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DarkJC said:The corkscrew on Laguna Seca STILL throws me for a loop at times, and I've raced the track quite a bit in previous racing games as well
Don't be a hero. Start your braking at the first crest, not the bump before the corkscrew. Nail the apex and enjoy the ride down the hill.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Holy, what in the fuck happens to the Veyron when you take it out on an Oval?
I was just playing Nissan Speedway - I mean, Sunset Peninsula - and when you go round the last bend, it's like the fucking car is magnetized to the outer barrier. So fucking bizarre.
Anyone know why that is? It's a really weird feeling, never experienced it quite like I have with the Bugatti.
I was just playing Nissan Speedway - I mean, Sunset Peninsula - and when you go round the last bend, it's like the fucking car is magnetized to the outer barrier. So fucking bizarre.
Anyone know why that is? It's a really weird feeling, never experienced it quite like I have with the Bugatti.
As a newcomer to this type of sim racing, I've got a question. Will I gain more credits if I race against easier AI and win, or if I bump the AI level up and place lower in the bracket?
Just got my refurbished 360 back last night and went through the first season. Had a great time and I've turned off all assists and am using manual w/clutch, but I've still got much to learn.
Just got my refurbished 360 back last night and went through the first season. Had a great time and I've turned off all assists and am using manual w/clutch, but I've still got much to learn.
h3ro said:Don't be a hero. Start your braking at the first crest, not the bump before the corkscrew. Nail the apex and enjoy the ride down the hill.
The problem with this is insane people behind you. :lol
When I'm online and trying to brake early for the corkscrew I usually move over to brake off the racing line.
ExtraKr1spy
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take the pitlane exit road inside of Turn 1 at Laguna to avoid pile ups . kinda cheating but it gets the job done.
. kinda cheating but it gets the job done.DarkJC said:The corkscrew on Laguna Seca STILL throws me for a loop at times, and I've raced the track quite a bit in previous racing games as well
level 39 and i STILL havent seen this track OR road america, road atlanta, full montserrat. i think my disc is broken, or i fail at picking race series :lol
It all depends on what you select from the options given. As best I can tell so far (I'm only level 10'ish), you always get one race series that will let you race on new tracks, one for the car you currently using and one of a different car. If you always select the option tailored for the car you are currently in, I could see not racing some tracks until later.op_ivy said:
I'm looking forward to a return of the weekly official tournaments.
The multiplayer needs to be changed soon though. I know its been said before (hell, its overwhelming the official Forza forums) but it's frustrating not to be able to play a sim game online as a sim. The current matchmaking rooms are all set to play like arcade racers. How about some Sim damage/real world track hoppers?
Race Pro, as ugly as it was, outshines F3 online.
The multiplayer needs to be changed soon though. I know its been said before (hell, its overwhelming the official Forza forums) but it's frustrating not to be able to play a sim game online as a sim. The current matchmaking rooms are all set to play like arcade racers. How about some Sim damage/real world track hoppers?
Race Pro, as ugly as it was, outshines F3 online.
op_ivy said:
Level 47 and haven't seen Camino (montserrat) extreme. I wish this course was in here more. I've run it in private matches and it's a blast. Turn 10 has done an amazing job. Most of my favorite courses are fictional. Maple Valley, Fujimi, Rally di Positano, Montserrat Extreme, all just absolutely amazing.
op_ivy said:
I had all of those, always pick where it says "Tip: See New Tracks", I got my achievement for seeing all locations last night, and I'm Level 39 as well.
ChRoNiTe said:
I thought I was the only one, the Ford GT and GT500 suffer from this as well. The stripes and whatnot stay white even though there are color combos that should be black or another color.
antiquegamer
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Well, I thought the Fanatec wheel was set up wrong (that's why I was looking for adjustment) after playing around with it a bit I finally figure out that the thing is defective. It seems the break pedal would randomly engage and the clutch would sometime not register the pedal press). I finally look at the performance monitor in Forza 3 to see what was going on.
*SIGH* after months of waiting now I have to get it exchange. It's been fun 3 days with the thing. May be the higher power try to tell me I should get my term paper finish.
*SIGH* after months of waiting now I have to get it exchange. It's been fun 3 days with the thing. May be the higher power try to tell me I should get my term paper finish.
Diablohead
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lol I use to use laguna for tuning and benchmarking in forza 2 as it was the first track on the list, this time though I been using the demo circuit on extreme layout, it has like one of every corner and a huge straight for speed, real good to tune your car with.HokieJoe said:
I can understand why T10 decided to leave collisions on in multiplayer, but is it just me or does it take much for a car to turn into a ghost in f3? Racing at silverstone is hell for me today, I've raced there twice and both times I've been wrecked at least once on the first lap. Some Ferrari driver just decided that we should take the scenic route on the starting straight. Can't they wait until the first corner anymore?
Btw do the tracks that are played online change on a daily basis or is it just luck? Every lobby I've joined today has had either road america, road atlanta or sebring.
Btw do the tracks that are played online change on a daily basis or is it just luck? Every lobby I've joined today has had either road america, road atlanta or sebring.
ElNino said:
i try to mix up both car selected and selected race series and figured that would be good enough. guess not.
on the subject of race series, i hate that you dont get a preview of tracks included in each and once you select one in career mode, you HAVE to finish it. to make matters worse, some of the titles are misleading or confusing to these events and i have found myself on more then one occasion forced to race a horrible series i would have otherwise avoided like the plague. as an example, last night i finished an awesome "super lap days" (iirc) series where i tore around the full tracks of positano, kaido, and the ring. one of my next choices for the next series was "super speed days" (again, iirc) and i mistakenly entered into a highspeed oval only series with F class cars. PAINFUL!
