The Forza 2 SL-i Invitational Discussion / Picture Thread

[badbasser98]

Please post in this thread if you are going to participate in the SLi Invitational held by RYU in Jan.

Confirmed Entries:
1. Badbasser98
2. Plays_with_Toys
3. Perdue
4. Mr. Sociable
5. Zues Marine
6. Henryq89
7. Anothernord

EDIT UPDATE 1/24/09 - This is now the Forza 2 discussion thread for official competitors, and everyone else who is curious. Enjoy the news, discuss the current competiton, and comment on the pictures, but please keep your discussions on-topic (or they will be deleted). Enjoy!

[badbasser98]

I'm thinking this would also be a good spot to post your car pics so we can get used to what the cars look like, so when you get run off the track, you know who it was :razz:

This is my entry :wink:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/12/bcf7a3d092a24931999cddcabb0c37c-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/12/cf4d8adee18c4d5e92a4195931e32b9-1.jpg

[Plays_with_Toys]

I'm in. But my car is a secret :grin:

Oh and there should be 7 spots (8 including ryu)

[Perdue]

I'll be entering my C-Class e30 M3. Car number 223.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/12/M301-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/12/m302-1.jpg

[Mr. Sociable]

I'm in. I'll post up the car after I get back to my xbox (~Jan 14th).

[Plays_with_Toys]

crap... it's going to be a subie fest. Hope my car is fast enough... I can post a pic when I renew my live account.

[badbasser98]

crap... it's going to be a subie fest...
maybe not. I haven't decided 100% yet...

[Perdue]

In just acquired another car that I might actually use as well. I got it last night so I still gotta play with it and see if I can get the power to handling balance right, but it might not work out. We'll see.

[Plays_with_Toys]

I was pretty well torn between my Audi S4, honda civic, honda del sol, STi, S2000, and mini. Still am haha.

[Perdue]

OMG I FORGOT ABOUT THE MINI! I bought an R32 off the marketplace though and it's kinda fun...gonna mess around with it now and see what happens. :smt006

[badbasser98]

I was disappointed with the S2k's performance. Sorta seems like its got V-tech lag.. haha. I've been trying to stay away from my STi, but I have run all my best C class lap times in that car. I've been messing around with a RWD car the last few days and think I might have had a break through last night while tuning. Now it seems I can keep the rear hooked up through the corners about 90% of the time... Versus only about 15% of the time before :razz:

[Plays_with_Toys]

My civic was my end all be all, but it needs more power and I can't add any without going over the 550 mark. I think a front wheel drive car is the key to the class as the RWD and AWD cars all tend to oversteer. The FWD's are solid, and under stress of a "real" race are less likely to result in a mistake.

[Perdue]

Yeah...the mini was pretty nice, but it's taking some getting used to driving a fwd car. I was getting close to the lap times of my STi with a crapload less HP. Maybe I can play with it some more and see what happens. I'm still pretty locked on the STi or R32 tho...they're running about the same lap times.

[Plays_with_Toys]

So I whipped up the SLi logo. I have it as SLi, http://www.SLi.com, and SLi.com flavors. I also made a number plackard. I thought it would be cool to use the plackard to bring a bit of unity to the race series, but I quickly realized how much of a pain in the ass it is to fit it to a paint job after the fact. So, it's up to you guys if you want to use it... I thought it'd be a good idea to put your forum name on the rear bumper so as people are racing they can know who is who more easily. Well. I won't be able to read anyone's names but, y'know. You guys could read mine haha.

BUT! If you want the other sli logos, gift me a car @gamer tag krautastic. Make sure your paint is unlocked. I will place each logo on a single face of the car then gift it back. At that point all you have to do is go into paint, click a square and click highlight all layers. Click a square, then choose "create new vinyl group". You can then paste these vinyl groups onto your cars.

Here's some shots...

Spec class legacy (and I only now realized that my side stripes are a different shade... so ignore that...):
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9199/bd3a7e60a8294afeac89fcdkv9.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6585/3d6805a7744645e583b5b4dux7.jpg

And... which car will PWT be choosing....
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1172/a2ba9f2cc9d84c0393b24f0gm9.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3376/860db483cc4240269c222aaad1.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1369/338fbc5e8c7746d7ae8d109mk5.jpg

[Perdue]

Nice...you do realize it's SLi.net, right? :grin:

[Plays_with_Toys]

hahaha... wow... Yeah. I swear I didn't have anything to drink yesterday. I'll change up the com to net. Also looking at the new banner I plan to shorten up the tail between the L and the i in SLi.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Ok I fixed the SLi logo. I also made it .net. And I made a new number plackard. It's on another c-class car I've been working on, whose crazy lines make creating a paintjob a serious PITA. So I'm still working on paint...

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6612/13045fbb38e249e9a7baa7drt1.jpg

Here's a detail of the plackard. Whatchya'll think?
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2113/eb92e2dcd75d4ea89302dcefp3.jpg

[Perdue]

Updated my entry...You'll have to have a carpack to see it on track, but I like it. Not quite as fast as teh STi, but it's comparable, and sexier IMO.

And why is it that this forum keeps cutting off half the pics? I can't even see the placard.

[ryu_haneda]

I will most likely be running my black '06 STi... pic posted before. Since I've comfortably finished my move now, I should be getting back into the swing of things shortly. Expect a start date to be set shortly!

alright im done seeing this... i want in now... so be prepared to give up your last place slot!!! :grin:

[ryu_haneda]

With Zues, that takes another spot, so 2 more slots are left...

Hey PWT, when do u want me to gift you my STi so you can slap the plackard on it?

[Plays_with_Toys]

It doesn't have to be the car you're using. It can be any car. All you do is then set it as a vinyl group. I can place it on your STi if you want though.

[henryq89]

It doesn't have to be the car you're using. It can be any car. All you do is then set it as a vinyl group. I can place it on your STi if you want though.


dude u can do this on my STi too? please! lol

[ryu_haneda]

I'm assuming HenryQ is a shoe-in for the competition, huh? :grin: I'll add your name to the list. THAT MEANS THERE'S ONLY ONE SPOT LEFT!!!

[decke48]

i wish i didnt work at nights now :cry:

It doesn't have to be the car you're using. It can be any car. All you do is then set it as a vinyl group. I can place it on your STi if you want though.

you make those things? i want an amp energy one, lol

you hook me up?

[Plays_with_Toys]

Nah. I don't do paint jobs really. I do my own, but I don't tend to do certain sponsors. I go more for body lines.

If you want the logos, add me as a friend (krautastic) then gift me a car that has no paint job on it (if you have one you like make sure you save it in your library before erasing the paint).

When you gift me the car I will place each logo on different sides of the car, then all you do is go into paint, highlight all layers on a side of the car, and then click "create new vinyl group". After giving it a name, that logo will be available for any car.

Obviously you'll want to change the numbers by going into "change vinyl shape" after applying it to your car. Then tweak the letters left to right to ensure they are centered up nicely.

Nah. I don't do paint jobs really. I do my own, but I don't tend to do certain sponsors. I go more for body lines.

If you want the logos, add me as a friend (krautastic) then gift me a car that has no paint job on it (if you have one you like make sure you save it in your library before erasing the paint).

When you gift me the car I will place each logo on different sides of the car, then all you do is go into paint, highlight all layers on a side of the car, and then click "create new vinyl group". After giving it a name, that logo will be available for any car.

Obviously you'll want to change the numbers by going into "change vinyl shape" after applying it to your car. Then tweak the letters left to right to ensure they are centered up nicely.


suhweeeeet... i added you now :smt023

[Mr. Sociable]

How do I upload a pic of my car online other than with my camera (which turns out shitty)?


