Official Forza Motorsport 3 Thread - Game is OUT

[fbrdphreak]

Grrr...me want 09 ZR1.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I'm hoping it'll be a timed exclusive. It would be stupid not to allow the vast majority of FM3 customers (people who bought the standard edition) to give them extra money.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
I'm hoping it'll be a timed exclusive. It would be stupid not to allow the vast majority of FM3 customers (people who bought the standard edition) to give them extra money.

But if they DO keep it exclusive then when FM4 rolls around they can make a $100 LCE with 10 exclusive cars and people will say "oh man, I missed out on the ZR1 in FM3, not letting that happen again!" or whatever.

Don't like this new trend of adding what SHOULD be standard content to an "LCE" and charging extra for it.

 

[gar655]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: gar655
So how is everybody getting the really fast times with only 2 laps and having to start at or near the back with little to no room to pass in the first 2/3 of the track?

Gene

Time Trials. Instead of starting the race, press Y to get to the Time Trials screen.

Sh!t. Is that it? Damn I feels stoopid

Gene

 

[Kabob]

Reviews going up.

G4 - 10
Team Xbox - 9.5
IGN UK - 9.4
IGN US - 9.4
Gamespy - 9.0

Lots more but those are the "bigger" ones. Not that I put much stock in G4.

 

[Kabob]

Also, Newegg has the game for 52.99 shipped on pre-order.

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: kabob983
Also, Newegg has the game for 52.99 shipped on pre-order.

Amazon is offering a $10 credit towards a future video game purchase. The price is the full 59.99 but if you're one of those people who counts a gift card or future credit as part of the price it's essentially 49.99.

 

[Kabob]

They must have just started doing that as yesterday that offer wasn't on Amazon (I checked).

*edit*
NVM, it's listed below the other stuff. For MW2 it's listed at the top.

 

[jrphoenix]

Just pre-ordered from gamestop. I'm very excited to start using my racing seat again The demo is awesome and I just can't wait. October 27th can't come soon enough.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

LCE pre-ordered, only £2 more than the standard version

 

[potato28]

I've got the LCE on pre-order, definitely want Gold right now to play the demo though.

 

[Queasy]

Joystiq has a video showing the installation of the second disk. It'll take up 1.9 GB to install the entire disk but there are options to install only certain groups of cars or certain groups of tracks.

 

[Kabob]

That's smaller than I thought it would be.

 

[QuikWgn]

yeah, I would have expected it to be a full 4+gb of extra content from the earlier press.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: QuikWgn
yeah, I would have expected it to be a full 4+gb of extra content from the earlier press.

Probably has to do with the last Dash update where they reduced the size of game installs. Game sizes were reduced dramatically in some cases when you took out alot of the unnecessary padding on the DVD.

 

[chorb]

After learning the track and seeing everyone elses (wednesday night crew) times, I spent some time trying to hone my skills, and surprisingly found that I'm a good 0.5 to 1sec faster using manual over auto when I'm perfect, but I still missed shifts too often.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Hmm, read through the car list. They have the BMW X5 but not the X6. That's too bad; I like that car! Maybe it'll be available in a DLC pack at some point (not getting my hopes up though).

 

[ivan2]

maybe we should have a SUV bumper car night...

 

[chorb]

Originally posted by: ivan2
maybe we should have a SUV bumper car night...

Forza 3 is going to have rollovers physics in it right? Might be some pretty awesome replays on turn 1.

 

[AstroManLuca]

LOL, that will be fun. We'll have to do that. There is a small selection of SUVs. I went through the car list and picked these ones out:

Audi Q7 V12 TDI
BMW X5 xDrive48i
Dodge Ram SRT-10
Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged
Mercedes ML63 AMG
Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
Volkswagen Touareg R50

I chuckled when I saw the Ram SRT-10 would be in it because it reminded me of Gran Turismo 4 and how you could load up on A-Spec points by just using the Ram for as many races as possible.

For those not familiar, GT4 had points that you could earn for completing races that varied from 1 to 200, depending on how powerful your car was compared to the rest of the field. So racing a bunch of little hatchbacks in a GT-R was allowed, but you'd only get 1 point. They didn't actually do anything; they were only useful for bragging rights. The formula it used to calculate A-Spec points, though, was a bit off... not only did it not account for the presence of N2O, but it was lopsided in that it allocated tons of extra A-Spec points to you if you drove a heavy car. The Ram, being the heaviest car in the game, was always able to max out engine upgrades and still get 200 points.

So that makes me wonder how Forza 3 will handle SUVs in terms of calculating the performance index. They'll have to account for not only weight, but the higher center of gravity (now that it has rollover physics). SUVs have to be balanced just right. But I think it'll be fine. I remember being able to use a 1000+ HP Plymouth Barracuda in Forza 2 that was still a B700, but it balanced out pretty well because it had no grip.

 

[chorb]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
LOL, that will be fun. We'll have to do that. There is a small selection of SUVs. I went through the car list and picked these ones out:

Audi Q7 V12 TDI
BMW X5 xDrive48i
Dodge Ram SRT-10
Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged
Mercedes ML63 AMG
Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
Volkswagen Touareg R50

not to nit pick, but the SRT-10 is a truck, although probably a high rollover chance as well.

 

[QuikWgn]

Cat n Mouse with the rollover physics should be interesting...1000hp blown hemi SRT-10 Dodge Ram cat? anyone?

 

[brblx]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
So that makes me wonder how Forza 3 will handle SUVs in terms of calculating the performance index. They'll have to account for not only weight, but the higher center of gravity (now that it has rollover physics). SUVs have to be balanced just right. But I think it'll be fine. I remember being able to use a 1000+ HP Plymouth Barracuda in Forza 2 that was still a B700, but it balanced out pretty well because it had no grip.

i would imagine they use the benchmark numbers to calculate peformance index. high center of gravity doesn't matter if it pulls the same skidpad numbers as a smaller, lower car. i would imagine skidpad and power to weight are the top determiners.

 

[ivan2]

SUVs are probably just another class of rocket/muscle car. If there will be massive down force mods available (Forza areo), and the roll can certainly be tuned out even without the mods, then you got several 2 ton 4x4 monsters that are very good at straight/bumps.

 

[state 08]

I am really hyped for this game, especially after all the stellar reviews it's been getting.

One thing I've tried not to do is d/l the demo and just wait to play the full version of the game. Anyone else in the same boat?