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Forza Motorsport 4 - The Floodgates Have Opened...
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soundscream
Member
With Maple Valley announced, does this mean NY is gone?
Spaceman Spiff
Member
soundscream said:
Could be, and if we don't get the long circuit form FM1, then good riddance I say. The short Times Square circuit, with or without the chicanes, has go to be the most boring track in FM3.
Risk Breaker
Member
Legendary Battle 15
Beat a Ferrari 330 P4 in any race while driving a Ford GT40 Mark II.
Lol, this reminds me of something.
Beat a Ferrari 330 P4 in any race while driving a Ford GT40 Mark II.
Lol, this reminds me of something.
soundscream
Member
Slayer-33 said:
It was done by skatezilla at forza central, he guessed it was NY. I never knew MV was in NE so I always assumed it was NY as well. But looking at it knowing what we know its to high up to be NYC.
So there might be no city tracks in the game....
Spaceman Spiff
Member
Slayer-33 said:
The 'Ring is probably the track I want to see most. With the IBL, refined trees, and likely alternate time of day, it ought to look brick-shitting amazing, but for crying out loud, can the track dimensions and surface irregularities please be more accurate this time?
eso76
Member
op_ivy said:
Ok, but while they've been putting so much time in updating returning tracks (which is great) why not add a couple ribbons for each ? There aren't many new environments apparently, but adding ribbons to existing locales would have been great too and not as time consuming, probably. At this point i am not expecting New York to finally come with the original, long version.
It appears that they chose to work on making the game look more consistent and better overall rather than working on (more) new tracks and just porting the old ones as they were; fm4 shouldn't fear comparison screens in which the game looks the same as its predecessor at least, and i'm sure they also took their time to fix all replay camera angles this time
For me this will go a long way in making my interest in the game fresh, as there are tracks in fm3 i always tried to avoid racing on because of the way they looked (but i'm a graphic whore, don't mind me).
Anyway, we knew it was a returning track and i don't understand people complaining. They would have to reveal returning tracks at some point, that doesn't mean there's nothing else.
If anything they are saving surprises for the weeks leading to release, and the trend this thread took shows exactly why they would want to do that: excitement for new features somehow tends to fade if you don't feed it with new reveals, to the point people start calling the game forza 3.1 forgetting about all the stuff that was revealed earlier.
I am not disappointed, just slightly mad at the fact the reveal didn't come with any new footage. Come on T10, no new media besides a single screenshot ?
soundscream
Member
Hmmmmm
Forza series = race and fantasy tracks
Forza World(PGR) = City races
Therefore Forza World to compete with NFS hence no Porsche sub-license!
Forza series = race and fantasy tracks
Forza World(PGR) = City races
Therefore Forza World to compete with NFS hence no Porsche sub-license!
Woah wait, I think you might be on to something! They needed another "PGR" afterall and maybe that's the reason why New York may not be appearing in F4 :Osoundscream said:Hmmmmm
Forza series = race and fantasy tracks
Forza World(PGR) = City races
Therefore Forza World to compete with NFS hence no Porsche sub-license!
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
I don't follow achievements all that much, but that Unicorn auction achievement sounds like it's going to be awful for people to get.
yea, its pretty much the only proper design i made, well i made a rust bucket in forza 2 but thats about it, i hope to make better designs in 4Shaneus said:
http://www.forzacentral.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=21003
http://www.forzacentral.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=21004
"I am the road warrior"
In all seriousness, I am very,very grateful Turn 10 for giving us the opportunity to drive our heritage vehicles in the game. You had the balls to feature our cars when nobody else gave two shits about us. Sure, they might not be the prettiest or sort after cars in the world, but they are our cars and finally, we get to taste them in the virtual world.
Again, props to Turn 10 from your fans from Down Under!!
In all seriousness, I am very,very grateful Turn 10 for giving us the opportunity to drive our heritage vehicles in the game. You had the balls to feature our cars when nobody else gave two shits about us. Sure, they might not be the prettiest or sort after cars in the world, but they are our cars and finally, we get to taste them in the virtual world.
Again, props to Turn 10 from your fans from Down Under!!
soundscream
Member
DeLorean autovista with Michael J Fox commentaryeso76 said:
Obviously, the Mad Max connection would resonate with more people than just the Aussies so they announced that first as a starter.vanty said:
According to the rumours, we'll also be getting the XY GTHO Phase 3, HT GTS Monaro and HSV VL Walkinshaw. More than that though, there also must be a Holden Torana (pictured in my avatar) in the mix. There has to be.
The rivalry would like something like this:
Holden HT GTS Monaro vs Ford XY GT Falcon
Holden LH L34 Torana vs Ford XB GT Falcon
Holden LX A9X Torana vs Ford XC Cobra Falcon
Holden HDT VK SS Group A Commodore vs Ford XD Falcon
Anyway, I'm expecting more Aussie cars reveals closer to the Bathurst 1000 race.
