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racerfink
racerfink SuperDork
10/29/12 12:02 a.m.
Rxbalt wrote: So when is everyone on at? I seem to miss the meetups.

At night. We need as many people as possible in the room to get the 8,000 miles in free roam. Pays 5,000,000 credits when you hit it.

stanger_missle
stanger_missle Reader
10/29/12 6:44 a.m.

I need to friend all you fools so I can actually play online with real people haha. I joined the club and shared a bunch of my hoopties to the club garage.

I've gotten all discount signs and driven every road. I Iove free roam and would gladly do my part to drive 8k.

About what time does everyone get online? I'm in EST and my gamertag is DiRtySyNNeR.

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/29/12 7:02 a.m.

Fun playing last night once we got to running around on some of the windier roads and doing some multiplayer cruise challenges. I can only do so many jumps on the golf course etc, before I start getting bored. As long as they keep coming up with new challenges each month then I could be entertained with the multiplayer for a while.

I dont realy have a set time that I am on, ever, but could probably commit to a time if we want to do a weekly GRM meet or something, my schedule is usually pretty open. Im also EST.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo PowerDork
10/29/12 7:20 a.m.

I'm on between 1400 and 2100 sporadically.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
10/29/12 7:35 a.m.

I have an A class Beetle which is a hoot and a fully upgraded EB110 which has 1500+ hp and can apparently do 260mph. I am getting an Xbox live account next month so I can join the fun.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo PowerDork
10/29/12 7:40 a.m.
93EXCivic wrote: I have an A class Beetle which is a hoot and a fully upgraded EB110 which has 1500+ hp and can apparently do 260mph. I am getting an Xbox live account next month so I can join the fun.

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/29/12 8:09 a.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
10/29/12 9:07 a.m.

In reply to failboat:

How do you get pictures on to the internet? Do you have to have an xbox live account?

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/29/12 9:29 a.m.

go to forzamotorsport.net

across the top of the page, all the way at the right, click the My Forza button.

It will probably prompt you to log in, you may need to create an account to link to your xbox gamertag if you havent done so already.

when you are able to log in, any time you upload a photo to your storefront in the game, it will appear here and you can download it. remove it from your storefront in game, it will be removed from the website.

I am not 100% sure, but you might be able to do this with a silver account.

Just for examples sake this is what the page will look like when you click the button "View All" photos, you just click the download links to save them to your computer. They are pretty adamant about not hotlinking from their site so rehost them elsewhere.

http://forzamotorsport.net/en-US/Gallery.aspx?gt=retro%20hoonage

LainfordExpress
LainfordExpress Reader
10/29/12 10:32 a.m.

Yeah, jumping on the golf course got boring for me too.

I'll probably be on tonight around 7 or 8 or so. Be up for some challenge or impromptu street racing.

Rxbalt
Rxbalt New Reader
10/29/12 5:43 p.m.

I hate hopper lobbies so much.

Get into an online street race, start racing, two Ford Raptors, a Skyline, and a partridge in a pear tree knock me into the nearest intersection. Oh, and no matter how much I like my Radical, I'm SICK of R-class races.

/whining.

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/29/12 5:47 p.m.

Only one way to deal with those.

Drive dirty.

LainfordExpress
LainfordExpress Reader
10/29/12 6:00 p.m.

I'm getting on now, would like to do some challenges.

racerfink
racerfink SuperDork
10/29/12 7:15 p.m.

On now, but nobody is doing multiplayer...

Rxbalt
Rxbalt New Reader
10/29/12 8:27 p.m.
failboat wrote: Only one way to deal with those. Drive dirty.

I'll just slip by them when they pile up in the next corner. I might give them a nudge to help it, but rubbing is racing, no?

A photo to brighten up the page:

Dirt-Type

RoadRaceDart
RoadRaceDart Reader
10/29/12 8:33 p.m.
Rxbalt wrote:
failboat wrote: Only one way to deal with those. Drive dirty.
I'll just slip by them when they pile up in the next corner. I might give them a nudge to help it, but rubbing is racing, no? A photo to brighten up the page: ![Dirt-Type](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d5DWFGXAUUE/UI8sLcsw4gI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/gV33FT43t5c/s1152/PHOTO6.jpg)

I tried to like that car....really, I did. But the windsheild line across the center of my vision drove me nucking futs. I'll stick to the Hemi Cuda, Daytona Coup and '71 GT-R.

Rxbalt
Rxbalt New Reader
10/29/12 8:36 p.m.

I love the old racers, my current commuter (ignoring the Bel Air for now) flops between this, the 250TR and the Daytona Coupe, all in stock trim and paint.

Atticus, how are you so damn fast? I'm trying to catch you in the Recaro Rush, but the closest I can get is within .3 seconds of you.

stanger_missle
stanger_missle Reader
10/29/12 9:36 p.m.

Sorry I sucked so bad tonight LOL... I didn't have a car in my garage to contribute anything worthwhile. I have confirmed a modded EB110 SS tops at over 270. I have shared it with the club garage.

And I found my headset/mic but I think it might be toast...

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/29/12 10:03 p.m.

We will get that I70 speed challenge...soo close so many times of seemed. :D

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
10/29/12 11:08 p.m.

Open world... Countach...

Is this some sick conspiracy to get me to buy a 360?

Rxbalt
Rxbalt New Reader
10/30/12 3:38 a.m.

Dammit! Ran the Eastern Steel event in rivals, worked my way up to Atticus, did 50 friggin laps against him.

.02 off.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo PowerDork
10/30/12 6:27 a.m.

In reply to Rxbalt:

AtticusTurbo27
AtticusTurbo27 New Reader
10/30/12 7:46 a.m.
Rxbalt wrote: Dammit! Ran the Eastern Steel event in rivals, worked my way up to Atticus, did 50 friggin laps against him. .02 off.

Lol thanks but I think it is due to me playing A LOT of dirt 3. I had some top 10 leader board times in that game in rallycross and I think the driving dynamics are very similar to Horizon although horizon is harder and less forgiving IMO.

My tips for being fast in dirt are:

  1. Slide as little as possible.
  2. use Sport (not Race) suspension for your off road cars. It helps A LOT on stability over jumps.
  3. offset softer springs with the stiffest swaybars. Use lower level sways to adjust over/understeer.
  4. race tires and low weight are my main two concerns for a off road setup. More power just makes it slide easier and wont be any faster.

That's all I got for now, can't wait for the rally expansion!

failboat
failboat SuperDork
10/30/12 8:24 a.m.

thanks for the rally tips, those are the events I am worst at, haha.

racerfink wrote:
Rxbalt wrote: So when is everyone on at? I seem to miss the meetups.
At night. We need as many people as possible in the room to get the 8,000 miles in free roam. Pays 5,000,000 credits when you hit it.

I am still wondering this mileage is somehow linked to your accumulated online mileage over time. I was in a lobby last night, a few people in the lobby had just a few hundred miles, mine was telling me I was at 1800 something miles. Why would our numbers be different? I need to try and check it everytime I am in multiplayer free roam and see if mine keeps climbing and climbing, because I cant figure out how mine was reading 1800ish. I know I havent driven nearly that much online .

Rxbalt
Rxbalt New Reader
10/30/12 12:59 p.m.

For Atticus, just he doesn't skid out [usually ].

NEMISIIIIIIIS!

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