Euro Hot Hatch--No M Coupe!

[MSO4gtt]

OK, I've been playing for about a month (I'm about 30% complete), and I have one small gripe/question.

In the Euro Hot Hatch Championship, I'm not able to drive my BMW M Coupe. No big deal, except when I go in to race I'm racing against an M coupe! I'm having a hard time beating the BMW in my Focus RS.

Why would they not allow a car in the race only to have you race against that same car? I haven't seen any other races like this one. Are there any? Thanks.

--jkw

 

[King Cockery]

In the supercar series on professional events, you can race against a cadillac cien, but can't drive one.

 

[DasBoot]

[Edit]double post, but anyway.
I think in the Supercar festival - Professional Hall you often encounter a Cadillac Cien.
But you can't enter these races with it yourself.
Really worthless car IMHO to drive. , but a pain in th you know what in that race as an opponent.

On a side note, just saw that car in the movie "The Island".
Looked kinda nice.
the main character drove it like it was effortless to steer. Hmmm Hollywood .....

DasBoot

 

[un_peacekeeper]

OK, I've been playing for about a month (I'm about 30% complete), and I have one small gripe/question.

In the Euro Hot Hatch Championship, I'm not able to drive my BMW M Coupe. No big deal, except when I go in to race I'm racing against an M coupe! I'm having a hard time beating the BMW in my Focus RS.

Why would they not allow a car in the race only to have you race against that same car? I haven't seen any other races like this one. Are there any? Thanks.

--jkw

tried an Audi A3 3.2 Quattro.

 

[Alfaholic]

The Tommy Kaira ZZ11 also makes an appearance in the Supercar series, but cannot be driven.

 

[Fonce Diablo]

tried an Audi A3 3.2 Quattro.

Yeah, I toasted the field with an A3 3.2 (with cool wing, of course!).

 

[DasBoot]

I just noticed another car which is not eligable for the supercar festival but which will be an opponent occassionally is the Nissan R390Gt1 Road car.

That one really got me puzzled.
Supercar festival: over 493HP allowed
Nissan Gt1 one: 345 ? HP

Go figure...

DasBoot

 

[Appie]

never encounterd it before

 

[Milliethemutt]

You can do the hot hatch in the 1 Series. Or I think you can use the Renault 5 maxi if you fancy something a bit more mental.

 

[MisterWeary]

Does the inability to use the M have anything to do with mods done to it? I know that's stopped me entering a few races I thought I could enter, just a thought.

 

[chinny]

the BMW 120d is great for the hot hatch race... mmmm torque

 

[MSO4gtt]

The mods may have something to do with it. I'll try to delete some things and see if I can squeak into the field.

Thanks for the 1-series idea. I could use that car in the 1-series races as well which is nice.

 

[un_peacekeeper]

offtopic: is the 120d a diesel? wondering about the d. im not too familiar with BMW namings. i know M is a performance series, and the first number is series, then with engine displacement in litres, followed by "i" for inline (or xi for 4WD), but d..."diesel?"

 

[RICHARDO]

offtopic: is the 120d a diesel? wondering about the d. im not too familiar with BMW namings. i know M is a performance series, and the first number is series, then with engine displacement in litres, followed by "i" for inline (or xi for 4WD), but d..."diesel?"

Yes, the 120d is a diesel.

 

[Wolfe]

offtopic: is the 120d a diesel? wondering about the d. im not too familiar with BMW namings. i know M is a performance series, and the first number is series, then with engine displacement in litres, followed by "i" for inline (or xi for 4WD), but d..."diesel?"

Close. "i" doesn't stand for inline, it stands for "fuel injected." It is rather redundant to signify that a car is fuel injected in this day and age, but BMW has stuck with it, most likely because it's what consumers recognize.

 

[Simulator]

In the supercar series on professional events, you can race against a cadillac cien, but can't drive one.

Rally D'Umbria wins you the Cien. Quite easy to win with a tuned Ponitac Sunfire GXP Concept.

Regards, Simulator

 

[Rzeractor]

Jesus, my 2nd time round playing this game from scratch again, the Audi 3.2 hatch rapes the competition. I remember having a moderately hard time in the Volkswagen GTi first time round.

 

[topgeardude]

The Callaway C12,and the ACura HSC are also seen in the supercar festival but you can't race them!

 

[eg6_dude]

...then with engine displacement in litres,

The displacement doesn't always hold true these days in BMW. For example, the 07' 335 sedan or coupe is only a 3.0 liter.

 

[Wolfe]

Yeah, that's been going on since the early 1990's. The 318i has been 1.9 or 2.0L for years, the new 550i and 650i have 4.8L engines, and the new 328i is 2.5L.

 

[topgeardude]

yeah thats true,still ticked.I went and supped up my M coupe to max then i couldn't enter it!

 

[Tom_IW_Racer]

On the subject of cars being in championships that you can't use, one bizzare example is in the 80's Japanese cup, where there is a 91' Toyota Celica...

 

[topgeardude]

yeah,only a bit weird.