Forza Motorsport General Discussion Thread

[UKMikey]

The fact that most of the tunes I've ever tried are of the "MOAH POWAH" variety makes me distrust them. But yes, tuning should be completely optional, and at least they are acknowledging that the current system is due for a review.

Have you tried looking at the stats? Most of the ones I end up downloading emphasise lateral grip over power.

 

[PJTierney]

Casual Racing Mondays: 7 Year Anniversary​

On November 27, 2017, Casual Racing Mondays was born (fun fact, it started out as a GTPlanet thread ).

The first race was held in Mazda MX-5s in Forza Motorsport 7.

Ever since then, we've been racing (almost) every week, across Forza Motorsport 7, Forza Horizon 4, Project CARS 3, GRID Legends, Forza Horizon 5 and eventually, Forza Motorsport.

To mark the 7 year anniversary of the club, we will be hosting a one-off Special Event featuring the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Cup in Forza Motorsport.

Event Format​

• We will be running 3 races on Monday.
• The first two races will be 15 minute events. Tracks and weather randomly chosen.
• The third race will be a 45 minute event, roughly equivalent to a full-length real-life MX-5 Cup event. To be more specific, it will be 19 laps of Sebring Full.
• 10 minutes Practice/Qualy on each.
• All races will feature 5.0x Tyre Wear.
• The car is your standard 2017 Mazda MX-5 Cup. Tuning allowed, upgrading disabled, same specs as when it was in Featured Multiplayer, so any tunes you used for that are valid.

Join the Racing​

• Please join the Casual Racing Mondays server on Discord.
• We'll take anybody, doesn't matter if you're as fast as @Vic Reign93 or as slow as a tractor.
  So long as you race with respect, come chill out and have fun.
• Voice chat optional, we do it within Discord if you want to listen in on the banter.
• Share the links below to anyone who you think would enjoy, we casually race every Monday from 8pm UK time.

• Event link: https://discord.gg/vpWY3T66?event=1309228148642287697
• Server link: https://discord.gg/r42H9Jc

​

New Livery​

• If you need a livery for the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Cup car, I have created a Casual Racing Mondays design (pic above) for everyone to use.
• You can run whatever livery you like, however if you can't find anything good, this will do.
• Search for my Gamertag PJTierney in Forza Motorsport and you will find it easily.

Whether this is your first event or you've been around for years, thank you for racing with us. I'll see you all on Monday

 

[RolexGTP]

Just like the American Road Racing series, I wish this series had a few more competitors and options particularly for P1 and P2. Cars like the Acura ARX-01C and Porsche RS Spyder for P2 and even P1 contenders like the Aston Lola B09/60, Peugeot 908 HDi and Audi R15+ tdi would have been nice to spice this series up into a multi-class event. Perhaps they can create another AMLS down the line once they have more cars in each class, it just seems so stale with such limited car choices with a historic event with great track selections.

 

[sirjim73]

The AI is running 982P in the #16 Mazda...
Which is literally IMPOSSIBLE!

Also, as commented above they've really messed up this month with the Performance screen not appearing in any of the series meaning you have to back out to the car screen at the end of each race.

 

[AEKara38]

The AI is running 982P in the #16 Mazda...
Which is literally IMPOSSIBLE!
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Also, as commented above they've really messed up this month with the Performance screen not appearing in any of the series meaning you have to back out to the car screen at the end of each race.

I chose the Chevy because I've already got full discount at Mazda. Maxxed it out at 954 but the AI goes into the 980s.
Haven't finished better than 10th in the first 2 races.

 

[RolexGTP]

The AI slaughtered me at the Road America race lol. Typically that's one of my favorite tracks to race on and usually do well but to my surprise I finished in a dismal 20th place on level 6 difficulty. Part of it was because I chose to run soft tires and right near the end around lap 6 going into 7th my tires were basically cooked so instead of possibly coming top 10, I was passed a lot on the final lap as I limped it. But to the AI's credit they ran well there barely saw any mistakes and not too much pushing and shoving, just cleaning racing and passing.

 

[fuchs171]

I chose the Chevy because I've already got full discount at Mazda. Maxxed it out at 954 but the AI goes into the 980s.
Haven't finished better than 10th in the first 2 races.

Have you upgraded your car in the garage outside the tour? Here it doesn't give me the option to update the performance from one race to another

 

[ManteoMax]

Today we've posted a long transcript from our Audio Team AMA (held on the official Forza Discord on Nov. 7)

In the Garage: Discord AMA on Car Audio

We’re taking you behind the scenes to listen in on how car audio from the real world gets into Forza Motorsport.

forza.net

 

[PJTierney]

Today we've posted a long transcript from our Audio Team AMA (held on the official Forza Discord on Nov. 7)

In the Garage: Discord AMA on Car Audio

We’re taking you behind the scenes to listen in on how car audio from the real world gets into Forza Motorsport.

forza.net

Good read, sounds similar to Codemasters’ processes in a lot of ways too. And yes, sourcing rare cars is hard; I’ve heard some stories.

Any ideas what your next AMA topic will be?

 

[AEKara38]

Have you upgraded your car in the garage outside the tour? Here it doesn't give me the option to update the performance from one race to another

Yes, you can exit the tour to upgrade your cars.

 

[RolexGTP]

Any ideas what your next AMA topic will be?

Hopefully it will be about licensing/ partnerships/future content...one can only dream