Forza Motorsport 3

[team_v]

New car pack is a lot of fun.

The Audi TT-Rs is very nimble, i upgraded mine with the R8 V10 and it's like a rocket, even through corners.
The Mazda Furai is an insane vehicle, corners better than anything i have ever used.
The jag xfr, 2 aston's, porsche classic, mugen civic, ford gt (R3) need some work imho before you can use them.
The bmw z4 and the bugatti are awesome for a free lap run unmodified.



I also just clocked the 100,000 point drift lap and got the achievement.
Free tune layout is here: http://www.sfldrifters.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=53190
I used a mines R34 fully upgraded with everything except the tyre compound and size.
Same specs as their 370 and i managed 114k with a lot of erros so you could easily do better with practice.
Managed a 15k point linked drift all the way to the tunnel entrance and then couldn't link it any more of i would have lost it all.

[team_v]

April DLC is out on the 13th (so Wednesday for us i believe)

Golf R will be fun even though its just a tuned GTI with AWD swap.
Hopefully we can do the R20 engine swap into older vw's though.

Taurus SHO, W427 and MX5 Superlight could be quite entertaining as will the e63.
Vauxhall could be good for a bit of fun, but i will probably end up tuning the w427 for powerslides.
The Seat is a waste as there is already one in teh game and the Bentley will handle like aboat as it's predecessors do.

Road & Track DLC Pack Car List

- Seat Leon Cupra R ‘10
- Mazda MX-5 Superlight
- Bentley Continental GT SuperSports ‘09
- Mini Coupé Concept
- Vauxhall Insignia VXR ‘10
- Renault Mégane RS 250 '10
- Mercedes E63 AMG ‘10
- Ford Taurus SHO ‘10
- Holden HSV w427 ‘09
- VW Golf R ‘10

[team_v]

Okay so the Golf R needs a bit of work to make it a proper competitor.
It starts in D spec so with stickyest compound tyres and wider tyres it grips like a gecko and handles better than most cars i have used (ends up in C Class though with all that)

It's also a 3 door so that will please a lot of people.

Holy Crap. The engine swap option is the V10TT from the Touareg lol.



The w427 is a super boat.
Gets is rear out on most corners but has enough power to pull it back into line if you feather the accelerator or countersteer before the point of no return.

The E63-AMG is much better in every way than the commondore.
Easy to control and not boat like in it's handling.

The mx5 superlight is a bit boring to be honest.

The Bentley supersports goes like a rocket and handles really well for a large car.

The Taurus SHO doesn't handle too well for an AWD car.

Mini coupe concept handles poorly as well compared to the other versions of the mini.

Renault Megane RS 250 is a mad car, very scirocco like.
Easy to control and has a bit of go.

Seat Leon Cupra R has good control but doesn't have the power behind it that the Megane has.

Vauxhall Insignia VXR goes quite well and handles okay.
Good for a stock D class though.
Could go quite well with a tune up.

[maca]

I played this game for the first time at your house and I loved it! Racing the Touareg against the Q7 isn't something you can do on every game....


Just wish it came on PS3.

[team_v]

I love doing those sort of races.
Audi vs bmw in the same spec.
Touareg vs Q7 etc.

You will get GT5 eventually but they keep pushing it back.


I put the V10TT into the golf for a laugh.
Upgraded everything on the car and it goes to R3 class but the power delivery is not the best as it drops off quite quickly through the rev range.
Still handles okay thougha nd you can do inside view for it

[maca]

I love doing those sort of races.
Audi vs bmw in the same spec.
Touareg vs Q7 etc.

You will get GT5 eventually but they keep pushing it back.


I put the V10TT into the golf for a laugh.
Upgraded everything on the car and it goes to R3 class but the power delivery is not the best as it drops off quite quickly through the rev range.
Still handles okay thougha nd you can do inside view for it

Yeah, I'll ask it as a 30th birthday present from the VWW community. (I'm 19 atm).

[MattyT]

Oh dear, yet another DLC pack! I think ive run out of MS points with all the others of late... and WHERE ARE SOME NEW TRACKS?! Spa pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase!!

[maca]

Oh dear, yet another DLC pack! I think ive run out of MS points with all the others of late... and WHERE ARE SOME NEW TRACKS?! Spa pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase!!

I have no idea what you're on about, so I'm going to assume you're drunk.

[STV4SYT]

Hmm, just got the R20 and chucked every (relatively sensible) mod at it. lots of fun.

Maybe try some more tomorrow night.

[mikepologti]

not to rain on anyones parade but ive just read somewhere recently that gt5 has been canned indefinatly after some kind of licening rights dibarcle with sony. appologies it is off topic , just thaught id say it here instead of starting a whole new thread. looks like we are all going to get forza now

[Rocket36]

GT series, Forza, they're both arcade and have crappy physics engines.... For realism, you need a simulation.

[STV4SYT]

GT series, Forza, they're both arcade and have crappy physics engines.... For realism, you need a simulation.

For Realism you need a Real Car........

Simulation or Arcade you can never replicate it (unless you are an F1 team).

Both Games serve a purpose and i can happily spend a couple of hours playing around as can most..

[maca]

not to rain on anyones parade but ive just read somewhere recently that gt5 has been canned indefinatly after some kind of licening rights dibarcle with sony. appologies it is off topic , just thaught id say it here instead of starting a whole new thread. looks like we are all going to get forza now

Uggghh for real? That sucks so bad! I was really looking forward to it.. Even though I'd probably never have a chance to play it.

[team_v]

GT series, Forza, they're both arcade and have crappy physics engines.... For realism, you need a simulation.

If i wanted a realistic racing experience, i would go and do a track day.

If i want to put my 790kw riceline sideways down a japanese drift mountain then Forza is the game for me.
Plus i can use my TT V10 Golf R or do point to point races in a v8 supercar.

Games are meant to have an element on un-realism otherwise why bother playing.
Most of the time i play to escape the rules of reality. (see Tony Hawk, Halo, Red Dead Redemption)
It gets boring having to follow normal rules when playing games.

I understand your point though, that is why they make games like GTR and Race Pro

[MattyT]

My thoughts exactly. Forza has enough "simulation" to make it a semi compelling driving sim but its not a total recreation of reality. The developers never positioned it as a super-realistic driving sim either. But... its the best thing going for easily living out your megadollar petrolhead fantasies. I will probably never get to punt a Porsche Carerra GT around the nuburgring IRL, so this is the best I've got.

Now if people could DRIVE PROPERLY in online mode then i'd be set. So sick of people rear ending me when I brake late.