{"id":420,"date":"2013-11-18T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharkpuppet.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2013-11-18T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:18:10","slug":"5-ways-to-prepare-for-forza-motorsport-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sharkpuppet.com\/wordpress\/5-ways-to-prepare-for-forza-motorsport-5\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways To Prepare For Forza Motorsport 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch of the Xbox One is nearly upon us, which wouldn\u2019t be particularly interesting to racing gamers if it weren\u2019t for one very important game: Forza Motorsport 5<\/i>.\u00a0 To make the last few days of waiting easier, I\u2019ve come up with a few ways to keep your gearhead brain occupied.\u00a0 After all, if you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ve already worn holes in the floor with endless amounts of impatient pacing.<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Play the old games.<\/h3>\n

You know what makes a shiny new next-gen video game look even fancier?\u00a0 Having just played its predecessor.\u00a0 Take this final handful of days to take one last spin in FM4<\/i> or Forza Horizon<\/i>.\u00a0 Say goodbye to that special, favorite car that you spent hours tuning and modifying to be just right.\u00a0 Give that lap record you\u2019ve been trying to break one more shot.\u00a0 Wrap up that single-player event you never got around to, or challenge your biggest rival to a grudge match.\u00a0 Chances are you won\u2019t play the old games again any time soon, so send them out with a bang.<\/p>\n

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Step 2: Apologize in advance to friends and family.<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s be realistic here. \u00a0Not all of your loved ones share your passion for virtual driving.\u00a0 Considering the only people you\u2019re going to talk to for the next few days will be on Xbox Live, you\u2019re probably going to be ignoring a pretty big percentage of your acquaintances.\u00a0 Warning them in advance may not spare you from their wrath, but you\u2019ll at least be able to say \u201cI told you so\u201d when they\u2019re somehow still surprised that you haven\u2019t called them back all week.<\/p>\n

\"forzaaston\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“These ARE my friends, Mom! Jeez!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 3: Stock up on provisions.<\/h3>\n

You\u2019ve been here before.\u00a0 You know the drill.\u00a0 You spend twelve hours playing a new Forza game, then discover to your horror that you\u2019re out of things to eat and drink.\u00a0 You get in your real-world car and are pulled over five minutes later for trying to take the racing line through a four-way intersection.\u00a0 The police aren\u2019t interested in your explanation that cutting across the sidewalk\/apex is the fastest way to make a left turn.\u00a0 Save yourself the embarrassment of mixing up Forza and real life by making sure you don\u2019t need to leave the house halfway through a marathon session.<\/p>\n

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Step 4: Practice your fake engine noises.<\/h3>\n

The developers at Turn 10 have spent untold time and money making sure that every car in the game sounds like its real-world counterpart, but that won\u2019t stop you from adding your own sound effects.\u00a0 Make sure your vroom-vrooms can adjust in pitch to match different engine displacements, and that your squealing tire shrieks aren\u2019t the same for braking and drifting.\u00a0 After all, if you can\u2019t pretend to sound like the imaginary car you\u2019re driving, what\u2019s the point of even playing?<\/p>\n

\"FM5Audi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Give me your best diesel-electric hybrid noise. See? You’re not ready.<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 5: Get some sleep.<\/h3>\n

When was the last time you willingly gave up consciousness during the first night with a new game?\u00a0 Chances are you\u2019ll wake up the next day, surrounded by empty soda cans and snack food wrappers, wondering what time it is and when exactly you passed out.\u00a0 Your virtual McLaren will still be buried in the tire wall that it smashed into when your body finally shut itself down.\u00a0 Before that happens, make sure you\u2019ve slept well in the previous few days.\u00a0 Otherwise, it\u2019s going to be a tough weekend.<\/p>\n

Got all that?\u00a0 Good.\u00a0 Now you can go back to walking an endless circle around your living room while trying to decide what legendary car and track to take on first.\u00a0 Rest easy, friend, because you\u2019re ready to binge on some proper next-gen simulated racing.<\/p>\n

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Pit Box One is written by Paul Jensen. You can follow his thoughts on video games and motor racing on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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