Forza Motorsport 3

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The dreaded file clog happens somewhere between 130 and 150 files. Designwise, I think I have less than 40. Photo and decal/vinyl, I have well over 200. I can't get rid of any pics until I get my capture card sometime next year, because the Forza site messes them up something atrocious. Decals, I'm only getting rid of a tiny number I remade, because race cars have an incredible number of sponsors. Some are made of a small number of layers, some elaborate ones, as many as 150. Turn 10/MS only sprung for 150 sponsors or so. Plus, certain lines like Ferrari have a darn few T10 made decals.

I've considered buying and/or making decal cars with several dozen decals per car, hoping that alleviates the decal clog, but then I expect the same thing to smite the design "folder."

Does anyone want to make/buy 200 decals and experiment? ;)
 
Yeah, although the prices are cheap I think I've made around 4 million of the Storefont so far.
 
So, I've been at Level 50 for sometime now and I have to say this game has gotten bloody boring. It's too easy, maybe I spent too much time with it (highly unlikely) or I expected too much from it (more likely considering my "now they've gotten it right attitude" going into the game), at the end of the day that leveling system needs to be done away with. I don't want to be rewarded a damn Bugatti Veyron halfway into the game (granted in-game it handles much unlike the real thing, but still...), or for that matter I don't want to be rewarded cars that one-up one another every level. At this point I could honestly care less about owning an Enzo. Why? I don't need it. I have an FXX.

I could care less about owning the McLaren SLR. Why? I have an SL65 BE that was gifted to me for free.

I could care less about owning any of the stock cars because I can simply drop the engine(s) of said cars into the ZR1, the Camaro SS, or the ACR...the latter of which I was rewarded, again, for free.

See the dilemma here? Throwing cars at me (us) every level for not really doing anything disrupts and takes away from the game. I already own a Veyron, an R10, and the 908...I'm set. Where's the challenge? The retarded AI? No, they'll likely take themselves out for you if you give them enough space and time to do it in. The races? Again, I have a library full of cars that are all mostly top of their respective classes. What is there left to do now? Now I finally understand what many people mean by Gran Turismo having an essence and a soul. Forza Motorsport does not, and it's really a damn shame because it's a terrific game that's being limited by somebody else's interpretation of "passion."
 
This is why I personally am against gifted cars, even in GT. Although GT generally isn't so bad as most of the gifted cars are motorshow concepts and prototypes which are cars that I wouldn't normally buy and race. I don't like cars like the Veyron, SL65 etc thrown at me.

If I was playing FM3 I would most likely sell the cars as I got them and buy what I want, even if I got a Veyron I planned on buying anyway.
 
Rage0329
Yeah but if you sell it, it's only $100.
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Which is another problem, the cars you win for progressing through the game are not worth squat in game credits wise. So basically even if you don't like them, or really fancy something similar but a little different, you're basically still kinda forced to use them. Especially so given how tight fisted the game is at awarding credits versus the prices on some of the cars (ie 10,000,000 cr for a Shelby Cobra Coupe... whatever). I've played the game for near 50 hrs already and my total earnings are only about 6mil up to this point.

GT is much better at making the anticipation of winning new cars feel truly rewarding.
 
Jay
GT generally isn't so bad as most of the gifted cars are motorshow concepts and prototypes which are cars that I wouldn't normally buy and race. I don't like cars like the Veyron, SL65 etc thrown at me.
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After pondering Terri's post for a bit, I realized you guys are right. This was probably a gameplay decision based on the number of ADD kids who make up the mobs of gamers these days. At the same time, they didn't want to alienate the small hardcore base that wanted a more simlike progression. So they dropped prize cars for races, and kept the economy kind of tight, but at the same time gave you some premium cars which would suit a range of races. And, made sure they were the hotties everyone wanted. I didn't want the Veyron myself, but it did come in handy.

But one thing that bothered me was one of the guys who had been all over the previous Forzas. He ranted a bit about how street cars could be taken so far that they blow away many - or all - race cars, and that's just a wee bit wrong. I know race cars have rules and limits regulating their performance, but they're also extremely well grounded cars that should stick to the road better with all the racing spec hardware fitted to them. This makes for a hot racer, I'd agree, and means a lot of variety in races. Then again, most players are doing the AWD 'train swap, because AWD cars totally rule the game.

Forza has a weird (un)balance you either like (or at least get along with) or hate. The semi-purists like me try to take cars and fit them into the class system fairly, going for a balance of grip vs power to make us competitive, rather than giving every car the performance of a GT-R. Of course, outside of private races, we're pretty much hosed. The thing that killed it for me though was having to spend a ton of my time waiting for the game to sort through pics or decals, but that's another story.

It does make me wonder about GT5, what sort of economy it has. To be sure, us grownups don't have the luxury of spending 40 hours a week on the game like we used to as teens. Well, I do, but I'm single and have no life. :P So it'll be interesting to see what kind of balance GT5 has. I liked GT4's progression, because you could make a ton of money milking races, but it also got used up pretty quickly. You also got a nice selection of prize cars so you didn't have to buy so many. But at the same time, there are SO many cars to own that you need a hefty income. I have a garage of around 350 cars now, but I want to own another 150 or more. And since many are race cars, I probably need well over 50 million to afford them all. Right now, I think I have 600,000. It will be worse in GT5 by far, because even with duplicates, there should be well over 700 unique cars, and I know I'll want most of them.

Yet another contrast of the two games' philosophies...
 
Who was it who was talking about the OTT lighting effects on certain tracks? I said I'd not experienced it and I hadn't, I checked. Until I drove using the in car view. My god, the road is almost constantly glowing!

I know they had to make it look like your eyes were compensating for being inside a dark car but all of the roads glow and the dark areas are stupid :lol:

I just switched back to the bumper cam instead. 👍
 
Moglet
Who was it who was talking about the OTT lighting effects on certain tracks? I said I'd not experienced it and I hadn't, I checked. Until I drove using the in car view. My god, the road is almost constantly glowing!

I know they had to make it look like your eyes were compensating for being inside a dark car but all of the roads glow and the dark areas are stupid :lol:

I just switched back to the bumper cam instead. 👍
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Told you. :P
 
New DLC coming on the 8th for 400 MS points;

http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/_templates/NewsDetail.aspx?id=3059

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:D Only 7 have been revealed so far too!
 
I still think the Stirling Moss is just downright atrocious.

You know, Turn 10 is beginning to share a quality ( or several, depending on who you are) with EA; they have the licenses to both Pagani and Koenigsegg (just to name two) and the same two cars make it from the second to the third, only the same two. What's more is I honestly doubt they'll even add to the roster as if their previous DLC is anything to go by they're only concerned with late model vehicles.
 
How about an Aston Martin Rapide to go with that?

And speaking of trying to get a group together for photos, having this, the Cayenne, and 911 Turbos would be a cool picture, I think. All in black or this usual Porsche silver.
 

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