My god microsoft shot themself with Forza Motorsport

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CVSiN

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Originally posted by: psebas
Originally posted by: Modeps
I hear pirating is illegal.



i agree, but im one of the lucky ones that actually downloaded the game, and i'll say that IMO its not better then GT4 , but ... i can play it from my xbox HD and it didin't cost me a dime :).

if in a week im still playing it , then i will buy him ,

and before you all start flaming me for piracy let me tell you that here in Portugal i can go to a blockbuster and rent pc games and PS2 games but noooooo xbox games, so i simple download then and if i like i buy then ( done it with Mortal Kombat, Matrix, and all the fifas plus PES4 ),

bur i've got to say that i owne more then 150 games and only 7 are originals ( just imagine the amount of money i saved from buiyng games that i'll only play about 10 minutes )

PIRACY IS ILLEGAL

and one more thing --- the average pay in Portugal for an office job is about 700? a month ( +/- 800 dolars ) , wish may seem bad but our cost of living is also very lower, but games ( and dvd's ) ate taxed in all europe by the same , so a guy i Spain ( for example ) makes like 2000 a month and buy's a xbox game for 60 , in Portugal a guy makes 700 and also buy's the same game for 60 , THAT ISN´T FAIR !!!!!!!!!!!

so FVCK the major disribuiters if i can download a game and try it i WILL




bye bye pirateboy...
thats enough info for a ban right there when the Mods see it...
 

Staples

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Originally posted by: Aharami
where did u guys buy toca 2 from? i cant find it at ebgames or gogamer...

I bought it from Eb when it came out early last year.
 

mzkhadir

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Originally posted by: Staples
Originally posted by: Aharami
where did u guys buy toca 2 from? i cant find it at ebgames or gogamer...

I bought it from Eb when it came out early last year.

you can also check Blockbuster to see if they have in the preplayed section because they started buying games too.
 

AdamSnow

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I got Forza this morning... You will never guess where...

WALMART...

EBGames, BestBuy, no one has it... but Walmart has a whole shelf of it!! :) It was a nice surprise :)
 

Staples

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And one last thing, Frys will supposedly have it at their B&M stores for $40 tomorrow.

It sucks because there are none around here so I will be suck with the $50 price tag.
 

Aharami

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Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: Staples
Originally posted by: Aharami
where did u guys buy toca 2 from? i cant find it at ebgames or gogamer...

I bought it from Eb when it came out early last year.

you can also check Blockbuster to see if they have in the preplayed section because they started buying games too.

im looking for a PC version. dont think blockbuster carries pc games (anymore)
 

batmang

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i can agree, forza is hype. it sucks compared to gt4.

its more arcade then simulation.



 

mzkhadir

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Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: Staples
Originally posted by: Aharami
where did u guys buy toca 2 from? i cant find it at ebgames or gogamer...

I bought it from Eb when it came out early last year.

you can also check Blockbuster to see if they have in the preplayed section because they started buying games too.

im looking for a PC version. dont think blockbuster carries pc games (anymore)

you can also buy it from codemasters, the price is 29.00
 

boyRacer

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Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: Staples
Originally posted by: Aharami
where did u guys buy toca 2 from? i cant find it at ebgames or gogamer...

I bought it from Eb when it came out early last year.

you can also check Blockbuster to see if they have in the preplayed section because they started buying games too.

im looking for a PC version. dont think blockbuster carries pc games (anymore)

you can also buy it from codemasters, the price is 29.00

I bought CMR 2005 from codemasters and it took 3 months to get here... :confused:

By the time it did, it was already shipped to the US so I just got one from FRY's. Now I have two. :)
 

Staples

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Originally posted by: batmang
i can agree, forza is hype. it sucks compared to gt4.

its more arcade then simulation.
Seems you are in the minority. Have you ever tried to enter a turn at 50mph? One who have disagree with you on Forza's simulation aspect. The fact that Forza feels different than GT4 is not unusual because GT4 is not quite a simulation.
 

boyRacer

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If some of you actually think a console game can get close to a simulation... well I don't know about that. :p

 

CVSiN

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Originally posted by: batmang
i can agree, forza is hype. it sucks compared to gt4.

its more arcade then simulation.

well apparently professional drivers that play tested the new physics model say that its dead on.. there was an article last month that said they would cut nearly identicle laps as their averages on the tracks with thier same cars they normally drive...

now that being said it could be hype.. the demo was horrible but it was posted before they pulled the game back to rework..
but i must say if they are telling the truth and the physics and modeling are that close it may be worth the time to check out.
 
