Forza 4 - Winter Rally 2012

[Captain Slow]

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Forza 4 - Yaris Winter Rally 2012

The rally will consist of 4 races and a bonus event.

RULES

1. The honor system is in place, be a man (or woman) and be honest please.

2. Record your first time through each race, no practice laps.

3. You will be required to submit your times to a provided email address. YARISRALLY@GMAIL.COM

4. DO NOT post your times in this thread. They will be announced at a later time.

5. Modifications are allowed, however you are asked to honestly tune your car to how you actually have your real car at the moment. Please don't use parts that you plan on purchasing soon, only as your actual car sits at the moment.

6. You are asked to save and upload a few photos from your races to your forza storefront (small please, no 8mp). These will be used in the announcement video. You are also free to upload replays to your forza storefront and label them YWR12. i can use these to put together a highlight video if enough people contribute.

7. Email this information to YARISRALLY.COM
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Yarisworld.com User Name:
Xbox Live gamertag:
Uploaded Photos: yes/no
Uploaded Replays: yes/no
Stage 1 time:
Stage 2 time:
Stage 3 time:
Stage 4 time:
Stage 5 time:
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7. All times need to be submitted by the end of the day on Wednesday, January 18th. On January 20th the winners will be announced via an embedded video in this thread as well as everyone else's times and any honorable mentions. As stated before a highlight video will be created to showcase the rally so long as everyone manages to upload some replays and/or photos to their forza 4 storefronts. Please do not post up your times in this thread, it will be more fun if it's all announced at once.

HOW TO PLAY

Enter free play mode.

Disable all assists and put all settings to their most difficult, the only setting that is optional is automatic vs manual transmission.
Again, no practice laps. Just jump in the car and go for it, if you wreck or mess up then so be it, take a picture and it'll end up in the highlight video. This is meant to be realistic and challenging. Just write down your lap times (1 lap for each race) and send them in.

Stage 1 - Camino Viejo de Montserrat extreme circuit

Stage 2 - Fujimi Kaido old downhill

Stage 3 - Bernese Alps festival circuit

Stage 4 - Top Gear Test Track full circuit

Stage 5 - Bernese Alps stadplatz reverse

[Captain Slow]

anyone?

[TOUGEghost]

I would be interested but it would have to be a "time attack" format since I'm not online.

[Captain Slow]

exactly, I wasn't planning on doing anything online. just have everyone record their times and, submit them to a special email address I've set up. I'd get everyone to upload at least one replay file to their forza storefront also and I'd make a highlight video that also announces the winners ;)

[ilikerice]

Im interested. I got xbox online too

[Captain Slow]

ilikerice: awesome, maybe we can play online some time.

I will post details this evening or tomorrow and as stated before it'll be an offline "time trials" type event.

[CTScott]

I'm in as well. We just recently got an Xbox for the kids, so of course I had to pick up Forza 4.

[Captain Slow]

Forza 4 is by far the best racing game I've tried yet. F3 was awesome, but F4 is even better.

I bought a PS3 when GT5 came out because I wanted that game, ended up not liking it and sold both.

[ilikerice]

I just like the full customization Forza offers.. so beautiful too.. I enjoy the fun extra car games they brought, like soccer, tag, infected.. so much fun

[ilikerice]

where did you get that drawing.. i love those kinda drawing btw.. look all over for them

[Captain Slow]

google image search :)

[ilikerice]

searched.. could not find that particular one.. no biggie..lol.. i got yours now

[Captain Slow]

i googled for "yaris race"

[ilikerice]

AHH... havent done that one.. thanks.. Cant wait to run these laps..

[Captain Slow]

if these are popular we'll do at least 4 a year, one for each season.

[eTiMaGo]

I don't have a Gold account, I don't think I can upload photos or videos :frown: But I do have a Yaris in my garage configured like my car as it is now :wink:

[Captain Slow]

then run those laps and send in your times :)

[ilikerice]

going thru the rules.. CTscott has an advantage.. he has a supercharger on his.. I just hope my skills can overcome his power.. I will play thru them tomorrow probably. This should be interesting if we get alot of people.

