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Forza 4 |OT| Where Porsche Are Driven
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CrudeDiatribe
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About 3 minutes out, will be there.
paperspace
Member
Sorry for the late reply, but thanks to you both. It works much better now.
One question regarding the firmware though. With the current firmware (701) I can't save my settings and I've heard the beta firmware (706) fixes this, but the Fanatec support refuses to send it to me for some reason.
Anyone with a link to the new 706 firmware? I would greatly appreciate it. It's really annoying having to manually adjust settings every time I switch between FM4/GT5/rFactor (or just turning it off, for that matter).
edit: Is 706 even the latest firmware btw?
-bakalhau-
Member
I'm glad I receive Xbox invites on my PC via Raptr, or else I would've missed the races 
I think one minute in on Fujimi 3 of you just took each other out, I only remember looking back and seeing 3 cars turned around. Oh and thank god someone in front of me turned into a ghost just 1 milisecond before I crashed into him :lol I wish the race had been 2 laps as I was able to hold out Big Takeover until there.
I think one minute in on Fujimi 3 of you just took each other out, I only remember looking back and seeing 3 cars turned around. Oh and thank god someone in front of me turned into a ghost just 1 milisecond before I crashed into him :lol I wish the race had been 2 laps as I was able to hold out Big Takeover until there.
Big Takeover
Member
I'm glad I receive Xbox invites on my PC via Raptr, or else I would've missed the races
I think one minute in on Fujimi 3 of you just took each other out, I only remember looking back and seeing 3 cars turned around. Oh and thank god someone in front of me turned into a ghost just 1 milisecond before I crashed into him :lol I wish the race had been 2 laps as I was able to hold out Big Takeover until there.
Nice battle. You certainly did Crude's Saab justice. I couldn't let myself get beaten by that thing though!
-bakalhau-
Member
I was counting on Granholme to hold you off for as long as he could while I got some time on both of you. Maybe I can give him a credit bonus for the next race so his only objective is to slow you down! Those last 5 minutes killed me really.
Speaking of Saab, I did enjoy the car. Thanks for putting the 2 cars on the Club Garage
How did it go guys??
Sorry about not being able to attend. Doc says my little girl has trouble hearing and might need tubes. So I have to see an ENT doc this week.
I'm sorry to hear that. It that serious? How old is she?
The races went ok. Muerte and I battled for the lead both races for quite a time. The guy resisted pressure like north resists north on a magnet. I dont know what happened behind. Crude seemingly didn't prepare at all cuz I know damn well he's better than how he performed and Big Takeover already admitted defeat when he said he couldn't be bothered to learn the downill section of Kaido. I definitely expected a bit more resistance from these two.
I expect better from everyone next weekend.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
I didn't do very much practice at all; nothing for Sebring and not even a full lap of Kaido in any of the cars I toyed with. I was very irritated with myself for how poorly I did on the latter, especially my first lap.
No word of a lie, I started to nod off during the penultimate lap on Sebring. Worked on a freelance project for six hours today before hand and was ready for a nap.
SarBear, hope everything works out for your daughter.
No word of a lie, I started to nod off during the penultimate lap on Sebring. Worked on a freelance project for six hours today before hand and was ready for a nap.
SarBear, hope everything works out for your daughter.
I'm sorry to hear that. It that serious? How old is she?
The races went ok. Muerte and I battled for the lead both races for quite a time. The guy resisted pressure like north resists north on a magnet. I dont know what happened behind. Crude seemingly didn't prepare at all cuz I know damn well he's better than how he performed and Big Takeover already admitted defeat when he said he couldn't be bothered to learn the downill section of Kaido. I definitely expected a bit more resistance from these two.
I expect better from everyone next weekend.
Getting tubes in your ears isn't the end of the world, but it does require anesthesia, i believe. Takes all of ten minutes. And they eventually just fall out. She just turned 2 this past friday (the 17th).
