Awesome, thanks Flotch and jkat - where can I go about doing that? How do I ensure I get S3 for 24$ when I place an order? I saw on the site they specify s2 for 24$ and I don't want any confusion, I do want to support the game further by purchasing s3 but I don't want to end up wasting money unnecessarily in lieu of that goal

Thanks

Hey, so I bought S1 already, would it be possible to buy S3 for 24$? I'm torn, I don't want to waste the 12$ I already spent on S1 - anyone know?

Yes, that is what I mean, I don't know if that is what OP had in mind but I think it would be terrific to have such functionality. Perhaps OP could get what he wanted in being able to join a race from the past through a replay, though perhaps his suggestion was to be able to join a regular multiplayer lobby AS a ghost so you can't collide or cause problems, I wouldn't mind that feature personally so I can race hard but not crash with the fast guys while practicing my own lines/technique.

I think they should also make it so you can change any key to any function, so I could make say the y key some macro saying "good pass" or something, you know? Since right now we are limited to CTRL/SHIFT binds being our customizable ones, it seems a little odd not being able to "truly" customize our keybinds

so obviously this clip is a little silly but you can see the ghost in it, he's drifting trying to ride in tandem with the ghost

it's just an earlier lap that it saved that he can now drive with, in Forza there could be multiple instances of ghosts on a lap and you can battle with 3 or 4 at a time, it would even automatically add your fastest ghosts replacing the old ones so you're constantly pushed to go faster and faster and keep pushing your time down. It's a good system, would love to see client support but perhaps one of the brilliant modders/addon makers could develop a workaround for this? It would be incredible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXICRr-x8b0

I had a long response written out but it didn't go through, now I am annoyed and will be short and to the point.

This is useful because you can chase a ghost replay and adjust your driving to try and beat it. It's a visual representation of a time based on a saved replay. You can't collide or affect the ghost in any way, it is just a replay on its own track, your opponent is still the clock just with a fancy marker to battle.

Check out Forza 4 or one of the others in the series, their Hot Lap mode has ghosts which are really useful for tweaking/adjusting your technique

I think this would be great, it should 100% be implemented, just a replay hotlap mode