Forza Motorsport 3 News Post

Forza 3 Discussion...

01:26 PM - February 16, 2009 by Flawless

VG247

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	"VG247 has learned that Microsoft intends to release Forza 3 as one of its major 360 titles this holiday. The game has never been confirmed by the company, although it was heavily involved in the Intellisponse leak fiasco last June. Intellisponse marketing concepts hinted that the game may feature a Collector�s Edition, DLC, over 100 tracks and 400 cars."

Turn 10 Weekly Pit Pass Report

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	"All this blood and sweat translate into what anyone here at Turn 10 can download to our Xbox 360s on a daily basis -- ever-improving builds of our new game, which, isn't just shaping up to be greedy handfuls of eyecandy, but is also proving to be really fun and addictive as well. In fact, the test team has already thrown down the gauntlet here at Turn 10 with weekly challenges to find out who's the fastest in the studio. Trust me, it's not a challenge to be taken lightly around here and folks have been taking turns stepping up to the task in the team space and setting lap times in the public team space with force feedback wheel in hand. Me? I'm hungry for more eyecandy. Every new build brings delicious new ways to consume the gorgeous assets in the game. Too much of a good thing? Pfft... yeah right. But we here at Turn 10 also live in dual-realities. On the one hand, we're working hard on our new game. Lots of cool stuff happening behind the scenes and awesome features are getting implemented here and watching the project evolve in real-time before my eyes makes me feel really privileged."

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Forza Motorsport 3 Videos

Member Comments

# 141 Flawless @ 09/15/09 03:40 PM

This is pretty awesome. People on fm.net discovered that the Montserrat tracks can be connected into one huge track. Badned from Forza Central and Che from Turn 10 confirmed it.

http://www.forzacentral.com/forum/sh...24&postcount=4

Not just the outer ring, but there's several possible configurations here. This should also be possible for Fujimi Kaido and Almalfi Coast.

# 142 Flawless @ 09/16/09 05:56 PM

Forza Pitpass Report: The Ferrari Collection Pt. 1

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	Here at Turn 10, we begin our tribute to Mr. Enzo Ferrari and his prancing stallions by including no less than 29 of his most iconic creations in Forza Motorsport 3. Each Ferrari has been meticulously modeled, capturing every detail from cockpit to rear engine bay in a most obsessive fashion.

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	Additionally, with 29 Ferraris in the game, you’re going to need some tarmac to lay down that old country rubber. Well, we’re finally lifting the curtain on an originally designed track, the Amalfi Coast, where Ferrari fans will enjoy both point-to-point and circuit racing as they speed through the scenic landscape of Italy’s rustic coastline. Inspired by the picturesque environments of the coastline, the originally designed Amalfi Coast track is sure to be a fan-favorite for showing off breathtaking videos and screenshots captured in “Forza Motorsport 3’s” video export and photo modes. As a circuit, the Amalfi coast runs a challenging 1.15 miles, with terrain characterized by old cobblestone roads, beachside vistas, and tunnels. In its “Rally di Positano” configuration, the Amalfi Coast is over 19 kilometers of white-knuckled tarmac rally heaven. Fans of point-to-point racing will love getting from point A to point B on the many stages of the Amalfi Coast.

Amalfi Coast:

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Ferrari Screens

# 143 Flawless @ 09/17/09 06:31 PM

Forza Pitpass Report: The Ferrari Collection Pt. 2

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	Welcome to Day 2 of the Forza Motorsport 3 Ferrari collection showcase. In case you missed the Italian stallions we revealed yesterday, as well as some info about our newest track The Amalfi Coast, check them out in all their glory here. Be sure to check back at Forzamotorsport.net tomorrow for more Ferrari fetish!

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# 144 Flawless @ 09/17/09 10:47 PM

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	Pro car designer, RJ De Vera speaks about his experience with Forza. As a long-time Forza Motorsport fan and racing consultant to the franchise, RJ discusses his favorite features in Forza Motorsport 3, from the meticulous detailing on the 400+ cars to the array of customizable options. Be it tuning, painting, designing, driving or creating, Forza Motorsport 3 has something for everyone.

# 145 Kashanova @ 09/18/09 08:33 AM

i am so ready for this game

# 146 Kruza @ 09/18/09 09:34 AM

Nice video. Can't wait to try out the demo next week.

Anyway, around the 1:10-1:15 segment of this video I noticed replay footage of cars racing on what looks to be the Motegi road circuit, which was an extra DLC track in Forza 2. It's good to see that this track has been added to Forza 3 as it has always been one of my favorites.

Kruza

# 147 Flawless @ 09/18/09 01:21 PM

This is a good interview with John Wendl, Turn 10's Content Director.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/102/1026124p1.html

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# 148 Kruza @ 09/18/09 01:43 PM

IGN AU/IGN Readers: What do you think of the Microsoft Wireless Racing Wheel? One of our readers commented that he thinks the PS3 has better wheel options.