<-- Noob :smt023

[ryu_haneda]

How do I upload a pic of my car online other than with my camera (which turns out shitty)?


<-- Noob :smt023

If you mean uploading a pic without directly hooking up your camera, you'll probably need to get a card reader (sd cards, xd cards, etc.) and insert the card into the reader. Then, when you have the pics on your pc, upload them to your personal website (if you have one), or to a service like photobucket or snapfish (?).

Once you have your pics uploaded, use the IMG reference when posting to show your pictures. That's the only one I use.

Was that what you meant? The only other option I can think of is a stock photo of your car (like from a Subaru brochure). In that case, just grab the file and upload it straight to your website or photo service. Then use the IMG reference as before.

Hope this helps! (Or that I'm corrected swiftly :neutral:)

[ryu_haneda]

By the way, does anyone have any objections to beginning the competition this coming Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 19th)?

what car class are we racing??

[Plays_with_Toys]

Go and test drive your car, or use a saved replay from a race. Then You can enter photo mode (while test driving you hit start when you think your car is doing something cool to pause the game and select "take picture". In replay mode there's a button.

Then you move the camera around and snap a shot. Remember changing your focal length really changes how the image looks. I usually zoom in as much as possible.

After taking the pic, when you go to save it, it'll ask if you want to upload it to forzamotorsport.net. Then on forza, you log in with your windows live account/password and retrieve your pics, save them and rehost them. :smt023


I'm good to race this monday. And it's C-class racing.

[anothernord]

I guess I'll jump in if no one else wants to.

Hopefully my xbox doesn't RROD me right before the match!

And oh yeah, my gamertag is Another Nord

[ryu_haneda]

Okay, and that closes the competition signups! Congratulations and welcome. Additional information and review will come shortly. (And I'd better start practicing.)

[Mr. Sociable]

I'll post up my car tomorrow. :smt025

[decke48]

i would come play with you kids after i get out of work. will see

[ryu_haneda]

i would come play with you kids after i get out of work. will see

Consider yourself invited, and thanks for the reminder!

After the competition races are over, anyone that needs to go can. Depending on the number of spaces that open up, I will be sending out invites for the non-competition part of the evening, so aside from decke48, if anyone is interested in non-points racing, let me know here for Monday! (Again, after the invitational racing is done.)

[badbasser98]

wow, I guess I completely bailed on this thread :oops: I've been working away from home for the past week and a half, glad you picked it up though Ryu! :smt023

[Perdue]

wow, I guess I completely bailed on this thread :oops: I've been working away from home for the past week and a half, glad you picked it up though Ryu! :smt023
Excuses. :smt002

[Mr. Sociable]

And finally, the car I will be driving:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/MrSociable/SLi22b1.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/MrSociable/SLi22b2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/MrSociable/SLi22b3.jpg


:tongue8:

[Plays_with_Toys]

Detuned 22B eh? What's with the rooster looking thing?

EDIT: oh, and I haven't received any cars to do the decals. Offer still stands.

[anothernord]

My car may be somewhat controversial...

My car may be somewhat controversial...

KKK?
nigger knife?

[Mr. Sociable]

Detuned 22B eh? What's with the rooster looking thing?




I wanted my cock on the car. :smt030

I just wanted to work with detuning instead of tuning for once.

[ryu_haneda]

PWT, would you be able to put the SL-i logo/placard on my car if I gift the car to you on Sunday?

[Plays_with_Toys]

Yep. Send me a message too saying what car is yours. Just in case several people gift at once.

[ryu_haneda]

Yep. Send me a message too saying what car is yours. Just in case several people gift at once.

Hey PWT, will you still be able to do this since your xbox went red? (I checked out your other thread.)

[Plays_with_Toys]

I should be able to. I can still get games to load from time to time. The colors are just screwy. My room mate also has a box, so I can swap hard drives and do it there.

heya pwt, imma send you one soon.


but another question.. can i change what car im using to race this series with?.. cuz i brely have enuff credits to make it to c-class

imma go race for summore now...

[Plays_with_Toys]

The car you start the series with is what you compete with during the series. I imagine after the first race some people may end up making some tuning/part changes to subsidize short comings, unless *crosses fingers* the cars are very evenly matched.

Oh, and remember, you can drop me a car other than the one you're using, and then transfer the decals to your C-class car.

[Perdue]

Probably not going to be an even match there PWT. We were racing yesterday and my E30 wasn't doing well against the Detuned 22B's. I'm not doing too well with the STi if TCS is locked on either, so i dunno what I'm going to do. Spec races ftw.

And Justin, I might be able to hook you up with something, but it won't be until tomorrow evening (I shouldn't get outta class until like 5pm Eastern Time).

[anothernord]

I will post my car tonight.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Well... Should be interesting. My Elise (already been posted) is significantly slower in acceleration/speed than other C-class cars, but can take corners 10-15mph faster than most cars. When it came down to lap times it was turning roughly the same lap times as my STi/Audi.

My buddy built up an E30, and I was underwhelmed. Even after tuning, it's class numbers seemed too high for what it was capable of.

[Mr. Sociable]

I'm playing with new cars (again). Don't be surprised if mine changes before the final tournament. :smt006

do we need a number?

[decke48]

your not going to have a weight restiction? ill run my class c 87 toyota mr1. 1657lb ftw

[Plays_with_Toys]

A c-class is a c-class. The lightweight cars always suffer in the speed category. So while that car is half the weight of the STi, it'll have substantially less power.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Zues and Ryu, your cars have been vinyled and sent back.

Here's an updated shot o' me car. Get used to this view :smt023
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7174/a38f30f044c140bdb49923cnd0.jpg

just finished her today.. took all day but im done now!! :grin:

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t232/wakeboardingguy/2fb75d7b-cd55-4359-9721-40820cd0675.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t232/wakeboardingguy/059c925d-187f-48c6-a2a6-e1727b74b9d.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t232/wakeboardingguy/a9246b80-627f-4402-aeef-4e7ba5a0e8c.jpg

[Plays_with_Toys]

You have to save the photos then rehost them on something like photobucket or imageshack.

me? how come?

[Plays_with_Toys]

Oh- pics are working for me now... they weren't before. Looks good! :smt023

[anothernord]

Just a few more tweaks and she will be ready...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p310/anothernord/a1c6b1a5-6bbf-458b-a421-e15d5db8624.jpg

[ryu_haneda]

Check-in... less than a half-hour til the 8pm start time. Yes, start time changed for tonight to 8pm eastern (5pm pacific, 6pm mountain, 7pm central). So far badasser98 and henryq89 are still on track for an 8pm start time but i have not heard back from the others yet. What say you?

why did it change?

[ryu_haneda]

Last minute conflict... this will probably only be occurring for the next couple of weeks.

[anothernord]

I'm having some network issues, and I will try to get them resolved as quickly as possibly since I just now saw the schedule change.

Well for whatever reason, it continually says, "failed to join game". Soo, bummer.

Edit #4 or something: Next time I'll try connecting my Xbox directly to my modem, which should bypass any issues with the NAT being closed.

[Mr. Sociable]

So I pulled out a Camaro instead of the 22B.


Fun race guys.

^^ for you guys maybe, i just drive around in last place with my thoughts lol

im jk, it was fun, imma take 2nd to last next time! :smt023

[Plays_with_Toys]

It was a lot of fun. I was sweating like mad. I hate leading, and everytime I got squirly I thought I was going to drop out... :shock: If I remember right, your 22B was running 1:36's, which is what the top 3 were running. It should be able to run with the rest.