I like how everyone jump at the Kinect only achievement when there's also the FM3 import achievement in there. :lol
BTW, I've wanted to do a gif like this for a long time because each time someone says FM4 is a slight upgrade to FM3, I can only think of this scene (you can thank me later for making this page longer to load) :
BTW, I've wanted to do a gif like this for a long time because each time someone says FM4 is a slight upgrade to FM3, I can only think of this scene (you can thank me later for making this page longer to load) :
Metalmurphy
Member
G Rom said:
Hahaha
Reminds me of the chubigans drawing for the similar silly complains.
http://www.vertigogaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/livefromkotaku.jpg
skyfinch
Member
G Rom said:Yeah, I should have put Image-based lighting or something bigger.
Although to me active aero is a very important thing because many cars have it and it adds a lot to realism.
I love subtle things like active aero, swaying trees and grass, backfire, the vibration of the driver's hands even when going in a straight line. Makes the game less stale.
Also happy to see Maple Valley get a nice make-over. What I've always wanted to see on that track are leaves covering most of the track that get kicked up when you drive over them. Remember seeing this in Rallisport 2. Frame rate killer though.
Edit, funny ass gif, G rom
fu3lfr3nzy
Member
I just hope theres more Maple Valley (Full) races this time around.
One of my favorite FM tracks but they always use the (Short) version from my past experiences :/
One of my favorite FM tracks but they always use the (Short) version from my past experiences :/
Frankfurt said:
Is it really very telling?
This is a pre-release news/hype thread for an upcoming sequel. Isn't it logical to think it will be filled with fans of the series and thus owners of the previous installment? I think that would better explain why people don't have much of an issue with that Achievement.
Anyway, I'm still missing that last 80 Pointer before reaching S-Rank in F3. I've finished 72% of the career in my 200+ hours and I don't know if I have it in me to finish. Fingers crossed they don't give up a Unicorn for having S-Rank.
I really hope for some new tracks, but its looking more and more likely that we've pretty much seen everything. Sure there will be some tweaks here and there. I was really hoping for a defining track, something like a Spa to really bring in the Motorsport enthusiasts. Sure, the car guys will be there as will Racing game-GAF and I know there is overlap between the three groups, but still. I really wanted to take one of these cars through Eau Rouge.
Wonderful Gif G Rom, thanks for that.
There will always be things in racing games we want that they won't or can't provide but for me Forza4 will have enough for me to purchase the LE and enjoy it.
I have always wanted a euro hot hatch pack but it has never came but it will have public lobbies and active aero and that's enough for now.
I can't help but feel that T10 are at this point restricted by the hardware and kinect.
Now I know a lot are excited by the kinect but I can't help but feel it went something like, Dan here is kinect, shoehorn it into Forza4 and that's an order at the MS managerial meeting.
There will always be things in racing games we want that they won't or can't provide but for me Forza4 will have enough for me to purchase the LE and enjoy it.
I have always wanted a euro hot hatch pack but it has never came but it will have public lobbies and active aero and that's enough for now.
I can't help but feel that T10 are at this point restricted by the hardware and kinect.
Now I know a lot are excited by the kinect but I can't help but feel it went something like, Dan here is kinect, shoehorn it into Forza4 and that's an order at the MS managerial meeting.
boundedseven
Banned
That GIF is money!
Marco1 said:
head tracking will be a beautiful thing IMO. i have no doubts i'll use it to race and look into corners, i loved the auto helmet cam in shift 2 after a brief adjustment, and it should make the cockpit view that much more immersive - especially considering that while playing with the wheel you simply could not look around the cars interior in forza 3
The Shift
Banned
Marco1 said:
I bought a Kinect specifically for the headtracking in this game - found one cheap (less than half price) Having used TrackIR on PC a few times I could never go back to a static viewpoint, like having my neck fused. Can always pawn the Kinect off if it turns out to be shoddy.
enzo_gt said:
What supplementary content? It sounds like a few cheevo's for me? Or am I missing something?
Stacks of games make you jump through hoops, all the cheevo's that need you to play Multiplayer etc (Obviously requiring Gold) is rife throughout most games, having Kinect which is in 1/5 xbox households (if the 10 million sold is correct) doesn't sound horrific to me..
(Err.. I do have kinect in the front room for the kids, I guess it's easy for me to be laid back about it, I can just borrow that for 2 mins to do this if I was that bothered!)
The supplementary content being an alternate way to use Autovista, hyperlinking and head tracking. All not essentials.Snubbers said:
Gold/online achievements are a bunch of bullshit too, but I've complained enough about those in the past, there's no avoiding those since they became a mainstay long ago. This can be avoided now, but even still it's likely it won't be.