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L_Harrison posted:rip R2 class Acura ARX It made for some great starting grids. "Wait... you brought WHAT?"
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L_Harrison posted:rip R2 class Acura ARX Same. Having a restrictor plate option would be great.
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Oct 23, 2015 23:25
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Ether Frenzy posted:I ... wish the game did a better job of letting you drive stuff un-upgraded for class/specific reqs for events. Same. Some cars start near the bottom of a class, and don't have enough upgrades to make it to the top of that class, which makes that car kind of useless, except for any rivals events made for that car, or multiplayer spec races you can arrange.
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Oct 23, 2015 23:55
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Yeah the one good thing Gran Turismo did was weight ballast. And Catch-Up, which was hilarious for pre-spec racing fuckery.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:03
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This Radical SR8 RX cup exhibition race is impossible without assists. Gonna smash my controller.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:22
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Zinjnok posted:Literally my 2nd lap in the car/track. Get good son. Oh don't worry, I intend to get better. Last night was the first night I had the game, after all. Gotta get used to the differences in the handling model and whatnot from 4. Still, pleased with my time given the lack of experience.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:48
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robotsinmyhead posted:Yeah the one good thing Gran Turismo did was weight ballast. And Catch-Up, which was hilarious for pre-spec racing fuckery. Catch-up was great because everyone was 2" away from each other constantly, even on the Ring. And if you were way behind after eating a wall, you'd get used to kart-levels of grip and acceleration and fly past the pack. Then fly into a wall 3 turns later when suddenly your brakes were half as powerful.
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Oct 24, 2015 04:15
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PhancyPants posted:Catch-up was great because everyone was 2" away from each other constantly, even on the Ring. And if you were way behind after eating a wall, you'd get used to kart-levels of grip and acceleration and fly past the pack. Then fly into a wall 3 turns later when suddenly your brakes were half as powerful. I have yet to experience anything that fun in a racing game. A Suzuki SX4 with equivalent 500hp was amazing.
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BrownieVK posted:This Radical SR8 RX cup exhibition race is impossible without assists. Gonna smash my controller. You can tune all the oversteer/lack of traction out of that car. It will run slower because you lose power from using weight transfer via softer springs to attain more grip, but will be more driveable. This is a car you can't really use a tuning calculator for and the car requires a lot of precise throttle control. Tuning the brake bias and brake force will alleviate some of the wild behaviors the car exhibits under intense braking, again you trade some overall lap time speed to attain driveability. There's also a possibility the stock ARBS are trash like most other small mid engine R class cars and are so stiff the inside front tire is lifting during apex. Tune your car one part at a time and eventually you'll dial it in to your driving ability. Sucks to say it, but to drive the faster cars at the speed they were designed, you just gotta be good.
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Oct 24, 2015 05:40
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Heavily aero-dependent cars like the Radical also have the weird quirk of being way better at cornering the faster you go, and that can take a lot of getting used to. You can take corners in that thing at speeds you'd think no car could, to the degree that if you slow down for a turn that the car can take at full throttle that's where you'll miss the turn because you are getting less downforce the slower you go. It isn't quite as pronounced in the Radical as it would be in a true LMP car, let alone an F1 machine, but it's something to think about. You gotta be brave in it to succeed.
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Endbuster posted:You can tune all the oversteer/lack of traction out of that car. It will run slower because you lose power from using weight transfer via softer springs to attain more grip, but will be more driveable. Good advice here thanks! I think I was having a hard time because it was a spec race and starting from so far back can be really tough, I also gave up on tuning it. I've always played every Forza since #1 with assists off so I feel like I'm better than most people getting around a track quickly. The higher class race cars, open wheel stuff, and anything R class is just giving me all kinds of trouble. I'm saving up to get a Playseat challenge and that Logitech wheel and pedal set, should be alot harder to smash those in anger. (No controllers were hurt I finished in 3rd eventually..... With TCS and STM on )
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Cubey posted:Gotta have huge balls to go fast. This makes alot of sense and it still hurts my brain I'm scared to go super fast in a video game. Good thing you can rewind in Forza. I can't imagine driving any of these things IRL.
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It is very intimidating to drive high-downforce cars at their limits. I did not get comfortable at all with it until Forza 4 had been out a good while, and I've been playing these kinds of games with those kinds of cars since Gran Turismo 2. Eventually you'll be able to see that yeah you can, and in fact absolutely must, take that turn at 150mp when in any other car you need to slow down to 100, but it's crazy and feels unnatural. Don't feel bad about not 'getting it' because driving those kinds of cars results in your brain constantly yelling at you to slow the gently caress down when you really need to speed the gently caress up.
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Oct 24, 2015 12:13
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Cubey posted:Heavily aero-dependent cars like the Radical also have the weird quirk of being way better at cornering the faster you go, and that can take a lot of getting used to. You can take corners in that thing at speeds you'd think no car could, to the degree that if you slow down for a turn that the car can take at full throttle that's where you'll miss the turn because you are getting less downforce the slower you go. It isn't quite as pronounced in the Radical as it would be in a true LMP car, let alone an F1 machine, but it's something to think about. You gotta be brave in it to succeed. I remember on Top Gear when Hammond takes the Renault F1 car out and isn't able to drive the car fast enough to even keep heat in the tires. It really takes some getting used to driving much faster than you think you should!
