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I'm going to against the grain and say I enjoyed what we played last night. I think some of the stuff people make a fuss about isn't a big deal, like the scoreboard. I care about how I'm doing personally and how the overall match is going - both of which you can see. I have no interest in how l33tFaze420Blazeit or whatever their names are is getting on. Though other things, like the spotting system is a big problem as it's such a core mechanic of a Battlefield game. The one thing I am missing though is the smaller non-vehicle game modes but they can be played in the browser so it's the end of the world.

@GazzaGarratt On second thoughts, I feel I should clarify also that ‘cars’ isn’t the right word, ‘vehicles’ is more accurate. As yes there are cars but there are also buggies, trophy trucks and a few lorrys too. Also the Halo warthog which is great fun to drive as I have the Halo musical horn too 😄

About 500 or so in total but that does include variations on the same car so I’m not sure on a unique number.

It was a good race and a proper battle up front. When either of took the lead, the next straight it was taken back again. I didn’t realise Kiwi was on mediums to begin with though so slighlt depressing I couldn’t pull away on super softs. Though on the other hand Kiwi was being protected on high for most of the race as he had a number of wall hits but no penalties. Still, I pitted in the middle of the race for mediums and took a little time out of Kiwi. I was only focusing on Kiwi so it was a surprise to come out the pits with Phil right on my tail. A few laps of squeeky bum time as that Nissan is so fast on the straights but a few mistakes from Phil saw me get clear of the tow. So it was just a case of keeping it clean until the end which I did. And I think I’m the only one who didn’t get a penalty so a clean race for me.

I think it’s unfair to complain the ‘main’ game has less content than through the portal. You’re counting content from numerous games against one. Of course the one has less. That doesn’t excuse the small number of weapons but I’ll wait until I’ve played it to judge it. There’s a limited number of iterations on the stats of weapons without large overlap so if there’s a few weapons but they’re significantly different then I don’t mind.

Some of the bugs are annoying, like having you car instantly stop especially as it ends your skill chain and cost me a 150,000 x 10 last night 😞 I’m also finding the challenges really inconsistent. I did one last night where I got 3 stars with almost a minute spare. Yet another took numerous attempts to just about squeeze under by a few tenths. Others, like the photography one in the Vocho quest, I’ve just given up and accepted 2 stars. Though I’ve sinced looked up the Vocho one and it seems there’s 1 route that works and only if you get it perfect; turn off the road earlier or later and you won’t make it. As much as I’ve moaned about the game giving you loads of cars and money, it seems to be holding my attention better than FH4 did even though, outside of the map, there really isn’t any difference. It’s quite a relaxing game and fun hooning about across the countryside.

Don’t worry, you already did with the amount of ‘for fucks sake Paul’ while racing 😄 Joking aside dude, it’s a paradigm shift and it’s not somethibg you can just get over. So no matter how much of a broken record you think you are, if you need to talk about then talk. We’re all here for you and all more than happy to ram you off track or shoot you in the face as required.

"Very much the same as FH4" is how I'd describe it too. It's fun and I'll be playing it more but certainly not a long term game for me. I am having a blast going everywhere in the Rockstar pro truck, it wasn't that great as standard but 4wd and 1700hp means you can pretty much go from and to any location in a straight line 😄 Though I think I might have a new favourite since I found someone made the paintjob so I tuned it accordingly and made Binky 😄

As this comes out tomorrow, who will be playing it? I enjoyed FH4 but the one issue I had was the amount of cars and money it gives you. As a couple hours in you have more money than you need as well as super and special cars out the wazoo. This one seems similar so rather than buy it picked up the game pass offer of £1 for 3 months as should be enough for me (especially with other games coming out soon too). However I shall definitely be dedicating some time to it tomorrow night.

Phil I think your table is broken as that clearly can't be correct 😆 I can't see me managing to claw back enough on Kiwi to make up for the missed race but it's going to be fun trying anyway.

Yup, I think we need to make a pact to never let something like this happen again 🤣 I’m annoyed at myself as I cost myself second and maybe even the win hitting the wall on the exit of the last corner. Still Phil played a blinder and while I thought it was a mistake to go for it the whole race, especially after the time he lost in the pits but he soon made it back up and obviously it paid off with getting the win.

