The Game Critic Awards are chosen from the selection of games on show at the E3 event, with 35 judges from North American videogame publications, and they've named Forza Motorsport 4 as Best Racing Game from the show. No racing game made an appearance in any other category, with Bioshock Infinite getting the big 'Best of Show' award, along with 3 more. Battlefield 3 also won … [Read more...]
IFCA ALMS Race 8: The final race at Le Man Full Circuit
After an eight race season, everything had built to the final outing at the Le Mans Full Circuit. And I was hoping for a great finish to a tough, but enjoyable, return to online racing. I'd suffered a couple of DNFs due to a dropped internet connection - most memorably during some great racing at Silverstone when I was looking at a good result. I'd also missed a couple of races … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 3 vs Real World- Pagani Zonda R (Nurburgring)
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Race 5: Nurburgring GP Full Circuit
There were two major obstacles to overcome to get a reasonable result in this race. The first was that I hadn't had the circuit time on the Nurburgring GP circuit due to the fact I'd avoided paying for it as additional downloadable content until the week before the race. The second was that it was the first time I'd actually been placed in a split lobby, which combined LMPC R1 … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Update: Nurburgring Grand Prix Practice
Unfortunately family commitments meant that I had to miss Race #4 Nurburgring Nordschliefe, which was incredibly frustrating. Not only was it going to be a challenging race with a chance other drivers might struggle, but it turns out that a reasonable result would have lifted me up into the top 10 in the GT class. Dammit! If I'd had to choose a circuit to skip, in all honesty … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Race #3 Road America
If you're really eagle-eyed, you might have noticed there wasn't the customary midweek practice update for ORD Racing. Mainly because a quick 15 lap blast around Road America was all I could manage thanks to work and family commitments, and as a result, I stuck with the stock set-up for the BMW GT2 M3. That's not entirely a bad thing, as I'm pretty accustomed to the way it … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Race #2 Mugello Full
As you can probably tell by my choice of photo to illustrate this update, my second race saw ORD Racing take its first chequered flag of the IFCA ALMS Series. And that's despite the fact I ended up hosting the race lobby due to a number of competitors not being able to make the start. The DNF from the first race had put me in one of the final two lobbies for Mugello, and the … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #3 Mugello Practice
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...]
Bargain racing games in Blockbuster pre-owned sale
The Blockbuster video rental chain is currently holding a sale on pre-owned games in the UK, both in-store, and apparently online, although the Blockbuster website doesn't let you filter just games in the pre-owned selection. So if you're looking to pick up some racing games for some pretty low prices, here's what you can search for: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS S3 Race 1: Sebring Full
Saturday was race day, and if there's one thing to remain jealous about when it comes to professional racers, it's the fact that they can concentrate a lot more on racing, and a lot less on everything else in life. They might have to do sponsor appearances and fan signing sessions, but it's always understood that racing comes first. That's compared to my race day, with an 8pm … [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...]
ORD enters the IFCA ALMS series
Well, when I write ORD has entered the IFCA ALMS series, what I really mean is that I've foolishly decided to enter season 3 of the American Le Mans series being run by the IFCA. And I'm describing it as foolish because I haven't raced competitively in a few years (Since the days of the unofficial Forza World Championship), I've barely tried the GT class cars (I tend to hover … [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...]
IFCA Championship 2010 – Race 3 – Motegi East Highlights
Highlights video from the IFCA championship in Forza for 2010. These clips are from Race 3 which took place on the Motegi East circuit. … [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...]