Xbox 360 Rollcall for Forza4

SurfDog

I actually live in Colorado just up in the hills from Denver. I also loved NFS series but found them a bit too "arcade". Also at heart, I'm a driver (not a racer or track rat) so I think Horizon is going to be spot on for me.

I just spent 100 bucks or so at best buy for a cheap mad cat 2 wheel and pedals and really like am enjoying the increased control and more natural control style. I'm tempted to spend a few hundred bucks on a good dim level wheel and some pedals. The paddle shifter is fine for my purposes and I think a manual shifter and clutch would require a dedicated stand up cockpit setup to work.

The wheel has defiantly made it easier for a Xbox racing noob to turn better laps. My feet just "know" how to feather the throttle better than my fingers and forget about trying to manual shift on the controller. With the wheel I don't even think about shifting it just comes naturally.

In other words. I'm loving it all and am amped about horizon.

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09 6spd Berk CBE, JWT cams, ZSpeed CSC, Stillen (25 row oil, brake cooling, sways, gen3 CAI), Passport (9500ci), Quaife LSD, Z1 400 hp kit, ss lines, pads, rotors, clutch etc, Phunk's pan and fuel starve fix

FPenvy

i actually was half tempted to start searching for like legit racing setup for xbox like steering wheel with paddles, pedals, and everything but knowing me i'd have $500 in it without trying lol

i usually am a monster at racing games but never got into forza 4 too much. i'll probably buy horizon since like i said earlier its a cross between forza nad NFS it feels like.

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SurfDog

500 bucks for a good sim setup is about right (I did some prelim research) 250-300 for wheel 100 for pedals 50 for shifter (optional) 300 for a good frame with seat to bolt it all too... (I assume you have video and audio setup already)

1-2000 bucks will get you state of the art sim setup. 300-600 will get you excellent (all metal) force feed back club level setup. 100 gets you the Mad Cat setup that I bought which is not force feedback but good and durable and has included shifter and plastic but functional pedals (no clutch pedal)

Check this as an awesome look at the possible!!!!
Force Dynamics 301 Racing Simulator - YouTube

I wish i had more time to obsess about this stuff. we live in a magic age!!!

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09 6spd Berk CBE, JWT cams, ZSpeed CSC, Stillen (25 row oil, brake cooling, sways, gen3 CAI), Passport (9500ci), Quaife LSD, Z1 400 hp kit, ss lines, pads, rotors, clutch etc, Phunk's pan and fuel starve fix

Imtired

i thought the horizon demo was okay. I'm just not sure on the online mechanics.
I hope i can play with just my friends so i can avoid children doing donuts and trying to crash into everyone...that's only fun for so long.

Here's a funny sort-of-related jalopnik article
No One Gives A F*ck How Fast You Are In Gran Forzarismo

SurfDog

Here is a Xbox wheel buyers guide I found helpful:
Forza Motorsport 4 Wheel Buyers Guide - YouTube

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09 6spd Berk CBE, JWT cams, ZSpeed CSC, Stillen (25 row oil, brake cooling, sways, gen3 CAI), Passport (9500ci), Quaife LSD, Z1 400 hp kit, ss lines, pads, rotors, clutch etc, Phunk's pan and fuel starve fix