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Alright hopefully its just car shock moving away from karts. I just had my first race in a "real" car doing an all Ford Focus race. It feels like I'm driving a semi truck, the car floats all over the corners. I can't seem to figure it out but it feels completely unnatural. Am I missing something? Or is this how all the actual cars drive in this game? I have all the assists set to real but I was dominating the karts just fine.
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Popete posted:Alright hopefully its just car shock moving away from karts. I just had my first race in a "real" car doing an all Ford Focus race. It feels like I'm driving a semi truck, the car floats all over the corners. I can't seem to figure it out but it feels completely unnatural. Am I missing something? Or is this how all the actual cars drive in this game? I have all the assists set to real but I was dominating the karts just fine. I had the same thing. I thought it was because I either never raced the course (Sonoma) or just generally was terrible. But later I did a 3 or 4 race series in a Lancer Evo just fine, on a couple tracks I'd never raced before. Even the spec Caterham Seven series I did well at. Maybe the Focus just sucks? 
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May 14, 2015 06:34
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I have a really, really hard time with the Focus. It's steering is like a road car, rather than a race car, which means it takes a lot of turning-in to make it really go around a corner. It's also one of the few FWD drive cars which means if you're on the gas, you're going to be getting a lot of understeer. Which is to say, it drives like a truck compared to the twitchy little go karts. Go drive a Formula car, an Atom, or a Caterham, and you'll see what I mean.  The difference between cars in this game (especially with a 900 degree steering wheel) is massive compared to Forza and GT.
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May 14, 2015 06:36
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SMS really needs to add DRS zones in. I mean, nothing is stopping me from abusing it like the computer does, but it feels loving wrong. I love the Formula A so much. Just finished a race on Hockenheimring at night in the rain. So good.
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May 14, 2015 06:54
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Is there a good beginner guide out there? I just got the game for the eye candy and I'm clueless as to where to start. Even on novice it's a little overwhelming at the moment. I've never really played a GT or Forza.
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May 14, 2015 11:10
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Popete posted:Alright hopefully its just car shock moving away from karts. I just had my first race in a "real" car doing an all Ford Focus race. It feels like I'm driving a semi truck, the car floats all over the corners. I can't seem to figure it out but it feels completely unnatural. Am I missing something? Or is this how all the actual cars drive in this game? I have all the assists set to real but I was dominating the karts just fine. I had a race in a Megane last night and that thing does not enjoy going round corners. Just a miserable thing to drive on a racetrack. It seems to be a thing with the smaller road cars. Makes me thankful my first non-kart race was in a BMW GT car.
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May 14, 2015 11:40
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Let us English posted:Is there a good beginner guide out there? I just got the game for the eye candy and I'm clueless as to where to start. Even on novice it's a little overwhelming at the moment. I've never really played a GT or Forza. You gotta slooooow doooown. edit: another tip, don't worry about 1st or the super tuning stuff like the post below me is worrying about. play at defaults, and try to beat YOUR level of driving, i.e. the guy in front of you. wait for your moment to pass. don't rub or hit other cars. this is a tough game and you ain't gonna be a pro. (neither am I) Also: do people find multiplayer games? I know I'm in an odd timezone (Korea/Japan) but there's literally zero games every night I check. 
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May 14, 2015 11:55
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Are there any good resources out on there for complete newbies with the tuning stuff? There's so many options, and I don't really know what 90% of the options even do, let alone when and why I'd want to change them up. I keep running across scenarios where it seems I should adjust something; i.e. doing SuperKarts on Sonoma, my back tyres were red-hot but the fronts were still cold during the practise and qualifying rounds, that seems like something I should be able to even out, but I don't even know where to start with that. The most I've done so far is adjust my fuel load, which is easy enough by eyeballing the usage during practise and adjusting by the lap count.
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May 14, 2015 12:03
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Popete posted:Alright hopefully its just car shock moving away from karts. I just had my first race in a "real" car doing an all Ford Focus race. It feels like I'm driving a semi truck, the car floats all over the corners. I can't seem to figure it out but it feels completely unnatural. Am I missing something? Or is this how all the actual cars drive in this game? I have all the assists set to real but I was dominating the karts just fine. With the Focus you really have to go into the setup and make sure to put Track tires on. For some reason the game wants to put some really crappy feeling street tires on some cars by default. It makes a ton of difference.
