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[JPeeples83]

Just a reminder for those that are new in here, this is a list of Forza GAF players. Feel free to add them so you can crash into them in career and then come in here and chew them out.

If you want to be added to the list just PM me your info and I'll update the doc. And if you ever want to find this list, it's in the first post under useful links.

Also matte carbon fiber for the life!

I really need to start using more paint styles, because that's stunning.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Just a reminder for those that are new in here, this is a list of Forza GAF players. Feel free to add them so you can crash into them in career and then come in here and chew them out.

If you want to be added to the list just PM me your info and I'll update the doc. And if you ever want to find this list, it's in the first post under useful links.

Also matte carbon fiber for the life!

Sent you a PM to be added.

 

[Chance Hale]

Sent a PM to be added to that list, gamertag is ricochetguro if anyone wants to add me.

 

[H3rTz DoNuT]

Beginning of January.

Thanks B

 

[soundscream]

I normally would agree about turning off the music.......but I really like the orchestral score. It makes everyything seem so epic, especially when your on the last lap and your chasing down the car that's in first.

 

[phosphor112]

Haha, she was already concentrating like crazy. She leans into every turn too.

Locked In

Daw =3

 

[saladine1]

I'm getting really frustrated by the Drivatars lately. It's becoming a bumper car fest. Really pissing me off. Needs quite a bit of tweaking.

Also, "Now, back to The Brick Yard", "Today, we go to the warm sun of Monterey", "We head back to The Brick Yard"....fuuuucckk!

 

[hadareud]

heh

She's so annoying. I'd like to hit her on the head with a rusty spoon each time she comes up.

 

[dejay]

I'm getting really frustrated by the Drivatars lately. It's becoming a bumper car fest. Really pissing me off. Needs quite a bit of tweaking.

I was in shock after this incident.

 

[soundscream]

heh

She's so annoying. I'd like to hit her on the head with a rusty spoon each time she comes up.

Could be worse. She could be nagging you to buy a car every 5 min because she gave you a lot of prize money.

 

[Tomcat]

I was in shock after this incident.

yep that's how people drive on multi games lol

 

[hadareud]

I was in shock after this incident.

heh

 

[jet1911]

I was in shock after this incident.

 

[udiie]

Here's two of my favourite drivatar moments:

 

[Seanspeed]

Here's two of my favourite drivatar moments:

That's pretty impressive collision tech, actually. lol

Also matte carbon fiber for the life!

Sweet mary and joseph!

 

[Mascot]

Also, "Now, back to The Brick Yard", "Today, we go to the warm sun of Monterey", "We head back to The Brick Yard"....fuuuucckk!

Pissed off about the nagging, or about Indy (my most hated track in FM4 by FAR) coming up too often?

 

[LeBoef]

indy is cool now! you can finaly see the first corner.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

My Fanatec is as good as sold, PS3 hopefully going over the weekend, gonna forget about GT, pick up the Thrustmaster and go full on Forza.

 

[op_ivy]

indy is cool now! you can finaly see the first corner.

i still cant. maybe on monday when my new set arrives with more p's.

 

[Mascot]

indy is cool now! you can finaly see the first corner.

But it's still an incredibly boring track. I much, MUCH preferred Sunset Peninsula.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Indy is alright, didn't like it to begin with.

Sunset was better though for sure.

 

[Raudi]

I finally received my 350 reward points for the tokens I purchased.

Hopefully this is fixed for everyone now - check your Forza rewards today!

 

[Mascot]

Is anyone starting to feel track fatigue through repetition yet, or is the small number of circuits not as big a problem as we thought?

 

[saladine1]

Pissed off about the nagging, or about Indy (my most hated track in FM4 by FAR) coming up too often?

I don't mind Stella. She's all good.
It's fucking Indy coming up nearly every second race!

Also, ribbons hardly get used. It's mainly the full circuits. Ultimately though, the reality is that there isn't enough tracks.

Replace Ballmer's 'developers,developers' with 'repetitive, repetitive'.

 

[SarBear]

Is anyone starting to feel track fatigue through repetition yet, or is the small number of circuits not as big a problem as we thought?

Track fatigue for sure. I can only do so much Yas Marina. I can't believe how badly they dropped the ball with track selection. I didn't forsee a problem with it before actually playing, but man.....this is rough. Thank goodness for the abundance of MUSTANGS.

