Occasional Tales

 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....

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...

 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 ...