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GolfHole posted:I had to switch back from manual to automatic because: Forza's RPM / Spedometer HUD element have always been pretty awful. Forza is good so people are reluctant to criticize it but it's the truth. Forza's UI is and has always been really bad low effort bullshit, it's easily the worst UI of basically all the popular racing games. It's almost impossible to see, as by default it's in the veeeeery far corner of the screen and is mostly just white lettering against a transparent background. It's just bad, like, objectively. Gran Turismo's HUD is 1000x better. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, the Need for Speed Shift series were bad games but with a great HUD. Every car's unique instrument cluster was represented on screen in chase cam mode and it was great. Not only were these clusters centered on the screen where you could actually see them and they were typically colored so you could kinda see what was going on even from your peripheral vision, but the fact that each car had its unique instrument cluster on the screen made each car feel that much more unique and interesting. With Forza, there are things you can and should do to improve the interface. One is to move the HUD elements closer to the center of the screen in the options menu. I drag in these elements so much that in chase cam, the minimap and RPM dial are almost touching the car but not quite. Makes a world of difference. Also, you can individually turn up the volume on your car sounds. Just work on balancing your audio and you'll get it. Basically, do whatever it takes to get manual mode back. Playing Forza with automatic shifting is like playing Mario with automatic jumping. It's just... you're robbing yourself of such a huge part of the experience. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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So, am I missing something somewhere or is there a way to see what kind of tracks/conditions make up the weekly Unbeatable trial? This was one more week where I went in in the right category, but couldn't do anything since it's dirt and under the rain... Beat it easily second time round, but it's annoying having to try it out blind first, considering the amount of matchmaking/loading times involved.
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Dec 16, 2021 18:19
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Incessant Excess posted:The deny five flags weekly does not have to be done in horizon open, it still counts if done during the weekly playground games event. it fucks your team over but it's probably easy to cheese this by just parking on the flag off the start. Also, this week sucks so loving hard. not a single reward for shop car is even remotely uncommon. The only new thing is the Aventador J for completing the one race series. somewhat related to the car game because car, every year at christmas costco has a small selection of 1:18 Maisto cars for $20. This year's cars are the 997 GT3 RS 4.0, C8 Corvette, 2022 Bronco, aaaaaand...... Powershift posted:I used to be obsessed with the CLK GTR. I had 3 diecasts and 5 R/C versions of it.  The CLK-GTR. It feels exactly like the ones i had 20 years ago, still the same plaid seats too. My younger self would have gone nuts for a matte black one.
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Dec 16, 2021 19:45
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Dr. Faustus posted:You will never, ever regret it. I'll freely admit it's more fun, at least for lower-power vehicles which is all I'm practicing on for now. Really helps vehicles show off their personalities better.
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Dec 16, 2021 20:11
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I'm seriously annoyed that to get the new car this series I have to do more every week than is required for each second reward, none of which I actually care about Dailies are trash too this week.
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Dec 16, 2021 20:18
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Tayter Swift posted:I'll freely admit it's more fun, at least for lower-power vehicles which is all I'm practicing on for now. Really helps vehicles show off their personalities better. Yeah I just don't like it with S1+ cars where really I need pretty much all my focus just to make each corner correctly
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Dec 16, 2021 20:26
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So I have to win 2 cross country circuit events in the #37. Then I have to do it again. What? lol
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Dec 16, 2021 22:51
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Well, the second set have to be lap races rather than sprints, you see (They were real low on ideas for this one, and the bar wasn’t high before)
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Dec 17, 2021 00:02
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emdash posted:Well, the second set have to be lap races rather than sprints, you see I thought they were both circuits. I did circuits for all 4 and they counted at least.
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Dec 17, 2021 00:08
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Yeah the first set can be either
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Wiltsghost posted:So I have to win 2 cross country circuit events in the #37. Then I have to do it again. What? lol I don't know who RJ Anderson is but now I hate them and their stupid uncontrollable truck.
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WhiteHowler posted:I don't know who RJ Anderson is but now I hate them and their stupid uncontrollable truck. Try this. 100 334 726
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Dec 17, 2021 00:20
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emdash posted:Yeah the first set can be either I tried a sprint for the first set and it didn't count. Maybe I secretly lost?
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That’s weird, I thought I definitely did sprint/circuit circuit/sprint (didn’t count)/circuit
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I mean, it's pretty unlikely the game was bugged and incorrectly registering wins as losses and vice-versa
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webmeister posted:I mean, it's pretty unlikely the game was bugged and incorrectly registering wins as losses and vice-versa is it though? 
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Wiltsghost posted:Try this. 100 334 726 I finally beat the event with the stock tune by bumping the Driveatars down to Average. I wish the AI was a little more consistent with how well it drives on a given difficulty level. I can usually win against Above Average or Highly Skilled on most tracks, but on certain ones (especially dirt and cross-country, when there's water and/or big jumps) they seem nearly unbeatable even when I'm driving well with a tune I'm used to.
