby and going back to the career mode? Because thats what happened to me last time. I noticed my paintjob wasnt showing up on the main screen and then bam hardlock.
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Sep 17, 2012 03:47
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This is Forza, it's perfectly normal for a situation like "I was doing a thing and then it hardlocked." I always thought it was because my xbox was dying, but then I got a new one and still had the same problem of Forza locking up at least once if I played for a couple hours.
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Sep 17, 2012 03:52
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is that because our game pushes this ancient set of hardware harder than most games? cause that happened three times today to me.
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Sep 17, 2012 04:55
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juche mane posted:is that because our game pushes this ancient set of hardware harder than most games? cause that happened three times today to me. I think it's something to do with memory problems involving loading paint schemes that they just can't seem to get rid of. It was a lot worse before the title update a few months back, though I've never had it happen anywhere expect in public lobbies.
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Sep 17, 2012 12:48
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juche mane posted:Both calcs that I tried seem to have those results. A spreadsheet one devised by some insane German guy, and also an iOS app that was a couple shekels. Where can i find the spreadsheet one? I've been getting nothing but dead links everywhere.
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Sep 17, 2012 15:47
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They took it down a few months ago IIRC, in anticipation of a new one. There's a chance I have the old one kicking around my HDD though. Let me check. edit: yup. Found it. How shall I send it to you? (And anybody else who wants it)
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Sep 17, 2012 16:06
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I'm thinking of picking up Forza 4 because I'm still playing 2 and Horizon looks like a completely different kind of game. Does anyone think this will still have a huge online following after Horizon comes out, or will everyone jump ship?
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Sep 17, 2012 16:27
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juche mane posted:They took it down a few months ago IIRC, in anticipation of a new one. There's a chance I have the old one kicking around my HDD though. Let me check. Put it up on Dropbox or Google Drive with a public link.
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Sep 17, 2012 16:31
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:I'm thinking of picking up Forza 4 because I'm still playing 2 and Horizon looks like a completely different kind of game. Does anyone think this will still have a huge online following after Horizon comes out, or will everyone jump ship? The two game are pretty different. One is about strictly controlled circuit racing in finely tuned and prepped race cars, the goal being to shave tenths or hundredths of seconds off previous lap times, mastering the art of cornering, etc., and one is about chilling out and cruising around on the open road at your own pace in cool rides. I doubt Forza 4's dedicated player base will go very far.
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Sep 17, 2012 16:36
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/c2730b079joz7aq/FMTC-4.5%20APRL2012.xlsx
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Sep 17, 2012 16:41
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:I'm thinking of picking up Forza 4 because I'm still playing 2 and Horizon looks like a completely different kind of game. Does anyone think this will still have a huge online following after Horizon comes out, or will everyone jump ship? We talked about this in GTCC racing on wednesday, and the impression I got was that mostly everyone there at least will be playing Forza 4 until FM5 comes out. So you'll always have goons to race with once a week at least. I don't know if I am going to buy Horizon yet. I want to know how truly big the game world is first. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Sep 17, 2012 |
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Sep 17, 2012 16:49
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I have a much more recent version, Use Excel 97 or 2003 or Open/LibreOffice Through August car pack - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8814131/FMTC-4.6%20Excel%2097-2003.xls September car pack only - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8814131/FMTC-4.6.09.12%20Excel%2097-2003.xls
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Sep 17, 2012 18:24
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Kilonum posted:I have a much more recent version, Use Excel 97 or 2003 or Open/LibreOffice  e: The guy who makes this calculator, Slave Munky, used to update it and post it to the forzamotorsport.net forums. After the April update, the updates stopped and when they came back he decided he wanted to charge a couple bucks for the download. This is a violation of X-Box's TOS, so they banned the thread from the forums. He's up and running on Facebook thought, under Forza Tuning Labs. GentlemanofLeisure fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Sep 17, 2012 |
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Sep 17, 2012 19:01
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Oh they updated the calc to include the new DLC, that's pretty sweet. Thanks for hosting/posting.
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Sep 17, 2012 20:30
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DrPain posted:Oh they updated the calc to include the new DLC, that's pretty sweet. but... how do you use it? There's more than just the input column on page 1- is there a how-to guide somewhere?
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Sep 17, 2012 22:10
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silverbullitt850 posted:but... how do you use it? There's more than just the input column on page 1- is there a how-to guide somewhere?
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Sep 17, 2012 22:14
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I use the tuning app on Android and it's pretty good for getting a a baseline tune that is at least drivable. I don't have time anymore to obsess over my setup. So it's nice to set and go with mild changes.
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Sep 17, 2012 23:03
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Kilonum posted:I have a much more recent version, Use Excel 97 or 2003 or Open/LibreOffice You probably shouldn't link that one as you have to pay for it.
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Sep 19, 2012 02:40
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Cojawfee posted:You probably shouldn't link that one as you have to pay for it.
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Sep 19, 2012 14:17
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I still find it funny that the Warthog and Bentley 8-litre are listed in the tuning calc's car list. Unless Turn 10 actually did model proper suspensions for those and are just waiting to spring them on us as part of a final DLC pack...  Okay, probably not. But I have to wonder why they're on the list if there's no actual in-game suspension data for them.
