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- Platform: Xbox 360
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Xbox 360's answer to Gran Turismo returns in the most complete driving simulator yet. This sequel's goal isn't just realism though but accessibility, with plenty of features to suit every kind of gamer and car enthusiast.
One of Microsoft's few remaining internal studios at their Washington HQ, this team was set-up specifically to create a Gran Turismo style game exclusively for the Xbox 360. What they came up with is the critically-acclaimed Forza Motorsport series, currently on its third iteration.
 Rival cars react to your every move, particularly if you get too close |
 The new rewind option makes a perfect lap a lot easier |
 Car models feature 10 times the detail of previous games, at 4 times the resolution |
 The new in-car view is just one of the new features |
With hundreds of cars and tracks on offer the amount of choice could be daunting if not for the newly improved career mode. The game is able to analyse the way you play and the kind of cars and races you enjoy for the ultimate personalised experience.
The artificial intelligence of your rival racers is just as advanced, with some panicking if you get too close and all racing according to their own styles - not just staying stuck to the racing line. With an even more expansive suite of online options, all filtered according to your skill level, this may be the only racing game you'll ever need on Xbox.
Key Features- Real driving simulator: The most realistic driving experience ever, with amazing new features such as an in-car driving view and vehicle rollovers.
- Garage greed: Over 400 cars from 50 different manufactures, all rendered in greater detail than ever before and moving at a super smooth 60 frames per second.
- Track events: Over 100 tracks to race on, including the Le Mans course, and over 200 different events from circuit and drag racing to drift and timed events.
- Chauffer driven: Optional driving aids include automatic-braking and a rewind feature - which lets you retry a section of a lap whenever you want.
- YouRace: New online modes including in-game videos you can create and upload and extra livery customisation options and rewards for the best creators.
One of Microsoft's few remaining internal studios at their Washington HQ, this team was set-up specifically to create a Gran Turismo style game exclusively for the Xbox 360. What they came up with is the critically-acclaimed Forza Motorsport series, currently on its third iteration.
Product Description
- Where dreams are driven: More than 400 fully customizable and tunable cars from over 50 of the world's leading manufacturers, the return of world-famous tracks including Suzuka, Nordschleife and the Sebring International Raceway along with new environments like the gorgeous mountainous Montserrat region in Spain, the rugged Amalfi Coast in Italy and the American Southwest.
- The look and feel of a modern racing game: With more than 10 times the amount of polygons as Forza Motorsport 2, enjoy painstakingly researched cockpits and the differences in how each car handles through the corners, how the engines sound at top speed or how different tires and upgrades impact your car's performance.
- It's easy to go for a spin: Using a myriad of cutting-edge driving and gameplay assists such as auto-braking, gameplay rewind and auto-tuning, enter an experience where everyone can have fun behind the wheel, regardless of your skill and dexterity.
- Express your car passion: User-generated content and Xbox LIVE. Painters and tuners will once again be able to showcase creativity through the celebrated Livery Editor, Auction House and deep tuning garage in "Forza Motorsport 3." The car is literally the artistic canvas as some of the world's most creative car painters and designers find new layers of depth and freedom to create shocking visual masterpieces before sharing them with others over Xbox LIVE. Each car in "Forza Motorsport 3" is fully upgradable, allowing gear heads to take on the challenge of turning a Honda Civic into a supercar killer. New Xbox LIVE Leaderboards celebrate not only the greatest racers but also the most prolific car tuners and painters in the community.
- Play your way: An innovative single-player season mode puts you through a completely personalized racing calendar that includes more than 200 different events, including Circuit, Oval, Dr
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By R. Wright
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Forza 3 is probably the best racing sim out this generation. With stunning visuals, great gameplay and strong controls. This is a must have for any 360 owner and i will explain why:
Graphics:
The graphics look really smooth and sleek. All the textures and surfaces look like the real thing. And the detail inside the cars is immaculate. Not to mention the beautiful tracks with vibrant colours, great looking shadows and nice lighting effects. The main menu looks incredible clean and sleek with one of your cars in the background on a show floor. This game surely is a sight to behold. Plus the damage models look a lot better than Forza 2.
