Shortt Sirket
Member
I am pretty sure roll cage, racing tires and full weight reduction? But I could be wrong about the last one.
And congrats Spades! Good luck with the the next 18 years..lol
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Forza Motorsport 5 |OT| Open wheel, tyre squeal, orange peel, dat next-gen feel
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I am pretty sure roll cage, racing tires and full weight reduction? But I could be wrong about the last one.
And congrats Spades! Good luck with the the next 18 years..lol
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Congrats, Spades! We thought you were skipping because of Catalunya.
Like the Miatas (aside from the engine note, god). It was most recently slicks, cage, and nothing loose to fly around and injure your Drivatar. Safety is #1.
Another race idea:
The Best Little Small Block in the [Mid] West: B600, must have LS1 engine (that's the 5.7L V8 swap available for most cars) - doesn't matter if it came with one originally.
Leguna Seca/Long Beach/Road America.
1. Goddamn Canadians.
2. That shifting animation seems a bit off. Sequential in that position should be a quick tug backwards to upshift.
Like the Miatas (aside from the engine note, god). It was most recently slicks, cage, and nothing loose to fly around and injure your Drivatar. Safety is #1.
Another race idea:
The Best Little Small Block in the [Mid] West: B600, must have LS1 engine (that's the 5.7L V8 swap available for most cars) - doesn't matter if it came with one originally.
Leguna Seca/Long Beach/Road America.
Two things:
1. Goddamn Canadians.
2. That shifting animation seems a bit off. Sequential in that position should be a quick tug backwards to upshift.
soundscream
Member
Ah so drugstore was just drunk good to know........but you did rear end me at the top of the hill!
soundscream
Member
450-500 isn't that big a difference
Shortt Sirket
Member
Maybe move it up to 500 but force no engine/drivetrain swaps?
Congratulations Spades!!!
I can't not have apologized for that?
During the practice, i tried to apologize so hard i crashed on my own.
I can't not have apologized for that?
During the practice, i tried to apologize so hard i crashed on my own.
Shortt Sirket
Member
I probably asked this before, but what is your internet speed? Your streams always seem to be pretty good. The new apartment we are going into has 60D/5U, so I am hoping that will be good enough for a decent stream.
LowerLevel
Member
Guys! I'm back!
Whilst I was away getting banned, I contributed to making this thing of beauty (sorry Short, no M3's here):
Luckily she follows her mother.
Anyway, I'm back and eager to get racing with you guys again so I'll see y'all on Sunday.
Oh and how awesome is Trials Fusion?!
Nice man, congrats!!! Always nice to hear/read good news! Healthy I hope?
I have Fiber, 100/100 which i currently get 94/93 out of.
The options for the built in twitch on XBO are 800 1400 and 2000 Kbps
and recommended, which is 2500 Kbps for me, pretty strange that isn't an option unless you run the bandwidth test.
I wish i could crank it so far that it would look like zorbsie's youtube videos.
I could easily dish out ten times the bandwidth on my end and still have a huge margin.
I've been tempted to get some actual capture gear because of this limitation.
2500 Kbps is the same as 2.5 Mbps ( unless i got my units wrong ) and if you get full juice out of your new internet, you'd have 5 of those on the upload, could work.
cyber_ninja
Member
Guys! I'm back!
Whilst I was away getting banned, I contributed to making this thing of beauty (sorry Short, no M3's here):
Luckily she follows her mother.
Anyway, I'm back and eager to get racing with you guys again so I'll see y'all on Sunday.
Oh and how awesome is Trials Fusion?!
Congrats, she is so cute. I became a father last month as well btw)))
Miata Spec Races
Restrictions:
Miata Max class: C500
Must have: Roll cage, Full weight reduction and racing tyres.
Brings it to 421, after that do what ever you want. no engine/drivetrain swaps
Tracks will be Laguna Seca (duh) and Sebring Short Circuit.
Time trials
Same car setup same tracks. Post your times here and PM me your final times so I can add them to the standings.
If you can't make it to the races on Sunday, catch Devildoll's twitch stream.
NullPointer
Member
I think I might be missing some shorthand here. My freshly bought Miata with race tires, max weight reduction and full race roll cage comes to D381.
Miata Spec Races
Restrictions:
Miata Max class: C500
Must have: Roll cage, Full weight reduction and racing tyres.
Brings it to 421, after that do what ever you want. no engine/drivetrain swaps
soundscream
Member
You can still add more parts just no engine swaps or making it AWD
NullPointer
Member
Its the bolded bit here that has me confused:
Also mentioned earlier:
When I take a stock Miata and add in the full roll cage, weight reduction and racing tires I don't get 421. I get a 381pp car, not a 421pp one. Just want to make sure I'm not missing any other required upgrades before trying to max it out to C500.
soundscream
Member
Are you doing the MX5 or the Miata?