[eTiMaGo]

LOL then what about Garm? :D

[Captain Slow]

yeah I thought about making everybody go stock...but if this were a real rally some of us would have advantages like that.

that's why I chose:
no practice laps
difficulty all the way up

that way it's possible for you to wreck and screw up your car's engine/handling. so between that and the modifications just about anything can happen! we'll see. if it doesn't work out we'll change the rules for next time.

[Captain Slow]

Garm will definitely have an advantage....unless his Forza 4 driving skills are awful.

[ilikerice]

Garm will definitely have an advantage....unless his Forza 4 driving skills are awful.

thats what I'm counting on :biggrin:

I feel I am the next Sebastien Loeb... :bellyroll:

[CTScott]

thats what I'm counting on :biggrin:

I feel I am the next Sebastien Loeb... :bellyroll:

I feel like I am the next Buzz Aldrin, from when he did his run on "Big Star, Little Car" on Top Gear US.

[Blown_xa]

This looks cool, if I had forza I'd do it. Maybe we can do a joint time attack, nurburgring is in both games.

[Captain Slow]

a very good point. we can do that for the next rally.

laguna seca is in GT5 also right?

[Blown_xa]

a very good point. we can do that for the next rally.

laguna seca is in GT5 also right?

Yep.

[catliektheif]

im down! except i dont have any performance parts :( so ill just take last place and be happy just to play :)


when is the deadline to turn in times?

[ilikerice]

like they say... "go slow to go fast."

[Captain Slow]

wednesday January 18th is the last day to submit times.

all of the info is in the first post, please make sure and read the rules well before playing.

as some have mentioned we will see how well mods help out or not. driver skill is also a big factor. of course if we all held a rally in real life the same would hold true, mods and skill would both be factors.

[Captain Slow]

I should note, that I have no performance upgrades either except for a TRD rear sway bar and a TRD air filter.....so I will also have to rely heavily on my skills.

[ilikerice]

found a problem.....

in free run, you can only do 1 lap in the "quick start"...

in the hot laps, you can do as many runs as you want.. but wont give a total of your laps? only gives, best lap, last lap and current lap.. that is fine if we only do 2 laps but some you have 3, that means someone will have other than the driver will have to add your laps as you go.. there is no pause in a real race..

The only way I could find a way to do this easy was if you got in the community and made your own track and laps and made it private so nobody could join.. just throwing that out there

[Captain Slow]

a valid point. tell ya what, we'll change the rules, each race will only be one lap.

[ilikerice]

sounds good.

[Captain Slow]

I'll put more time into organizing the second one. This one I was just kinda testing the waters.

[ilikerice]

I finished my races.. BUT.. there have been some mistakes on my part and a misunderstanding about the times..

Has any one else finished their races yet? I got my times written down.. had to watch the replays to get the 1st lap recorded when they do 2 laps

I didnt notice this until my last race, but if you are recording your first lap, it will be from when you cross the start line til you cross the finish. but your "TOTAL" time will be from when the light turns green till you completely finish your time, which took me an additional 5 seconds from when I spin tires to the start line which is when the next clock starts ticking...

I feel you need to have actually got some races in and saw how the format worked before doing this.. All my replays have been uploaded on the storefront, just look up Toyota Yaris and the track you wanna run, you will see ywr12 and track name somewhere.. not many yaris have uploaded replays.

Next, I would like to add, I apparently had 2 car set up exactly the same except 1 had sport compound tires and the other had race compound tires.. the first 3 races I did yesterday with the race compound tires which put my yaris in C361. I noticed it this morning and wasnt sure if you guys wanted me to re-race or not, so I just finished the last 2 with the street compound tires D350. I do TECHNICALLY have R Comps but they are only for track use.. Not daily driver tires.. my DD tires are sport compound Hankook RS-3. 140 treadwear.. I feel that was acceptable.. I am ok for penalizing 5-10 secs off those races for using R Comp Tires.