Thanks a lot man. I put up a lap of my own time on Kaido just so you know what you guys were up against. *hint*....it's clean, with plenty of room to improve. =)
-bakalhau-
Member
7
I know it's been a while since the game came out but for my first race I really wish there had been more people to race with. I'm gonna put some practice into next week's races since I most likely will participate.
Not gonna give up!! Been branching out online and extending our league to other clubs with extremely low member counts. I might have three on the way to our club. Don't know if they'll ever make the forums given it's a fucking year wait to get in this bitch. Shit's ridiculous.
In the meantime...
I forget the number of people, bakalhau said 7, that sounds about right. I have the replays if you need them...
It was pretty fun, I did surprisingly better than I thought I was going to. Being consistent seem to help a lot. So in both races I managed to slow seanspeed down for most of the race until he finally found an opening. I kinda felt bad because I know I'm a lot slower, but I figured you've gotta work for that pass, lol. I guess it didn't seem like it, but I was feeling that pressure. I just tried really hard to ignore that you were taking up my whole rear view mirror.
Dont feel bad. You should feel the opposite. Being consistent and not giving in to pressure is a huge part of racing. If you're not making somebody work for a pass, then you're better off just hotlapping on your own. I've driven against many other people who break down within a couple corners of seeing somebody on their tail. I know I was quicker, but that didn't give me any more of a right to win the race. I was definitely impressed.
@SarBear - its definitely an issue that GAF is such a hard place to join. Really limits our options. We've still got a ton of people in the club. We just need people to actually get off their asses and race. I dont think there's a whole lot of incentive to offer everyone, but I can assure any of you not joining in thats its by far the best way to experience the game. You're missing out. If you're scared you're not gonna be good, then fear not, cuz we have people of every skill level. And nothing is better for improving your skills than the preparation process. Its fun, too, messing with cars you might not otherwise think of using.
I do wish we could Ox and Petran back, though. Not sure where they've been, but having more competition at the pointy end really drives me to improve. I'm far better right now than I was in previous games and I'm even noticeably better since October when the game came out. I still feel a step behind Ox and SarBear, but probably closer than I would have been if not for this club and for Rivals and our league races where I get time to improve and fine-tune things.
Thanks man, I said I only kinda feel bad, lol. The only time I felt like I let you by was when I tried to pass you back almost immediately near the end of the first race, and went off road a little because I was going to fast for that turn. I didn't want to serve back onto the track and hit you, so I stayed off track for a few seconds. It's actually a big improvement from previous races where I would get nervous with someone behind me like that and starting screwing up turns badly.
Just want to second that thought that people need to come and race online with us. It's helped my times and skill a ton, even my own hotlaps. There really is people of all skill levels, and no one is going to give you shit or make you feel unwelcome if you're slower or make mistakes. Everyone has to start somewhere
-bakalhau-
Member
It's always a good time! Even if you're bad and have an incredibly bad English accent like I do, it's still fun. I really miss racing competitively (oh Burnout 3...) and it was fun to race Sunday.
I know what you mean by having the nerves to keep your cool when you're under pressure. I think I'm pretty good at it, I honestly don't think it can get any worse than having 3 people tailgating you on a game like Burnout - but I always used to ignore them and race my own race. I race with no rearview mirror on my HUD, I think it distracts me. I don't always need to know where someone is to be honest. I'm pretty bad at this game though. I hope I can get some practice on next week's races and combine that with whatever experience I've gained from playing other nerve racking racing games online.
Not really. It was 30fps and sub HD, but the lightning was still a generation ahead of Forza 2 and it was a launch title.
So...a while back I posted that my wife had gotten me a racing experience for Christmas (at an outfit in Las Vegas by the name of Exotics Racing). We had then relied heavily on Forza to select which cars we wanted to drive, and someone asked that I come back and give a report on the day. Well, finally did it on Valentine's day, I've had a week to recover, so here goes...
