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Picked this game up the other day and it's pretty fun! It feels a bit drive-on-rails which is nice and chill but at the same time the use of braking and clutch kicking all feels really good from what I've seen so far so and the game seems to balance the arcade aspect and actual driving. The only car I've bought so far is the E30 and up until that point I wasn't really enjoying the default Mini that much even though FF handbrake pulls often make for some dramatic powerslides. Gonna save up for a hillclimb car next, I guess? Always wanted to drive an Audi Quattro and its nice to see one in this game.
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The Stratos and Delta look cool but I want something for the other race types first. Then after that I'll probably get a Fiesta or STI because I've actually driven those irl and it'd be fun to compare.  Also, I'll forever like the Quattro because this picture even exists: 
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I dunno if we're talking about the same Quattro because I got the S1 hillclimb variant and it is nearly twice as fast as my BMW E30, easily ending up in the top 3 and taking me out of open championships in my first session up Pike's Peak despite continued terrible driving, not knowing the turns and even flying off the track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwSkI4AY6o After a bit more trial and error to actually learn the road I'm thinking this is gonna be my quick money maker until I save up for a proper rallycross car cause these hillclimbs are like $60k or more in just three high speed runs.
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Dec 14, 2015 22:42
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Shine posted:I'm having so much fun driving the Stratos that I haven't bothered buying anything else. ...brb crashing! And yeah, I am new to the game but I think its safe to say that basically any RWD car is gonna be Really though if you're gonna buy a random car get anything from Group B. I haven't been following the thread so I dunno how much its been talked about but Group B is the epitome of rally racing and it was so badass that it got banned. Cars like the Quattro just rolled up using 4WD and tore it up for the first time and then literal deathtraps like the Delta were using both turbochargers and superchargers on the same loving car  The only thing missing is hundreds and thousands of spectators standing in the middle of the track blocking your view of the turn ahead and just barely getting out of the way before you run into them. Jehde posted:I don't think the Quattro is as bad as most goon ITT make it out to be. The name of the game is weight transfer. I guess its also worth noting that the French champion Michel Mouton was active then and because of it she's widely considered one of the best female racers of her time. This is the lady that set record times at Pike's Peak in a Quattro so I really doubt it's that bad of a car lol. Skwee posted:I like the Lancia Delta S4. It's pretty interesting in that you rarely get out of 3rd gear I'm waiting to get this until I have a top level rallycross car because I want to unlock all the modes. Also the idea of a Fiesta with 600 HP is just lol and I want to beat STIs in it. But yeah, the Delta is gonna be my Group B car I think until I have the money to try them all.
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Dec 15, 2015 01:49
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I don't know the answer to this but it is a definite sign that this is a good rally game when windshield wipers are an actual part of gameplay. There's one event with multiple splashes at the end and one of them is right before what I can only guess is a near hairpin turn. I've taken it blind so many times because I never have time to press my wipers button when trying to juggle the throttle and possible handbrake/clutch kick to keep my momentum pushing through to the finish line to the cheers of my virtual spectators. It's great and is the best home stretch of any track I've seen so far.
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Dec 15, 2015 08:12
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Qmass posted:How do you handbrake and shift? I guess you could use stick-in but as a long time PC gamer I can't ever press it in without it feeling wonky as poo poo. The only time this should really be an issue is at a redlight on a hill.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Quick question: Am I supposed to be going all Tokyo drift and taking corners sideways? I kept trying to do the hand brake drift a la burnout paradise but only managed to crash every single time I tried that, ended up trying to get a racing line of sorts by slowing down before corners harder than, say 5. If you like using the handbrake to get the initial positioning you can start clutch kicking at low speeds to keep the wheels spinning and keep your car moving fluidly through the tight turns without that slide-stop effect that kills your time. FF cars are good for practicing handbraking. AWD/4WD cars are good for practicing clutch kicking. RWD cars are good for mastering both of these while min/maxing your throttle and braking to really fine tune your way through turns. After that you can pretty much drive wtfever you want however you want when off paved roads and see yourself crashing a lot less until you start to push your limits again. On an actual road its usually just best to slow down and take the proper and exact grip lines.
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Dec 16, 2015 04:16
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The real secret to driving RWD cars in this game is to unweld the loving differential because it would seem that everything you buy in this game has been previously owned by an aspiring craigslist drifter that wants their wheels to squeel when slowly pulling through the McDonalds drive-thru. edit: Generally lowering the differential (especially in the rear if that's the option) will let you be much heavier on the gas pedal without completely spinning out as often. Do this while also lowering the gear ratio in a car like the BMW E30 and you will find yourself cutting multiple seconds off your track times. At first it will feel like you are understeering but when you take into account the fact that you can casually flick your way through turns with any car in this game you shouldn't have any problem Tokyo Drifting to the finish line with green split times. 
