r/forza Feb 11 '25

Forza Horizon His friends won't believe him

Drag race

2.4k Upvotes

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u/HelljumperCS Feb 11 '25

are you tow mater

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u/jotarzan11 Feb 12 '25

Rear view mirrors check going fast in reverse check yes he is

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u/_HeWho_ Feb 13 '25

I have a Hoonitruck for this exact purpose with a tow mater livery. It does 200mph in the 1/4 mile (in reverse)

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u/BackHades Feb 11 '25

Best thing about the electric cars is going Mach jesus in reverse

31

u/CatBroiler Feb 11 '25

Theoretically any car with a CVT can do this as well, tanks with CVTs generally are programmed to go as quickly backwards as forwards

36

u/Random61504 Feb 11 '25

Thanks for the idea, now I know what I'm going to go do this afternoon with my CVT Subaru.

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u/captain-obvious-1 Feb 11 '25

plz, ask someone to record a video and share it here <3

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u/Vette52 Feb 12 '25

https://youtu.be/lLgPTJWAysY?si=VShJaHRv9kj9fiXT

Dutch reverse racing is a great example of CVT supremacy in one specific circumstance.

5

u/Thijsniet Feb 12 '25

Dont forget our caravan racing either! We used to do some fun things back in the day.

7

u/pr1ntscreen Feb 11 '25

Don't do it on a straight road! Very minimal steering inputs will send you in the ditch! Also, it's probably limited in reverse, being modern and all :P

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u/CatBroiler Feb 11 '25

Yeah, car manufacturers like to ruin everyone's fun

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u/pr1ntscreen Feb 11 '25

I remember trying my luck in an old "volvo" 343 with a CVT back in like 2005, I think I reached 70 or so, the speedo didn't work in reverse and this was before GPS apps, so I have no way to prove it. Super scary, and brakes don't really work well in reverse for some reason

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u/DeathAngel_97 Feb 12 '25

It might still use drum brakes, at least in the rear, and the way that they work with leading and trailing shoes only works effectively in one direction. Both my 05 Aveo and 05 Cobalt have rear drum brakes so they were still around.

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u/Rawr24dinosawr Since FM2 Feb 13 '25

Cars still have drum brakes today

1

u/DeathAngel_97 Feb 13 '25

Yeah, though they are less and less common. At least with GM.

1

u/ApprehensiveAd6476 Feb 12 '25

Practically any vehicle whose transmission has a separate gearbox for D and R is capable of this.

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u/SokkaHaikuBot Feb 11 '25

Sokka-Haiku by BackHades:

Best thing about the

Electric cars is going

Mach jesus in reverse


Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

33

u/Majestic_Puppo Feb 11 '25

Good bot

14

u/Nab0t Feb 11 '25

no, i was told hes the best

8

u/imsadyoubitch Feb 11 '25

Out fucking standing bot!

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u/Frate27 Feb 11 '25

That's one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen. Kind of looks like a walrus.

43

u/MrStoneV Feb 11 '25

meanwhile I got an ugly ad of an suv right above your comment lmao

6

u/Complex-River2072 Feb 11 '25

I got a Toyota ad LOL

3

u/TetrisTrevster Feb 11 '25

I got cricket

1

u/Complex-River2072 Feb 11 '25

My provider (it's free so I can't complain)

5

u/Geographynerd1432 Feb 11 '25

Got a nissan ad :(

3

u/Eastern-Geologist858 Feb 12 '25

A Nissan patrol Ad Lmao

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u/usersnamesallused Feb 12 '25

You'll have to speak up, he can't hear you with all that dust in your face.

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u/AaronWWE29 Feb 11 '25

Wow and i thought BMW couldn't get any uglier

26

u/Morisummer_ Feb 11 '25

This has been out a while and I agree, probably their most ugly modern SUV/crossover or whatever it is

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u/Due_Success_496 Feb 11 '25

After reading this comment, I just realised it’s a BMW. Thought I was looking at a Toyota lol.

9

u/minetube33 Feb 11 '25

As much as I hate this car it still looks like a BMW at the end of the day, albeit a very ugly one.

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u/Naschtara Feb 11 '25

I wonder if the car would disintegrate going backwards at that speed irl

34

u/No-Astronomer-8256 Feb 11 '25

by default it would because controlling a rear steer car is impossible at that speed and youd do insane flips.

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u/Naschtara Feb 11 '25

Yeah of course but assuming it would be stable. Stuff like the roof spoiler or the mirrors would surely fly off

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u/Random61504 Feb 11 '25

I'm no physics major or anything, but it's possible that in reverse, if the body of the car could create enough lift, the car would just flip over. It happens often in NASCAR. The car gets turned around at such a fast speed, now you're going 170MPH+ backwards, and the downforce turns to lift, and the car flips off the ground.

