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Forza Motorsport 3 |OT|
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Week in review is up:
http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/b...6/forza-motorsport-3-week-in-review-3-26.aspx
Car battle should be up soon too.
http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/b...6/forza-motorsport-3-week-in-review-3-26.aspx
Car battle should be up soon too.
sechsterangriff
Member
I just noticed a huge stupid thing about this game. It supports 8 consoles linked for 360º view but it won't support System Link for multiplayer?? I mean... WTH?? 
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;sechsterangriff said:I just noticed a huge stupid thing about this game. It supports 8 consoles linked for 360º view but it won't support System Link for multiplayer?? I mean... WTH??
Yeah, kinda lame. No reason everyone should need a gold subscription to play together on the same network. (Well, no reason from the consumers point of view anyway...)
sechsterangriff
Member
DarkJC said:
I'm planning a LAN party with some friends and this was supposed to be one of the main games. We all just noticed it now...
Not everyone of us has a gold account, and to make matters worse we're not sure If we can get an internet connection at the place. This just sucks ass...
sechsterangriff said:
Create Silver accounts and get a free month of Gold to do it but like you I can't get good internet at the places we go to when we do these LAN parties.
Made some noise about it earlier when the game came out but us LAN gamers are the minority here.
LAN gaming represents lag free gaming with perfect collision detection and non of that sporadic jumping around BS you see with poor online connections. It's the way to play.
soujiro_seta
Member
didn't know that A class RWD is still in the game.... i've been racing in the regular A class with all those AWD cars >_>
soujiro_seta
Member
is it possible to upload the whole race, not just clips? i wanna upload this one race that i just had... very close race too... f430 vs 360 CS hehe
Diablohead
Member
Jumped back in to this the other day to keep working on the single player stuff, I forgot how boring some of the racing is offline, only a slight improvement to the snooze fest of forza 2, really.
If I had to say what I think would improve the single player it would have to be some sort of team management back-end with sponsors who help with cash flow, benefits and earning your way into the big races like a real team. It would be quite sweet too if your team was represented online too and you could earn some sort of team honour/skill points as you enter online leagues and shit, I miss the forza 2 leagues where you set a time every other day then raced the top tiers.
If I had to say what I think would improve the single player it would have to be some sort of team management back-end with sponsors who help with cash flow, benefits and earning your way into the big races like a real team. It would be quite sweet too if your team was represented online too and you could earn some sort of team honour/skill points as you enter online leagues and shit, I miss the forza 2 leagues where you set a time every other day then raced the top tiers.
Diablohead
Member
YepDarkJC said:
skyfinch
Member
Diablohead said:
I'm stuck on 93% complete and most likely won't get to 100. All the races I have left are manufacturer races class F, E and D. 8 laps around any track in these slow ass cars is boring as hell, plus, since it's manufacturer races, you can't upgrade you car in any way.
Tried to do the Road Atlanta endurance race, which is a class F....bored out of my mind after the second lap.
enewtabie said:Just popped in here and I see a suby. I know a lot of folks from NASIOC(North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club) play this game to death. I'm one of them. Still wish Turn 10 had my Subaru in it. No love for the bugeyes.
I like scuby's as well. Im gonna see if I can find video of James run after the weekend. I'm dying to see the car in action.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Iknos said:
Yeah, I wish. I loved my PS2 (fat)/Xbox Lan parties back then.
About the "sporadic jumping cars" shit going on, when I see that happening to someone, is it my fault (my connection's) or his? Is there any way to know if I'm "jumping" too for other guys? I wonder if that's why a couple of times I've been voted off after the first race without any reason whatsoever (or so I tought).
Diablohead
Member
Just thinking, if this game loads a few seconds faster when installed to the HDD and the upcoming 360 usb save options we will get on sunday, it's suppose to be faster then the HDD for loading data, so... I wonder how much it will benefit forza 3 loading screens?
Someone with an 8gig stick will have to test it out, the install is 4.7gig right?
Someone with an 8gig stick will have to test it out, the install is 4.7gig right?
Diablohead
Member
If it's faster then HDD loading I will be likeChrange said:
Diablohead
Member
One achievement left to get and it's the biggie, all gold.
I have to say season 5 and 6 were so damn boring, I had to race repeated events because the generator was very limited especially in season 6, and how long it went on for felt like a huge drag. I suggest not making it that long next time.
I also deleted some xbla games so I could reinstall the game to my hdd to help with loading each race, I forgot how much faster the game loads! just wish I had an 8GB usb stick for next week to make it even faster.
