Forza 7 |OT| The 7 you've been waiting for!

Roytheone · Nov 14, 2017

Ok, I am going to post this here since there isn't an OT for Forza horizon 3 on this site. Apologies if that isn't allowed.

I recently started playing horizon 3 (and man it runs so much better on my pc than a year ago! Props for microsoft for fixing it), and enjoying it a lot, however one gripe I have with other racing games again is present here: the game trows a drifting challenge at you but doesn't provide ANY guidance at all about how to effectively drift. There are a lot of assists for the racing, but none for drifting challenges. There isn't even a small video or something to explain how to do it correctly. As a result, I now have failed this "easy" challenge to get 25 drifts about 10 times. So guys, how do I not suck ass at drifting?

Frontieruk · Nov 14, 2017

Forza family are welcome here Roytheone

Shortt Sirket · Nov 14, 2017

thediamondage said:
Enjoying the Forzathon, I may even like the F7 implementation more than the FH3 although the multi-stage and not recognizing completions sometimes is a bit annoying. I'm pretty much only going to play FM7 from here on out to finish Forzathons though, not much interest in the main campaign or multiplayer. I do hope they keep each Forzathon at 2 weeks, 3 day weekends is way, way, way too short.

FM7 is going to be $39.99 apparently at the microsoft store (physical) and xbox.com (digital), its a cross play title so buying digital will get you Win10 and Xbox One licenses just like FH3. Physical copy will also be $35 at Best Buy I believe. I currently own physical but will probably trade in and buy digital at $40, it'll be nice to play on either PC or X.

Just replying to say I love your name/avatar. I fuckin love Stephenson.

A1an · Nov 14, 2017

Roytheone said:
Ok, I am going to post this here since there isn't an OT for Forza horizon 3 on this site. Apologies if that isn't allowed.

I recently started playing horizon 3 (and man it runs so much better on my pc than a year ago! Props for microsoft for fixing it), and enjoying it a lot, however one gripe I have with other racing games again is present here: the game trows a drifting challenge at you but doesn't provide ANY guidance at all about how to effectively drift. There are a lot of assists for the racing, but none for drifting challenges. There isn't even a small video or something to explain how to do it correctly. As a result, I now have failed this "easy" challenge to get 25 drifts about 10 times. So guys, how do I not suck ass at drifting?

The best drift car is the 1974 Toyota Celica GT with Don Joewon Song tune 230+MPH C-Class.

I had managed to get about three 3 stars drift zones a few 2 star and most 1 stars, but over two nights about two hours each night I got 3 stars on each drift zones.

Try that car with that tune on the Drift Challenge just outside the Desert festival location, It is a monster, but it will help you get better at holding a car around and through corners, once you can get the 'feel' then you can do it with every car on any track and surface, you don't need to become a drift-king, but it really does help a lot.

The Don Joewon Song video here with the Toyota

Watch some other videos of Don Joewon Song and see how he drifts, it maybe worth a few hours just in the Toyota and learning how to drift just that car and once yo have the hang of it any car will become easier to drift.

It may help to have the Stability and Traction controls set to OFF, I am not 100% sure what I have mine set to, I will have a look tomorrow, the main thing is to not fly in at 200mph you still need to slow down and also learn to feather the throttle.

Tap In · Nov 15, 2017

anyone else have issue where the ghost of their car will not show up in free play when turned ON?

xrnzaaas · Nov 15, 2017

Cheaper (but cool) cars this week at the specialty dealer (copied from Reddit):

2005 Subaru Legacy B5 2.0 GT - Collector rank 1, 50 points to 55, 32,775 Cr

2005 TVR Sagaris - Collector rank 4, 380 points to 418, 241,500 Cr

2009 Ferrari 458 Italia - Collector rank 4, 550 points to 605, 350,750 Cr

By the way it blows my mind you can't buy a Ferrari Italia or a Lamborghini Aventador from the normal dealership in this game and instead you have to wait for special offers. They should never hide the most popular and recognizable modern supercars like that.

Deleted member 11426 · Nov 15, 2017

I've always loved the 458 and TVR.

Petran · Nov 15, 2017

xrnzaaas said:
By the way it blows my mind you can't buy a Ferrari Italia or a Lamborghini Aventador from the normal dealership in this game and instead you have to wait for special offers. They should never hide the most popular and recognizable modern supercars like that.

maybe that's because both these cars include a "specialty", they both have their liberty walk widebody special editions

xrnzaaas · Nov 15, 2017

Petran said:
maybe that's because both these cars include a "specialty", they both have their liberty walk widebody special editions

This reminds me how much stuff you miss out on in the career mode when you're dealing with homologated cars.

