I just traded in my PS3 + GT5 for an XBOX360 + Forza 3.
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- prymet1me
Nope you are 100% correct, I really think of GT5 cars as a calculation experiment when driving them. Most mods have no visual effect on the car and standards multiply this calculation experiment by ten fold to me, it seems I have no connection with the cars at all. Every car in my Forza garage have something that make them uniquely my car, rather it be a hatch back with a huge motor and no one other change just because I thought it would be a hoot to drive to my Moesler that has a tuning package downloaded from the market place for race track precision.
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- yourluvryourzero
Couldn't agree more!!!
I've said it before, the fact that I can bring up the telemetry while driving in Forza clearly shows they have little to hide. Simple stuff like watching the tire temperature in real-time is amazing. I actually drive with the tire friction screen up while trying to tame a new car. I can see exactly when I am about to lose grip, which helps me to understand what I am doing wrong in said car.
If you've ever noticed, real car lovers look forward to almost any game with cars in it. I love simulations the most, but my ego isn't going to stop me from playing an arcade racer if I consider it to be FUN. For example, GRID; sure, the physics were piss, but the game was incredibly fun and that was all that mattered.
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No, I actually can't stand games like NFS. It's this reason:
There were a couple of very minor visual changes I could make to [some, but not all] cars in GT5, and even then; only the premium cars. So about 20% or so.
In Forza, I can make every single car my own, even the cars that are already purpose-built race cars can be re-designed by me. The possibilities in Forza 3 for customisation is infinite; whereas in GT5 it is very limited.
I'm artistically minded, and in that sense Forza 3 fits me better. But just because I like it better, doesn't mean everyone else should. I've also always been a GT fan (obsessed from the first game), and will buy GT6 when it is released.
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Add every Camaro, Corvette and Mustang to that list as well.
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Maybe i just pay too much attention to the leaderboards. All the leaderboard cars on forza are easy to drive without assists, even the A class Chevy Aveo with 900HP.
Also Forza 3 is a step down from Forza 2 in many ways, for example the online is worse, you can no longer download setups from the leaderboards and painting.
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I could not agree more. I too did the exact same thing. I traded my 120 GBB PS3 Slim for a XBOX 360 Slim 250 GBB and a copy of Forza 3 Ultimate. I too felt the same way you did, and your point of building the game up to only be let down is what I feel....I did. I bought the hype, and based it on my previous GT expriences. I wanted so much to love GT5 that I overlooked the obvious draws which have been stated time and time again (car models, AI, etc...). Only once I got to a higher level did I realize the problems were not going away and would only get worse (endurance races, grinding, B Spec, etc...).
I traded and have not looked back. I have had both consoles before and never had both at the same time, and quite frankly I dont see that happening.
If Kaz spent more time on the game features that make it a enjoyable experience, then I wouldnt be here. Its all a matter of opinion really. Some people love it and I expect to garner no love on a GT forum. Forza 4 is around the bend, and given the exponential nature of its evolution....I am sure Turn 10 will not dissapoint me as Kaz and the crowd at Polyphony have.
I will save my money for Forza 4. No regrets.
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I listed above which I think is not facts. The B-Spec you mention is sort of in Forza due to hire a driver mode. I think the in-game economy is similar to GT5, if not a bit worse as DLC cars in Forza I believe you have still buy the cars with in-game money too. In GT5 I got the Stealth cars and Chrome line cars straight into my garage. The rest I think are your opinion on better selection of tracks and cars.
I see this thread has had a lot of response since last time I was on here. Anyway I always hear that Forza you can make the cars your own by painting them with custom desings but lets be honest how many people in real life do that with their real cars? I think it is the minority personally.
I can see only one big advantage of the livery editor for racing reasons and that is for people who race in their own teams.
430_Riviera, I see that you have a big dislike to GT5 or just a Forza fanboy with claims such as GT5 physics being light-years behind Forzas and also when talking about the feel of the road "Nah, it's not real, not even close. There are serious holes where things are simply ignored, cars will stick like baby sick to a blanket, and refuse to be upset by lumps in the track."
