Forza 3 Discussion...

[Critical Kills]

no prob, i didn't know about it either until i read this thread!

it's great to hear they have shifting animations now, i really missed that coming over from need for speed shift.

[Hermann]

I loved forza 2!! And love racing games at all...

But now I have to dicide what kind of console I'm gonna buy.
A PS3 or a XBOX 360.
Any opinions about the differences between forza on xBox 360 and Gran Tourismo on PS3...?
Looking forward to our answers.
Greetings from Germany

[muggins]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hermann

I loved forza 2!! And love racing games at all... But now I have to dicide what kind of console I'm gonna buy. A PS3 or a XBOX 360. Any opinions about the differences between forza on xBox 360 and Gran Tourismo on PS3...? Looking forward to our answers. Greetings from Germany

Well Forza is actually out, (and has put out 3 editions since the last edition of Gran Turismo). Some of the design decisions made with GT just don't make sense, and Forza has always seemed like more of a sim (for instance, you can't just rubber band your controller and go away for an hour and come back with a million dollars).

I also choose Forza over GT because GT seems to always have at least 3 dozen lancers, 3 dozen skylines, and 3 dozen civics. Forza has a great variety.

[fffffffff9]

Everything is awesome about this game except the credit system. You really should get more money. It's pretty unrealistic for me to come out and win every single race I enter over the span of six years and only finish with about 6-8 million credits.

I can't help but think if somebody did that in the real world they'd have more than enough money to buy a couple Ferrari GTO's.

Some sort of endorsement system in the next game would be cool.

[lnin0]

Quote: Originally Posted by fffffffff9

Everything is awesome about this game except the credit system. You really should get more money. It's pretty unrealistic for me to come out and win every single race I enter over the span of six years and only finish with about 6-8 million credits. I can't help but think if somebody did that in the real world they'd have more than enough money to buy a couple Ferrari GTO's. Some sort of endorsement system in the next game would be cool.

I would not mind higher payouts providing they also had much stiffer penalties for repairing damage and using rewind. The fact you can smash and bash your way to the front and then rewind every time you make a mistake pretty much negates any challenge in earning a prize. I think you should get a big reward if you earned it, raced cleaned and didn't spam the rewind.

A progressive sponsor system would be cool but unlikely given the fact Turn10 really doesn't want the career any more complex than Ridge Racer.

I will also point out that teams from all ranks of motorsports go bankrupt all the time. It is especially hard for smaller teams to make it and even more so if they have a driver who is crashing their car all the time.

[fffffffff9]

That seems fair. It is far too easy and consequence-free to go overboard with rewind...having more of a reward for racing clean would definitely add a better sense of balance to the career mode.

The payouts for winning the upper-class racing events are laughable when you compare that to what the top F1 driver's salaries are: http://www.crash.net/f1/news/154093/..._revealed.html

Would be kind of interesting if playing like crap in the career mode could actually cause you to go bankrupt and force you to start all over. But I don't think that would quite jive with the more accessible direction that Turn 10 has been taking.

[reddawg60]

Quote: Originally Posted by fffffffff9

Everything is awesome about this game except the credit system. You really should get more money. It's pretty unrealistic for me to come out and win every single race I enter over the span of six years and only finish with about 6-8 million credits. I can't help but think if somebody did that in the real world they'd have more than enough money to buy a couple Ferrari GTO's. Some sort of endorsement system in the next game would be cool.

yea winning every race.....not very realistic ! not a good sign for me with this game.

[ZB9]

Quote: Originally Posted by reddawg60

yea winning every race.....not very realistic ! not a good sign for me with this game.

the AI gets tougher as you progress in season play. On hard difficulty, it's tough to win every race once you get a ways through season mode.

It's possible to use "a gun in a knife fight" if you load up your car enough which makes it easier. However, If you use stock cars, or very few upgrades, it will become especially difficult on hard difficulty against the AI and more difficult as you go along.