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Dec 18, 2015 16:55
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RWD cars are fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3do8r5XnTxU Anyway, I hope to see them eventually add some of the older  cars like the Celica: RX-7:  ...or even 240RS:  I dunno what the plans are for DLC or whatever but it'd be nice if they keep bringing new content to this game instead of just jumping right into making a sequel.
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Dec 20, 2015 06:03
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Yeah, I dunno if FOV is tied to the specific car because in the other ones I can just see the tips of my feet and it seems much closer to the wheel.
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Thanks for pointing this out. I must have instinctively maxed out the FOV when I first started the game up because years of cyber dogfighting in BF109s has made forget that actually seeing what's in front of you is a thing. It's funny I'm doing this after completely dialing in the Stratos/E30 to my exact winding path preferences.
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4WD/AWD are often considered the training wheels most people use to get into RWD racing. In a rally situation the advantages you get when losing traction in a car like the WRX or Mitsubishi Evo are so great that it would seem that RWD is really for the enthusiasts looking for a challenge or wanting to really figure out how, why and when to use the handbrake or clutchkick on top of your basic throttle/brake control. In terms of progression and looking at the prices of vehicles across the board IMO the best way to dive into it all is to drive the default FWD car until you have enough to get a Group B 4WD car. The price of 70s/80s cars in this game is around $60-120k while if you simply wait a bit you can get into the real monster group starting at only $140k. RWD cars are fun because they're cheap, crazy and and kill you. If you care about fast racing times I would say that the next step is to jump into either R4 with the WRX/Mistubishi Evo or try Hillclimbing which all sit around the $200-300k price range. If you're gonna save up for a $600k you may as well wait for a proper Rallycross car if only to experience completely new gameplay. The oddball choice are the Kit cars. They sit in the middle of the 4WD and RWD cars you'll have encountered by now both in terms of handling and price. They are weird because iirc they are front wheel drive but my only experience with them is a few random online challenges and I don't remember the understeering being THAT bad but they definitely feel like a weird breed of their own when you look at what else is available in this game. edit: Goon League seems to be using Group B cars so maybe don't even bother buying one and you'll get to play them all for free 
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Dec 23, 2015 02:17
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Daily reminder that the Delta S4 is twincharged
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I doubt these cars have airbags either, so crossing your arms over your chest when bracing for impact probably isn't a terrible idea. Especially in this game where you are likely flying 10 feet in the air upside down through a pine tree.
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Heliosicle posted:I just reached Elite and I've gotten a bit tired of playing the same 6 rally's over and over. ironically it is one of the only racing games that got less fun for me the more and more i learned the tracks
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Jan 7, 2016 16:49
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On the flip side going to a more serious game after playing Dirt turns it into a snap oversteer on pavement simulator.
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I have a newfound love and respect for this game after pulling my handbrake through populated stoplight left hand turns today in the grand east coast blizzard. edit: Also slipping your car around then hitting salted patches and using the sudden yet predictable traction to swing your tail around the other way is good fun I will probably need new tires after all the flatspots I've created. Feels weird drifting for such long distances while only going around 20mph Thief fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 08:10
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Red_Fred posted:Double post! Can't decide if I like the Kit cars or not. Only driven them twice but I tend to get really good times in them even though they are very unusual to drive. Thoughts? There's a good amount of power there but the natural understeer forces you to be very heavy in your actions while still staying rather forgiving when you push yourself over your limits. It's kind of easy mode but in a fun and flexible way that has more depth to it than the clunky Mini does. The way you approach different sections to the track are very different compared to a RWD car and I think once you get that used to both that and genuinely capable front wheel drive cars you can really start to appreciate and fine tune your differentials in AWD vehicles to make them do exactly what you want them to do.
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Group Beef should be banned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7DvbZzq_E&t=10s
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The best part of steering wheels is in slides and watching the car naturally correct itself
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Mar 29, 2016 05:28
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I haven't checked in a while but last I saw even the highest pop leagues were inactive.
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Mar 31, 2016 23:26
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Nice to see the goon league is back 
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The Delta S4 is my favorite car in the game but I just tried the Quattro out for the current event because I haven't spent much game time outside of the twincharged madness and steering with the gas pedal on the BMW E30.