First....racing was awesome. Arrived in the morning early enough to get to admire the cars while they were in the paddock (was freaking cold) and they were indeed beautiful. They had a few Italia's, a few Superleggeras, a Vantage, a GTR, a few Porsches, a few Murcielagos (which they called crap) and a couple of other pretty little toys. They also have a McLaren MP4 coming soon, which would coax me back out. To drive, you book a certain number of laps in specific cars (some people only did 1 car, 5 laps) they take you out for two rapid exploratory laps in a Cayenne Turbo S, and then they throw you into the cars with a guide (you'll hear them in the video).
I would highly recommend this for someone looking for some way other than craps to lose a few hundred dollars in Vegas. Do know that if you start adding cars, laps, and video, it can get a little pricey. Still, it was incredible. They used to run on the infield and outfield short tracks of the Vegas Motorspeedway, but now they've built their own private track (it was only 10 days old when we were there) and it really is a great course with some surprisingly technical turns.
They only have the exotics right now, but they're planning a lot for the future, including stunt driving (they have some of the ramps built) drifting (there are track configurations that are designed around it) and some more pure-race experiences. They also pull in new cars pretty regularly (all of their cars are under warranty) and take suggestions (though they will not bring in a Bugatti...something about the price and insurance).
Anyways, here are a few photos....and a video. The video shows all six cars that Lisa and I drove. What it doesn't show is me running the Aventador off the track and hitting a cone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feTFumX_kU
First....racing was awesome. Arrived in the morning early enough to get to admire the cars while they were in the paddock (was freaking cold) and they were indeed beautiful. They had a few Italia's, a few Superleggeras, a Vantage, a GTR, a few Porsches, a few Murcielagos (which they called crap) and a couple of other pretty little toys. They also have a McLaren MP4 coming soon, which would coax me back out. To drive, you book a certain number of laps in specific cars (some people only did 1 car, 5 laps) they take you out for two rapid exploratory laps in a Cayenne Turbo S, and then they throw you into the cars with a guide (you'll hear them in the video).
I would highly recommend this for someone looking for some way other than craps to lose a few hundred dollars in Vegas. Do know that if you start adding cars, laps, and video, it can get a little pricey. Still, it was incredible. They used to run on the infield and outfield short tracks of the Vegas Motorspeedway, but now they've built their own private track (it was only 10 days old when we were there) and it really is a great course with some surprisingly technical turns.
They only have the exotics right now, but they're planning a lot for the future, including stunt driving (they have some of the ramps built) drifting (there are track configurations that are designed around it) and some more pure-race experiences. They also pull in new cars pretty regularly (all of their cars are under warranty) and take suggestions (though they will not bring in a Bugatti...something about the price and insurance).
Anyways, here are a few photos....and a video. The video shows all six cars that Lisa and I drove. What it doesn't show is me running the Aventador off the track and hitting a cone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feTFumX_kU
CrudeDiatribe
Member
That looks awesome.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
I found her instructor harder to follow than his. Maybe it's just me, though.
Shortt Sirket
Member
Can't wait man! Barring any sort of craziness, I will definitely be there on Sunday!
Big Takeover
Member
Fantastic pics and video, AMUSIX!
How about that understeer on that Aventador? Wow. Glad you had fun!
How about that understeer on that Aventador? Wow. Glad you had fun!
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Yeah, the Audi wipers were a bit of a surprise. The placement and design of the shifters on the Audi were so different from the other cars, that I'm going to say "It's not my fault!"Sweet!
Had to laugh at you turning on the wipers in the Audi. lol
Your wife seemed really scared to put her foot down, but I guess she's probably not a speed freak like some of us.
So what was your favorite? The Ferrari, right?
Lisa admits she didn't go as fast as she had wanted to, but this was the first time she's driven a car on a track, and the first time using flappy shifters.
As for favorite cars...for myself, yeah, the Scuderia was definitely my favorite. For Lisa, she said she liked the Italia the most this time, but also said that another day with the Superleggera might have put it over the top.
