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Forza 4 |OT| Where Porsche Are Driven
- Thread starter G Rom
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VindictiveGnome
Member
People are buying that stupid Prius design I made like hotcakes. I don't get it. If you don't know what it looks like it's in the club garage.
I watched them as I was trying to place a time. You didn't do the autocross. I wouldn't be surprised if you were thinking "I finally have a place to take out all my road rage! Kill all the barrels!!!!"skyfinch said:Exactly what I did. Ran through all the rivals mode as fast as I could. Someone should watch my ghosts in the cone challenges.
On another note I have never heard a Tesla prior to racing it in this game. Oh wow, it sounds awesome!
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
Some guy's mom playing with Fanatec set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kCv3lFQHc
soundscream
Member
True Fact: Slayer-33 made those same noises on his first lap of Forza 4.Aruarian Reflection said:
Syph Medwes
Member
So, I'm thinking of picking this game up on Monday.
Never really been into racing sims, in the sense that I'm more accustomed to playing racing games like Need for Speed or Burnout.
However, I've probably logged a good 2 hours into the demo, and as you can probably guess from that number, I'm loving it.
Now, I read the OP, watched a bunch of videos, read some reviews, but the question I still want answered is, why this game over Gran Turismo 5?
Don't get me wrong, I want to get this game, but it seems to me, (keep in mind I probably have no idea what I'm talking about) that the GT series maintains a higher degree of excellence or at least is a more well known.
So, what X-factor does Forza 4 have that justifies its purchase over GT5 or some other racing sim?
Never really been into racing sims, in the sense that I'm more accustomed to playing racing games like Need for Speed or Burnout.
However, I've probably logged a good 2 hours into the demo, and as you can probably guess from that number, I'm loving it.
Now, I read the OP, watched a bunch of videos, read some reviews, but the question I still want answered is, why this game over Gran Turismo 5?
Don't get me wrong, I want to get this game, but it seems to me, (keep in mind I probably have no idea what I'm talking about) that the GT series maintains a higher degree of excellence or at least is a more well known.
So, what X-factor does Forza 4 have that justifies its purchase over GT5 or some other racing sim?
MarleyManiac
Member
Caddle said:
Cool find! Thanks!
Broman1978
Junior Member
Lol! Nice detail! In the Nissan GT-R´10 (probably in other cars to)
The clock is dynamic and changes in realtime (is that the correct term in english?)
The clock is dynamic and changes in realtime (is that the correct term in english?)
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Fuck, I've spent literally the last 8-9 hours playing Forza by myself and with my friends at my house. WHAT THE FUCK.
I'm #67 now for A class at Tsukuba Short... somebody should run my ghost. It's pretty outrageous at this point. :\
I'm #67 now for A class at Tsukuba Short... somebody should run my ghost. It's pretty outrageous at this point. :\
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
If it wasn't for the servers going down earlier I would have spent all night on that nurb gt traffic challenge I got down to 2:09.xx I can do 2:06.xx clean but I have no idea how the f I'll get it down to 1:57, god damn. Maybe my veyron can't do that but some crazy bastard got it down to 1:58 in a 98' viper lol, behind an f40 and something else at number 1BoobPhysics101 said:
I'm stuck at work now
wish I was playing.Standing start is what I'm talking about. I played quite a bit of Forza 3, tried many ways and finally settled on revs high enough for wheel spin, but immediately easing off enough to grip and then progressively give gas.Slayer-33 said:
This is probably horribly stupid. I'm pretty sure I tried your way already, but I'll do so again.
Stripper13
Member
It has a lot do with drive type in my opinion. That and power.pmj said:
A FWD, you would never want to spin the wheels. Ease into it slowly.
An AWD, flat out everytime. Some cars, depending on power can be unwieldy and you may want to ease up. But generally, nail it and you will do well.
RWD, varies considerably. Basically you want the wheels to spin a little, but not so much that the car starts to twist/turn/kick. I have done a lot of drags in Forza 3/4 and it almost always seems to be quickest to get a slight amount of wheel spin (dependent on the RPM you launch at), then ease the throttle from roughly half way to full ASAP without creating more wheel spin. If at any point, your car is kicking out or you are spinning past the first second or so from launch, try again with less throttle and/or lower RPM. Once you have it down with one car you'll find it easier with the rest.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
This is how you win a race.
eek5 said:
Weirdly, not always. I sent one cone flying yet didn't get a time penalty. I'm not complaining, mind!
