Forza 4: Catch-All

I finished the GWJ logo and am now making a GWJ liveried car. Hopefully I'll get Live access back soon and I can share them.

MannishBoy wrote:
Botswana wrote:

Interesting how the game has changed for me once I turned off rewind. I did it so I wouldn't be tempted in Rivals challenges and then just left it off.

I did it, too. Think it's because most of the races are fairly short. Don't really miss it, either.

I generally leave Rewind on, but have turned it off for the rivals challenges. Sometimes I forget to turn it back on in World Tour Mode, and when I take a turn I'm less familiar with too fast and try to rewind, I realize I'm stuck with my mistake and have to battle back for position. Those have been some of the more fun races.

CSR Elite is now available for pre-order. This first batch isn't that big and demand is high so get in now if you want it.

I'm waiting. Just can't splurge that much on myself right before Christmas. Plus I'm still tossed between it and the CSW.

Did you get an order in? I'd love to hear a comparison between the CSR (even if it's the Porsche wheel) and the CSR-E.

LiquidMantis wrote:

I'm waiting. Just can't splurge that much on myself right before Christmas. Plus I'm still tossed between it and the CSW.

Did you get an order in? I'd love to hear a comparison between the CSR (even if it's the Porsche wheel) and the CSR-E.

Yes, I got it in. I'll spend some time with it over Christmas and let you know.

Also, MannishBoy has first dibs, but my GT2 will be up for sale once I have the Elite in hand and working. Asking $150 + shipping.

If only you could see your Rivals boards away from the Xbox.

I can't remember whose ghost I was chasing around the Maple-R track in an old skool muscle car last night but it was a gloriously intense chase. It must have taken me 20 laps to make the minimum mistakes required to edge him/her out. There were a few times where the nose of a ghost just edged into view ahead of me as I was about to hit the line.

Finally someone found a way to take "just one more turn" from Civ and add it to a racing game.

Bruce wrote:

If only you could see your Rivals boards away from the Xbox.

You can. Filter by friends+car club.

Hmm, I've got the house to myself this weekend. Might have to pull myself away from BF3 for a bit and work on some monthlies. Haven't posted any times for those yet.

Bruce wrote:

If only you could see your Rivals boards away from the Xbox.

You can. Go to http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/Profile.aspx and sign in with your gamer tag. Then go to the Community Tab/leaderboards and set the filter to Car Club.

Thanks mate!!

I see now it was MannishBoy in his Hurst/Olds 442. I salute you sir!

Bruce wrote:

Thanks mate!!

I see now it was MannishBoy in his Hurst/Olds 442. I salute you sir!

Heh, I just threw a bunch of parts at that car to see what it would do. I might have to tweak it a bit to where it will stay a bit straighter and run it again

I was really just trying to see if I could make one of the cars I always wanted to buy and restore when I was younger competitive with all the 427 Stingrays that were on the board

The same with me and the XB Falcon - The Last of the V8s. Roadwarrior style.

Good lord but it gets out of shape so easily though. The camber of the road at Maple has you bouncing around all over the place and heaven help you if you want to try and turn at the top of a bounce.

I probably sound like a stuck record, but I'm still irked about the wheel issue. My parents made a surprise visit up this past weekend for my son's birthday and I put them in front of Forza. My dad did one race and got credit then nothing after that. I did the difficulty toggle fix and that worked for one race but then it immediately stop when I didn't do it for the subsequent races. Honestly given the complete lack of acknowledgement from Turn 10 I'm currently leaning more toward getting the CSW wheel when it comes out and just switching to iRacing. My hard deadline is when both the CSW and CSR-E are both available. If Turn 10 hasn't stepped up by then I'm going CSW and to hell with Forza from here forward.

LiquidMantis wrote:

I probably sound like a stuck record, but I'm still irked about the wheel issue. My parents made a surprise visit up this past weekend for my son's birthday and I put them in front of Forza. My dad did one race and got credit then nothing after that. I did the difficulty toggle fix and that worked for one race but then it immediately stop when I didn't do it for the subsequent races. Honestly given the complete lack of acknowledgement from Turn 10 I'm currently leaning more toward getting the CSW wheel when it comes out and just switching to iRacing. My hard deadline is when both the CSW and CSR-E are both available. If Turn 10 hasn't stepped up by then I'm going CSW and to hell with Forza from here forward.

Meh. I guess I only care about the lap times and at least that isn't bugged. I could really care less if I get credits or XP.

That CSW will be cool though, especially with that GT rim.

Decided to try Forza 4 using my new Kinect. Ummm...no. It's a more watered down experience and if I had to hold my arms out in front of me for very long like that they would fall off.

Back to the controller...

Coolbeans wrote:

Decided to try Forza 4 using my new Kinect. Ummm...no. It's a more watered down experience and if I had to hold my arms out in front of me for very long like that they would fall off.

Back to the controller...