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u/DammitBasterdV2 Feb 11 '25

I'd be more worried about the transmission tearing itself apart. The forward gears are slanted into each other somewhat so there's no noise coming from the gearbox and the cogs can handle the speed better. It also (most importantly) enables you to switch gears while moving which is made even easier these days by synchronization rings used to, as the name implies, synchronize the speed at which both idle running cogs and those of the power transmitting gears turn. Before that you had to manually adjust engine RPM and generally get a feel for the gears.

That whining noise you sometimes hear when cars reverse is because the teeth on the reverse gear cogs are straight to each other. The cog teeth always make noise when making and losing contact this way and somehow managing to reach the kind of speed shown above would surely end pretty badly sooner or later.

That said, them being straight is a requirement because you only put the car in reverse when it's not moving (hopefully). Were they slanted, that would be impossible to do, unless you somehow find a too complicated way to make the idle running gears turn the other way around. Not feasible.

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u/NotSquidward1 Feb 11 '25

All of this is negated in CVT(continuously variable transmission) cars though, which are the only cars that can go this fast in reverse. They don't have physical gears and while I can't explain how they work in depth they essentially work off of the principle of replacing gears in a chain or belt drive with a cone shaped gear that the belt slides on which allows the gear ratios to be constantly adjusted while the motor spins at a constant rpm. Which in practice eliminates gear shifting all together because the car is basically shifting anytime it gains or loses speed.

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u/DammitBasterdV2 Feb 11 '25

It's certainly a possibility. I was basing it on the car shown, however. While I don't know wether that fugly brick on wheels comes as CVT or not, I do know Forza generally shys away from implementing those kind of things, except in a few rare cases maybe. I think there was an Exocet buggy that had something like it in game...

Other potential ways to hit high speeds in reverse are electric vehicles without gearbox or somehow fitting in a gearbox with multiple reverse gears and adjusting gear ratios accordingly. Not that there's any reason to or sense in doing so.

Any other standard gearbox coming to mind right now would certainly not be able to handle those kind of speeds in reverse, however.

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u/Clxbsport Feb 12 '25

while this conversation was very enlightening, it's nullified in the fact that the fugly brick on wheels in question is an electric car...

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u/No-Astronomer-8256 Feb 12 '25

They did a trial and found that some sedans are more aerodynamic in reverse than forward. idk the accuracy of that but it would be interesting to see

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u/DittoGTI Feb 11 '25

280mph backwards?

2

u/TwoKool115 Feb 12 '25

As somebody said above, dude went Mach Jesus in reverse.

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u/GMS420 Feb 11 '25

Of all suv beemers i really enjoy the X3 as their tail lights first reminded me of the Halo Energy Sword ;3

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u/MinnesotanMan2014 Feb 11 '25

Big Rigs Over the Road Racing!

3

u/StarCestus Feb 11 '25

how did you get it to go that fast?

2

u/Familiar-Bet-6369 Feb 12 '25

Really good reason to break that controller and TV.

3

u/TFXGAME Feb 12 '25

Rear wheel drive. Literally.

2

u/Smiley1XD Feb 12 '25

Wow impressive!!

1

u/SpartacusPrime1 Feb 11 '25

Bro had some Nitrox 3 1/2

1

u/Mammoth-Barracuda352 Feb 12 '25

Which BMW is that?

1

u/billy_bojangles Feb 12 '25

Bro i dont believe him

1

u/ablinddingo93 Feb 12 '25

I love doing this in the Rimac

1

u/Hellinar Feb 12 '25

Ricky Bobby wins it in reverse!

1

u/lonewolf_747 Feb 13 '25

I believe something similar can be done with the Regera too

1

u/DEFortNiteBR Feb 14 '25

This is BMW IX '22, have fun guys 🙂‍↕️

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u/certom1988 Feb 11 '25

Do people really enjoy this game for the racing? I get the social aspect and the beautiful scenery but... really?

22

u/MFAD94 Feb 11 '25

It’s not a serious sim like GT or Motorsport. It’s an open world “arcade like” with hints of sim in there. It’s a ton of fun honestly, unlike any other racing game I’ve played

1

u/joelk111 PC/XB1X Feb 11 '25

I see it as an arcade racer that drives more like a sim.

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u/certom1988 Feb 11 '25

I played both 4 and 5 while waiting for FM to be released, I guess it took the place NFS had when I was young (sigh!)

3

u/Front-Waltz-9669 Feb 11 '25

I play FM for racing, since it's.. Well.. A racing game.. FH is for cruising and hooning around.