LostVector
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Maybe my standards are too high but I think the 6 speed Fanatec shifter is totally awful. It shifts, sort of, but it's wobbly because of the mounting issues and it feels like a toy.
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Forza 4 |OT| Where Porsche Are Driven
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soundscream
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It sounds awesome. Any indicative release dates yet?
Edit:
Ooh, ooh - I just did a sex wee.
Again, the bearing mod I discussed might make all the difference. Mine now shifts superbly, and very easily (less force required = less wobble). The Fanatec shifters are indoubtedly an economy solution, but as far as I'm concerned they do the job remarkably well and inject a much greater level of involvement into racing games.
Try the mod - sounds like you've got nothing to lose..?
soundscream
Member
No there is no release date for the club sport shifter. Fanatec is hard at work breaking down the stereotype of German efficiency.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Glad you liked them Mascot, as cheapo as they are they do work well.
I sort of hardmounted mine with thick cable ties, that's why the one I sent was a little mashed and gashed. From new they do need a lot of force to hit reverse/5/6 but loosen up over time (or can be modded by chopping the foam down) but yeah I like them a lot, can't wait for the CSS though!
I sort of hardmounted mine with thick cable ties, that's why the one I sent was a little mashed and gashed. From new they do need a lot of force to hit reverse/5/6 but loosen up over time (or can be modded by chopping the foam down) but yeah I like them a lot, can't wait for the CSS though!
So you're telling me I should play it? Bought it a short while ago, not fired it up yet. Think I will tonight, then!
Shift 2?
If so, just be aware that the default settings for handling and related stuff would need tweaking. It's going to feel strange at first, but after you've tweaked and gotten used to everything, the racing is very gripping. At least that's how i feel about it.
Just put some time into some of the Pcars, man its sooo good to have them back! Love the GT3RS and how it handles on rails, have it up in s-class and it holds its own on twisty tracks where it doesn't have the top end, but that's not the case with the GT2RS, man does that thing haul! Not as precise as the GT3RS but it makes up for it with effortless speed. Also diggin the 997T and 959, 997 has plenty of pullin power and the awd holds up quite well, seems to handle better than it did in FM2 & FM3. Love the way the 959 goes out of the corners, even while losing traction it still pulls well as your sliding out of the corners, reminds me of the Quattro rally car. Gonna give it a break and get back to it later.
Seconded.
Tea/Shower.
Will do! Is it the sort of game that feels better with a controller (ie PGR4) or should I bust out the G27?
(I'll find the rest of the info about mods etc. for it myself. Promise!)
To be honest, I haven't played with the controller. Try them both out and see what suits you.
Sorry to butt in - I found Shift (and Shift 2) very twitchy with a pad. The wheel is the way to go, deffo.
evil_as_skeletor
Member
Could you possibly point me in the direction of these 'tweaks'? I wanna throw this in the machine this weekend.
Great game.
Jamesways
Member
If you do use a pad- set the steering sensitivity to 0 and the speed steering sensitivity to 100. Steering deadzone 10-15.
Makes a huge difference.
The Stig
Member
id like to echo this. twitchy is a very good adjective to describe that game with a 360 pad even.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Are those tweaks only applicable for the PC version of Shift 2?
Does anyone else who bought the Porsche pack now have a couple of 'car tokens'?
Does anyone else who bought the Porsche pack now have a couple of 'car tokens'?
Would apply across the board I would imagine.
Look, it's something that should've been taken care of by SMS from the start. We shouldn't have to tweak and tune shit just to get things right. But once everything is sorted, you don't have to touch a thing anymore.....that's when the craziness begins..
Being let down by the Carrera GT sounds, I tried out the other Porsche cars (for sound) and holy shit at the race cars!
They sound fucking incredible!
I seem to remember early previews having glowing reports regarding the handling, but then some EA suits stuck their oars in and forced SMS to make changes (more arcadey?) which fucked things right up. Reviewers were wondering WTF happened to the early code they'd loved a few months before.
I'll give this a go but I'm still wrecking gearboxes regularly with sim damage enabled. I need to work on my clutch control, which is a little tricky with an old ankle injury sending occasional shocks up my left leg...
A family member who's a huge racing fan played some Forza while at my house today. I showed him a bunch of liveries from the storefront since he's not really explored it before because he plays GT5 at home.
He was particularly impressed with H3rtZ DoNuT's offerings, in particular on the TVR Sagaris which I've been using with the tune which is up too. Bonus family hat tips to you, good sir
He was particularly impressed with H3rtZ DoNuT's offerings, in particular on the TVR Sagaris which I've been using with the tune which is up too. Bonus family hat tips to you, good sir
What happened to my post?..weird
Anyway, suits at EA definitely fucked things up. We found this out later on.
It shits me that we wont be getting SHIFT 3.
So, E3 is shaping up to be a pretty big one. Possible FM4 announcements and Forza Horizon as well. Looking forward to it.
Just did the ALMS Dominator achievement in a 3 laps race on Laguna Seca with a field only filled with GT2 cars. So good !
Did you try the 962c, Saladine ? Fucking amazing sound, right ?
Yes ! 389 kph (about 240 mph) on the chicane-less Mulsanne straight, completely stock.
BTW, I've already said that Alpine A110, A310, etc... need to be added to the game but this should as well :
Thanks for the comments on the previous photos, here are some more :
Did you try the 962c, Saladine ? Fucking amazing sound, right ?
Yes ! 389 kph (about 240 mph) on the chicane-less Mulsanne straight, completely stock.
BTW, I've already said that Alpine A110, A310, etc... need to be added to the game but this should as well :
Thanks for the comments on the previous photos, here are some more :
Some EA suits stole it.
WTfuckingFUCK??!
Way to ruin my weekend, dude.
EA pulled the plug? Twats.
