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PostPosted: 17:32 - 24 Oct 2009    Post subject: Forza 3 - What do you think? Reply with quote

Well I bought my copy today and played it for a few hours, here's what I think:

Cars

There are sooooo many I can never decided what to use. They have some of the most awesome cars like the Veyron, Reventon and even things like the E30 M3. They handle pretty well, there is a lot of detail in this as well. For example when my little Fiat 500 was doing 100mph+ on a banked bend it got really twitchy Laughing The only thing is that some of the cars don't sound too great. For example the Ferrari FXX sounds a bit fake, it sounds much more like the real thing in PGR4.

Tracks

Bloody amazing. Stuff the Nurburgring, fujima is where its at! Some of the roads are things that you could only dream of. The attention to detail and graphics are very good. I haven't really tried the proper tracks apart from Valencia.

SP mode

The usual, a little boring. I tell you what though the AI fight back Shocked A couple of times I had to do the rewind thing because the AI car spun me off the road.

Modifying

You can either do auto upgrade or choose it yourself. Auto upgrade is shite in my opinion because it chooses rubbish mods (you can check which mods it will add). You get better results by modding yourself. Some of the mods are quite expensive too Laughing

In all I'm quite happy with it and should keep me entertained for quite a while Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:04 - 24 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with you about the auto upgrade, it's crap. For example auto upgrade something like the Fiat 500 and it will give you wider wheels and tyres, when what you really need is more power to keep up with the pack. Same with some of the 4WD cars. It will put better tyres on which you don't really need, and the PI increase could have been spent on making the car quicker.

I am on my third season, A class championship, level 18 and have only upgraded the tyres on one car so far. Starting to use the rewind button quite a bit now! Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 24 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had the option of getting this or the new COD, I played the forza demo and wasn't that much impressed so I choose COD and can't wait for it to come. I will get forza at some point though.
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PostPosted: 23:11 - 24 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another thing is the loading takes forever!

At the moment I've managed to get my Fiat 500 up to class C Laughing . I've only just finished my third class E championship race so I haven't played that much but I find it a bit annoying that there are so many mods you can do but as soon as you do them you can't use the car in the championship any more so what's the point.

My CoD is on order with Tesco so I should get it once it's out Razz
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PostPosted: 23:20 - 24 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whats different about the new Forza then. Other than assisted cornering and braking. The re-wind prince of persia thing, which I think sort of spoils it really. I played the demo and the driving seems a bit none realistic. It was a bit drifty really but that could be down to the car. I want to get it because I play Forza 2 a lot I just need a reason to buy it lol.

I'm really excited for COD and can't wait for it to come out I just won't be able to play it as much Sad
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PostPosted: 15:15 - 25 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carl_steveo wrote:
Whats different about the new Forza then. Other than assisted cornering and braking. The re-wind prince of persia thing, which I think sort of spoils it really. I played the demo and the driving seems a bit none realistic. It was a bit drifty really but that could be down to the car. I want to get it because I play Forza 2 a lot I just need a reason to buy it lol.

I'm really excited for COD and can't wait for it to come out I just won't be able to play it as much Sad

The demo is awful compared to the actual game.

I dont like the menu system, or the music/lack of prodigy and driving tunes, now have non driving music its all the new indie type music which isnt driving music and really has spoilt the game.

Announcer is annoying


Game play though is superb
AI fight back
All the assists off make it awesome
Crashing is superb
Physics are just awesome, utterly awesome if it wasnt for being on a controller I would say the most realistic driving game ever made
Noise of the cars is awesome especially through tunnels

A few pics
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Work in progress, getting there though

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https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/pitslayer/ah33.jpg

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PostPosted: 16:42 - 25 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was very unimpressed with the demo, especially when you shunted something and the camera moved. That got really annoying.

Like others I feel the rewind thing spoils the game play a bit. It's supposed to be a simulation game, when in real racing can you rewind because you made a mistake?

I think I'll wait until either one of my friends gets it and I can play the real game rather than the demo, or I'll wait until it's £5 like I did with Forza 2.
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PostPosted: 17:39 - 25 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't understand the complaints about the rewind feature. Nobody's forcing you to use it.