Petran · Nov 15, 2017

xrnzaaas said:
This reminds me how much stuff you miss out on in the career mode when you're dealing with homologated cars.

Homologation in career, with this variety of cars is great.
Why you say "you miss"? Even in homologated races, you still have the ability to tune\upgrade your car as long as it keeps homolog. rules.

I have both cars running on S800 lobbies right now, but I just tuned a homologated liberty walk 458 Italia for you. Its about what I use in s800 lobbies minus a couple of turbos.
Should be able to use on homologated career races, download the tune to try

xrnzaaas · Nov 15, 2017

Thanks I'll try it later, I still have another (long) championship to finish first. :)

A1an · Nov 15, 2017

Forza Horizon 3 (Starts in 2 days)

#Forzathon Harvest Time:
Perform 30 Landscaping Skills to win the Porsche 944 Turbo

#Forzathon Gather & Feast:
Complete a Co-Op Race in Vans and Utility to receive 90,000 CR

#Forzathon Fly to the Table:
Perform 20 Air Skills in a GT Car to win the Bentley Cont. Supersports

zorbsie · Nov 15, 2017

A1an said:
Forza Horizon 3 (Starts in 2 days)

#Forzathon Harvest Time:
Perform 30 Landscaping Skills to win the Porsche 944 Turbo

#Forzathon Gather & Feast:
Complete a Co-Op Race in Vans and Utility to receive 90,000 CR

#Forzathon Fly to the Table:
Perform 20 Air Skills in a GT Car to win the Bentley Cont. Supersports

If anyone need a partner for the coop race just hit me up gang.

Deleted member 11426 · Nov 15, 2017

The passing showcase event is literally the worst thing for the Nissan LMP car. I've been using it in the prototype series and it's way better than that earlier impression while unlocking it.

It has worse handling in corners than the other lmp1 cars as it's FWD, but it has way more speed on the straights.

AristoCat · Nov 15, 2017

xrnzaaas said:
By the way it blows my mind you can't buy a Ferrari Italia or a Lamborghini Aventador from the normal dealership in this game and instead you have to wait for special offers. They should never hide the most popular and recognizable modern supercars like that.

You can buy the Aventador SV and the 458 Speciale though. But yes I agree, locked cars is a mistake, I'm still waiting for the GT3RS 2016...

danowat · Nov 16, 2017

Fox Mulder said:
The passing showcase event is literally the worst thing for the Nissan LMP car. I've been using it in the prototype series and it's way better than that earlier impression while unlocking it.

It has worse handling in corners than the other lmp1 cars as it's FWD, but it has way more speed on the straights.

Technically, it's awd, it's just Forza doesn't simulate the systems properly.

xrnzaaas · Nov 16, 2017

AristoCat said:
You can buy the Aventador SV and the 458 Speciale though. But yes I agree, locked cars is a mistake, I'm still waiting for the GT3RS 2016...

Ok that's something, I didn't check the dealership, thanks for the clarification. :)

Lima · Nov 16, 2017

I've been really digging into this since I've got the X. Enjoying my time with it. I feel like they have finally nailed the grip level for certain car classes for me. Like the GT and LMP cars have an appropriate amount of grip where I say: Yeah this is how I expect a car like this to drive like in real life.

Really appreciate the race distance option in career which makes it much more enjoyable for me. Been using the long option mostly while switching to extra long whenever I really like a certain car class and track combination.

As a VIP and using the long option with some decent mods I get like 200-250k credits per 15 minute race which definitively feels like a good amount of credits. I certainly don't have any money problems and feel like this is better than 5 and 6 where they showered you in money.

A1an · Nov 16, 2017

AristoCat said:
You can buy the Aventador SV and the 458 Speciale though. But yes I agree, locked cars is a mistake, I'm still waiting for the GT3RS 2016...

The specialty dealer cars could end up as a reward for the #Forzathon like the current one?

Lima said:
Really appreciate the race distance option in career which makes it much more enjoyable for me. Been using the long option mostly while switching to extra long whenever I really like a certain car class and track combination.

As a VIP and using the long option with some decent mods I get like 200-250k credits per 15 minute race which definitively feels like a good amount of credits. I certainly don't have any money problems and feel like this is better than 5 and 6 where they showered you in money.

I have been doing the longer races and yes I am getting about 150-200k per race as well, it just means that I can buy each reward car on the leveling up, money is no issue now really.

Lima · Nov 16, 2017

Like honestly the race length option does so much for my enjoyment of the career. No longer do I have to race dirty and totally cannonball it through the first couple turns to get to first place on Unbeatable. sogood.gif

Spaceman Spiff · Nov 16, 2017

danowat said:
Technically, it's awd, it's just Forza doesn't simulate the systems properly.