Diablohead
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Idiots veto the fun tracks because their S5's and R8's can't turn corners when too slow :lol another thing I hate is how everyone seems to go for speed more then other things, then plow into you after a long straight because they can't do anything, and are idiots.Kawasaki said:
The online maps have been the same since day 1 so far, not checked online today but still only A class and above for circuit right?
op_ivy said:
This is exactly why I bailed on the Season Career, in favor of selecting events at my own pace from the Event List. Still not perfect, but at least you don't get swept up into stuff you're not really ready for(as far as getting a car tuned. And I don't like to blindly quick upgrade, like to spend some time tuning and benchmarking first.) < It would seem that getting yanked around in the Season Career mode is not conducive to that.
Globehopper
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Is anyone using the multiscreen option for actual multiscreen and not just the FOV trick?
I've got a triplescreen setup (24" monitors) for my PC and two 360s at home so I thought I'd try to get it going. I had everything I needed already except for another copy of the game, so I ran out and got one last night and started setting everything up.
The first pain was that you have to sit through the new game intro stuff on the second Xbox, which includes all the unskippable announcer stuff and the race in the R8. Is there a way to skip past all this and get to the menu? I couldn't find one, and it takes like 10-15 minutes!
So after that I was able to setup the multiscreen options, but at first I couldn't get a connection. The second 360 would sit on a screen that said "connecting" but wouldn't get any further. The fix (which is probably pretty obvious) was to setup a silver Live account with my profile on that 360. This updated the dash and the game, I guess synchronizing the versions, and I finally got a connection. I would have expected a "bad version" error or something rather than just continually trying to connect but hey, it's an unsupported feature so we have to expect some weirdness.
Then the first time I got into a race I got a black screen on the second view. Turned out I just needed to install the second disc, and finally everything was working! It's really nice... it looks like there's a bit of lag on the client display but it's not too bad. Tweaked the angle settings and everything looks awesome.
But do I go ahead and do the third screen? I'd need another 360, a 360 VGA cable and another bit of network cable, and yet another copy of the game. That's like $400, for ONE GAME The other issue is that as these are PC monitors I've got no sound. I'm not sure what to do about that yet.
I've got a triplescreen setup (24" monitors) for my PC and two 360s at home so I thought I'd try to get it going. I had everything I needed already except for another copy of the game, so I ran out and got one last night and started setting everything up.
The first pain was that you have to sit through the new game intro stuff on the second Xbox, which includes all the unskippable announcer stuff and the race in the R8. Is there a way to skip past all this and get to the menu? I couldn't find one, and it takes like 10-15 minutes!
So after that I was able to setup the multiscreen options, but at first I couldn't get a connection. The second 360 would sit on a screen that said "connecting" but wouldn't get any further. The fix (which is probably pretty obvious) was to setup a silver Live account with my profile on that 360. This updated the dash and the game, I guess synchronizing the versions, and I finally got a connection. I would have expected a "bad version" error or something rather than just continually trying to connect but hey, it's an unsupported feature so we have to expect some weirdness.
Then the first time I got into a race I got a black screen on the second view. Turned out I just needed to install the second disc, and finally everything was working! It's really nice... it looks like there's a bit of lag on the client display but it's not too bad. Tweaked the angle settings and everything looks awesome.
But do I go ahead and do the third screen? I'd need another 360, a 360 VGA cable and another bit of network cable, and yet another copy of the game. That's like $400, for ONE GAME
The other issue is that as these are PC monitors I've got no sound. I'm not sure what to do about that yet.erahk64 said:
Sure thanks.
Some of them might be specific and perhaps you haven't tried these things out yet...
1- With the MS wheel you effectively have 180 degrees of steering despite it being a 270 degree wheel. Yes this is even after removing all deadzones. When the Porche wheel is in 270 deg mode does it actually give you 270 deg steering?
2- In 900 deg mode does the steering input look smooth on the telemetry? Or do you get the impression that the steering input and feedback is scaled?
3- Have you tried spinning the wheel in drift mode? How does it feel?
4- Have you tried it on PS3 racers? How does it feel? You may not be able to mention the specific names of racers in this thread but overall how does it feel?
5- Can you have it hooked up to your PS3 and 360 at the same time? Do you need to remove the USB connection from the PS3 to have it work on the 360?
Whats up with the players today? This is pretty much the worst day I've had racing online in any game. I was just getting into first place at sedone when a wrecker(Inglorius something) crashed me to the wall so I spun. Up next was catalonia, crash right at the start. Yay, finally le-mans, a proper track with room for overtaking. I was passing an R8 driver (Button something) on mulsanne straight and he tried to block me, spun and went from 1st to 5th, because he is a dumbass. After the race he started a kick vote againts me... the wrecker trying to kick out the clean racer. GJ T10.
T10 seriously needs to play iRacing and copy their brilliant safety rating system.
T10 seriously needs to play iRacing and copy their brilliant safety rating system.
rjcc said:
It would be nice if you could "reject" certain suggestions (i.e. all the speedway ones) - seems like it "forces" you to do the recommendations before it will give you new ones.
But whatever, it's still a nice innovation. Not quite an RPG, but with a game of this breadth, I think that's tough to pull off.
Diablohead
Member
Pro using no collision is good for now, test the waters and see how it goes. but I am so AGAINST having all aids optional in a PRO game, turn off ABS and RACING LINE at least, TCS should only be off if the game is limited to RWD only, otherwise the AWD will just win while the other cars wheelspin.
BTW online I never use ABS, I break better without it.
BTW online I never use ABS, I break better without it.
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