I haven't picked up the full game yet, though I'll probably cave in at some point. The demo didn't really seem that big of a departure from Forza 2 to me, besides being a bit shinier. Shame about the tracklist too. Presumably they're holding out to wring some more cash from DLC. Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 19:46 - 25 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the track list is quite good especially Fijima (or what ever) and the other rally de something.

The actual game is better than the demo though.

Trust me the rewind feature saves you, especially when you've been racing for ages and make a tiny mistake right at the end Laughing
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PostPosted: 23:48 - 25 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dom wrote:
I don't understand the complaints about the rewind feature. Nobody's forcing you to use it.


It'll give false lap times on the leaderboard. Subconsciously though, because you know it's there, you'll concentrate less in the game because you know you can make mistakes.

In my opinion (from the demo) it's stepped away from simulation and gone a little bit closer to arcade racing.
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PostPosted: 00:42 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

not played the demo or the full game, but think im gonna buy it, it looks and sounds way better than forza 2, and i really like forza 2. Laughing

The flashback thing is probably robbed from grid/dirt 2, doesnt matter to me cos either way you cant use it racing online so whats the problem.
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PostPosted: 10:12 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

ms51ves3 wrote:
It'll give false lap times on the leaderboard.


Nope. Even in the demo if you used the rewind feature you would get an invalid lap on the leaderboard (look for exclamation mark at the end iirc).
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PostPosted: 10:54 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Post your gamertags so we can wank over our laptimes Very Happy. Normally in top 5%-1% of times Wink

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PostPosted: 11:34 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

My gamertag is ms51ves3. But you'll have to compare Forza 2 times with me Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:50 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine is gazzeh.

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Got placed at around 70th
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PostPosted: 14:03 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's pretty good but I don't see how the gameplay is better than than Forza 2 TBH. The graphics are slightly better.
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PostPosted: 15:28 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I need to check forza 2, because sometimes forza 3 looks awful (Yes I'm using full 1080p HD monitor), I keep seeing dotts, where grass should be in the distance, makes it look wank.
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PostPosted: 17:35 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

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rac3r786 but I haven't done any proper lap times yet though. Why don't we set a specific track on BCF and see who is fastest?

I say Silverstone GP as it's the only UK track. BTW I hate that track so it's not in my favour Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

rac3r wrote:
Why don't we set a specific track on BCF and see who is fastest?


Nurburgring. It's an awesome fast track and I know it pretty well Cool
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PostPosted: 19:26 - 26 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't mind, some might find it a little long Laughing

Either way I don't have Live silver or gold at the moment! Mad I need to buy one of those redeem code things
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PostPosted: 00:01 - 27 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

ms51ves3 wrote:
Subconsciously though, because you know it's there, you'll concentrate less in the game because you know you can make mistakes.


I disagree with that. Rewinding means you can take a turn you're having trouble with as many times as you want until you nail it, which you could do before to a certain extent, but now you can more feasibly concentrate on certain sections. The best way to get good at racing games, like anything else which involves applying knowledge and skill, is experience. Now you can build up your experience more quickly and effectively.

Also, with the rewind feature it's possible to push the car a lot harder toward the end of a race and not have to worry about binning it, and I always subconsciously perform better when the pressure's off! Very Happy
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PostPosted: 23:00 - 27 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mint game, bought it today, fookin' love it, miles better than forza 2.

heres me only piccy so far, and the S15 which is a work in progress.
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PostPosted: 12:39 - 28 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice Thumbs Up

I've moded my Shelby to R4 level, in Forza 2 you could only get it all the cars to S999
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PostPosted: 12:50 - 28 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah I noticed that too, Thumbs Up

So can you eneter an R4 race with a standard car, or does it have to be R4 from stock?
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PostPosted: 13:24 - 28 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

It can be moded or de-moded to get into that class Thumbs Up

At the moment I don't have Live Silver or Gold because they suspended my account due to an expired card and they won't let me remove the bloody card! Mad

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