[Perdue]

Friggin A...I just woke up guys. Sorry. I was tired as hell after class so I laid down and took a "nap". It was supposed to be about an hour and a half, then I had planned on getting up, but I never even heard the alarm go off. I just woke up. Now I'll be up all night. lol woot for screwed up sleep schedules and missing races. :roll:

[ScaryFatKidGT]

i just decided to check out the gamer lounge to day i wana race :smt010

[ryu_haneda]

Hey everyone,

To those who were able to make it: good times. To be perfectly honest, this is THE ONLY WAY to enjoy Forza 2 online, in my opinion. I will try to put up some pics from the (potentially hilarious) warmup races we had last night as well. Expect a full review of the competition for this week by Thursday or Friday, with photographs and memories of the pre-and-post race commentary every week in its own separate thread.

To those who were unable to make it (Anothernord and Perdue): no worries! 2 reasons why: (1) there was a last minute problem which required the temporary rescheduling of the meet and all future meets (until further notice) to 8pm Mondays, and (2) I am busy working on some last-minute details, like prizes and point standings. So far, on this topic, we have:

10 points for first place
7 points for second place
5 points for third place
3 points for fourth place
2 points for fifth place
1 point for completing the race
0 points if you DNF

Also, there has been questioning of the "one-car rule" for competition races (i.e. my previous declaration that the car you begin the competition with is the car you run the entire competition with). At my authority (and since I am in charge of replay saves and photography), I will reserve the right to allow users that are obviously being overpowered the chance to change their car. That means if I discover that a car is just being owned (or lapped) in competition and the driver chooses to let me know, I may allow them to change their car to get into something a bit more competitive. Again, this is a case-by-case issue (details are always appreciated when checking into this kind of case).

Unless I am wrong, and feel free to correct me, these are the unofficial standings so far:
CORRECTED! :grin:

Plays_With_Toys (Gamertag Krautastic): First Place, 10 points
Mr Sociable: Second Place, 7 points
badasser98 (Gamertag EJ25 LGT): Third Place, 5 points
Ryu Haneda: Fourth Place, 3 points
Zues Marine: Fifth Place, 2 points

Anothernord, Perdue, henryq89: honorary 2 points to stay competitive, which ties you all with Zues Marine for the Fifth Place spot.

Official review and pics to come!

oh what the hell...? i didnt hit those 50 walls for a tie with jon an henry(WHO WEREN'T EVEN THERE) for 5th lol...

[anothernord]

Well I was online at least. Also I get points for practicing drifting with ryu after I finally got my connection working.

[Perdue]

oh what the hell...? i didnt hit those 50 walls for a tie with jon an henry(WHO WEREN'T EVEN THERE) for 5th lol...
Yep...you're that bad. :grin:

[Plays_with_Toys]

Aw- I missed drifting?? Lame.

[anothernord]

Aw- I missed drifting?? Lame.

Well, I mostly tried to keep my 950hp Skyline on the track; ryu did most of the drifting. :grin:

[badbasser98]

I'm pretty sure I was third in the race. PWT was first in the Elise, Mr. S- was second in his Camaro and I was thrid in my 22B. Unless I was seeing things :smt028

[Plays_with_Toys]

Haha, I bought a few anime girl cars from the auction house (unlocked) and was going to compile a paint scheme for a future drift car. I bought a pretty sweet locked PT Cruiser that has a bunch of flames (looks sort of like real flame), and I swapped that thing for a RWD setup. Another possible drift car... I currently use my AE86 hatchi roku for drifting.

[Mr. Sociable]

I'm pretty sure I was third in the race. PWT was first in the Elise, Mr. S- was second in his Camaro and I was thrid in my 22B. Unless I was seeing things :smt028


+1 :smt025

[ryu_haneda]

Better? :grin:

[Perdue]

Am I ok to switch my car before my first race? I think it's pretty obvious my E30 won't hang...I had problems keeping up with Matt's 22B before anyways. I'd like to possibly go to my VW R32, but I dunno. I'll have to see what I can do. I'd like to at least be competitive.

[Plays_with_Toys]

We all had trouble hanging with him on the warm up race. For whatever reason it evened out a lot once we went to the main.

[ryu_haneda]

Perdue: work on both your E30 and your VW cars before next week's meet. (We may or may not run a provisional later this week to catch up again with everybody.) Speaking personally about not being able to hang, look at the dark horse story that was PWT's Lotus Elise - singlehandedly the most underpowered car on track and yet turning consistent laps again and again.

Next time we run warmups, bring the E30 and we'll see how you stack up. If it's supreme pwnage, then you have a green light for the vdub.

Henryq89: hope to see you next race! Good times had by all. Good night, people...

Note for the night - don't try drifting in an awd car unless you have imaginary brakes, tires, and stooopid amounts of horsepower.

Second note for the night - gotta finalize the prizes! D'oh!

[Reason]

^^ for you guys maybe, i just drive around in last place with my thoughts lol

im jk, it was fun, imma take 2nd to last next time! :smt023

Who said I was going to race?? lol Too bad I'm not really into the game anymore. I could hold that last place down solid. Also my subscription ran out Sunday, I have 13 months coming in the mail this weekend hopefully...*kicks rocks*

[Mr. Sociable]

Anyone got pics from the race?

[ryu_haneda]

Official review is coming soon, this week has been BUSY. Now that I posted up a long-overdue article in the Member's Rides Magazine section (shameless plug :grin:), I will most likely be cozying up to my Forza 2 tonight for some review and posting of the photos.

If anyone has any photo requests, let me know. So far, one request is for PWT's "breakthrough" moment in the Laguna Seca warmup race. Any other moments recalled?

Oh, and if people could, as a favor, let me know what car you were running for the race. I recall Matt had his red 22b, I had my black STi, Dan had the Lotus elise, MrSociable had the Camaro, but I forgot what Zues Marine was driving. (Just to make it easier for keeping track during the photo shoot to come.)

[Perdue]

I think Justin's STi is black with red graphics

Edit: I'm not trying to be a dick, but I'm not going to race the e30. I just don't have time for much of anything right now, and tuning takes a very low priority. There's no way for me to make it competitive in the time that I have, and I'm not even sure if the R32 will be able to hang...it just runs along-side my STi time-trial-wise.

but I forgot what Zues Marine was driving.


that was a low blow... just cause i hit a few walls and stayed a few 1000 feet bwhind you doesnt mean you can forget me..

yeah, i had the black sti with the graphics i worked on for hours :smt006

[ryu_haneda]

Eep! :smt006 no harm intended - just genuinely forgot. Working on the reviews and pics now and I just saw. Sorry!

[ryu_haneda]

Okay, so I did give away the official standings already, but didn't put up pics. So...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup0-1.jpg

Here's PART 2 of FORZA 2: Your Invitational Week-In-Review!

Part 2: The event
With the exception of the few that couldn't make it (due in part to my last-minute changeover of the start time), SL-i.net's first-ever invitational event got off to a promising start Monday evening. Total attendees included Plays_With_Toys, MrSociable, badasser98, Zues Marine, and myself (with a quick endcap appearance by Anothernord after the evening's competition).

The warmup phase was first. Warmup is a quick race or two to loosen up and prepare racers for the main event. All the evening's racing took place on this week's track selection Laguna Seca.

