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Hey everyone, what car was the AI driver "Kappa" driving in this week's Main Stage mode?

In my case, this "placeholder" Mustang appeared, but since all of the AI in this week's Main Stage mode are using some pretty unusual cars, I'm having trouble figuring out whether this Mustang's participation in the race is just a bug, or whether this car, which shouldn't normally appear, is being intentionally included as an Easter egg because this is a week themed around developers, "Beat the Devs."
 
I've beaten them on only 3 of the 9 events. The rally raid bike one is just impossible for me. That said, the platinum seems really do-able. I'm currently sitting around the low-1000s.
 
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Watching my cousin play the summit, and its so obvious the devs have had to curate their races they must have full part sets of their choice. Ive seen clear examples of them having higher grip, acceleration, nitrous and rocket. The community is bound to be better at the game than the devs themselves, we certainly play it more, no wonder they've had some buffs. You could say the elephant in the room is a skill issue on our part (could be), im seeing things that suggest otherwise though.
 
Gotbeefboy564
It seems like he gets a better start off the line than I do I have my gears on long with no traction control too.
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You're not alone in suspecting the devs are cheating, but I didn't see anything odd when driving against them myself, and someone makes a video here where he matches their actions and his car behaves the same as theirs:



That's exactly what I saw when doing the events myself.

Maybe a lot of people aren't aware that the boost is more powerful, the more boost is in the tank?

evldave333
The community is bound to be better at the game than the devs themselves
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There will be devs who chose to work in the driving game industry because they already enjoyed driving games. In the Forza Motorsport 7 bounty hunter rivals, Jonk was better than the vast majority of players and I think he might have been in the region of 50 years old at the time.

Anyone who thinks beating the devs in this Motorfest Summit was tough should have had a go at beating Josef Newgarden in FM7:



34th out of 57k players and I beat him by 0.003 seconds.
 
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Hey everyone, what car was the AI driver "Kappa" driving in this week's Main Stage mode?

In my case, this "placeholder" Mustang appeared, but since all of the AI in this week's Main Stage mode are using some pretty unusual cars, I'm having trouble figuring out whether this Mustang's participation in the race is just a bug, or whether this car, which shouldn't normally appear, is being intentionally included as an Easter egg because this is a week themed around developers, "Beat the Devs."
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I saw that too. Didn't know if it was intentional or a bug. Even the character KAPPA is just a silhouette in the end race screen.
 
breeminator
You're not alone in suspecting the devs are cheating, but I didn't see anything odd when driving against them myself, and someone makes a video here where he matches their actions and his car behaves the same as theirs:



That's exactly what I saw when doing the events myself.

Maybe a lot of people aren't aware that the boost is more powerful, the more boost is in the tank?


There will be devs who chose to work in the driving game industry because they already enjoyed driving games. In the Forza Motorsport 7 bounty hunter rivals, Jonk was better than the vast majority of players and I think he might have been in the region of 50 years old at the time.

Anyone who thinks beating the devs in this Motorfest Summit was tough should have had a go at beating Josef Newgarden in FM7:



34th out of 57k players and I beat him by 0.003 seconds.
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Age is not an issue it will be genetics, games garner all kinds of nervous system interactions and brain processes which in gaming terms might give you more frames per second for nuanced control. I take my hat off to you those traits will be what they look for in aviation circles. I suspect Ive hit my talent wall and spat the dummy abit lol
 


The full-scale teasers for the NASCAR update have finally begun.

The new island...seems to be heavily influenced by Hotwheels Island from Forza Horizon, but it looks like it will provide a new racing experience that we can't currently get on Maui or Oahu, so we're very excited about it.

The end of the trailer also reveals a key visual for Y3, and it's worth noting that it includes the Toyota Camry, which wasn't included in the list of leaks previously posted in this thread.

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WanganDream


The full-scale teasers for the NASCAR update have finally begun.

The new island...seems to be heavily influenced by Hotwheels Island from Forza Horizon, but it looks like it will provide a new racing experience that we can't currently get on Maui or Oahu, so we're very excited about it.

The end of the trailer also reveals a key visual for Y3, and it's worth noting that it includes the Toyota Camry, which wasn't included in the list of leaks previously posted in this thread.

