What is your favorite car in the new Rally Adventure DLC?

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It’s been a couple days since the new Rally Adventure DLC, and I’ve been wondering which of the ten new cars is your favorite?

There’s a good variety here, Colin McRae’s Focus, some Class 1 Buggies, and plenty of Trophy Trucks. Which one have you enjoyed most so far?

For me, the #37 RJ Anderson Pro 4 Truck has proven to be one of my favorites. Solid allround offroader. The Trophy Jeep is good fun as well. And obviously the Focus is amazing.

How about you guys?

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
Hoonigan VW Baja Beetle
2001 Ford Focus RS WRC
Jimco Hammerhead Class 1
Alumi Craft #6165 Trick Truck
Alumi Craft Class 1 Buggy
#4402 Ultra 4 Trophy Jeep
Jimco Fastball Trophy Truck
RJ Anderson #37 Pro 4 Truck
Polaris RZR Pro XP Racing

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The Focus hands down. Due in large part to being the only car that really fits the expansion. Otherwise, this is car roster is arguably just as bad as or worse than the one found in Lego Champions.

The Hoonigan Scumbug was probably the biggest disappointment out of all of them. Since it was a Hoonigan vehicle, I was excited for an actually powerful Baja Beetle out of the box, but it’s only marginally better than previous Baja Beetles we already have. Also, three Baja Beetles now and not one of them has a stinger exhaust. That’s criminal.

I’m sure it’s well-documented by now that I am not pro-EV, so naturally the Lightning does absolutely nothing for me. Plus, its even heavier than most EVs (though that was to be expected), but its also slow for an EV and the stock top speed is pathetic. There are classic British roadsters that could out run this thing in terms of top speed. Just give them a couple of minutes to catch up. Also, not a very exciting final prize.

The Jimco Buggy is okay. I don’t really have much to say about it. Not much to say about the Alumicraft Buggy either. Both Alumicraft and Jimco trucks, however, are pretty slow in terms of acceleration. The trophy trucks that we already had in the base game are significantly better in terms of performance.

The RJ Anderson Trophy Truck is a fun drive, but again, didn’t really seem necessary since we already had one. I haven’t had a chance to sit down and compare the old one and the new one in terms of driving yet, but it is worth noting that the new RJ Anderson truck is significantly heavier than the old one. Not an expert on trophy trucks, but this is usually a bad sign in terms of performance as a vehicle evolves.

The Ultra4 Jeep is probably the second best car after the Focus. It performs decently enough and is at least more visually distinctive when compared to other vehicles of its type already in the game.

The Polaris, however, is probably the worst offender of them all. Its just a heavier version on the one that was just added to the game a few weeks ago, which itself was worse in most ways than the one in the game at launch. In other words, it’s Polaris inception, and that’s not as cool as it sounds.

Like many others have said in other threads, this DLC would’ve benefitted immensely from having more WRC and rally-prepped cars. The abscence of Lancia and the Talbot Sumbeam was also immensely felt.

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I generally agree with Runoff about the roster as a whole. I don’t think I chose to drive any of them in events. If I had to pick a favourite from that list, it would be the Lightning.

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I’m driving a Ford Sierra. The cars didn’t impress me. It’s a nice tiny map, though. I think the Focus looks cool, but that’s were it ends for me.

This type DLC would have suited FH4’s roster better & Fortune Island would have suited this game better in my opinion. Enjoying this list without Lancia was never going to be easy though, was it?

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Focus and the 150 Lightning once it’s been tuned

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In my opinion, the Lightning is just a wasted slot. We could’ve had another rally car instead of some silly EV.

The Focus is one of my favorites as well, and it’s very competitive in the “Horizon Rally” format. Good through the tight corners.

The Hoonigan Scumbug really is a disappointment, as I expected a lot more from that car. It’s also just a bit sad that a Hoonigan car is only a slightly better version of the car it was built on.

The Ultra 4 Trophy Jeep is another one of my favorites. I love how it goes through corners and the way the suspension works. It drives a lot like Vaughn Gittin’s Ultra4 (Brocky) which is one of my favorite cars in the game.

The Polaris is really disappointing, and I’m still of the opinion that we only needed one. I don’t enjoy driving them in FH games and this is really no different. It’s just a heavier version of the two we have, with a different livery.

