Tips & Miscellany
The TrialRoutes for those who want to practice:
1. Broadway Village Scramble
2. Broadway Village Circuit
3. Broadway Circuit
Used Hoonigan RS200. Got this on first try but redid once more just to see that my tune can really beat every Drivatar on every route. It can easily. Tune shared
Seasonal Playground Game: Got this on second try. Tried first with some Porsche eligible to event but it didn't go too well for me or the Team either. On second try used BMW that looked like normal car.
PR Stunts: Bugatti Veyron SS X-tuned. Didn't switch to snow tyres this time around.
Championship and #Weekly Forzathon completed on Pro difficulty with standard manual gearing and braking line on using stock vehicles.
Misc: Soundtrack for championships (Synthwave). Botnik's album: Vivid Memories
Championship: Cheap as ChipsMitsubishi GTO made this so easy that it was almost ridiculous but car was also really enjoyable. Lot's of good options here but I didn't had time to try others.
There's 4 events in this championship, including Ice Flats Drag Strip. I did that one last and GTO was the best there vs. Drivatar which came second, also using GTO.
Recommended Mitsubishi GTO (and those who liked it in older Gran Turismo games won't be disappointed I guess).
Edit: Redid this championship with stock '14 Ford Fiesta ST and it was pretty fun. It's gear ratios work really well on Mud Kickers 4x4. Only event I didn't win was Ice Flats Drag Strip, but it may be winnable on Highly Skilled. Easy to win championship with this too though.
Trivia: There's snowman in inner curve somewhere past 50% in White Horse Trail worth about 1000 skills, but I missed it. :-( Ha! Managed to get it with Fiesta :-D
Championship: The Grocery RunDid this with '15 Porsche Macan Turbo and really recommend it. Made winning all the events easy and fun.
Championship: Developer ChampionshipTook RJ Anderson #37 Polaris truck on this and can recommend it, but if you are having difficulties in second race (Over the Moores) AWD might be better. There's sort of double jump where circuit comes to
1. Ice Rink by Pickerchu
Very good, creative use of Winter and environment. Liked this better than many of the existing Cross Country events in game.
2. Over the Moores and Far Away by Tarumurtag
There's sort of double jump before final turns before new lap which can mess lap. Really great route though and I like this one even better than Ice Rink and most of the existing Cross Country events in game.
For both, there's important factor that there's no hundreds of fences, walls and whatever like on many CC events but obstables feel much more fitting to events. That contributed a lot to my experience. Over the Moores should be in game, Ice Rink probably too.
IMO Custom routes, Developer or User has been constantly been much better and consistent quality than few months ago.
Weekly #Forzathon Retro Sport Car challengesGet 9 Stars from Drift Zones: Used Hoonigan Mazda Werkstallion. Horseshoe Drift Zone east to Lakehurst Forest and other long one in South Edinburgh are easy ones.
Did Astmoor Heritage Circuit* with '87 Nissan GTS-R, really like that car.
For 250,000 Skill Score I guess Hoonigan Werkstallion might be the best on airstrip. Tried to achieve it on single run on the Marathon with Nissan and I didn't get much points.
* Miscellany: For those who looks something bit different with Retro Sport Car, I found stock Honda NSX-R '92 ('92-'96) quite interesting and fun in a way that relates to what was written about the real car:
"As found by the automotive press such as Car and Driver in their September 1997 issue's comparison of "Best Handling Car for more than $30K", the NSX, due to its mid-engine layout and rear-end link travel, was susceptible to a sudden oversteer condition during certain cornering maneuvers. While this condition rarely occurred during normal driving conditions, it was much more prevalent on race tracks where speeds were much higher." This is how it also behaves in game!
It's quite interesting and unique car, though a bit of a challenge, a bit like Porsche 959 but not as unpredictable. Some of us look for challenges and new experiences in game, right? :-D
Never driven any NSX in real life, but perhaps if we understand the history, NSX and NSX-R while designed to compete with Ferrari Lamborghini and Porsches of the late '80s, was also inspired by those cars, we may get something via Horizons car culture angle. Game doesn't need to be hyper realistic to be entertaining, it doesn't totally part from reality either, simcade is good enough! Yet LEGO-cars can't never offer experiences like this.
Great work with '92 NSX-R!
Edited by user Friday, September 13, 2019 12:12:57 PM(UTC)
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