Everytime I play a multiplayer race I’m in last place within 5-10 seconds and can’t catch up. Does anyone have any tips on how I can at least compete in a race?
Dont use grip tunes.
get a good tune for the track you are racing.
manual n clutch !!
This isn’t always true. I cant wrap my head around using MwC with a controller. With a wheel I do fine. I use just manual and I seem to win quite a few of the races I am in, if I don’t win I am always always in the top 3.
If that’s the set up that helps you go fastest, go for it. MwC doesn’t promise an instant win.
You’re just newer to the game racing against people who’ve been racing the series for almost 10 years. You’ll get there with practice. I would recomend playing at least half of career before jumping into muliplayer. It will help you learn more about the game and build your garage.
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I agree. That’s what I did on Horizon. Well, here I finished ENTIRELY but yeah, that’s a very good tip.
At the beginning, I would recommend you to put all the assists on and eventually take some off. Buying THE BEST TUNES on cars is also great. Also, start out with AWD. Those are the easiest cars to drive, drift, drag with. With All Wheel Drive, more traction is produced to every wheel, in fact, it’s equal. I recommend to also start with easy cars to drive, like all wheel drive. A proof: I, an expert on Horizon, still drive All Wheel Drive after many years. Just saying I don’t have Forza Motorsport 5, but in the other games from the Motorsport series, it’s practically identical. You should try talking to the Number 1s on the leaderboards, they surely got great driving technics. I’m not one. But with the recommendations from the other people, you experience should really be better.
Definitely get some practice in Career mode with the moderately challenging and somewhat rambunctious Drivatars. Unless you are using a new Gamertag, your Rewards Total doesn’t show you’ve had a lot of time with Forza Motorsport. Get used the various vehicles, tracks and virtual driving techniques. Take those and employ them in multiplayer when you feel confident in your newfound skills. Otherwise, just keep running multiplayer races and you’ll begin to figure it out.
A good deal of us have been racing in Forza since 2005; the learning curve is relatively steep and the competition brings a lot of experience to the track. Don’t get discouraged. You could very well be the future of Forza and might one day see someone, in these forums, pose the same question - to which you can tell the tales of your trials and tribulations. Good luck!
When I jumped in late in FM4 I found huge improvements by doing rivals, especially community bounty hunter events. I think the first one I did was in the viper against phred at top gear. It pushed me to stop using assists and taught me some great fundamentals.
Which hoppers are you playing in?
My suggestion for getting started is do some Career Races to get a feel for the cars you own - feel free to do them multiple times to get Gold with the highest Drivatar level you can compete with while you turn off more and more Assists. I did more than 50% of Career before I ventured online, which was a good opportunity to get used to the physics engine. Aside from that like they say about the Albert Hall: practice! Really, just keep at it. View and challenge Rivals for lines; learn to hang back in multiplayer so you avoid wrecks then avoid ghosts; buy tunes to take your cars to max PI if you don’t tune yourself; add clean racers as Friends to improve both your Drivatar and online experience.
When FM5 came out five months ago I was hopeless, but five months of regular play let me get 1% top times and even medals racing S class in RaceBoy77’s lobbies.
Practice, practice, practice!
TTFN
Toni
I’ve never won a MP yet,
It can be very easy to get disheartened. As others have said many players are seasoned veterans who know the games quirks and foibles.
If you are new to Forza then do not leap in with all the assists off. Plenty of players think this is best. I disagree. There are a few things to bear in mind.
Track knowledge. Learn them off by heart. There is no shortcut merely lots and lots and lots of experience. What helped me was doing very long races in free play.
Confidence in how the car drives. Forget about how fast it can go. Can I drive the doors off it knowing exactly what it’s going to do for all of my control movements? I would recommend most tunes by worm. My buddy in RIW has had a number of sweet tunes up already.
Grip tunes vs speed tunes. Personal preference takes precedent. Anyone tells you that you can’t win using grip tunes is talking rubbish.
Simple fact is, a lot of these people are just really, really good. As a point of reference, I’d classify myself as the bottom of the top 1%. My average in MP is probably between a bronze and silver. Occasionally I’ll be the top dog in the lobby (it’s rare). Sometimes I’ll also be at the bottom (less rare than the previous example). There really is no shortcut to practice. One thing that hampered me is that I just liked to run the main tracks in rivals. Not so good of a strategy for MP - the alternate tracks come up a lot. You need to know all of them.
Regarding tunes, try different ones and see what works for you. Forget about grip vs. acceleration for now. Acceleration means nothing if you can’t stop spinning the wheels. Find a tuner who works with your driving style and go from there. Worm’s are a good starting point. Takumi, Roadrunner and Raceboy also make excellent tunes, to name just a few.
Watch some videos of the top guys. They can show you things you may have missed while running the tracks.
Last tip - don’t give up in a race. You might think you are off the podium but a lot of people choke at the end, especially if somebody is running close to them. Also, sometimes, they get crashed to dashboard (hey, it’s true). You may get that medal after all.
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Rivals not only do you learn the track, you also learn where your cars are good. Also when following a faster driver you can see their lines and where your losing time. Some advice that was gave to me, use the nearest rival or someone a little faster.
One tip I have, hold back a little on the start in public hoppers (don’t block people behind though, just roll off the line a little slower and move over a bit to let them past) - don’t try and blast your way through the field before the first turn, especially on tracks with a tight first turn (Spa is a prime example). There is more often than not a huge crash on the first turn, so if you are at the back of the carnage, it’s often very easy just to pick your way through the destruction and grab a decent spot early in the race.
Then after than, practise practise practise!!!
What class do you race?
What car(s) are you using?
What sorts of upgrades do you use? Do you tune? Do you download other’s setups?
What assists do you use? There are several that can hinder performance drastically like assisted braking.
How long have you been playing? Is this your first racing game that is more simulation based?
Have you done single player?
Do you practice on rivals mode?
Do not listen to the advice saying to avoid grip tunes. That is by far the stupidest advice I’ve ever heard. If anything, grip tunes are your friend until you become more consistent and some dominant like the CRX Mugen
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^^^ This!
You do not have to be all out power to win. What you need is a balance of power over handling that you are comfortable with. You may prefer a car that has tons of power that you have to nurse through the corners or a car that lacks top end but will gain huge advantages in the corners.
Study the tracks and see what cars work. Some tracks like Laguna Seca require good grip and acceleration over top speed or Spa requires a car with a good overall set of stats and Road America, Bathurst and Sebring can handle a car with surprisingly low handling stats with tons of power.