Driving in Hardcore Mode - FAQ

[Eudemon]

A good starting car to drift in is the F430 Spyder, it's difficult to get right but when you do any other car is easy to keep longer duration drifts going. The F430 takes good control and throttle response in order to drift, some others just require a floor of the accelerator and tapping the handbrake which I never use as I prefer to feint or Scandinavian flick as it's also known.

[FA430RGT]

A good starting car to drift in is the F430 Spyder, it's difficult to get right but when you do any other car is easy to keep longer duration drifts going. The F430 takes good control and throttle response in order to drift, some others just require a floor of the accelerator and tapping the handbrake which I never use as I prefer to feint or Scandinavian flick as it's also known.

I always thought of the F430 to be more of difficult car to drift for beginners?

[Eudemon]

I always thought of the F430 to be more of difficult car to drift for beginners?

That's why it's good for them, reason being if they start off too easy they'll stick with that method rather than adapt, whereas if it takes a bit of time to learn the medium difficulty car then the really tailhappy wonders like the Zonda, McLaren F1 GTR etc are not that hard to get a grasp of.

 

Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment. lol

[FA430RGT]

LoL will keep that in mind when it comes to your moderating then ;) Just Joking but personally I think there is reasoning behinde your theory I mean (yes this is abit OT so beware!!) If I start a game on hard I always find it simple on Easy thinking to myself if i started easy Iwould find hard impossible

[Telos]

Do you use HCM with the normal xbox pad or should I believe the description that it's ment for a wheel/pedals? I'm definately in for more "realism" but is it too difficult to handle with just the pad?

[iPeEonVcRS]

I play hardcore mode all the time. i think a good car to start off in is a zonda or murcielago.

[viper plus vette]

ok but how does one get into hard core mode?

[hesonly5]

If you're on the 'Box you need to buy it off the market place, and you can access it from the main menu when you're Champion.

 

If you're on PC you get it free when you're Champion.

 

If you're on PS2/PSP it doesn't exist.

 

:)

[lewis4153]

if i download hcm can i change between that and stanard driving mode at any time

[Andreas¹]

I think you have to restart the game, but otherwise than that, yes

[Eudemon]

if i download hcm can i change between that and stanard driving mode at any time

Nope, you need to signout and back in in order to access the main menu again which shows you the options for normal or hardcore mode.

[raz abbs]

How much is hardcore mode to download?

 

If i download it and dont like it, will i have to delete it to go back to standard gameplay, or can i leave it on my HDD but still go on normal mode?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, just seen the post above mine lol. Thanks very much :)

[SirKronksAlot]

I have a good question - Why can't I get my hardcore mode to work on my 360? I got to Champion level, downloaded hardcore mode, and then I couldn't get to it. Any ideas?

[mattcat]

i have to re download mine any time i want to use hardcore mode y???