The Pro 4 Truck is quite fun, the biggest differences are that it has the new livery, new bodystyle, and it’s a different class of truck. The new one is AWD, hence the “4” in the name. I loved the original so this one is great too.

The Alumi Craft Trick Truck is a lot of fun. Not exactly competitive for many races but it’s still good fun with the suspension and ability to go offroad. Just not exactly a cornering beast.

I haven’t yet driven either of the Jimcos or the Alumi Craft Buggy, so that’s all I can say for now.

Good list, I pretty much agree with you completely. Though I’m a bit disappointed to hear the Jimco Class 1 is just “okay”. I was really hoping for that to be a godly offroader. Oh well, should still be fun.

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Though I’m still sad about the loss of Lancia (and the fact that we likely won’t get them back until FH6, a game I probably won’t buy), the game has a good enough selection of pretuned rally cars that the expansion is still fun and suitable for the game.

We have an old Cossie, the Audi Quattro S1, the MG Metro, an old Porsche 911, the Rally 959, Focus RSRX, the Subaru ARX Supercar, the RS200, and all of those GRC cars.

It’s still a decent selection.

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There are new cars? I have so many, I don’t even notice. When I win one as a prize I click to make it go away and only use it if some restriction makes me.

Jokes aside, I would be fine with a game that has three to five cars in total but a HUGE amount of different races. Too bad most games go the other way: Drive the same roads over and over but hey, here’s a new vehicle.

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Yeah, we still had quite a few really fun cars I enjoy using prior to the DLC. This gives more life to those and I hope they go with Ziperr’s suggestion for rivals too.

I think a lot of cars already in the gane benefit more from the expansion. (Even more if they were to do that.)

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The 2001 Ford Focus RS WRC is the only one I “vibe” with, though that makes sense as it’s the only World Rally Car on the list.

I haven’t meta-tested any of the expansion’s cars yet, so I don’t know if I’ll continue using any of them beyond that. [Edit: Done. None are meta but most are generally good with the right build.]

Outside of a few specific challenges I didn’t use any of the new cars when completing the expansion; I did almost all of the events in either the Hot Wheels Bad to the Blade or the Audi Sport quattro S1.

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Definitely the Focus, had there been more of the CC side of rallies featured all the cars added would all have been great but as it is they’re out of place + poor options.

The Scumbug in particular unfortunately ends up being ultimately a nothing car, not substantially faster enough than the 2 existing Buggies to stand out but being a C class also completely useless for all seasonal activities that use that car type + the Tour events as they both are always set at D class.

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Without a doubt the Focus. If they get to put all the new WRC cars I would have doubts…

And you have the cars in the game itself, which is worse, since you put the focus on Mcrae, then put 3 or 4 “mythical” rally cars and it looks like god. I don’t know, Evo by Makinen, Celica by Sainz, Subaru 22B by Mcrae himself… Then some more “modern” and you get an expansion of 10.

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McRae drove the Sierra Cossie too. You can even throw the paint on. :smiley:

Would love Sainz’ Corolla though.

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Maybe the Subaru Impreza of Richard Burns, the car that won the WRC in 2001. There are a lot of historical rally cars that I would love to see in the game.

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As a Dodgers fan I was super excited for the Fastball truck. I made a nice A class tune for the WRC Focus. That’s definitely the best car in the DLC.

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My favorite Rally Adventure vehicles:
Hooligan ScumBug
Ford WRC
F-150 Lightning

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The one that’s actually a car.

Really wish they had added some F2 restriction cars in there. Such a great local to capture the feeling of Puras’ historic Rallye Catalunya de Espana win in a tier 2 car.

For reference: Raw Puras Onboard LEADING In An F2 Car | Rallye Catalunya de España 1999 - YouTube

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I’ve actually already seen that video and it’s mesmerizing to watch.

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Without competition the RJ Pro 4 Truck.
Ultra planted, good low speed acceleration and imho one of the best offroad suspensions in-game make it a perfect car for the expansion dirt tracks.
On the main map it’s not so good because it has too much drag.

Aside from Montana where I did a 3:05 in CA which lead to getting trashtalked by the Bone Shaker driver in 2nd with a 3:08. Best compliment a car can get.

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Can I ask which tune are you using for this one?