Depending on your skill level, you'll need some, but not others. But before you do anything, take a good look at the assists. Once you're done, it's onto the proper driving experience. This is its easiest, most-assisted setting and gives you a feel of driving the game. So how do you master this driving game?įorza 5 gives you a quick taste of driving when you first start it up. Definitely makes a great starting car, as it has plenty of headroom for fettling and tunage. The BMW 1-Series Coupe is a fantastic car in real life, and is similarly excellent in game. That's what this game is all about, after all. Ultimately, the best car is the one that best suits your driving style, so have fun, buy cars and experiment.
But just remember – many of the top drivers spend a huge amount of time tuning their cars for specific tracks, so while the car they're driving is competitive, it doesn't mean you'll automatically win every race if you buy it. That'll tell you which cars the top drivers are using to achieve the quickest lap times. If you reach a point where you want to be highly competitive and challenge the best players' times, check the leaderboards. The game automatically boosts or detunes cars depending on the level you're racing at, so they're all very competitive. Out of the gate, choose a car that you like the look of, and just get used to driving it. This is a common question, and the short answer is – the one you like driving the most. The Mini John Cooper Works is without doubt the quickest in its class. The quickest is the one with the most potential to lap the fastest. The best car in Forza is the one you can drive most effectively.
So how should you drive? Before we answer that, let's get the obvious question out of the way. But to be blunt, if you do this you'll be an average player at best – and will probably need driving assists up the wazoo. Sure, you can still play it in a typical video gaming, mash the buttons, yank the joystick kind of way. Because of that, if you want to drive the game to best effect – especially with its many driving assists switched off – you need to do so with some finesse. Another adjustment to the gearing and again I was back to consistently getting decent scores at the Giro Encorvado.Forza 5 captures the art of driving in video game form very successfully.
I wasn’t very happy with the turbo with this engine, so I switched the engine out for the much flatter response of the 2.6L 4 rotor. This is the point where it starts to become a matter of your own preference. I put the final drive ratio back down to 3.60 and have another run. This will require adjusting the gearing again. Back in the festival garage, I select the Race Turbo for just 5,400 credits.
Going furtherĪt this point, I’m starting to feel like more power is going to make up for my slightly unrefined technique. I’m trying to avoid using the handbrake here, switching from second to third gear as the corner opens out and touching the clutch to unsettle the car. Now I’m starting to consistently get a three-star score, but it would be nice to do even more. We’re not quite getting the angles we’d like just yet, so I’ve stiffened the springs and damping about 20% on each. I did a few loops of the Giro Encorvado drift zone at the main festival site.