Relaxed, General FH3 Chat

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Here's a fun little exercise I just completed. Four races of the Goliath Circuit, all in the BMW Isetta. Top left, you can see how well I did with a completely stock car. I finished 11th, only able to beat the other Isetta and it took me 33 minutes. Top right, I upgraded the car to D495 by upgrading the original engine and putting on racing tires. Despite the competitive numbers, it finished last by a huge margin. It was hampered by only being able to go 30mph on the sand and having a top speed limited to about 95. Still, I was faster by about eight minutes. I went in a different direction for the third race, which you can see in the bottom left. I went back to the stock tires and put in the motorcycle engine. Despite the car dropping to D465, It was immensely faster with a top speed around 140 and able to do 65 in the sand. I improved my time by another five minutes, or 13 minutes from the stock car. The big drawback was how tail-happy that car was. The back end really wanted to be the front end and it would swap ends numerous times. Finally in the bottom right, you can see the Isetta in its Ultimate Form, A747. Everything went in it. It was even faster and better planted with the racing rubber. Still tail-happy, but it was more of a threat than a punishment. I improved my time by another three minutes, or a total of 16 minutes in stock configuration. I basically cut my time in half.
 
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Just kidding.

But I agree, the track largely consists of high speed areas. Building for grip can be quite detrimental.
 
So i was driving my maxed out Avantador in the desert area. Then i see a BIG jump, guess what happend? I hit the jump with 300+kmh and fly right on the barn find :D 500m further. So i wanted to record that via xbox record function, but it didn't record because of the barn find:(. It was one of the moments that put a smile on my face, this game is incredible :).
 
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Just kidding.

But I agree, the track largely consists of high speed areas. Building for grip can be quite detrimental.
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And yet, grip stil matters. I.E. the Buick GNX with the upgrade preset has 7.5 handling which helps it around most turns above 60.
 
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Just kidding.

But I agree, the track largely consists of high speed areas. Building for grip can be quite detrimental.
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I've got a BMW Isetta, a garage full of tuning parts and a Goliath Circuit, that's why. (And I know you're just kidding.)

You're right about the high speed sections. In hindsight it seems obvious that building a low-horsepower high-grip car was the wrong way to go, but it was still informative.
 
Has anyone else noticed on the Shelby Raptor that if you put on a front bumper with the rally lights they flash every time you brake? I'm assuming that this happens on the other Raptor as well (non-2017 version).

Interesting thing I seen.
 
I put Forza 6 on on Saturday to run a few laps of Bathurst before the V8 Supercar race on TV.....I have to say the cars sound a lot better in F6 than they do in Horizon 3.

disappointing
 
I've decided that online is broken.

I'm guessing that the XP point scoring for championships was probably put in to stop people from racing aggressively by encouraging clean and skilful racing, but there is no point to the racing if you can win a championship by sitting at the back, avoiding collisions and drifting around - you don't even need to finish the race!

Why they can't do a points system is beyond me. I'm torn; I want to win races, but I can't stand to see myself lose a championship if I know I'm not trying as hard as possible to win. Sure, it's possible to win races and win the championship, but it's quite rare - almost every lobby I've been in has been dominated by someone who hasn't even been anywhere near the top three in a race, and sits at the back in a HE car (don't get me started on these).

It's beginning to affect my enjoyment of the online aspect of the game to be honest. I've never known a racing franchise to get championships wrong on such a regular basis.

I miss the days of old - if you didn't win, tough luck, try harder next time. Now you get rewarded for just taking part.
 
turk1993
So i was driving my maxed out Avantador in the desert area. Then i see a BIG jump, guess what happend? I hit the jump with 300+kmh and fly right on the barn find :D 500m further. So i wanted to record that via xbox record function, but it didn't record because of the barn find:(. It was one of the moments that put a smile on my face, this game is incredible :).
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A clip of a Konigsegg doing the same thing just popped up in one of Kotaku's highlight reels...:odd:
 
I have enough hyper/super cars in the game so I won't buy a DLC cars. But I would gladly buy an map extension with twisty roads and non 1000HP/Youtubers cars.
 
queleuleu
I have enough hyper/super cars in the game so I won't buy a DLC cars. But I would gladly buy an map extension with twisty roads and non 1000HP/Youtubers cars.
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Never say never on the DLC. They have a way of coming up with some surprising and very cool cars. As for the map extension, it's looking like that's an almost certainty they will do that. They're already selling an expansion for $20, even though they haven't announced what it's going to be yet.
 
I firmly believe that a more regulated controlled stream of cars make their impact more apparent. I've never personally been a fan of the Forza system which (to me) reeks of getting the price of the car pass over the line to a pretty expensive price.

I mean, does Horizon 3 really need any of the cars that have already been released?

DRIVECLUB hit a sweet spot for me by building anticipation and launching packs that were substantial enough (until post-season pass where they decided to scrimp on the event packs) and released with a good amount of time between them. I understand this was more down to the launch of the game being messed up.
 
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Getting in a bit of practice to try and win the S14 on Friday.

I know I'm a hypocrite as I like to make fun of people who whine when it doesn't appear in a car pack, but screw it it's another car in the game so why not? :P

Anyway just bought a Trueno and man I suck at Drifting.

Then when I do finally get a good drift some idiot drivatar crashes into me :grumpy:

Still I have found where I am going to do it.

So let's just get this over with.
 
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Never say never on the DLC. They have a way of coming up with some surprising and very cool cars. As for the map extension, it's looking like that's an almost certainty they will do that. They're already selling an expansion for $20, even though they haven't announced what it's going to be yet.
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Snow-capped Aussie Alps do nothing but taunt from afar no matter where you are on the map.

I'd put money down if it meant we'd get somewhere like Mount Hotham as a fifth festival location in the south west with the Great Alpine Road providing a connection to the rest of "Australia". Imagine the potential for bucket list challenges or a showcase event with the inclusion of ski resorts.
 
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The one in Surfers Paradise is the worst, since it doesn't matter what car you drive, yuou always end up flipping or nose diving.
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Building site? That wasn't too bad once I figured out the run up.

The one at the Yarra festival hub, next to the bridge. That can burn in hell.
 
The jumps are fun, but there's always that voice in the back of my head that keeps saying "You'd die in real life if you did this." Horizon always requires some suspension of disbelief, but the jumps are a big "no way" in my head.
 

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