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Dec 17, 2021 01:49
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Wiltsghost posted:Try this. 100 334 726
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WhiteHowler posted:I don't know who RJ Anderson is but now I hate them and their stupid uncontrollable truck. At first I was planning on trying to do this thing without changing the RWD, just as a challenge. But then I was looking around in the upgrade screen, and somehow the AWD conversion made the truck faster, in addition to the usual handling/accel/launch improvements?!? So, literally no downside at all. Sometimes tuning & upgrading is really baffling to me
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Dec 17, 2021 03:58
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Two wheels good, four wheels better
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emdash posted:Well, the second set have to be lap races rather than sprints, you see You have to do circuits for both. I tried doing a sprint for the first one and it didn't count and for the second one I also had to do circuits.
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Dec 17, 2021 10:48
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Can confirm both the 2nd and 4th chapters specify “circuit” races in the description.
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Dec 17, 2021 11:25
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Code 565633922 will get you an insta-win cross country circuit that you can do quickly in succession to bang out the requirements.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Code 565633922 will get you an insta-win cross country circuit that you can do quickly in succession to bang out the requirements. If you don't hate-finish the seasonal stuff while loudly swearing at the cheaty AI why are you even playing this game.
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Dec 17, 2021 12:18
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TjyvTompa posted:If you don't hate-finish the seasonal stuff while loudly swearing at the cheaty AI why are you even playing this game. I play to watch a game get progressively buggier with with each new patch. It's quite a show! Today I had endless weather bugs. The main one was the time of day never changed progressively it would just snap between day and night every few minutes. Rain would also often appear a thick column of grey off in the distance. I even had one time where the skybox switched from rainy to sunny, except it did so by sliding the sunny day out of the way and sliding the rainy day into place, like changing slides in a projector.
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Dec 17, 2021 12:28
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I play to watch a game get progressively buggier with with each new patch. It's quite a show! I had a similar bug yesterday, I think it is related to the storm. In my game it switched between night/storm and day/clear weather every few seconds. Amazing stuff.
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Dec 17, 2021 12:30
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the storm itself is super cool though, first saw it in the second trial race and it was mad crazy
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emdash posted:Yeah the first set can be either I had to do circuits for the first one too. I ran 2 sprints and they didn't count last night. Edit: beaten soundly and repeatedly
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The truck is fun to drive as long as AWD is on it. Didn't try the stock drivetrain. I look forward to that part of the seasonal challenge each week. Helps remove the choice paralysis of having hundreds of cars, and gives me an hour+ to just focus on a single one that I've likely never driven before. I can hold my own against highly skilled AI when driving stick now  One question: How do you know when to shift to 2nd? 1st gear just bounces off the rev limiter immediately when I launch.
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Just shift right away. In many race vehicles first gear only really exists for driving around the pits/garages. Sadly, Forza doesn't let you start a race in 2nd or 3rd gear though (unless you have a wheel with a shifter hooked up maybe). Symphoric fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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That lovely awful car made for a miserable experience until I did a manual tune that could win low-speed circuits (the SW aerodrome was a relief).
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I did the airfield circuit. Quick, easy to win, and you can keep a skill streak going indefinitely. But nthing doing the awd conversion. Just a mess without it.
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Dec 17, 2021 19:37
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Yeah the airfield circuit is great for skill chains
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The soft/long travel suspension vehicles seem to have an issue where if the body hits the ground, the suspension doesn't rebound properly and the vehicle becomes uncontrollable. The race spec bronco is almost unusable because of it.
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Any tips on how to find and complete this stupid snowman challenge? Also, the cross country seasonal championships are really no fun in general. Road and street races are a lot better. I did, however, use a tuned Mugen Civic with AWD for the cross country and it was tons of fun slinging around this 1700 lb car with less than 200 horsepower and winning anyway.
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The Midniter posted:Any tips on how to find and complete this stupid snowman challenge?
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The Midniter posted:Any tips on how to find and complete this stupid snowman challenge? There's a bunch in the Christmas village/market location too. One bug I found is that if you hit something (a rock, box, debris, etc) and it hits the snowman first before you do it doesn't count for you. Be sure not to knock things into them!
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Dec 17, 2021 21:33
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Natsuumi posted:There's a bunch in the Christmas village/market location too. I wonder if this happens with the christmas trees as well. It was such a pain doing the accolade where you have to hit 25 of each in the mazda.
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The small town in the southern half with the Christmas icon has tons of snowmen, candy canes, and trees. A couple passes will do ya
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Symphoric posted:Just shift right away. Oh okay, thanks And I like the cross-country races  they're goofy, but so was Trackmania and I never held it against that game.
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