Worst instructor was my Aventador guy. Was just shouting every tiny direction at me the whole time (the lap I chose to post was the 'quietest'.) He was stressing me out so much that I was literally sweating, even without wearing a helmet in that car. It's also why I got so flustered and ran off the track...well, that and the fact that the beast drove differently from anything I've ever been behind the wheel of.
YES, YES, YES, a thousand times YES! The Aventador just did NOT want to turn at all, and braking was completely reversed from other cars. You had to literally stomp on the brakes at the beginning of each zone, and then let off them and adjust that way. I don't think I ever got that down.
Oh, and someone asked me elsewhere....we were hitting 115-140mph on the straight.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Porsche has to be one of them. Remember, David Jaffe said for the longest time that he wasn't working on a Twisted Metal game for the PS3. It wouldn't surprise me if they were lying to hide a secret.
Porsche would be great but I don't want to be disappointed so I'm trying to lower my expectations.
The more I think about it, the more I see something about Ferrari being announced though.
Their new GT will be revealed at Geneva the 29th (same day as the event), BADNED hinted at the F152 (codename of the car) in the past and he recently made a comment on FC (responding to a question about some cars not being in Test Drive : Ferrari) about Microsoft having exclusive rights to some Ferrari models. All of this leads me to believe that MS could get the new Ferrari exclusively, perhaps even in Autovista form so that they could say some marketing stuff like "if you were in Geneva right now, chances are you wouldn't be able to seat in this car, well in Forza 4, you can".
Although, could this really be considered a big news ?
Speaking of the car, I hope it doesn't suck. The 599 is just gorgeous and has spawned two equally beautiful beasts known as the 599XX and 599 GTO so this new car has huge shoes to fill IMO. I'm kinda worried after the awful FF... :-/
The more I think about it, the more I see something about Ferrari being announced though.
Their new GT will be revealed at Geneva the 29th (same day as the event), BADNED hinted at the F152 (codename of the car) in the past and he recently made a comment on FC (responding to a question about some cars not being in Test Drive : Ferrari) about Microsoft having exclusive rights to some Ferrari models. All of this leads me to believe that MS could get the new Ferrari exclusively, perhaps even in Autovista form so that they could say some marketing stuff like "if you were in Geneva right now, chances are you wouldn't be able to seat in this car, well in Forza 4, you can".
Although, could this really be considered a big news ?
Speaking of the car, I hope it doesn't suck. The 599 is just gorgeous and has spawned two equally beautiful beasts known as the 599XX and 599 GTO so this new car has huge shoes to fill IMO. I'm kinda worried after the awful FF... :-/
Big Takeover
Member
That's got to be it then. That would be pretty sweet. The F620, right? It's going to be a missile.
Forza is The Real Quarter Panel Simulator I'm afraid. They can't do exposed suspension. Sucks, I know. The first RX7 would be sweet though.
evil_as_skeletor
Member
This guy^^
I've questioned why the SA22C models (gen1,2,3) haven't appeared in any video game after GT2 and Tokyo Extreme Racer.
Forza desperately needs this car (hoping for Series 2 over the others, but can't be choosy).
Surely it's obvious to include a car which was so influential and with such historic (albeit recent) motoring significance.
evil_as_skeletor
Member
I've got an S4. Back seats have never been used or even exposed to sunlight since I've owned it. Luckily the rear seat back can be laid flat. Pretty handy actually!
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I could always use a new Ferrari.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
I'll be there.
Sneaky, what's your race number?
Shortt Sirket
Member
I will be there!! Need to get back into it.
I don't know, I never raced one of the number required races lol.. I guess 77 lol
Negative. Look in the race listing under members to see what race numbers have been taken. It's right next to their names.
So, the F620 GT isn't part of next week news. Now I'm getting really interested in knowing what's this all about...
I'm really skeptical, because Turn10 made a big deal over their January "news" which turned out to be a deal with Hyundai for the damn Veloster. FML.
Porsche, 04 Mustang Cobra, new track, or bust.