Forza 6 Community Bounty Hunt Update

Forza 6 Community Bounty Hunt - Are You Tough Enough?

The end of the February bounty hunt is nigh. You have 3 more days to beat RBW Tritons (710th at time of writing) pretty impressive time of 1:38.230 in his Rolls Royce Wraith around the Brands Hatch GP circuit. If you want that Aston Martin V8 Vantage then you need to get racing.

As I suspected in the original write up about this bounty hunt, this is no mean feat and many have already fallen by the wayside. I myself have successfully completed the challenge with a time of 1:38.101 but other great racers such as our own superhyper have already thrown in the towel. Paladin Skylark, you're not going to give in too are you?

But do not fear, I'll share with you the replay of my fastest lap along with the telemetry so you can see gearing, speeds and pedal positions to help you along the way. Don't forget that you can also do this to any of the top drivers on the leaderboard in game which may help you further.

First of all, I do not believe that the time can be beaten unless you have all driving aids turned off and use manual transmission. Manual with clutch would be even better as this saves you time when changing up gear which could be worth half a second or more per lap. It also allows you to blip the throttle on down shifts to bring the revs up and help transfer the cars weight better under braking which can be helpful during corner entry.

There are a few tunes at the top of the leaderboards. Most notable is DTM Lionel E46s tunes, both 135% and V.6 along with LMR Harmonics tune. You can't really go wrong using any of the tunes but The LMR tune is a bit more slidey if that's how you prefer to drive.

Some of the kerbs can be a massive pain in the arse, quite literally if they throw your car off of the track. The main ones to watch out for are the inside and outside kerbs on the first corner as they can both seriously unsettle the car. The curb on the exit of turn 4 can also give a bumpy ride as seen in the video above. Another one to watch is the inside curb on turn 5 as this will just force you wide.

For the first corner you need to brake just before the first white brake board on the left of the track and aim for a late apex to ensure you don't hit the kerbs. For turn 2, trail-braking is key. You need to ease off the brakes as you're going into the corner and then coast until you can see the end of the curb before getting on the power fully otherwise you'll just run wide.

Turn 4, another corner where a late apex is beneficial, run wide through the first part of the corner as this allows you to get the power down much sooner to give you a good run at the longest straight on the track. Turn 5, again, you need a late apex to stay away from the inside curb. Take this corner in 4th gear and aim to use the curb on the outside.

Turn 8 is one you really need to master to get the laptime. Just as you're going through the right hand kink in the dip, look out for the discoloured piece of track to the right (about 1:07 in the video). You want to start braking just before this with the aim of cutting the next corner. You can go fully off the track and not dirty your lap but try to keep 2 wheels on the curb so you don't lose grip and run wide on the exit.

It took me roughly 300 miles to pull together my lap so patience is the key. Just keep practising until you can nail all of the corners and eventually your lap will come. Even with 1 or 2 mistakes (missed apexes and running on bumpy kerbs for me) you can still make the lap. Keep at it!

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