Relaxed, General FH3 Chat

[Gotbeefboy564]

Go to the dunes for easy ultimate air skills. Not a lot of drivitar traffic there too.

 

[Populuxe]

Unbelievable.

 

[prousonhairy]

Unbelievable.

That is crazy, I can't believe my drivatar lost....

 

[Obelisk]

Unbelievable.

How the hell did that happen?!

 

[ykiki]

FULL METAL HORIZON – 11/04/16 - 11/07/16

“Get full contact with this Horizon Event”

• FLAG BEARER – Play 4 Flag Rush matches to earn 12,000 XP
• FIELD GOAL – Finish in the top 3 of 3 Flag Rush games in an ExtremeOffroad to win 100,000 CR
• HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION – Come in 1st place in 1 game of Flag Rush in an ExtremeOffroad to unlock the Roar Horn
• NOT A SCRATCH – Survive 1 game of Infected in a ExtremeOffroad to win the Ford Shelby Raptor 13

AERIAL ACROBATICS - 11/11/16 – 11/14/16

“Show off your aerial expertise”

• DO A BARREL ROLL! – Perform 3 Barrel Roll skills to earn 20,000 XP
• FLYING HIGH – Earn 3 Stars on 3 Danger Signs to receive 100,000 CR
• EYES TURNED SKYWARD – Rack up 50,000 Ultimate Air skill points to win 3 wheelspins
• DEADSTICK SPECIAL - 30% off AUDI #45 Flying Lizard, FORD Falcon XR8 and NISSAN Skyline GT-R V-Spec II

HORIZON HARVEST HANGOUT - 11/18/16 – 11/25/16

“Gather together your Horizon friends and family”

• A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST – Rack up 100,000 Landscaping Skill points while in a convoy to earn 10,000 XP
• GATHER FOR THE FEAST - - Join and complete an online adventure in a [Holden Sandman] to earn 20,000 XP
• GOBBLE, GOBBLE! – Join online freeroam to unlock Turkey horn
• “FOOD FIGHT!” - Play in 20 Playground Games to win a BRAT GL Horizon Edition

BLACK FRIDAY BLOWOUT - 11/25/16 – 11/28/16

“Don’t miss out on these amazing deals!”

• WHILE THEY LAST – Complete any event to receive 80,000 CR
• SPEND MONEY, MAKE MONEY – Spend over 200,000 CR to win 3 wheelspins
• INSTANT REBATE – Win 1 Auction to receive 50,000 CR
• DOORBUSTERS! - 30% off Everything in the Autoshow!
  

So much for me getting the Brat and Raptor Horizon Editions. Also, spend 200,000 to get 3 wheelspins that will most likely be under 50k? ok.

I'm really looking forward to the Black Friday 30% off sale. I'll be saving up for sure.

...and 80,000 just for completing ANY event? That's practically free money!

 

[AudiMan2011]

Some of the unreleased Horizon Edition cars are going around the map as Drivatars. I saw an A45 HE and a Chevelle SS 454 HE at the airport last night whilst I was mucking around there in the Focus.

I suspect we'll see those cars in Group 3 either in the next couple of updates or in the start of 2017.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Do you guys have a car catagory that you hate? Mine is the Extreme Track-toys, I have a lot of them in my garage and all they all have so much HP that all they do is spin their rear wheels and drift round corners, i just cant control them, was doing a Championship with the Jag HE car and i was happy just to finish towards the bottom of the pack just to get it done and get the extra XP, the Hyper cars also have the 'loads of HP but only RWD' problem, i think i might convert them all to all wheel drive!

 

[Obelisk]

Do you guys have a car catagory that you hate? Mine is the Extreme Track-toys, I have a lot of them in my garage and all they all have so much HP that all they do is spin their rear wheels and drift round corners, i just cant control them, was doing a Championship with the Jag HE car and i was happy just to finish towards the bottom of the pack just to get it done and get the extra XP, the Hyper cars also have the 'loads of HP but only RWD' problem, i think i might convert them all to all wheel drive!

Sounds more like a throttle management issue. I can handle the track toys and hypercars just fine.

 

[GranTurismo guy]

That class is loaded with cars with ridiculous horsepower, and them being on the lighter end of the weight spectrum only adds to your troubles.

Sounds more like a throttle management issue.

No one is saying it isn't. That's the whole problem with more hp lol, it gets harder to moderate the throttle.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I haven't liked using the Hypercars either, especially on the tighter circuits. I've only really used the very fast cars for Goliath, otherwise I've been in regular Supercars.

 

[Northstar]

As much as I hate cross country routes, the timber mill circuit is actually quite fun. 👍

Do you guys have a car catagory that you hate? Mine is the Extreme Track-toys, I have a lot of them in my garage and all they all have so much HP that all they do is spin their rear wheels and drift round corners, i just cant control them, was doing a Championship with the Jag HE car and i was happy just to finish towards the bottom of the pack just to get it done and get the extra XP, the Hyper cars also have the 'loads of HP but only RWD' problem, i think i might convert them all to all wheel drive!

