Beater or Sleeper? FH3 Edition! Thanks for coming.

[Drex124]

He...hello? o... o...

Wasn't that thrilled with this one, it's a big german sedan that goes plenty fast. Unfortunately those are dime a dozen, even in this game. Get the Lotus Carlton, it's faster and more lively. And better looking.

 

[Vic Reign93]

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Wasn't that thrilled with this one, it's a big german sedan that goes plenty fast. Unfortunately those are dime a dozen, even in this game. Get the Lotus Carlton, it's faster and more lively. And better looking.

Good timing actually as I’m about to go after your time.

But also because of this, The Time Trial for the M5 will continue till Midnight on Thursday to offset the late announcement of it, BUT I’ll be announcing this weeks car at the usual time.

 

[Drex124]

Good timing actually as I’m about to go after your time.

Me thinks you probably won't have that much trouble. Well this first round anyway. I hope

 

[Vic Reign93]

Well i’m a man of my word (mostly) and here is the time.

 

[Populuxe]

I at least managed to get under 1:10. Exceptionally stable and powerful car. I don't normally enjoy this particular course, but the M5 was a joy to push around. Sleeper.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Ok time for another intervention as I was unable to find a winner without getting repetitive. :/

But yes the M5 was a great machine, handled good, great braking and acceleration, everything you expect from the defacto king of the 4 door sports saloons.

Verdict: Sleeper 👍

So what’s this weeks choice? It’s quite the oddball.

It’s The 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan!!!

We’re going Diesel for this one folks, a 3.2 litre Inline 5 Turbo Diesel making pretty much 200hp and near enough 350ft-lbs of torque.

Stretch it’s legs this week when you run the Coober Pedy Airstrip Charge Street Race in this weeks Time Trial.

Don’t forgot, The M5 Time Trial ends on Thursday at Midnight due to it being announced late so don’t ditch that car just yet.

Also consider getting started on your picks for Beater of the Year and Sleeper of the Year as we are 1 month from week 52, plus any other awards you like me to include, PM your choices and your own awards to me, be creative in your awards, best of luck. 👍

Finally, Congratulations @Obelisk as the thread itself turned 1 year old yesterday

 

[Obelisk]

Finally, Congratulations @Obelisk as the thread itself turned 1 year old yesterday

Oh 🤬 me, it did!

 

[Drex124]

Don’t forget, The M5 Time Trial ends on Thursday at Midnight due to it being announced late so don’t ditch that car just yet.

You're a wizard sir, could not even get close on this one.

Also consider getting started on your picks for Beater of the Year and Sleeper of the Year as we are 1 month from week 52, plus any other awards you like me to include, PM your choices and your own awards to me, be creative in your awards, best of luck. 👍

Where do we find these awards? A quick search in the GT6 section turned up nothing I'm afraid.

 

[Vic Reign93]

You're a wizard sir, could not even get close on this one.

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Where do we find these awards? A quick search in the GT6 section turned up nothing I'm afraid.

It’s more like you vote for what you believe is the beater and sleeper of the year, it can be any car you feel is worthy of such title.

Basically you all send your votes to me, I tally them up and I announce them on week 52, plus any other awards you like me to include like for example, The Predator award for ‘ugliest front on a car’.

Be creative. 👍

 

[Populuxe]

Beater.

Late night taco run.

 

[Vic Reign93]

So the Standings for the M5 Time Trial are as follows.

1st: Vic Reigns
2nd: Drex124
3rd: Populuxe Cowboy

I’ll hopefully not forget to set a time for the Transit this weekend.

 

[Populuxe]

So the Standings for the M5 Time Trial are as follows.

1st: Vic Reigns
2nd: Drex124
3rd: Populuxe Cowboy

Podium finish!

 

[Obelisk]

Podium finish!

Just this once

See you all on the track tonight.

 

[Obelisk]

3:47.227 and I was falling asleep halfway through.

Great van, crap sports car. Beater unless upgraded.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Thanks for the reminder to post this, was gonna leave it till tomorrow (or later today given the time over here.) but then thought, Nah get it done with.

 

[Drex124]

YAAaaawnnn.... I need to stop doing these around midnight....

It's a van, which drives like a car... a slow car.... like base trim Twingo slow. It handles like nothing else but all I keep thinking is why not follow the example of first Supervan and just rescue a V8 from a Ford GT. It's a one-off built, why not go crazy?

Verdict: Neutral because of the potential, both wasted and still present because of the possible Forza craziness.

 

[Vic Reign93]

So here are the standings from this week.

1st: Vic Reigns
2nd @Drex124
3rd @Obelisk

Also my verdict was lost in Transit for awhile, but its been found and it’s a Beater, not chronically bad, but also not average either.

Anyways...

Congratulations @Obelisk!!!

You had the floor for this weeks pick and you picked...

