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Forza 4 |OT| Where Porsche Are Driven

DJ_Lae

DJ_Lae

Member
Has Turn 10 announced what they're throwing into the seasons pass for LE owners? I haven't bought it yet because it's an incredibly marginal savings once you remove the muscle car pack, which I already got with my LE.

I remember reading something around launch about them offering something else, but haven't seen anything on their forums about it.
 
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SarBear

Member
DJ_Lae said:
Has Turn 10 announced what they're throwing into the seasons pass for LE owners? I haven't bought it yet because it's an incredibly marginal savings once you remove the muscle car pack, which I already got with my LE.

I remember reading something around launch about them offering something else, but haven't seen anything on their forums about it.
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Unfortunately, all you get is an additional 250k in-game credits for purchasing the Season Pass. Yea, I'm not kidding, either. Complete bullshit, if you ask me. For such dedicated owners, you would THINK Turn10 would shovel something a little better for us.

:/
 
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Ty4on

Member
benzy said:
Is there a list somewhere?
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Slight exaggeration, but count how many of the yellow cars are 2009-2011 here.

There were some good car packs, but if FM4 will have similar car packs it's probably cheaper to not get season pass and get the car packs you want. That way you can avoid packs like this.
 
DJ_Lae

DJ_Lae

Member
SarBear said:
Unfortunately, all you get is an additional 250k in-game credits for purchasing the Season Pass. Yea, I'm not kidding, either. Complete bullshit, if you ask me. For such dedicated owners, you would THINK Turn10 would shovel something a little better for us.

:/
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Seriously?

Wow, that's pathetic. I guess I'll just buy the most interesting packs a la carte, and then pick up the others mid next year when they're all half price.

I was thinking maybe they'd offer all of the preorder cars for download or something - still not much, but better than in-game credits you could earn in less than an hour.
 
BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry

Member
Mascot said:
I wouldn't be at all surprised in FM5 was very, very similar to FM4, but maybe with one or two extra tracks, more dawn/dusk variants on existing tracks, and a load more autovista cars to browse through. There might be a steep learning curve with the new hardware, too, so we might not see massive graphical improvements until a year or two after launch.
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I'm still wondering: How was Slightly Mad Studios able to include so many great tracks in the Shift games (Spa, Bathurst, Zolder, Brno, Brands Hatch, Rouen-Les-Essarts, etc.) when producing 2 games in 3 years, when Turn 10 seems to be able to only produce a single new track per year?
 
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regs

Member
SarBear said:
Unfortunately, all you get is an additional 250k in-game credits for purchasing the Season Pass. Yea, I'm not kidding, either. Complete bullshit, if you ask me. For such dedicated owners, you would THINK Turn10 would shovel something a little better for us.

:/
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TWENNY DOLLA
 
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i nerini del buio

Member
BrokenSymmetry said:
I'm still wondering: How was Slightly Mad Studios able to include so many great tracks in the Shift games (Spa, Bathurst, Zolder, Brno, Brands Hatch, etc.) when producing 2 games in 3 years, when Turn 10 seems to be able to only produce a single new track per year?
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Slightly offtopic, but is shift2 any good? Should I buy it?
 
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Diablohead

Member
I am taking a quick break from my work and have a working headset, anyone for some gaf races? I have a sweet ass 4WD A class I would like to use more for tuning testing.
 
BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry

Member
i nerini del buio said:
Slightly offtopic, but is shift2 any good? Should I buy it?
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Here's a comparison of Shift 2 and Forza 4 with the BMW Z4 on the Hockenheimring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLEKg3E-ebo

Shift 2 on the PC looks incredible (on consoles not so much), in-car experience is much livelier than Forza, and the track-selection is incredibly good. Handling is not to everyone's liking, though, and the online is broken & dead.
 
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nagge

Member
Had some fun races in the gaf lobby tonight :)

What was up with that Dodge Dart though? It was just zooming past everything.
 