 

[op_ivy]

Is anyone starting to feel track fatigue through repetition yet, or is the small number of circuits not as big a problem as we thought?

honestly not so much. the career though, so far, really doesnt do a good job of cycling through all the available tracks. while the new tracks are mixed in well with the old, its very rare you see anything other then the standard ribbon for most tracks. kind of odd. the new airfield track has been completely absent too - and while its more of a test track thing, its fun and it should still be in for the odd autocross or special event races.

 

[Terbinator]

Snip

Time to buy the Exige.

But it's still an incredibly boring track. I much, MUCH preferred Sunset Peninsula.

This man speaks the truth.

Is anyone starting to feel track fatigue through repetition yet, or is the small number of circuits not as big a problem as we thought?

Not so much, although I think they've done a good job of mixing between different loops too.

 

[Raudi]

Is anyone starting to feel track fatigue through repetition yet, or is the small number of circuits not as big a problem as we thought?

It hasn't been too bad except for online - I had raced well over 100 times in different online lobbies and had not once seen Road Atlanta or Catalunya show up as track choices until yesterday!

I still haven't learned the new Silverstone course layout yet, that track eludes me for some reason.

 

[saladine1]

It hasn't been too bad except for online - I had raced well over 100 times in different online lobbies and had not once seen Road Atlanta or Catalunya show up as track choices until yesterday!

I still haven't learned the new Silverstone course layout yet, that track eludes me for some reason.

Had trouble with the new layout for a while there. Got really confused after having raced the old one for so long. Getting more familiar now though..

 

[GrizzleBoy]

My Thrustmaster TX Wheel arrived!!!

It's fucking awesome!!!

Such rumble motor!

Much strong!


It kicks my G27s ass easily in almost every way except pedal feel, but I think that's something that will just take time.

I haven't even played a proper racing sim on PC with it yet, just did a few test laps at the Barcelona GP track and man.....I love it.

Compared to the G27, its so damn smooth. It isn't super smooth, but while racing its basically unnoticeable to me. Its quiet too. The G27 would rattle and bang during high ffb moments, but this thing is silent and deadly. Instantly much stronger than the G27.

Grip is veeery easy to feel. If you overshoot a corner you can feel your front wheels go light as they skid/shudder while understeering, then get heavy again as they regain their proper grip.

Weight transfer is good too. If you throw a car with loose suspension into a corner, you'll be fine for a split sec till the weight of the car loads the tyres, then the wheel will go all heavy on you.

The rumble motor works great for conveying the feeling of shifting, going over uneven terrain, wheel spin and feeling the revs.

The wheel extends much further past the edge of my desk and the pedals go closer to the wall which means I can sit much less upright than before with the G27.

Oh, and having a D pad and the other myriad of buttons ON THE WHEEL is so much better.

The shifters are super solid and so is their action. The material on the wheel feels very grippy.


I've been looking for a replacement for my G27 for quite a while and I'm pretty damn happy with this.


Edit: For anyone who actually wants to buy one of these, Stuff-UK seem to be the only people who actually have it in stock and they're selling them for £290 too instead of £350/£450 etc. Game.co.uk have had a countdown timer than ended yesterday, then added another week to the wait...glad I ignored it.

 

[Mascot]

Interesting set of differing opinions there. I guess the game's only been out for a few weeks so maybe it's a little early to gauge properly.

I guess Turn 10 could quite easily patch the track rotation and ribbon selection?

 

[soundscream]

My Fanatec is as good as sold, PS3 hopefully going over the weekend, gonna forget about GT, pick up the Thrustmaster and go full on Forza.

Did you drop the price?

 

[The Elite]

Interesting set of differing opinions there. I guess the game's only been out for a few weeks so maybe it's a little early to gauge properly.

I guess Turn 10 could quite easily patch the track rotation and ribbon selection?

Can they patch in more tracks? It's my only real gripe with the game. I don't want to have to pay for one track per car pack or whatever they come up with.

Otherwise, I'm really enjoying the game.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Did you drop the price?

Nope.

Hopefully he's collecting on Sunday.

I'm sad to see it go tbh.

 

[Seanspeed]

It hasn't been too bad except for online - I had raced well over 100 times in different online lobbies and had not once seen Road Atlanta or Catalunya show up as track choices until yesterday!

I still haven't learned the new Silverstone course layout yet, that track eludes me for some reason.

