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[G Rom]

Nice pics Broman and FunnyBunny.

@soujiro_seta : you have to take all the photos with the zoom at 20x (maximum), account for the FM watermark overlap and stitch them in Photoshop. It has been a long time since I've done a stitch, it's way too tedious with FM.net and if you mess up one photo, it ruins everything...

Some new ones :

And finally, some photos of the car that I made for my 8 year old niece (she chose all the vinyls, colors and where to put them) !

And pics of it that she took herself :

She really likes Fujimi Kaido Stage A and Benchmark Ring Layout A.
It's the first time I let someone this young and totally unfamiliar with Forza try it. I have to say, I'm impressed by how well the assists work. She's playing in easy "one button" mode and really enjoying it.

BTW, I'm finally past my 1000th photo uploaded !

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Cute car, G Rom.

Inspired by the discussion here or in one of the F4 threads, I tooled around in a Pantera last night. Awesome. Looks great with the Forza aero kit, close enough to the GTS version for me. The carburated V8 sounds amazing with some upgrades.

I'd post a pic, but apparently I need to clear out my Storefront first.

 

[ghibli99]

I'd post a pic, but apparently I need to clear out my Storefront first.

I really can't stand this. I mean, I know why they do it, but it's incredibly inconvenient.

 

[Broman1978]

I will take more photos as soon as I´m finished with WKC2.... Photomode is like a drug to me, hehe =)
Found some old photos I´m not sure that I posted yet...but what the heck=P

 

[shinnn]

i'm still 70% in the event list -_-

 

[FunnyBunny]

My father owned a 1975 Datsun 240Z back in the day. Growing up, he'd use to tell me stories about what it was like to own a sports car (and blame my sister and I for forcing him to sell it!). These photos were a little more inspired than most.

 

[Psychotext]

I've tried three different machines to try and get my Turbo S wheel's firmware updated, with no luck (and different errors) on all of them.

Anyone got any suggestions short of sticking an axe through the thing?

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Never got it working on a Windows 7 install, but it went straight through when I flashed it in XP.

 

[soujiro_seta]

Lovin' my tuned Z06... Just ran a 2:07.7 at Sebring.... It's still about .8 slower than my tuned Ferrari 360 CS on that track, but the Z06 is just so much more fun to drive, and the sound it makes, jeebus!

 

[Psychotext]

Never got it working on a Windows 7 install, but it went straight through when I flashed it in XP.

Thanks, I'll have to see if I can dig out my old laptop. Fanatec make fantastic wheels... but good god they could do with a couple of decent coders on staff.

 

[G Rom]

You're cheating shinnn !

Just kidding, nice pics everyone.
Four new ones, currently at 87.9% of the career with more than 120h of driving :

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Lovin' my tuned Z06... Just ran a 2:07.7 at Sebring.... It's still about .8 slower than my tuned Ferrari 360 CS on that track, but the Z06 is just so much more fun to drive, and the sound it makes, jeebus!

I love it so much I have two— A600 and S700 tunes. I realize I could just have one and change tuning setups, but whatever.

 

[Diablohead]

Wish I could 100% forza 3 :/ so upsetting that a game like this has no safe guard for saves.

 

[Broman1978]

 

[ghibli99]

G Rom: How do you get your images to look so good straight out of the game like that? Seems like no matter what I do, my results always look washed out and dull w/o post work in Photoshop. Any tips? (Sorry if I missed an earlier conversation about this)

Still in the middle of R2... it's been slow going, but I finally started w/ the FXX event, and damn, that car drives like a dream, especially compared to all the trouble I had early on with the Super GT cars.

I think I have about 640/1000 on the Achievement list... might try to get all the simpler ones I'm still missing.

 

[Infamous Chris]

Wish I could 100% forza 3 :/ so upsetting that a game like this has no safe guard for saves.

In terms of achievements or car collection?

Took me like 2 years to get all golds for that annoying achievement, lol.

 

[NullPointer]

She really likes Fujimi Kaido Stage A and Benchmark Ring Layout A.
It's the first time I let someone this young and totally unfamiliar with Forza try it. I have to say, I'm impressed by how well the assists work. She's playing in easy "one button" mode and really enjoying it.

Holy crap. How did I not know there was a wide open track like this in the game until now?

I know what I'm doing tonight

And yeah, I do love the made-up Forza tracks. So gorgeous. I hope to see more of that creativity at work in Forza 4.

 

[ghibli99]

In terms of achievements or car collection?

Took me like 2 years to get all golds for that annoying achievement, lol.

I think his save file got corrupted/deleted, so he had to kiss his career and event list progress good-bye.

 

[Mascot]

She really likes Fujimi Kaido Stage A and Benchmark Ring Layout A.
It's the first time I let someone this young and totally unfamiliar with Forza try it. I have to say, I'm impressed by how well the assists work. She's playing in easy "one button" mode and really enjoying it.