Either you are driving all cars on Racing Softs but all cars sticking to the track like glue is far from the case in my experience of playing the game.
Also can you try this out on Forza, turn off all assists, choose a stock sports car with about 300-500HP with no aids and fling the car left and right at high speed, say 70+ MPH and while doing that try and maintain control. You can also go on the grass while doing this. I think you might find even without traction control you will remain in control. I tried this with quite a few sports cars and only with LMP cars I could spin the car doing this technique of going left and right with TCS and other assists off. The reason why I think the LMP cars span is due to having enough HP to break traction enough to spin. This is the only game I played that claims to be a sim you can do this.
The only reason why I tested this out is to my suprise when I drove with assists off, I hardly ever lost complete control of the car for getting out of shape. In all other sims I played, they punish me quite a lot.
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- lapierre4
My godwhat a stupid thing to do. GT5 is simply the best racing game ever, the best simulation of real driving ever, and ps3 is the best powerfull console avaible on the market. With free online gaming / or easy CFW free games. And you trade it for crappy xbox and plastic forza 👎👎
Omg i'm going to put this guy on youtube
You shouldn't say that because clearly you did not try ALL simulators and so you don't know which is more realistic. That being said, I tried iRacing and I am still a member because it brought me something that GT5 didn't : the realism. Don't get me wrong, I'm a GT series fan since GT2 and I love all of them, but the game is not as realistic as PC sims, that cannot be dismissed. And now, what if he likes Forza more? It's his opinion and he has the right. After all maybe he likes more what Forza has to offer more than GT5!
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I love it. Why are we even wasting our time trying to have a well constructed argument with GT fanboys who've either never played Forza or given up after 30 minutes because they don't understand how a car actually handles, when we can just post 'Lolz, Gt5 is awesome and PD have so much more passion than Turn 10 and Forza only has 500 premium cars, that's like only 300 more than GT5. Sure, they couldn't even be arsed to build a proper physics engine or fix the sound from the stone age PS1 games, that's hardly worth even mentioning lol cos look at the amount of GT4 models you can drive in it!!!111!!one lol.'
I wonder how long it will be before PD have released the same or more amount of data as patches as came on the original disc of fail.
I wonder how long it will be before PD have released the same or more amount of data as patches as came on the original disc of fail.
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I think maybe you have a skewed idea of how actual high perfromance cars handle. Road and track cone slalom results show that modern performance cars are able to attack a slalom at over 70mph without losing control. Seen as a cone slalom is essentially flinging a car left and right at high speed I'd say Forza is fairly accurate in that you can maintain control whilst doing that. Also worth noting that unless the car is aimed at extreme high performance or track it is fairly likely to be engineered to understeer rather than oversteer as stock, you seem to be expecting it to try and kill you but they wouldn't sell very many if they had a reputation for going backwards into a wall. On fire.
You are correct, I greatly disliked GT5. Maybe because I bought a PS3 specifically for it and was all geared up for it being great. Kind of like ordering a brand new sportscar only to have it show up with a picture of an engine under the bonnet, rather than an actual engine. I've still got it, but it just sits there, staring at me, saying 'I cost you the best part of £400 mate, and i'm not even any good' It has nothing to offer me over Forza, indeed it almost certainly brings less to the table. It sits in it's case next to a well played copy of Motorstorm and sulks.
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lol I played forza 3... it's just another arcade racing game, not a driving simulator at all. Yeah it's fun to play street racer, but I prefer realism.
It's just not in the same league as GT5... it's more suited for competition with the Need for Speed series.
Might as well say "I traded NFS shift and my PS3 for Forza 3 and and Xbox," Only reason I'd get an xbox is for call of duty... it's an inferior machine when it comes to processing.
It's just not in the same league as GT5... it's more suited for competition with the Need for Speed series.
Might as well say "I traded NFS shift and my PS3 for Forza 3 and and Xbox," Only reason I'd get an xbox is for call of duty... it's an inferior machine when it comes to processing.
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