The Crew Motorfest - General Discussion

[breeminator]

nothing there im not doing its settings related, I still love the game just summit doesn't have any draw in itself. Cuts, resets and settings differences kill actual competition, its fundemantal to be an even playing field to be compelling to me.

As you mentioned Forza earlier - for what it's worth, speaking as someone who has played a LOT of FM7, FM23, FH4, FH5 (and some of FH1-3 FM5/6), Forza is one of the worst driving games in existence if looking for a level playing field. There are so many build/tune options and they have such a massive impact on how fast you are. A huge reason why I'm playing Crew rather than Forza is the fact you can just take any car in the Crew games and make it pretty good with the same changes. The only really big annoyance is that leaderboards have performances done with slipstream and IMO those should have a flag so we can see they used slipstream. I think the nerf to manual with clutch might have been pretty effective as I've done a few grand races and some people who used to be crazy good seemed to now be merely very good.

 

[evldave333]

As you mentioned Forza earlier - for what it's worth, speaking as someone who has played a LOT of FM7, FM23, FH4, FH5 (and some of FH1-3 FM5/6), Forza is one of the worst driving games in existence if looking for a level playing field. There are so many build/tune options and they have such a massive impact on how fast you are. A huge reason why I'm playing Crew rather than Forza is the fact you can just take any car in the Crew games and make it pretty good with the same changes. The only really big annoyance is that leaderboards have performances done with slipstream and IMO those should have a flag so we can see they used slipstream. I think the nerf to manual with clutch might have been pretty effective as I've done a few grand races and some people who used to be crazy good seemed to now be merely very good.

Thanks for the advice I normally wouldn't play any online at all (never had online subscription) motorfest with its leaderboard is only place I dip a toe in. Ive not even looked at the summit this week that's probably going stay that way too, it was just the only fruit left on the tree. I even got familiar with the so called random route generator in the races after a bit lol.

Just a curiosity do use the pro settings? I guess if you're running four accounts you might have an exceptional muscle memory for the game that few can match!

I'm hesitant on Forza just in terms of how it drives I would like a demo before I bite, not touched the franchise since I had a 360. Back in the 360 era Forza was very low down the driving game pecking order for me. Im ready for something fresh not sure where to get my driving fix now. Wreckfest 2 looks decent, Rennsport is DOA, dont trust the Assetto franchise yet (both games owned and uninstalled!)... might end up starting a fresh motorfest account like yourself! I would have loved a project cars 4...

 

[strela]

I'm hesitant on Forza just in terms of how it drives I would like a demo before I bite, not touched the franchise since I had a 360. Back in the 360 era Forza was very low down the driving game pecking order for me. Im ready for something fresh not sure where to get my driving fix now. Wreckfest 2 looks decent, Rennsport is DOA, dont trust the Assetto franchise yet (both games owned and uninstalled!)... might end up starting a fresh motorfest account like yourself! I would have loved a project cars 4...

The thing with FH5 is that it can be played by a 5y old when all the assists are turn on or be very similar to a sim game when everything is turn off. Personally what I like the most is the ability to build cars for a specific type of racing. I can turn a Honda Prelude into a 4WD rally car or a RWD drift car. That I can create/tailor events to my liking almost without limitation. So many options.
And of course the car list. Even without any DLC is huge. With DLC is just perfect.
In the end it would be a sad world for me without the Crew, NFS and FH. I will always play all 3.
Project Cars 4 would be nice too.

 

[breeminator]

Just a curiosity do use the pro settings? I guess if you're running four accounts you might have an exceptional muscle memory for the game that few can match!

I'm hesitant on Forza just in terms of how it drives I would like a demo before I bite, not touched the franchise since I had a 360. Back in the 360 era Forza was very low down the driving game pecking order for me. Im ready for something fresh not sure where to get my driving fix now. Wreckfest 2 looks decent, Rennsport is DOA, dont trust the Assetto franchise yet (both games owned and uninstalled!)... might end up starting a fresh motorfest account like yourself! I would have loved a project cars 4...

I do pretty basic pro settings adjustment in Motorfest. Normally 40/60 front/rear for AWD vehicles. Brake balance normally 45%. ARBs all the way to the right, cambers all the way to the left. I adjust front or rear aero downwards if a car feels over or under steery, but that's about it. Always fit any wide body parts and meta tyres (roffo red line or golden stripes). In contrast in FH4 I sometimes spent DAYS working on a build/tune for one car.