Graphics 10/10
Gameplay:
With over 400 cars to choose from and over 100 tracks to drive through all with different twists and turns and with each car feeling and controlling differently. This will keep your thumbs busy forza long time. Having such a huge car roster really adds some personality to the experience, you can buy your own car and drive it around a track! Of course you can use your favorite car in free play or you can buy it and use it in career mode in competitions. You can also tweak your cars features to make them better or control differently. And unlike most racers you can design your own custom vinyls and put them on your car! The control scheme is like any other racer and it doesn't matter wether your 7 or 63 you will still be able to grasp the controls. Every little thing was taken in to consideration when this game was made you can even take a picture of anything at anything offline. I am just scratching the surface with gameplay here.
Gameplay: 9/10
Career:
The game has a career mode that is ongoing. You rank up your driver level and car level. Ranking up your driver level will reward you with a new car. And ranking up your cars levels will provide discounts on the manufacturer. You could plunge hours into the career, earning credits to buy new cars, vinyls, tweaks ect...
Career: 10/10
Online:
The online community on this game is amazing. There is a market place where you can buy/sell vinyls, car setups, cars, paint jobs and video clips. Of course there is a multiplayer; with up to 8 players in a dew different modes. DLC is defiantly on the horizon as well.
Online: 10/10
Music & Sound:
The music in this game fits perfectly with its surroundings, its crisp and mellow in the sleek start screen but speeds up in game. The sounds of cars crashing and crunching sounds very realistic as does all the screeching of wheels and changing of gears.
Music & Sound: 9/10
VERDICT:
A must have racer, pick up ASAP: 9.4/10
Graphics:
The graphics look really smooth and sleek. All the textures and surfaces look like the real thing. And the detail inside the cars is immaculate. Not to mention the beautiful tracks with vibrant colours, great looking shadows and nice lighting effects. The main menu looks incredible clean and sleek with one of your cars in the background on a show floor. This game surely is a sight to behold. Plus the damage models look a lot better than Forza 2.
Graphics 10/10
Gameplay:
With over 400 cars to choose from and over 100 tracks to drive through all with different twists and turns and with each car feeling and controlling differently. This will keep your thumbs busy forza long time. Having such a huge car roster really adds some personality to the experience, you can buy your own car and drive it around a track! Of course you can use your favorite car in free play or you can buy it and use it in career mode in competitions. You can also tweak your cars features to make them better or control differently. And unlike most racers you can design your own custom vinyls and put them on your car! The control scheme is like any other racer and it doesn't matter wether your 7 or 63 you will still be able to grasp the controls. Every little thing was taken in to consideration when this game was made you can even take a picture of anything at anything offline. I am just scratching the surface with gameplay here.
Gameplay: 9/10
Career:
The game has a career mode that is ongoing. You rank up your driver level and car level. Ranking up your driver level will reward you with a new car. And ranking up your cars levels will provide discounts on the manufacturer. You could plunge hours into the career, earning credits to buy new cars, vinyls, tweaks ect...
Career: 10/10
Online:
The online community on this game is amazing. There is a market place where you can buy/sell vinyls, car setups, cars, paint jobs and video clips. Of course there is a multiplayer; with up to 8 players in a dew different modes. DLC is defiantly on the horizon as well.
Online: 10/10
Music & Sound:
The music in this game fits perfectly with its surroundings, its crisp and mellow in the sleek start screen but speeds up in game. The sounds of cars crashing and crunching sounds very realistic as does all the screeching of wheels and changing of gears.
Music & Sound: 9/10
VERDICT:
A must have racer, pick up ASAP: 9.4/10
100 of 112 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Firstly, I'm pretty naff at racing games. I bought Forza 2, and couldn't get on with it, then tried Project Gotham 4 which I also found very frustrating. Which is, as I said, because I'm naff at racing games and nothing to do with the quality of either Forza 2 or PGR4.
I have been searching for a racing game which can give a novice like me a chance to have a laugh zipping round a few tracks without crashing every 3 seconds, and give me at least half a chance to win a few races. And then, if I want to make things a bit more challenging, I can up the difficulty when I'm more confident.
