Seasonal Preview // Series 5 Autumn

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British Automotive // Week 2

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Trial looks like Modern Super Cars S1 road circuit, I believe that's a C8 and the '23 911

EDIT: the car on the left might be an older Porsche? so possibly Total Supercars
 
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This week the horizon drift has the Aston Martin 2021 DBX as a reward, mentioned in another thread. It's htf and was going for a lot in the auction house a while ago. I haven't looked recently but it may have gone unnoticed and still be able to be sold for a good chunk. If anyone missed it before, it should be significantly cheaper by the end of the season.

Oh good the Aston Martin DBX is a reward car for one of the seasonal events. I figured it would be since it’s not a playlist reward or one of the aftermarket cars.
 
This week the horizon drift has the Aston Martin 2021 DBX as a reward, mentioned in another thread. It's htf and was going for a lot in the auction house a while ago. I haven't looked recently but it may have gone unnoticed and still be able to be sold for a good chunk. If anyone missed it before, it should be significantly cheaper by the end of the season.
Sold mine earlier today for 9 million so yes, worth selling.
 
I just had an article pop up as a huge notification for me saying the recent update is the worst in Forza Horizon history. Like I try not to give these games undeserved praise (because I really love them) but I would have to disagree if we even are only looking at FH6
 
I just had an article pop up as a huge notification for me saying the recent update is the worst in Forza Horizon history. Like I try not to give these games undeserved praise (because I really love them) but I would have to disagree if we even are only looking at FH6
I think mascot party is a strong contender for worst series ever, and I've been playing since FH4. we certainly never had one as bad so early in the life of the game.
 
I think mascot party is a strong contender for worst series ever, and I've been playing since FH4. we certainly never had one as bad so early in the life of the game.
It was certainly the weakest so far, though I think that's mostly due to them not committing to going whole-hog with the update. There was room for an entire Playlist of new Eclectic Domestics and lower-performance JDM cars, and Playlist challenges centered around upgrading them to compete with the supercars and hypercars just for lolz, but they took a direction that made the update more generalist and less a celebration of the quirky cars of Japan.
 
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none of this info is surprising, but here it is. forza.net not updated yet
 
Did the trial with Audi R8, it has a lot of grip on rallies. 1st and 3rd circuits are very easy, the AI is faster on the 2nd circuit.

 
Yeah, agree with that. Won the Trial 2-1, with teammates having no chance in race 2. We know the AI is strong there as it was also a tough race in the Ferrari event.

Another S1 event limited to circuits. There is no reason why we can’t have the occasional S1 trial on street tracks or sprints. Mix it up please T10.

Edit - the “Toys on the Road” championship would be a much better trial. The easy Satta Sprint so people can get used to the cars, a wet race on a circuit and then the trickier Tokyo Railway Sprint if the 3rd race is needed. Had a fun race against a 620R.
 
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I had de ja vu with the track choices lol. Their needs to be some variety in this. Second race was lame...computer ran a 2:53 we had no chance. I won the other two..in a huracan. Because I just like that car forever in the game. The audi is the better choice..or the e ray.
 
I had de ja vu with the track choices lol. Their needs to be some variety in this. Second race was lame...computer ran a 2:53 we had no chance. I won the other two..in a huracan. Because I just like that car forever in the game. The audi is the better choice..or the e ray.
I've only had the AI run 3.01 fastest in my 3 attempts. Thing is, the AI on race 2 slows down if you can catch them early, if not they'll probably get the runaway time you had. You can see the difference in my video, the stretches that the AI pulls away from me on the 1st 2 laps, I was pulling away from them instead on the 3rd lap after I've overtaken them.

But the weirdest thing in my video was near the end the AI in 3rd place just went off track by itself and into last position for a free 400 points... :confused:

Edit: I gave the E-Ray a tune up and it is faster then the Audi though the Audi is more nimble, several times I caught the AI on the 1st lap of race 2 with it and they became stupid slow. I wasn't able to go under 3mins on race 2 with the Audi, but on a good run, the E-Ray went just under 3mins for me.
 