[cali yaris]

Garm will definitely have an advantage....unless his Forza 4 driving skills are awful.

They are! Terrible! The opposite of real life! :biggrin:

[Captain Slow]

i will be running my times either today or tomorrow

[catliektheif]

times submitted! i hope im not the worst....

[ilikerice]

same.. good luck..

[Captain Slow]

ok, we've got two submissions. keep them coming guys.

[ilikerice]

my replays are on the storefront if you haven seen them yet. just look up toyota yaris and YWR12 (course name) somewhere in there.

[Captain Slow]

just a reminder that all entries need to be in today

[Captain Slow]

results to be announced today.

[ilikerice]

:thumbup:

cant wait to see the recaps and results

[Captain Slow]

Please view the video below before checking out the results:

Yaris Winter Rally 2012 (http://vimeo.com/35399548)

Sorry for the link, I REALLY wanted to embed the friggin' thing here but can't.

[Captain Slow]

Here are the results!

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1st Place: TOUGEghost

Stage 1 time:* 3:32.530

Stage 2 time:* 4:34.250

Stage 3 time:* 2:15.381

Stage 4 time:* 1:34.183

Stage 5 time:* 1:56.750

831 seconds total
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2nd Place: ilikerice

Stage 1 time: 3:35.297

Stage 2 time: 4:35.217

Stage 3 time: 2:20.535

Stage 4 time: 1:35.803

Stage 5 time: 2:00.638

845 seconds total
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3rd Place: Captain Slow

Stage 1 time:3:43:539

Stage 2 time:4:54:109

Stage 3 time:2:34:405

Stage 4 time:1:40:082

Stage 5 time:2:07:351

898 seconds total
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Honorable Mention: catliektheif

Stage 1 time: 4:17.174

Stage 2 time: 5:57.424

Stage 3 time: 2:45.350

Stage 4 time:*2:10.131

Stage 5 time: 2:22.274

1051 seconds total
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I've learned a lot about hosting an event like this and I think we will try again soon and in a much improved format. Thanks everyone for playing!

[ilikerice]

Can we do a Monthly event.. that would be fun.. like WRC, have 10-12 events out of the year.. and maybe like an endurance shootout sometime? 1 track 20 laps.. lol

BTW, grats Tougeghost. nice job..

I need to keep practicing.. took a 2 month break because of damn skyrim

[TOUGEghost]

Thanks! I've been playing Forza almost exclusively for the last month or two so I guess my "hard work" has paid off. :biggrin: Cool video. I would have liked to add some of my own replays but I'm not quite sure how to do that without a Xbox live account. The results came out pretty close, looking forward to the next round.

[Captain Slow]

in the next week or so I'll work up another contest and post the details in this forum.

[eTiMaGo]

hehehe awesome, hope I can make the next one :)

[catliektheif]

Here are the results!

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1st Place: TOUGEghost

Stage 1 time:* 3:32.530

Stage 2 time:* 4:34.250

Stage 3 time:* 2:15.381

Stage 4 time:* 1:34.183

Stage 5 time:* 1:56.750

831 seconds total
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2nd Place: ilikerice

Stage 1 time: 3:35.297

Stage 2 time: 4:35.217

Stage 3 time: 2:20.535

Stage 4 time: 1:35.803

Stage 5 time: 2:00.638

845 seconds total
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3rd Place: Captain Slow

Stage 1 time:3:43:539

Stage 2 time:4:54:109

Stage 3 time:2:34:405

Stage 4 time:1:40:082

Stage 5 time:2:07:351

898 seconds total
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Honorable Mention: catliektheif

Stage 1 time: 4:17.174

Stage 2 time: 5:57.424

Stage 3 time: 2:45.350

Stage 4 time:*2:10.131

Stage 5 time: 2:22.274

1051 seconds total
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I've learned a lot about hosting an event like this and I think we will try again soon and in a much improved format. Thanks everyone for playing!


yay i made the list!!! what was my honorable mention???

[ilikerice]

what ever happend to that video OP was suppose to make..

Getting really jealous about GT5 Yaris cup thread =(