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FH5, Series 48, Week 2

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I had to make the Nevera go fast along the runway to complete the treasure hunt. No idea how many FPs I now have, and I certainly have nothing to spend them on. The weekly was a pain because of the Showoff skill. I have no idea what one of these is. If I did know, I’d be unable to consciously do one. I did a plenitude of races before I finally got one in Vista del Mar, although at what point this happened, I have no idea. I one-shotted the DS for a one-third very good SWS. I one-shotted the ST for an SWS that was beyond excellent, but I don’t actually need another Sesto Elemento. I also one-shotted the SZ for an SWS that was one-third good and one-third very good. The photo is of the painting on the side of the player house in Playa Azul. Eventlab (1). Sunset Palms Raceway . Points off for Eventlab Island, another excellent advertisement for incorporating such places into the main map instead of forcing players to load a new map in. Good use of props. Marks on for daylight, and a tick ...
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FH5, Series 48, Week 1

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Finally daylight returns after a month of unnecessary darkness. I did manage to do last week’s treasure hunt when a wreckage skills HA eventually appeared. I noticed this morning that I had 104K FPs, having acquired 2,000 more from the gods alone know where. Oh well, I suppose it’s Forza counting again. I randomly completed the treasure hunt in the Holden Torana by driving over bumpy bits of Mexico. The weekly was in the Honda S2000CR which, I think, was still set up from the last time this weekly came up. I switched it back to RWD until the final task when I had to swap it to RWD or be doomed to end up spinning round in circles. I one-shotted the first ST for a rubbish SWS. I then one-shotted the second ST for a one-third good SWS. The SZ took me a couple of attempts as ever, but the SWS was one-third good and one-third very good. Rivals week again, but four events, not two. Eventlab (1). Mink Creek Circuit . Good use of props to emulate natural terrain. Layout is all right, albeit a ...
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FH5, Series 47, Week 4

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I haven’t managed to do the treasure hunt because that’s dependent on the right sort of treasure hunt (i.e., wreckage skills) turning up. I’ll get it done in due course. I’ll be glad to see the back of this series and the interminable night and night-time races. The weekly challenge was in the 2012 Nissan GT-R. What did we have to do? A Street Scene race. Scream! I smashed (literally in the game) three STs. I had to check to see whether I’d completed the challenge because I got no notification of it. I’m not even certain whether I had to callously mow down one camera or both. I one-shotted the ST, but had to redo the DS because the car went tail down. I one-shotted the SZ in the Brabham. A single one-third good SWS and the other two were rubbish. Eventlab (1). Ejime Race Track . Another bloody night race. The lights are guides rather than a source of illumination. The track is mostly all right, but I wasn’t impressed by the excessively tight hairpin. It’s the sort of circuit that’s pro...
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FH5, Series 47, Week 3

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The treasure hunt was doing Basejump in an Aston Martin. This DS is painful because the target is a smidge to the left, which meant failing the jump because I was either landing on rocks or failing the jump by landing to the left on, er, something. I tried the Valkyrie and the Valhalla, but completed the task in the Vantage since the game seemed not to like the other two cars. All this for 300FPs. I must be very close to passing 100,000FPs. From the weekly challenge I find I have five 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500s. I have no idea how I come to be in this position. The ultimate burnout was annoying because the car kept sliding off the road. I painted the car, but as I’d done that previously, wasn’t wasting a slot. I zipped down the motorway and completed another weekly challenge. I PB’ed the DS, but it took several attempts because of annoying obstacles. One-third good SWS. I managed to one-shot the SZ in the MB CLK GTR. Phew! That’s an SZ that can be a massive pain i’ th’ posterior. No, ...
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FH5, Series 47, Week 2

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The title of the weekly challenge is Corvette Racing . “Drive the 2015 Camaro,” it says. Ah, that must be how the Americans pronounce “Corvette”. That wasn’t the only oddity because when I did the speed trap task, I used the ST that was also one of this week’s PR stunts. The game ought to have been giving me irate messages such as “Wrong car, you utter arse!” But it seemed not to mind that I wasn’t in an S2-class car. I also used the Camaro Z28 for the photo. The tank is on the wall to the left on the wiggly street as you look towards the statue up the hill. I did the collectibles as well, but had an HA to contend with. There’s no need to try and hit the cubes in awkward places unless you’re being a try-hard. I think I said this last time we did this. PR stunts. The DS took a couple of goes, but I managed to PB it on the second attempt, and the SWS was one-third very good. I one-shotted the ST, but there was some rewinding because of annoying traffic. On-third good SWS. I also one-shot...
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FH5, Series 47, Week 1

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I drifted down Costa Este for the treasure hunt and still managed over 800,000 points in spite of my lack of practise. I can’t even recall what the treasure was, but suspect that 100,000FPs are not far away. Nothing much to report about the weekly. I did Marigold for the race, my usual speed zone, and easily hit the speed target. I one-shotted the DS for a two-thirds good SWS. I PB’ed the ST on the bridge outside Mulegé for another two-thirds good SWS. Took me a couple of attempts to do the SZ because I was too tentative on my first try. The SWS was one-third good. Eventlab (1). Parametric . Props – full marks. Road surface – pah! Track layout – fine. Choice of cars – inappropriate. Nighttime – all marks deducted for annoying me. Eventlab (2). Miami Vice Riverside Drive . I went with the Ferrari Challenge Stradale for this one. Props were all right, the layout was fine (but say it in an ironic tone of voice). Nighttime – sodding irritating again. The SWS was one-third good. The Trial...
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FH5, Series 46, Week 4

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I probably haven’t driven the Meyers Manx since the last time we were forced to drive this thing. In the Baja California race, it was completely outclassed by the Delorean and the VW Thing (which introduced this week’s theme – drivatars cheating in dirt races). As I’ve said before, this is the sort of car that’s driven by pretty blonde girls in tampon adverts. For this week’s DZ, it immediately became apparent that you’re supposed to use one of the Hoonigan clown cars. Rubbish SWS. I’m OK with the TB, La Marisma , even if I don’t ever do it. I’m not OK when I get bounced into a tree, but my Renault 5 Turbo was the right car for the job. The game being the veriest model of generosity gave me yet another crappy SWS. Eventlab. Guanajuato Race Track . One lap would’ve been enough of this combination of Panorámica and Cathedral . Good use of props. Baja Mil was the most annoying thing since the last time it was the most annoying thing. I’m sure I repeated myself by starting in the Desert...
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