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I've only had the AI run 3.01 fastest in my 3 attempts. Thing is, the AI on race 2 slows down if you can catch them early, if not they'll probably get the runaway time you had. You can see the difference in my video, the stretches that the AI pulls away from me on the 1st 2 laps, I was pulling away from them instead on the 3rd lap after I've overtaken them.

But the weirdest thing in my video was near the end the AI in 3rd place just went off track by itself and into last position for a free 400 points... :confused:

Edit: I gave the E-Ray a tune up and it is faster then the Audi though the Audi is more nimble, several times I caught the AI on the 1st lap of race 2 with it and they became stupid slow. I wasn't able to go under 3mins on race 2 with the Audi, but on a good run, the E-Ray went just under 3mins for me.
Letz is the one that recommended it to me. It drives a lot nicer than most S1's..but I think its a car you need to tune for personal driving style. I am not a slidey back end driver like some. I prefer a little bit of grip lol. I noticed a lot of the og tuners are still on that max front minimum rear on the aero..and in FH6 that doesn't always work.
 
I've only had the AI run 3.01 fastest in my 3 attempts. Thing is, the AI on race 2 slows down if you can catch them early, if not they'll probably get the runaway time you had. You can see the difference in my video, the stretches that the AI pulls away from me on the 1st 2 laps, I was pulling away from them instead on the 3rd lap after I've overtaken them.

But the weirdest thing in my video was near the end the AI in 3rd place just went off track by itself and into last position for a free 400 points... :confused:

Edit: I gave the E-Ray a tune up and it is faster then the Audi though the Audi is more nimble, several times I caught the AI on the 1st lap of race 2 with it and they became stupid slow. I wasn't able to go under 3mins on race 2 with the Audi, but on a good run, the E-Ray went just under 3mins for me.
They don’t seem to slow down unless you actively block them. It’s similar to the Ferrari trial a few weeks ago. They will run in a range of 3.01 to 3.08 depending how lucky/unlucky you are. More cars here that will run sub 3 though, so slightly easier than the Ferrari one.
 
Any luck with anything unusual in the second hand car shop thing near the stadium.

I actually went back to FH5 last night and realised that I kind of miss FH5! It's like PG give us the world we wanted (Japan) and improved the barren deserts of Mexico and then thought "well thats it then".

There just seems to be such much missing from this that we had in FH5 (and even FH5 had stuff missing from FH4). It almost feels like the laziness just goes from one series to another getting less and less along the way.

I mean even the AI in the races is too easy, the rewards are awful and the whole playlist is totally inconsistent - one week a pretty challenging Trial to one that is super easy!
 
I've ran these cars through the trial: (semi slicks unless stated)
20 Corvette (rally)
E-Ray
R8 V10 (rally)
NSX S
McLaren 570S
Ford GT

20 Corvette is about as fast as E-ray but the braking distance is very long due to rallies so just choose the better option. NSX S is surprisingly grippy and good handling with body kit. All of them did well in the trial except Ford GT was disappointingly slow.
 
The collectable tires have been fun. They bounce and roll realistically. Sometimes I'm easily entertained.

@Brusklawyer63 I haven't had either the DBS SL or the E type spawn directly for me. The Noble seems most common. I've had better luck with the FD Viper and F150 FE at the drift circuit.
 
I've ran these cars through the trial: (semi slicks unless stated)
20 Corvette (rally)
E-Ray
R8 V10 (rally)
NSX S
McLaren 570S
Ford GT

20 Corvette is about as fast as E-ray but the braking distance is very long due to rallies so just choose the better option. NSX S is surprisingly grippy and good handling with body kit. All of them did well in the trial except Ford GT was disappointingly slow.
The GT will be fine on rallies. It’s not top of class by any means but it will run low 58s at least on the second course and is good enough on the others. I almost exclusively use rallies for S1 unless it’s a car that’s really struggling to get to the top of the class.
 
The GT will be fine on rallies. It’s not top of class by any means but it will run low 58s at least on the second course and is good enough on the others. I almost exclusively use rallies for S1 unless it’s a car that’s really struggling to get to the top of the class.
Don't think I'm going to try that for this trial, I did however put rally tires on the E-Ray seeing how fast the 20 Corvette was but that was disappointing as well. The longer distance braking (for auto driving) kind of canceled the extra speed out on this circuits trial.