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May 14, 2015 12:11
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This might be a bad idea and for reference, roughly the same race distance as the NASCAR races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen (217.5mi/350km for this race, 218.9/352.3 for Sonoma and 220.5/354.9 for Watkins Glen) EDIT: lol, spun coming out of Eau Rouge, got hit by another car, and wound up somewhere near Brussels I think       
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May 14, 2015 13:06
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LiquidRain posted:Turn on all the assists except steering. Slow down when the racing line is not green. Speed up when it's green. Once you got that under your belt, turn off assists one by one. If you're used to arcadey games prepare to use your brakes here a lot more than you're used to. I've yet to find a single game beyond COD where there is a high enough player population in Asia to get games reliably. For a niche title like this, it might be hopeless. So I did as you said, and turned on break assistance. Now I'm an unstoppable racing god. Gotta find the middle ground somewhere. Let us English fucked around with this message at 13:49 on May 14, 2015 |
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May 14, 2015 13:13
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Holy hell does the Ford MkIV not like going with the front facing forwards... ANY steering input and the arse decides it wants to ride up front. Any setups to make this thing even remotely controllable?
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May 14, 2015 14:02
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http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=37558
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May 14, 2015 14:30
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Yessssss. Rubin' is racin' now boys!
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May 14, 2015 14:33
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i find myself drawn to nascar like a moth to flame, i hope oval tracks come soon
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May 14, 2015 14:39
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One complaint about the AI that I haven't heard yet - in Career mode the AI drivers' skills either are roughly all equal to each other, or vary from race to race. I just won the LMP3 US series championship- a 6 race series- with 3 first place finishes, a 7th, a 14th, and an 18th. There's no way that should have been close to enough to take everything down. It seems that Bob Smith could be a race leader in Race 1, but in Race 3 he's a backmarker, so each CPU will only average about 5 points a race.
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May 14, 2015 16:53
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Ugh, I'm tiring of the same damned track rotation in almost every series and invitational event. Outlon, Snetterton, Donington, Brands Hatch.... There are a lot of other tracks in the game, why not use those too? I've yet to see Monza, Monaco, any track in the US that isn't bloody Sonoma, I've been to Hockenheim and the Nurburgring exactly once...
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May 14, 2015 17:29
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Whelp a $50 game just encouraged me to drop $250 on a toy steering wheel. That is an expensive week. Fanatec thanks SMS.
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May 14, 2015 17:32
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xzzy posted:Whelp a $50 game just encouraged me to drop $250 on a toy steering wheel. That is an expensive week. Fanatec for 250.... you already have pedals by chance?
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May 14, 2015 17:36
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Baggins posted:Ugh, I'm tiring of the same damned track rotation in almost every series and invitational event. Outlon, Snetterton, Donington, Brands Hatch.... There are a lot of other tracks in the game, why not use those too? I've yet to see Monza, Monaco, any track in the US that isn't bloody Sonoma, I've been to Hockenheim and the Nurburgring exactly once... They are very easy and quick tracks to do, making it perfect for casual play against random players.
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May 14, 2015 17:36
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I have non-fanatec pedals, yes. Proper fanatec pedals will have to wait a bit. I don't know what rear end in a top hat it was that made money a finite resource but they're a jerk.
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May 14, 2015 17:37
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xzzy posted:I have non-fanatec pedals, yes. Just makin sure you didnt just buy the wheel :v.
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May 14, 2015 17:38
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I said come in! posted:They are very easy and quick tracks to do, making it perfect for casual play against random players. Snetterton's final corner gives me nightmares.
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May 14, 2015 17:54
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Baggins posted:Ugh, I'm tiring of the same damned track rotation in almost every series and invitational event. Outlon, Snetterton, Donington, Brands Hatch.... There are a lot of other tracks in the game, why not use those too? I've yet to see Monza, Monaco, any track in the US that isn't bloody Sonoma, I've been to Hockenheim and the Nurburgring exactly once... Because of the prestige. But yeah, more Monaco invitationals please. Or, hell, maybe a Laguna Seca-based event? Because yeah, just imagine how
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May 14, 2015 17:55
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Just watched a video of a lap of fake Suzuka... what the hell did they do to it? I mean sure they might have missed a license for it, but they butchered the track. Missing part of the esses, the hairpin, and the final, chicane. Its so weird.
