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[frontieruk]

New Stig's Digital Cousin Challenge Rivals event is now open.

http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/t...l-Cousin-Challenge---Now-Open.aspx#post_80922

Prizes for the top 10, plus all participants will get 250k in credits so it's worth your while to set a time

And you have to own the car... Paid dlc? Gtfo

 

[JorgePinto]

Whoa, it's really hard to keep up with G Rom's quality...another photo set then!

 

[zorbsie]

New Stig's Digital Cousin Challenge Rivals event is now open.

http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/t...l-Cousin-Challenge---Now-Open.aspx#post_80922

Prizes for the top 10, plus all participants will get 250k in credits so it's worth your while to set a time

Wish I had the car pack. I'd be all over that.

 

[G Rom]

Whoa, it's really hard to keep up with G Rom's quality...another photo set then!

Thanks, there are some great one in this last set of yours as well.

Might as well throw some new ones then :

Forzavista details continue to amaze me even after six months, it's just crazy and it begs to be photographed much closer...

 

[zorbsie]

JorgePinto, G Rom - Great shots fellas! Nice to see some pics dropped in here from time to time.

How do you get the super close up shots G Rom?

 

[G Rom]

JorgePinto, G Rom - Great shots fellas! Nice to see some pics dropped in here from time to time.

How do you get the super close up shots G Rom?

Thanks. Those last ones aren't super close up, it's just that the Forzavista experience of the Holden allows to enter in the passenger side of the car. I wish the glitches that made super close up shots possible hadn't been fixed actually. Just like in FM4, there are tons of details that can only be seen from too far without glitches.

 

[JorgePinto]

JorgePinto, G Rom - Great shots fellas! Nice to see some pics dropped in here from time to time.

How do you get the super close up shots G Rom?

Thanks as well! As G Rom said, the old method has been fixed, you can enter the cockpit while racing, though, like in FM4, but...it's not the same.

 

[p3tran]

Just gonna put a very dirty Bathurst time of 2.22.454 here with my horrredous Ford...

Scratch that I put a lap dirtier than Redman in to beat schueys 458 2.20.622

Christ you're quick coming down the hill Schuey.

just test drove a 2:09 with a lancia 037
the car still needs some finetuning, but its already in top 300 times
I can upload the tune file if anybody wants to test


ps
fantastic pics guys! 8)

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

When glitching through the car to take photos of the interior is the dashboard LOD the same as the gameplay cockpit cam?

If so does the game switch models when in photo mode as I thought the view of the dash through the rear window in chase cam is simple in comparison.

I recall a glitch in GT5 where the drivers glove was all fucked up and protruded through the windscreen and up into the sky and you could see this from the interior and exterior cams which I guess showed no LOD change trickery.

 

[frontieruk]

just test drove a 2:09 with a lancia 037
the car still needs some finetuning, but its already in top 300 times
I can upload the tune file if anybody wants to test


ps
fantastic pics guys! 8)

I'll bite for the tune, just to see how bad my driving is knowing what it's capable of.

 

[p3tran]

search for "GAF" in the description field, or my gamertag in creator field
use TCS if not in mood to feather the throttle

 

[frontieruk]

search for "GAF" in the description field, or my gamertag in creator field
use TCS if not in mood to feather the throttle

So what you're saying is turn tcs off and learn to drive?

 

[p3tran]

I mean the way I like to tune is with emphasis on power. you try it and you tell me..
I am 5 secs faster with this A class car than I am with the xbone holden v8 on the stig challenge haha

 

[Fox Mulder]

It's that time of the month again. New rewards are up.

Another 1.5 mil credits for Tier 6 players.

these can sit in the game until you redeem them right?

I don't have an xbone yet, but they stacked in horizon. I'll probably get one soon, I miss forza.

 

[zorbsie]

OK Lets make it official

Rally Legends
These should be a little more responsive than the American muscle racers. Here is a list of cars you can pick from.
Max Class A700
1983 Audi Sport quattro
1985 Ford RS2000 Evolution
1982 Lancia 037 Stradale
1986 Lancia Delta S4
1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1980 Renault 5 Turbo
Pretty sure that's all of them, if there are any more that fit the criteria of 80's rally car let me know and I'll add it.

For the tracks we'll be hitting Bathurst for 5 laps and following it up with Alps Festival Reverse for another 5 laps.

For anyone new to the thread, races start at 2pm eastern on Sunday. Everyone is welcome to join. I've never won a race but I've laughed my ass off every week, so don't be shy.

Time Trials
As usual same cars same tracks. Post work in progress time here, when you are happy with your time send me your final time as a PM before the Sunday races.

I'll say this in advance, no races next week. I'll be at pax east. We'll continue the races the week after with GT cars.

bkfount, I'm pretty sure they stack. Shortt Sirket did the samething and had a ton of credits/cars when he finally got an X1. You should be fine just keep redeeming those rewards.

 

[El_Chino]

I've officially joined the FM5 crew!

