FM4 Porsche are back on Forza!!

[Bradley Capps-Jenner]

forzamotorsport.net announced today that they are back!!!
22nd May, 30 great cars with a gargantuan sum of 1600 Microsoft points!
http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/porsche_expansion_announce/

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

Sounds good to me.Maybe as a follow-up to the CWS series?

See what Chris is thinking, as I don't know if he already has some plans regarding a Superstars series.

The Friday night Clio spot is open though??

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Tbh I'd rather keep Friday for club racing. To keep the variety and fun factor going, even though it's mostly AI

Tuesday's are now free though .... If FM4 is done that is

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Current Carrera Cup Specs

911 GT3 RS

450 bhp

1200kg min wt / 2646 lb

Race tyres

6 speed gearbox

Adjustable rear wing

If someone can fit this car out I will check the RUF.

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

Tbh I'd rather keep Friday for club racing. To keep the variety and fun factor going, even though it's mostly AI

Tuesday's are now free though .... If FM4 is done that is

Good issue, could possibly set it up for a Tuesday, anybody up for sorting it out? Or shall I have a go at it? lol

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Porsche pack has race versions at R733, bhp and race weight already sorted. I'll have look at RUF for PI but I will leave tuning to someone else ...

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

Porsche pack has race versions at R733, bhp and race weight already sorted. I'll have look at RUF for PI but I will leave tuning to someone else ...

Yeah, but is the R spec RUF? and there a quite a few versions of the Porsche Race car, so there would be something that matched.

don't know if people are more interested in racing the Road cars either?

 

[Wayne Thomas]

RUF RGT-8
Already at 542 bhp

Fit all parts other than engine upgrades gets it to R3 727 ........ Some testing will need to be done as other RUFs have even more horses under the bonnet (boot).

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

RUF RGT-8
Already at 542 bhp

Fit all parts other than engine upgrades gets it to R3 727 ........ Some testing will need to be done as other RUFs have even more horses under the bonnet (boot).

hmm.. is that a Road car? racing R3 road cars is a new one isn't it? we've only raced race cars at that level before haven't we??

 

[Wayne Thomas]

I've put my RUF in club garage for anyone to compre to Porsche equivalent.

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

I've put my RUF in club garage for anyone to compre to Porsche equivalent.

need to get somebody to let me join the club first *cough*

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Oh aye!

 

[Alex Townsend]

This sounds proper exciting guys!

Really hope I can get involved but for the foreseeable future I'm stuck on the same shift at work...

 

[Wayne Thomas]

May be some time off yet Alex. Maybe we could run them on a Friday in club racing as a warm up.

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Regarding non Porsche. Two contenders in terms of PI are BMW #2 and #6. All similar stats.

Maybe we need poll on interest/nights available before going much further, though it does look promising.

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

Regarding non Porsche. Two contenders in terms of PI are BMW #2 and #6. All similar stats.

Maybe we need poll on interest/nights available before going much further, though it does look promising.

Maybe have a chat about it on Friday, maybe post some things up afterwards.

 

[Tom Moreno]

need to get somebody to let me join the club first *cough*

Invited ya.

 

[Tom Moreno]

I've put my RUF in club garage for anyone to compre to Porsche equivalent.

Right I had a play with this and the GT3 Cup from Porsche. I don't think this will work. I had a go around Hockenheim and, although the lap times were comparable, they are two completely different beasts. I ran Wayne's RUF and the stock, untuned GT3 Cup.

The RUF is heavy and floppy with hugemongous amounts of engine grunt whereas the Cup is tight and pointy, and can stop on a dime. If you raced with these cars you'd end up with two groups basically and tracks would favour one over the other. Hockenheim is a good tester as it's got straights and corners, but you get a twisty, technical track and the Cup is going to piss all over the RUF, whereas if you get a track with lots of long straights, the RUF is going to blunk in the Cups' faces.

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Thanks for trying Tom.

I found RUF ok but then I don't have Porsche to compare to!

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

Think we may need to lower the class down to S or something, maybe CTR vs 997 or something along those lines.

not massively bothered if there is a difference

Right I had a play with this and the GT3 Cup from Porsche. I don't think this will work. I had a go around Hockenheim and, although the lap times were comparable, they are two completely different beasts. I ran Wayne's RUF and the stock, untuned GT3 Cup.

The RUF is heavy and floppy with hugemongous amounts of engine grunt whereas the Cup is tight and pointy, and can stop on a dime. If you raced with these cars you'd end up with two groups basically and tracks would favour one over the other. Hockenheim is a good tester as it's got straights and corners, but you get a twisty, technical track and the Cup is going to piss all over the RUF, whereas if you get a track with lots of long straights, the RUF is going to blunk in the Cups' faces.

Yeah, know what you mean, only I don't think that is such a bad thing, think we are maybe guilty of trying to make the cars too close sometimes, adds to the excitement knowing the car you have will give you an advantage on certain tracks. Pretty sure this is a similar case in race series all over the world. We just have to be clever on picking a balance of tracks that will cater to different machines..

been watching the Grand Am series in the US on motors TV, and due to the change in tracks they have different cars at the front. I know we probably won't get that due to the gaps in driver speed that we have, but it would be a nice change e.g. you or Chris really struggled with the car at a track, But say I had a car that was really suited and gave you both a good race, next track I would be nowhere. but it's just how it is in racing sometimes (Mclaren lol). I know not everybody would be happy in cars where at certain tracks they would clearly not have the best car, but I would be cool with it.

Hoping to get some running in with these cars tonight hopefully

 

[Wayne Thomas]

I have my RUF in garage. They are S as stock I think ...