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Originally posted by: bR
If some of you actually think a console game can get close to a simulation... well I don't know about that. :p

Actually I don't see why it can't. The physics of driving are complex but not endlessly so, and real-world F1 drivers use PC and console F1 racing games to brush up on the race circuits. I imagine if you hooked an Xbox with Forza or a PS2 with GT4 up to a 3-D simulation seat (a la a training flight simulator), you'd have one of, if not the most accurate driving simulators on earth.
 

JDub02

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Originally posted by: AdamSnow
I got Forza this morning... You will never guess where...

WALMART...

EBGames, BestBuy, no one has it... but Walmart has a whole shelf of it!! :) It was a nice surprise :)

I called wal-mart earlier .. they hadn't gotten it in yet, but they still had more to unload from the truck.
 

JDub02

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Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
I got Forza this morning... You will never guess where...

WALMART...

EBGames, BestBuy, no one has it... but Walmart has a whole shelf of it!! :) It was a nice surprise :)

I called wal-mart earlier .. they hadn't gotten it in yet, but they still had more to unload from the truck.

just called now ... they didn't get it in.

you suck.
 

boyRacer

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Originally posted by: CVSiN
Originally posted by: batmang
i can agree, forza is hype. it sucks compared to gt4.

its more arcade then simulation.

well apparently professional drivers that play tested the new physics model say that its dead on.. there was an article last month that said they would cut nearly identicle laps as their averages on the tracks with thier same cars they normally drive...

now that being said it could be hype.. the demo was horrible but it was posted before they pulled the game back to rework..
but i must say if they are telling the truth and the physics and modeling are that close it may be worth the time to check out.


Well they can say what they want but RJ de Vera is not a "professional racer"... lol... he was in Fast and the Furious of all movies. lol. He's one of the people that got this import thing going. Maybe the other guy was a professional racer. Anyway, GT4 head, Kazunori Yamauchi claims they put a "Nurburgring racer" on the GT4 version and he lapped within 4-5 seconds of his real lap time. That's within 1% considering the track is 13 miles long. So basically, both companies say their game is realistic. :laugh:

 

batmang

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Originally posted by: Staples
Originally posted by: batmang
i can agree, forza is hype. it sucks compared to gt4.

its more arcade then simulation.
Seems you are in the minority. Have you ever tried to enter a turn at 50mph? One who have disagree with you on Forza's simulation aspect. The fact that Forza feels different than GT4 is not unusual because GT4 is not quite a simulation.


well, the forza i played was the demo, and from the demo, i think the game is nothing close to touching gt4. graphics, physics, it doesnt compete with gt4. ive yet to try the full game cause its barely out. i will try the full game once i get a chance, but from the demo.. man... it surely was all hype to me!

as for taking a turn at 50mph, ive done that on countless occassions. im very much into motorsports, and do partake in some curvy mountain runs here in arizona, in fact, ive taken turns at close to 80mph.

heres a video of my mazda club in action:
http://www.mazdasports.org/media/Mazdasports-Mountain_Run_2_6-6-04.mpg
(all the incar video is me driving, in my white protege5, which i ended up selling. :( )

ive got a more action packed one at home, i need to upoad it.
 

datalink7

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The gamespot review of 9.2 is impressive as they usually give low scores to XBox games.
 

Modeps

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Considering everyone has said that they took Forza back to code after the demo, basing opinions on this demo is stupid.
 

AdamSnow

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Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
I got Forza this morning... You will never guess where...

WALMART...

EBGames, BestBuy, no one has it... but Walmart has a whole shelf of it!! :) It was a nice surprise :)

I called wal-mart earlier .. they hadn't gotten it in yet, but they still had more to unload from the truck.

just called now ... they didn't get it in.

you suck.

:) I think your walmart sucks... This has to be the first time ever I've seen a game land in Canada before you guys get it... bunch of co-workers went at lunch to grab it as well :)

 

Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: NorthRiver
I agree with the OP. The sense of speed is just not there, and the game does look kind of dated. The music is just horrendus, and the cars slide to easy even after you tune your car.

That's what I noticed in the videos I've seen of it... it almost looks impossible to take a corner at speed without fishtailing. It looks like more of an arcade racer than a sim from what I've seen. I'll still buy it though.