What did you do in FM23 today?

[r_outsider]

@ShavedBadger Your description of the '13 is both hilarious and accurate! To be completely fair though, it was the silliest choice for that series, especially over the rather excellent GT350. And the Saleen is simply set up way too stiffly for a track like Sunset. It would work pretty well at a tighter track with lots of quick direction changes but Sunset needs stability over responsiveness.

Anyway, wrapped up the NASCAR series over the weekend, and I have to say, well done to Turn 10! That was one of the best single player racing experiences I've had in some time. If I had a complaint it might be that the races could have been longer. Now I'll have to work on some cool obscure retro paint jobs for those cars, I really like them.

Anyway, on to the next series, despite prior warnings, I took the Mustang. Like every car in that class, soften the boingers and sway bars a bit, move all the geometry sliders about 3-4 clicks to the left, and crank the aero, it's fine. With a little more work it's more than fine but that'll keep it mostly planted and not heading towarss the barriers. Modern race tires would help the laptimes a bit (well, more than a bit) but would also reduce the cars mad power-sliding charm.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I finished the showcase race with the Saleen: Too heavy, too skinny tires for the power at the back, and lots of understeering (their legal department likes that), and you have to drive under the constrains of the A class limit. This car belongs in S so you can lose about 350 pounds (!) of weight with upgrades and fit a tunable suspension (power and transmission is just fine).

 

[ShavedBadger]

@ShavedBadger Your description of the '13 is both hilarious and accurate! To be completely fair though, it was the silliest choice for that series, especially over the rather excellent GT350. And the Saleen is simply set up way too stiffly for a track like Sunset. It would work pretty well at a tighter track with lots of quick direction changes but Sunset needs stability over responsiveness.

Anyway, wrapped up the NASCAR series over the weekend, and I have to say, well done to Turn 10! That was one of the best single player racing experiences I've had in some time. If I had a complaint it might be that the races could have been longer. Now I'll have to work on some cool obscure retro paint jobs for those cars, I really like them.

Anyway, on to the next series, despite prior warnings, I took the Mustang. Like every car in that class, soften the boingers and sway bars a bit, move all the geometry sliders about 3-4 clicks to the left, and crank the aero, it's fine. With a little more work it's more than fine but that'll keep it mostly planted and not heading towarss the barriers. Modern race tires would help the laptimes a bit (well, more than a bit) but would also reduce the cars mad power-sliding charm.

Thanks!

Don't get me wrong, I picked it precisely because it was the anti-GT350, and because it's perhaps closer to my perception of the essence or spirit of what a tuned Mustang should be. And I'm a sucker for supercharged V8's - I own one in real life. Blower whine and that sense of runaway freight train acceleration is highly addictive.

NASCAR up next, and just for something completely different, I've chosen the Mustang. Again.

 

[WHO1]

I have been working steadily on the game. Today I worked on a fifth Lamborghini to get the full discount on purchases. I did 8 laps of the Old Mulsanne Circuit getting the car from Lv21 to Lv29. In the process I hit Level 1000 so I am now Level 1 Prestige (?) 1!

Congrats on the Level 1000, apart from the usual 35,000 credits, did you get anything beyond that?

 

[RogsR34UK]

Congrats on the Level 1000, apart from the usual 35,000 credits, did you get anything beyond that?

Nothing. I’m not even sure I got the 35,000!

 

[Jezza819]

Ran the Corvette DPi One make series. I call it that because I never saw a Ford in any of the four races. After I was 2.5 seconds behind the target practice time for race 1 I backed difficulty down to 4 just in case they had messed with it as they did in the American LeMans series. Apart from Daytona all of the races were about as they should be on level 5. I had to fight and scrap to win and I think they biggest margin I had was just under 3 seconds. Daytona was an anomaly because the AI piled up at turn 2, lap 2 and never recovered and I won that one by 11 seconds.

The Beretta is my favorite of the Trans Am cars because it doesn't have the roll cage obstructing the view like the others do. I might use that one some more down the road.

 

[WHO1]

Completed the American Le Man series last night using the Ford - had the difficulty on Level 5 and started in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th on the grid for the four races and won each fairly comfortably. Was a nice touch doing the Sunset course at sunset but those first couple of laps going into turn 1 trying get near the apex without hitting the wall with the sun in your eyes was a nightmare. 😎

Then there was the showcase event - another awful car to drive for this event. Was only drivable with full downforce on the front and rear wings. Difficulty level 5, started 8th and managed to win by a second or two. If you can stick close enough to them through the end of the lap, I found the best place to pass was up the inside of the turn 2 hairpin.

 

[RogsR34UK]

Did 14 laps of the Old Mulsanne Circuit in my Aventador to get my fifth Lamborghini to Level 50. Inevitably it hit Lv 50 (from Lap 36) on Lap 13. I set it with one other driver and made about 95K. I hit Lv 11 (Prestige 1) and was presented with 5 new sets of “Electrifying” Driver Wear.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I earned the Mobil 1 Red Pegasus suit in Rivals by driving the Toyota Trueno around the short track of Maple Valley at night during a downpour, which looked superb on Series X (performance RT) with a locked framerate.