I usually choose a car one or two classes below the target class, let it run AFK on one of the ovals to collect CXP and then do a handling build to raise the performance index up to the desired car class.
I've mostly used cars already driven from the Tour, to get them towards level 50.
On the PC, applying a livery won't immediately crash the game but it does halve the frame rate, making actual racing impossible until you restart the game. The frame rate also halves after around 4 races at different circuits, so it's clearly some kind of memory leak issue (probably VRAM).
The inclusion of Daytona made me go for the Cadillac Dpi and it's led to me having a great time in this game, going for 15-25 lap races with dynamic time from evening into the night. When racing like this the game just clicks and it delivers, making me realise the untapped potential of this game.
Im a big advocator for using freeplay in FM for many reasons and one being I make more credits on average per race then in career. I barely even touch the career anymore unless its to grind for the monthly cars. For the most part I bounce around between Forza proto-H, P2, Forza GT, Forza Touring cars, and Modern Factory Race cars for the variety and competitiveness in each division. But slowly been trying other ones like Proto group racing, vinatage Lemans Prototype and track toys, which im digging the Vuhl 05 in that class. Sometimes I also find myself setting up multiclass races to squeeze in cars from other divisions that belong in the one im in such as the Lola T70 being added to my vintage Leman prototype race or the Lambo Essenza and Huyara R being in my factory racecar group. EtcHave been having some really goo Free Play races lately with a field of DPis and LMDH
For me, the following things are essential and I really hope Turn10 implements it:
- Possibility to keep AI cars stock in free play races (I do not want to see cars with non-stock wheels in a field of race cars for example)
- Give V8 Supercars and TransAm their own divisions
- Possibility to manually select a grid of AI cars in free play.
- More career events. Including those focused on race cars ranging from MX5 Cup races, to a 488 Challenge series, Lamborghini Super Trofeo and of course also multi-class endurance racing.
In terms of content I really hope they will continue with a track every month, and then of course Sebring, Road Atlanta, Long Beach to add essential IMSA venues. Similarly, I would hope to see the IMSA LMDH cars coming like the Porsche 963, BMW M Hybrid V8 and the Acura ARX-06.
I dont think this is excencial considering that modern TransAm nowadays is considered GT and runs GT Classes alongside the TA Classes, unless you want it to race something Not-NASCAR or want the classic Trans-AM to have their own stuff
TA1 cars run as part of multiclass races though, they don't race against the other cars and aren't handicapped down to GT3-ish levels.
