FAQs

[CanuckLefty]

Here's one: After I hired a driver for the fourth endurance race(for the third time), I was only awarded what looked like 10k credits. I was drunk at the time, so all bets are off, but I recently noticed that the logos of all the other races that are unlocked are black and white, but this one's now coloured. Can I only go to the well X amount of times per race? Would this apply to races I did myself as opposed to a hired driver? Has anyone else encountered this?

[twotonkoala]

Originally Posted by CanuckLefty

Here's one: After I hired a driver for the fourth endurance race(for the third time), I was only awarded what looked like 10k credits. I was drunk at the time, so all bets are off, but I recently noticed that the logos of all the other races that are unlocked are black and white, but this one's now coloured. Can I only go to the well X amount of times per race? Would this apply to races I did myself as opposed to a hired driver? Has anyone else encountered this?

1. You can do the same race as many times as you want, without a loss in money gained (except the bonus you get for completing an entire section of races, you can only get that once)
2. It's probably colored because you are in a car that matches the class for that race. Switch to a different class, and another one should be colored instead of black and white.
3. You were drunk, you probably misread it and it gave you 100k

[CanuckLefty]

Awesome. Thanks for the quick reply, which offsets your love of the Denver Broncos.

[jacklanky]

Just got a quick question. Probably sounds really stupid but oh well...

I was trying to tune the Lingenfelter for a race (never tuned a car before) and the only "sliders" to make adjustments - that I could move was the ones under "TYRES" section.

I can't adjust anything else in any other section in tuning. Please help. Not sure what to do.

[twotonkoala]

Originally Posted by jacklanky

Just got a quick question. Probably sounds really stupid but oh well...

I was trying to tune the Lingenfelter for a race (never tuned a car before) and the only "sliders" to make adjustments - that I could move was the ones under "TYRES" section.

I can't adjust anything else in any other section in tuning. Please help. Not sure what to do.

More than likely, you haven't purchased upgrades or it isn't a tunable car. By default, most of the options are not configurable, and not all of the upgrades provide adjustable settings.

When going to upgrade the car, make sure you pay attention to the descriptions of what you're buying. Whenever you are buying that allows you to alter settings, it will list ADJUSTABLE (yes, really, in capital letters if I remember correctly).

[jacklanky]

Thanks so much. Now I can finally start winning some of those more difficult races.

[RazerindemiX]

Hiya
how come i got all cars from sweden & korea but the achievement has not popped whats going on?

[Rusty Nail zh]

Want to earn some money, now. What is the best track in the endurance series to earn money. Of course I will hire a driver...but which car do I have to use and which options are the best?? Would be great to get some tips. Thanks!

[twotonkoala]

Originally Posted by Rusty Nail zh

Want to earn some money, now. What is the best track in the endurance series to earn money. Of course I will hire a driver...but which car do I have to use and which options are the best?? Would be great to get some tips. Thanks!

Basically, your best bet is to use the highest paying endurance race you can enter. The money/time is going to be about the same for any of them.

Use the highest rated car in each class for the races, and simply make sure that you have the driver AI set to easy. Everything else you will want to max out if you're simulating, because it won't make a difference to the sim driver and you get more money. So, basically everything that gives you extra money (e.g. you get more for using manual transmission than auto), turn it up all the way. As long as you have the opponents AI to easy, the driver really shouldn't have much of a problem.

I can't remember the names of the cars I used, but basically, when you are taken to the screen of "available" cars for that race, hit RT to go all the way to the right, and pick the one furthest to the right that you have unlocked. As long as you aren't putting the sim driver in a car that's much worse than the others, you should be fine.

EDIT: It is also worth noting that nothing is 100% in this game. I simmed probably about 20-30 races (with most of them just being the highest endurance race available to get money) and the sim driver still lost a couple times. Probably 95% of the time he's going to blow away the rest of the field by 1 minute +, but every once in a rare while, he drops to 4th. Just kind of how it works, nothing you can do about it.

[Rusty Nail zh]

Nice! Thanks for the tips. And which driver did you use? How much did he take from your profit? With easy difficulty, you can take a driver that is not that good, right?
Thanks again!

[Warrior011]

Whenever I hire a driver for a race, I usually use the lowest driver in the selection, they take 55% of the winnings and rarely lose on easy difficulty

[B Diddy]

Will gifting cars effect the collector achievements? I've heard people say "make sure to leave one to buy",etc. Do I need to buy the last car to unlock the achievements or will just having them in my garage from gifting unlock them?

Edit- As soon as you receive the cars from your buddy the achieves unlock...