Hmm... maybe I should try the 20 Corvette on semi slick for the trial..

Edit: I see the difference now, the 20 Corvette has a higher top speed, there's more gain, that's why it works better.
 
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I managed to win the trial on the first try thankfully. I used my Gallardo that I already had tuned for S1 and it got the job done. I got in 2nd place in the first race early on and managed to block the AI behind me until my teammates were able to catch up so my team won. I knew the 2nd race wasn’t going to be a win based on what people on here said and that I struggle to win against Expert AI on that course so the 4 players still left got beat pretty badly. I made a few fatal mistakes on the 3rd race and me and another player only beat 2 AI cars but luckily the 2 other teammates got 1st and 2nd which was good enough for a win.
 
Another similar story here, 2-1 with Shirakawa being a write off, I was able to win but next best human was 300pts in a stock J50 PO which says a lot.

Weirdly Shimanoyama was me + 1 other player well ahead of everyone else, only for them to then only score 200pts in both the following 2 races 🤷‍♂️can only think they must have been using an overkill slicks build or they just drove badly.

I used an original Huracan on Rallies but no idea who's tune anymore, I've used it since the start of the game for any S1 event it's been eligible for regardless of suitability, I've so little interest in the game at the moment that I'm only dropping in for the playlist and half ar**ing it all, even that's taking me multiple sessions as I'm getting bored within 10-15 minutes of playing, never something I envisioned might happen with this game, at least not for a long, long time.
 
Was skipping the Lambos but got curious since I see the Technica being a choice car by many players, tried it, a lot of grip but not enough speed...

Then I found the Evo, it's really fast in the trial and is another car that went under 3mins on race 2.

Ignore the first race, everyone was ramming...


Edit: Got around to the super popular McLaren 650S that everyone seems to be using. It's another car that goes under 3mins on race 2 if you use rallies and it has so much grip it's ridiculously easy to drive, probably the easiest and skill friendliest car for this trial that's also very fast.

 
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Made a terrible tune of the Noble M600 today using the old tuning method, only max rear tires, only rear aero, no points for brake upgrades, all the power I can add. Car is slippery to drive and hits 400km/h probably good in sprints. Not recommended for the trial but I did it anyway.

Also...so much ramming... and first time ever seeing a prestige 9 player, he was fast but made a mistake right at the end of all 3 races.

 
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Noble is pretty decent. I think I’ve ran 3.00 with it but felt like that was about as good as I can do. It needs front aero I would say though for these tracks.

I’ve ran sub 3.00 for Race 2 with both Corvettes, all Huracans, NSX, 570S, 620R and 12C. The R8s can probably go that sort of speed as well, as they are generally strong S1 cars but I haven’t really tried them.

Ford GT and LFA are currently stuck for me at 3.00 flat. I should be able to go sub 3.00 with the GT as I can run sub 57.5 laps but the only time I’ve got a decent starting position and clean run through the first couple of corners I messed up.
 
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Noble is pretty decent. I think I’ve ran 3.00 with it but felt like that was about as good as I can do. It needs front aero I would say though for these tracks.

I’ve ran sub 3.00 for Race 2 with both Corvettes, all Huracans, NSX, 570S, 620R and 12C. The R8s can probably go that sort of speed as well, as they are generally strong S1 cars but I haven’t really tried them.

Ford GT and LFA are currently stuck for me at 3.00 flat. I should be able to go sub 3.00 with the GT as I can run sub 57.5 laps but the only time I’ve got a decent starting position and clean run through the first couple of corners I messed up.
620R is very fast, but I think you meant the 650S? The R8 that I've tried in the beginning has high enough PWR but somehow has lower acceleration than the other fast cars and just missed the mark for me and at 3.00 on auto. You should have no problem with that car.
 
Yeah, 650S. Too many similarly numbered McLarens! The 620R isn’t eligible for this one. Probably be a good bit quicker even than the Corvettes if it was.

Tidied up my Noble time - best lap was a 57.3. A quick look at your shared tune and I suspect it’s basically front aero on my tune compared to full weight reduction in yours. My top speed could go over 240mph with this build - gears are shortened for the circuits:

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