I find at the least I have to find a good tune for the more powerful cars. In particularly bad cases I convert them to AWD.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

I do try and take it easy in the tighter corners but then the AI just overtakes when I'm doing it....

 

[Obelisk]

I do try and take it easy in the tighter corners but then the AI just overtakes when I'm doing it....

If you run manual, try taking the turn 2-3 gears above normal. I.E. A turn in 2nd gear is 4th gear instead. Makes sense?

 

[Kitten]

Being King with everyone trying to get it off you... is the most stressful thing ever. Reminds me of War Thunder, when the whole team goes for one plane

 

[AudiMan2011]

Being King with everyone trying to get it off you... is the most stressful thing ever. Reminds me of War Thunder, when the whole team goes for one plane

As long as you can have the momentum to outpace them, you should be fine, but if somebody hits you head on hardm then you're pretty much crippled.

 

[Kitten]

As long as you can have the momentum to outpace them, you should be fine, but if somebody hits you head on hardm then you're pretty much crippled.

Depends on the car you use too. Some are faster then other aka Muscle Cars, or Lightweight vehicles.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Uh, there's a blacked out Ford Falcon XR8 placeholder car found online.

 

[Northstar]

I finally found all 488 roads! I was sitting at 487 forever and pretty much gave up but apparently I a part of the road along the North Plains Sprint as the achievement popped up towards the end.

 

[ExoticMachines]

Is there a maintenance on the Xbox 1 because I can not connect to the game? When I go into the Network setting of the Xbox 1, it is showing All services are available. But when I enter the Horizon 3 game, all the online features are not working. I did tried to go offline and back to online but it did not work.

Anyone experiencing this problem?

 

[KiroKai]

Uh, there's a blacked out Ford Falcon XR8 placeholder car found online.

Yep, had that in a few co-op championships, a stealth Mondeo that says "DLC Car" in the finish listing. Mine was in S1 and pretty fast.

If you run manual, try taking the turn 2-3 gears above normal. I.E. A turn in 2nd gear is 4th gear instead. Makes sense?

I do that since lower gears just spin, but controlling the power until you're fast enough is a constant hassle, whereas with 4WD you can just slam the throttle everywhere and it goes with a little understeer. There's definitely a lack of balance.

 

[Harakudoshi]

I do that since lower gears just spin, but controlling the power until you're fast enough is a constant hassle, whereas with 4WD you can just slam the throttle everywhere and it goes with a little understeer. There's definitely a lack of balance.

"Why isn't my rear-drive car as easy to drive as a 4x4 car?"

 

[Populuxe]

How the hell did that happen?!

I was racing the Silver Sands Cross Country race in my Penhall. I took the lead fairly early and kept it right until the very end when two RZRs screamed past me on either side. I was sure I won, but despite the identical times, I was demoted to third.

 

[KiroKai]

"Why isn't my rear-drive car as easy to drive as a 4x4 car?"

More like "why does changing from street to sport tyres boost my car's PI more than making it AWD?"

 

[MXH]

I was racing the Silver Sands Cross Country race in my Penhall. I took the lead fairly early and kept it right until the very end when two RZRs screamed past me on either side. I was sure I won, but despite the identical times, I was demoted to third.

Something similiar happened to me a while back. The drivatars butchered me in the beginning so I had to fight my way back to the front. On the final straight, I passed the AI in first just a couple of metres before the finish line, yet the game gave us identical times and I got a second place. I had to watch the replay to make sure I wasn't BS'ing myself. I should've saved it now when I think about it.

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[Vinylshark]

When does Turn10 always reveal the cars of the up coming Car Pack? Is it one day before the release?

 

[prousonhairy]

When does Turn10 always reveal the cars of the up coming Car Pack? Is it one day before the release?

It's usually the day of the release.

 

[ykiki]

Ok, I'm not much of an online player (aka never), but I thought I'd take a leap and join a club for the first time - so I joined the GTP club yesterday.

Since I'm new to Clubs, what is the benefit of joining a club and what exactly is it?*


*One of the joys of videogames - I can't imagine joining something in real life that I know nothing about!

 

[Populuxe]

I believe you get extra XP if you're part of a club.

 

[The Stig Farmer]

I believe you get extra XP if you're part of a club.

And credits too, everyone's XP is recorded and you're tiered on that basis. Move up tiers, get cash rewards. Points mean prizes

 

[ykiki]

And credits too, everyone's XP is recorded and you're tiered on that basis. Move up tiers, get cash rewards. Points mean prizes

Good to know. So it's basically a good thing if I run a lap or two of Goliath every morning before I head off to work?