The 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon!!

The quintessential American Off-roader with a 3.6 V6 making 285hp which is sent to all 4 wheels via a 6 speed gearbox.

A proven off roader needs a challenging route for it to tackle so this weeks battle will be in Byron Bay on the Waters Way Cross Country route.

Tear through the Rainforest and try not to drown your Jeep in the numerous water hazards this route has.

 

[Populuxe]

If an athiest can be allowed to quote the Bible: "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." I am first to post a time, and sure to be last in the standings. I'm impressed with this Jeep. That 285hp V-6 is stout. I'm also impressed with how well planted it is. I keep thinking "This is it! It's going over!" but it never does. Amazing what modern suspension can do for this old stalwart. Sleeper.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Allow me to throw my hat into the ring.

It’s a nice base for a more hardcore offroader build, but even in stock form it’s a decent machine.

Gearing is abit on the long side as I only needed 5th on the fast downhill run to the beach and was nowhere needing 6th gear.

But aside from that, I can’t fault it much.

Verdict: Sleeper 👍

 

[Vic Reign93]

Not much extra activity for the Wrangler then by the looks of it.

Let’s see if the next car is any better.

Congratulations @FastBud!!!

I was expecting you to snipe me on this weeks trial, but maybe with the car you picked for this week we can put on another clinic of a battle.

You ended up picking the most obvious one of the lot, I’m surprised we got this far without picking it...

It’s the 2016 Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4!!!

Yep, we finally gone and picked the cover car of Horizon 3 in all its V12 glory.

Being the most powerful car in the game fully upgraded, Speed is this cars close companion.

And the track this week is also very speedy as it’s the Coalcliff Drag Street Race, nearly 7 miles of flat out driving with only a brief pause to line up for the run to the finish line.

Hold your nerve as you ramp up to over 170+mph along the coastal road to take victory this week. 👍

 

[Populuxe]

Just mark me down as a DNF. I've tried too many times to run this race without incurring a penalty and I just can't do it without slowing down so much I might as well be in a stock Gremlin.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Just mark me down as a DNF. I've tried too many times to run this race without incurring a penalty and I just can't do it without slowing down so much I might as well be in a stock Gremlin.

I’ve had some bad server luck in trying to get a time in to start with.

Both times I’ve tried to start the event it just goes “Server unavailable, please try again later”.

Hopefully 3rd times the charm.

 

[Vic Reign93]

And the 3rd time IS the charm.

If you’re wondering how I did the 2 min run, two words, Koenigsegg Regera.

As Forza cover cars go, it’s easily one of, if not the fastest of the lot and quite easy to drive when you adapt to its high speed handling.

Throw on Don Joewon Song’s X class tune and it’s practically glued to the road even at 250+ mph.

Verdict: Sleeper 👍

 

[Vic Reign93]

So admittedly not the greatest turn out ever, but eh, could be worse.

In any case...

Congratulations @Drex124!!!

What’s this weeks pick that’ll drag us back to normal speeds again?

It is in fact..

The 1979 Opel Kadett C GT/E!!!

With a modest 2.0 4 cylinder making 114hp that’s pushing just over 900kgs of car, what it lacks in muscle is offset by being an eager handling car with close gearing to keep that engine singing.

This week we’re heading to the Mountain View Scramble in Yarra Valley, a mixed surface track with enough bumps to unsettle nervous cars or drivers.

This car won’t be nervous, will you??

Also reminder folks, week 52 is next week so if you got any awards you want me to present to the winning/losing cars and your votes for which car you think is Beater of the year and Sleeper of the year, now’s the time to PM them to me so I can get it all somewhat sorted out. 👍

Don’t leave it too late folks.

 

[FastBud]

Belated post
Seeing as it was my pick thought I would do a few runs on this track ended up top 25 (not in the centenario) will try and not play COD to much this week lol

 

[Populuxe]

I love small RWD cars. Toyota Corolla TE27, Datsun 510, Mazda RX-3, Fiat 131, AMC Gremlin, even the Ford Pinto from FM3 and FM4. They're so fun and so easy to modify and make even more fun. The Kadett is that rarest of all things, a GM worldwide chassis for subcompact RWD appications. It was used by Opel, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Holden and Isuzu. The only downside to the Kadett is that the tires don't really suit the dirt portion of this race course, and the engine would benefit from an extra 30 horsepower (but then again, what car wouldn't?) Sleeper.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Here’s my time for the Kadett and here’s my reminder for you guys, So @Populuxe Cowboy @Obelisk @Drex124 and @FastBud here it is.

I need your votes for your Beater of the year and Sleeper of the year before this Time Trail ends at the usual time so I can get it all lined out, because I don’t want to be the guy who decides both winners due to being the only one who voted.