Edi: Your right it goes to 381. Zorbs you doing Canadian math up there?
Edit 2: Zorbs you are aware we were doing the Miata not the MX5, doing your restrictions gets to 421 on the MX5, but we are doing the Miata.
Shortt Sirket
Member
Well, in his defense the MX-5 is just the newer version of the Miata. Plus I think the picture he posted is of the MX-5. Or something, I dunno, goddam Canadians...
soundscream
Member
Its mot my fault the maple syrup is blocking his screen, so that he didn't realize that there are 2 cars the Miata MX5 and the MX5
Too much maple syrup! It's made me loopy. Loading game up and will update with the right info. Sorry fellas.
Edit: OK it does go to 381. So what are we thinking max 400 so it's top of it's class or max 500? 500 seems like a really big jump but 400 is not much more after the mandatory setup. What do you guys think?
Edit: OK it does go to 381. So what are we thinking max 400 so it's top of it's class or max 500? 500 seems like a really big jump but 400 is not much more after the mandatory setup. What do you guys think?
Shortt Sirket
Member
I am honestly down with C400 as I think it will make for a nice close race. Not from me of course, because I will have like NO time to practice due to the move. But I will be representing the last place finish with STYLE!
NullPointer
Member
D400 is fine, even if it means no race exhaust upgrade for me. *cries*
D400 will work. Dunno if I'll join you guys for the actual races - that depends upon the tech gods shining upon me - but will at the very least set some times. Already set some preliminary times last night with the C500 Miata.
if you replace "nice" with "maybe boring" I agree
so, basically stock miatas in power, but with racing trim grip?
how about picking a nice sport car and keeping it stock or near that for a close race that could be more exciting than stock miatas with insane grip?
Shortt Sirket
Member
if you replace "nice" with "maybe boring" I agree
so, basically stock miatas in power, but with racing trim grip?
how about picking a nice sport car and keeping it stock or near that for a close race that could be more exciting than stock miatas with insane grip?
Hmm, I thought it was C class, I must have my PI numbers wrong. I do think D might be a tad too slow, and I really do like the sound of the Miata with full race exhaust. We could do C, it should make for some fun racing with as light as they are.
Or we could split the difference and go 450. Or you could just not listen to all our whining and do whatever you want. lol
How about Veyron/Koeeeenngigigiig/P1/La Ferrari at Bathhurst?
soundscream
Member
Why is Forza GAF so upgrade phobic?
NullPointer
Member
Its starting to truly sink in that Long Beach and Yas Marina are downright unplayable against Drivatars. To call it a straight up demolition derby would be putting too fine a point on it. Its bedlam and sparks and being slammed off the road and into walls and sandwiched between a crowd of cars, for the entire duration.
There is zero point to even trying to drive clean on those circuits - you'll just end up in 15th place if that.
There is zero point to even trying to drive clean on those circuits - you'll just end up in 15th place if that.
SEGAvangelist
Member
That's a real gripe for me too. I was going crazy the first time on Long Beach. I wonder if there is any way to even fix this.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Qualifying session, rolling start or just in order of PI.
It's asking too much to start that far back and do well in 2 or 3 laps without blocking and ramming other cars and I just can't play like that.
Ooh. That sucks. Preorder canc...
NullPointer
Member
Haha yeah, and believe me there is no exaggeration on my part. In the Shift games you'd have some aggressive competition (trading paint bonuses even) and previous Forzas were mostly tame except for a driver or two who were complete asses. Drivatars here are on an entirely different level of aggression and insane steamrolling.
Even though I thought Garnett was overly harsh on Forza in his last Garnett-On-Games podcast, he did nail the fundamental conundrum at work here: Either you max or near-max out the Drivatar difficulty and never come close to winning the two lap race or you give yourself the chance of a podium finish and suffer bumper cars on crack - doubly so on the more cramped tracks.
I love the game, but I really don't understand the design decisions that seem to encourage a roiling wall of sparking and grinding bumper cars.
But all is not lost - the campaign might be wearing on me (with the bumper cars, the circuits themselves are wonderful), but I can still create my own longer races in freeplay against a smaller field, and still earn enough credits and XP and affinity for new cars and upgrades. I also don't mind kicking up the Drivatar difficulty in those custom races since I can take more time to work my way clean to the front over several laps rather than trying to go from last to first in two laps of madness.
NullPointer
Member
Have two times to kick things off w/ my C449 Miata (all required upgrades + misc):
Miata Spec Races
Restrictions:
Miata Max class: C500
Must have: Roll cage, Full weight reduction and racing tyres.
