ForzaPlanet Weekly Race Series: Interest thread

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Hello fellow Forza Motorsport 3 owners and welcome to the interest thread/challenge for the proposed ForzaPlanet Weekly Race Series. If enough interest is generated I will be willing to run this Weekly Race Series for Forza fans.

If you are familiar with the GT WRS higher up in the forum then you will understand the basic principal, if not here is a run down of what this is about:

- This competition/series does not require xbox live gold.

- Every week I post a car/track combination for you, the drivers, to drive on and attempt to get the best lap time during the course of the week.

- Each week the race thread will be where dicussion for that race is posted, you will be allowed to discuss your split times NOT your lap times and you will also be allowed to discuss any other aspects of the race, including tuning and setups if applicable to the race.

- Once you have achieved your best time, you PM myself stating your lap time and, if applicable, the car used. The final leaderboard will be posted on either the Monday or the Tuesday of said week with the races being posted/started on the Sunday.

- Race rules are very simple, anything that would give you an exclamation mark next to your lap time in the game, will not be counted, thanks to the exclamation mark it is very easy to seperate clean and dirty laps. 2 wheels must be on track at all times unless of course you get marked. If you bump a wall and do not get marked, your lap time is valid.

- Verification, is also simple. Everyone should save the replay of their fastest run, or the session containing their fastest run. If you are requested to prove your lap time, or if you would like someone to verify the laps legality, you may be asked to upload your replay to the storefront for the verifier which will be myself or another nominated party to verify the time. If you are unable to do this a photo of the time will be required. This will be kept to a minimum initially based on the proviso that a checkmarked lap is not valid.


If you have any question please post them here and spread the word so we can try to generate some interest.

Thanks
 
I was actually thinking about seeing if people were interested in this myself, I'm glad I wasn't off base. Needless to say I would be very interested.

My idea with the race series was a bit different though. Mine was more along the lines of a Long Race Series where people run the same car for a given amount of races, winning points based on how they place, etc. However this might be something to think about later on down the road.

A WRS would be good way to kick everything off though.
 
I'm game. One idea I'd like to add about the car track combos. I'm having trouble coming up with wording that sounds correct in my head so I'll just post an example of what I'm trying to get across.

Something like Sebring as the track with a S15 that has a RB26 conversion or some Civic with a K20 instead of it's stock engine.

If we do it like that sometimes then we'll get even more combinations.
 
I'd be interested.

Could we aim for Classes, eg x car in A class, so that we come out of each week with a highly tuned competitive car for online racing? To be honest I'm not super interested in racing the cars stock, because it takes away a lot of the tuning and you don't end up with a good car at the end of it. Also, with the super awesome storefront, the winner could put their car tune up for sharing afterwards if they so choose, so everyone can see how they did it.
 
Yeah i had a few ideas of implementing tuning and such. My initial idea was three types of car groups which i would alternate between weekly. First being stock cars, close and competitive, secondly, your idea of x car in a class etc is pretty much the same as my idea of this type, so like focus rs tuned to a class wiyh perhaps a set pi that it must be under. Third was more open, i.e any car with pi of 200 and so on. Gives us variety at least.

Sorry if this post sucks im did it from my phone
 
I would be interested, not sure if I would be competing every week or not, but I'd definitely give it a go. Go with variety, one week a set car, the next a power to weight limit, the next a set car with a PI limit etc. Personally I would mind the odd races in stock cars, because then the only reason you are 1st is because you drove the best. I like competitions like that beacuse I'm not a great tuner but like I said, wing it and do different things each week.

Just go crazy man.
 
I'm in. I haven't competed in any WRS so I'm looking forward to this.
 
Bump.

Now that everyone has the game and has played for awhile, is there still any interest for this?
 
Actually you'd need Xbox live gold (for the replay verification) since you can't use the storefront at all if you're silver :(
 
Actually you'd need Xbox live gold (for the replay verification) since you can't use the storefront at all if you're silver :(

This is an issue I mentioned, sort of, in the first post, if unable to upload replays then simply a photo of the screen will do. But as I say, verification will only be sought in extreme cases initially before gradually becoming a more regular thing.

Nice to see interest building, keep your eyes peeled for a warm up event coming before the weekend.
 
Just a heads up, you can't save a replay of a single lap. It saves the whole session. I don't expect to be on top anyway, so if you request proof from me, I'm flattered...
 
Sorry, its been hectic at work this weekend. The first round will be posted tonight so keep your eyes peeled.
 
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