I have to say season 5 and 6 were so damn boring, I had to race repeated events because the generator was very limited especially in season 6, and how long it went on for felt like a huge drag. I suggest not making it that long next time.
I also deleted some xbla games so I could reinstall the game to my hdd to help with loading each race, I forgot how much faster the game loads! just wish I had an 8GB usb stick for next week to make it even faster.
Single player is *only* fun for winning money and having that feeling of 'progression' as you get better and better cars. But that joy lasts briefly, and you soon have access to great cars very early on.
To get anymore enjoyment out of it, I've had to resort to not caring about how much money I get and just race the AI as a challenge. I just pick a fairly non-competitive car, and see what I can do with it. It feels more like real racing. For many people who play racing games, they just pick a car they *know* will win, and just mow through the races, never really experiencing much action. Its a shame, cuz I think they're missing out. And its why online is so fun. Having *good* competition is where its at.
To get anymore enjoyment out of it, I've had to resort to not caring about how much money I get and just race the AI as a challenge. I just pick a fairly non-competitive car, and see what I can do with it. It feels more like real racing. For many people who play racing games, they just pick a car they *know* will win, and just mow through the races, never really experiencing much action. Its a shame, cuz I think they're missing out. And its why online is so fun. Having *good* competition is where its at.
Seanspeed said:
Something that actually ruins the fun for me is the "get gold in every event" achievement. If I want to eventually get it every race I don't come in first in feels like a waste, especially the long championship races. It feels like an achievement that doesn't belong in a game where you have so much control over difficulty.
Diablohead
Member
The ideal end game achievement would be to attend or finish in the top 3 for all events, not going for gold, then I would play on hard full sim and earn my way to e-penis at the same time :lol
Been thinking about some improvements or adjustments forza 4 could benefit from:
Bring back the forza 1 drivatar! awesome concept thrown away, have the drivatar become your team mate in leagues so you both drive in similar styles.
Fix the cpu braking and accel zones, they do not ride the tyre grip fresh-hold and brake way too early, take corners too slow, messy in other words.
Give brakes, suspension and other internal components light damage from heavy use, braking late on every corner should start fucking up my discs at least after 4 or so laps, suspension should show signs of problems after driving over curbs, gravel traps and other misc bumpy off-road areas, a real car would be fucked hitting a curb at high speeds.
Allow bald spots to appear on tyres from locked brakes, doesn't have to be visual but it would be nice to have the car vibrate at high speeds because you were shitty with the brakes or abuse ABS
Some sort of global team career, as you level your team gets better and you unlock more races (like right now) but this time throw in some team races, yourself and an AI / drivatar racing in a series, both cars of course have the same paint job, etc.
More control over pit stops, if I remember right in forza 1 you can end a pit stop early by pressing A or B, so you could choose to exit the pits after a tyre change but only take a little fuel on, or less repair fixes.
Bring back online leagues! was great fun in forza 2 to get into the top 128 racers by setting a hot lap, then racing in your tier to earn bonus credits. It is greatly missed.
If possible, more then 8 cars please! raise it to 12 or so, the field right now is way too bare for the larger circuits and it doesn't help any offline when a race has a cap of A class, but features C to B class cpu...
Been thinking about some improvements or adjustments forza 4 could benefit from:
Bring back the forza 1 drivatar! awesome concept thrown away, have the drivatar become your team mate in leagues so you both drive in similar styles.
Fix the cpu braking and accel zones, they do not ride the tyre grip fresh-hold and brake way too early, take corners too slow, messy in other words.
Give brakes, suspension and other internal components light damage from heavy use, braking late on every corner should start fucking up my discs at least after 4 or so laps, suspension should show signs of problems after driving over curbs, gravel traps and other misc bumpy off-road areas, a real car would be fucked hitting a curb at high speeds.
Allow bald spots to appear on tyres from locked brakes, doesn't have to be visual but it would be nice to have the car vibrate at high speeds because you were shitty with the brakes or abuse ABS
Some sort of global team career, as you level your team gets better and you unlock more races (like right now) but this time throw in some team races, yourself and an AI / drivatar racing in a series, both cars of course have the same paint job, etc.
More control over pit stops, if I remember right in forza 1 you can end a pit stop early by pressing A or B, so you could choose to exit the pits after a tyre change but only take a little fuel on, or less repair fixes.
Bring back online leagues! was great fun in forza 2 to get into the top 128 racers by setting a hot lap, then racing in your tier to earn bonus credits. It is greatly missed.
