Ok, trying to get 3000 points on Maple and, well, it’s just not happing. I’m lucky if I clear 1000. Any tips for choosing and setting up a car for this? I don’t want to practice for hours but I don’t mind trying to improve my technique. I do want to stack the deck in my favor though.
In FH3 I get the highest drift scores with insanely powered AWD cars because I can drift them and keep them somewhat under control. In F7, upgrades cost credits so I don’t want to just randomly trying different cars/engines/setups. I generally only use auto because I don’t like shifting with a controller, but I don’t mind using manual if keeping it in one gear helps to get a higher score.
Well, yes. I managed to finish shortly after I posted. My question was more about what kind of car works best for those without technique than “oh please help me get my 3000 points.” I didn’t realize that there were AWD cars with high power already in my garage. In my defense, I don’t know half the cars that are in there because they were put there by my purchase of the deluxe edition or prize wins and I don’t go out of my way to explore every single car. At any rate, I searched for AWD and sorted by class and look, the Hoonigan Mustang is AWD
Also, I didn’t realize how the drift scores worked, I thought that you needed 3000 in one drift and I was going around the lap to the best part of the track for drifting when I failed. I regularly got more than 3000 in one drift, only to smash into the wall or go off of the track. I was only getting about 1000 when stalling out with something anemic. Don’t laugh, this was the first time I tried the drift races, like I said, it’s not really my thing.
I did find it easier to control if I put it in manual and then just leave it in first gear so that it wouldn’t shift up at the wrong moment.
FWIW, I think that what I found in FH3 holds. If you don’t know how to drift, get something with high power and AWD. I was asking if there was a better vehicle choice to start with to go at this without spending a lot of time practicing. I’ve watched a couple of videos, but I’m just not that serious about ANY video game. My guess is that the next time I bother to watch a video will be when there is a harder forzathon drifting challenge.
Id say get some reasonably powerful front engine RWD car, (we are looking at 200-400 hp on stock car) slightly depending on how new the car is, and how wide tires it comes with, but essentially the more modern car the more power you need. But avoid really powerful cars (BMW M3 and Nissan Silvia are pretty solid choises)
Race suspension only real setup you need is max Caster, Toe out both front and rear, about 3.5-4 on front and 2.5 in rear. relatively high camber both front and rear around 2,5 -3.5
Test it,
Add tire width and power if needed
This isnt “Works well” tune, this is “works well enough” at least for me
For driving most of the time 2nd or 3rd gear is enough, but note that track like maple, Prague and alps prefer relatively high grip and high power, and some corners require 4th gear or you stall before you really even slide.
How ever tracks with sharper corners yuo can get away with any RWD car that has a LOT of power, as long as you can control it (D or C class LeMans Missile might work quite well in some tracks)
Thanks for replying. “Works well enough” is good enough. I’ll give it a shot. I really haven’t messed with caster and toe out, at least not successfully.
Well, sliding is easy enough, it’s controlling it that seems to be the challenge.
Either a fully built 240sx or rx7 would be a good platform to learn on, and if you don’t want to make a tune of your own, there is plenty available to download