Don't get me wrong, FM23 and FH5 are both decent games and the cars drive fine with a controller. I just find FH5 all a bit same-ish week after week, and the map IMO is nowhere near the standard of FH4's map. FM23 is just chore-tastic to unlock the FOMO cars, but could be good if they hadn't designed it from the ground up to completely revolve around dull chores. The graphics and physics are good but the gameplay is just so bad. AC EVO is like driving on ice when played with a controller, cars feel to have ridiculously little grip compared to real life.

 

[evldave333]

I do pretty basic pro settings adjustment in Motorfest. Normally 40/60 front/rear for AWD vehicles. Brake balance normally 45%. ARBs all the way to the right, cambers all the way to the left. I adjust front or rear aero downwards if a car feels over or under steery, but that's about it. Always fit any wide body parts and meta tyres (roffo red line or golden stripes). In contrast in FH4 I sometimes spent DAYS working on a build/tune for one car.

You deserve to be top of the leaderboard with that level of detail... impressive! Im not a fan of menu's, I hope FH5 has a few vehicles that are good from the get go, otherwise it will be abandoned pretty quickly! I like liveries and doing the body kits, but tuning is not for me. I bet I can find a couple of fun cars in each class, and playing solo won't need to tune them too much. Thanks for the insights.

 

[strela]

I bet I can find a couple of fun cars in each class, and playing solo won't need to tune them too much.

You can rest assured there's a car for anyone. Even for maniacs that wants to complete every event in a Reliant Robin or a Peel 50. You can use anything for everything. You can finish the game using only the Unimog if you so desire. And when I said building I didn't mean tuning. I meant putting different components like tires, suspension, gears, drive-train, engines, body kits, etc. Tuning is for leaderboards, PvP and Rivals.

 

[sirjim73]

You deserve to be top of the leaderboard with that level of detail... impressive! Im not a fan of menu's, I hope FH5 has a few vehicles that are good from the get go, otherwise it will be abandoned pretty quickly! I like liveries and doing the body kits, but tuning is not for me. I bet I can find a couple of fun cars in each class, and playing solo won't need to tune them too much. Thanks for the insights.

Tunes can be shared in FH5, so I find I just look for the best general tuners and steal theirs

Did MIJ2 playlist (my 4th) to unlock the Rivals for Main Stage. Now at Legend level for all 3 types. Didn't realise it didnt reset weekly like Summits

 

[evldave333]

Well not gonna lie... was back on the summit this morning (just one shot of each got to about 2800th), so much for a break eh! Over last couple of days I dipped back into GT7, F124, PC3 (much nicer on the pro), NFS, WRC even booted up Grid eww... just didn't hit the spot with those. I think I was missing the nitro boost the most it's a great gameplay mechanic.

My name is David im an addict, I just cant stop hitting the nitrous... in motorfest!

Appreciate the Forza advice will probably pre-order it as a treat might even get the bundle with all the DLC, bound to get 100's of hours out of it tootling about in a turbo Reliant Robin lol

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Well not gonna lie... was back on the summit this morning (just one shot of each got to about 2800th), so much for a break eh! Over last couple of days I dipped back into GT7, F124, PC3 (much nicer on the pro), NFS, WRC even booted up Grid eww... just didn't hit the spot with those. I think I was missing the nitro boost the most it's a great gameplay mechanic.

My name is David im an addict, I just cant stop hitting the nitrous... in motorfest!

Appreciate the Forza advice will probably pre-order it as a treat might even get the bundle with all the DLC, bound to get 100's of hours out of it tootling about in a turbo Reliant Robin lol

I must admit i had to remap other driving games so that pressing nitro did nothing to harmful in them 😶‍🌫️

 

[breeminator]

Well not gonna lie... was back on the summit this morning (just one shot of each got to about 2800th), so much for a break eh! Over last couple of days I dipped back into GT7, F124, PC3 (much nicer on the pro), NFS, WRC even booted up Grid eww... just didn't hit the spot with those. I think I was missing the nitro boost the most it's a great gameplay mechanic.

My name is David im an addict, I just cant stop hitting the nitrous... in motorfest!

If you're so keen on nitrous, you could give Rocket League a try. I feel it's a game that everyone should at least try, as you don't really get a feel for what it's like to play by watching other people play it. It is multiplayer-focused, but there's so many players that you get games where everyone is closely matched in MMR, and IMO the game can be enjoyed at any skill level. It's coming up to 10 years old this year and still has about as many peak concurrent players each day as the entire number of people who have done the Maui playlist in Motorfest.