The Crew Motorfest - General Discussion

[strela]

How is everyone doing in the custom show with their bikes getting votes?

I have managed plat. Yeah, the update didn't do any good for us casuals. And it certainly didn't make it fair. Whatever fair is. Another proof that fans pushing for changes doesn't mean changes will improve the experience at all.
But it's really up to luck. Last week I saw @sirjim73 Mark X and gave him 2❤️. Nobody else would vote a normal Mark X. Like.... at least change something!!! 😂
And I totally agree, bike themed CS are... boring. There should be at least 20 bikes on each platform.

 

[sirjim73]

I have managed plat. Yeah, the update didn't do any good for us casuals. And it certainly didn't make it fair. Whatever fair is. Another proof that fans pushing for changes doesn't mean changes will improve the experience at all.
But it's really up to luck. Last week I saw @sirjim73 Mark X and gave him 2❤️. Nobody else would vote a normal Mark X. Like.... at least change something!!! 😂
And I totally agree, bike themed CS are... boring. There should be at least 20 bikes on each platform.

Thank you for the votes - I wondered where they came from!

I haven't even worked out how I find others to vote for - like would I be able to see you in the Custom Show and where would your bike be, so i can return the favour?

Random fact for the day - I have banged the gong at the Japanese temple where "Made in Japan" begins

 

[strela]

I haven't even worked out how I find others to vote for - like would I be able to see you in the Custom Show and where would your bike be, so i can return the favour?

Each platform rests every 8 minutes. Every minute one of the platforms resets. It circulate so (at least on XBox) you have many opportunities someone sees your car/bike. However you need to be extremely lucky some of your friends sees your car. Like since the beginning I only saw @breyzipp three times. Funny enough his Mini Rally showed 2 days in a row when I was checking the Custom Show. Tree times I had a chance to vote for him since the beginning.
Don't worry. It was just luck. Don't waste time searching for other cars. The odds are really low. But thanks for the thought anyway.

 

[breeminator]

I haven't even worked out how I find others to vote for - like would I be able to see you in the Custom Show and where would your bike be, so i can return the favour?

This is what they changed. It used to be possible to vote for friends if you agreed a time to submit the entry, because your entry always appeared in the show around 10 mins after submitting it (longer at busy time when lots of people were submitting entries). They appear to have now made it random when vehicles appear, which has stopped the organised groups of friends from getting lots of votes, but hasn't really helped anyone else. The top 10 contains many completely unremarkable vehicles.

I've been trying the lossless scaling app with the game on PC. It lets you run at high frame rates by creating intermediate frames. It has to be said, the difference between 60 and 240fps is absolutely stunning (on a 360hz monitor), I wish I could somehow let you all see just how incredible the difference is. Even just looking around the custom show, the difference is incredible. I don't think it gives a competitive advantage, because it makes input lag worse, but everything looks so much clearer, and it's so much less fatiguing. There are some visual artifacts, but overall what it's doing is like some sort of voodoo magic, the results are so good, bearing in mind it does it for any game with no support from the game whereas DLSS frame generation only works for specific games that give it the additional help it needs.

 

[sirjim73]

This is what they changed. It used to be possible to vote for friends if you agreed a time to submit the entry, because your entry always appeared in the show around 10 mins after submitting it (longer at busy time when lots of people were submitting entries). They appear to have now made it random when vehicles appear, which has stopped the organised groups of friends from getting lots of votes, but hasn't really helped anyone else. The top 10 contains many completely unremarkable vehicles.

I've been trying the lossless scaling app with the game on PC. It lets you run at high frame rates by creating intermediate frames. It has to be said, the difference between 60 and 240fps is absolutely stunning (on a 360hz monitor), I wish I could somehow let you all see just how incredible the difference is. Even just looking around the custom show, the difference is incredible. I don't think it gives a competitive advantage, because it makes input lag worse, but everything looks so much clearer, and it's so much less fatiguing. There are some visual artifacts, but overall what it's doing is like some sort of voodoo magic, the results are so good, bearing in mind it does it for any game with no support from the game whereas DLSS frame generation only works for specific games that give it the additional help it needs.

I'm currently still jumping between Crew 2 and TCM because I've not quite finished the races in TC2 yet (and i still have photo ops, skills and hobbies to work through ).

I've just finished season 6 (iced tracks) and have season 7 next up.

I need to get that Suzuki in TC2 this week for the TCM summit.

Anyway, the relevant point is that the difference in graphics between TC2 and TCM2 even on Series S is incredible! So your comments are entirely believable to me.

 

[WanganDream]

Maybe this is all a "licensing issue" in the end, but considering that many of the bikes in GTAO have really great visual customization, a lot of the bike customization in this game seems very boring and personality-less.

My personal opinion is that we would like to see an update like the DONK vs Lowriders update that adds a new playlist featuring custom motorcycle culture and new motorcycles with better customization. For example, a Chopper Update or Cafe Racer Update.