Brings it to 421, after that do what ever you want. no engine/drivetrain swaps
Tracks will be Laguna Seca (duh) and Sebring Short Circuit.
Laguna Seca: 1:47.378 (on the friends leaderboard)
Sebring Short: 1:31.470 (the one on the friends leaderboard is the C500 version)
That's the best I've managed to muster, but will take some more tries at it in the days ahead.
I will never understand the philosophy behind Forza's two-lap races. Dan waxes lyrical about motorsport, racing, authenticity, passion and realism, about laser-scanned tracks, about race-day atmosphere... and then fills the game with events that would embarrass a corporate go-karting shindig. Those two-lap races are over before they've even begun.
I just do not get it. It's utterly ludicrous.
soundscream
Member
They are there to progress through the career mode. If you want longer races you can do it through free play.
If I had to do a 10 lap race in the truck class I would jump out my window.
just did a 1:41.5 on laguna and a 1:26.1 at short sebring.
the c450 tune I put up for testing. as usual, search for "gaf" in description or my gamertag.
(can make it faster, but with less control)
Latest edition of In Focus is up on the Forza website, this time starring the one and only G Rom
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/in_focus_4_23_14
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/in_focus_4_23_14
Latest edition of In Focus is up on the Forza website, this time starring the one and only G Rom
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/in_focus_4_23_14
This is awesome! Congrats G Rom!!
The solution we spoke about eight years ago: let us set the number of laps in career mode ourselves.
NullPointer
Member
Wow, looks like I have a long way to go to even get in the neighborhood of those times
And thanks for sharing your tune - will give it a shot. Also have you saved now as a creator to follow.
I'd multiply the game's current lap count by fourfold if I had the option, easily. That and a qualifying to keep from always starting at the end of the pack.
kitschykitty
Member
Hey guys sorry as I'm sure this has been answered before but I just bought an Xbox one and I'm looking to maybe grab forza 5. So 1. Did all the patches fix the progression issues people were complaining about? 2. I don't plan on buying Dlc, is there enough content in the main game or is there a couple packs worth buying (under $20)? 3. I don't really plan on playing online so is the single player fine?
Wut? Lol
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Haven't encountered any problems with progression, quite the opposite.
I only get to play a couple of times a week at most and own almost every car, there's literally nothing else to spend the money on. The garage is limited to 550 cars iirc so I could start doubling up.
Saying that I'm a VIP so the prize money mounts up faster.
I only get to play a couple of times a week at most and own almost every car, there's literally nothing else to spend the money on. The garage is limited to 550 cars iirc so I could start doubling up.
Saying that I'm a VIP so the prize money mounts up faster.
NullPointer
Member
1. Since launch Turn 10 nearly halved the price of cars, nearly doubled the rate of credit gain, removed the requirement to own a car to use it in free play, and removed the need to unlock DLC cars with in-game credits after buying them with real dollars. Those were pretty big changes. Between that and Forza rewards I've had no issues affording the cars I want at a regular pace, though to be fair I'm playing the shit out of this game.
2. You'll only find yourself wanting DLC if there's a certain car available that you lust over. The basic selection is fine, even if small in comparison to Forza 4. The DLC the series has always needed - and Forza 5 in particular - is tracks, and Turn 10 has released two tracks for free so far: Road America and Long Beach.
3. Kind of hard to answer because it depends what you mean by multiplayer. I don't race online in these games, but the asynchronous multiplayer where you play against ghosts and Drivatars of people on your friends list and the wide community is addictive as hell. I'm not sure how much enjoyment I'd get out of the game if I was playing it entirely offline, without rivals or friend Drivatars and leaderboard times to chase.
kitschykitty
Member
Perfect thanks, I'll grab it later today.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
The progression thing was grossly overstated, and appeared worse than it was due to the nickel and diming microtransactions available for purchase- that turn out to not be nearly as egregiously placed in the game as much as screenshots suggest.
Latest edition of In Focus is up on the Forza website, this time starring the one and only G Rom
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/in_focus_4_23_14
Thanks again for the feature. Here are some new photos to celebrate :
Terbinator
Member
Thanks again for the feature. Here are some new photos to celebrate :
Mad GT3: A-Spec Seattle vibes here.
soundscream
Member
Would be true if free play didn't exist. Even more so that now you actually get paid for racing in free play.
Liquidsnake
Banned
I don't understand how this game doesn't reward you for anything.
Gold an entire league, and get nothing. No cars as rewards, nothing for finishing a series. Its kind of lame. All I get is 35,000 every level up?
Gold an entire league, and get nothing. No cars as rewards, nothing for finishing a series. Its kind of lame. All I get is 35,000 every level up?