Jamesways
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EA pulled the plug pretty much the second Shift 2 made it to the shelves. They cut ties with SMS right after release and if I remember correctly, SMS suffered some layoffs from it. We're lucky we got the DLC for Shift 2, but I think that might have been part of the contract/EA's support schedule.
It's a shame too, I had a chance to chat a bit with Andy Tudor last year about his vision for the Shift series, each one he wanted more and more realistic and motorsport focused. But at least now SMS can do their own thing with Project CARS, and all of those ideas are going into that, withtout EA's meddling. So, something good IS coming out of it.
And we get Ferrari Racing Legends now too. (although it looks to handle just like Shift 1 and 2).
IMO, EA had a good thing with the Shift games, they're fools for going back to shoving mediocre Black Box NFS games out the door each year.
edit- G Rom- fantastic pics! Just stunning.
yeah, shift was so close to being an absolutely amazing series. looking forward to console version of PCARS though
Pricks.
SMS have moved on. Black Box has been relegated. Criterion are the sole NFS guys as far as I know and they'll are making Most Wanted or Hot Pursuit 2 which will become a cash cow yearly thing for sure.
They said that they were going to release a 'sim' and 'arcade' game every other year, but for some reason, they've changed their minds.
@G Rom, the 962c is amazing. The spooling and sheer rawness of the thing at full ball is downright incredible. Wiswell has captured the classic race cars very well.
Jamesways
Member
Really? I thought they were keeping both Criterion and Black Box.
Ah, seems the sales of The Run changed that.
EA are still fools. But SMS is so much better off without them.
What it does right is definitely capturing the feeling of being in a car on a race track, despite its arcade driving model.
Those games for me were always more about the feeling than physics or authenticity.
I would love to see a combination of Forza and Shift series.
Sure, SMS will get to release a proper sim game now but that also means everything that made SHIFT amazing ,apart from the racing itself, is gone. The authentic car and racing culture, the 'street' culture, the customization/upgrades..etc will no longer be featured and this aspect is very important to me.
I'm now obsessed by this mythical Clubsport shifter. I need it in my life. Seems people were expecting a release date of about a year ago, but since then there's been fuck-all news about it. Fanatec need to stop faffing around and get the thing released already. Tomas better show & tell at E3 or I'm gonna get miffed.
damn that is awesome, may just grab the pack after all
.....what kind of test?
Yes, I have 2 tokens now. Can't see myself using them, but they're there.
Shortt Sirket
Member
Interesting, I will have to check. That would have been smart if they gave everyone who got the pack some tokens. It is an easy way for them to reward players without screwing up the game economy. Realistically, each DLC pack should have come with X number of tokens to purchase the cars.
And why not use them? It is a free car man!
Edit: You know, I almost feel bad for how easy it was to get all the Porsche Achievements. Less than an hour and I had 250 more GamerScore.
At least you get to keep that, unlike all the lost earnings from Pass Time.
zing!
Shortt Sirket
Member
Haha, thanks! At least I got to keep that $100 I won!
It's all good. Just to be on the show is cool. Plus that blonde isn't half bad looking.
saw this in the halo thread
on sale may 30th.
forza horizon interview.... mayhaps some details?
I wouldn't expect anything we don't already know before June 6th like Badned said.
can anyone get a comparison shot of the forza 3 911 turbo rear? would like to see the differences between the old and new model
BADNED
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and sounds amazing too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJXrYm1w3I
The interview has some news bits but all the big stuff will be at E3. June 4th!
evil_as_skeletor
Member
Thanks mate.
You know, after all this time, I never noticed
The motorbike under the pgr logo - MIND BLOWN... LOL
Jamesways
Member
Ha! Nice. I happen to playing PGR3 right now. Long live Bizarre Creations.
I'd imagine a combo of Forza and Shift would be motorsport based, at least in my mind. Street events with a little drift peppered in working up to fully licensed race series with rules and flags, then endurance, kind of like Grid's career with better physics.
Ah...PGR4.
I was one of the bloggers 'hired' by Bizarre Creations (with promises of swag) for the ill-fated and badly-supported PGR Nations website. Got a copy of the game signed by a bunch of the devs hidden away in a drawer somewhere. I remember the MS legal bods getting very anal with all sorts of NDAs etc, then pretty much fuck-all happened after quite a promising start.
Must dust this game down sometime and see how kindly time has judged it.
Good times on the Bizarre Creations forums, too. I first met Saladine and Enzo (and I think Shaneus?) over there many years ago. Did anyone else here used to frequent that place before Activision smashed the back doors in and started crapping everywhere?
I was one of the bloggers 'hired' by Bizarre Creations (with promises of swag) for the ill-fated and badly-supported PGR Nations website. Got a copy of the game signed by a bunch of the devs hidden away in a drawer somewhere. I remember the MS legal bods getting very anal with all sorts of NDAs etc, then pretty much fuck-all happened after quite a promising start.
Must dust this game down sometime and see how kindly time has judged it.
Good times on the Bizarre Creations forums, too. I first met Saladine and Enzo (and I think Shaneus?) over there many years ago. Did anyone else here used to frequent that place before Activision smashed the back doors in and started crapping everywhere?
Possibly? I think I reared my head a few times over there, but a VERY small amount. Too long ago to recall. I don't remember openly chatting/connecting with anyone over there really, though.
I actually quite liked the idea behind the Nations website, it just never really lifted off. Cool bit of info though! Also, treasure that copy of the game. Or I will steal it, Mission Impossible-style.
And trust me, time has been INCREDIBLY kind to PGR4. I don't know whether it says more about what Bizarre pulled off then or how little games have progressed in the last five years (I'd say the former) but it's still every bit as fun and looks just as good as you remember it. Fanging the RT12 around... well, anything... is still great.