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FH6, Series 7, Week 1

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I guessed that the location of the treasure was the park in the north of Tokyo. The chest was just next to the DZ which is one of this week’s PR stunts. The weekly was the Honda City EII, which I’ve only ever driven in the much-loathed Eliminator. We were forced to do an engine swap, but this was to do the second task, which was to do three PR stunts in a set time. My recommendation is to do the circuit clockwise, although I completed the task going anticlockwise. And you can’t fast travel between events. I tried. I want to rebuild the car and do some proper racing with it. The photo. Another stupid emote. I picked the CCGT for Urban Legend , but didn’t discover that I’d not tuned it until I got to the Festival Sprint. That helped. All bloody sprint races, though. Rise to the Challenge is the Dodge Barge … sorry, Challenger in Street Scene races with about the least amount of traffic I’ve seen, with one car per race turning up often right at the end. Because the 448 Pista was S1 900 I...
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FH6, Series 7, Preview

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I knew the detail for the next series would probably be here today (i.e., the usual day late because of the Americans being a day behind the rest of the world). The article on forza.net starts by trumpeting an IKEA prop pack (assembly required?) (and here was me thinking this was meant to be a car racing game). I see these will include the infamous Billy bookcase. The two new races are the Edo Circuit Road Race and the Shuto Charge Street Race . I suddenly thought last night that they’d both be Street Scene. Phew! The three new cars are the 2016 Honda S660 Alpha (never heard of it; and is there nothing more up-to-date they could’ve added?), the 2025 Citroën Ami (another novelty car; Citroën marketing: Il est un petite vache “It’s a great marketing opportunity”) and the 1987 Fiat Panda. Well, there are three cars I’ll probably never drive more than once. I’m sure the Ami is likely to rival other EVs for the title of least competitive car in the game. The not-so-new cars are some 2011 ...
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FH6, Series 6, Week 4

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The treasure hunt wasn’t too difficult because it was easy to quickly identify the approximate location of the chest (north-west end of Shikasai-no-Oka). The weekly was in an old favourite of mine, the Renault 5 Turbo, which I drove a lot in FH4 (well, the FE version), but less often in FH5. It’s still a car I enjoy driving. I took a photo, I got a stupid reward. I think it was a Swiss policeman’s summer underpants; or something that is an iconic part of any racing game. Dockside Drive was Street Scene racing in S1-class retro supercars. Apart from the first race which was wet, the Maserati MC12 seemed to be a mostly good choice, although I need more practice doing these courses. I can’t help but note that Tokyo Docks Charge is not the most suitable race for high-powered cars with it’s 2nd-gear-3rd-gear corners. Once again, the reward was a car that’s irrelevant to the category of cars that we used in the series. For the Good Old Days I used the Peugeot 205 T16, which was already C5...
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FH6, Series 6, Week 3

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I actually knew where to find the treasure this week, and not because I’ve seen several posts on Facebook as well. North-eastern corner of the lake near Hakusan Mountain Lodge. I should’ve used the Honda Beat to do the daily as well as the weekly challenge. I already had a Polaris of some sort for the photo op. at the spaceport. For Touring the Sights I switched between cars for each race, starting with the AM DBS Superleggera before swapping to the 2025 Bentley Continental, and finishing with the MB AMG GT-S. The last of these was the most drivable. I still don’t see how some ghastly off-road bathtub was a suitable reward. With Daily Exercise we were back in the world of novel car categories, in this case, high-performance dailies. As far as I can tell, this seems to be super saloons and SUVs that start in A class. I chose the 2012 BMW M5, which in spite of the driving conditions and Okishinaimura with its annoying touge zone), turned out to be a good choice. And finally from the c...
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FH6, Series 6, Week 2

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 The weekly in the 2017 Ford Focus was undemanding. The clue for the treasure hunt was immensely vague, but I was rescued by some kind player, who sent me a message telling me where the chest was located (I’d guessed the right area of the map). It’s as vague as vague can be, being south-west of Mount Haruna on the south side of a small lake. Jodogahama. Where the hell is Jodogahama? It’s near the spaceport, but not marked on the map. That’s where you take a photo of some Mazda. The collectibles round the 7-Eleven were easy enough to find, but you may have to wait for some of them to respawn if someone else is smashing them. I don’t know why this is a thing in FH6. I used the Peugeot 205 Rallye for Coming in Hot for which the prize was some American barge (which makes no sense to me. #OldPersonProblems). The car was all right once it was on the dirt sections. For Weekend Break , I went with the 2000 “Mustang”. For some reason I’d built and tuned it, but don’t seem to have raced it....
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FH6, Series 6, Week 1

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The treasure hunt clue was a little more obvious this time. The location is Meoto Iwa Rock. I couldn’t remember the name, but knew what to look for. In other news, the first expansion will allegedly be out on the 21st of January. I already owned the BMW Turbo 2002. All went well. I took a photo. I got some clothing. I got so excited that I bought the Lexus LFA. The curse that is B-class modern rally returned in Bee Happy , which rewarded us with the Coronet Super Bee, which I don’t have in this game (but do in others). We had to do Kawazu Nanadaru yet again. I got caught out by the sharp right-hander at the bottom of the hill in Cherry Field Trail . It’s not a race I’ve done that often, but I suspect I’ve botched that corner just about every time. Ghost Hunter was A-class rally monsters (not exactly original) doing cross-country. What?! I picked the Opel Manta for the job, but the car wasn’t suited to the task. There was quite a bit of yawing in Takashiro , which had me wondering whe...
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FH6, Series 5, Week 4

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 I guessed that the treasure was to be found in the north corner of the spaceport. I was right. First time in ages. I needed to do Aston Martin Nights to get the DB5. I used the DB7. Festival Chase was awful in cockpit view with all the spray coming off the road, Matsumi Climb switched to daylight, but the additional traffic didn’t actually affect the race ’cos it was way easier to see. Shimanoyama Charge was a repeat of the preceding race, but at night. And then I was able to do the weekly except I upgraded the car before leaving my house, which meant I had to do a drivetrain swap to spend CR20,000 on the car, leave the house, and return to undo all of it. A couple of Street Scene races. Gods! An HSP interrupted this, but this week I jumped on it, and then one-shotted the SZ task. And as I was in the DB5, this was also a good opportunity to deal with the photo to acquire yet another stupid phrase that no sane adult would ever utter. Rally on Dirt was B-class total rally, but ...
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