I could barely even stand that first event with all the assists on so I know I wouldn't be able to stand the kinect stuff. That said I need to borrow one for the achievement

LiquidMantis wrote:

I probably sound like a stuck record, but I'm still irked about the wheel issue. My parents made a surprise visit up this past weekend for my son's birthday and I put them in front of Forza. My dad did one race and got credit then nothing after that. I did the difficulty toggle fix and that worked for one race but then it immediately stop when I didn't do it for the subsequent races. Honestly given the complete lack of acknowledgement from Turn 10 I'm currently leaning more toward getting the CSW wheel when it comes out and just switching to iRacing. My hard deadline is when both the CSW and CSR-E are both available. If Turn 10 hasn't stepped up by then I'm going CSW and to hell with Forza from here forward.

Yeah the fact that this isn't patched yet is mind f*cking boggling.

Mr.Green wrote:

Yeah the fact that this isn't patched yet is mind f*cking boggling.

I'm a huge fan of Forza 4 but they definitely have some serious issues with patching and support in general. They setup a Preorder Incentive program which was a disaster as well.

I haven't been keeping track, but have there been many/any GWJ Forza 4 nights yet? Can we try to do one tomorrow night? I tried playing with some pubtards and nearly began trying to trace IPs and buy firearms after 20 minutes.

Prederick wrote:

I haven't been keeping track, but have there been many/any GWJ Forza 4 nights yet? Can we try to do one tomorrow night? I tried playing with some pubtards and nearly began trying to trace IPs and buy firearms after 20 minutes.

Misterstatic ran one I think that week after it came out. Pretty sure it's gotten sidelined by all the BF3 and Skyrim happening.

I know I've got a good solid case of Skyrim-itis myself.

GWJ logo is done! And I threw together a car to show it off. The logo is on my storefront (and I shared the car in the club garage), so have at it. Do a keyword search for "GWJ" or search my gamertag ("dwk Gravey"). If you need anything—logo flipped but text right way, or individual elements like Stan, the text, etc—just let me know.

Here's the link to my gallery for the 1280x720 versions.

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Looks awesome!

The Certis is Awesome is a bit creepy though...

Coolbeans wrote:

The Certis is Awesome is a bit creepy though...

Obviously it should have been an "I Brake for Dragons" bumpersticker.

Great job on the livery!

That paint job is fantastic, great work!

I don't suppose we could get that for other cars? Like a BMW? Because it does look fantastic, all but the Mitsubishi part

AnimeJ wrote:

I don't suppose we could get that for other cars? Like a BMW? Because it does look fantastic, all but the Mitsubishi part :)

I wanted to show it off on a sensible but fun four-door sedan that a responsible gamer with a job might own. I immediately ruled out ideas like an A4 or a BMW because those are the kinds of cars salesmen and junior executives drive.

But srsly, I just wanted to show off the logo in situ, as it were. I think I can gift a copy of the car or any of the vinyls to anyone who wants to play around with them though. The GOG and Amazon logos were quickly thrown together, so there's some masking you'd have to play with if you want different colours (hence gifting so they'd be unlocked).

LiquidMantis wrote:

Obviously it should have been an "I Brake for Dragons" bumpersticker.

That car had better have plastic sheets over the seats...

And now a question for Turn 10:

Why the hell do you bother allowing exclusive cars to be auctioned or shared with a club? I can't bid on them, and I can't drive them. Anyone who could bid or drive them already has access to them—at the very least through hot laps or quick races, which is apparently more than you get to do with shared club cars anyway. Thank you though, to the Goodjers who shared the 2011 WRX and Veyron SS. I hope to drive them someday.

Oops, one final thing and then I'll go back to racing: three more designs I made while relegated offline.

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Gravey wrote:
AnimeJ wrote:

I don't suppose we could get that for other cars? Like a BMW? Because it does look fantastic, all but the Mitsubishi part :)

I wanted to show it off on a sensible but fun four-door sedan that a responsible gamer with a job might own. I immediately ruled out ideas like an A4 or a BMW because those are the kinds of cars salesmen and junior executives drive.

But srsly, I just wanted to show off the logo in situ, as it were. I think I can gift a copy of the car or any of the vinyls to anyone who wants to play around with them though. The GOG and Amazon logos were quickly thrown together, so there's some masking you'd have to play with if you want different colours (hence gifting so they'd be unlocked).

Well, if that's the case, then you should have used a Mini Cooper. Several goodjers have one. Like me.

Gravey wrote:

Oops, one final thing and then I'll go back to racing: three more designs I made while relegated offline.

You make a Puma one and i'll give you ALL THE TOKENS.

Hmmm... My Speed Demon achievement seems to be bugged. It's one of the easiest to get and I've done it plenty of times. I'm pretty sure I remember it flashing up for the first time, but it isn't showing up as one of my achievements.

This disappoints me.

Thumbs up to Gravey for the paint job! Amazing work there! But Certis is Certis is awesome, though.

Thumbs down to Turn 10 for not having patched the Certis is awesome game yet. Bunch of Certis is awesome Certis is awesome.