Rear View Mirror 2-3-14

Hey Race Fans,

This edition of Rear View Mirror has:

-WRC Monte Carlo and Sweden coverage
-the last round of the Trophee Andros
-February Rivals
-more

And hey, if you want to battle against me this month in Forza Motorsport 5 cast your vote for what Rivals event you would like to see me focus on this month. If you come to an agreement and I like the one you choose I will hit it. Until then you will see me in Prague in Giant Killer.

Thanks for reading and get ready for tomorrow folks, good things are going to happen.

John

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hmm…something about this month’s rivals. None are jumping out at me yet. When I see a track I like mentioned, the event type is not my preferred discipline. Then when I see a standard hotlap event it’s not on a track I like.

Does that mean I will not run them? Nope. See ya on the track.

Your RVM’s John show racing that should be represented in Forza games. Forza Trophee Andros sounds awesome lol

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OK, am I missing something?

I do not see any new events in the Monthly section.

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Looking forward to setting some high marks again this month for you, John. I’m starting to love these types of events with traffic. It should be fun weaving through trucks and SUVs, especially on Prague. Good luck to everyone! You’re gonna need it John. Cheers! :slight_smile:

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Man I CAN’T Wait to see the last Round of Trophee Andros i been following up on it and it was very interesting but fun to watch
And not to mention Bad Rep or anything but Did anyone Get thier Unicorn(s) last week??? because I Didn’t Get Mine I been Waiting FOREVER To get the LAST 3 Unicorns for FM4 They’re COLLECTIBLES To me

GT:YellowJacketTMB
(INCASE You Guys Forgot)
FM4 Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
FM4 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera Concept (2007)
FM4 Honda MUGEN Civic

These are the ones i put in last Week
if you guys Could fulfill these id VERY Kindly Appriecated it
Thank You

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I’ve loved Rally since I grew up watching Colin McRae driving the 555 in the mid-ninties. There’s something so primal and engaging about racing at lightning speeds on poor surfaces, dashing amongst trees and nearly falling off cliffs. It’s like if they ran the GTLM race at Laguna, but on either side of the corkscrew there’s a sheer drop and certain doom. It’s thrilling, and to me, a fantastic introduction to motorsport. Rally and touring cars are what got me interested in the sport, the intensity of the drivers and races.

The WRC needs to come back to America! It hasn’t been here since Olympus in 88 and I wasn’t born yet, so if they could scoot back on over here and give me some proper TV coverage I’d be very grateful…I guess Pike’s Peak will have to do for now though.

GT:NewAgeJedi
Unicorn: Honda NSX-R GT/Subaru Impreza S204

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Great to see Mini as a force in the WRC!

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another nice wright up and boy that’s great vids…was fun racing it im sure, id have fun for sure lol

GT o0nightfire0o

FM4 unicorn 2006 Subaru Impreza
thanks guys

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Hi,
I’m french and i often go around tracks to see the Trophee Andros. It’s very funny. It always give a lot of competition in every category (funniest is moto).
Concerning WRC, i think Sweden is one of the most difficult rallye in the season. This year i hope Volkswagen will win. Sebastien Ogier is the worthy successor of Loeb and his car is the fastest.
Let’s wait, see and enjoy!!!

GT: Morpheus0626
Unicorn FM4: Ferrari 430 Scuderia

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Yet another great read this week. I always love hearing about the rally stuff. A more manageable fleet of 3 cars and 3 bikes? What might those be? The Lambo you sent me is a great car, sweet handling and grip. Time for another drifter :wink:

GT: Sparkfire7

Unicorn Request: Toyota Top Secret 0-300 Supra

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Hi
WRC Monte Carlo is great.

GT: Gjuergen
Unicorn: Forza Horizon: 1991 Honda CR-X SiR

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Hi, January did fly bye, now WRC I love the pure racing of rally, come on Mini!
GT:GT DRIVER JS
FM4 Unicorn Shelby GT500

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Go Volkswagen!