If possible, more then 8 cars please! raise it to 12 or so, the field right now is way too bare for the larger circuits and it doesn't help any offline when a race has a cap of A class, but features C to B class cpu...
Anyone here hit up multi-class lobbies yet? I'm having a blast in A/E, I tuned up this E class Ferrari Dino and its been a trip racing that against a Saleen truck and then getting passed by an R8 and a Porsche 911 SC :lol My favorite hopper set so far, gonna hit up B/F this weekend with some new cars and see how I do. I have a neon green Del Sol ready to race :lol
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
I have to make a super newb question even tho I've had this game since launch I have only gone through the storefront a few times:
Why is it that when I download custom tunes these don't actually show up when I go to load tunes for said car? Do I need to buy the racing gearbox for each car I want the downloaded tune to show up? I feel kinda ashamed asking it
Why is it that when I download custom tunes these don't actually show up when I go to load tunes for said car? Do I need to buy the racing gearbox for each car I want the downloaded tune to show up? I feel kinda ashamed asking it
Dash Kappei said:I have to make a super newb question even tho I've had this game since launch I have only gone through the storefront a few times:
Why is it that when I download custom tunes these don't actually show up when I go to load tunes for said car? Do I need to buy the racing gearbox for each car I want the downloaded tune to show up? I feel kinda ashamed asking it
No, when you go to load the tune it installs everything for you. Hop in the car you want to tune, load the tune under upgrades and it should ask you if you want to buy the parts. Hit A and it buys/installs and tunes the car for you. It could be that the car you tried it on is a slightly different model, you can check the model name where you go to load the tunes.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
So, I'm a little bit in the dark about DLC for this game. Any word on the 2010 or the 2011 Mustang coming to this game?
Almost time for a new Car Pack (Road and track pack) April 13th is the release date:
*the car above is not related to the car pack.
Here is the road & track site which is where the shots will be posted:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/forza
April 13th is the release date:
*the car above is not related to the car pack.
Here is the road & track site which is where the shots will be posted:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/forza
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
Whats the new track?
Yas Marina?
Bahrain?
Singapore?
Hungaroring?
Yas Marina?
Bahrain?
Singapore?
Hungaroring?
obviously I'm kidding those are the most boring race tracks in the F1 calendar
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I guess that means Spa is May's DLC, then.
Does anyone else this problem with their xbox wheel; occasionally (perhaps once every 15 races) it will go mad for a split second, and it sends a totally random button input to the game?
A number of times I've had it pulse the hand brake (if I'm unlucky I spin out). However once it dropped down a gear in A-class expert, ruining my engine. And yesterday, it pressed the start button - bringing up the in game menu.. On the corkscrew..
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- unrelated rant - I *really* wish X/B could be bound to look left / look right.
I'm finally getting to the stage where I'm faster with the wheel than the gamepad. :lol The game helps you so much with the pad. Keeping you just slightly over the grip threshold when turning, it lets you be a lot more aggressive with the car. The Lotus 2-Eleven is a totally different car with the wheel because of how the front wheels grip.
A number of times I've had it pulse the hand brake (if I'm unlucky I spin out). However once it dropped down a gear in A-class expert, ruining my engine. And yesterday, it pressed the start button - bringing up the in game menu.. On the corkscrew..
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- unrelated rant - I *really* wish X/B could be bound to look left / look right.
I'm finally getting to the stage where I'm faster with the wheel than the gamepad. :lol The game helps you so much with the pad. Keeping you just slightly over the grip threshold when turning, it lets you be a lot more aggressive with the car. The Lotus 2-Eleven is a totally different car with the wheel because of how the front wheels grip.
Diablohead
Member
If you keep the aid's on you should have no problem, in fact with aid's off it's still not too hard once you learn the limits of the car you are driving. Just be prepared for another slow and boring career mode.ACE 1991 said:
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
ACE 1991 said:
With aids on you will have no problem, and you can change pretty much every setting in the game from aid to AI to manual/automatic gears and so on.
As far as enjoying it, as long as you don't expect an over the top arcade game I think you will enjoy it: there are no patent tests like in GT games (which are a drab for newcomers) and career mode is really fun since you can play and be competitive with stock/garage cars. I play this game 95% offline and 5% online, don't expect to enjoy the online mode tho unless you really get into it and start using custom tunes for the cars, you can't be competitive without that. But there's more a lot more to online in Forza 3 than just the competitive play.
Nontheless, my opinion is that these sim-racing games really shine in offline play and I love that, 90% of the races are a mess anyway, you'd need a circle of friends to get the most out of it.
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