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Nascar could be fun as Motorfest has a really decent slip stream effect to it, not normally my favourite category! I agree the new Island does look FH5 HW... bring on the 9th March!
 
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The full-scale teasers for the NASCAR update have finally begun.

The new island...seems to be heavily influenced by Hotwheels Island from Forza Horizon, but it looks like it will provide a new racing experience that we can't currently get on Maui or Oahu, so we're very excited about it.

The end of the trailer also reveals a key visual for Y3, and it's worth noting that it includes the Toyota Camry, which wasn't included in the list of leaks previously posted in this thread.

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Ah, I was wondering when we would finally get to see Not Wheels IslandTM in more detail.
Somehow, it's only 2 weeks away.... 😀
 
Looks like last week's summit was very popular first time Ive missed platinum in a year or so, but only one shotted it (quite proud I looked after my mental health it was deeply annoying watching those dev ghosts). This week is much more engaging to me, although beware Wild Horse is super trolling that bronco's understeer with that course... wow lol.
 
evldave333
Looks like last week's summit was very popular first time Ive missed platinum in a year or so, but only one shotted it (quite proud I looked after my mental health it was deeply annoying watching those dev ghosts). This week is much more engaging to me, although beware Wild Horse is super trolling that bronco's understeer with that course... wow lol.
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Yes, the event with the Bronco requires some finesse to get a good time 😅
 
evldave333
Looks like last week's summit was very popular first time Ive missed platinum in a year or so, but only one shotted it (quite proud I looked after my mental health it was deeply annoying watching those dev ghosts). This week is much more engaging to me, although beware Wild Horse is super trolling that bronco's understeer with that course... wow lol.
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I made plat only just it's my lowest placing so far at 11.5k i didn't beat any of them "obviously cheating low life game hackers"😇 fun event though i even stopped being lazy and used manual shifts for a change but that made me mess up my nitro's 🤕
 
Anyone have any success taming the new M3 platinum award car? It's so twitchy. For something so difficult to obtain I would've hoped for it to at least be top 5 in ST2.
 
BlazeTheCat05
Anyone have any success taming the new M3 platinum award car? It's so twitchy. For something so difficult to obtain I would've hoped for it to at least be top 5 in ST2.
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The car is apparently good, in the top 20 for sure...which is why I probably won't be using it (I actively avoid using the meta in any class if possible)
 
I'm really looking forward to the left and the center option in terms of pre-set tracks! The option on the middle on the one on the right is perfect for my Dad who loves crazy stunts!
 
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Snake55wildcat
The car is apparently good, in the top 20 for sure...which is why I probably won't be using it (I actively avoid using the meta in any class if possible)
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I'm in the same boat as you depending on vehicle category. If there’s a huge variety, I like mixing it up. For example, my main choice in ST2 for Grand Races is the 2012 Charger SRT-8 done up like a Sheriff's car, and I tend to go for the Zonda Primary Edition, Koenigsegg Regera, or Renault TreZor in Hypercar. However, when there’s only like 3 truly viable vehicles such as Rally Raid, I just use the Z4 or Tacoma. Mainly because I don't want to lose any rank points (currently Platinum I and trying to reach the top tier before Season 9).
 
If anyone is interested, I've now reached Legend in Grand Races on 4 accounts. On the most recent one I started to note down my result and points each race from when I reached Platinum II. They went as follows:
37 points, unknown placing, hadn't started recording position yet. Was almost certainly top 5.
45 points, 3rd
37 points, 3rd
49 points, 1st
43 points, 1st
37 points, 5th
27 points, 3rd (reached Platinum I here, 7 races to get through P II)
32 points, 4th
18 points, 3rd
20 points, 1st
32 points, 1st
19 points, 5th
20 points, 6th
29 points, 4th
20 points, 2nd
46 points, 2nd
43 points, 1st
16 points, 1st
20 points, 4th (reached Legend here, 12 races to get through P I)

So that's 19 races from P II to Legend. I think it's possible that's as many as it takes to get from unranked to P II, i.e. you might only be approx half way there when you reach P II.

The above races were all 3 x on road disciplines with no collisions, I wouldn't be as consistent with off-road legs or collisions.
 