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Nice to see the WRC being covered.
And also good to see attention to the VM Forza 4 Rivals event.

GT: Freheliaz
FM4 Unicorn Honda Mugen Civic Type-R

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Couldn’t understand the hosts but the race looked fun. I also got to try out Forza 5, and I gotta say it’s way different feel from Forza 4, but better car audio and more realistic handling. Can’t wait to own it.

GT: Distortion808

FM4 unicorns: 2006 Subaru Impreza s204
2005 Honda NSX-R
HKS Time Attack Evo

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Hello John, I believe that in Sweden the VW and Ogier are the favorites.
Polo wrc is a great car.
The rally of montecarlo is very exciting, most of the race of the F1 cars.

GT: Carl1toBr1gante
FM4 unicorn: Subaru impreza s204

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I love rally events. The variety of terrains and conditions, on top of the dangers and difficulties when compared to closed track championships… so exciting.
I wish we could have rally events in the Forza series. u_u

GT: Oscar RD87
FM4 Unicorn: 2006 Subaru Impreza S204

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OK John, ** BEST ** ** RVM ** ** EVA **.

  • Oh man, I’m going to need to attend a 12-step program. I got stuck on the WRC site for hours watching the racing videos and reviewing the 2013 photos.
  • That Monte Carlo race was great. I wish we could race on snow in Horizon Rally, I’d love to do a race series like that.
  • I really DID NOT flinch during that rally drive by Mads, it was awesomely awesome. I guess I was always looking far down the track so the speed and corners really didn’t seem all that bad at all. The only part that even remotely registered in my WARNING: Will Robinson* scale was at about the 3:45 mark those pedestrians standing so close to the course in the small village, they were risking their lives there. Other than that, I was surprised how early Mads downshifted in preparation for corners, he was downshifting a few hundred feet before any corner, which I thought was pretty conservative, or maybe I’m just crazy.
  • Those French announcers were really into that race screaming at the competition between the lead cars. I was cracking up when they got so carried away that one of them started coughing and couldn’t speak for several seconds because his voice failed him.
  • Hey, was that a drivatar in that Mini Cooper? It sure looked like it when the Mini drifted sideways into the Mazda (~3:30 mark) and then pushed him out in the corner so that he could have a straight line…although, I admit that as soon as he cleared the Mazda, he just sped away from him, so it must have been very frustrating dealing with the blocking of the Mazda.
  • That move for 3rd by the LeFort car was a beauty!
  • Man, I love ice racing. I don’t care much for the drifting, but the racing is delicious.
  • Dude, you need to report your final times for those Rival events. :smiley:
  • Was there a bounty on you? I just wonder because I think I beat you in every event (I didn’t race either of the Drift races) but the Catalunya…not brag, just fact. When can we expect to see you singing on YouTube?
  • Congrats to your Seahawks, both the SF game and the SB surprised me. I was in Seattle the week that the record for the loudest stadium was set (again, against SF) and I have to say that the Seattle fans are just about the most fanatical I’ve seen, maybe only the Raiders fans are as into their team.
  • I can’t wait to look into the virtual motorsports and Xbox Pro Leagues, although I’m no where near good enough to even come close to competing, it would fun just to get involved in some series stuff.

Great, great RVM John, keep it up!

GT: Geministorm2
FM4: Ferrari 430 Scuderia

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WRC is back!!! great to see those highly powered cars drifting over all terrain possible!! :smiley:

I wish that forza had mud/snow tracks and WRC cars, it would be EPIC.

GT: ferransio
FM4 Unicorn: 2002 Mugen Integra Type-R

Hi !
I go to Monte Carlo for holiday!
I could not fight against you because I do not yet have FM5.
Good luck to everyone!

GT : HD Paqo
Unicorn for FM4 : 2004 Honda Mugen Civic Type-R

Thank’s for your new’s and unicorn !

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