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Posted on: Sep 25, 2009
Forza 3: Community Driven
WORDS BY: Ryan McCaffrey
If someone told you that you’d be spending a day at a development studio checking out demos of painting, photography, video editing, and item tuning, you might think, “Oh, gee, are we taking a tour of the latest Adobe software suite?” But believe it or not, our destination was Turn 10 Studios, and our subject was Forza Motorsport 3, the latest entry in the simulation-heavy racing franchise. After an entire afternoon spent with the game’s incredible user-creation features, we have this to say: Holy #$@%.
Far more than a nuts-and-bolts racing game built for a hardcore niche audience, Forza 3 aims to be all things to all car fans. As Turn 10 game director Dan Greenawalt puts it, “We’re trying to turn gamers into car lovers and car lovers into gamers.” The game’s lineup of off-track features is the closest we’ll probably ever get to Microsoft’s abandoned Live Anywhere initiative from a few years back — its content is perpetually refreshed, its community is a creative fountainhead, and its options are limitless. Between the mammoth pile of customization settings, the crazy physics engine, and endless possibilities for user-generated content, Turn 10’s latest may just be Xbox Live’s next big thing.
Sat, 10/17/2009 - 19:07
Posted by wickland
Holy crap, that is a game? I looked at the pictures and those cars looked REAL! Very nice.
Wed, 10/14/2009 - 07:04
Posted by BlowTorchRepair
I have to agree with ArelyG. I DL'd the demo and was not impressed with the graphics, compared to GRID. The still shots look better, IMO. From what I've seen of F3 so far I'm not sure if I'll buy it until it's discounted. We shall see.
Mon, 09/28/2009 - 23:29
Posted by ArelyG
As a real fan of racing simulators, I can truly say that this game will deliver an outstanding racing experience for xbox 360 owners like me, one thing that really bothers me by looking at the previews and gameplay videos posted on various websites, the graphics, yes the vehicles and the environment look ok, but not realistic per say! Just look at some of the gameplay videos on ign, the way the sun and objects around the track reflect off the car is too cartoonish for anyone to think that it looks real. There is no glare on the rims when the sun hits them, the track does not reflect the sun like it does in real life when the sun hits the road on a certain angle, when driving on in car view, i cant help to dislike the way the steering wheel does not even move as the car turns on a corner, forza developers should start getting some ideas of how an in car look should be like by looking at games like dirt and grid which in my opinion have the best in car views. I like the 360 game library, but if these little details are not fixed, I will consider buying gran turismo 5 for sure!
Sat, 09/26/2009 - 07:01
Posted by chukky1728
It sounds overwhelmingly tasty! (loved the first two)