Community Bounty Hunter - oXI ENIGMAZ IXo - Revenge of the Giants

I'll take a look at your Transit later tonight Shaggy. I had to Frankenstein a Transit tune for the DirtT (psybertech build, some settings from Madax64, and I tweaked everything including suspension for riding on warning strips). At the end, I had to choose between severe understeer on the wheel or hotter front tires (especially the front right). Understeer is a no-no given that the event is about traffic avoidance and alternate lines. Still not too bad, but I couldn't beat my Range Rover hot lap time (56.473) with the Transit (56.686). Center of gravity on it is higher, so chicanes and quick changes of direction are trickier for the Transit.

Once the tires warm up on the Range Rover (3-4 laps on Ladera Full), you'll find that it handles really well. It's quick, neutral and grippy. Impervious to rumble strips--you can pretty much drive on the rumble strips in certain parts of the track to pass vehicles when necessary. Handles more like a car than an SUV.

I posted a 1:01.334 from a standing start with cold tires and all last night with the Range Rover. Made a replay that I put in the SF (since the LB replays omit traffic). Check out the short replay to see what a favorable traffic pattern looks like, and also to learn where you can pass cars.

Would appreciate if 204F members also download and rate the DirtT tunes and paints eventhough they are available in your club garages. We're always a target for hate raters, and the only immunization is having large number of downloads and ratings to drown out the hate rates.

P.S. Don't believe the leaderboard times--they all block traffic, so the Top of the chart is basically littered with Hot Lap times. Shaggy's 59.xxx seconds is a very respectable time for this Track Day event.

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The Range Rover is pretty good.

My time of 59.3 was done without blocking and on lap 3 - replay proves all laps legit... so I am impressed with it. It holds the line well and has enough LOTOS for me while still allowing the power tp be put down trough the turns. Nicely done!

I haven't run anything else really. I plan on waiting to see how the event starts off and I'll take it from there.

I ran two laps, a 1:10 and I hate this damn abomination of an event...But I will try the LRover, it may change my mind. I was in a Raptor...

I plan on downloading and rating the Rover, but I don't plan on running this event any more.  This CBH isn't even slightly fun IMO.  

Traffic Days are an acquired taste. But there is a pattern to the traffic (actually 6-8 different configs), and once you're familiar with it, and with the track and car, it becomes quite easy to post good times. Without blocking traffic that is.

Try limiting yourself to a standing start lap. As soon as you dirty the lap, start over. This way, you'll soon start to see the traffic patterns, and which ones are bad. Fortunately, it's a really short track, so there aren't many "clumps of traffic" to memorize. Basically, only three clumps to deal with.

That a quick look at the one minute replay I have in my SF. It was a favorable traffic pattern, and the Range Rover was extremely stable even on cold tires, riding on curbs to pass.

And hint--either pick a ghost that is way ahead (by 2 seconds or more) so you can see traffic, one that is way slower or one without a replay. The dang ghosts are so huge, they not only block the view of the track, but more importantly, the small car traffic. I've had a few cars "pop up" right in front of me while I was chasing a ghost.

Oh yeah--I also sent a Toureg and Transit tunes out to Shaggy and Church. You should have those in the club garage soon. IMHO, so far, the Range Rover is the best of them. A DIrtT Raptor is in the works and should be available by the weekend.

I have actually enjoyed most of the track day events I just don't find this one to be even remotely fun, and in the context of a game, that should be a part of the equation.  It comes down more to that I don't like the track, I don't like the car options, and the A.I., even for this game, are painfully bad in this event.  Add it all together and it equals the least amount of fun that I've had in Forza 4.

FWIW:

I managed a 58.3xx legit, no blocking run last nite on lap 3. I tried for a while to get better but I just was frustrating myself and the AI in the process all the while getting more and more drunk. It seemed as the nite went along the AI 'knew' I was toasted and were really became asshats by ramming, blocking, going 3 wide into every turn, so I said fuck it and basehd the crap out of them for a lap and ran a hotlap. So yeah, my new time is not legit. But I wasn't frustrated any more... I was as giddy as a school boy. :p

I will try one last time most likely tomorrow but I don't know if I am capable of getting lower than that 58.3 I had without screwing with the pack.

The cars we have for this event are all good and all can run nearly identical times. The VW was a shocker and i really liked that one for some reason. But in the end, I just ran the rover.

Anyway.............

Had a go at this last night and it is a real hard time to beat 

Got it done! 58.377 in the 11th lap with the DirtT Body Shop Range Rover. Made a little mistake in the chicane before the straight near the end, or would have been in the high 57.xxx. Not too bad for a mini school bus! Replay is in the SF.

The Raptor is undoubtedly faster. I just like the Range Rover, so I had to see whether I could beat ENIGMAZ who was driving the DirtT Raptor.

Will have a go with the Raptor as ive been using the Rover

phRED announced the prize money for beating the Bounty--an armor car breaking 250,000 Fredits.

In the end, only a little more than 600 people were ahead of ENIGMAZ out of 15,000 or so that put up a time in the event.

meh...