FH5, Series 30, Week 4

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The photo for the treasure hunt could, it appears, be taken anywhere roughly in the area specified. No need for a waterfall in the background.

The weekly was in the 2000 Nissan Silvia. Mine is a car with a rather nice livery which was given to me as a gift a long time ago. I’ve taken it out in races, it’s specced for racing, it was good to race. I’m not overly fond of the Silvias because FH4 had a tendency to dish them out quite frequently in wheel spins.

The Coastview Circuit (S1-class modern supercars) was a decent example of what can be done in Eventlab. It’s a pity that the SWS was an indecent example of how the game rewards players. However, things got better on the random rewards front.

District 17: Sewer Races was bugged at the start, with my car being reset or something. Another bloody race at night (rolls eyes in irritation). This one seemed to be an attempt to sort of reproduce Crash Canyon (daß stimmt?) from Wreckfest.

The PR stunts gave me three very excellent SWSs and a PB for the speed trap outside the stadium. I also got an excellent SWS from this. You see, game, you embarrass yourself when the wheel spins are better than the SWSs.

Holden a Minute. Yes, there’s only one car for this sort of seasonal – the Holden Torana, which as ever made short work of the drivatars. Pity the reward was an FD car. I can’t think what such things have to do with the Spring Festival.

The Elise 190 also mostly minced up the opposition in Sit up and take Lotus even though it’s RWD and one of the circuits was Cathedral. The drivatars were a bit bullying in Vista del Mar. Little buggers.

I ended up in a B700 modern rally series for Horizon Open and won two out of the three races because the other player (there were only two of us) had cornering issues (another theme of the week).

The Trial was interesting. I decided to go with the Hyundai i30N, which I’d already built and raced and, well, shrugged. I made it FWD and added aero, and damn me if it wasn’t bloody brilliant. 3rd on Lookout Circuit and 1st round Plaza Circuit. My teammates offered solid support, but need to practise their cornering (braking a bit too late and sliding).

The HW PR stunt was a drift zone. I utterly cheesed this one, missing the final corner entirely and yet completing the task. The SWS was a bit of a shrug.

Waiting for the Drop. A800, unlimited off-road. Yes, the Extreme E was out again, but extremely put the drivatars in their place. I got a wheel spin at the end of the race which gave me another Caterham, which demonstrates again that reward cars should be exclusives and not something you can buy or get from a wheel spin.

Another PB, this time from the drift zone in Sierra Nueva. The SWS was utter rubbish.

And finally, Honda Road Again. I ended up in the 2004 Civic, which is already C600. I managed to get some upgrades on, including aero because, I felt, at 61% the car is a bit nose-heavy. I reduced the aero tuning overall for a little extra speed. This seems to have worked because although the Civic was on stock tyres, it took corners without sliding and left the drivatars well behind.

Thus we reach the end of Series 30. I felt the cars were mediocre, but admit the i30N, built the right way, was actually quite good. But most of these, and the car pack, were a shrug that will only make happy those players who constantly demand dull cars to be added to the game.

Series 31. Valkyrie AMR Pro? Seriously? I assume that this is the FH5 version of FH4’s Vulcan, Vulcan FE and Vulcan AMR. Well, you get the idea. From what I know about FM8… sorry, FM 2023, the car is absolutely mad. I am looking forward to the European Automotive Update. For the moment. Predictions. I’m hoping that we do get the Maserati MC20, which I’ve actually seen in real life – gorgeous. Perhaps in the DLC, the 911 GT3 RS. Ferrari Pur Sangue? Lamborghini Revuelto and Sterrato? Or are we going to get some FM cars? But I haven’t forgotten the likelihood of a bunch of EVs making an appearance to remind us of humanity’s dreary, bland, anodyne future.

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