Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360)

This is an awesome racing game.. The first Forza on the 360 was a great game, mainly due to the sublime physics engine and car handling. What was missing was a bit of charisma in the visuals, something to bring it to life like the amazing GT series did on the Playstation consoles....especially with GT5 looming up in the wing-mirrors. The upgrade is fantastic. Cars look amazing, you get a real buzz when right up behind an opponent, with a big BMW badge or something right there in front of you. Detail to wheels and bodywork is excellent, and lighting effects reflecting off paintwork very convincing. There are a fantastic variety of cars, including old classics like a 1970s BMW. Tracks also look streets ahead of Forza 2, being vibrant and colourful, yet realistic. There's a nice blend of circuits, with some stunning scenery in the road-based ones. Overall they don't quite match the imaginative magic of the GT series' tracks (Trial Mountain etc. were simply amazing) but they are a fine attempt nonetheless. A great feature of this game is that you can pick up and play without a frustrating learning curve, by tailoring the driving assists, and using the braking line feature. The latter illuminates yellow / red on the road and is great if you don't have too much time for gaming and learning the tracks. It removes all the frustration in one clever swoop - brilliant. AI is variable though in general good. If you try to overtake from way back, launching into a space dangerously, you'll often come unstuck, whereas a methodical, sensible pass will be more effective. However, opponents will sometimes mash into you for no good reason, even when you make a fair overtake on the inside line; this can be annoying. Car handling is outstanding, with a superb sense of realism. Some cars will let you wrestle them around the track applying power recklessly, whereas some will spin or oversteer if you try to accelerate whilst cornering. It's very satisfying to drive the latter type, and get the hang of braking in a straight line, cornering, then getting back on the power. You can also realistically induce oversteer and drift, for example using braking and weight transfer going into corners (or, by not braking for example, then drifting in). The framerate is marvellous, fast and smooth at all times, which makes the experience realistic with a great sense of speed. There is an in-car view, which is fun, and the usual views. As usual with these types of games, it can be confusing to decipher exactly what the bumper and bonnet cams are for, as some will give you a decent driver's eye-level view whilst others are fractionally too high or low for this purpose, though not always noticeable unless tailgating someone. Adding to the fun is how well this works with a decent wheel and pedals; I'm using a Logitech system and it feels perfect. Overall this is a masterfully crafted race sim which has clearly had huge amounts of time and effort spent on it and is highly recommended!

When it came out Forza was for the xbox the more realistic racing counterpart to Project Gotham Racing ( Project Gotham Racing 4 - Classics Edition (Xbox 360) ). Whilst Gotham gives you rewards for driving badly (in the eyes of racers) Forza rewarded and encouraged good driving. Forza has always let you modify your cars and tune your suspension which Gotham hasn't done so yet; and this adds an interesting twist to playing with your friends on xbox live as you strive for the best Fiat 500 for ferrari that you can build. If you are new to forza then you will fine lots of driver assistance options for new wannabe racers, even as far as automatically breaking for you if you forget. In Gotham you can jump in and get some quick fun tail sliding around a corner racing in mostly narrow streets; Forza wants more of your time; it wants you to do lap after lap improving your times. For Forza 3 they have added several new race modes; including drag racing and drift racing; drag racing doesn't bring much to it for me drift racing is slightly reminiscent of Gothams style. Forza Motorsport 2 was the best racing game on the 360. Forza 3 is an evolution; they have improved the graphics and added a lot of tracks. The downside with this is as with all current 360 games you spend a lot of time between races waiting for maps to load even when the game installed on your hard drive.

I own Forza 2 and thought that was a great game, but Forza 3 is a real step up. Reminds me of the time I swapped my CBR 600 for a Fireblade. I thought the CBR 600 was awesome when I first starting riding it but the blade was better at absolutely everything - poise; handling; stopping; going etc - it was a much smoother machine. Lucky for all you budding race drivers you dont need to go to all the expense and hassle as that! Personally, I use a steering and find it a much more involving experience than with the controller (by the way the Microsoft steering is excellent), perhaps not as fast but much more life like. The game has some neat additions such as quick upgrade, which allows you to beef up your car in a rounded manner (engine, handling; weight & brakes) so that it performs better without it becoming a complete nightmare (which is what I used to do with Forza 2 - spend all my winnings on performance and then wonder why it wouldnt stay on the track!). You can still get technical if you want to though and there is a neat app for the Iphone that also helps you set up the car. The game play is much better than Forza 2 as you now compete in a race calendar which allows you pick and chose your 'career' to some extent, whilst winning these events soon boosts your car collection. On the track the action is thick & fast and as expected the graphics are slick & life like. Crashes can be epic. You can tune your opponents and the amount of realism that damage inflicts on the car - but the setting can easily be set to allow you to fly through the early events to get your car(s) in a condition start taking things a little more seriously (if you want to). Overall Forza 3 is a brilliant race game.

It is a awesome game but it takes ages to set up and tells you to keep downloading the same thing over and over but it is boss when you play it , awesome graphics

Fonctionne trés bien . Jeux de voiture culte sur Xbox 360. Je recommande vivement.

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Es mi favorito, después de que se me rompiera mi anterior juego, compré este de segunda mano. El artículo estaba en perfectas condiciones y aunque indica idioma Inglés, trae también el Español entre otros. Muy recomendable.