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...]
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...]
Bad set-ups can lead to good lessons…
I've slowly been working my way through the single-player event list in Forza Motorsport 3, and having had good results with the racing spec Cadillac CTS-V, I figured a B Class version would be a good choice for 31 laps of Mugello. Unfortunately I was either drunk or not paying attention when I tuned the B Class version. To put it mildly, it was slow, handled like a tank, and … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 3 wins Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 3 has won the Racing Game of the Year at the Golden Joytstick awards in the UK. Second place went to Need for Speed: Shift, with Colin McRae: Dirt 2 taking third place in the voting. The awards are the longest-running videogame awards, and this was the 28th year of prizegiving. Ultimate Game of the Year went to Mass Effect 2. … [Read more...]