I like to tune & to run my own tunes. I’ve only seriously begun playing Forza since March of this year. My level of competence in the tuning realm has greatly improved since the beginning. I’ve begun scratching the surface of getting the balancing of power to handling correct. What I once thought were EXTREME adjustments, especially springs & sway bars, are no longer extreme & more of the default (softer springs & sway bars).
I feel that there are 3 main elements of the Forza world in terms of gameplay. Those 3 would be: Tuning, Racing, & Painting. I like to fully immerse myself in the game & mainly stick to using my own tunes & paint schemes. I have used others, but that’s mainly using a few paint schemes that others have shared.
In regards to tuning, I just kind of feel cheap & unworthy of any success that I gain on the leaderboards by using a tune that someone else has made. I feel like anything good I do by using someone else’s tune is only 1/2 credited to me. I know that it may seem like a silly way if thinking, but that’s just the feeling I get. I may not get up into the top 10, 100, 500, 1000, etc… but whatever my rank is on a particular track, if I’m breaking into the top 1% or whatever…it has been from my work in tuning & driving. I’m in NO WAY against folks using tunes that they haven’t made…my opinion is for me only & my own preference on how I like to play.
With all of that said; even though I like the “feel” of my tunes & thinking that I’m pretty good at holding a racing line, corner entry & exit, my tunes are stable & can hold the car in the race groove in the middle of the corner, etc… I’m still not satisfied with my results as compared to others. Though I may fall anywhere from the top 1% to 5% within the leaderboards, I’m still on many instances a full 10 sec off the pace of the top 10. I’m not expecting to be within the top 10…BUT…I just can’t figure out how in the world I’m anywhere from 5 to 10 sec off pace when my car’s stats are similar, my tune feels/ drives good, & I’m hitting the marks on the track.
I’m trying to figure out what my issue is, what’s causing me to be so far off pace. The best I figure that I can do to help diagnose the problem is by watching more leaderboard replays & possibly using shared tunes from well-known tuner(s) in order to compare the feel of my tunes compared to theirs.
I know I’ve been long winded, however, I’ve found that Forza is a game that I’m fully immersed in & the only one that I particularly care to play. Any thoughts, discussion, advice, etc… would be greatly appreciated.