A quick showing of talent:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/breakthrough0-1.jpg
Zues Marine

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup3-1.jpg
ryu_haneda

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup4-1.jpg
MrSociable

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup7-1.jpg
badasser98

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup8-1.jpg
Plays_With_Toys

Warmups turned out to be funny this time around, and set the stage for some fantastic racing...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup1-1.jpg

PWT's Lotus Elise, swooping in on (and ultimately passing) my black Subaru STi in the warmup phase. Clean and persistent driving from PWT, plus a surprisingly powerful ride.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup2-1.jpg

Another warmup pic, showing just how cramped it can get. MrSociable, Zues Marine, and PWT got into it on turn one of a warmup race. Zues Marine would wind up powering through the resulting powerslide, PWT spun out.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup5-1.jpg

badasser98's competition ride, a 22b Impreza. With his back-to-back first place finishes on the warmups, it almost seemed like Matt would be walking on the competition this time around. But did he? Read on and find out...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/warmup6-1.jpg

Left to right: Plays_With_Toys, Zues Marine, and ryu_haneda punching it in a warmup race. In the background (far left) is MrSociable's Camaro. And the most interesting warmup moment:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/01/breakthrough1-1.jpg

Zues Marine and I were battling in the second warmup race for the third place spot. PWT was right behind us in the green Elise. So, I get eager and cut out to the right, Zues Marine sweeps in from the outside, and we hit...

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For a moment it looks like a dual drift, but that's not all...

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PWT breaks through in the process! Again, nice job.

So, here comes the feature!

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Lap 1 begins, and the grid puts me in first place (random placement), followed closely by badasser98 for second. Everyone really kept going from the first through the fourth corners at Laguna Seca.

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But order did not stick around for long...

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PWT came up to grab third place as Mr Sociable and Zues Marine had contact. Mr Sociable would wind up temporarily losing control, but kept it mostly on track, and Zues Marine held on to fourth place for the moment (Zues would cede fourth to MrSociable at the monster chicane where he went off-track).

Another chunk of action happens in Lap 2:

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badasser98 cut a line through turn one (after the start-finish line), and PWT had too much power coming in - that explains the souvenir received off Matt's rear bumper. PWT did keep it together though, and tailed Matt's 22b long enough to make a pass and see another opportunity... me:

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I took one of the uphill curves too fast, and PWT capitalizes on the chance to take first place. Matt would later battle with MrSociable for second place, and I would wind up in fourth, with Zues Marine rounding out fifth place.

Great racing, everyone... and that wraps up the review. See everyone next Monday at 8pm!

-ryu_haneda

p.s. some drift pics (indicative of what I did with Anothernord when I came back on later - sorry I didn't snap any of you, dude!):

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[Reason]

I'm liking the SLi cars!

[Plays_with_Toys]

Nice pics! I didn't realize I hit the 22b that hard. It felt like a small tap, and I didn't even see his car move (probably because my car is too light to make any car even shudder). I look forward to some more racing! :smt023

Shane, let me know if you want some SL-i decals ;)

[Reason]

Nice pics! I didn't realize I hit the 22b that hard. It felt like a small tap, and I didn't even see his car move (probably because my car is too light to make any car even shudder). I look forward to some more racing! :smt023

Shane, let me know if you want some SL-i decals ;)

I need some for my Legacy I'm modding! ..... well that I was modding.

[Plays_with_Toys]

gift me a car (doesn't matter what kind) that has no vinyls applied. I'll apply each of them on the different sides so you can create vinyl groups for them.

[Reason]

gift me a car (doesn't matter what kind) that has no vinyls applied. I'll apply each of them on the different sides so you can create vinyl groups for them.

I'm nor sure how to do that. Send me a pm with the instructions. I'll send you my Legacy and you can do it up for me :smt023

[Plays_with_Toys]

All you have to do is in your career mode, go to your cars, click one and instead of "getting into car" there's a bunch of other options. One is called "gift car" Then you select me from your friends list (krautastic) and bam. It's done.

I wouldn't gift me a car you like or will need soon. My xbox broke last week and I'm waiting for it to be fixed, so return time might be a few days at least.

[Reason]

I'm in no rush, I haven't played that game in about 2 months.

[Plays_with_Toys]

I won't be able to race tonight. I need to make a trip out of town as part of school. :(

[decke48]

we can see how well i do racing with one hand (surgey on the right one) :razz: sucks because i dont have a wheel :lol:
i should be on after the invitational for your fun runs

i may take the rest of the day to go ahead and re-paint my car... :smt023

[badbasser98]

I won't be able to race tonight. I need to make a trip out of town as part of school. :(
WOO!.... oh, eh hem... Uhh.. I mean, dang, sorry you can't make the race :eek:

[Mr. Sociable]

I'm stomping that little 22B of yours into the ground. :smt029

[badbasser98]

Good race gentlemen! :smt023

[ryu_haneda]

Had a great time, heard the intense battle going on for first place in the feature. Zues, my apologies again for putting you in the wall around the 5th lap or so. Respect will be granted in the standings.

Matt, GOODNESS you're fast! You're going to make a better Forza 2 driver out of me yet. The spinouts and contact were funny again tonight, and I was drifting in last place.

Writeup and pics to come.

[Mr. Sociable]

Fun race tonight. Lots of suprises!

[anothernord]

I guess I won't be bringing up the rear with Zues!!

Although I had a few luck breaks, running people off the road..

haha ^ sorry for smashing into everyone...

i swear... unintentional

[T_F_E]

Almost makes me want to buy a 360, game looks way fun

[Plays_with_Toys]

I am curious, what track was raced last week? I haven't touched Forza in two weeks, so I'll need to warm up on some tracks tomorrow before we race.

[anothernord]

We did the Nissan Speedway Infield I believe.

[ryu_haneda]

Yup, a quick race last Monday. I'm probably going to squeeze the review for last week tomorrow evening before the big show at 8pm. As long as nothing goes wrong tomorrow...

[Mr. Sociable]

Want: A recap of last week. :smt002

[badbasser98]

Want: TO RACE TONIGHT!!!1 its past 8...

:lol:

sorry guys... i was at work..

im sure you had a nice collision free race tho...

[ryu_haneda]

Oof! Not a chance. This time around was more action packed than the last race at Sunset Infield. More to come later in the week, like a write up of both last week and this week's racing.

More to come later in the week, like a write up of both last week and this week's racing.

hahaha we've heard that before lol :smt016

[ryu_haneda]

Hey all,

Here come your delayed last week's and week-in-review articles for Forza... enjoy!

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Week-in-review: last week (week of January 26th)

Feature Track: Sunset Infield
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warmup: sebring (sample pic above)

In hindsight, this was actually a VERY active part of the race series, as you will see in the pics below. Above, warmup action begins on Sebring - Mr Sociable's Camaro, Another Nord's EVO, my STi, and Zues Marine and EJ25 LGT battling it out further down the track.

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Matt has his hands full with Zues Marine's STi as the pair pretty much drag race down the opening straight. Zues' STi is not a car to be messed with.

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What would a warmup be without at least one incident? :grin: Mr Sociable and I got together just past the second left-hand turn on Sebring. The resulting impact puts me in the wall, and bye-bye front bumper.

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The powerhouse performer. But is he the series leader?

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YES! The series welcomes Another Nord. Absent during our last outing, unavoidably present at this one.

warmup: sunset infield
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4 strong into the first major right-hander at the Sunset Infield warmup.

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Squeeeaking by Another Nord. The EVO and Zues Marine's STi got into it a few turns before, but Another Nord only lost control temporarily.

feature: sunset infield
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Pecking order for the feature - Zues Marine leads off, followed by Mr Sociable, Ryu Haneda, Another Nord, and EJ25 LGT in the back.

memorable moments:

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LAP 1 - My drift approach to turn three with EJ25 LGT, Mr Sociable, and Another Nord hot on my tail... ultimately EJ25 LGT cuts to the inside ahead of Another Nord and wipes out in front of the EVO.

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STILL LAP 1 - I almost pass Zues Marine down the enclosed straight, but got too focused on Zues and made contact with Mr Sociable. We just barely scratch paint and recover quickly to keep going.

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STILL (!) LAP 1 - Everyone catches up after the second major turn, Zues Marine and I get into it slightly. I went hard on the outside before mashing my brakes, Zues filled in the blank spot and I unwittingly almost completely PIT'ted that STi. (Sorry!)