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Sep 19, 2012 14:26
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SAEG had an open c-class set of races the other week, here are some shots before the carnage started: Dr. Edmund Honda heads the field in his Corvette, with Fuzzie Murloc just behind in his Mazda MX-5.  Myself, PSBonnett was third in a badly damaged Austin-Healey Sprite, just look at the headlight misalignment! Guest driver Kilonum started fourth in his Renault 5 turbo.  On the third row we have Scatterfold in his Kia c-apostrophe-d just ahead of yes we nyan in her Mazda MX-5 Superlight.  On row four was Alex Earl Cash in his Renault Clio and TypicalGBS in a Toyota MR2.  Row 5 was headed up by MasterSchaf in a BMW 2002, with Jarf and his Smart Car just behind  Last but not least was iHaak in a Lancia Delta Integrale.  And one of the carnage 
JingleBells fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Sep 19, 2012 |
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Sep 19, 2012 14:32
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JingleBells posted:On the third row we have Scatterfold in his Honda Civic just ahead of yes we nyan in her Mazda MX-5 Superlight. it was a kia cee'd mate; possibly one of the worst decisions of my life
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Sep 19, 2012 15:31
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Scatterfold posted:it was a kia cee'd mate; possibly one of the worst decisions of my life I disagree sir. That car kicks rear end if tuned well. It has a low top speed, but it should dominate on a track like Maple Valley.
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Sep 19, 2012 15:50
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CaseFace McGee posted:I disagree sir. That car kicks rear end if tuned well. It has a low top speed, but it should dominate on a track like Maple Valley. it was alright really, i'm just being a big bitch baby; it did very well on the qualifier at Positano, but fell straight to the back at Road Atlanta - as you suggest; a nice drive, just not great for straights...
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Sep 19, 2012 15:54
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:I don't know if it makes a difference, but having to pay for that file is a direct violation of the TOS of XBox Live and the TOS for Forza, as posted by the mods in the official Forza forums. This is SM's take on it. My personal opinion (which means nothing, granted) is that he's put a ton of hours into an awesome program that I use a *lot* and I think he deserves the $5. Especially if you use it as much as some of us do (it's awesome). I paid for it. quote:SlaveMunkey said: Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Sep 19, 2012 |
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Sep 19, 2012 20:40
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I'm pretty sure that nobody said anything about what he can or can't sell in general, just that he can not do it on the official forums of either Forza or XBox Live.
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Sep 19, 2012 21:02
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He's not selling it on those forums, his thread got removed. He's selling it on his own website and Kilonum linked it here, which is  . I just decided not to hit the report button and said something instead.VV You're right, he shouldn't sell it at all then. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Sep 19, 2012 |
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Sep 19, 2012 21:05
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Dropping money on a tuner is pretty silly though. Obviously he's put a lot of work into it and he certainly has the right to charge money.. but tuning a car isn't all that hard. Once you use the older free versions of the spreadsheet to set up a few cars you should be able to spot the patterns. Before long you'll be able to get your cars 90% done just by adjusting a few sliders. Then you take it out for a test drive and tweak for oversteer balance and tire temps.. and you're done. No fancy schmancy app required. 
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Sep 19, 2012 21:08
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I just use the old Forza Garage Forza III tuner. It works perfectly fine for my purposes.
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Sep 19, 2012 22:09
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Strenots made me go into a full-on panic last night for the first time in this and probably any other racing game ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH_dYjwOj6M That was not at all what I wanted to see coming at me after I rolled back over 
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Sep 21, 2012 04:29
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So I finally got Forza 4 and holy gently caress there's a lot of DLC for it. Seriously, how much is there?
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Sep 21, 2012 04:38
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One DLC per month ever since release, as well as a Porsche expansion pack. (Though if you are only getting the Porsche pack for one car, make sure it isn't the classic race car. Cannot find server can fill you in as to why. ) Edit: Oh, and just a few tips. If it is still available, and you want a big chunk of DLC at a discount, get the Season pass. It gives you all of the DLC up until April. Secondly, take the time, and download the free car from each pack. It downloads all of the cars to your game, though you won't be able to use any of them except the free one until you buy the pack. The reason you do this though is because the DLC cars you don't have will be replaced with black VW Jetta/boras if you don't. (And due to the difference in hitbox between them, they will really gently caress your cheerios online.) jadebullet fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Sep 21, 2012 04:52
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jadebullet posted:One DLC per month ever since release, as well as a Porsche expansion pack. (Though if you are only getting the Porsche pack for one car, make sure it isn't the classic race car. Cannot find server can fill you in as to why. ) Are you talking about the 550 spyder? I bought this pack just for that, and I'm perfectly satisfied.
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Sep 21, 2012 06:03
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I think he means the 962C, the R1 car that maxes out at like 970-something.
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Sep 21, 2012 06:44
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ANAmal.net posted:I think he means the 962C, the R1 car that maxes out at like 970-something. That and before the pack came out cannotfindserver was going on and on, ad infinitum, about how there were too many 911s. Seriously,  Otherwise, the 962C isn't that bad, and during GTCC races we've discovered that even though it doesn't max out R1-998, it's pretty competitive on old Le Mans.
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Sep 21, 2012 13:03
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YF19pilot posted:That and before the pack came out cannotfindserver was going on and on, ad infinitum, about how there were too many 911s. Seriously, I love this pic
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Sep 21, 2012 17:20
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 I tend not to like A class M cars but in B they are easily some of my favorite cars.  
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They call it B class because it's the Best class. Seriously, every single car is fun to drive in B. It's that point where you get a mountain of handling upgrades, but engine output hasn't grown to the point it makes the cars unwieldy. So it's nothing but fun driving.
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