[Official] Forza 3

[Sethos]

Any word on being to do a full 24h Le Mans race with proper Day / Night cycle? ( Not that it will hold the same atmosphere or excitement of Le Mans with only 8 cars on the track :( )

[Boz]

Any word on being to do a full 24h Le Mans race with proper Day / Night cycle? ( Not that it will hold the same atmosphere or excitement of Le Mans with only 8 cars on the track :( )

Nope :( No day/night cycles.

[solardog]

I have never said wow and OMG to myself as much as I just did looking at this. This is the game that gets me to finally buy a 360. SHAwing! :drool:

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Wow.. so much detail went into creating Le Mans. It's insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvymfiuljfw.swf

Sexual

[AbandonedTrolley]

Any word on being to do a full 24h Le Mans race with proper Day / Night cycle? ( Not that it will hold the same atmosphere or excitement of Le Mans with only 8 cars on the track :( )

+1 This. Looks stunning but really 8 cars? :( Unless they have some kind of 'catch up' mechanism in game the length of that track could mean you don't see a car all race.

[DigitalE]

Any word on what other tracks we'll get?

[Ji@nBing]

Wow.. so much detail went into creating Le Mans. It's insane.

All I can say is good luck GT5 :p

[Boz]

Any word on what other tracks we'll get?

Amalfi Coast (Italy) [image]

location mentioned by T10

Track Layouts:

• TBA
  

Le Mans (France)

in 'le mans' pitpass report

Track Layouts:

• Circuit de la Sarthe I
  
• Circuit de la Sarthe II
  
• Circuit Bugatti
  

Montserrat (Spain) [image]

tracks in playable demo at E3, all confirmed in gameplay vids

Track Layouts:

• Camino Viejo de Montserrat Circuit
  
• Iberian International Circuit
  
• Ladera Test Track
  
• TBA
  

N?rburgring (Germany)

>found in news articles

Track Layouts:

• N?rburgring Nordschleife
  
• TBASebring (USA)
  b>found in news article below
  
  Track Layouts:
  
  • Sebring International Raceway
    
  • Sebring Short Course
    
  • Sebring Club Course
    
  • TBASilverstone (Great Britain)b> [image]
    side by side photo's have confirmed silverstone
    
    Track Layouts:
    
    • Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit
      
    • Silverstone International Circuit
      
    • Silverstone National Circuit
      
    • TBASuzuka Circuit (Japan)b> [image]
      found in news articles
      
      Track Layouts:
      
      • Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit
        
      • Suzuka East Circuit
        
      • Suzuka West Circuit
        

      Laguna Seca

      b>found in press interview (click b>

      expected but not officially confirmedb>

      • Montpellierb> - in customisation video, landin is seen drifting for a second or so. could someone please confirm if the track is Montpellier or not- aussie tracks confirmed in a radio interview of dan, but no specific mentions. bathurst is by far the most popular aussie track though
        
      • many FM1 and FM2 tracks
        

      and heres the rest of the list from BADNED on forza central, the ones that havent already been confirmed by T10. i'll keep it in the expected, but not officially confirmed area because T10 themselves havent confirmed it.Arizona Desert (USA)b> [image]

      

      Track Layouts:

      • Drag Strip
        
      • TBACircuit de Catalunya (Spain)b>
        
        Track Layouts:
        
        • Circuit de Catalunya Grand Prix Track
          
        • Circuit de Catalunya National Track
          
        • TBAMontserrat (Spain)b> [image]
          these are all the other ribbons that have yet to be confirmed by T10
          
          Track Layouts:
          
          • Camino Viejo de Montserrat Circuit Reverse
            
          • Camino Viejo de Montserrat Short Circuit
            
          • Camino Viejo de Montserrat Short Circuit Reverse
            
          • Camino Viejo de Montserrat Club Circuit
            
          • Camino Viejo de Montserrat Club Circuit Reverse
            
          • Iberian International Circuit Reverse
            
          • Iberian International Circuit Short
            
          • Iberian International Circuit Short Reverse
            
          • Ladera Test Track Reverse
            
          • Ladera Test Track Config 2
            
          • Ladera Test Track Config 2 Reverse
            
          • Ladera Test Track Config 3
            
          • Ladera Test Track Config 3 Reverse
            
          • TBA
            

          nurburgring F1 has been taken out of the list, because the picture has been confirmed not to be Nurburgring F1, but Monserrat, which is already confirmed

