What did you do in FM23 today?

[UKMikey]

I'm scrambling to complete last update's Open Class Tour before it deactivates on Thursday. Completed up to A-class so far.

 

[UKMikey]

I'm scrambling to complete last update's Open Class Tour before it deactivates on Thursday. Completed up to A-class so far.

Polished off S-class in the McLaren F1 GT and R-class in my Ligier #11 JS P3. Both cars were a pleasure to drive and I'll especially miss the Ligier which has so much downforce it felt like a giant Monty Python foot was stomping me through the floor, enabling me to take those hairpins and chicanes I normally dread at Tilkedromes like Catalunya GP as if they were flat-out straights.

At least now it's reached level 50 I'll be able to work towards my manufacturer discount by driving all those other Ligiers in the game... oh, wait. There aren't any other Ligiers in the game. Never mind, I can still stick it in my favourites folder along with other grip monsters like the Exocet Sport V8... except there's no favourites folder either. ☹️ I can't even take it to Free Play as there aren't any other P3 cars in the game to race against. Oh well, driving it was fun while it lasted.

By contrast the Hennessy Exorcist I received as a "prize" must have been designed by Pazuzu himself as it made the straights feel more like hairpins and chicanes, especially with the S725 limit forcing me to drive it bone stock.

Even while navigating the gentle bends at Maple Valley Raceway I had to take them at such a sedate pace I kept turning my head to check Lady Penelope wasn't sipping tea with the Queen in the back seat. At some points I was tempted to get out and push the car around the bend as I'm sure it would have been far quicker.

No wonder they had to give it away.

 

[Nacho Libre]

Mid-Ohio is a great track if your car has the goods, handling wise. Well, the Beretta doesn't and was not competitive on the corners, where it counts here.

The first race of the Forza Aus Series at Bathurst, naturally, was good and surprisingly quite clean at the first corner (Hell's corner) where some scraping is expected to occur. And they drive fast at the Esses and elsewhere.