This is another reason why taking out user-created public lobbies was such a horrific choice.

Forza 2 lacked tracks. But in multiplayer, people could at least switch it up when they wanted. People still felt the track fatigue, but they could at least lessen the blow by varying things up and having interesting car/track combinations.

Hopefully they have a haul of tracks in development and not just the Nurburgring.

 

[transformer]

My Fanatec is as good as sold, PS3 hopefully going over the weekend, gonna forget about GT, pick up the Thrustmaster and go full on Forza.

I'm debating about doing the same thing as a Fanatec GT2 owner. I've been rocking Forza 5 with the controller and keeping the fanatec to play 360/PS3 games, but haven't done so since Forza 5 came out. Please post your impressions after some playtime with the Thrustmaster.

 

[Scaramanger]

A drivatar moment from me, didn't see it coming at all although when I looked at the recording perhaps I should have spotted the flying lambo as I approached the corner!

 

[saladine1]

Fuck waiting for Fanatec. Could be years before we something. I'm getting the Thrustmaster. Time to really feel dat Calspan.

 

[lastflowers]

Also matte carbon fiber for the life!

holy jesus.

 

[vangace]

I am having somewhat of a bizarre issue with the game, l just started playing a couple of days ago so forgive me if l sound like a total noob and l don't play racing often.

My issue is this; regardless of which car and track, on the straight away the car suddenly starts breaking left on its on and l end up crashing. Please help ...

 

[Warm Machine]

Just checked the Leaderboards on the first race. 416880 people. Seems like the game is doing pretty well.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

I'm debating about doing the same thing as a Fanatec GT2 owner. I've been rocking Forza 5 with the controller and keeping the fanatec to play 360/PS3 games, but haven't done so since Forza 5 came out. Please post your impressions after some playtime with the Thrustmaster.

Yeah I will do. Heard some really good things about it.

Tried to pick the wheel up in town today but couldn't find one anywhere.

 

[p3tran]

My Fanatec is as good as sold, PS3 hopefully going over the weekend, gonna forget about GT, pick up the Thrustmaster and go full on Forza.

I'm debating about doing the same thing as a Fanatec GT2 owner. I've been rocking Forza 5 with the controller and keeping the fanatec to play 360/PS3 games, but haven't done so since Forza 5 came out. Please post your impressions after some playtime with the Thrustmaster.

I have let go mine some time ago. its the right (forced) choice guys. new wheel also good for pc, so no worries

Fuck waiting for Fanatec. Could be years before we something. I'm getting the Thrustmaster. Time to really feel dat Calspan.

ante Sal!! go for it!

amazon.uk told me some bad news about mine:

"Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition (Xbox One)"
Estimated arrival date: January 06 2014 - January 28 2014

but after the motherfucking FIASCO of my day 1 games from game.co.uk, I think I prefer waiting for amazon than do another fucking stupid mistake and search elsewhere when it contains international shipping.

 

[user_nat]

I am having somewhat of a bizarre issue with the game, l just started playing a couple of days ago so forgive me if l sound like a total noob and l don't play racing often.

My issue is this; regardless of which car and track, on the straight away the car suddenly starts breaking left on its on and l end up crashing. Please help ...

What assists are on?

 

[2beep]

there are 2 shops in the uk who appear to have some tx in stock, should try to call them :<


http://www.lambda-tek.com/4468002-G...-FOR-XBOX-ONE~cs/B1701604&origin=skinflint6.8

http://www.stuff-uk.net/p-1613261.aspx?affiliateid=10055

 

[Loiselle]

If anyone wants to race a different driveatar, you can follow me, and I'll follow back.

Breadfan 3. Thanks.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

there are 2 shops in the uk who appear to have some tx in stock, should try to call them :<


http://www.lambda-tek.com/4468002-G...-FOR-XBOX-ONE~cs/B1701604&origin=skinflint6.8

http://www.stuff-uk.net/p-1613261.aspx?affiliateid=10055

Wow that's damn cheap.

Gonna try and jump on this shit asap.

Thanks.

 

[op_ivy]

week in review is up with footage of the p1.... on the ring!!!111
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/wir_12_6_13

 

[Mascot]

week in review is up with footage of the p1.... on the ring!!!111
http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/wir_12_6_13

Turn 10 be trollin' HARD.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Saw an advert for this before some random video earlier this evening and thought it was a Forza tie-in.

Could it be so?