What did you do in FM23 today?

[WHO1]

Finished the Wild Horses series using the Shelby GT 500 - awful car, just glad it's fast in a straight line (which wasn't very helpful at Laguna Seca) and finishing at Grand West at Virginia Raceway wasn't exactly ideal - glad I put a rear wing on it. May I never have to drive a Mustang ever again.
And when I thought cars couldn't get worse, then I drove the Saleen. Having to lift when coming on to the main straight was the first clue that this was going to be a long race.
Lastly, did the first race of Open D Class in my Ginetta G40 - slower than a couple of cars on the straights but could brake so late it make passing easy. So nice driving a car that can turn a corner.

 

[ShavedBadger]

Did the 60's Mustang series with the 68 Fastback in McQueen green, and it turned out to be a quite a fun thing to drive once I got used to the (lack of) brakes and the need to powersilde it everywhere to make the front go kinda sorta where I wanted it.

I'm now doing the last Mustang series and I thought it would be a bit of a laugh to try the '13 GT500, which is basically a stripey waterbed with a blown V8 dragging it along.

I now understand why Mustangs are the leading cause of injury for pedestrians standing outside Cars and Coffee events.

At Daytona this, ahem charming waywardness could be excused because of the absolutely mighty straightline speed. At Laguna Seca just now? Well I imagine it's like trying to drag your drunken and irascible ex-rugby playing mate away from a barfight and up the stairs out of an underground nightclub. Lots of wrestling, infuriating insistence on mucking around at the wrong moment, and careering 'round corners with almost no control or predictability.

Sounds fantastic with the race exhaust and full weight reduction though.

 

[r_outsider]

Not sure what everyone was expecting with the GT500's, but they do highlight some of my comments on T10's choices. Both the '67 and '13 were never conceived as road racers, they were boulevard cruising brawlers with huge engines more suited to the stoplight nationals. For a road racing game, the earlier ones I'd have picked were the '65 GT350 or maybe the '66 Hertz car, and the Boss 302 we already have of course. For the S197, they should have gone with one of the versions of the 2012-13 Boss 302 or the FR500. Anyway...

Finally got back online and have some serious catching up to do . I had AFK'd most of the open series for the Boss car, although I had to do A and S myself as there was no way I was level 50-ing my 2005 GT that way. Grabbed the Jones car, which is awesome, and away we went to tackle the Mustang tour. Really liked the 2024 GT, for a car that heavy it handled quite well. For the 60's series, having previously used every other eligible car already, I embraced the fact it was going to be an interesting drive and took the Shelby, and was not disappointed. I had fun sliding it everywhere. For the record, the intellegent choice here is literally any other eligible car- they're all better choices. Then it was a no-brainer, the '95 Cobra R has been one of my favourites since 1995. I love how lively it feels in FM.

So now I just have the last series to run, trying to decide which car to pick. The 2020 GT500 is clearly the fastest, but it's also the heaviest and with that and all that power, quite a handful. The 2024 Dark Horse and 2016 GT350 are both solid choices, really not much between them but I thought the GT350 handled a hair better. Oddly though, in my one lap Road America shootout, I managed to beat both of those with the 2013 Shelby, and that was the first car out! It was certainly lively and edgy to drive but sometimes life is more fun that way.

 

[Ryan81]

Finished off the Mustang Tour and got the Saleen S302 Black Label (damn, sounds like an alcoholic beverage 🤣) Great car, though!

 

[sirjim73]

Finished off the Mustang Tour and got the Saleen S302 Black Label (damn, sounds like an alcoholic beverage 🤣) Great car, though!

You're best bet for a fuller flavour...

 

[WHO1]

Finished the C Class Open tour events in the 2011 WRX - was a struggle as the Rex isn't fast enough at C class but managed to win the series by 3 points.

 

[Jezza819]

Finished all of the Open series races and the rewards race. Yeah that Exorcist....thou shall not drive thee again.