Not only is this the ultimate Forza Motorsport Racing rig, but even more amazingly it has an identical twin in a UK warehouse, and they're both up for sale! And just in time for the launch of Forza Motorsport 4! The story behind them is pretty special. They were both originally built for Microsoft to promote the launch of Forza Motorsport 3 at a cost of £25,000 each, and … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 3 vs Real World- Pagani Zonda R (Nurburgring)
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...]
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, … [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 1970 Chevrolet El … [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...]
IFCA Championship 2010 – Promotional Video
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...]
Official Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection Trailer
Turn10 confirm Ultimate Collection and Top Gear details…
So the release of the Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection is almost upon us, and Turn10 have revealed more details about it, along with the first results of their recent partnership with the BBC show Top Gear. The Ultimate Collection contains all the Forza on-disc cars and tracks, all previous DLC, and ten brand new cars, including three supercars dubbed "The Stig's … [Read more...]