Seasonal Preview // Series 3 Winter

[geistwriter]

S3 Week 3 playlist:

 

[geistwriter]

Photo location (map spoiler below)

Spoiler: CLCIK HERE FOR EXACT PHOTO LOCATION

 

[T G M]

Trial should be A Unlimited Offroad (possibly Total Buggies & Offroad but it's the Deberti Wrangler and Brocky in the thumbnail so UO the only certainty), first course is Temple CC....

I finished the run while I was there (sorry if anyone's got multiple notifications from me, ended up finishing a few courses while looking for this spot) and one thing I know already is you won't want a stock user in your team turning up with this, bone stock it tops out at just 135mph, think quite a few Unlimited Offroad vehicles have that issue stock with horrid top speeds.

I'll do my best to be consistent testing the cars/tunes but CC sprints are the hardest of the lot to get the repetition nailed down.

 

[T G M]

Could have given me 10 guesses at what would be fastest and I still wouldn't have picked this....

Viper FE (stock, RWD) – 1:53.514

Honda Ridgeline (Peter LYJ) – 1:56.650

Subaru BRZ FE (Don Joewon Song) – 1:57.467
Jeep Trailcat (GreetedDust8) – 1:57.919

Deberti F-250 (KGrGunMan) – 2:00.863 (avoid)

#6165 Alumicraft (AMS Carver) – 2:01.138
#240 Jimco (ShaggyScroll660) – 2:01.230
#37 RJ Anderson (2016) (SR1 Rain) – 2:01.638
Toyota T100 (Helmitis) – 2:01.972

#37 RJ Anderson (2021) (TGM) – 2:02.865
#25 Ford Brocky (Jeppe JSV) – 2:02.890

#11 Ford Rockstar F-150 (Kovalsky599) – 2:03.248 (avoid, horrible tune)
#4402 Casey Currie Ultra 4 (SR1 Rain) – 2:03.841

Deberti Wrangler (Awes0me Beau) – 2:05.026

AMG Warthog (ShaggyScroll660) – 2:08.504

Deberti Wrangler (stock) – 2:16.220

Tuned and/or using M/MC it can do even better than that, bizarre because I remembered it being a nightmare when I used it for a couple of events through the campaign, it drives like nothing else in Unlimited Offroad though so I'd still be weary if you get a random teammate using it in the Trial itself, doesn't launch well either which is the one downside of it for anyone.

Otherwise any of the 3 below 2 minutes are the most reliable options, I'll probably be going with one of those.

Deberti F-250 did a good time but it's too heavy, turn in too late and you're heading miles wide unless you slow to a crawl, hence the avoid in brackets, that Rockstar F-150 is the worst tune I've used in the game so far, never experienced understeer like that up to now, awful.

Warthog must be one of the worst vehicles in the game, handles fine but almost no acceleration past 100-110mph even with 1100+hp and a great player like ShaggyScroll tuning it, and Reddit will likely be creaming themselves over that Deberti Wrangler of Awesome Beau's on Thursday despite it being straight up slow.

Some advice for the track itself....

Before you go off that big jump just after where the thumbnail picture is taken stab the brakes to push the car's weight forward, had no problems with landing when doing this, felt like luck of the draw otherwise, toppled over 3-4 times and spun out twice.

And although it looks harmless and simple be very careful on the final corner once you hit the tarmac, there's a nasty little practically invisible dip on the inside that will send your car out of control if you clip it wrong, best to just stick to the tarmac for safety there in the race.

 

[geistwriter]

 

[T G M]

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This does alter the complexion of the Trial quite a bit, I never knew Total Buggies & Offroad also included Pickups & 4x4's, which brings the meta Merc X-Class into play.

But of course this being FH guess what category isn't included?

Off-Road

It's Pickups & 4x4's, Buggies, Unlimited Buggies and Unlimited Offroad.

 

[geistwriter]

Pickups & 4x4's,

yeah last time we had the restriction, my G65 popped up as eligible, I wasn't sure what the exact eligibility was but I knew it was more expansive. the fact that off-road isn't included is silly though, especially in light of last week's car pass car

 

[geistwriter]

treasure hunt:

Spoiler: CLICK HERE FOR MAP LOCATION

 

[ConstinOddity]

I'm content to do CC trials just once, used the trailcat and it did well.

 

[StackedMan256]

Any tips, car choices and recommend tune for this week’s Trials before I go?

 

[ConstinOddity]

Any tips, car choices and recommend tune for this week’s Trials before I go?

I went with trailcat, there was subaru brz and montero evo in my trial that also got ahead of the AI.

There's a turn 3/4 in the race before the uphill to the large jump in 1st race you really need to brake for, or you will overshoot that corner in a bad way.

Beware of hitting the stacks of tires connecting the walls in race 2 and come to a complete stop.

 

[StackedMan256]

I went with trailcat, there was subaru brz and montero evo in my trial that also got ahead of the AI.

Beware of hitting the stacks of tires connecting the walls in race 2 and come to a complete stop.

Thanks for the tip. I need to practice first before I go to The Trials.

 

[ConstinOddity]

Thanks for the tip. I need to practice first before I go to The Trials.

The AI this week isn't that tough. I had done a few laps in rivals for the 1st track and was away of that turn that I needed to brake for.

Didn't practice for the 2nd track and hit those tires coming to a dead stop twice in different places but still managed to get ahead of all the AI in the end.

Good thing we didn't need to go to the 3rd track.

 

[StackedMan256]

I've tried this week's Trails and.... it goes well than the nightmare that was last week's Trails.
-The 1st race, goes well after few practices, finished P1.

-The 2nd race... it's a nightmare. I had practice before that and i didn't go well, during the race, managed to avoid tires, but the nightmare was the hairpin at almost the end of the circuit. Finished P2.

-The 3rd race, goes well too, I had few practice and during the final jump, my car flipped upside down after landing but during the race, I managed to land properly and win. Finished P1.

In the end, My team won despite the hiccups during Edogawa Cross Country Circuit race.

Thanks @ConstinOddity for giving me tips, car recommendation and tune. I use Jeep Trailcat but with custom tune from other user.

Edit: fixed some awkward sentences.

 

[T G M]

The AI this week isn't that tough. I had done a few laps in rivals for the 1st track and was away of that turn that I needed to brake for.

Didn't practice for the 2nd track and hit those tires coming to a dead stop twice in different places but still managed to get ahead of all the AI in the end.

Good thing we didn't need to go to the 3rd track.

I ended up there, crossed the finish line 1st on Edogawa and thought we had the win sewn up, between then and the scoreboard appearing a teammate went from 600 to 100, and another 200 to 0 🤦‍♂️

It's basically just down to if your teammates can control their car this week, even pre-patch the AI were weak in CC and now they're neutered further.