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beedeebee posted:Ok, I think I screwed myself. I recently bought this game, and I'm doing OK with the Mini Cooper. Then I bought the Lancia Fulvia but I can't control it at all. Like literally can't even drive 100m straight. I retired the event, noticed I had 100k credits so I bought the Stratos Keep in mind those are RWD cars. Chill out on the gas and ease into turns, you're basically steering with the back wheels. There are a lot of front wheel drive (FWD) cars in this game now that you may enjoy. Otherwise save up for a Subaru WRX, Mitsubishi Evo or Ford Focus like most people do irl because they are very forgiving and look cool. Also when it comes to events you can reset them to select a new car iirc. This game will automatically place you in whatever difficulty you're performing at and throw tons of money at you before you know it so don't really worry about it.
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I slide off the road twice on the last track of the league event because I kept losing focus and ignoring the navigator while trying to gas it through some of the bends. The endurance aspect of this game is one of the things I like a lot because I'm not going to bother going back and redoing the entire race which actually makes it more fun when you gently caress up and are in high pressure mode try to recover lost time without knowing the road ahead of you.
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Meanwhile, I have accidentally locked myself out of the current Goon event after drunk drivin an E30 off a cliff. 
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Shine posted:Though not a racing game (unless you count space canyons), Elite Dangerous has terrific sound as well. I fly a Viper partly because the sound. And yes, the only thing I took away from RaceRoom was that it actually sounds like you're driving. I have a high horsepower engine irl and when you hit 3rd gear the car is loving screaming at you. I guess newer airplane games like IL-2:Battle of Stalingrad have good sound. The distances are so great in that game you will see explosions before you hear them. And in War Thunder when planes fly by it sounds pretty cool.
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Helicon One posted:Is multiplayer Rallycross in this game or only against the AI? I has bad que times but it is possible to get into a game with other players. Been a while but when I last played pvp rallycross the main problem with it was that it would start the race with only 2 people and as others would join they would never be able to fill the gap in the lead of the player that was there since the beginning. This causes a lot of players to quit from what I saw because every other part of this game has players racing against a clock and it makes some nerds lose track of how fun it is to be able to shoulder up with another car and run them off the track or into a wall. It's probably my least played part of this game. The tracks are kind of boring with only the joker lap keeping things interesting. Other than that, the novelty of a high horsepower Fiesta sleeper wears off quickly.
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quote:Overall Leaderboard The top 3 cars in that list are extremely legit.
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Sadistic posted:I'm still kicking myself over the Dirtygoons league race. I had a 23 second lead coming into stage 6 then blew a tire early enough in that I couldn't just ignore it and push on to the end. If it makes you feel better, I did a barrel roll mid race and added at least 30 seconds to my time in the last few sections of the final event because I literally flew into the crowd at that random left turn that is way sharper than your bro makes it seem. The week before I accidentally got locked out completely by crashing the E30. Dirty Goon league is my go-to race when its 3:30AM and I'm high as hell so I doubt any of my times will be anything spectacular but this game is still fun as heck just even making it to the finish line. 
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May 14, 2016 19:09
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Some of those signs are at such a perfect angle that when you come flying wide out the exit of the turn you will drift parallel to them before pulling yourself back onto the road just inches from breaking your back bumper off.
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This is a RALLY game though so imo not resetting at the cost of times are as stylin' as it gets I have yet to finish an entire event without at the very least a busted windshield.
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May 14, 2016 20:53
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It's awesome when you're full throttle and surfing a ditch that when at the wrong angle is totally capable of flipping your car multiple times but you somehow climb out of that mess while 3-wheelin it
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He definitely understands the fun of driving a loud rear end car though!
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May 19, 2016 14:06
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I'll race any cars just put one up haha
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May 22, 2016 11:22
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julian assflange posted:I've mastered the Stratos....at least it is letting me think that. That moment when you finally swing your tail out just far enough to roll a RWD 3 times.
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May 31, 2016 12:18
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Is there a new league race up yet? I'm tryin to roll some cars.
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Until you are comfortable, the best way to approach Group B is to go ballsout in the straights but be extra careful during turns. Your times will even out well enough.
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grapecritic posted:Loosening the differentials helps too Seriously, this cannot be stressed enough. This game often seem to weld them by default. Makes RWD cars much more forgiving.
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My favorite thing in the entire game is that one rally that ends with a bunch of turns that go through water splashes. There's one that's like a splash through a blind turn as you wipe your windows right into a gate. Also as cheesy as it is, putting huge crowds at the end of a long endurance race makes it more exciting.
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