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AND SO ON... LAP 1 - EJ25 LGT begins his hard charge. Zues' excellent blocking of my passing attempts apparently opened up a window for Matt to power through.

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LAP 2... bye bye! Matt, Zues, and I powered hard into the first major right hand curve. Zues stayed outside, I hugged the middle, and EJ25 LGT looked like he early apexed/double-apexed the turn to go inside-outside through it. Zues got through, but in the resulting turn, I clipped Matt and my car had enough. Mr Sociable drove past in the Camaro as I suddenly dropped to last place.

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MORE LAP 2... Zues Marine and EJ25 LGT get together at the end of the 1st major left-hander inside, and the exit is quite bumpy as Matt loses it coming out. Zues would later be challenged down the back turn by Mr Sociable's Camaro, finally being passed down by the first major right-hand turn on lap 3.

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LAP 3... I get way too focused on Zues to mind my own business on this turn. I plow into the STi's rear bumper, causing him to completely lose it and bounce off the wall (boiler plate?) as I pass in shame. KEEERUUDDDDD! I voluntarily take a point deduction for this one.

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH... Another Nord is plowing down the straightaway as Lap 4 becomes another historic event in the races. A later battle for first near the end of the show would result in the following finishes:

1st place: Mr Sociable (10 points)
2nd place: badasser98 aka EJ25 LGT (7 points)
3rd place: Another Nord (5 points)
4th place: Zues Marine (3 points plus a point for punting from me = 4 points)
5th place: Ryu Haneda (1 point)

which means that so far in the season:

1st place: Mr Sociable (17 points)
2nd place: tie - badasser98 (aka EJ25 LGT) and Plays_With_Toys (aka Krautastic) - 12 points
3rd place: Another Nord (7 points)
4th place: Zues Marine (6 points)
5th place: tie - Perdue, henryq89, and Ryu Haneda (4 points)

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this week: suzuka
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SL-i.net travels to Japan (and I don't even remeber what I had for food on the flight in :grin:) as we hit Suzuka. Matt dresses up for the occasion, changing the paintjob on his 22b. This, among some of the other surprises in store...

warmup: suzuka

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Mr Sociable right behind Krautastic during warmups. The Elise can be a surgical scalpel on technical tracks... how would it do here?

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My black STi, with Mr Sociable's Camaro and Another Nord's EVO up through the front S curves.

Oh yeah, and there was a FIRE DRILL? :shock: one of our racers temporarily had to stop in the warmups due to a fire drill. Fortunately enough, nobody was hurt.

However, while we waited for the racer to come back, we had a chance to run some warmups with different cars...

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feature: suzuka
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LAP 1
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Mr Sociable and Krautastic meet up quickly into the tighter part of turn 1, as I skid out of the way to avoid the mess. Another Nord and EJ25 LGT (not pictured, in the lead) pull away from this with clean noses (and tails).

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After the first major incident, EJ25 and Another Nord pull away from the pack, and the game from my vantage point beomces a series of great plays for third and fourth place.

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Krautastic puts up a terrific fight with me for fourth place spot (and if the Elise didn't lose control during the last set of chicanes on the last lap, Krautastic could have kept it for good).

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Up until near the very end, Another Nord had second place locked away until contact made with Mr Sociable.

Final Standings?
1st: EJ25 LGT (10)
2nd: Mr Sociable (7)
3rd: Ryu Haneda (5)
4th: Another Nord (3)
5th: Krautastic (2)

DNS: Perdue, Henryq89, Zues Marine (2 competitive points)

At this point in the competition, DNS allowances will change from 2 points to 1 point per track missed.

Current Competition Results:
1st place: Mr Sociable (24 points)
2nd place: EJ25 LGT (22 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (14 points)
4th place: Another Nord (10 points)
5th place: Ryu Haneda (9 points)
6th place: tie - Perdue and Henryq89 (6 points)

And that wraps up two weeks... more tracks to come soon! BE READY FOR MONDAY AT 8PM!

[anothernord]

Awesome write-up!


ahaha the fire drill. That made me laugh.

ha.. where did al these new cars come from? who's sti w/ the CF hood attempt/? :lol:

[Plays_with_Toys]

So.... I need to take Mr. Sociable out completely in the next race and finish first... I know my task haha. :grin:

[badbasser98]

ha.. where did al these new cars come from? who's sti w/ the CF hood attempt/? :lol:
That was my STi. I was going to race that car in the competition and am glad now that I chose the 22B. I would have lost my ass in the STi :shock:

[ryu_haneda]

I'm glad I picked my STi over the Eagle Talon I drove in this week's warmups. It's got some power, but handling and overall performance was bad. If anything, so far I've learned that good technique pays off by the truckload.

good technique pays off by the truckload.

what is this "technique" word
? lol

[Mr. Sociable]

Wow, it's closer than I thought. :lol:

[Plays_with_Toys]

Supposedly my xbox is fixed.... but They haven't shipped it yet... :cry:

Supposedly my xbox is fixed.... but They haven't shipped it yet... :cry:

well it goes alllll the way to germany to be fixed

[Mr. Sociable]

ahaha the fire drill. That made me laugh.


The fire drill sucked. "Hi everyone who lives here...lets go stand out in the freezing cold for 20min." :smt011

[Plays_with_Toys]

It went to texas to get fixed.

We might want to run tomorrow's race with no contact. My internet is still spiking, which means I'll be lagging on your screens and you'll all be lagging on mine.

[ryu_haneda]

Okay, then, unofficial vote - post whether or not you want collisions on for Monday!

[Mr. Sociable]

My vote: do a warmup race or two with them on, see how bad it is and go from there.

[Plays_with_Toys]

^^^ I think that's what we should do as well.

[ryu_haneda]

Unless anyone else has objections, then, that's how it will go. See you guys tomorrow night at 8pm, God willing...

[badbasser98]

That seems the best way to handle it. Test it and see if it will present a problem and make the decision based on that. See you guys tonight :cool:

[ryu_haneda]

GUESS WHAT?!

This week's competition has been CANCELED on account of poor connections. The racers that made it out for tonight were unable to get the race going at Tsukuba Circuit because of problems with connections.

See you all next Monday! Same time, same track.

GUESS WHAT?!

This week's competition has been CANCELED on account of poor connections. The racers that made it out for tonight were unable to get the race going at Tsukuba Circuit because of problems with connections.

See you all next Monday! Same time, same track.


wow :shock:

lucky break for me... my live ran out this morning and i didnt find out til i went to join the race, lol

[Mr. Sociable]

[quote="ryu_haneda":39axg44l]GUESS WHAT?!

This week's competition has been CANCELED on account of poor connections. The racers that made it out for tonight were unable to get the race going at Tsukuba Circuit because of problems with connections.

See you all next Monday! Same time, same track.


wow :shock:

lucky break for me... my live ran out this morning and i didnt find out til i went to join the race, lol[/quote:39axg44l]


+1 I totally spaced the race today. :shock:

[Mr. Sociable]

So I'm going to be on a plane at 6MST on monday. Doesn't look like I'll be able to race. :smt012

[badbasser98]

:roll: guess we'll catch you the week after...

:lol:

[Plays_with_Toys]

The points race just got interesting again :grin:

[Mr. Sociable]

:smt076

[Plays_with_Toys]

^^^ It's all good. Almost everyone has missed a race, and Ryu is being generous with the 2points for "competitive" points."

[badbasser98]

^^^ It's all good. Almost everyone has missed a race, and Ryu is being generous with the 2points for "competitive" points."

