The *No E-thugs* Forza 3 Thread

[NIKE H34D]

is there any real benefit to fully completing the game? i have no motivation to complete the endurance races..

Lol I was wondering what happens at end ALSOz

 

[hooked_on4]

is there any real benefit to fully completing the game? i have no motivation to complete the endurance races..

it gives you a code to unlock all FM3 cars for free

 

[Billy.]

it gives you a coupon for a case of Hot Pockets from costco

 

[hooked_on4]

Beat it lastnight not even a f**kin achievement or a hot car nothing.

Just usual rewards for beating Professional tier/race

 

[Billy.]

Beat it lastnight not even a f**kin achievement or a hot car nothing.

Just usual rewards for beating Professional tier/race

SERIOUSLY? f**kin s**t. i was actually considering beating it this week... just completely lost motivation

 

[hooked_on4]

yeah i thought i beat it and nothin

so i found one more series I somehow skipped a race in so I redid the series and nada, says 100% complete too, maybe I need to finish arcade?

 

[EMIIspecED]

Forza Pitpass Report: Benchmark High Speed Ring
The Ultimate Automotive Playground; Free Day 1 DLC!

Evan Griffey, 10.14.2009

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Imagine that you’ve just ripped the packaging off your copy of Forza Motorsport 3. Alongside the two disc set filled with 400 cars and 100 tracks you see an Xbox LIVE redeem code card tucked nicely inside. The contents? 10 of the most classic cars to grace the planet and a free pass to Turn 10’s massive automotive playground known as the Benchmark High Speed ring.

We’ve already divulged the cars that are available as downloadable content (DLC) on day one here. Below you will learn about the history of this incredible track and what it means for our community. Sit back, relax and get ready to check out the ultimate driving playground as envisioned by Turn 10 Studios!

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Benchmark High Speed Ring is an over-the-top driving venue that offers a schizophrenic array of automotive challenges. There are 16 track configurations to burn rubber on: seven dedicated circuits (forward and reverse) and two dragstrips.

At 3.96 miles Benchmark’s huge oval, reminiscent of OEM test tracks with high-degree banking, is the longest in FM3. The facility was originally conceived as a top speed test venue. And the story could have stopped there but the track’s art lead Terrance Newell, a Forza community member an avid player saw the open space inside the super speedway as an opportunity to think outside the box. The genesis was Ken Block’s Gymkhana video. “We watched those Ken Block videos like every other day,” says Newell. “When I saw the Gymkhana Practice video I was like, wow, I want that. I want to be able to do that in our game.” Turn 10s Rhett Mathis and Dan Greenawalt supported the project early in development as it spread its wings.

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“I have these two big open areas I am trying to make sense of visually and that’s tough” explains Newell. “We got a directive make this thing wide open without anything on it but make it awesome. Visually how do I make a big flat plane not look like a big flat plane? I talked with Turn 10’s Landin Williams whose also part of Project Blackjack about what would take it to the next level. I came away with the idea that tracks had drift zones that always limited the possibilities. Benchmark was limitless, opening up the door to a pure style of drifting. I decided to take simple elements like tires and cones etc. and make them objects not obstacles. These elements are interacted with…not avoided. It’s a freestyle playground and drift scoring is not the emphasis of this track. Benchmark breaks the rules of track design; it’s a venue where player can go mess around and experiment without the constraint of a lap timer.”

One of the coolest aspects of the track are the numerous inconspicuously placed drift obstacle/challenges Newell cleverly sprinkled throughout the facility for players to explore and utilize as they see fit. Further with the strategic placement of replay cameras Newell expects to see some wicked ‘Forzakhana’ videos come from Benchmark.

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Benchmark’s dragstrip venue also goes one step beyond. Newell, who was collaborating with the Forza design team heavily to develop the tracks layouts, was approached by Greenawalt with the idea of drawing from the raw ‘run what you brung’ attitude of the “Pinks” TV show. The strip at Benchmark is eight lanes wide with four sets of Christmas trees and no excuses.

Overall Benchmark is way for Turn 10 to give something back to its online community. From conception this course has been designed as a development lab where players can stretch their imaginations and create new, never-before seen game types or really enjoy demo derby, tag, cat and mouse and other multi-player game types.

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Backstory

Benchmark has an immediate vibe; un-kept yet unbridled, idling yet ready to rock. The buildings and the overall environment hint at the El Toro air base where Gymkhana Practice was filmed but there is a much more substantial aura to Benchmark. The facility was built to test race cars and their drivers at the ragged edge. But the teams soon built their own test facilities and time took its toll on the place. Enter a forward thinking former racer who is developing a revolutionary tire compound. He buys the place for cheap and hires his own drivers to fine tune his compound. The drivers love the place and it becomes a viral phenomenon in their tight knit circle; a sort of invitation only proposition. Soon NASCAR drivers, F1 pilots, Formula Drift drivers, drag racers are all competing in loosely organized underground events with “Autoweek” magazine providing coverage. During downtimes grassroots drifters come in and set up their own impromptu courses. The ‘8 versus 8’ drag strip was constructed when an ‘enthusiasts racing media mogul’ wanted to stage the ultimate supercar drag race. Now you can join in the madness with this free Day 1 Downloadable Content!

 

[hooked_on4]

Anyone else taking the day off on teh 27th?

paint jobs look crazy

 

[Billy.]

i preordered my F3 copy yesterday from gamestop, so yeah i'm probably taking tuesday and wednesday off from work next week lol

anyone know if the paint/decal schemes you created in F2 can transfer over to F3? some of those took me hours to make, it would really suck to have to remake them

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

Furious my xbox live account got banned for 7,000 years for playing this game early on my friends modded xbox

 

[Billy.]

LOL PWND

at least you have xbl... i don't have broadband where i live

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

LOL PWND

at least you have xbl... i don't have broadband where i live

Don't know why I logged into xboxlive, should have known better. Thats crazy you don't have broadband. I don't think I'd even own an xbox if it wasnt for live

 

[hooked_on4]

damn man that f**kin blows, can't you just start an new XBL account?

I mean that's what you get for playing before us sucka!!!

That said any impressions/reviews on FM3?

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

damn man that f**kin blows, can't you just start an new XBL account?

I mean that's what you get for playing before us sucka!!!

That said any impressions/reviews on FM3?

Yeah it actually isnt too bad. My account expires in December anyway. Its really good. I only was able to play with the first disk so all the cars and tracks werent available. I still have the game playable so I can upload whatever pics you want or whatever. I didn't really mess around with the visual customization too much but the engine mods and s**t is cool. The menus are way better and the cockpit view makes it way more fun to play. It's kind of annoying with the 8th gen civic because the steering wheel blocks the speed so you can't see it in the dash haha.

 

[hooked_on4]

^^ very cool, thanks for the nice teaser

How can you upload pix w/o XBL? If you can 1st gen miata would rock or 2nd or both

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

^^ very cool, thanks for the nice teaser

How can you upload pix w/o XBL? If you can 1st gen miata would rock or 2nd or both

I can take cell phone pics I suppose lmfao. Hold on I'll see what I can do.

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

Hokay Mangz... sorry for the terrible quality but these are for hooked, lazy to keep sending these pictures to my email takes forever haha. Last pic is my hot damn integra with the s2k swap

 

[hooked_on4]

f**kin siick thanks a ton man!

 

[Big_Mull_Style]

f**kin siick thanks a ton man!

No prob dude. Tried to get more in game pictures but when I go to take the pic with my cell everything is too bright and its hard to see.

 

[hooked_on4]

that teggy looks GT like

how's the wheel selection? I hope they have OEM wheels like GT does