Practice is well underway for the next round of the IFCA ALMS Season 3 series, and I've finally managed to get out on track. One way that professional racers can judge themselves during practice is to look back at times from previous seasons. Plus they're also normally involved in specific practice days which will see several teams all lapping the same circuit at the same … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #1
With just three days to go before the first race of the IFCA ALMS Series Season 3, I'm suddenly incredibly sympathetic to any racing team which misses testing. Signing up five days before the first event isn't ideal, and the fact I also run my own business and have a family to look after has meant that I've been struggling with practice time. Having signed up at the start of … [Read more...]
GT5 vs FM3: The Back to the Future DeLorean battle
Curious about some differences between the two leading console simulators, and knowing that both games have the iconic DeLorean DMC12 to compare on the same tracks, I thought I would take a trip back into, the future! But hold on to your “Flux-Capacitors” just a minute, these two cars are not exactly the same it turns out. Turn10 chose the original version cir. 1981, you … [Read more...]
FM3 Community Classics multiplayer collision fix
It appears that the Forza Motorsport 3 Community Choice Classics DLC pack had 'some collision issues in multiplayer'. As a result Turn 10 have fixed the problem, and are now requesting gamers delete the Community Pack from your hard drive and re-download the pack via your download history. To do this, here's the instructions: Deleting the Pack1) From the Dashboard, go … [Read more...]
The ORD FM3 Community Choice Classics Project Car
The Community Choice Classics pack of downloadable content for Forza Motorsport 3 has now been released, for 400 points on Xbox Live. And like most people, we rushed online to download it - after all, it's probably the most interesting car pack released for the game, with the following cars included: 1971 AMC Javelin-AMX 1973 BMW Motorsport 2002 Turbo … [Read more...]
New FM3 DLC – Community Choice Classics Pack
The Community Choice Classics Pack will be available to download as an add-on to Forza Motorsport 3 on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010, at a cost of 400 Microsoft Points. The pack was selected by Forza fans at motoring blog Jalopnik and features 10 classic cars from an original voting list of more than 100. The eventual selection runs from 1957 to 1990: … [Read more...]
Turn 10 pay tribute to classic Dreamcast racer
Turn 10 have referenced the classic Dreamcast racer Ferrari F355 Challenge in a new update to the cars and tracks available in the online production class races. In addition to three new classes (Endurance, American Muscle and Stig's Garage), they've changed the selections for the production class, and one new challenge is racing the full Suzuka circuit in the Ferrari F355 … [Read more...]
Production class rebuilds my love for Forza Motorsport 3 online
One of the good things about Forza Motorsport 2 was the fact that the host of a room could force everyone to use the same car – meaning that you could create races in standard models with no tuning to give everyone equal machinery. While Forza Motorsport 3 (ORD’s FM3 Review) allowed that in private lobbies, in the general online rooms you were stuck until recently. And it’s … [Read more...]
Download the ORD logo in Forza now!
A little while ago we put out a call for any Forza car designers to give us a hand in getting our logo in the vinyl store in-game in Forza Motorsport 3. So feast your eyes on this: It's the work of a very nice chap who goes by the forum username of Meerman on the extremely popular and useful rllmukforum (which was spawned many years ago, when games magazine Edge decided to … [Read more...]
Series Report: IFCA Spec Racing 2010 (Season 8)
With the conclusion of the first www.IFCAracing.com Spec racing season for 2010 (Season 8), --one of the most popular and competitive simulation racing events in the Forza universe, it’s time to reflect and compare notes. IFCA Spec racing if you don’t know is a limited tuning 25 lap format with identical cars in an 8 week season. Originally designed to be exactly like the famed … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 3 – Nurburgring track teaser
Tips and tuition for online racing: The Forza Files 1
Now that the formal introductions are over, let’s get down to business. The number 1 question in the minds of Forza Motorsport 3 drivers, and indeed in all of motorsports, is, “how can I go faster?” There is no single answer to this question. Neither is there a shortcut solution to the problem. In professional racing often the limiting factor is the equipment and not the … [Read more...]
Review: Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) 4/5
Forza Motorsport 3 is an essential purchase for any online racer with an Xbox 360, and is possibly the best reason for choosing Microsoft's console over the Playstation 3. And yet, it doesn't get 5/5 because of some serious flaws. The Forza series was built with online race in mind, coming after the launch of the Project Gotham Racing series, and building on the lessons … [Read more...]
Hyundai Forza Motorsport 3 Championship starts Jan 1, 2010
The good news is that the official Hyundai Forza Motorsport 3 Championship registration starts on January 1, 2010, until January 17th, with $12,000 in prizes up for grabs in four individual tournaments running from Jan 22 -Feb 18. The bad news is that the competition is only open to U.S residents - so only 1/3 of the ORD team are even eligible. But on the bright side, the … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 3 Drifting Trailer (Team Blackjack)
The first Team Blackjack drift video, featuring the drivers on Fujimi Kaido - Kita-Kantou, Japan … [Read more...]