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eek5

Member
nagge said:
Had some fun races in the gaf lobby tonight :)

What was up with that Dodge Dart though? It was just zooming past everything.
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If you engine swap into a dodge dart it doesn't change PI so you end up with like a 800HP class C car

it's a bug
 
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Diablohead

Member
Whoever just invited me, came up with a nat setting warning then kicked me out. I have to play on moderate so can't join to whoever is hosting right now.

eek5 said:
If you engine swap into a dodge dart it doesn't change PI so you end up with like a 800HP class C car

it's a bug
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forza 2 flashbacks.
 
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witness

Member
I created a 599A '70 Camaro Z28 that is just a beast, its incredible. I will be posting it on the car club garage later today, its a definite treat. I've also been racing a Prius for laughs and its so weird to be racing and only hear the tires.

My wife and I tried the speed wheel today at best buy and loved it. I've been getting her into FM4 unlocking auto vista cars, all assists on, and she's enjoying it. The wheel was just fantastic. I told her about what kinect does and she said she would prefer to have a controller in her hands (she's the very definition of a casual gamer, angry birds/pac man ce player). I really liked it to, felt good, control was great. I could see myself using that a lot.

I was talking with one of the sales guys there while playing and he was telling me how those speed wheels and fm4 sell out immediately with every shipment they've gotten in so far. They had no FM4 copies and only one speed wheel left, so good anecdotal evidence so far for FM4's sales!
 
BADNED

BADNED

Member
BrokenSymmetry said:
I'm still wondering: How was Slightly Mad Studios able to include so many great tracks in the Shift games (Spa, Bathurst, Zolder, Brno, Brands Hatch, Rouen-Les-Essarts, etc.) when producing 2 games in 3 years, when Turn 10 seems to be able to only produce a single new track per year?
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Nothing to wonder because they have a huge load of assets and more from their glory Blimey days. It goes much faster when you just have to update and tweak existing material instead of creating something new from scratch.
 
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sneaky77

Member
BADNED said:
Nothing to wonder because they have a huge load of assets and more from their glory Blimey days. It goes much faster when you just have to update and tweak existing material instead of creating something new from scratch.
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Sure it does.. but Turn 10 also has had 4 games to develop more tracks, instead they remove tracks that fan liked when they could have just grown that count by keeping them.
 
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Pepto

Banned
eek5 said:
If you engine swap into a dodge dart it doesn't change PI so you end up with like a 800HP class C car

it's a bug
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You need to keep the default transmission. It tops out at 170km/h but other than that it's broken as hell.

I can host a game tomorrow if people want to play some more.
 
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Arucardo

Member
Also, playing with gaffers is so much better than public games :F . Don't have people deliberately ramming you when you're about to pass on a straight.

Sorry if I bumped anyone from behind while breaking and during the ring race my fanatec went crazy, whole wheel locked up and gas got stuck D: , had to do a hard reset for the wheel.
 
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D6AMIA6N

Member
Snubbers said:
I'm another one that actually finds the AI pretty OK. In fact, having been purposefully close racing with it a bit more, the more I appreciate how reactive it is.

Could you make a video of you racing with it? I'd just like to see if I'm just being lucky or something.

I was messing around with the AI after this video popped up on YouTube, and I can confirm the AI seem to be quite respectful in the same situations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWNeAsv-2z0

There is the odd bit of contact, and its far from perfect, but it seems to be a step up from FM3
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I have to agree, IMO the AI is significantly in FM4. In FM3 the AI was extremely aggressive, to a fault even, ramming and bumping and shit.
 
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sneaky77

Member
skyfinch said:
Can I use Kinect as a mic? I see the speaker icon in the lobby, but I don't have a mic, however, my Kinect is on.
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I don't know, but if you figure it out let me know so I turn my porn down next time I race with you bastards..

Also no mic output on wheels so it could be convenient.
 
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Wazzim

Banned
BADNED said:
Nothing to wonder because they have a huge load of assets and more from their glory Blimey days. It goes much faster when you just have to update and tweak existing material instead of creating something new from scratch.
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Is there any chance of the Tokyo track returning as DLC? An actual night racing track could generate big sales you know. Everything is probably already planned out but that would be an exciting track to see with Forza 4 graphics.
 