Agreed it was a great race, it was less than a tenth separating us in quali and that pace carried on in to the race. It's a shame my penalty ruined it somewhat as it was going to be impossible for me to win but the battle was still great. The Mazda's were great fun too. I'm not sure what boost and/or slipsteam settings you had but I think they were perfect @phil bottleas you couldn't insta-catch people but the tow was powerful. Lee in the Gr2's at Monza was a surprise too, absolutely smashed it and was uncatchable! A bit of practise to have that pace in league races would be awesome.

I knew the Beetle was a thirsty bitch but didn’t realise it was that bad. A shame it ruined what was a good race. But as you said you had a lot going on last week so I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself mate. It’s good to have a Kiwi for the competition but it was nice having a week off to have a more relaxed race.

l can’t believe I made such a noob mistake but these things happen. After that though it was a good race trying to catch back up so third wasn’t a bad recovery drive. 1 more lap and I would have had Phil too but thatyhow these things go. Looking forward to next week and not crashing myself out on lap 1. Also, @JBR-Kiwi isn’t it about time your Mrs dropped the sprog so you miss a week or 2 😅

I think this shows that this place is far more than just a clan, it is a community, a group of friends. And no, this isn’t Lee alternate account. So you don’t have to apologise for anything my dude. You’re not the life of the party currently, so what? It’s better that you reflect how you feel than surpress it and cover it all up. You’ll get back to your ‘normal’ self one day but until that day, don’t fee you need to fake it and know we’re all supporting you.

Got the wrong week for a last minute holiday but I’ll be back next week so we’ll have 5 🤣 I think I know who my manufacturer will be but depends on if I can find any good paint jobs for them.

Diddums has it right, your CPU is still good. Just make sure DOCP (AMD’s XMP) is enabled for your ram as ram speed helps a lot with ryzen chips. Add a better GPU and you should be good for a while. in the future, depending on your mobo, you can add a later gen ryzen cpu but I wouldn’t do that now as it’s unnecessary.

Well it helps that they're 3d models and not drawings 😛 I've certainly done drawings similar to this, I think I posted a couple when I started this thread. But God no, I wouldn't want to do that 7 drawings of the same car to that level of detail!

I can't argue with you on that though I have to say, personally, I'm a sucker cars of the 80's and early 90's. Though now I think of it, every car I love from that era are all Group A touring cars or Group B rally cars 😄

So the Artura went by the way side as I got mired in the details. So I started something else instead, a 1961 Jaguar E-type - easily one of the most beautiful cars ever made. And I haven't forgotten you @TurboR56Mini I'm just trying something special for the 300SL but I'm getting there

A few from my day out yesterday Any finally, my favourite of the day 😄

Interesting they've shown wet weather racing off in that preview. I just hope they this comes at release unlike Sport where it got added years later and only to 2? tracks. I also hope they implement it better than Sport where they've made the track look wet and the wet tyres have shit grip but drive a 'wet' track on slicks and it's fine.

So silly season is fully underway with drivers coming, going and switching team. I think most people have seen about Bottas is leaving Merc to move to Alfa Romeo. I always find it slightly odd when a driver leaves a top team to go to a midfield / back of the grid as Bottas will have even less chance of scoring points than he did winning at Merc. Still, I suppose, they're racers to the core so will take any seat they can to continue racing. Though I think it's a shame to see Kimi going, he's very marmite but I fall on the side of loving him. His general no fucks given attitude is great in the very stuck up, media centric corporate world that modern F1 is. Obviously the big news is Russell to Mercedes next year which is fantastic news. Russell seems a star of the future but I do feel it's a year too late as with the new regs next year, I think it would have been better to get him acclimatised to the team and their practices this year ready for next year. In hindsight this would potentially also be a benefit of fighting the Red Bulls as, I like most, think Russell is faster than Bottas. Still hopefully Merc have designed a good car for next year as I'd love to see Hamilton and Russell fighting for the WDC. And finally, announced today is Albon will back and taking Russell's seat at Williams. I still can't make my mind up about Albon though, on the one had he tanked hard in the Red Bull but in junior series, other F1 seats and his stint in DTM he's been pretty good. Added to that, take someone like Gasly, also tanked hard at Red Bull but is killing it now with Alpha Tauri or even Perez who isn't having a great year in the Red Bull. It does make you wonder if it's something to do with the team or the car is so focused on Max that no-one else can drive it. Either way, good to see him back and to see how he does. We've still got some of the 'old' guard around but the future of F1 is exciting with Russell, Norris, Sainz and LeClerc all being young and in top (or top-ish) teams.