First full disclosure: I like to watch drift and gymkana, BUT, never overall had an enjoyable experience with drift in games, with VERY few exceptions.
That out of the way, I’m horrified on how unpleasant the drift challenges in FH3 are.
It is one thing to do not like a type of activity in a game, but seeing it as bearable for the sake of the completionism.
Then there are drifting missions in FH3: a truly game breaker.
To add insult to injury, I’m playing with a wheel (G920), making drifting close to impossible as the work of Playground with the wheel interface is beyond incomplete and careless (missing buttons, labeling WRONG in the controller settings, forgetting to include game essential commands in ALL wheel settings, etc), borderline disrespectful to consumers.
So, how much are you liking the bucket lists and drift zones in FH3?
it’s strange for me…
certain drift zones have hardly any traffic but a few have cars all the time. Considering the road this is horrible. I get crashed more often than not doing them or have to adjust completely and fail. They are fun, i just don’t understand the sudden influx of cars that come when it begins…
Drifting is awesome.
But Christ… the Drift Zones, they need to clear the damn AI out of them. As soon as you start one, drivatars appear from nowhere and ruin your run. Just damn annoying.
the only experience I have with drifting missions so far is the bucket list challenge with the nsx. I got 40k on my first attempt and thought it was nice.
The bucket list ones are nice, I didn’t mind those because no traffic. The drift zones with traffic are the annoying part.
That said I still got 3 stars in all the drift zones so it wasn’t that bad. Just have to try them a couple times til you get lucky with the traffic spawns. I guess that is what frustrates people. Getting 3 stars is not about how good you can drift, it is now a game of chance. Can you make it through the zone without a drivatar barreling into you? haha
I haven’t tried this yet but is AI traffic at night not lower than during daytime? I got that feeling on the highway so it might be the same for the drift areas as well.
I cant get more than 6000 points on the Bucket List #14 “Experience Australian Madness In The HSV Maloo” its a F&*$UN$MG nightmare, its ruined the game for me.
OK, ive just seen the Crown vic police car DLC trailer, Im back in!!!
Watch some youtube video of it and remember the trajectory, then go and try to follow the similar path and you probably will pass it. This is what I did (this challenge was also driving me nuts).
Nonsense, its impossible and it makes no sense at all. The car either makes a big drift ensuring you go off the track against a tree, or you make a small drift and earn to little points. There is no middle way.
I just ragequitted the game because of it. Best i can get is about 13-14000 points and i do not believe anyone who says more is possible.
That one can be quite challenging. My note for success on that one is to ensure that you approach the drift zone with enough forward momentum to enable you to bring the tail-end out and keep the drift through the looong right-hander. Even though the tarmac is still wet you can carry quite a lot of speed into the turn, I approached it at around 100mph (here’s a video of one of my successful runs, but note that my attempt at a drift in the opposite direction coming into the zone is ill-timed and makes me run wide (but not too wide, luckily enough)).
