FM4 Noob questions.

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Hi Guys and Girls , I've just got Forza 4, and having had FM2 and 3 previously I'm not a complete noob to the series, I also have owned every Gran Turismo game since the original GT on PS1.

I hope you can answer me a few simple questions.

From playing gt5 for over a year to starting FM4 can someone explain to me why every car I drive in FM4 loses grip and starts to drift at 25mph!

Cars I've tuned with wider tires and racing rubber every car does the same!

Is it my tunes? (I have tried a suspension calculator, but its still the same) or just the way the game is programmed?

its kind of disappointing to drive a car and have it slipping all over the road, a 150hp rwd car in real life doesn't lose its grip at these speeds! and it does it even if I'm very careful on the throttle!

I use a pad by the way.

hope you more experienced members can shed some light on this.
 
Iv'e NEVER heard of the problem you speak of.
 
I've not come across this either.

Would you be able to post up a video or load a reply to your storefront, that way we could take a look and offer more constructive assistance.


Scaff
 
Have you downloaded any tunes where people give them high ratings or downloaded a grip tune? Getting used to the way the car handles compared to GT5 took some time. It did feel like there is a loss of traction after I picked up Forza after being a GT series only racer.
But having the rear end slide out at 25mph on a 150 HP car is not normal. It sounds more like a tuning issue from the limited details you've given us.
 
I have had a similar experience where whenever I use even a bit of throttle in a turn my car goes spinning. It may be my difficulty settings, but it is really annoying and once I spin it seems to be almost impossible to save the car.
 
Are you guys using soft racing tires in GT5. If that's the case then that may be the problem. You won't find any tires that grip that much in FM4.
 
Skier
I have had a similar experience where whenever I use even a bit of throttle in a turn my car goes spinning. It may be my difficulty settings, but it is really annoying and once I spin it seems to be almost impossible to save the car.
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Its weird how dramatic it is to you guys. Maybe you guys just have heavy trigger fingers? Even if i do manage to slip the car intentionally or unintentionally i wouldnt say its impossible to save. If you have ABS off maybe your hitting the brakes to hard into the turn? that can cause you to lose traction very easily.
 
zr1chris
Are you guys using soft racing tires in GT5. If that's the case then that may be the problem. You won't find any tires that grip that much in FM4.
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Only on race cars or tuned up street cars.

ImaRobot
Its weird how dramatic it is to you guys. Maybe you guys just have heavy trigger fingers? Even if i do manage to slip the car intentionally or unintentionally i wouldnt say its impossible to save. If you have ABS off maybe your hitting the brakes to hard into the turn? that can cause you to lose traction very easily.
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I have ABS off, but it seems sometimes I can take a turn as gently as possible, but the moment I even touch the accelerator while in a turn my car flips the eff out.
 
It's not like a 150hp RWD car can't break the tires loose. The car shouldn't be wildly uncontrollable, but you can't expect indomitable grip, either.
 
Skier
Only on race cars or tuned up street cars.



I have ABS off, but it seems sometimes I can take a turn as gently as possible, but the moment I even touch the accelerator while in a turn my car flips the eff out.
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Maybe your pad i worn down and the sensitivity in the trigger isnt what it used to be? Thats all i can guess really.

Even when i drive my 550hp fat boy E63 i still get great grip, the rear hardly slides, even in turns. If it does slide, its not hard to catch at all really. I would check out your tuning if you cant seem to pinpoint the problem because maybe you have an oversteer-prone tune.
 
I think ive sussed it out, and its a combination of your answers, I use the right analogue stick as throttle and I am a little "heavy thumbed", I also drive without any assists other than ABS.

The cars are completely controllable when the rear end did break loose but the I Think the major factor Ive found is that I hadn't updated the game, I hooked up to xbox live and a patch was downloaded,

I had a drive around and its a lot different now, it doesn't do it at such low speeds, im talking 75mph now, its still no where near GT5 levels of grip (but im well setup in tuning in gt5).

I may just have been expecting fm4 to be gt5!
 
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