Forza Motorsport 3

[MattyT]

It's out officially tomorrow, although the lovely ppl at JB HiFi in Whitfords were selling it tonight! Picked up the Ltd Ed with the keyring + USB stick for $99

First impressions are preeeeeeeeeeeetty good. Certainly looks alot better then FM2. Some nice new cars to play with (DB9R!!) and a few new tracks. Not a fan of the new interface or menu music, however.

Still, I have no doubt it'll sell like mad, and as such, I am duty bound to challenge you all to a race

Add me on xbox live, the name is Gr33n L1ghtn1ng

[DeanB]

I had it delivered on Wednesday ... started playing yesterday - took the risk that it was legit and MS wouldn't kill my Live account

Don't mind it, not huge step up over FM2 from what I have seen so far.

Noticed they have the Holden/Ford V8 touring cars on FM3 - appealing to the local bogans - thankfully the German touring cars on there

[team_v]

I am picking my copy up today.
Can't wait for some euro tuning and racing.
Love the rewind function and the customisation.


The Ferrari California in the demo is a monster.
After about 60km it picks up and hauls some serious ass.

I expected the R8 V10 quattro to handle a bit better than it did but i guess i wasn't factoring in what speeds i was taking corners at, it just seems to have a huge turning circle on that first "hairpin" in Montserrat.

[Spyda]

I got bored of FM2 prity quick once my mk2 and gtr where killing everything. IMHO FM2 didnt have much over GT4 on PS2. I will still get FM3 though.

I hope that in FM3 they have added flames from the tial pipes, better exhaust sounds, better tyre smoke and better turbo sounds.

At the end of the day GT5 will pwnt it....if it ever comes out.

[thestu]

At the end of the day GT5 will pwnt it....if it ever comes out.

i agree ^^^

but engine swaps are pretty awesome...

[Kiel_GTI]

have to wait 5 more months for GT5 sadface.

[Grover]

Yeh... It is getting harder and harder to stay interested in Prologue. FM3 might do while we are waiting for the real deal (GT5).

[Steve88]

got it last night, pretty far already maxed out a golf mk2 so fun sucks it doesnt have a Pogo i can play wit

[SoVeReIgN]

Is this worth buying? I got abit bored of the old one after 5~10hours playtime.

[Treza360]

Playing it at the moment. Whipping my beasty Ford Fiesta up to level 5 before I move onto bigger, greater and faster things.

Having AI that makes mistakes and a proper damage model is awesome. There hasn't been this kind of proper racing since the TOCA2 days. Seeing the leader of the race fly into a barrier because you were closing in on him and he pushed too hard is great.

Unless they introduce this kind of AI into GT5 I can't see how it will be better at all no matter how many cars and fancy the graphics are. They've already dropped the ball by not implementing a full damage model.

Cheers,
Trent

[andygti]

finaly got round to playing it today and played it for 2 hours and was about to drive my rocco for the first time and bang!!! 3 red lights of death! feking thing! so no more forza for 2 weeks!

[Treza360]

finaly got round to playing it today and played it for 2 hours and was about to drive my rocco for the first time and bang!!! 3 red lights of death! feking thing! so no more forza for 2 weeks!

Mate that sucks so badly. I've read about a couple of people on OCAU who've had that happen to them as well.
Touch wood it doesn't happen to me.
Cheers,
Trent

[Preen59]

Playing it at the moment. Whipping my beasty Ford Fiesta up to level 5 before I move onto bigger, greater and faster things.

Having AI that makes mistakes and a proper damage model is awesome. There hasn't been this kind of proper racing since the TOCA2 days. Seeing the leader of the race fly into a barrier because you were closing in on him and he pushed too hard is great.

Unless they introduce this kind of AI into GT5 I can't see how it will be better at all no matter how many cars and fancy the graphics are. They've already dropped the ball by not implementing a full damage model.

Cheers,
Trent

I trust your opinion, Trent..

I might have to go and make a purchase. Hell, I don't know when i'll ever get to play it, but it sounds like it should be a good investment.. I have Forza 2 which is pretty awesome. The suspension physics etc etc were pretty spot on. The only thing i hate about games in the lack of feel (which, short of a fully mechanised simulator is pretty hard to replicate..). Everything is visual so it's much harder to set a car up neutral and be fast..

[Treza360]

I trust your opinion, Trent.

Thanks mate.

The game is definitely a step up over Forza 2. Has more feel to it but will never be as good as the real thing (of course).

Still excellent fun and I'm definitely going to pick myself up a wheel and pedals in the future. Probably just the MS wireless setup though.

On another note a Renault Twingo Sport I was running against went way too hot into the last series of corners on the Motegi West Circuit and flipped his car over. The AI whacks into you, tries to spin you around through the corners. This is great fun.

Can't wait until I move up and get into the proper race cars

Cheers,
Trent

[Treza360]

My little lawn mower.

Cheers,
Trent