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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on October 9th, 2018 in the Forza Horizon 4 category.
My question is how do these people beat me at the end of the auction? Here’s what happens. My bid will be accepted and I’ll be winning the auction during its last minute when it says “ending soon”. Then someone will bid as the auction ends resulting in me losing the auction/car and me having to collect my credits spent on the auction. My question is how do these people know when to bid so they get the final bid right before or as the auction closes. This has happened countless times. I’ll admit it’s a bit frustrating but the Auction House is eat or be eaten. I just need to learn this strategy/method I fall victim to.
My experience is totally different. I had never ever saw a time added when placing a bid. Now I just count the seconds as soon I see the Ending Soon message and 90% of the time I win the auction.. ok, maybe 70%.During the Ending Soon period, everytime you bid some amount of time is added on to the auction to prevent sniping. There's no consensus on this, but it's somewhere between 15-30 seconds of extra time.
My experience is totally different. I had never ever saw a time added when placing a bid. Now I just count the seconds as soon I see the Ending Soon message and 90% of the time I win the auction.. ok, maybe 70%.
I really don't know how exactly works. Also saw a lot of people on the official forum mentioning they have the same experience as I do. The AH on FH3 worked the way you describe in the article. But here does not. Again it's not only my experience.. but I'm really not sure anymore what is going on. Also because often my internet start lagging right when I need to place the bid..Weird. I wonder how it actually works? I've experienced the adding of time when I've used my phone as a stopwatch. I wonder if it varies by car or if it's just completely random?
Weird. I wonder how it actually works? I've experienced the adding of time when I've used my phone as a stopwatch. I wonder if it varies by car or if it's just completely random?
If I had to guess, it may be within a specific range (like 30-60 seconds) that varies depending on how busy the auction is. Just a theory though, I've no way to really prove that.Weird. I wonder how it actually works? I've experienced the adding of time when I've used my phone as a stopwatch. I wonder if it varies by car or if it's just completely random?
It appears they change that to 24 cars a day as someone on the official forum mentioned. I already auctioned 15 cars today so it's true.. I guess.Prioritize your auctions!!! You can only auction 10 cars a day, so plan out which cars you want to auction during the day.
It's hard to say, but it's probably a combination of luck and internet connection. During the Ending Soon period, everytime you bid some amount of time is added on to the auction to prevent sniping. There's no consensus on this, but it's somewhere between 15-30 seconds of extra time.
The best thing to do is continuously refresh the "My Bids" title by going in and out of it quickly. Then press Y to make a bid as soon as you see that you've been out bidded.
I win probably 90% of the auctions using the method I outlined in the article and I typically score the cars for less than 50% their list price. It's probably why I hardly ever have more than 500,000 credits in the bank at any given time.
I'm afraid it's just a rare wheelspin prize.Can you win the Toyota Baja truck in-game at all (including Wheelspins) or does it have to be bought?.