Gentle reader,
It's been a while since I posted. I've been busy, especially with Spring finally here! Although it has been cool here of late, still, heat will be arriving before we're ready, so am enjoying the cool.
We left off with 1971 BMW 3.0 CSL painted in Jagermeister beer sponsor livery. Next up is a JDM 1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex. Quite a mouthful name! Right hand drive being a Japan-only car.
Below, if I HAD to have an SUV, I suppose I could stand a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. Love 'em or hate 'em, the Cayenne has sold well and allowed Porsche to race again and create the 918 Hybrid Super car. Painted up as an American Le Mans emergency response vehicle.
What may appear to be a Ferrari similar to the Magnum P.I. car that drove all over Hawaii on TV. However, the GTO was and is way more. The engine is mounted lengthwise rather that transverse as in the usual models with this body style. Turbocharged too. Very fast and fun.
The "KR" in the 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR stood for "King of the Road". A popular song at the time. Nice period SCCA Trans Am livery.
Next up a car I'd love to have, but am too tall to fit in. The Chrysler Crossfire. A gorgeous car whether in coupe form here or top-down roadster form.
Yet another of the many WRX cars I enjoy in my digital garage. This a 2005 sedan. Most I have painted in the official WRC color scheme.
Below, a car I had high hopes for, and it's painted in one of the spec series race liveries. This in GULF colors. Frankly, it doesn't handle nearly as well as I thought it would. Pity.
On the other hand, this 1995 Toyota MR2 GT below is AWESOME! Converted to all-wheel-drive, and far more powerful. It is fantastic and beats everything in it's class handily.
The Cadillac CTS-V is a car that has had the the automotive world taking ample notice. They even made it in a station wagon version! Supercharged and it could be had with a six-speed manual transmission.
Below is a paint scheme stated by the Forza member who designed it, to be correct for an owner/racer later on after Ford stopped racing them as factory cars.
Below, a car that should not have been cancelled after so few years. As Pontiac finally got it right in 1988. It is also the first of my "S" class racers. Far faster than stock.
An S-Class Toyota Yaris? You bet! AWD and really fun to drive.
A 1970 Chevy Chevelle with the largest engine they offered, the 454 C.I. V8. Painted in period-correct livery as a NASCAR car.
The first speedy front-wheel-drive VW, the Scirocco, this being an "S" model and in this case a highly modified, AWD S-Class racer.
The largest Mustang built right before the smallest, the 1971 Mach 1. I like the fastback model that this one is. Almost vertical rear window didn't show much in the mirror.
That's this chapter's hot-15 virtual racers. I just passed level 250. My buddy who also races Forza 4, and I compared our records. He was shocked to find that the Events page was mostly empty and all the races he completed seemed to have disappeared. We theorized the perhaps reaching Level 250 erased them and made one start fresh. However, when I got there, all 100% of mine were still there.
Thanks for looking!
Scott
