Forza 3 Discussion...

[sportsdude]

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This ODST livery this person did is awesome.

wow that's pretty cool. I'd like to get my hands on that someday.

One thing I absolutely loved with Forza 2 was seeing all the different designs in the auction house, some people are so gifted with the painting and design it's insane. Anybody remember the Batman Begins or Bruce Lee cars that were made in extreme limited condition in Forza 2? I almost got my hands on one of the Bruce Lee cars.

[TCrouch]

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Yeah, and it's pretty cool that you can make a design, charge a set price for it, and only allow "X" number to be sold. Some of these guys can make a killing in-game by designing true limited edition cars and putting them in their Storefront.

[Flawless]

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They should just allow you to export photos to a flash drive, but of course, I'm not sure how well that will go over with Microsoft.

Perplexed by the lack of Circuit de la Sarthe? Laguna Seca is listed as Catalunya and Tsukuba as Shimotsuma so it seems like they messed up a few but a French site missing the most well known French track? Am I just not seeing it?

http://www.xboxlive.fr/news_affiche_10500.html

They missed it.

http://www.msxbox-world.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15413

[TCrouch]

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Review is proofed and ready to go up, so it should be posted this afternoon.

I'll put on my flame-******ant jumpsuit and brace for impact.

[bkfount]

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I honestly don't know how you can blow through career mode in this one in a week or two. Somebody else said that they beat Forza 2's in 2 weeks. I'm curious to know how long it takes them to actually complete this one.

I mentioned in the review (no idea when they're going to finalize and post it), but I got about a week with the game before I had to write the review. Now, I don't play 24/7, but I play quite a bit.

I logged over 120 races in that time, grabbed 30 cars and 25 levels, as well as over $1,000,000 in winnings...and got 6.2% through career. (I did race in all classes up to the R1's, though. You aren't limited to class or series at any point).

With 220 events (some consisting of 5 to 7 races or more), it's just got a staggering amount of racing content in there. Let alone if you choose to paint or edit replays...or venture online.

Well I said in a need for speed shift thread that I beat Forza 2's career mode in two weeks, as I played the hell out of it. So much so that the disk cracked and the my fist 360's DVD drive died.

I'm glad this has so much stuff in it, it looked massive in the quick look video. I won't mind blowing through another 360 while enjoying it.

[Flawless]

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InsideSimRacing review will be going up today too.

http://insidesimracing.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=1035

Well our big Forza3 review is coming today, we are working hard to get it done.

Forza3 in all of its glory, oh my what a ride.

[lnin0]

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InsideSimRacing review will be going up today too.

http://insidesimracing.tv/forums/vie...p?f=101&t=1035

I don't think I saw the Forza 3 review but who wouldn't trust any review from a show with boobies like that.

80.5 for Dirt2 ... their review scale is broke down into a lot of components so it will be interesting to see how Forza 3 compares.

[garnettrules21]

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I don't think I saw the Forza 3 review but who wouldn't trust any review from a show with boobies like that.

80.5 for Dirt2 ... their review scale is broke down into a lot of components so it will be interesting to see how Forza 3 compares.

She is indeed smokin'.

[lnin0]

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Terry, any chance you can answer more specific questions now that the NDA is lifted?


Career -

Do the career races scale PI to match your car or at least bunch all the AI cars at the top level ? Forza 2 took a lot of fun out of a lot of races by allowing such a wide mix of car classes/PI in a series and scattering the AI all over. No matter what you drove, you maybe had one guy near you and the rest either way behind or way ahead....or you just built a car way above the top car entered and dominated everyone.

Do the AI cars use upgrades or just stock? Hopefully they take advantage of the 'auto upgrade' option...

Is there a mode where you can select the AI's car and use models from your garage? In F2 you could setup an online by yourself and add AI. You could pick the AI's car but only from the generic garage. I would love to be able to setup a race and use all DTM painted cars from my garage.

Multiplayer -

Can you tell us what the options are for the grid and if there is an option to hold qualifying?

Can you note if there is an option to force a mandatory pit stop or globally set starting fuel loads to force this?

Is there an option to setup consecutive point to point races were time/points are scored across the series of races and damage is not repaired between races (aka rally style)

Upgrade Store -

Do you still have to buy upgrades one at a time or have they put in a 'check out' system that allows you to try different parts on/off until you get the configuration you want and then checkout and pay for it all?

If you sell back an upgrade part do you get same money you bought it for or less?

Can you tell the auto upgrade tool to focus on a specific aspect (handling, acceleration, top speed etc)?

[Flawless]

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Review should be up tonight.

Now to answer Papas question.. We're that excited about Forza 3, especially with the Fanatec wheel.> It's amazing !

Here's one tid bit from our review that should be up tonight..

F3 has the best modeled clutch and transmission that we have tested.. Better than Netkar, iRacing or any other sim for that matter.

[Flawless]

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InsideSimRacing Review

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[Jeffrey99]

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I'm sure this has been asked before & I know I'm way behind on this but can anyone tell me if they think the Limited Collectors Edition is worth it? Just now looking into preordering, the game's snuck up on me. Didn't realize it was coming out so soon. So now trying to decide which version to get. Anyway I trist the opinoins here more then on a Forza fan site. LOL

[lnin0]

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Limited Edition is $20 more.

- 2GB Forza branded thumb drive
- Forza branded key chain
- Exclusive Premium Theme

Also included is the VIP Membership. What is that? Nobody really knows 100% what this is, but the consensus is that VIP members get a special logo next to their name and appear at the top of Auction House and Storefront searches. Similar to paying extra to get your Ebay listing put on top. VIPs do not get you a free subscription to all future DLC as was first assumed.

Exclusive Cars Limited Collector’s Edition Cars
Also in standard edition but without special Forza liveries and tuning

2005 Acura Forza Motorsport NSX
2005 Aston Martin Forza Motorsport DB9 Coupe
2010 Audi Forza Motorsport R8 5.2 FSI quattro
2008 Dodge Xbox 360 Charger Stock Car
2003 Nissan Forza Motorsport Fairlady Z

Forza Motorsport VIP Membership Car pack
These models are not in the standard edition

2008 Aston Martin DBS
2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)

Here is a list of all the standard edition cars

http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/ForzaMotorsport3/Carlist.aspx

LE is only available from GS so if you pre-order you will also get the 2009 BMW GameStop painted M5 E60. Also in the game but without the livery.

[Jeffrey99]

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So are you getting the LE lnin0? I'm guessing the DLC is probably worth the extra 20 but don't know. I'll proably end up going with it but still not 100% decided.

[bkfount]

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will you be able to buy the VIP thing through Live Marketplace?