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Forza 2 Game Night. Bring it!

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Originally posted by: Abel007
The Forza nights have become a smashing success. We seem to lose people every now and then but we seem to pick up people rather quickly to replace them. Everyone who has been around for a month or more have improved significantly compared to when we first started. It makes for great competition and I enjoy it now more than I did now. Kudos to the whole crew for improving as a whole. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I feel like I've improved, but I don't play nearly as much as I did those first few weeks so everyone else is improving at a much faster rate than me. Not to mention that the people that have stayed have been more likely to do so because they're competitive (ie: good).

When we first started, it seemed like it was pretty much you (Waldo) against the field but I was able to consistently finish top 3. Over the last few months OSJ joined up, Arby burst on the scene and taking his share of wins, and Blowfish has been getting better every darn week. Now if I finish in the Top 4 it's an accomplishment.

I was thinking about this recently, but I believe that Spidey and I have been the only drivers to show up every single night since week 1. Shouldn't we get some kind of an award? 😛

Where have you gone superjohnyo, Guuts, NSAFreak, Joph, and other fallen regulars?
 
Blowfish I just beat on that S2000 for an hour and a half and sent you a new red one. Send the white one back. I changed the gears one by one individually. You have to keep the car high in the rpm range to get any power out of it so don't forget to downshift.
The good news is it feels better and I did a 1:23.7xx at Road Atlanta which is a top 1 or 2% time. The bad news is it blew balls for me at laguna. I think the car just suffers a little on tighter tracks.

I'll get the skyline to you by 5:30 queasy I want to mess with it for a second.
 
That and updating some of the settings. I think i'm changing calculators, although it's just an updated one by the same guy. I think the gearing on that car could stand to be shorter. I didn't mess with it too much. That S2000 needed more help with only 220ishlb-ft. of torque.

I just did some laps in the 1:23 range on Road Atlanta with it.
We're going to be matched well on Road Atlanta and other tracks I think. No comment on Laguna, tsukuba, etc.
 
Originally posted by: Abel007
Originally posted by: hopeless
Originally posted by: CKDragon
Originally posted by: getbush
It would be nice if everyone at least downloaded all the free cars. Doing so allows you to race against and see the actual DLC car model instead of a green ghost.
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Downloading ANY DLC car will allow you to see any DLC car. I have not purchased any DLC cars but because I D/Led the free ones I can see even ones I haven't purchased.
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Anyone know if you can have more than one copy of the same car in your garage at the same time?
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You can have multiples of the same car in your garage.
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In that case, Arby would you send me the WRX? Thanks.
 
Arby,

I didn't even turn on the XBOX last night so I haven't checked out the S2000. I will see if I can get it done this evening.

Greg
 
I was able to finally hit level 50 in my career last night.

I have something like 890,000 in online winnings. I believe I typically make 30-40,000 on each of our nights, so I'll just need you guys to let me win a few races this Wednesday so I can hit the 1mil achievement... KTHXBYE!
 
Well, if your car is anything like the car he sent me you'll be in for an awesome surprise! I was amazed at the handling capability of my Supra. It hit the straight aways with poise and speed all while approaching the gear limited top speed.

I received Arby's car around 6:30 EST last night. I setup the steering wheel and quickly jumped into Forza as I was excited to see what his Tuning Holiness had presented me. My first race was Road Atlanta against the A Class computers setup on hardest difficulty with all security blankets off. My typical affair really. I glanced over the tuning to see exactly what he had given me. Front springs - lowest setting, rear springs - highest setting. Same for front/rear rebound, front/rear anti-roll bar. One whale of an interesting setup. So I started the race and floored it casually as I expected to just leave the other cars and beat them to the first corner. 1st gear, awesome start! No wheel spin. Redline seems to come in a split second. 2nd gear! Holy crap, this car has loads of power. 3rd gear! Same story, 4th, 5th, 6th gear only a quarter of the way down the straight away. Unbelievable. I've never seen a car do this. Ever.

Approaching 76 MPH in 6th I noticed something strange. My car had so much power it wanted to crab walk down the track. It was all I could do to wrangle it in and keep it on the pavement. The front tires wanted to turn the car right but in a large disagreement akin to two siblings fighting, the rear wanted to go left. I checked the rearview to see where my opponents were but they weren't there! So this car crab walking down the straight away of Road Atlanta had started off so fast that the other cars had disappeared! Truly, Arby is The Mack of all macks.

When I finally made it to the first corner at the 4 minute interval of the race I decided to slow down and allow my competitors a fair chance. So I stopped on the side of the road in a place completely determined by the aura of the Supra. It was omniscient in it's desire to not respond to my controls any longer. Like I didn't deserve to drive it. There my story abruptly ends. My unicorn couldn't remove itself from the sandbox on the left hand side of Turn 1 of Road Atlanta. There it still sits. Awaiting the day that I have the ability to drive it. As this story closes I'd like to thank Arby for such a great gift. Perhaps one day I will be able to return the favor.
 
Originally posted by: Abel007
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Haha, don't be sad. That was a very good story. I can only imagine the look on my face as I read it was something like 😕 I wish I had a Japanese All-Star to write a story about.
 
I literally sent waldo a an A850 Supra with all the correct parts but a "tune" from hell. The car wouldn't drive in a straight line and topped out at 76mph (red-line limited). It's rear tires wear burning out as long as they were spinning.
Unfortunately he has decided not o go with that tune for Wednesday. I tried.

He failed to mention the giant purple dolphin on the hood though, that was my favorite part of the car.

Everyone else got white cars with a real tune and no purple dolphins. I later sent waldo a real supra even though he didn't ask for it. I know he knows how to get it where he wants it. 🙂
 
DUDE SWEET
HRT CK
Purple Porpoise Racing

That WE HRT CK sticker was actually on the roof of my bug for the Wednesday races. I used it to channel good thoughts but I still nailed him on Mugello didn't I.

Oh and the Supra is successfully traveling in a straight line in those photos because I subsequently applied the proper tune to it.
 
Thanks, Arby. I'll be sending it back to you probably tonight. I made a list of the parts and the tune and copied them over to one that I had in my garage.

After last week's rocket sled, it's taking some getting use to. Need to practice and at least try to dial it in a little bit better for my driving style, or lack there of.
 
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