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Old 06-19-2007, 03:22 AM
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Some more Forza 2 pics

Ok so I got my hands on the Hankook Cayman CSR and took it to the Ring, in stock form ran around a 10min lap I think.



Then I climbed into my highly modified (I stopped at class S 987 - thought it was appropriate) Cayman S and ran the ring in 9:10, not bad for a first attempt with the car...

Then I decided at 190mph to keep it floored into a corner and bounce off the wall, losing both bumpers in the process... ouch!





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Old 06-19-2007, 08:31 PM
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Ouch! What is your time for a full ring run with your modded Cayman?
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Old 06-19-2007, 08:41 PM
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Ouch! What is your time for a full ring run with your modded Cayman?
9:10 with my modded Cayman S (Class S level 987) on my very first run, I could easily shave time off of that though.
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Old 06-19-2007, 09:05 PM
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Stupid question here as I don't have a game console yet. The only game I'm really interested in is Forza 2. Do you have to have a steering wheel, gas and brake pedals to play? Seems like a lot of clutter and cables to mess with
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Old 06-19-2007, 11:09 PM
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Nope, just the standard controller is fine. that's what I use.
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Old 06-19-2007, 11:56 PM
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Stupid question here as I don't have a game console yet. The only game I'm really interested in is Forza 2. Do you have to have a steering wheel, gas and brake pedals to play? Seems like a lot of clutter and cables to mess with
I use either/both. The wheel is wireless, so only cable is between pedals and wheel cluster, not bad at all.
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Old 06-20-2007, 12:36 AM
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I use a Playseats Classic:

Amazon.com: Playseats Classic Gaming Seat (Black Alcantara): Video Games

but there is a more recent model, the Playseats Evolution, that may be more stable as I have to brace the front with some pipe sections to keep the pedal area from wobbling:

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I use a Logitech DriveFX wheel which is NOT a laptop or rest on the legs type (can only be mounted to a surface) and fits the seat perfectly:

Amazon.com: Xbox 360 Logitech DriveFX Axial Feedback Wheel: Video Games

The wheel you can pick up in BestBuy or a CompUsa, the seat is available online from Amazon or Target. The setup is great! I highly recommend it.
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Old 06-20-2007, 01:47 AM
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I have had Forza 2 for a few days (in Australia) and love it. I bought my XBox 1 year ago for this game so its been a long wait.

I have the wireless wheel and love it. To make the experience all the more unique I use my Cayman Sports seat with the wheel. ;-) (I have put a GT3 seat in my car, so have my spare drivers seat in the spare room at home).

However most of the time I am trying to sneak a few quick laps here and there without fuss and use the wireless controller. it works well too.

My Cayman is modified to a similar level to Ken's. Its a handful with all that Power!

Looking forward to adding some graphics to my Cayman soon. I am doing an official rally event in my real Cayman soon and am considering adding graphics to my car. So Forza will be a great way to design the graphics and visualise on the car!
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Old 06-20-2007, 04:37 AM
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Another silly question...is this on a game console or PC based? And if on both, can you race against folks on a different platform?
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Old 06-20-2007, 05:15 AM
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It's only for the xbox 360, so there is no cross-platform racing.

Just ran a 7:43 (really a 7:38 cuz I had a 5 second penalty for going off course) at Nurburgring during a multi-player race. I was also racing conservative since I had a pretty big lead at the end and didn't want to blow it.

The Cayman is an S Class (level 996). I could definatley improve that time.
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Old 06-20-2007, 12:58 PM
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That's a great ring time, sounds like I need to practice some more to shave off a minute or so.. I forgot what my penalty time was, I did have a little off course excursion at one point but honestly I don't see why I should be penalized for cutting something over a rumble strip a little "extra" to scrub some additional speed.
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:44 PM
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I may be "cheating" with my Cayman though. My S-Class Cayman has been converterd to AWD. I did that because my Cayman couldn't compete in online mulitplayer play without it. You should test it out. Even though it's not being true to the Cayman....It is rediculous off the line....
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