I've always scoffed at Autobrake (and a lot of the other assists), thinking it has absolutely no place in a serious game like Forza. But my Dad (who is in his seventies and has NEVER played a videogame before) visited today and spent a good few hours blasting around Silverstone (in preparation of our trip there for a race meeting in a couple of weeks), grinning like a Cheshire cat the whole time at the insane sense of speed and the feedback through the GT2. I started him off in F-class but he'd soon progressed to R1. He loved it.

Autobrake made this possible. Many, many thanks, Turn 10.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

I think his save file got corrupted/deleted, so he had to kiss his career and event list progress good-bye.

I think I'd go ballistic if that happened. I'm in my 6th season and about half way through the event list and it feels like it has taken forever already. I don't think I'd have it in me to redo everything.

 

[ghibli99]

I think I'd go ballistic if that happened. I'm in my 6th season and about half way through the event list and it feels like it has taken forever already. I don't think I'd have it in me to redo everything.

Yep, I'd just call it a day and look forward to FM4 at that point... but not before taking a big swig of whiskey.

 

[skyfinch]

I accidentally deleted my save awhile ago, but fortunately, I managed to get the all gold achievement before that. Lost all my cars, money and stuff.


Diablohead, if you get back into FM3 before FM4 comes out, let me know if you need some gift cars.

 

[Mascot]

Lol, after dad's recent antics my mum (also in her seventies) came around today to have a go in the racing rig, pottering around Amalfi in a Mito at 10 mph, admiring the scenery.

I've never been more proud of my parents.

 

[ghibli99]

Lol, after dad's recent antics my mum (also in her seventies) came around today to have a go in the racing rig, pottering around Amalfi in a Mito at 10 mph, admiring the scenery.

I've never been more proud of my parents.

Nice! The last time I did that was in PGR.

As a quick update to my FM3 progress, I'm now 7 out of 11 into R2. Decided to just do the quicker events between championship races. It's helped me stay interested, with the longer R2 races being a nice change from the shorter series.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

I'm currently trying to 100% Forza 3 and I'm done with the first 6 seasons and about half way through the event list, but I still don't have the achievement for racing at every track.

Does the event list end up taking you to every location or will I have to go through each and every track to see which one I missed?

Please tell me it's the former...

 

[Jube3]

I've always scoffed at Autobrake (and a lot of the other assists), thinking it has absolutely no place in a serious game like Forza. But my Dad (who is in his seventies and has NEVER played a videogame before) visited today and spent a good few hours blasting around Silverstone (in preparation of our trip there for a race meeting in a couple of weeks), grinning like a Cheshire cat the whole time at the insane sense of speed and the feedback through the GT2. I started him off in F-class but he'd soon progressed to R1. He loved it.

Autobrake made this possible. Many, many thanks, Turn 10.

That's an awesome story dude, sounds like he had a blast.

 

[ghibli99]

That's an awesome story dude, sounds like he had a blast.

Agreed! I have to admit I played through a good chunk of the game not even aware that there was such a thing (difficulty set on normal). I was pressing the brake when I was supposed to, but I'm sure there were many times where I was late on the pedal and the game gave me the illusion that I was doing it right. It wasn't until I was on the 'Ring that I noticed the game slowing things down for me automatically on sections where I do little to no braking.

I used to be anti-assist, but my time w/ games is limited these days, so it's nice to be able to progress through them at a good pace and still have fun (and no, I don't use autobrake anymore ).

 

[G Rom]

A small bump for some photos as I've started to play the game again. I need to finish it before october 14th as I know I won't be able to come back to it after FM4 hits.

Was looking for the 2011 livery of the 908 but stumbled upon something much better !

It cannot be stressed enough that the CCCP cars are just phenomenal in term of modeling :

 

[G Rom]

Another bump for more photos. Currently at 92.6% of the career.

 

[ghibli99]

Man, those Audi shots FTW. Nice work, as always!

 

[OrangeOak]

Some of my photos

 

[Vert boil]

Some dlc have been heavily reduced today. No idea if it's just a temporary sale or permanent.

Forza 3
--AutoWeek Car Show Pack - 160msp (was 400)
--Benchmark High Speed Ring - 80msp (was 400)
--Community Choice Classics Pack - 160msp (was 400)
--Hot Holidays Car Pack - 160msp (was 400)
--Jalopnik Car Pack - 80msp (was 400)
--Motorsport Legends Car Pack - 80msp (was 400)
--Nürburgring GP Track Pack - 160msp (was 400)
--Sidewinder Proving Grounds - 80msp (was 400)
--The Exotic Car Pack - 80msp (was 400)
--The Road & Track Car Pack - 80msp (was 400)
--The Summer Velocity Car Pack - 160msp (was 400)
--VIP Car Pack - 80msp (was 800)
--World Class Car Pack - 160msp (was 400)

 

[Qrusher14242]

hey, sorry for the bump, but i hate the Ultimate collection. But lost the first disc

I wanna get another copy and was wondering if i could just get the regular copy(not ultimate) and play it that way. Would my save made with the ultimate collection still work?

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Haven't tested it for a while but disk one of the Ultimate works fine on my LCE install.

A regular should be the same. Saves work fine.