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...]
IFCA Championship 2010 – Race 2 – Silverstone International Highlights
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...]
Forza Motorsport 4 confirmed – Fall 2011 release
The team at Turn 10 have officially confirmed that Forza Motorsport 4 is in development and will be released in fall 2010 for the Xbox 360. The confirmation details also include the news that it will feature support for Kinect, in addition to the classic Forza controls. The news was accompanied by an announcement trailer, which you can see here, plus four images, which at this … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 4 – Official Announcement Trailer
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...]
IFCA Championship 2010 – Race 1 Sebring Club Highlights
A highlights video from Race 1 of the IFCA Forza Series for 2010, from the Sebring Club circuit. … [Read more...]