Forza 3

[OOZ662]

Is there any decent xbox emulators for a PC?

Most PCs don't have the horsepower to keep up with a current generation console. Especially since PCs have to run a complicated OS at the same time.

[Grayeagle]

for PC racin .. I hear Dirt 2 is da bomb.

Our creative director tells me it blows away Forza 3 even if you have a decent video card (aka GTX or some such)
..and he said by the end of the day he had the sound turned down almost all the way ..it's LOUD obnoxious BIG motors

-GE aka Frank (next on my list ..after I get a joystick or some such)

[Skuzzy]

I am saving my nickels and dimes for this bad boy.

That would be for Dirt 2.  Seems to be getting a lot of good raves.

[Ex-jazz]

I am saving my nickels and dimes for this bad boy.

That would be for Dirt 2.  Seems to be getting a lot of good raves.

Now that looks a serious wheel with 299$ tag on it.

[Skuzzy]

Pricey for sure.  I'll let you know how it works out.  The $100 wheels I have broken were crap-o-la.

We shall see.

[whiteman]

great so i may have to buy a crapbox for one lousy game, GT5 better not suck as much as the Prologue.

[sluggish]

great so i may have to buy a crapbox for one lousy game, GT5 better not suck as much as the Prologue.

Yeah,  Isn't that supposed to be out in two weeks?

[whiteman]

Yeah,  Isn't that supposed to be out in two weeks?

no joke. Sounds like March in Japan, and 3rd Qtr for U.S. and everyone else.

[sluggish]

I have always loved racing sims and flight sims.  The only reason I got a PS1 was that I saw GT at a friend's house.  The only reason I got a PS2 was for GT4.  I've already got a bluray player... and the Sony has pushed back the new GT so much and as crappy as everyone says Prologue was...   This game may tip the scale to get me to go to the dark side...

[CAV]

Looks like a fun game..........

But when it comes to online racing you have to try "Iracing"

SK Modified

[whiteman]

I have always loved racing sims and flight sims.  The only reason I got a PS1 was that I saw GT at a friend's house.  The only reason I got a PS2 was for GT4.  I've already got a bluray player... and the Sony has pushed back the new GT so much and as crappy as everyone says Prologue was...   This game may tip the scale to get me to go to the dark side...

From everything i heard the GT5 Demo is completely different from the Prologue. I'm going to wait and see if GT5 really comes out this time and give it a shot before i get an xbox just for Forza.

[Grayeagle]

I fell in love with Grand Prix Legends .. was the first racing sim I really got hooked on badly.
I love a sim that makes the cars handle 'right'
.. I prefer a lot of stand alone stuff to do as, quite frankly,
I *hate* bumper cars..which seems to happen a lot 'online'
..not many people respect your line or make an effort to slow down when cutting the inside figuring to use you as the 'bank shot' out of the corner if you are into the apex first.

Then there's the reverse, .. guy behind me gets a better run out of the corner and instead of choosing a line that doesn't have me in it,
invariably just drives right into me ..it's why I stopped playing NASCAR Online ..even in a good league there's
just too many bumper car players instead of racers.

And yes .. I know the slower car is supposed to move over, unless it's for position.
Doesn't seem to matter to the bumper car racers.

-steps off soapbox
-GE aka Frank

[mechanic]

I agree with you there GE, some of the bumper car players can ruin the fun. Best solution is find some more realistic players to race with and create private races with 'em.

On the other hand, I love the drifting race aspect of Forza, most often that is where I am playing. Most of the people who compete online in drifting races are honourable and respect the other drivers, very little 'bumper cars' going on there.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Skuzz, I'd bypass the G27 and go to the Fanatec, althrought for Dirt2 might not make much of a difference.




GE, Iracing is not too much into the bumper car business as to progress into licences to drive faster cars you have to manage "incident points" (4 for bumping, 1 for putting a wheel off track, 2 for hitting a wall) ... It's like AH ... you think u are badass till u show up online and throw your ego into ur intake.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

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.

I'll be really surprised if T10 didn't scan a real 65 427 Cobra S/C, as all the cars are produced under licence, and I don't see picky Shelby stamping his name on a billy bob replica. There are authentic Cobras with sunvisors, and the tinted glass are a Forza ingame option. Doesn't S/C stands for Semi-Competition? Maybe the street version of the 427 didn't have all the stuff you are mentioning ... which I have no idea what they are anyway  all I know about Cobras is "There's no such thing as an AC Cobra".