But unfortunately, that won't happen.
If you look at the many communities surrounding this game, it seems that the majority of the current players of this game are roughly the same as casual Forza Horizon players.

That is, they are only interested in the latest hypercars or classic JDM.

A other trim level Porsche 911 is much more important and dear to them than a all-new motorcycle with great customization options...

 

[evldave333]

Maybe this is all a "licensing issue" in the end, but considering that many of the bikes in GTAO have really great visual customization, a lot of the bike customization in this game seems very boring and personality-less.

My personal opinion is that we would like to see an update like the DONK vs Lowriders update that adds a new playlist featuring custom motorcycle culture and new motorcycles with better customization. For example, a Chopper Update or Cafe Racer Update.

But unfortunately, that won't happen.
If you look at the many communities surrounding this game, it seems that the majority of the current players of this game are roughly the same as casual Forza Horizon players.

That is, they are only interested in the latest hypercars or classic JDM.

A other trim level Porsche 911 is much more important and dear to them than a all-new motorcycle with great customization options...

A lot of generalisations and assumptions there, do you have crystal balls, lol. I agree bikes are less popular than cars, but there's much more shades of grey when it comes to people's tastes. I like how the game evolves, and who knows what is around the corner? They had long Harley bike ride missions in the crew 2, you might just get what you crave in time. If I could toss my hat in for a bike suggestion it would be a Road Rash mode loved that game on the megadrive many moons ago.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

A lot of generalisations and assumptions there, do you have crystal balls, lol. I agree bikes are less popular than cars, but there's much more shades of grey when it comes to people's tastes. I like how the game evolves, and who knows what is around the corner? They had long Harley bike ride missions in the crew 2, you might just get what you crave in time.

Now I feel like creating a long Harley Davidson event with the race creator! 👍👍

 

[carlosy]

Any news on when sorting cars in the menu will be back to what it was before the update?

 

[GTvsForza]

Last I heard, they are looking into it and may be in a later patch.

 

[sirjim73]

Well, I'm going to struggle to get 5 feats in my slow-as-ass KTM motocross bike this week for the Main Stage challenge

I am halfway through playlist 5 (Honk if you Donk) and have the Lowrider part still to do. Wow, this one is a LOT of fun.

It dawned on me earlier how big the Custom mode is! I mean there's 20+ Playlists x6 approx races each x 11 types of vehicles = 1320, some races aren't available for all types but there must be 1,000 + races there alone. If I just do the 2 races you need for main stage each week, it will take about 10 years to get through them all And every time they add a new playlist, that's another 6 months added...!

I was disappointed to see that the Iolani Palace is not on the map (it should be between the golden statue [who is that they've replaced King Kamehameha with?] and the big grey government building that has water around the outside and pillars holding up its roof and water all around it).

Today's random fact - the Iolani Palace (the home for the Royal family prior to the US organised coup) was the first place in Hawai to have a telephone (in 189x as I recall from the museum tour). Not sure who they called with it 🤔

 

[strela]

Well, I'm going to struggle to get 5 feats in my slow-as-ass KTM motocross bike this week for the Main Stage challenge

I don't know if you unlocked the Off road addict vol1 playlist. It unlocks a speed trap near volcano that requires 110 kph or 86 mph. It can be done easily in a mtx without any upgrade. You just need to unlock the playlist.

 

[breeminator]

Well, I'm going to struggle to get 5 feats in my slow-as-ass KTM motocross bike this week for the Main Stage challenge

It dawned on me earlier how big the Custom mode is! I mean there's 20+ Playlists x6 approx races each x 11 types of vehicles = 1320, some races aren't available for all types but there must be 1,000 + races there alone. If I just do the 2 races you need for main stage each week, it will take about 10 years to get through them all And every time they add a new playlist, that's another 6 months added...!

You can use the GSX-RR racing bike for 4 of the weekly challenges, doubling up on the feats and freedrive distance, and then the main stage and difficulty 3 events.

I'm not absolutely 100% sure, but I THINK you also get credited with custom mode completion for summit events and main stage legacy events. On my alt accounts where I've only mainly only done the bare minimum each week for a few months, I have around 3500-4500 prestige tickets. It depends what you want, I'm happy to just be able to get the occasional really noteworthy item from the prestige shop, like the Black Panthaa R34. If you're a completionist who wants everything, then yes, you'll have to do a lot of specific grinding of custom mode to get everything from the prestige shop.

Having done the summit on 4 accounts, I've actually come to enjoy the events a lot more. On the Isle of Oahu event I got top 100 on an account that didn't even have a half nitro chemist set, just from getting better at it after doing it once per account on 4 accounts! It has been a bit like the helicopter summit in that I hated the bikes at first, but just spending more time using them made me better at all the events, which in turn made them more enjoyable.

Another tip is if you don't want to spend the credits on the Ninja H2, the KTM Red Bull Team isn't far off for the summit speed trap, and I somehow already had that on an alt account, I think it's perhaps included in a playlist bundle.