          UPDATE:

          1. Camino Viejo de Montserrat #2 (found in image gallery)
             
          2. Ladera Test Track #2 (found in image gallery)
             
          3. Suzuka (found in image gallery)
             

          UPDATE:

          Silverstone

          UPDATE:

          You can expect most of most of the FM2 tracks too and some DLC ones:

          road atlanta (2 ribbons)

          road america

          mugello (2 ribbons)

          nurburgring nordshefile??

          sebring (3 ribbons)

          suzuka (3 ribbons)

          silverstone (3 ribbons)

          motegi (4 ribbons)

          tsukaba (2 ribbons)

          sunset infield (4 ribbons) maple valley (4 ribbons)

          king cobra (2 ribbons)

          nissan speedway (2 ribbons)

          I might've duplicated some as I was just copying stuff.. but it will give you an idea. I'm also sure we will have Touge Japan.

          Awesome customization video about Forza community. I haven't seen anything like this come from a game.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_kX8tzRWlI.swf

[AbandonedTrolley]

Some nice tracks there :D

[Boz]

Confirmed Cars so far:

Alfa Romeo

* 8C Competizione - D570

Audi

* 2 Audi Sport North America R8

* 2 Audi Sport North America R10 TDI

* 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDI

* 2010 R8 V10 - C630

* R8 V8 FSI

* 2010 S4

Aston Martin:

* 2009 DBS - D571

* DB5 Vantage - E448

Bentley

* 7 Team Bentley Speed 8

BMW

* 15 BMW Motorsport V12 LMR

* 2008 135i Coupe - E450

* 2009 M3

* Mini Cooper

Cadillac

* 6 Team Cadillac Northstar LMP-02

* 2009 CTS-V - D556

Chevrolet

* 2006 Corvette Z06 - C621

* Corvette ZR1

Dodge

* Challenger SRT-8 - D501

* Viper SRT-10 Coup? ACR -

Ferrari

* 30 MOMO Doran Racing F333 SP

* California

* 2007 430 Scuderia

* 599 GTB Fiorano - C627

Fiat

* 500 (mentioned by Dan)

Ford

* 2005 GT - C628

* RS200 (last car in the picture)

* 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR - E414

Holden

Honda

* Civic (mentioned by Dan)

* NSX (unsure of model)

Jaguar

* XKR-S - D526

Lamborghini

* Murci?lago LP640 - C637

Lotus

* Elise (mentioned by Dan)

* Evora - D490

Maserati

* GranTurismo - C

Mercedes-Benz

* CLS 63 AMG

* McLaren SLR

* ML 63 AMG - E427

* SL 65 AMG Black Series- C602

Mitsubishi

* Lancer Evolution X GSR - D483

Nissan

* 2009 370Z - D486

* Sentra (mentioned by Dan)

* Skyline GT-R R33

Pagani

* Zonda C12-S

Peugeot

* 3 Peugeot Talbot Sport 905 Evo 1C

* 8 Peugeot Sport 908

Porsche

* Porsche 956

* 997 GT2 - C649

Subaru

* Impreza WRX STI - D475

Toyota

* 3 Toyota Motorsports GT-ONE TS020

TVR

* Sagaris (green car)

[Ricardo Gil]

Forza 3 Le Mans Challenge: I Drove All Night

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

R8 R8 R8 :woot:

All the other cars can go home :p

[Brad.]

Forza 3 Le Mans Challenge: I Drove All Night

That was a nice read, for a change. Loved it :)

[AbandonedTrolley]

Forza 3 Le Mans Challenge: I Drove All Night

Interesting part

Microsoft invited the top nine Forza players in the world to race against one another in a virtual endurance race to mirror the 24-hour Le Mans race in France.