 

[frontieruk]

I've officially joined the FM5 crew!

commiserations, you should of read gaming side first, you'd of find out what an abomination Forza is...

Seriously though welcome aboard

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

With pCARS coming in November I wonder what effect it will have on Forza 6? sounds like it will offer a decent career mode plus day/night and weather.

Maybe it'll be another Shift and make no difference but should it be really good, 60fps and run at a decent resolution I'm gonna find it hard to get excited for the same old shit again.

 

[dreamer3kx]

Been playing f5 for a few weeks now and Im really enjoying the game but jeez I want to play nice clean races and just can't, its turning into destruction derby, can I do something, disable drivatars or anything?

 

[soundscream]

With pCARS coming in November I wonder what effect it will have on Forza 6? sounds like it will offer a decent career mode plus day/night and weather.

Maybe it'll be another Shift and make no difference but should it be really good, 60fps and run at a decent resolution I'm gonna find it hard to get excited for the same old shit again.

If it handles like shift it wont make any.

Been playing f5 for a few weeks now and Im really enjoying the game but jeez I want to play nice clean races and just can't, its turning into destruction derby, can I do something, disable drivatars or anything?

Turn up the difficulty

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

If it handles like shift it wont make any.


Turn up the difficulty

Surely they won't make that mistake again.

Longer races help with AI too.

 

[p3tran]

here's a nice drift build tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9bIWDM6P1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wEU-__3yiE

from a good drift team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fm2mQ7FmiI

 

[Fox Mulder]

With pCARS coming in November I wonder what effect it will have on Forza 6? sounds like it will offer a decent career mode plus day/night and weather.

Maybe it'll be another Shift and make no difference but should it be really good, 60fps and run at a decent resolution I'm gonna find it hard to get excited for the same old shit again.

I liked Shift, but didn't like the handling. Everything they make feels like it and I don't like it.

it still had a fun career mode and the meta objectives during races was a neat addition. They also had crazy shit like figure 8 racing and the cockpit view was great.

 

[p3tran]

ferrari.com: f5 tribute to la ferrari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQnq_1JG8w

 

[TJP]

Surely they won't make that mistake again.

'They' didn't - EA shit the bed regarding the realistic handling SMS had in place, ordered a change hance the horrible handling. Anyone remember how screwed up NFS: Shift was on release? The Xbox 360 version was nearly unplayable thanks to horrible handling cars and terrible AI while the PS3 version shipped without damage being enabled! This is what happens when the publisher orders 'eleventh hour' changes to the physics. The April Fools joke from SMS is pCARS starting with the old EA 'It's in the game' video

As you probably know, Ben Collins and Nic Hamilton are handling consultants on pCARS; I doubt SMS want to waste their time and SMS's (plus money) on getting feedback from these two and then settling for an arcade racer.

If SMS deliever on their promise of combining the best graphics (as noted this includes changing weather and time of day) with great physics and sound, a robust career and online mulitplayer then we all benefit irrespective of gaming platform. It'll mean everyone else developing racing sims will have to lift their respective efforts too to match pCARS.

 

[p3tran]

'They' didn't - EA shit the bed regarding the realistic handling SMS had in place, ordered a change hance the horrible handling. Anyone remember how screwed up NFS: Shift was on release? The Xbox 360 version was nearly unplayable thanks to horrible handling cars and terrible AI while the PS3 version shipped without damage being enabled! This is what happens when the publisher orders 'eleventh hour' changes to the physics. The April Fools joke from SMS is pCARS starting with the old EA 'It's in the game' video

As you probably know, Ben Collins and Nic Hamilton are handling consultants on pCARS; I doubt SMS want to waste their time and SMS's (plus money) on getting feedback from these two and then settling for an arcade racer.

If SMS deliever on their promise of combining the best graphics (as noted this includes changing weather and time of day) with great physics and sound, a robust career and online mulitplayer then we all benefit irrespective of gaming platform. It'll mean everyone else developing racing sims will have to lift their respective efforts too to match pCARS.

was ferrari legends forced under the same situation? because handling and game in general was not very remarkable either. well, at least not enough to bring assumptions in the forza thread that MAYBE a new game will do everything forza does plus more, and do it equally good or better too..
I am all in for great surprises, but I wanna see the receipts first

 

[TJP]

was ferrari legends forced under the same situation? because handling and game in general was not very remarkable either. well, at least not enough to bring assumptions in the forza thread that MAYBE a new game will do everything forza does plus more, and do it equally good or better too.

Clearly you aren't a pCARS member as Ian Bell has stated a zillion times that TD: FRL was made as 'Test Drive' game which means arcade-esc handling which is what Atari wanted. Ian also said RD: FRL was a 7/10 game...how many other developers say such things?

You also ignored my comments about the two physics consultants but hey ho I must have an ulterior motive..

...I come into this thread to admire the sceenshots. For the record I do own every Forza game (3 & 4 are LE vesions) bar FM5 as I'm not interested in the Xbox One and I was a regular contributor on Forzacentral so I really hate the FM series.