Finally got to spend some extended time with FM4 yesterday. The phrase 'content rich' should have been coined for this game - there's just so much to do it's quite overwhelming at times. Brilliant stuff. Makes some other games seem really shallow by comparison.
Couple of quick observations:
1. It seems like the adaptable AI in World Tour finally kicked in at level 20. There was a definite spike in difficulty, but still only on a par with 'medium' AI in FM3. Still far too easy to smoke them. Maybe it'll keep improving.
2. Is anyone else getting occasional micro-pauses, like a split-second hitch in the framerate? Seems to happen at least once on every track. Every time it happens I expect to get a notification that a friend has just come online, but it doesn't seem related to that. Might be an issue with streaming the track (if FM4 streams track textures, I don't know)?
Mr Nightman
Banned
should be getting this on monday from gamefly cannot wait
reminds me of this f3 pic i snapped, was in the veyron lol. For what the veyron lacked in handling it made up for in speedBoobPhysics101 said:
This is how you win a race.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Jube3 said:
I really gotta get into one of the GAF clubs. Which ones are open right now, guys?
BoobPhysics101
Banned
skyfinch said:
When do they stop giving you free cars? Lvl 50?
skyfinch
Member
As G rom mentioned, there should be a way to let us know if we had already completed a world tour event. I think I must have repeated a dozen.
Also, down to my last 4 achievements, but they are the big ones. Will take me months to a year to finish the game completely, but I am up for the challenge.
Also, down to my last 4 achievements, but they are the big ones. Will take me months to a year to finish the game completely, but I am up for the challenge.
Up now? It's 7:21pm in Australia!Slayer-33 said:
I really do think I'm hooked on Rivals. Completely forgot the F1 was on and I think I'm developing RSI just from this weekend alone.
It just astounds me that I'm loving Rivals, scoring massively with affinity, XP and scoring cars with the leveling up. It's remarkable that I can fully upgrade a car I've never driven for nothing because I thrashed the hell out of another from the same manufacturer. Flogged the hell out of this mode, and it's doing my head in that I've hardly touched world tour OR the tuning OR AV OR the livery editor OR the other online modes. Where the fuck am I going to find the time and hand strength?
nismogrendel
Member
skyfinch said:
Which choices do you regret? I'm only 26 or so, grabbing whatever Ferraris I can see for the achievement/badge thingy.
skyfinch said:
I think world tour and online races are the best. Rivals is really good for credits but you don't seem to get as much XP as other modes.
Mascot said:
Teach me your ways!
I've only had one major one and it was when I unlocked one of those name things. I wonder if there is any communication with the servers in the background that might be causing it.
nismogrendel said:
There are some cars that cost millions more than the others. The good news is that there are a lot of people picking rewards based solely on new value so even if you make a mistake those auction house markets are flooded and you can still find those cars for "cheap" from time to time.
skyfinch
Member
nismogrendel said:
It was one of the R1 class. I picked a Mazda over the Audi (sorry, forget the actual car names). Then further into world tour, I was struggling to keep pace with the very same Audi I could have picked. A few others I picked blindly.
I don't recall seeing the stats for each car, while they are being gifted. In the garage, it's the Y button, but there was no option while being gifted car. I had no clue which car was more powerful, faster, better handling.
Also, if you're attempting all the achievements, like me, there is one "own the 5 most expensive cars". 3 of the most expensive cars are Ferraris. So getting the "own all Ferraris" achievement will help with this one.
eek5 said:
World Tour suddenly slowed down the affinity count as I got closer to the end. Was racking up a ton before then. Seems like I was stuck on 19 (ferrari) for an entire season.
One thing you can do if you're unsure is when the car selection screen pops up hit LT to go to your messages and go to one of the car shared listings, I know you have like 20 of them, and it'll take you out of career to your club. You can go to AH and check market prices of the cars and stuff then go back and choose.