Not to be pedantic, but you are both right; as it was intended to run, the LM NISMO would have been FWD under most circumstances, and momentarily AWD when the stored electric energy was deployed. Given that the hybrid system never worked at Le Mans in '15, though, the car only ever drove as a front-wheeler.

So, the car in Forza kind of functions as it did in reality, albeit unintentionally, because as you noted, the game doesn't simulate hybrid powertrains.

BMW · Nov 16, 2017

Bought the most expensive box and got 4 fucking suits. Feel like I've been had =/

Lima · Nov 16, 2017

BMW said:
Bought the most expensive box and got 4 fucking suits. Feel like I've been had =/

Breh don't. Just buy the 50k mods packages and play the game.

BMW · Nov 16, 2017

Lima said:
Breh don't. Just buy the 50k mods packages and play the game.

I thought those special boxes had a much higher chance for legendary cars. Never would I think it would just give me 4 fucking suits lol.

Oh well, lesson learned.

AgentOtaku · Nov 17, 2017

....soooo, uh, anyone here actually prefer Forza 6's aesthetic more to this?
I mean, I've only played the demo and am still deciding whether not to pick F7 up in the future, but yeah....

xrnzaaas · Nov 17, 2017

Lima said:
Breh don't. Just buy the 50k mods packages and play the game.

20k packs are better imo. You still easily can get a 90-100% bonus if you combine 3 mods for a race and you don't get ridiculous ones like make 4 perfect passes in a race or finish 100 meters ahead.

AristoCat · Nov 17, 2017

A1an said:
The specialty dealer cars could end up as a reward for the #Forzathon like the current one?

I have been doing the longer races and yes I am getting about 150-200k per race as well, it just means that I can buy each reward car on the leveling up, money is no issue now really.

Yep they could end up on forzathon but that still doesn't tell me when I will be able to get my GT3RS ... That suck, can't use one of my favorite car...

For the reward yep I also get 180-200K per race, and that's not enough right now, the game only offers me cars that cost more than 1million. So even with the 400k discount I have to stock on the reward sometimes.

I'm lvl 310, and 32 collector, and I think I should take a break from the game, I'm bored a bit.

KdotIX · Nov 17, 2017

xrnzaaas said:
20k packs are better imo. You still easily can get a 90-100% bonus if you combine 3 mods for a race and you don't get ridiculous ones like make 4 perfect passes in a race or finish 100 meters ahead.

Are you doing long races on unbeatable? I'm doing long races on expert and feel the "finish 100m ahead" ones are easy to get. I think I should bump up the diff lol.

Recently got back into it and am enjoying it, so he forzathon challenges are on the easy side, but understandably so as it's the first set of challenges.

I still need to do the Spa endurance on Extra Long but cannot muster up the willpower to do so, even though it will solve my low bank balance issues.

Petran · Nov 17, 2017

AristoCat said:
Yep they could end up on forzathon but that still doesn't tell me when I will be able to get my GT3RS ... That suck, can't use one of my favorite car...

For the reward yep I also get 180-200K per race, and that's not enough right now, the game only offers me cars that cost more than 1million. So even with the 400k discount I have to stock on the reward sometimes.

I'm lvl 310, and 32 collector, and I think I should take a break from the game, I'm bored a bit.

dont buy the cars offered on level up, get the cash prize instead and buy cars the order you want, when you want.
cars offered on level up are on rotation, they are not unlimited.

xrnzaaas · Nov 17, 2017

KdotIX said:
Are you doing long races on unbeatable? I'm doing long races on expert and feel the "finish 100m ahead" ones are easy to get. I think I should bump up the diff lol.

Recently got back into it and am enjoying it, so he forzathon challenges are on the easy side, but understandably so as it's the first set of challenges.

I still need to do the Spa endurance on Extra Long but cannot muster up the willpower to do so, even though it will solve my low bank balance issues.

I'm playing mostly long races and mostly on pro (+80%), but it all depends on the track really. On some tracks I can have a comfortable win on pro, on others I struggle to win even on expert. This mod for me is too much of a wild card. I can have a good 90% of the race and then mess up at the end or have the AI improve due to weather changing and not get any bonus. Same with the perfect passes/corners. Too much of a risk of not getting any bonus without having to restart the race or use the rewind. I just sell these mods to cover my losses (which aren't huge if the entire pack costs only 20k).

zorbsie · Nov 17, 2017

Gears racing suits coming to Forza 7. They look fantastic. I wish they bring some Halo driver suits later on. Maybe with the release of Halo 6?

Frontieruk · Nov 17, 2017

I see dan moved into the 1.39s today in the bounty hunt

Shortt Sirket · Nov 17, 2017

How much longer do the current Forzathons go til?

