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Offline Grayeagle

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2009, 11:15:47 PM »
LOL.. they have a Dartsun 510!!

I had to get one :D

It's bright red with chrome 'baby moon' hubcaps and just a blast to run thru the little tight courses like Amalfi an such,

..numbered '54', natch :)

I am really hooked on the R1 Peugot diesel monster .. man that is hectic to keep fast in!

Fun stuff ..workin thru my 2nd R1 season now and turned the AI up to 'medium' ..I dont lap the AI anymore -LOL-

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2009, 06:03:32 AM »
I played forza 2 as well so I right away put the AI to hard, thinking I would be ok. But I have failed to win an R1 event yet!  The R2 events were easier in the koinigsegg super car, But R1...I just get whooped.  :cry
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2009, 12:00:16 PM »
er ... 'Datsun' ..not Dartsun .. LOL.

I have yet to try 'hard' AI  .. usin the controller that came with the game makes it tuff enough just to make a run into the apex fairly accurately even with an easy car to drive .. on medium they are fairly tuff as it is, I have only won by a car length on some of the runs and it's a fight all the way with lead changes anytime I miss my marks.

I don't run R1 at medium . . my Porsche diesel monster (affectionately called 'Cone KILLA') is 'hectic' at best :) .. I need something with more dynamic range to steer accurately at those speeds .. hence the name  ..fits well.

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2009, 02:19:55 PM »

-GT40 Ford .. what a *blast* to drive :)


-note the skid marks from all 4 tires ..easy on the gas out of the corner, she takes a bit to get her feet under her :)


-just barely kept it off the guard rail on this one, that 427 really overpowers the rear tars easily :)

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2009, 11:26:49 AM »
What's really cool with Forza is realizing the difference between Japan/Euro & USA in car design, especially in the 60/70s. Trully show that they were making cars for the surrounding. Any 400HP muscle car doesn't stand a chance in European narrow/twisty roads against a 1600lbs/100HP Eurobox ... and vice versa when you have a road that allows the Muscle car room to breathe. Kind of like the design phylosophie of a 400HP Porsche rear engine helping u negociating the narrow twistes Vs a nose heavy 600HP Viper.

You find that in the game, some tracks require more HP than brain, some light and nimble.  :old: Especially true in B class I find.

GT40 guy uh ... I'm more the "other"  :rock. 330 P4  :rock :pray
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2009, 11:33:53 AM »
aye Frenchie .. that Ferrari is a work of art :)

Gonna take me awhile yet to earn the credits to get it .. I keep buyin cars an dumpin chunks o credits into em .. LOL .. even the supercharged Land Rover (!!) ..
..ya .,.they got an SUV race or two ..it handles like  .. er . .. well ... a truck!

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2009, 11:35:36 AM »
Forza is absolutely fantastic.

Makes me want to get a wheel for my Xbox.
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2009, 11:48:45 AM »
GE, that Cobra is a decent representation of the model, but far from accurate.  It looks more like a modern kit car replica than the original.

In the original, the radiator intake was flattened on the bottom to make room for the oil cooler intake.  The windshield rake is a point of contention.  This car appears to be after FIA transformation of the Cobra as it does have an oil filter intake, but it is lacking the more sloped windshield of the post-FIA Cobra's as well as the front fender side spats.

It is also missing the reverse cut doors.  When the rear flairs were accented for the 427, they had to reverse the rear edge of the door to do around the bulge.  It was actually first done on the FIA 289 models.  I have the serial numbers of the cars at home.

The original Cobra did not have tinted glass.  It did not have sun visors.

The hood scoop intake is missing the diffuser.  It was added to prevent a low pressure area from occurring in the front carburetor of the 427 engine, when at high speeds.

I'll stop there.
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2009, 12:13:18 PM »
'feels under the lip of the fender'

ya ..it's 'glas, Skuzzy.

-grin-

thinkin they may have used a modified original  .. or perhaps even a replica,
..altho if they went the distance to laser tag a Bugatti I would hope they found an original Cobra.

Thing is ..everyone who bought one  ..*this was the '60's man* ..probably modified it to suit.
There was a guy in my neighborhood with one, had it painted a dark root beer metallic with a light brown stripe
..it was a '67 and just meaner than a junkyard dog.
He had slicks on the back and I dont beleive the 427 stayed in it for long.
I heard he stuffed a cammed-up Cleveland into it when that motor came out.

I do know it blasted by me on more than one occasion..
.. never raced him but I still remember the sheer brute force of sound and amazing acceleration as he would dart into the other lane and floor it, and
  .. just . . be .. gone.

Saw him totally demoralize a '69 Hemi Road Runner one late nite out on Union Hills ..just frikkin left in first gear on the poor Plymouth.

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2009, 12:45:44 PM »
This thread is making me seriously reconsider my stance on the xbawks.  I've already got a bluray player...

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2009, 12:54:51 PM »
This thread is making me seriously reconsider my stance on the xbawks.  I've already got a bluray player...

Just make sure ya get a newer one. :)

I really want this game, but I don't think I'll have the time to play it any time soon. :(
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Re: Forza 3
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2009, 08:19:18 PM »
if you mean the screen shots and the trailer those are gameplay shots. It really looks good in game.
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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2010, 01:48:34 AM »
yassir they are all in game shots that I posted .. just the tip of the iceberg as there are some *great* tracks to run, ..'Old Mulsanne' at LeMans, the 'Ring, Laguna Seca, .. I miss SPA tho ..would be fun to wring that ol' place out a bit .. and Monza.

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Re: Forza 3
« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2010, 12:00:44 PM »
Is there any decent xbox emulators for a PC?
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