Forza 4 Latest News & Discussion

[Wolfe]

Funny thing about Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It's one of the most fun tracks i've ever driven on in real life. And the all mighty corkscrew is actually quite easy to drive.

I guess it depends on my mood, but it's not always so bad to drive it. It just embodies some of what I dislike in a track -- arrow-like straights punctuated by herky-jerky corners. At least it's not as wide as the Atlantic ocean, like some of the other tracks.

Unlike Road America, I imagine Laguna Seca could be fun with my vehicles IRL. I'd sooner roadtrip to the Appalachians or Rockies, though. I want to visit Pike's Peak someday.

I like Bernese Alps because of its fast flow. I'd much rather have a track like that, than some chicane barriered attempt at a racetrack.

It certainly flows, but for an "Alpine" track it's unbelievably speedway-like. A European equivalent of Fujimi Kaido would have been nice. Your preference and my preference aren't compatible, though, so I'll hope for something else to come along.

Long Beach would be another great addition.

Thank you! I was trying to remember the name of the street course in SEGA's Ferrari F355 Challenge. That was a great arcade game, it's a shame the physics were so iffy and the shifters were perpetually broken.

 

[Kamuifanboy]

I guess it depends on my mood, but it's not always so bad to drive it. It just embodies some of what I dislike in a track -- arrow-like straights punctuated by herky-jerky corners. At least it's not as wide as the Atlantic ocean, like some of the other tracks.

Unlike Road America, I imagine Laguna Seca could be fun with my vehicles IRL. I'd sooner roadtrip to the Appalachians or Rockies, though. I want to visit Pike's Peak someday.

The track is definitely not like you described though, in fact, the only straight, corner, straight, corner area I can thing of is Turn 9, 10, 11 area. Even then the corners aren't just corners. T2 is a long slow U turn, T3 is a narrow exit corner, T4 is a fast corner with an opening exit, T5 is high speed and cambered, T6 (scariest and most fun corner at the track) is fast, blind entrance, and the car goes through many characteristics during the course of the corner, T8 and 8a is just the corkscrew, T9 is fast and bumpy with a off camber exit, T10 is a tricky corner to judge with the camber coming in and out after you enter and before you exit, T11 is slow and sharp and crucial for power. Definitely not "straight, turn, straight, turn... ect ect."

Pikes Peak would be a heck of a drive though.

 

[BlueSky]

Thank you! I was trying to remember the name of the street course in SEGA's Ferrari F355 Challenge. That was a great arcade game, it's a shame the physics were so iffy and the shifters were perpetually broken.

Never played Ferrari F355 Challenge, but they have the track in Grid and I've played that. It's a fun and challenging track to run.

I've also seen quite a few ALMS & Grand Prix races televised from Long Beach. It looks fantastic and would be a really great addition IMHO. ALMS & Forza 4 have partnered up, they should include quite a few more ALMS tracks.

 

[t.o.]

I have done the tourist-lap pilgrimage to the Nordschleife, however. I'll never tire of that track. I gotta say though, I sat down and analyzed FM4's 'Ring last night and found it's a rather poor rendition. It's not as jarring as FM1's or FM2's, but the two-year development cycle seems to have led T10 to use an awful lot of shortcuts in modelling. We can't officially run any of the real-world tracks in reverse, but in the Nürburgring's case it wouldn't even render properly and you'd see everything they just plain skipped. It's not just visuals, plenty of the corners and elevation changes are off, too. It's not enough to ruin the drive, but I still feel a bit like I've looked behind the curtain. Photomode allows you to see a lot.

Although it's been said a thousand times and everyone knows T10 purposely modeled the track that way to encourage better multiplayer racing online. Is it time to model it correctly as more and more people are becoming better racers? For "us" the answer is yes. Is it better to keep it as is for the number of new racers that are joining console racing everyday? The answer is yes.

The Ring for a newb can be no fun at all EVEN the way Turn10 modeled it. In it's accurate incarnation it can be a track people stay away from. For better or worse, whether you agree or not it's there decision. I believe at some point they'll have to model it accurate in order to have the 24 Hr layout in the game. Which is something they must have I believe.

 

[Terronium-12]

Pre-order and ship bonus car packs release tomorrow.

See the News page.

 

[Chagen46]

Pre-order and ship bonus car packs release tomorrow.

See the News page.

Yes.


As weird as it seems, I'm most excited for the Tesla roadster.

 

[CDailey]

Yay finally the CRZ and STi.

 

[CyberPunch83]

Making the pre-order cars and the launch car pack available as DLC is nice, but I'd rather not pay 560 MSP for 10 cars, 5 of which I already have and the remainder I can honestly live without. Perhaps later, once we're done with the goodness that is the Season Pass.

 

[Terronium-12]

I'd like to direct everyone's attention toward the News page.

Read it. Participate. Show the community abroad what you're made of.

 

[t.o.]

Read it. Participate. Show the community abroad what you're made of.

NIIIIICE!!!
Unfortunately I'm made of puppy fur and cotton balls but I'll participate anyway.

 

[Terronium-12]

FM4 takes home it's fourth "Game of the Year" award.

See the News page if you haven't seen it already.

 

[dzidza]

Didn't know where to post this, but apparently with this latest X360 firmware update, F4 instantly recognizes correct 900 deg. wheels, so there is no need to do the 270 deg, 900 deg switching trick. This applies to all Fanatec wheels.
I have received this tip from Amar212, but i haven't tried it yet.