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May 14, 2015 18:04
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OhsH posted:Fanatec for 250.... you already have pedals by chance? FYI if you're in America you can buy a Fanatec GT3 RS wheel and the base CSR pedals, which aren't poo poo, for $230 (you get an instant $30 discount for bundling them). And that's not a lovely start. Those of us unlucky enough to live in The Rest Of The World have to fork out mega loving dollars for the same thing.
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May 14, 2015 18:08
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Unfortunately the CSR pedals are out of stock. Also they're comparatively poop to the next tier up.
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May 14, 2015 18:20
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Baggins posted:Ugh, I'm tiring of the same damned track rotation in almost every series and invitational event. Outlon, Snetterton, Donington, Brands Hatch.... There are a lot of other tracks in the game, why not use those too? I've yet to see Monza, Monaco, any track in the US that isn't bloody Sonoma, I've been to Hockenheim and the Nurburgring exactly once... Sonoma and Brands Hatch are two of the best tracks in the world so if they are gonna overemphasize any, it might as well be those two. Is Watkins Glen very common? If not, it should be. Monaco is really cool as a once in a while thing, but I cannot imagine ever wanting to race that with anyone other than people you regularly race with. Monaco with random players online would have the be the worst racing experience in history.
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May 14, 2015 18:26
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Yep Monaco with friends only. I will never do a pub race there. I did some laps there last night I the lotus 98t with the boost cranked up. INSANE.
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May 14, 2015 18:31
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Cubey posted:Sonoma and Brands Hatch are two of the best tracks in the world so if they are gonna overemphasize any, it might as well be those two. Is Watkins Glen very common? If not, it should be. Never liked Sonoma myself, just can't get the rythm right. Sadly, Watkins Glen isn't very common, at least not in my save as I think it's one of the great tracks out there. Brands Hatch is good, but every once in a while it would be nice to do something else. Zolder, Oschersleben and Brno are all extremely underutilized in the early stages of career mode, especially when you start in karts.
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May 14, 2015 19:19
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BlackMK4 posted:When you choose your car you use the right/left arrows before you press X to use it. I found it by accident. I'm still uncertain of where to do this. I just chose Quick Race Weekend, and go to "Change Vehicle" and before I select from the list, I try pressing left and right. Nothing.
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May 14, 2015 20:00
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Is Monaco the azure coast track because gently caress that track.
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May 14, 2015 20:07
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holocaust bloopers posted:Is Monaco the azure coast track because gently caress that track. i would gently caress that track if i could, it's a good track
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May 14, 2015 20:11
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holocaust bloopers posted:Is Monaco the azure coast track because gently caress that track. It's azure circuit. Azure coast is a fictional road in the same region.
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May 14, 2015 20:14
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Baggins posted:Never liked Sonoma myself, just can't get the rythm right. Sadly, Watkins Glen isn't very common, at least not in my save as I think it's one of the great tracks out there. Brands Hatch is good, but every once in a while it would be nice to do something else. Zolder, Oschersleben and Brno are all extremely underutilized in the early stages of career mode, especially when you start in karts. With karts, I'm wondering why we don't get the Barcelona Club track. Sure, it's a bit longer, but god drat is it good in karts. I think it's due to the wider track and longer curves that'd make it more for regular cars.
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May 14, 2015 20:26
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GutBomb posted:It's azure circuit. Azure coast is a fictional road in the same region. Yea that one. It's a mess.
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May 14, 2015 20:41
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holocaust bloopers posted:Yea that one. It's a mess. Counterpoint: it rules
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May 14, 2015 21:01
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I've never enjoyed city tracks in racing games, no run offs and corners not designed to be taken at speed just ain't fun. But they're consistently popular so I guess I'm in the minority.
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May 14, 2015 21:07
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Why don't my times show up on the leaderboard when I do time trial?
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May 14, 2015 21:16
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Baggins posted:Holy hell does the Ford MkIV not like going with the front facing forwards... ANY steering input and the arse decides it wants to ride up front. A goon posted one a few pages back that's good and I found another one online I prefer, I'll post it when I get home.
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