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Mascot

Member
The muscle cars are so incredibly brilliant in this game, I can't believe it! In fact, they are so awesome they really deserve their own game. Actually, Turn 10 should consider this for FM5. Have a separate game (FM5: Muscle Version) filled with nothing but muscle cars, and (here's the clever bit) to ensure sales of both games they should remove all the muscle cars from the regular version of FM5.

Same deal with the drag events.


/satire
 
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Arucardo

Member
Don't know if anyone else noticed this yet but the reflections on your car also reflect other players gamertags, just noticed that earlier while racing in the gaf lobby.
 
skyfinch

skyfinch

Member
Arucardo said:
Don't know if anyone else noticed this yet but the reflections on your car also reflect other players gamertags, just noticed that earlier while racing in the gaf lobby.
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It is a trick used since PGR4 and used in FM3. It reflects everything, even the green line. Only from hood view, however.


sneaky77 said:
I don't know, but if you figure it out let me know so I turn my porn down next time I race with you bastards..

Also no mic output on wheels so it could be convenient.
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You shouldn't watch porn and race at the same time. The results could be disastrous.
 
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Shaneus

Member
skyfinch said:
Can I use Kinect as a mic? I see the speaker icon in the lobby, but I don't have a mic, however, my Kinect is on.
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Yup, but that's actually a 360 setting, not an FM setting. System Settings -> Kinect Settings -> Chat Microphone :)

Arucardo said:
Don't know if anyone else noticed this yet but the reflections on your car also reflect other players gamertags, just noticed that earlier while racing in the gaf lobby.
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Yup. It's a trick first used in PGR4 then FM3 where the reflection map used is the entire framebuffer of the screen rather than a deliberately generated reflection. GT5 and FM2 use the latter and you can see this in the low-res reflections on the cars, whereas the others are much more detailed and actually have less CPU drain. Or something. That's basically it, though the exact details may not be correct.
 
Slayer-33

Slayer-33

Liverpool-2
Ox nagge (GT gaffer)


lol way to troll me @ Nurb GP fast pass bro lol... Specially with that god damned car and color LOL.
 
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flyinpiranha

Member
flyinpiranha said:
Quick question about the storefront. How do I search by member? In Forza 3 I had Jube and m0dus as favorites so I could jump in and look at their storefronts whenever but I can't find that option anywhere.
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Anybody?

I can't seem to find the designers I'm looking for.
 
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guest1321

Member
So I got my kinect achievement yesterday!
I haven't really been keeping up with the thread the past few days and it has grown absurdly. I did notice that there was a credit bug associated with daily credit rewards. Does anyone know if that has been fixed?
 
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Diablohead

Member
kbeq7r.jpg


DEM TREES! happened as I was tuning and taking photos, I was able to drive around and see all the trees like that.

Also this car is now in the shared garage (A600), anyone remember which game this skin was originally from?
gran turismo 1 GTO race upgrade livery

27y3793.jpg
 
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Caddle

Member
Hey sarbear it's me str8buzykltty nice racing last week. You need to play with a wheel so i don't get my ass kick so much.
 
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evil_as_skeletor

Member
SarBear said:
Unfortunately, all you get is an additional 250k in-game credits for purchasing the Season Pass. Yea, I'm not kidding, either. Complete bullshit, if you ask me. For such dedicated owners, you would THINK Turn10 would shovel something a little better for us.

:/
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Wait, there's a credit bonus?
I bought the LE, and the season pass (which I am regretting right now) but I did not receive 250,000 crs?
What do I have to do to get this!?
 
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Shaneus

Member
evil_as_skeletor said:
Wait, there's a credit bonus?
I bought the LE, and the season pass (which I am regretting right now) but I did not receive 250,000 crs?
What do I have to do to get this!?
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I think it's coming in a month or so.

But after seeing just how relatively easy it is to come across credits, 250,000 is pretty weak.
 
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