Frontieruk · Nov 17, 2017

Shortt Sirket said:
How much longer do the current Forzathons go til?

zorbsie said:
Can't seem to find where the challenges are. The forzathon tab in game still says coming soon. Looks like it's going until the 24th so we have time.

For Forza 7

xrnzaaas · Nov 18, 2017

Lol the game (and the replays) became more enjoyable when I disabled drivatar liveries in the options. I felt like it was just downloading the featured ones and not actually checking which liveries certain people were using. The only problem now is that it doesn't switch between different manufacturer paintjobs, but I can live with that. :)

zorbsie said:
Gears racing suits coming to Forza 7. They look fantastic. I wish they bring some Halo driver suits later on. Maybe with the release of Halo 6?

I expected something crazy when I was clicking on that link, but they actually look nice. :) Will try the rivals events later (you can set any time on them?).

A1an · Nov 18, 2017

zorbsie said:
Gears racing suits coming to Forza 7. They look fantastic. I wish they bring some Halo driver suits later on. Maybe with the release of Halo 6?

You should just get this for free if you already have the game like you got the Halo Jeep if you had Halo in Forza Horizon 3

Shortt Sirket said:
How much longer do the current Forzathons go til?

In Forza Horizon 3 the last one is listed to start in 69 days from now.
In Forza 7 I would think they would go on for at least as long as they have in Forza Horizon 3.

Carthago Delenda Est · Nov 19, 2017

Shortt Sirket said:
I said it a page back or so but make sure you are buying the $50k Mod crates and selling anything that isn't at least 60/70% credit boost or an XP boost. Using those well will make sure you always get your money back. I don't think I have had a race yet where I had less than $200% credits and like 1500XP bonuses.

I realize this is from over a week ago, but I wanted a bit of clarification. Do you do this even on normal career races? Or only on longer ones you set up yourself?

Lima · Nov 19, 2017

Carthago Delenda Est said:
I realize this is from over a week ago, but I wanted a bit of clarification. Do you do this even on normal career races? Or only on longer ones you set up yourself?

I do what he does and play career on long race length and on unbeatable. You easily get 200-250k credits that way if you are a VIP too.

Deleted member 15497 · Nov 19, 2017

Seem to be having a bug where my car turns grey.
Any fix?

Maturin · Nov 19, 2017

Stevey said:
Seem to be having a bug where my car turns grey.
Any fix?

Reselect the car.

Deleted member 15497 · Nov 19, 2017

Sweet, thanks

Lima · Nov 19, 2017

Stop improving your time on the bounty hunter rival challenge Fozzie kay? I'll keep going back to it to beat it every time you do. Thanks :)

Deleted member 15497 · Nov 20, 2017

I'm still struggling to enjoy this due to the homologation system.
I mean a lot of cars are at the top limit of Pi so you cant even upgrade suspension and gearbox to be able to tune the car at all.

Feels more like an arcade racer where you just pick a car and race it.

danowat · Nov 20, 2017

Anyone who was on the fence about FM7, and wanted to wait for a price drop, it's now down to £27 in the UK, might drop further, but down to £27 this quick is pretty good IMO

http://deals.simplygames.com/p/forza-motorsport-7-xbox-one

Lima · Nov 20, 2017

I just wanted to say that I've been really enjoying your tunes Petran. You are my favorite Greek :)

Witness · Nov 20, 2017

I want a Medium race length option. Standard is too damn short and long is too damn long for me. There is space there for a medium setting IMO. I don't want to spend 20ish minutes on a single race as my progression feels too slow. While Standard is too short and you have to do the 2-3 lap sprint race. Basically cut the difference in Standard and Long race lengths to create a new Medium option for races that should last 10-12ish minutes.

Lima · Nov 20, 2017

Long races are 15ish minutes.

xrnzaaas · Nov 20, 2017

Lima said:
Long races are 15ish minutes.

That depends on the cup and on the vehicle class, they're mostly 15-20 minutes later on (more than 20 if you choose slow cars for the open class championships). There should be a slider imo so you can set the length more precisely (if you want to).

danowat · Nov 20, 2017

I often find myself wishing there was an option in between normal and long, normal is way too short, especially if you're playing on unbeatable, long is a just a bit too long with the Forza AI.

Also, anyone else noticed a slight bit of dynamism to the AI?, a range of difficulties within a certain AI level that alters per race depending on how you are doing in the races.

Witness · Nov 20, 2017

xrnzaaas said:
That depends on the cup and on the vehicle class, they're mostly 15-20 minutes later on (more than 20 if you choose slow cars for the open class championships). There should be a slider imo so you can set the length more precisely (if you want to).

This is where I'm at, for the slower cars the Long races feel like a slog. I do like the slider idea a lot, that would be great.

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