[Boz]

Irnoic thouhg since from news I've read so far.. Forza 3 doesn't have day/night cycles.. so they were probably driving day only for 24 hours. That's not really realistic. I wish that the news are false as there was no official confirmation from Turn10 but I'm not holding my hopes up.

[Scazza]

8 cars on the track at one time?! Jeez..........thats the only negative thing I can say about F3 :-(

[Richard Hammond]

Interesting part

They werent all playing at the same time though, 3 teams of 3, 1 on 2 off and rotated them around for the full race.

[Ricardo Gil]

Irnoic thouhg since from news I've read so far.. Forza 3 doesn't have day/night cycles.. so they were probably driving day only for 24 hours. That's not really realistic. I wish that the news are false as there was no official confirmation from Turn10 but I'm not holding my hopes up.

They just raced for 24h, the mode itself doesn't exist, so yeah no day/night cycle. Some may say it should have a 24h Le Mans mode but honestly only a few would actually do it. Look at those guys, they were struggling just after 12h of play (including the 15m breaks)

When races usually take at most 30m to complete, a day/night cycle doesn't make a lot of sense IMO. Real time weather change on the other hand, that's something I think should be there.

[Lamp0]

8 cars on the track at one time?! Jeez..........thats the only negative thing I can say about F3 :-(

I don't see how that's such a negative thing...

[what]

I don't see how that's such a negative thing...

Realistic racing experiences can't be realistic with just seven other cars on the whole track.

[Scazza]

I don't see how that's such a negative thing...

Of course it's negative. Race grids these days whether you look at Touring Cars, Formula 1, A1 or any other form of motor racing out there have around 16 - 20 cars on the track.

We had racers back on PS1 with 8 cars on the track.

I see it as a negative thing because 8 cars really isnt enough to get a Realistic Racing Experience. 7 other cars on the track other than you aint exactly an action packed grid.

I aint been a FanBoy or anything, but alot of people saying GT5 has alot to live up to now that Forza3 has been shown ect........ well GT5 has one thing that Forza 3 doesn't have and thats more than 8 cars on the track at one time.

Realistic racing experiences can't be realistic with just seven other cars on the whole track.

Agreed.

[solardog]

Awesome customization video about Forza community. I haven't seen anything like this come from a game.

wow

[Lamp0]

Realistic racing experiences can't be realistic with just seven other cars on the whole track.

Of course it's negative. Race grids these days whether you look at Touring Cars, Formula 1, A1 or any other form of motor racing out there have around 16 - 20 cars on the track.

We had racers back on PS1 with 8 cars on the track.

I see it as a negative thing because 8 cars really isnt enough to get a Realistic Racing Experience. 7 other cars on the track other than you aint exactly an action packed grid.

I aint been a FanBoy or anything, but alot of people saying GT5 has alot to live up to now that Forza3 has been shown ect........ well GT5 has one thing that Forza 3 doesn't have and thats more than 8 cars on the track at one time.

Huh... doesn't bother me at all.

Of course a racing experience can be realistic with just seven other cars. It's not always about cloning real world situations, such as the number of cars racing at once.

[Mike415]

Huh... doesn't bother me at all.

Of course a racing experience can be realistic with just seven other cars. It's not always about cloning real world situations, such as the number of cars racing at once.

I really hope Forza3 is more fun than Forza2. I cant stand Forza2. Im more of a PGR4 person so i hope its more like that.

F2 was just stagnant or something and it felt like I was driving a toy car.

[HawkMan]

Realistic racing experiences can't be realistic with just seven other cars on the whole track.

Really... because how often will you see the other cars.

As the T10 guys said, in computer games, it's really about first place. people NEVER go for second, when you see you get second you restart.

So Effectively, even with 8 cars,you will usually only ever see 4, and 3 of them mostly in your rear view mirror as you keep them behind and try to get ahead of the one in front.

So more cars would only act as obstacles in long endurance races, and since noone plays more than 45 minute races and few even that, that would mean that the cars would have to be artificially slow to even be that.

basically, more than 8 or 10 makes little sense.