 

[soundscream]

Clearly you aren't a pCARS member as Ian Bell has stated a zillion times that TD: FRL was made as 'Test Drive' game which means arcade-esc handling which is what Atari wanted. Ian also said RD: FRL was a 7/10 game...how many other developers say such things?

You also ignored my comments about the two physics consultants but hey ho I must have an ulterior motive..

...I come into this thread to admire the sceenshots. For the record I do own every Forza game (3 & 4 are LE vesions) bar FM5 as I'm not interested in the Xbox One and I was a regular contributor on Forzacentral so I really hate the FM series.

When it comes to this game I will take every opinion with a grain of salt. The bolded seems to be the majority opinion about the games handling. Yet GAFs very own wheel guru amar loved the handling and even said:

With all above tracks, pitstops and changeable conditions, FRL would instantly become the second best driving game of this generation, period.

So even having not yet played pcars I will not blindly accept oppinions on the matter when it comes to the feel of the handling.

 

[JackAubrey]

What concerns me about pCars (and I've been a member since early on) is not the physics at all. Like Shift I have concerns about the linkage between the physics and the controller. pCars obviously has a long way to go yet in development but I am sceptical that no matter how good the physics - the actual controller feel will be as enjoyable as Forza.

 

[Seanspeed]

What concerns me about pCars (and I've been a member since early on) is not the physics at all. Like Shift I have concerns about the linkage between the physics and the controller. pCars obviously has a long way to go yet in development but I am sceptical that no matter how good the physics - the actual controller feel will be as enjoyable as Forza.

That's definitely something no other sim-style game does as good as Forza and a big part of what makes it great.

Another thing that I doubt PCars will have is the car customization of Forza. That's pretty huge for me.

And PCars is set to have, what, 100 cars, I think? Not a bad number by any means, but I'm sure Forza 6 is gonna have many times that amount.

 

[Jube3]

I finally went back to this and decided to finish it up. I'm still tweaking the stars and the gradient on the surfer. I also need to go back and finish the board on the front bumper so it does not just cut off. The car paint base is chrome and I masked out the silver surfer so that he is nice and shiny.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Holy shit, that's amazing Jube!

 

[Bobnob]

WOW!

 

[soundscream]

Jaw = Dropped

 

[Megasoum]

Hahahaha

https://twitter.com/Codemasters/status/452071391928401922/photo/1

Codemasters
‏@Codemasters

Hey @ForzaMotorsport, this turned up in our post, we think it's yours? pic.twitter.com/pUsHy6riWH

 

[zorbsie]

Absolutely amazing work Jube. Mind blown.

 

[frontieruk]

Hahahaha

https://twitter.com/Codemasters/status/452071391928401922/photo/1

Good ol' royal mail, late like always.

 

[skyfinch]

Few more days before the big nurburging ring announcement featuring track pack?

 

[p3tran]

lol here's a video I made, where I tried using the freakin' drivatar as a follow cam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R65kAs1aM4

 

[soundscream]

lol here's a video I made, where I tried using the freakin' drivatar as a follow cam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R65kAs1aM4

 

[frontieruk]

lol here's a video I made, where I tried using the freakin' drivatar as a follow cam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R65kAs1aM4

Obviously wasn't a gaffers drivatar, you'd of been pushed off on every corner if that was the case...

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Obviously wasn't a gaffers drivatar, you'd of been pushed off on every corner if that was the case...

Only the Canadian ones.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

CPX adapter back up for sale, last lot sold out in minutes.

http://www.basherboards.com/CPX

Sold out now.

Got mine. Now just need a shifter solution.

 

[Snubbers]

CPX adapter back up for sale, last lot sold out in minutes.

http://www.basherboards.com/CPX

Sold out now.

Got mine. Now just need a shifter solution.

Well done! let us know what you think of the TX/CSP combo!

 

[Shortt Sirket]

HOLY SWEET JESUS I AM BACK!!!

 

[frontieruk]

HOLY SWEET JESUS I AM BACK!!!

Hallelujah?

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Well done! let us know what you think of the TX/CSP combo!

Yeah I will do for sure.

 

[Shortt Sirket]

Hallelujah?

Fuck you!

Spoiler

Kidding, no ban pls

 

[frontieruk]

Fuck you!

Spoiler

Kidding, no ban pls

Waaaaah where's the mods? I don't need this kind of abuse *sniffle*

Spoiler

Kidding, welcome back

 

[op_ivy]

Big News Next Week
One final bit before I sign off for the week: we’ve still got a big announcement ahead of us! As you know, if you read our recently posted open letter from Dan Greenawalt to the Forza community, we’re going to soon be announcing a new free add-on for Forza Motorsport 5. I can’t tell you what it will or, alas, give any hints, but I can echo Dan’s comments in the open letter and say that I believe it will be worth the wait. More next week! Until then, have a great weekend!

http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/wir_4_4_14

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