[mark1000]

I have to say that playing online games has never been my Strong point, in the past my experience online has been like being thrown to the lions, i either get into a game ( FPS ) and end up with a raving 13 year old American kid who wants to do things to my mother or some dick who wants to kill all his/her team mates, but last night i decided to finally have a go at Forza online with some other AVF casual members.

My first encounter wasn't great as i didn't understand how to invite or indeed get a game with AVF members, so decided to allow the matchmaking side of things do all the work, i thought that i would be matched with other beginners with the same car, NOT, so i got my ass kicked, fare enough, but for a microsecond i was holding my 5th place until i was deliberately rammed off on a tight corner, i persevered but came in last anyway ( that was expected ).

Decided to have another go at inviting friends from AVF casuals, remembered something about looking at the friends list from that gamertag, so first i created a private lobby ( thats another story alone ) and invited three players that were already playing from that list, so we got going and i came last as expected for a few races, but it so so much fun, no deliberate ramming or cutting up, i was really enjoying it, i then realised i could pick a more powerful car from the list other than the cars i owned, picked a car that was just a few points lower than my rivals and won my first race, after that i got a bit carried away with my self in the lobby and selected another track that was 3 laps and ten miles long with the wrong type of car and my rival left, ( are there any instructions for setting up the lobby for noobs )


Sorry for my rambling, one last and most important thing.

Thank you to Y2blade for taking the time and persevering with me, too kind of you mate.


Mark.

PS, i forgot to mention how bloody good it was with the MS wheel, although i nearly tore it off the WSP at one point, lol.

[Zooks]

Originally Posted by mark1000

after that i got a bit carried away with my self in the lobby and selected another track that was 3 laps and ten miles long with the wrong type of car and my rival left, ( are there any instructions for setting up the lobby for noobs )
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Glad your enjoying it. nearly did the same myself last night. everyone was nearly doing 3 12 mile laps of the ring! that would have been popular.

[darrenthebear]

Sorry I didn't join last night, I was in the middle of an R2 championship race when I got your invite.

I'll be up for some races tonight, I'll have to dig my mic out.

[chris4652009]

Originally Posted by mark1000

I have to say that playing online games has never been my Strong point, in the past my experience online has been like being thrown to the lions, i either get into a game ( FPS ) and end up with a raving 13 year old American kid who wants to do things to my mother or some dick who wants to kill all his/her team mates, but last night i decided to finally have a go at Forza online with some other AVF casual members.

My first encounter wasn't great as i didn't understand how to invite or indeed get a game with AVF members, so decided to allow the matchmaking side of things do all the work, i thought that i would be matched with other beginners with the same car, NOT, so i got my ass kicked, fare enough, but for a microsecond i was holding my 5th place until i was deliberately rammed off on a tight corner, i persevered but came in last anyway ( that was expected ).

Decided to have another go at inviting friends from AVF casuals, remembered something about looking at the friends list from that gamertag, so first i created a private lobby ( thats another story alone ) and invited three players that were already playing from that list, so we got going and i came last as expected for a few races, but it so so much fun, no deliberate ramming or cutting up, i was really enjoying it, i then realised i could pick a more powerful car from the list other than the cars i owned, picked a car that was just a few points lower than my rivals and won my first race, after that i got a bit carried away with my self in the lobby and selected another track that was 3 laps and ten miles long with the wrong type of car and my rival left, ( are there any instructions for setting up the lobby for noobs )


Sorry for my rambling, one last and most important thing.

Thank you to Y2blade for taking the time and persevering with me, too kind of you mate.


Mark.

PS, i forgot to mention how bloody good it was with the MS wheel, although i nearly tore it off the WSP at one point, lol.

no problem, i enjoyed racing with you i look forward to the next time

[mark1000]

Originally Posted by chris4652009

no problem, i enjoyed racing with you i look forward to the next time

Thanks again mate.


Mark.

[noisecrime]

Originally Posted by mark1000

are there any instructions for setting up the lobby for noobs

Well you seem to have got the basics down, but there are a whole host of options and settings the host can make, several screens worth, so don't forget to press the trigger (or is it the bumper buttons?) to access them.

Personally I set;

Grid Order: Random
This just gives everyone a fair chance, especially if there is often a collision or two on the first corner. But you can set this to PI, player ability and several other settings

Car Class: Whichever class you want to race
This is useful to prevent an 'arms race' where someone picks a class above everyone else and someone picks a class above them etc, until everyone ends up with R1

It also forces the AI to use the same class of car should you include them

AI Drivers:
When there is only a few of you I tend to like to add AI cars into the mix, you can set the number and difficulty (I prefer hard). I find the mixture of poeple and AI works well, although they do seem more aggressive and are often the cause of being forced off track.

[mark1000]

Originally Posted by noisecrime

Well you seem to have got the basics down, but there are a whole host of options and settings the host can make, several screens worth, so don't forget to press the trigger (or is it the bumper buttons?) to access them.

Personally I set;

Grid Order: Random
This just gives everyone a fair chance, especially if there is often a collision or two on the first corner. But you can set this to PI, player ability and several other settings

Car Class: Whichever class you want to race
This is useful to prevent an 'arms race' where someone picks a class above everyone else and someone picks a class above them etc, until everyone ends up with R1

It also forces the AI to use the same class of car should you include them

AI Drivers:
When there is only a few of you I tend to like to add AI cars into the mix, you can set the number and difficulty (I prefer hard). I find the mixture of poeple and AI works well, although they do seem more aggressive and are often the cause of being forced off track.

Thanks for the tip, can you set it so all players have the same car or is it just the class you can set.

Mark.