We have partnered with @HondaRacing_HPD for the upcoming #HPDForza Bounty Hunter event! This Rival’s challenge will see competitors take on professional drivers across three weeks for awesome rewards like liveries, driver gear, and of course bragging rights!
WEEK 1
Karl Wittmer | Sep 8 - Sep 13
WEEK 2
Ryan Eversley | Sep 15 - 20
WEEK 3
Romain Grosjean | Sep 22 - Sep 27
Week 1 of the #HPDForza Bounty Hunter has begun, and your first challenge is taking on Canadian Touring Car Champion @karlwittmer. Beat his time in this week’s Rivals for an exclusive 2017 Acura NSX livery, Acura driver gear, and up to 1,000,000 in-game credits. Get to racing!
Wittmer’s Bounty time to beat is 1:34:062
I tried and quickly came to the conclusion, that I hate that super slidey car.
Currently around 1:33.3 ish and yeah, the back end is a pain to keep in check. The last sector and especially that turn after the corkscrew is really killing my lap times.
I find taking a more rounding approach for turns 3,4, and 5 work the best. For the hairpin (turn 2) I like to go a bit past mid track while I’m at the middle of the turn, then reduce or get off the throttle so the car can rotate easier, and then its just the matter of getting back on the throttle at the right time. I aim to get the two right side tires on the curbing on the exit of turn 2 under full acceleration.
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Just spotted a tweet from Karl posted very near the close suggesting he was going to try to improve his time. The event has gone from my menu. Can his final time be confirmed?
Edit: He has now confirmed no improvement 1:34.062 
Last I looked he was ranked about 275.
Thanks Max.
For the next 2 events, can we confirm the closing times in each time zone. I’d assumed we would be able to run until midnight on 13th. A US friend told me the event had disappeared at 8:30pm in the US.
Round 2 of the #HPDForza Bounty Hunter Rivals begins today. This week you’ll be driving the 2009 Honda S2000 CR at Suzuka East.
This week’s bounty is Honda Performance Development factory driver and PWC TCR Drivers Champion @RyanEversley - add his gamertag HPDRyan as a friend so you can follow his progress. Beat his time on the leaderboard when the the event ends, and you’ll earn an exclusive in-game 2009 Honda S2000 CR livery, Honda Driver Gear, and credits.
Anyone know his time yet?
I really wish they’d tell us what time we need to beat. 
HPDRyan is currently ranked 1480 out of 16,880 drivers with a clean lap time of 01:01.810 set on June 16th. I’ll update the thread with his final time (if he tries to improve) before the close of the event, but of course the advice is to set your best time regardless of the target!
Ryan is using ABS, TCS, and manual shifting.
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Here’s the reward car and livery that went to the 277 drivers who beat Karl Wittmer in Round 1:
Be sure you have an empty space in your garage before trying to download the message from the Gifts tab in the Message Center. Remember that this livery is applied to the standard car - if you remove the livery or paint over it, you won’t get it back!
There’s one more day left to put in your time on the #HPDForza Bounty Hunter - Week 2 Rivals event for a chance to earn the Honda S2000 CR with custom livery by beating HPDRyan. His laptime hasn’t changed, and he’s currently ranked ~2235. https://twitter.com/ForzaMotorsport/status/1439720279886888963
Be sure to get your lap time done by 4pm Pacific on Monday the 20th (midnight in London) before the event closes.
Round 3 is open now. This week you’ll be chasing Formula 1 and IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean (gt: RoGro8) on the Indy Brickyard Oval in the 2019 Honda #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara (provided as a rental by the Rivals event).
Romain’s current time is 00:39.223 - beat him before the event closes at 4pm Pacific on Monday to earn an exclusive liveried gift car pus Driver Gear and credits.
Congrats to those who beat Bounty #2 - check your in-game messages for this custom livery Honda S2000 CR.
And here are the top drivers from Week #2’s leaderboard:
Today’s the last day to set a time on the #HPDForza Rivals event. The time to beat RoGro8 is 00:39.223, which puts him at rank 219 out of 22,060 drivers. Be sure to get in before the event closes at 4pm Pacific. https://twitter.com/ForzaMotorsport/status/1442504311276064769
Congrats to the winning bounty hunters, who will be receiving this custom liveried car in their in-game Message Center Gifts.
Here is the top ten for the final weekly leaderboard.