So pretty please with sugar on top, don’t leave it too late and send them to me via PM 👍

 

[Populuxe]

I've updated the list to hopefully make it easier for people to choose a beater and sleeper of the year.
Week 1: 2015 Polaris RZR XP 1000 EPS
Week 2: 1987 Ferrari F40
Week 3: 2014 HSV Limited Edition GEN-F GTS Maloo
Week 4: 1991 BMW M3 (E30)
Week 5: Koenigsegg One:1
Week 6: 2012 Infiniti IPL G Coupe
Week 7: 1993 Renault Clio Williams
Week 8: 2013 Ford Shelby Raptor
Week 9: 2012 Lotus Exige
Week 10: 2011 BMW X5 M
Week 11: 1986 Audi #2 Sport Quattro S1
Week 12: 1988 Lamborghini Jalpa
Week 13: 1970 AMC Rebel "The Machine"
Week 14: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto
Week 15: 1975 Fiat X1/9
Week 16: 2016 Ariel Nomad
Week 17: 1966 Chevrolet Nova SS
Week 18: 1967 Lola T70 MKIIIB
Week 19: 2014 Terradyne Gurkha LAPV
Week 20: 1995 Ferrari F50 + 2017 Tamo Racemo
Week 21: 1992 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4
Week 22: 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
Week 23: 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon
Week 24: 1995 Audi RS2 Avant
Week 25: 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster
Week 26: 1968 Lancia Fulvia Coupe Rallye 1.6 HF
Week 27: 2014 Ford Fiesta ST
Week 28: 2009 Honda S2000 CR
Week 29: 1980 Abarth Fiat 131
Week 30: 1992 Bugatti EB110
Week 31: 1956 Ford F100
Week 32: 1986 Lamborghini LM002
Week 33: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Week 34: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
Week 35: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
Week 36: 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
Week 37: 1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
Week 38: 1969 Fiat Dino 2.4 Coupe + 723 Quartz Regalia
Week 39: 1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Week 40: 1972 Reliant Supervan III
Week 41: 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
Week 42: 2015 Baldwin Motorsports #97 Monster Energy Trophy Truck
Week 43: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
Week 44: 2015 Chevy Corvette C7 ZO6
Week 45: 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO
Week 46: 1996 Subaru SVX
Week 47: 1995 BMW M5
Week 48: 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan
Week 49: 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Week 50: 2016 Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4
Week 51: 1979 Opel Kadett C GT/E

 

[Obelisk]

I've updated the list to hopefully make it easier for people to choose a beater and sleeper of the year.
Week 1: 2015 Polaris RZR XP 1000 EPS
Week 2: 1987 Ferrari F40
Week 3: 2014 HSV Limited Edition GEN-F GTS Maloo
Week 4: 1991 BMW M3 (E30)
Week 5: Koenigsegg One:1
Week 6: 2012 Infiniti IPL G Coupe
Week 7: 1993 Renault Clio Williams
Week 8: 2013 Ford Shelby Raptor
Week 9: 2012 Lotus Exige
Week 10: 2011 BMW X5 M
Week 11: 1986 Audi #2 Sport Quattro S1
Week 12: 1988 Lamborghini Jalpa
Week 13: 1970 AMC Rebel "The Machine"
Week 14: 2016 Abarth 695 Biposto
Week 15: 1975 Fiat X1/9
Week 16: 2016 Ariel Nomad
Week 17: 1966 Chevrolet Nova SS
Week 18: 1967 Lola T70 MKIIIB
Week 19: 2014 Terradyne Gurkha LAPV
Week 20: 1995 Ferrari F50 + 2017 Tamo Racemo
Week 21: 1992 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4
Week 22: 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
Week 23: 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon
Week 24: 1995 Audi RS2 Avant
Week 25: 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster
Week 26: 1968 Lancia Fulvia Coupe Rallye 1.6 HF
Week 27: 2014 Ford Fiesta ST
Week 28: 2009 Honda S2000 CR
Week 29: 1980 Abarth Fiat 131
Week 30: 1992 Bugatti EB110
Week 31: 1956 Ford F100
Week 32: 1986 Lamborghini LM002
Week 33: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Week 34: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
Week 35: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
Week 36: 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
Week 37: 1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
Week 38: 1969 Fiat Dino 2.4 Coupe + 723 Quartz Regalia
Week 39: 1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Week 40: 1972 Reliant Supervan III
Week 41: 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
Week 42: 2015 Baldwin Motorsports #97 Monster Energy Trophy Truck
Week 43: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
Week 44: 2015 Chevy Corvette C7 ZO6
Week 45: 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO
Week 46: 1996 Subaru SVX
Week 47: 1995 BMW M5
Week 48: 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan
Week 49: 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Week 50: 2016 Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4
Week 51: 1979 Opel Kadett C GT/E

I'm stealing this for the OP.

 

[Populuxe]

Kind of surprising we only raced one Australian car.