Occasional Tales

I’m just repeating what I’ve seen via various sources. Feel free to say, “You have nothing new to say, you dribbling git.” Release date confirmed. All right, I’ve bought it. The whole thing. Well, best to do it while I’m feeling rich. Well, not too indigent. The price is exactly what I predicted it’d be, although I feel that I ought to get a discount for buying all the Horizon 5 dlc. In due course, watch me be unimpressed by the expansions. Progression will mean something to the old lags who were around back in the day. I was never there, but I was an old lag anyway. Players will start the game as a tourist (shades of FH5 difficulty settings) and need to qualify to enter the Festival. Wristbands, which sort of made a vague appearance in FH4 if I remember correctly, are back. We’ll need to do some showcase to complete a tier to go up to the next wristband, with gold wristband granting access to Legend Island, where there’s meant to be a bunch of stuff to do. The question is how grindy w...

 I probably drove the same HSV Gen-F GTS for this weekly as I did the last time, although since then I’ve painted the car a different colour and have added some stripes. No real problems, but this sort of thing doesn’t take a week to do. I took a picture of the 2022 Ford Focus. I got some pretty bovver boots. The collectibles were easily done. I got a pointless, probably annoying horn. I one-shotted the ST in Guanajuato and got a Shelby Cobra from the SWS. I believe I only had one previously and had been thinking recently I’d like another. The other ST took a couple of attempts because of the awful conditions and a car swap. I started with the Dodge Demon (?), which was ridiculously overpowered and terrible in the wet. One-third excellent SWS. One-shotted the SZ, but the SWS was a disappointment. (Yes, I know, I don’t need the credits.) I postponed the HT in favour of the HW PR stunt because I didn’t fancy the events that were being offered. I one-shotted the SZ in the BMW X6M for ...

Now with added Eventlab. This week’s treasure hunt – TB in a Polestar – worked properly. The treasure was over in Ek’ Balam. The weekly in the Audi TT RS posed no problems. I ought to have used the right car for the SZ PR stunt, but you had to do an S1-class race and I couldn’t be bothered faffing round with switching between cars. I went back to the SZ in the right sort of car and one-shotted it for a one-third very good SWS. The DS took a couple of attempts because I needed a slightly longer run-up. SWS was one-third good. I also one-shotted the ST for another one-third good SWS. I did the drift HA and even one-shotted the DZ at the end, which is a first for me, I think. Four Rivals races this week. a.) Bola Ocho in the Fiesta was all right, albeit in the wet. b.) The Camry in Gran Pantano was all right, but the car needs proper building and tuning. c.) El Pípila in the Durango was a reminder of what a bloated, pointless barge it is. I think the only times I’ve driven thi...