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Oct 24, 2015 15:01
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Cubey posted:Oh don't worry, I intend to get better. Last night was the first night I had the game, after all. Gotta get used to the differences in the handling model and whatnot from 4. Still, pleased with my time given the lack of experience. I'm just messing with you. I'm sure our racing will be this close again soon enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexKTJ-eqAk
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Cubey posted:It is very intimidating to drive high-downforce cars at their limits.
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I've added everybody from the spreadsheet to my friend list. I hope to see a good number of you tomorrow at 3pm Easter/12pm Pacific. No real plans, maybe we'll do Dizzle's idea for a few lap time races or whatever. More of an interest check than anything to see if we'll have enough people to make this weekly. Oh also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6zzV9eFxA I'm glad it's still fun to gently caress with the AI. I apologize in advance for my drivatar destroying you on track. DEEP STATE PLOT fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Oct 25, 2015 |
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Oct 25, 2015 00:51
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Cubey posted:
Spent a good chunk of time on this! Just posted a 1:32.746! I beat Panda too... Which obviously he won't let stick.
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Oct 25, 2015 17:26
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Lobby is going up shortly. If you want to race, jump online.
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Oct 25, 2015 19:49
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Cubey posted:Lobby is going up shortly. If you want to race, jump online. Sorry. F1 today.
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Oct 25, 2015 19:58
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I didn't bring my xbone to the track.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:00
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Ah crap I forgot about the F1 race today  It would be the one weekend where F1 is on at a non-awful time for Americans, too. Welp.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:01
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I added myself to the spreadsheet... Question though: Is there an easy way to add dudes from some sort of xbox live website? This poo poo of adding from the spread sheet.
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Well nobody showed up except Molghandi so I guess there's no real demand for a weekend series. Ah well. Anyway, I've begun my quest to set good laps on all tracks in all classes, like I did in Forza 4. Starting at E class and going in alphabetical order, done up to Catalunya School now. I am pretty sure that there are overall a good number more tracks here than in 4 so this is gonna take a while, though I'm making progress at a pretty good rate.
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Endbuster posted:I added myself to the spreadsheet... http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live Login, click on your icon in the upper right, go to friends, add from the comfort of your pc. Cubey posted:Well nobody showed up except Molghandi so I guess there's no real demand for a weekend series. Ah well. I was actually down, but F1 race.
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robotsinmyhead posted:http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live Awww poo poo. Thanks. I was poking around and didn't even look there thinking there was some other button. Thanks.
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Oct 25, 2015 23:17
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robotsinmyhead posted:I was actually down, but F1 race. Well that makes at least 3 people who were otherwise engaged because of that race. I'll try again same time next Sunday.
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Oct 25, 2015 23:18
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I was learning how to weld on my truck and catching my shoe on fire, pretty sure that's a legit reason not to be on.
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I was watching f1 as well.
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Oct 26, 2015 01:16
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What about after walking dead tonight?
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Cubey posted:Well that makes at least 3 people who were otherwise engaged because of that race. I'll try again same time next Sunday. I just need to buy gold and I would try to show up. Had to watch what dumb poo poo show Talladega would give us and delievered.
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Well if people want to try tonight for a time, sure. I added everyone from the spreadsheet as a friend so I can just send out a massive invite bomb. I'll be online doing leaderboards until I see some people on who are down to race.BMB5150 posted:I just need to buy gold and I would try to show up. Had to watch what dumb poo poo show Talladega would give us and delievered. You can get Live for like 35-40 bucks online from places like Amazon or cdkeys. Do it 
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The Rally Day Heroes league they put up this week is a lot of fun, mostly because I have been getting a lot of top 5 finishes in it. This morning I went 3 races with the same 3 guys all of us in top 3 within 2 seconds of each other at the finish. The best lap time grid ordering makes it easy to avoid the idiots, just gotta put a good lap time the race before and start in front. Edit - seems the best league strategy is to make sure you have a clean lap on your first race, then you'll pretty much always start on the pole for your 2nd race 
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Oct 27, 2015 00:12
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Let's race!
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So, I realized that every single car in the game has the sound for a windshield wiper in cockpit view during rain races. Every car. Even the obvious cars that shouldn't have it, like the Lotus E23 or the Indycars. And all those classic open cockpit Can-Am cars or historic F1 cars? The back-and-forth windshield wiper sound is there  .
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Cubey posted:Well that makes at least 3 people who were otherwise engaged because of that race. I'll try again same time next Sunday. I was poisonously hung over, sorry I completely forgot. Definitely in this Sunday!
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Spamtheman posted:I was poisonously hung over, sorry I completely forgot. Definitely in this Sunday! Yea, I'm sure we will all be just fine the day after Halloween.
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Drunk racing is the best, the moans are just 10x louder and angrier
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Yea, I'm sure we will all be just fine the day after Halloween. Well if all else fails I'll just spend the day demolishing goon rival times I guess
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Can someone give me some tips for tuning differentials? Especially on front and rear wheel drive cars. I leave mine stock and feel like it must be leaving a lot of time on the table.
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