Originally posted by: Supermercado
Originally posted by: holden j caufield
lol glad I didn't post what I thought was my "good" time. Looks like it's back to the drawing board
I wouldn't get too hung up on trying to run a competitive time just yet, I don't think. The key to being fast is being consistent more than anything. If you can learn the tracks (which just takes time and repetition) and do the same things lap in and lap out, you'll be doing well. Speed comes with time. My advice would be to work on staying on the track and just being smooth.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Listen to this advice ... read, and then read it again. This is the single most important thing about this game. You can take this EXACT thinking and apply to ANY car in the game and you will perform well.
I can tell you that in practice I can quite often run good lap times but once I hit the track in a race with 7 other guys that is out the window. MANY things come into play here that will just throw things off kilter. Prime example is when you are behind someone and they break before you do or before you normally do ... this throws your routine off and you have to react quickly to avoid collision. I can damn near guarantee you if you run good clean lines and are steady (say 1:35 - 1:40 every lap) you will NOT finish last. While others may run 1:30s on several laps but then we wreck or get caught with some slips and hit the dirt a few times all of the sudden we throw in a bad lap or 2 and guess what your steady racing brought you right up into the mix.
The ability to be clean & steady IMHO far outweighs the super fast laps. My goal as I continue to play Forza is to run as steady a race as I can. The fast laps will come but if I can race a whole race nice, clean, and consistent I am very happy regardless of what place I finish.
Example -- Heavyweight week I finished 3-6 almost every race. I had 1 2nd place and 2 7th or 8th place finishes the rest were smack dab in the middle. To me that was a good night of racing and I walked away satisfied.
Mini week -- Similar to the heavyweight week only I managed to get 2 seconds and my first WIN . Most other finishes were 4-5 but I had several 8s in there so while getting my first win was awesome I did not have consistency in my driving. I loved mini week btw. Domino's did deliver that week baby, LOL!!
It's all about good clean lines. Waldo will tell you that, OSJ will as well. If you learn this you will be in good shape. FYI this only comes with practice -- no car will give you this! I will say that having a car that handles well for a newbie is much better option than a car that goes balls out but is a bear to handle.
Be sure to get some advice from everyone on an S-Class American car that handles very well. If Waldo can get the Eagle Talon to S-Class as he mentioned I would almost tell you to use that as it would give you some good control. It may lack in speed but you will be able to race in that car regardless of your skill level.
Greg