... At this point in the competition, DNS allowances will change from 2 points to 1 point per track missed...
:wink:

[Mr. Sociable]

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[badbasser98]

^^^ I lol'd :lol:

[anothernord]

Bah, I won't be able to make the race on Monday. I have to be gone all day till like 11 at night. :evil:

[ryu_haneda]

Check in: is anyone planning on making it tonight?

[badbasser98]

You know I'll be there :smt023

im out too.... internet is down... im at work....

[ryu_haneda]

Current Standings:
1st place: Mr Sociable (26 points)
2nd place: EJ25 LGT (24 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (16 points)
4th place: Another Nord (12 points)
5th place: Ryu Haneda (11 points)
6th place: tie - Perdue and Henryq89 (8 points)

Current Standings:
1st place: Mr Sociable (26 points)
2nd place: EJ25 LGT (24 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (16 points)
4th place: Another Nord (12 points)
5th place: Ryu Haneda (11 points)
6th place: tie - Perdue and Henryq89 (8 points)

wtf ryu? lol
did i get dq'd?

[ryu_haneda]

WHOA! :shock: Sorry... reevaluating...

[ryu_haneda]

This is where I'm pretty sure the standards are:

Current Competition Results:
1st place: Mr Sociable (26 points)
2nd place: EJ25 LGT (24 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (16 points)
4th place: tie - Another Nord and Zues Marine - 12 points
5th place: Ryu Haneda (11 points)
6th place: tie - Perdue and Henryq89 (8 points)

NOTE: These results do not take into account tonight's race at Tsukuba Circuit. Results to come later in the week. By the way, there are TWO TRACKS LEFT TO RACE: Road Atlanta and Maple Valley.

That means I have a limited amount of time to come up with prizes for the competition. I'm not giving away too much when I say there will be cars given away. What I won't say is exactly WHICH cars I demonstrated tonight for the competition. Stay tuned for the write-up to see what I brought out! Hehehe...

[Mr. Sociable]

Who all showed up?

[ryu_haneda]

It was Dan (Krautastic), Matt (EJ25 LGT), and myself. We warmed up on Tsukuba and Sebring before running a rather quick feature on the full Tsukuba Circuit track. In between and after the feature, we had fun drifting.

Write-up coming soon...

[Mr. Sociable]

SOB. The two people I really didn't need showing up. :lol:

[Plays_with_Toys]

It's all good- I was on the phone and didn't realize we were feature racing until about the 3rd lap of the feature... Needless to say, my first 3 laps weren't my A-game.

[badbasser98]

Ryu, WTF is the right up?!


:lol:

[ryu_haneda]

I'll probably post it tomorrow night or Saturday (when I normally do most weekends).

[ryu_haneda]

Because you wanted it, it's time again for...
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The Forza 2 week in review!

SL-i.net's Forza racing teams visit Tsukuba Circuit for the weekly romp. We started, however, on Sebring. On staff for attendance: Ryu Haneda, pictured above in a Subaru Legacy GT, in a classic warmup/rivalry race with...

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EJ25 LGT's Chevrolet Corvette Z06. (The car is an absolute beast, and any further tweaking would have resulted in my being pwned by Matt's beatdown-mobile.)

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Also on deck: Krautastic's Mercedes Benz CLK 55 AMG.

Amazingly enough, the real fun wasn't had in this week's feature, so we'll knock that out of the way quick:

FEATURE - Tsukuba Circuit (10 laps)
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Quite frankly one of the FASTEST features ever run. Matt celebrates the short track voyage with a yellow Subaru paint job. This would just about be the best view I got of him on lap 1 - as he ran off with first place for the entire race. I pounded my foot into the gas pedal to give chase...

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but ultimately Krautastic's Lotus Elise gave me the business coming down the track at the start/finish straight. Remember racing fans: don't come flying into a turn too hot, otherwise your goose WILL be cooked.

Dan and I battled for a few laps before it was done. Last place doesn't feel too bad when it's third place, and hey, I'm not supposed to win the series anyway!

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Congrats once again to the 22b Subaru Racing Team as EJ25 LGT takes the Tsukuba Circuit win.

And now for something COMPLETELY different - a drift run:
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ryu haneda - 300zx twin turbo awd

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krautastic - Toyota Corolla (AE86 chassis) - aka Trueno

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EJ25 LGT - ej25 lgt - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII

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Ryu Haneda in an Audi RS4: "Jason Statham, THIS is the car you should be driving."

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EJ25 LGT's Abflug Toyota Supra to Formula D: "You want me. You want me baaad."

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Krautastic's VW Corrado and Ryu Haneda's 300ZX Twin Turbo in a double drift, down the s-curves on Tsukuba's back spine.

And last, but certainly not least:
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EJ25 LGT's Corvette says "There's no replacement for displacement." One healthy argument for high-output N/A cars!

The feature put up the following points:

1st place: EJ25 LGT (10 points)
2nd place: Krautastic (7 points)
3rd place: Ryu Haneda (5 ponts)

DNS racers for this week were:
Mr Sociable
Another Nord
Zues Marine
Perdue
Henryq89

Each scored 1 point apiece.

So, here are the current standings:

1st place: EJ25 LGT (34 points)
2nd place: Mr Sociable (27 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (23 points)
4th place: Ryu Haneda (16 points)
5th place: tie - Another Nord and Zues Marine (13 points)
6th place: tie - Perdue and Henryq89 (9 points)

Road Atlanta and Maple Valley are next up. Points this week made Mr Sociable and EJ25 LGT switch places. Krautastic extended a points lead away from Another Nord and Zues Marine, and I jumped into 4th place. With only two races left in this first season of competition, I may have to make things interesting with the next race.

See you this Monday at 8pm. Stay tuned... (no pun intended)

[Mr. Sociable]

That just clinched Matt's victory. Even if I win the next two, I'm seriously doubting he'll get worse than 3rd.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Not necessarily. If you win the next two, you're at 47 points. He'd have to place 2nd in both those races to still be 1st. Depending on race incidents and last second can't make the race, it really hasn't been decided :smt023

That just clinched Matt's victory. Even if I win the next two, I'm seriously doubting he'll get worse than 3rd.

heh heh.. oh yes he can.. i'll be there tomorrow... :smt077

better turn collisions off... (not that i can help it anyways) lol

[Plays_with_Toys]

BTW, I'm so bummed. I had this awesome paint job on the corrado, and I wanted to try something else out. I thought I had saved the original to my catalog, but I didn't so the new paintjob took over the old/awesome one... :-(

[Plays_with_Toys]

So i don't know why, but my xbox froze, twice, when I was in my garage flipping through my cars... So, sorry I didn't say goodbye.

[ryu_haneda]

No worries, I think you were on when we said our goodbyes later. Results and the write-up to come later in the week!

[Mr. Sociable]

And I quote:






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[Plays_with_Toys]

It's all good. There'll be another competition, and another chance to redeem ourselves.

[Mr. Sociable]

:smt030

[ryu_haneda]

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Forza 2 Week In Review: Maple Valley Circuit

Attendees:

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EJ25 LGT

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Ryu Haneda

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Krautastic

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Mr Sociable

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Another Nord

The next to last race week was quick, intense, and painful. (My car lost at least 2 to 3 pieces of body armor alone during the feature.)

A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
===================================

Last week's feature was both epic and bloody. I personally want to take a moment to publicly apologize to Mr Sociable, since that racer's efforts to push ahead were nothing short of heroic.

I usually enjoy every single race we have, and even last week's warmups were cool. But last week I drove a little too much like an intimidator.


Even though he was a professional racer in how he handled his fourth place finish, I was not pleased with the fact that I had contact with Mr Sociable's car twice in the race. Don't get me wrong, I'm not ticked off or anything. But it is my personal opinion that I could have been a more careful or more professional racer on the track.

