Forza 3

Super Racer Z wrote:And there's still 3-4 months left to tweak everything.

Super Racer Z wrote:Pretty good, wouldn't you say?
And there's still 3-4 months left to tweak everything.

Super Racer Z wrote:No, they built the entire game up from scratch, meaning better physics. Tire flex ftw. Also, unlike in Forza 2, the car can end up upside down, instead of the damned wobble/floating that happened if you ended up high into the air. Plus it supposed to support clutch and also has Drag, Drifting, Point to Point, and circuit racing(announced so far), and the Career is supposed to change to give you the type of races you like, i.e. if you never do endurance races, you won't get them often. If you do drift events, you get more drift events, and so on. Then, if you stop Drifting and decide to Drag a lot, drifting events will start to show left often and drag will show more. At least, that's how it should work.

Also, imo, I started playing Forza Motorsport 2, and never looked back at GT4. It just isn't as fun imo. Plus I like damage and the challenge it brings, The livery editor, the tuning and upgrades, the choice of cars, the controller(Oh god, analog throttle and brake feels much better), and online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo807jVOFvo&fmt=18

gamestop wrote:Play your way: New game modes. “Forza Motorsport 3” is an epic racing game featuring more content and more ways to play than any racing title today. An innovative single-player season mode puts you through a completely personalized racing calendar that includes more than 200 different events, including Circuit, Oval, Drag, Drift and Timed Events. No two calendars are the same; they react to the cars you love and the races you enjoy most. In addition, the online multiplayer mode there is an all-new game rules editor. This gives players a never-ending variety of ways to play with friends. Whether you’re a speedster, dragster, drifter, painter, tuner or just a lover of cars, “Forza Motorsport 3” is the definitive racing game for you.

Disclaimer: This is NOT word for word. This is notes. If I misrepresent something, someone else can fix it in a reply. This is just for those that like to read instead of listen. These are not the EXACT WORDS of Turn10, this is just what I heard. Don't take this as gospel.


1.) You can export video and it will put up a 720p wmv file on forzamotorsport.net

2.) Auto-braking follows the braking line for its braking. You just steer and gas now. They said multiple times that auto-braking is NOT as fast as someone who brakes on their own. It just makes you more consistent.

3.) You get infinite rewinds per race. using time rewind will mark your lap time as "uncertified" along with anytime there is drafting in the same race.

4.) Lap times listed on the leader boards will be listed as "certified" first and then "uncertified. So the worst certified time will be above the fastest uncertified race.

5.) There is now a clutch button, and it is on the left shoulder button on the controller. Hold button, clutch is engaged. Then you shift, then let off of the clutch. There is a missed shift if you don't hit it right. You can damage the car if you miss a shift with sim damage on. The clutch pedal mode is faster than without.

6.) There is now a.) automatic b.) manual and c.) manual + clutch.

7.) In multiplayer there is no rewind, however there is auto-braking. It can be turned off like any other assist.

8.) Auto-upgrade system. "generally useful script" that adds parts to a car based on top of the class. So pick A class, say auto-upgrade, and it will upgrade the car to the PI at the top of that class. If you can't afford all the upgrades for the top of A, it will get you as close as it can then stop.

9.) Auto-upgrade does NOT auto-tune the car. You must tune the car yourself still.

10.) Multiplayer is now like Halo3 and Call of Duty 4 party type of system now is how multiplayer works in FM3. Meaning there will be prebuilt game types that you can join publicly with your party, or you can just build your own private server with exactly your specifications. Things like vote to kick someone, vote to skip a track on these public servers.

11.) Examples of how public servers will be are class and type. ie C class drag, B class drift, A class road racing etc.

12.) They monitor our private matches and if a lot of people are playing a certain setup, they can make a new server based on those settings for the public server list.

13.) All multiplayer modes give you credits. There is no more career or exhibition race. If you race on forza3 in multiplayer (even like cat and mouse) you get credits.

14.) New modes not just racing. Tag mode where you tag someone they are it. There is smear the *** where someone is it, and they have to be tagged for points. There is also army/virus/zombie tag. There is now elimination mode. Finally there is now cat and mouse mode. It really sounds like they just swiped the halo setup and made it for cars.

15.) Scoring on time or drift or damage or whatever.

16.) Starting grid based on PI, gamer-score, car type etc.

17.) Delay start, let players have a 5 second lag between starts for instance.

18.) All cars in FM3 get a Performance Index (PI System). The race-cars classes are now part of the other cars classes. For example you can upgrade your car up to the R classes and through them as well. Some R class cars now have upgrades that can be done to them as well.

19.) Pi is now calculated on the ability of the car and not the ability of the AI to drive it. In FM2, to calculate PI they had the AI calculated what time it could get with each car. This had 1 flaw that the AI can not drive cars. Usually lots of power and poor tires tripped up the AI. Now in FM3, the capability of the car is represented. They hope (fingers crossed) this is more accurate of the cars potential.

"A virtual track that the system looks at. Literally looks at the cars maximum speed through each turn would be and tries to achieve that speed on every straightaway. The cars accelerate, brake, and corners with maximum perfect friction. The only way a player would be able to achieve that same performance would be to drive the car perfectly."

20.) Power-train swaps now split into engine and drivetrain swaps.

21.) Can flip cars on multiplayer. Just jostle the left stick back and forth and you can rock the car back onto its wheels.

22.) This was mentioned but is NOT confirmed yet. Every weekday (5 days a week) from now until launch 1 new car will be revealed with pictures and a little write up.

Independence76 wrote:Got a PlayStation 3.

I'm now only waiting for Gran Turismo 5.

Erazor wrote:Shouldn't this be in the Microsoft section?

sykog77 wrote:

Erazor wrote:Shouldn't this be in the Microsoft section?

I don't know is it PS3 only?

Erazor wrote:

sykog77 wrote:

Erazor wrote:Shouldn't this be in the Microsoft section?

I don't know is it PS3 only?

No. It's 360 only.