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Ended up preordering Limited Eidition. Figured I'd probably kick myself afterwards if I didn't, so figured I might as well. Trying to sell some games on eBay to be able to finance that, LOL. But I'm sure in the long run that I'll be able with the LE.
I just got an e-mail fromWalmart.com, informing me that my order for Forza 3 has shipped! The tracking information says the order was shipped today, and that I should receive it between 10/21/09 and 10/23/09. It's coming via UPS Mail Innovations, which is slow, but cheap ($2.47).
The last two orders I placed for games through Walmart.com have arrived one and two days before the first arrival , who ordered from Walmart.com, got the same e-mail from them today. I could be playing Forza 3 as early as Monday! It looks to me like Walmart.com might have goofed and jumped the shipping date, but I'm not going to tattle on them
Duke Football? Hell yes it's Duke Football! --- Coach Cutcliffe
Imagine that youโve just ripped the packaging off your copy of Forza Motorsport 3. Alongside the two disc set filled with 400 cars and 100 tracks you see an Xbox LIVE redeem code card tucked nicely inside. The contents? 10 of the most classic cars to grace the planet and a free pass to Turn 10โs massive automotive playground known as the Benchmark High Speed ring.
Weโve already divulged the cars that are available as downloadable content (DLC) on day one here. Below you will learn about the history of this incredible track and what it means for our community. Sit back, relax and get ready to check out the ultimate driving playground as envisioned by Turn 10 Studios!
Benchmark High Speed Ring is an over-the-top driving venue that offers a schizophrenic array of automotive challenges. There are 16 track configurations to burn rubber on: seven dedicated circuits (forward and reverse) and two dragstrips.
At 3.96 miles Benchmarkโs huge oval, reminiscent of OEM test tracks with high-degree banking, is the longest in FM3. The facility was originally conceived as a top speed test venue. And the story could have stopped there but the trackโs art lead Terrance Newell, a Forza community member an avid player saw the open space inside the super speedway as an opportunity to think outside the box. The genesis was Ken Blockโs Gymkhana video. โWe watched those Ken Block videos like every other day,โ says Newell. โWhen I saw the Gymkhana Practice video I was like, wow, I want that. I want to be able to do that in our game.โ Turn 10s Rhett Mathis and Dan Greenawalt supported the project early in development as it spread its wings.
โI have these two big open areas I am trying to make sense of visually and thatโs toughโ explains Newell. โWe got a directive make this thing wide open without anything on it but make it awesome. Visually how do I make a big flat plane not look like a big flat plane? I talked with Turn 10โs Landin Williams whose also part of Project Blackjack about what would take it to the next level. I came away with the idea that tracks had drift zones that always limited the possibilities. Benchmark was limitless, opening up the door to a pure style of drifting. I decided to take simple elements like tires and cones etc. and make them objects not obstacles. These elements are interacted withโฆnot avoided. Itโs a freestyle playground and drift scoring is not the emphasis of this track. Benchmark breaks the rules of track design; itโs a venue where player can go mess around and experiment without the constraint of a lap timer.โ
One of the coolest aspects of the track are the numerous inconspicuously placed drift obstacle/challenges Newell cleverly sprinkled throughout the facility for players to explore and utilize as they see fit. Further with the strategic placement of replay cameras Newell expects to see some wicked โForzakhanaโ videos come from Benchmark.
Benchmarkโs dragstrip venue also goes one step beyond. Newell, who was collaborating with the Forza design team heavily to develop the tracks layouts, was approached by Greenawalt with the idea of drawing from the raw โrun what you brungโ attitude of the โPinksโ TV show. The strip at Benchmark is eight lanes wide with four sets of Christmas trees and no excuses.
Overall Benchmark is way for Turn 10 to give something back to its online community. From conception this course has been designed as a development lab where players can stretch their imaginations and create new, never-before seen game types or really enjoy demo derby, tag, cat and mouse and other multi-player game types.
Terry, I have the MS wheel as well. Are you able to setup the d-pad to look left/right? This was something missing from F2
Sorry I hadn't checked this thread in a while. No, you can't. That irritates me, too. I couldn't do it in Shift, and I can't do it in F3. The mirrors are generally pretty good, but it sure would be nice for when cars are in your blind spots to see whether they're completely next to you or not.
Anyone who feels down in the cockpit view, too far forward, you can change the seat position with a little trick. Is this in Forza Motorsport 3 in "My Profile" and then "multiple monitors". A setting of levels between the screens "your seat position changes. The higher is this value, the further back you sit.
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