FH4, Series 64, Week 1, The Trial

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Yes, the Trial in FH4.

I did the Trial in FH4 for the very first time ever last week because I wanted the achievement from doing so. As I said in my previous post about the Trial, it’s always sounded so irritating that it just wasn’t worth the stress of doing it.

As I had nothing better to do in the UK this afternoon, I thought I’d try the Trial again. This week it’s dirt racing in B700 Mazdas, and the reward is a gold jacket that would be embarrassing in almost any situation that wasn’t a 70s disco. I chose the 2005 Mazda MX-5 (the Mazdaspeed) because it had the best stock PWR of the eligible cars. I must’ve built it for dirt racing at some stage because I’d already purchased most of the relevant components.

The starting point was the Moorhead Rally Trail. I waited for it to get to the point where it asked if you wanted to join the event, and got most of the way to Derwent Water and back before the Trial started, but with Lakehurst Copse Scramble. Not sure what was going on there, but I thought I might’ve broken the game by wandering too far from the start.

Anyway, there were five of us, outnumbered by the drivatars, but I was on the front of the grid. Go! I didn’t know what to expect, but it wasn’t my glorious progress scything through the drivatars to take the lead while the rest of the players lagged behind. And then they started dropping out till it was only me left. I don’t know whether this was a tactical withdrawal, disconnection, or what, but I won by a decent margin. Who needs other people?

The second race (well, second for me) was the Cotswold’s Rally Trail. I’d expected other players to join, but it was me again, and again, I went through the driavatars to take the lead, win the race and got a lovely gold jacket. I am totally fashion boy. [You’re a delusional muppet. –ed.]

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