Hey everyone and thanks for joining me for another edition of In Focus, our regular look at what you’ve been up to out there in the world of Forza!
This week we take an in-depth look at the work of distinguished Forza painter BlueReaper, plus we also shine the spotlight on the latest amazing video from the one and only DomesticMango, as him and a few friends go on an action packed road trip in Forza Horizon 2.
GETTING YOUR WORK FEATURED ON THE FORZA HUB AND WEBSITE VIA IN FOCUS!
I’d also like to extend you all an invite to get involved in future editions of In Focus by submitting to me in this thread your favorite liveries from either Forza Horizon 2 or Forza Motorsport 5 that you’ve painted, along with some words about your creation. I’ll then be picking my favorites from the thread for inclusion in next weeks article on both the website and the Forza Hub on the Xbox One dash!
If you want to submit a livery for consideration then please follow the below format in your post.
Gamertag
Car Make/Model
Livery Name
Link(s) to at least one 1980x1080 image of the livery in question, feel free to be creative when picking your images!
Some descriptive text about your livery (max of 800 characters including spaces)
CLUB OF THE WEEK
Also moving forwards for In Focus I’m going to be including a new section called “Club of the week”. If you’re a member of a club in Forza Horizon 2 and want it to be put forward for consideration, then please let me know in this thread using the below as a template for your post:
Club Tag
Club Name
Number of Members
Description of your club (max of 800 chars including spaces)
Links to any cool images or videos about your club, feel free to use your imagination!
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This paint was a difficult one to do, not because of the F1 car on the bonnet, but due to the sensitive subject.
Having watched the race in Suzuka, where Jules Bianchi was injured, I was deeply saddened by the accident, and my thoughts are with Jules, his family and the Marussia team.
The idea to do a tribute to him had crossed my mind, but I thought it might be inappropriate. When it was suggested to me by a friend, I thought about it again, as a way for the Forza Community to show their support.
This is the resulting Jules Bianchi Tribute livery.
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1973 Renault Alpine A110 1600S
Forza Livery
This is my first, real, historic livery.
Its to be part of an upcoming series by CornWolf, a Forza Community member and YouTuber.
The car, the colour, the whole livery is not something I would have usually painted. Having responded to a request for a “Painter-in-crime” from CornWolf, I was given Carte Blanche to paint what ever I wanted on the car.
Looking at the Renault again, whilst sketching out some ideas, I began to appreciate its classical beauty. I could see that it needed a classic livery, not something modern and garish.
Several image searches later and I had found a livery that I really liked. The black and yellow worked really well with the car’s line.
When I posted pictures on Twitter, it was really popular and the downloads are creeping up.
My A110 is maxed out, upgrades-wise, and its a tricky little thing to drive, but loads of fun. Haven’t driven it in the rain yet though…
This livery is a fictitious design inspired by the famous Nissan Motorsport International NISMO, I decided to produce a wide body version of the car which was challenging as it is often difficult to make this sort of design work from all angles. This design completely changes the appearance of the car and gives it a much more aggressive look.
I painted this car for some nostalgic feeling. The paint resembles the old Cuda. I have all colors available on request. Some have already been shared, so just search my GT to find them. Due to the nature of the game I’m really only sticking to street reps and rally reps instead of full on race reps, it kind helps with the immersion in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong I love hot lapping chasing that .005s of time just as much as the next guy, but cruising through Nice in my modern Mopar is a great feeling.
This first picture is absolutely amazing, I don’t know the odds of it happening again but they’ve got to be rather slim. During solo play I happened upon the vintage Cuda, in the same color scheme as my modern day remake. I call it “Old school meets new school”
Since I write about and photograph older and classic cars for a living, a lot of my liveries draw on “retro” influences. My favourite styles to emulate are the wild kustom paint jobs of the past—the “panel job” paint schemes pioneered by guys like Larry Watson in the '60s; or the schemes worn by street machines and custom muscle cars a decade later.
While I’ll occasionally tackle an all-original custom paint scheme, more often than not I’ll pull ideas from an actual, specific car. My “Wild b” Charger above, for example, was inspired by a Plymouth Road Runner I’d seen locally—just toned down a bit.
Hi all, my 2 submissions pay homage to two things that I love, I hope you enjoy them too. My first submission is a Star Wars car just because I love the movies and great memories of my childhood.
This one i did because i love all things VW and there is no better thing than a VW Camper that is full of patina as the saying go’s “the world took all them year to make it look this good, so why change it”.
I picked the color due to one of the shows i go to every year there is this same camper van and its the guys daily driver, and every yeah it gets a little more rusty and a lot more cooler. So when i seen that the camper van was going to be in the game well i had my paint