If you freeze your rank when low does it bank the point's until you unfreeze it ? that would be a sneaky way of getting more point's stay bronze and beat plats 🥸
 
FOG-Smokebeer
If you freeze your rank when low does it bank the point's until you unfreeze it ? that would be a sneaky way of getting more point's stay bronze and beat plats 🥸
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Nope, Freezing rank basically acts like the switch between ranked and unranked Grand Races.

No freeze: Now you’re ranking.
Freeze: Now you ain’t. :P
 
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Can't believe no one has posted this
Nascar and Not Wheels Island gameplay!

I see the boost pads have made it across from US Speed Tour Next.

And the magnet tracks have made it across from FH5 :lol:

The Nascar sounds great and Kaho Olawe speedway is looking goooood...:
 
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I hope Nascar doesn't make Racing more of a "horses for courses" discipline like ST1 is. It's bad enough trying to spot when the ST1 leg of a grand race is a "Porsche is mandatory" type in the split second the map is shown on screen for, I can personally do without Racing going the same way (in theory Nascar should have higher top speed but worse handling, making them the Racing equivalent of the Porsche in ST1 if that is what they're like in the game).
 
breeminator
I hope Nascar doesn't make Racing more of a "horses for courses" discipline like ST1 is. It's bad enough trying to spot when the ST1 leg of a grand race is a "Porsche is mandatory" type in the split second the map is shown on screen for, I can personally do without Racing going the same way (in theory Nascar should have higher top speed but worse handling, making them the Racing equivalent of the Porsche in ST1 if that is what they're like in the game).
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If the leaks from awhile ago are true, The Nascar’s will be getting their own class seperate from the Racing class, the Cup Car class.

But that may be subject to any last minute changes. 🧐
 
Got another account to Legend rank in Grand Races, this time recorded results from where it started, which was the bottom of Gold IV, having stopped on this account in the past when it reached Gold.
Gold IV - races 3, ave place 4.3, ave pts 77
Gold III - races 2, ave place 3.0, ave pts 84
Gold II - races 2, ave place 2.5, ave pts 94
Gold I - races 3, ave place 2.7, ave pts 69
Platinum IV - races 5, ave place 3.8, ave pts 56
Platinum III - races 5, ave place 1.8, ave pts 64
Platinum II - races 8, ave place 3.8, ave pts 36
Platinum I - races 12, ave place 3.0, ave pts 26

You can really see the huge drop in points per race from the comparison between Gold III and Platinum I, where my average finish position was the same, but points per race dropped from 84 to 26.
 
breeminator
Got another account to Legend rank in Grand Races, this time recorded results from where it started, which was the bottom of Gold IV, having stopped on this account in the past when it reached Gold.
Gold IV - races 3, ave place 4.3, ave pts 77
Gold III - races 2, ave place 3.0, ave pts 84
Gold II - races 2, ave place 2.5, ave pts 94
Gold I - races 3, ave place 2.7, ave pts 69
Platinum IV - races 5, ave place 3.8, ave pts 56
Platinum III - races 5, ave place 1.8, ave pts 64
Platinum II - races 8, ave place 3.8, ave pts 36
Platinum I - races 12, ave place 3.0, ave pts 26

You can really see the huge drop in points per race from the comparison between Gold III and Platinum I, where my average finish position was the same, but points per race dropped from 84 to 26.
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All your eggs in one basket... Imagine what you could do creatively with that level of dedication. Games are my guilty pleasure too but, I do try and use my traits across several different hobbies ultimately it offers more intrinsic value.
 
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evldave333
All your eggs in one basket... Imagine what you could do creatively with that level of dedication. Games are my guilty pleasure too but, I do try and use my traits across several different hobbies ultimately it offers more intrinsic value.
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I think the value is whatever it is to the individual. We do what we feel motivated to do at any point in time. I've had a lot of success in other fields in the past, but getting to Legend and getting the only title that will ever exist for getting Legend in the first ever season of ranked racing in Motorfest is what I've felt motivated to do recently. It really doesn't take that much time, anyone who got to mainstage level 100 in the past has spent as much time as I have across all accounts, as getting to Legend only gets you to around level 20.
 

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