My apologies for the lack of feature coverage tonight. HOWEVER, I hope you stick around for tonight's event, as it will be worth it.

Looking forward to tonight...
-Ryu

[anothernord]

I will not be able to race tonight, sorry I'm not at home.

[Plays_with_Toys]

*suspense!*

Great season guys! I'm cooking up some ideas for part 2, but definitely need to get a drift session in soon. I picked up a sweet Rockstar painted S13 on the auction house, dropped the weight, threw some suspension on, 130hp more, and a rear diff. This thing is very fun to drift. Just enough power to get in trouble, but the softer suspension and length makes for a more stable drifter.

[ryu_haneda]

Unofficial results!

Last race was Road Atlanta:

1st place: EJ25 LGT (10 points)
2nd place: Mr Sociable (7 points)
3rd place: Krautastic (5 points)
4th place: Ryu Haneda (3 points - Hey, someone's gotta make last place look good :grin: )

So, the final points spread is as follows:
1st place: EJ25 LGT, with a grand total of 54 points
2nd place: Mr Sociable, with a grand total of 39 points
3rd place: Krautastic, with a grand total of 35 points
4th place: TIE! Another Nord and Ryu Haneda, 19 points each
5th place: Zues Marine, with a grand total of 15 ponts
6th place: TIE! Perdue91W and StreetSI, 11 points

CONFIRMED! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be contacted later this week via PM. Up for grabs are no less than 7 prize cars, some of which you've already seen at points in the competition.

Pics to come, and maybe something extra as well, depends on how busy I am this week. More Forza 2 shennanigans will continue next Monday, as long as folks want to keep meeting! After the prizes are given away, I'm possibly going to get a little more into drifting and fun driving.

Later! And of course, well-deserved congratulations to EJ25 LGT, the series champ of SL-i.net's first ever Forza 2 Invitational!

[Mr. Sociable]

Congrats Matt!


Next time I won't miss a race and I'll give you a run for your money. :evil4:

[Plays_with_Toys]

Next time will be a serious battle of driver skill.... :twisted: Shall be lots of fun :grin:

Congrats Matt! You ran a solid line every race. Speed can win a race, but it's usually the mistakes that cost you the race.

[badbasser98]

Thanks guys, it was fun battling it out. I'm looking forward to the next event. Will see those of you that show up Monday :cool:

[ryu_haneda]

Hey guys,

again, great season. Feature aside, the series was great. To take a backseat to the feature though, since it's all good and done, I would like to present...

THE PRIZES!!!

These are the ten cars up for grabs by the first, second, and third place winners. Here is the deal:

1st place winner: pick your THREE selections
2nd place winner: pick your TWO selections
3rd place winner: pick your ONE selection

I may still ultimately choose to give away one or two more cars at my discretion. And without further ado, here they are!

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Nissan Z Twin Turbo

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Ford Mustang Cobra R

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Infiniti G35 Coupe

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Honda NSX-R

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Toyota Supra

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Toyota MR2 GT

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Audi S4

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/03/prize8-1.jpg
Subaru Impreza WRX STi

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Honda Type R

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Audi RS4 aka "The Gobstopper" (I'm gonna miss this one...)

Okay, let me know what you want and I will gift the cars out. TIME TO START SHOPPING!

[Mr. Sociable]

What were each of the cars built for? Are some of them class racers and others drift cars?

[Plays_with_Toys]

I wouldn't mind having the audi with the carbon fiber rising sun paint scheme. I've wanted to do a rising sun paint for a long while. But, I also get last picks, so go for it Matt.

By the way, a GN/X spec car... not so fun... Looking at some other spec racers... Shelby 500? RX-7? S2000? :twisted:

[Plays_with_Toys]

I got some fun new stuff. Purchased these two painted cars this week.
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I drove the S13 stock and realized very quickly why this its always made into drift cars. So I did only a few mods (race exhaust/intake, sport cams, sway bars, suspension, clutch, flywheel, weight reduction) and dang! This thing is such a blast to drift. It's just long enough to not get into trouble too fast. Power level is good. I have the tires over inflated at 40psi, and it wants to drift all the time. At 30psi, it takes a little effort to get it going. Definitely recommend building one if you want a drifter.

[badbasser98]

sorry for the delay. Do you have the specs on the cars Ryu? Performance Index, what its tuned for, etc?

Thanks :smile:

The Legacy must have got all muddy before it was slammed and the 20's were put on :razz:

PM sent to Ryu...

[ryu_haneda]

prizes:
1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo - S CLASS - PI 998
2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R - B CLASS - PI 700
2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe - A CLASS - PI 850
2005 Honda NSX-R - S CLASS - PI 998
1998 Toyota VeilSide Supra Fortune 03 - S CLASS - PI 998
1995 Toyota MR2 GT - A CLASS - PI 850
2000 Audi AWE Tuning SilverBullet S4 - S CLASS - PI 998
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI - S CLASS - PI 998
And...
Honda Type R - C CLASS - unknown PI
Audi RS4 "Gobstopper Edition" (MAN am I going to miss this one) - S CLASS - most likely PI 998

[badbasser98]

Thanks. You have my request :wink:

[Plays_with_Toys]

Ok... I have pictures!!! Starting with the most infamous race, maple valley. I only took a few, mostly showing the carnage, and the incident that changed the points race.

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Badbasser/EJ25LGT/Matt leading through turn 3, me in pursuit. He'd quickly lose me though as I didn't have enough power to keep with his speed on the straight. At that point he never looked back.

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Mr. Sociable (Dan) hot on my tail into the front straight. He ended up passing me on the straight. Love this shot :smt007

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8655/d3201dcd21a44b4da0ca9a0.jpg A couple laps later and we had caught up to Ryu and Nord, as you can tell, there was quite a bit of bumping going on in the race. Dan's reeling them in while the other Dan is trying to keep up...


Here's when things went totally wrong. Dan and I are both trying as hard as we can to secure 2nd place in the championship. Maybe even first. We had rallied back after each being forced off the track at one point in the race. This is about the 7th lap (out of 10). Running order is Dan, Ryu, Me, and Nord. Ryu goes off track while Dan swings wide, dips a tire in the grass and gets a little loose. This allows me the chance to make a big gain...
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We take the next corner two wide, trying to give eachother space.

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Dan steers in on the normal racing line on the next corner, but I have the inside lane already with no room to go anywhere.

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Forced to the grass I hit the rumble strips which sends my front end up off the ground which means I'm no longer steering.

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Then it's inevitable. We connect...

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and Dan ends up off the track.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Last monday the room was quite empty. If I recall it was Matt, Ryu, and I. Nothing too spectacular except this crash on road atlanta. It's me in the Impreza and Matt in the Legacy.

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And then this happened going onto the front straight....
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Then we raced around in different stock cars, seeing what spec racing would be like. We found a few that were fun, a few that sucked, but we REALLY enjoyed the Saleen S281. It's a car that can spin the tires in a turn, even stock, but is very controllable in a slide. I think if people started pushing these you'd see a little tail sliding action. I built up a spec racer (sport everything except stock transmission, full race weight reduction, and race tires) I also played around with tires and wheels and this comes out as a B 700 car.

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[ryu_haneda]

Whoa, not bad... maybe I will have to work on my rear wheel drive skills.

Oh, and apologies for not getting the prizes out, I will do so early next week. The past couple of weeks have been inSANE.

[Mr. Sociable]

1) Why do I always seem to have 4 tires off the pavement? :smt017

2) Sorry Dan, I thought I was wider in that corner than I really was. :oops:

[badbasser98]

Dan, can you post more info on the S281? More specifically, how you ended up at B700. For some reason the one I bought only has stock and then race part options on the powertrain. Did you leave that stock and only do suspension, etc. mods?