[Castlevania1995]

If I hire a driver for the endurance races, my game pauses when the controller turns off. How am i supposed to counter this? I don't really think the method most people use is to return every 15 minutes.

[Pashos]

Originally Posted by Castlevania1995

If I hire a driver for the endurance races, my game pauses when the controller turns off. How am i supposed to counter this? I don't really think the method most people use is to return every 15 minutes.

You have to either use a wired controller or a Play-n-Charge kit. That's the only way of preventing the controller from turning off.

[Castlevania1995]

Thanks for the above answer. but i have a new problem, my driver I like to hire dissapeared from the list. the 55% from america is gone.... How is this possible, and how can i counter this? I can hire another driver, but i don't want all of them to dissapear...
edit: nevermind, he got back with a few extra losses.

[EVOR666]

if i buy a painted car from ah an the paint job is not lockt can i use it on one of my other car if so how?

[xXSHAPESHIFTAXx]

i'm having trouble with the class A world trophy series because every car i use doesn't seem to have enough speed or acceleration, i don't want to change my difficult so can u suggest a car that worked for you?

[Castlevania1995]

Originally Posted by xXSHAPESHIFTAXx

i'm having trouble with the class A world trophy series because every car i use doesn't seem to have enough speed or acceleration, i don't want to change my difficult so can u suggest a car that worked for you?

I don't remember which car I used, but you can just upgrade your current car as long as it stays class A. but be sure you also have enough grip, I overpowered my ferrari and its useless now. The upgrade thing is in the same menu as go race, my cars etc.

[xXSHAPESHIFTAXx]

k cheers i'll try that just one more question is it better to have more acceleration than speed or more speed than acceleration?

[xUKxSniperDemon]

How do you change region???

[x2keithm3x]

Originally Posted by xUKxSniperDemon

How do you change region???

In career mode press "RB" then press "X" to switch region. A screen should come up with a little more info on the specifics.

[x2keithm3x]

Originally Posted by xXSHAPESHIFTAXx

k cheers i'll try that just one more question is it better to have more acceleration than speed or more speed than acceleration?

Depends on the type of track, and if you have to sacrifice one, it will be always be better to have both.

But in a case which you can't advance both:

a) Nissan speedway: since you accelerate basically only for the first few seconds it's better to sacrifice acceleration for speed..

b)Tsubaka: Seeing as there is no "long straight" it would be more advised to sacrifice speed for acceleration.

A good way to tell what's needed would be to simply use the "Hot Laps" as reference to tuning or picking your own cars.

[x2keithm3x]

Originally Posted by EVOR666

if i buy a painted car from ah an the paint job is not lockt can i use it on one of my other car if so how?

After you buy the car, "Get in Car"

2) Got to "Paint Car"

3) Scroll right until you reach a picture of a poster entering a folder, it should say that you can save your current design to a design catalog at the top left.

4) Save your/painter's design to catalog.

How to apply it:

Note: As far as I know you can only apply it to the exact same type car, although I might be wrong.

1) "Get in car" (same type if necessary)

2) Go to the very end were your can apply a design from the "design catalog"

3) Select your design.

[Farnham]

in one event of the regional championship i have gotten all gold and one silver to get a gold trophy overall, will i have to upgrade that silver in order to get the achievement?

[TwiztidChef]

Is there a way to mirror the decals in design mode? I must be missing something. I know you can skew, and enlage and rotate, but what about mirroring a decal? Some decals are symmetrical so if I want to put 2 back to back or point to point I can't seem to make it look right.

am I missing something or what? thanks....

[dave2007]

Originally Posted by TwiztidChef

Is there a way to mirror the decals in design mode? I must be missing something. I know you can skew, and enlage and rotate, but what about mirroring a decal? Some decals are symmetrical so if I want to put 2 back to back or point to point I can't seem to make it look right.

am I missing something or what? thanks....

if i remember correctly you can set a decals scale to negative to mirror it

[TwiztidChef]

yup set size to negative on the axis you need it mirrored. Thanks man I knew there had to be a way to do it.

[Lympathia]

Apparently I can't play this game because I don't have the latest update but I have no way of downloading the update at the moment, so this seems to mean that I can't play the game???

[atkinson87]

im still missin the cheevos for all american, and german cars. and also the last 2 secret cheevos. selling cars from other regions to get money for the cars i still need wont affect will it?

[xMidget_Furyx]

does anyone have settings they used on the cars for the time tirals. i'm on the second one and you can only change the tire pressure. how do i keep the car from slamming into the wall every freaking turn. It doesn't matter if i slam or feather the breaks i still hit the wall. what am i doing wrong?