Forza 6

[CarsonE30]

Brandon said he's driven it and that it was very hard as well. Just by Forza, I want to watch a race there but I don't want to ever drive it because I like being able to see what's coming up and I like all 4 wheels of my car on the ground as much of the time as possible

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Im starting to get VIR down. I still have my spot that i need to work on but im doing alot better then i was. Still have yet to try it in the rain. Im not that bold yet

[CarsonE30]

I won't drive anything in the rain in F6. It's shit.
And by shit I mean too realistic.

[ELVA164]

To be fair, random puddles on the track isn't really realistic. I would have preferred the creation of a dry line or changing weather.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

To be fair, random puddles on the track isn't really realistic. I would have preferred the creation of a dry line or changing weather.

Yea and when the puddles are bug enough that they can cause a car to lose control the will throw a yellow and try to clear the puddle. I remember last year at road atlanta it rained so much they dug trenches on each side of of the bottom of that firs hill you climb at the start for the water to drain into cause when cars where coming down the hill they would hit that puddle and rip the front end off and go into the wall.

[CarsonE30]

Anyone gonna be on tonight? I'm down for some VIR!

[ELVA164]

I'm about to start the download at the hotel. Will probably take all night. Maybe I can write it off as a business expense

[ELVA164]

I tried the three versions of VIR Main in the Cortina, and look what happened on the wet version!

I mean, sure, there's only 100 times, but still!

[ELVA164]

Anyone doing the Lamborghini Challenge/Event this month? Looks like Season 2 started and I just posted a time on the Rivals event at Laguna!

[CarsonE30]

Anyone doing the Lamborghini Challenge/Event this month? Looks like Season 2 started and I just posted a time on the Rivals event at Laguna!

Is that the same one? Gold gallardo?

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Ive just been driving my p cars and 2002

[ELVA164]

Is that the same one? Gold gallardo?

Yeah, half of it is in Rivals and half is a League. They have gold, silver, and bronze liveries I guess for each one. It refreshes each week I think.

[ELVA164]

So I'll be driving at VIR for the first time today sharing a customer's 1969 Ford Cortina GT MKII (the rightmost car in my sig), and it will be very curious to see how helpful the VIRtual (hah) track has been. I've obviously also watched video and talked to my guys and others in the paddock, but it will be quite the trial by fire to jump into a new car and a new track halfway through a race! Feel free to send your prayers around 10:30am, haha.

[CarsonE30]

So I'll be driving at VIR for the first time today sharing a customer's 1969 Ford Cortina GT MKII (the rightmost car in my sig), and it will be very curious to see how helpful the VIRtual (hah) track has been. I've obviously also watched video and talked to my guys and others in the paddock, but it will be quite the trial by fire to jump into a new car and a new track halfway through a race! Feel free to send your prayers around 10:30am, haha.

Let us know if it's as hard in real life as it is in Forza, that track kicks my ass!

[ELVA164]

So that was an amazing experience. I was lucky enough to drive TWO cars in the same 1-hour enduro, neither of which I'd ever driven before! My job was to drive each car and study its performance and handling characteristics, determining what could be improved and how. I started the race in this 1958 Elva Courier Mk1:

This car is driven by a 6'5" driver so I had to use a pad behind me to comfortably reach the pedals. In addition, the side-view mirrors were almost useless leaving me with only the convex rear-view. The car's fresh 1800cc MGB motor pulls very well, but the brake pedal had quite a bit of travel and I had to adjust my shifting to the synchro box (the Cortina has a dogbox). The car is also too soft in the rear, making for some unsettling weight transfer through the uphill and downhill esses (especially since these were my first-ever laps!)
After a little more than 20 minutes in the Courier, I'd moved from 25th to 18th and pitted in. About 12 minutes later, I climbed into this 1969 Ford Cortina GT MkII:

The Cortina was a totally different animal, not least of which in the driving position. The pedals were MUCH closer than the Courier, even to the point of feeling cramped. The brake pedal had almost no travel, possibly due to a sticky front caliper. The shift lever was also much longer, making the shift pattern very vague. It was a necessity to allow the owner to reach the lever comfortably, but I think I'll be looking into another solution. This Cortina is very different from the one I've driven before, but with similar traits. Both cars slide very well, the MkII feeling more planted for sure. The differential in the MkII is shorter than the MkI (4.44 vs. 4.11) which combined with a 6,500rpm limit made the car easy to rotate in the corners and lowered the top speed. The brakes are better in the MkII by quite a margin, but the stiff pedal took some time to get used to. Also, there was a large and unsettling dead spot in the center of the steering which the owner never mentioned and must be addressed. I got in the Cortina in 24th place and finished 18th. I did a 2:29.8 in the Courier and a 2:32.2 in the Cortina.

So to answer your question, Forza is a walk in the park!