[Plays_with_Toys]

I'm on campus right now... but if I remember right most of the power upgrades are "race" except I think there is a sports intercooler.

Then sports upgrades on all suspension, clutch, etc... Keep your transmission stock. Go as wide as your tires can go, race tires, with the first (best) set of tires, The wheels are the second to last manufacturer. And I think they are two sizes taller.

Essentially, this leaves the car with only tire pressures as adjustable. I found that adjusting these lower helps correct the tail happiness but also makes the car have less initial steer in.


Oh and Dan, no worries. Just wanted to show too that it was an accident that I bumped you off. I really couldn't steer as soon as I hit the rumble strips.

[badbasser98]

check again when you can.

I have all engine stock except for Sport Intercooler. All Sport suspension mods. Max tire width, Avon Race tires, 20" Yokohama TC II wheels. I get a Performance Index of A788. :smt017

EDIT: This setup seems to run well...

All stock Engine parts except for Sport intercooler.
All suspension parts are Sport Upgrades except for stock transmission, and race weight reduction.
GoodYear race tires at max width, stock rims at stock diameter.
All stock aero.

PI: A784
Power: 373 hp
Torque: 404 lb-ft
Weight: 2,669 lbs

Speed: 6.0
Accel: 5.1
Braking: 4.9
Handling: 5.0

Some controlled sliding :cool:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/03/S281-1.jpg

[Plays_with_Toys]

Oops. Apparently I never touched the tires. So updated is A825. I also upgraded to a sport supercharger. Max size wheels.

[badbasser98]

I will only make one suggestion. Because of how much HP was added, I think it would drive better with Race Class brakes. I have found that corners on the end of long straights are hard to slow down for with only upgraded pads and rotors.

[Mr. Sociable]

I vote for a higher end spec series, a Lambo/Ferrari/Aston/NSX or something along those lines. With all the non-adjustable upgrades (except power, where we could only use an exhaust) it shouldn't be that much higher than that Saleen, and they're more fun/challenging to drive IME.

I'll toy around with a few cars when I get back to MT. :cool:

[badbasser98]

The S281 in that setup is fun to drive, but you can still get in trouble with it if you don't take the corner correctly. Its much more of a drivers car now than it was stock.

The Ferrari is an idea that we toyed with. It was a fun race, but we wanted to try and find something that drove similar to that but didn't break the bank. We know not every one has a ton of Forza credits to blow on a spec race car. The Saleen is much more affordable than the Ferrari's we looked at and why we were leaning that way.

[Mr. Sociable]

Fair enough on the price standpoint.



How about a spec 911 series with one of the cheaper models? I'm hankering for some euro goodness as of late if you can't tell. I'll still gladly do the Mustang series though. :lol:

[ryu_haneda]

I have been infected with the rear wheel drive bug.

Wow. :shock:

I got to drive a stock Saleen tonight alongside Matt, and it is a great piece of work. Looking forward to seeing what kind of racing a Saleen series brings out.

One more thing... I'm seriously in need of cash. I'd better get crackin' on some computer races for some cash. :grin: it's like Forza Motorsport 2 is my sponsor... haha!

[Perdue]

I just got online looking for you guys now that I'm awake...then I remembered it's Tuesday. :roll:

[redlegacygt]

i just got hooked up on too xbox live and forza 2. Hopefully i get on on sometime with you guys so you can help bring me up to speed! lol

[ryu_haneda]

i just got hooked up on too xbox live and forza 2. Hopefully i get on on sometime with you guys so you can help bring me up to speed! lol

Welcome...

The format for the competition which just ended was about 6 to 8 races, one race a week, where we ran a feature for 10 laps and had some warmup races beforehand. The prizes were a series of cars that I am gifting out to the first, second, and third place winners on LIVE.

The coolest part about the deal was just the whole atmosphere - we stayed competitive and raced hard, but it was always friendly and funny. I tried racing online on Forza 2 by myself a few months ago, and realized it just wasn't the same as racing with the folks here.

We even experimented a little bit with a spur-of-the-moment drag race competition one day, and some drifting at Tsukuba.

No start date has been set for the next competition, and we are talking about setting up a spec race series next. Sounds like the Mustang Saleen S281 is the choice. Although I will say that I am broke in the game - I need to race some tracks to get the cash for the car and the parts. :grin:

[badbasser98]

I can loan you the game credits if you want Ryu :smt025

[ryu_haneda]

Loan? Sounds like a proposition... :grin:

I'm not into loans in this economy. Let's talk cars instead. :smt024 What other car are you interested in getting for Forza? I've probably got it.

But honestly, I should probably sharpen my skills on one of the competitions out there. Sheesh, I'm gonna have to catch up to you eventually!

matt hacks..

cheater

[ryu_haneda]

I used to be big on cheating and hacking game values, but that was back in the day when I did a lot of PC gaming and had my old SNES/Dreamcast systems. Nowadays I cheat if it helps me finish a game quicker or if something annoying gets in my way. Sometimes I try to be a good boy and play through, but that only lasted for a little while with Half-Life. (Although I do think I played fair through Opposing Force and Blue Shift...)

I DO NOT mess around with cheating online. I figure it's an easy way to get yourself in trouble or banned.

[badbasser98]

matt hacks..

cheater
yes, iz a l337 h@x0r!!11 :roll:

I have enough game credits made from the auction house and races, so I figured I'd offer.

[Perdue]

matt hacks..

cheater
yes, iz a l337 h@x0r!!11 :roll:

I have enough game credits made from the auction house and races, so I figured I'd offer.
Glad you finally admitted it. :grin:

[Plays_with_Toys]

BTW... the saleen is fun, but don't rule out other cars... I started messing around with a BMW M3 E46 as well....

[ryu_haneda]

:neutral:
Start getting your voting brains ready... the next round of propositions for the next Forza2 invitational will be coming soon.

[badbasser98]

:neutral:
Start getting your voting brains ready... the next round of propositions for the next Forza2 invitational will be coming soon.
orly? :smt017

[ryu_haneda]

Sorry for my marked absence. Life has been happening left and right. BUT - now that I am back... let's begin again, shall we?

FIRST order of business will be deciding when the competitions will take place again. The last time I checked in with people about this, there were a mixed bag of responses, so I think instead of just picking a few times to begin the competition, I'll open up the floor to nominations.

What I'm looking for right now is a month - May, June, July, August, or September. I favor the later months myself, but I can understand if people don't want to wait that long.

Nominate what month you think is best, and we'll take a vote on it. More topics to come afterwards.

To warm up the discussion again, I'll pick July. What do you think?

[ryu_haneda]

Anybody on for some Forza tonight, or no?

[ryu_haneda]

Sounds like a no...

But no worries. Biggest question for me is when the next compo is going to be, but so far it seems to be July (for lack of input), probably July through August.

With this much time between now and the next contest, I think I'm going to go on the Forza Motorsport website again and see what's up. Maybe I'll be able to get better prizes this time. Who knows?

Unless anyone else has input about time of next competition, that's probably going to be the time of year.

NEXT DISCUSSION: The car/class type
Last time I checked, we were running Mustangs. Did this stay the same?

[Mr. Sociable]

I would prefer to run around when school starts...say in August or September as I have a spotty internet connection in the summer months and I'm busier.

[badbasser98]

Sorry, i just moved last week and haven't got the internet service transfered yet. Should be back next week sometime! :cool:

[Plays_with_Toys]

My life gets alot less busy next week. Whenever.

Car class? Spec racing series using BMW E46 M3 (not GTR).

[anothernord]

Yep, I'm done will school Wednesday, so I'm up for some summer action. Been super busy the last few months.

[Mr. Sociable]

I haven't tried it, but spec Lotus Elan could be fun. :smt028