 

[Giom_racer]

A few years ago, I pruchased PS2 in order to play GT3, and updated my consoles and so on to stay updated with the GranTurismo linage. Then, my disappointment grew bigger with every new version and DLCs as only Japanese cars received the lion share of attention. I'm a huge BMW fan, and with the latest M cars not featuring, I've had enough! Stoped playing the game but didn't have the motivation to try out FM.

Further disappointments with GT5 is poor sound and really bad ai. Plus Caz' arrogance started to annoy me together with the Caz worship from most GT players.

When FM4 came out, the graphics won me over and I had to try it. I was and still is in love with the game. Where I was expecting unrealistic characteristics, I found cars more realistic than in GT plus GREAT SOUND AND GREAT AI!

The only gripe is that I can't use my G27 wheel with the xBox! I bought the XCM converter - it doesn't work! I'm left playing with the controller which really stuffs up the sim part of the game. And I refuse to spend more money on compatible wheels.

Regardless, I'm in love with this game - if not xBox.

 

[dzidza]

A few years ago, I pruchased PS2 in order to play GT3, and updated my consoles and so on to stay updated with the GranTurismo linage. Then, my disappointment grew bigger with every new version and DLCs as only Japanese cars received the lion share of attention. I'm a huge BMW fan, and with the latest M cars not featuring, I've had enough! Stoped playing the game but didn't have the motivation to try out FM.

Further disappointments with GT5 is poor sound and really bad ai. Plus Caz' arrogance started to annoy me together with the Caz worship from most GT players.

When FM4 came out, the graphics won me over and I had to try it. I was and still is in love with the game. Where I was expecting unrealistic characteristics, I found cars more realistic than in GT plus GREAT SOUND AND GREAT AI!

The only gripe is that I can't use my G27 wheel with the xBox! I bought the XCM converter - it doesn't work! I'm left playing with the controller which really stuffs up the sim part of the game. And I refuse to spend more money on compatible wheels.

Regardless, I'm in love with this game - if not xBox.

Why do you refuse to buy compatible wheel, money shortage or just principal!?

If you have the money, CSP elite would be the best choice for you. Price is high, but it's compatible with all the consoles and PC, but it kills G25, g27, and even Thrustmasters T500rs

 

[Giom_racer]

Yea, I've spend so much money on trying to get the G27 working that I cannot justify spending more. But I will look at it in the future. Thanks for the reply!

 

[t.o.]

Yea, I've spend so much money on trying to get the G27 working that I cannot justify spending more. But I will look at it in the future. Thanks for the reply!

You should have checked some reviews on the converter before plunking down the cash for it. You should have found a pretty resounding "NO DON'T DO IT" across the net. Trust me, you get a Fanatec you'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. It's that much better.

 

[imported_Da-bomber]

Before Forza central went down this month there was talk of forza 4 having two big announcements next week. Is this true?

 

[Patrick]

Who knows. Maybe since the EA/ Porsche deal is over.

 

[t.o.]

Who knows. Maybe since the EA/ Porsche deal is over.

Where did you find this info?

 

[Patrick]

I read that the EA/Porsche deal expired in December. Not sure if it has been renewed or not though.

 

[buickgnx88]

Well one announcement would be the March DLC.

 

[ReincarnationB]

I read that the EA/Porsche deal expired in December. Not sure if it has been renewed or not though.

It is perplexing on the status between the two and still ther is not any update as if the event had occurred at all. Which must mean they must still have it.

 

[VXR]

EA are hardly going to shout about it in such a situation and if a deal had been signed with T10, or T10 were the first to implement an open license on Porsche's cars, then it would be stage managed so T10 revealed news of the deal.

 

[Patrick]

Eh, I probably shouldnt have said anything.

 

[I'm Motarded]

I'm not sure that if turn 10 got the license at this point they would release the cars as DLC. I think people would expect the full 30+ cars, but most wouldn't want to pay for them all. My understanding is they were all ready to go + a few new ones. Such a damn shame

 

[t.o.]

I'm not sure that if turn 10 got the license at this point they would release the cars as DLC. I think people would expect the full 30+ cars, but most wouldn't want to pay for them all. My understanding is they were all ready to go + a few new ones. Such a damn shame

I wonder if they are still on the disc in anticipation of the license being opened up. Excluding anything they had planned for DLC.

 

[imported_Da-bomber]

Have any modders tried yet?

 

[E28]

I wonder if they are still on the disc in anticipation of the license being opened up. Excluding anything they had planned for DLC.

I'd reckon there are a few models on the disc, doubt they are all completely finished though.

 

[imported_neopheX]

Guys, why is it there are so damn manny saved games files stored on my hard drive? I thought there should only be the 1 save for the whole game that will be overwritten everytime?

How do i know which one is the actual main real saved game so i can back it up on cloud or a flash drive?

I have bit of an OCD where i like things very neat lol

 

[imported_flo]

Guys, why is it there are so damn manny saved games files stored on my hard drive? I thought there should only be the 1 save for the whole game that will be overwritten everytime?

How do i know which one is the actual main real saved game so i can back it up on cloud or a flash drive?

I have bit of an OCD where i like things very neat lol

You have 1 save file for everything,
1 for your savegame
1 for your replays
1 for your photos
1 for your ghosts
1 for your tuning setups
1 for your designs
Shortly, turn 10 created a savefile for almost everything