John Wendl: Well, there's a new wheel that we're introducing with Forza 3, and that's in partnership with Fanatec that makes the Porsche branded wheel. It's a premium wheel; it has 900 degree support, it has an H pattern shifter, a clutch pedal, and we have clutch control in the game as well, it has really high quality force feedback. In Forza – unlike other games – we separate force feedback and rumble. Typically, the physics simulators try to do everything through force feedback, and it doesn't work.

What we do is we simulate torque alignment on the front wheels, like when you're drifting or sliding, the front wheels want to track in a straight line, and we simulate the torque alignment with the force feedback of the wheel. We simulate traction with rumble, so when the rear wheels are breaking loose and starting to vibrate and scrub, we simulate that with rumble so you can feel traction with the rumble and torque alignment of the front wheel with feedback and it gives you a little bit better an experience to predict where the car is and how to catch it and that kind of thing. And that combined with the new Fanatec wheel, I think is pretty cool.

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Hot damn... I am soooooo sold on the new Fanatec brand wheel that's making its debut with the release of Forza 3. And that is superb news on what has been done to separate the feeling of force feedback from that of rumble.

Kruza

# 149 Flawless @ 09/18/09 01:48 PM

Fujimi Kaido videos. I loved this track in Forza 1. I don't think LMPs are suited for it though.

http://www.xboxygen.com/Medias/Video...Kaido-en-video

# 150 Flawless @ 09/18/09 06:26 PM

Amalfi Coast video

http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_12904_en.html

This track looks awesome.

# 151 Flawless @ 09/18/09 08:14 PM

More:

Fujimi Kaido

http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_forz...-12908_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_forz...-12913_en.html

New York

http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_forz...-12911_en.html

Fujimi Kaido looks so good and it looks like some S-bends were added to the New York track.

# 152 Flawless @ 09/20/09 07:38 AM

Hil (IGN Editor) current career stats as of a few days ago.

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	Distance driven: 1330 miles Number of races: 175 Time driving: 16hr 14 min Percentage of career complete: 12.7% I should note that I am 1/3 of the way through season 5 (of 6), but each season is longer than the last and the most races are now 12-20 minutes long each. So my time driving for each race is easily double the earlier seasons, plus there are more races making up events. I drove 552 miles in season 4, which was roughly equal to what I drove in seasons 1-3 combined. The career complete %, I believe, is calculated on the total events won (out of 220). Events are 3 to 11 races each (maybe more in season 6). 100% might take a billion hours.

# 153 ExtremeGamer @ 09/20/09 07:47 AM

Is it me, or is there no real sense of speed in those videos? Doing 90 mph should feel fast, in those it's like your trotting along.

# 154 Flawless @ 09/20/09 04:01 PM

Sense of speed looks great to me. Are you streaming them? The streams are encoded at 29fps. Only the download versions are encoded at 60fps.

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Tracks list looks just about set.

http://www.x360racer.com/index.php?o...a-motorsport-3

Costa Di Amalfi (2 tracks): Full and reverse
Camino Viejo (8 tracks): Full, Short, Mini, Extreme and their reverse
Iberian International (6 tracks): Full, Short, Mini and reverse
Ladera test track (6 tracks): Full, Short, Mini and reverse
Circuit de Catalunya (3 tracks): GP, National, School
Le Mans (3 tracks): Active, without baffles and Bugatti
Maple Valley (4 tracks): Full, Short and reverse
Laguna Seca (1 track)
Mugello (2 tracks): Full and Short
New York (4 tracks): FM2 version, version with chicanes on the straight and reverse
Nurburgring (5 tracks): Full and 4 point to point
Rally di Positor (10 tracks): Full, reverse and 8 point to point
Road America (1 track)
Road Atlanta (2 tracks): Full and Short
Sebring (3 tracks): same as FM2
Sedona (10 tracks): Full, shorts and their reverse, oval (+ reverse) and the Drag strips
Silverstone (3 tracks): same as FM2
Sunset Peninsula (6 tracks): Full, Short, Oval and reverse
Suzuka (3 tracks): same as FM2
Tsukuba (2 tracks): Full and Short
Motegi (4 tracks): same as FM2
Another circuit with multiple tracks that we will not talk about yet, Turn 10 wishing to submit in the coming days.

Two other settings are grayed out in the selection screen (probably those requiring the installation of the second disc):

Benchmark high speed ring (14 tracks)
Sidewinder proving grounds (18 tracks)

# 155 Kruza @ 09/21/09 07:47 PM

It's good to see the fantasy Maple Valley among the list above track list. For some reason the layout of MV reminds me a lot of Brands Hatch, but there hasn't been any confirmation of its design being inspired by a real world circuit (i.e. Blue Mountains Raceway -> Bathurst).

Kruza

# 156 Flawless @ 09/22/09 01:30 PM