Forza Motorsport 3

[TazzyVR6]

My thoughts on Forza 3:

I am a long time PS1/2/3 user and have always loved playing the Gran Turismo series of games. Having heard great things about Forza 3, I went out and bought the XBox console, game and MS steering wheel. Having had the opportunity to play the game for a couple of weeks, below are some observations / wishes for future changes (even if in Forza 4 or subsequent titles). Overall I am happy, but the realism is severely lacking in a number of areas.

If you want a racing simulator, buy a racing simulator. Try Race Pro on 360, it has safety cars, qualifying, warm up lap, terminal damage etc.

[static1800]

If you want a proper race sim you need to use one of the PC games, Iracing, Rfactor, GTR evo etc.

[PeDiES]

i have a maxed out rs6 from the latest car pack, not a bad car for its size and weight.
datsun 510 is a wicked car, 4wd and still skates all gears with no effort at all.
veyron is quick as but handles fair crap.
Nissan r35 gtr drifts good, handles decent, i find its a good all rounder.
Golf mk2 with r36 and 4wd was fun but it didnt really want to drift you had to force it.


if anyone has live and forza 3 add me: PeDiES

[Whubbsie]

The game has about 100 different wheels you can put on (including Centrelines and other drag wheels, Preeny) and you can put whater patterns you want onto the side of the car. Truly talented people do replicas of the Mona Lisa, or very sophisticated Transformers graphics, that sort of thing.

I like to replicate racecars sometimes.
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has the design tool gotten any easier to use or does it still take weeks on end to do anything worth while?

[team_v]

i have a maxed out rs6 from the latest car pack, not a bad car for its size and weight.
datsun 510 is a wicked car, 4wd and still skates all gears with no effort at all.
veyron is quick as but handles fair crap.
Nissan r35 gtr drifts good, handles decent, i find its a good all rounder.
Golf mk2 with r36 and 4wd was fun but it didnt really want to drift you had to force it.


if anyone has live and forza 3 add me: PeDiES

It is good for a bit of drifty action.
I still cannot find a better setup than the Mines R34 for drift.

The tail gets out with hard acceleration/slight handbrake into a corner but there is enough traction to keep it in check (unlike the actual drift cars)

Haven't tried the new RS6 But the lotus 2-eleven and the R8-LMS are mad fun.

[Mr Messy]

has the design tool gotten any easier to use or does it still take weeks on end to do anything worth while?

I find it pretty intuitive and knock up race replicas like these in about 90 mins, which includes SOME logos but not every last little one. My Block Impreza for example has dedicated DC shoes locos that made it take a bit longer than the other cars.

[Treza360]

So back from holidays in Europe and still with a week of holidays to go and not wanting to spend much money I was looking forward to hitting this again. Unfortunately the great rrod has hit me and the 360 is dead.
Looks like power supply but either way not happy.
Cheers,
Trent

[Whubbsie]

I find it pretty intuitive and knock up race replicas like these in about 90 mins, which includes SOME logos but not every last little one. My Block Impreza for example has dedicated DC shoes locos that made it take a bit longer than the other cars.

ah okay I was one of those airbrush detail kinda guys did one car in a darkness theme took me weeks of nothing but going to my job and then coming home working on the car, even weekends! completely zapped away my life. love to get back into it but don't want become that hermit again.

[Mr Messy]

ah okay I was one of those airbrush detail kinda guys did one car in a darkness theme took me weeks of nothing but going to my job and then coming home working on the car, even weekends! completely zapped away my life. love to get back into it but don't want become that hermit again.

Wow!

Can you post a pic?

I'm a racing nutter, and enjoy doing replica (or imaginary) racecars more than the really creative stuff.

[Whubbsie]

nah whats the forza site thing should still be able to access it from there I'll try re-uploading them again.

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ah okay that sites changed too so no, no photos.... now I have to buy game and make something to prove it now.

[Treza360]

So got my Xbox back the other day and who loves expansion packs? *raises hand*
The 458 Italia is fantastic. The Murcielago SV makes one of the most fantastic sounds ever and the R35 GT-R V-Spec ain't to shabby either.
Plus the rest of the cars in the two packs makes a pretty good update.
Cheers,
Trent

[Bboy_Sparx]

So back from holidays in Europe and still with a week of holidays to go and not wanting to spend much money I was looking forward to hitting this again. Unfortunately the great rrod has hit me and the 360 is dead.
Looks like power supply but either way not happy.
Cheers,
Trent

Damn mine happened again! Second time now! I'm gonna pull it apart tomorrow and fix the crap heatsink fan set up they have in there. \

Lucky my brother has his 360 set up in the living room

[MattyT]

The amount of cars now is getting a bit bewildering. I'd really like to see some more tracks. Especially more "motorsport" ones, ie actual race circuits like Spa or Interlagos.

The 458 is very very nice but sounds a bit weird to me.

[Treza360]

Yeah Spa would be fantastic as a start, also I don't understand why the full 'Ring and GP circuit was left out as well.
There's a few good Aussie tracks that would be nice as well, Bathurst, Phillip Island and Adelaide all come to mind.
Cheers,
Trent

[Treza360]

Speak of the devil:
'Ring Grand Prix circuit announced: http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/bl...eview-2-5.aspx
Freaking expensive though at 400 points.
Cheers,
Trent