Round 5 of the Oppo Fourza Classic Roadsters Series Starts in an Hour

"RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras"" (robored61389) 09/26/2015 at 15:50 • Filed to: Fourza, Forza, Forza 4, fictional track history

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We now head south-west into the jagged mountains of Spain at El Camino Viejo de Montserrat.

Nestled in the mountains east of Barcelona, Spain, El Camino Viejo de Montserrat (literally translating to “the old road of Montserrat”) is a narrow mountain pass that had been used for centuries as a means for people to travel to and from a famed Benedictine abbey located towards the peak. It also eventually became a popular tourist destination for its scenic vistas, seeing more crowds arrive as it became paved.

Years later in the 1960s, as other roads were built through the jagged peaks of Montserrat, a section of El Camino Viejo was re-purposed and adapted for motorsports and car club use. The winding narrow roads proved to be a challenge for drivers, and an experience for spectators. It was especially popular for rally use. However, the official course was later closed due to safety concerns, with the roads remaining and being periodically refurbished for public use.

Still, this was not the end of what this stretch of road would see in motorsports. Not too many years after the old road course was closed off, construction began nearby on the Montserrat Motorsport Complex, which is comprised of two facilities.The first is the Ladera Test Track - a state of the art test track used for pushing cars to the limits, as well as being a school circuit used for honing the skills of promising new drivers, and the second is the Iberian International Circuit - a circuit course popular for grand prix style racing and grand touring, which uses the latest safety technology and takes advantage of the undulating terrain of Montserrat to provide exciting and rewarding racing action for any type of car.

These two courses remain in active use today, and are connected to each other and to El Camino Viejo by access roads. On rare and special racing events, however, a 4.3 mile extreme circuit that runs through Iberian, Ladera, and El Camino Viejo is set up, giving an unforgettable racing experience for everyone involved, and bringing life back to the old road of Montserrat.

This race day is not one of those extreme days, however. We will we driving and experiencing the road as it was back around the heyday of our roadsters - on the original El Camino Viejo full circuit.

Be sure to keep your handling skills up to snuff. It’s a twisty road out there.

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*REMINDER* The race begins at 3:30 PM CST, and the lobby opens up half an hour before that. Be sure to arrive early just in case of connection issues! The livestream of the race can be watched !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

If you haven’t already set up your car or signed up, it’s too late for you to join in for this race, but you can join in on the next one when you’re ready.

If you haven’t been added to the club yet, contact SVTyler (XBL: mackleroy45) or myself (XBL: RoboRedMdn1te) so we can send you a club invite and you can be added and be ensured to get the race invite!

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The lap time to meet for this week’s race is 1:16.5, and we will be running on the Full Reverse configuration. Please take plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the track and to tune your car.

You might want to consider taking a look at ScorpioGTX1’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for ideas on basic tuning.

If you’re new and need info on this racing series, please read the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . There’s plenty of time to join in and if you haven’t yet, message SVTyler on here on Oppo (mackleroy45 on XBL) or myself (RoboRedMdn1te on XBL) to get an invite to the club.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/14/2015 at 20:27

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Fictional track history is kinda fun to write.

SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/14/2015 at 20:29

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2/10, not enough explosions

SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/14/2015 at 20:29

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Ooh, reverse... interesting...

Wait, shit, that means this week is the Grand-Am race. Completely forgot about that, I’ll post the time tomorrowish.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 20:33

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Just wait for the race. You can interpret that as either the cars spitting flames or the cars flipping over for no reason.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 20:35

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I wanted to keep it to the original track for that “classic feel” (i.e. the rest of the complex didn’t exist in the times of our roadsters, therefore no Extreme circuit), and I felt that the reverse layout was a lot more interesting and challenging because it’s a fast, twisty run downhill followed by a gradual climb instead of a fast, rather straight run downhill followed by a twisty hillclimb.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 20:37

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Tell Michael Bay he can go fornicate with a rake.

SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/14/2015 at 20:38

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MICHAEL BAY IS AN ARTISTIC GENIUS HOW DARE YOU SLANDER HIS GOOD NAME

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 09/14/2015 at 20:39

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With this layout, I think it’s more likely that someone’s gonna clip a corner wall at high speed downhill and everyone will go pinballing into each other.

‘S gon’ b fun.

SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/14/2015 at 20:40

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I can dig it. After years and years of driving the same tracks it’s nice to do something different for once.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 20:40

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AND I HOPE HE GETS SPLINTERS TOO

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 21:01

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MICHAEL BAY

SVTyler > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 09/14/2015 at 21:03

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LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND TELL ME THEY DON’T ENHANCE THE VIEWING EXPERIENCE

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 09/14/2015 at 21:06

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THEY’RE SO GOOD THAT THEY BROKE THE CAPS LOCK KEY

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 09/16/2015 at 16:53

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SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/16/2015 at 17:03

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I’ll post it tonight sometime, been kinda busy the last few days.

JDIGGS > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/20/2015 at 12:27

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get f6

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > JDIGGS 09/20/2015 at 12:39

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Have it. Still have a series going on.

Tareim - V8 powered > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/25/2015 at 13:07

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would love to join for this except I’m out all weekend watching some motorsport

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > Tareim - V8 powered 09/25/2015 at 14:28

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:(

StingrayJake > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 09/25/2015 at 14:42

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I kind of miss El Camino Viejo. Was one of my favorite Foruza tracks. It needs to be revived in Forza 6/7/8/9...

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > StingrayJake 09/25/2015 at 15:04

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Same. El Camino Viejo Extreme Reverse is my favorite track from 3. I can’t imagine why they didn’t have the reverse version in 4. Now it’s completely gone...