I wasn't really all that bothered when I heard Forza 3 had been released. I just thought, ah well, another racing game which will be completely out of my league. I downloaded the demo from Xbox live just out of curiosity and was pleasantly proven wrong.
I switched to cockpit view and was bowled over at how accessible this game is, even to a lightweight like me. Gaming for me is about having fun. This game, with it's awesome graphics, excellent frame rate and addictive gameplay, is what makes video games great in my opinion. I cannot speak for the die hard racing game fans who want racing games to be as difficult as possible, but I'm sure the makers have tried to cater for all types of gamers.
I rarely buy any other type of game than shooters, but I'm really glad I went for this one.
I have been searching for a racing game which can give a novice like me a chance to have a laugh zipping round a few tracks without crashing every 3 seconds, and give me at least half a chance to win a few races. And then, if I want to make things a bit more challenging, I can up the difficulty when I'm more confident.
I wasn't really all that bothered when I heard Forza 3 had been released. I just thought, ah well, another racing game which will be completely out of my league. I downloaded the demo from Xbox live just out of curiosity and was pleasantly proven wrong.
I switched to cockpit view and was bowled over at how accessible this game is, even to a lightweight like me. Gaming for me is about having fun. This game, with it's awesome graphics, excellent frame rate and addictive gameplay, is what makes video games great in my opinion. I cannot speak for the die hard racing game fans who want racing games to be as difficult as possible, but I'm sure the makers have tried to cater for all types of gamers.
I rarely buy any other type of game than shooters, but I'm really glad I went for this one.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By P. Cools
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
if you've seen the trailer you know what this game is about:
racing with an enormous variety of cars in hd, it has never felt so real.
it is accessable for everyone, from the guy who has never heard of bugatti till the guy who knows everything about every car there is to know. in other words the difficulty levels are very well worked out.
if you're not a car fan, this isn't the game you're looking for, if you are, this is the gran tourismo for xbox 360 and in my opinion even better.
is there is one downside to the game it is lack of story, you get a calendar mode where you can race events in the week and the championships in the weekend, starting in the E class(the slowest) to end in the the R1 class. fun to do, but it is all there is.
and when you're tired of racing against the AI you still can go online and challenge other players, or if you're looking for a new car you can't afford in the game you might find it in the frontstore for a cheaper price or fully customised that it would even make pimp my ride look jealous.
so in short: the game for everyone who looks back when a sportcar passes in the street
racing with an enormous variety of cars in hd, it has never felt so real.
it is accessable for everyone, from the guy who has never heard of bugatti till the guy who knows everything about every car there is to know. in other words the difficulty levels are very well worked out.
if you're not a car fan, this isn't the game you're looking for, if you are, this is the gran tourismo for xbox 360 and in my opinion even better.
is there is one downside to the game it is lack of story, you get a calendar mode where you can race events in the week and the championships in the weekend, starting in the E class(the slowest) to end in the the R1 class. fun to do, but it is all there is.
and when you're tired of racing against the AI you still can go online and challenge other players, or if you're looking for a new car you can't afford in the game you might find it in the frontstore for a cheaper price or fully customised that it would even make pimp my ride look jealous.
so in short: the game for everyone who looks back when a sportcar passes in the street
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
With out a doubt the best racing game i have used yet.
Starts slowly in slow cars as you progress they get faster & more controlable.
Starts slowly in slow cars as you progress they get faster & more controlable.
Published 12 days ago by DEBORAH WEDLOCK
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
I would recommend this not only for the price but also for being a quality product, i will buy more
Published 1 month ago by gefblast
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok
Just bought it to be able to play with a friend.
To me its not the best of driving games. Read more
To me its not the best of driving games. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paulo Santiago
5.0 out of 5 stars
Game
Bob on!! Good value and does the trick thanks a lot for the speediness to - never had a problem
Published 1 month ago by ashley darin
5.0 out of 5 stars
son loved it
I purchased this game for my son's birthday he loves it. He is very into cars and really enjoys all of the for a games
Published 2 months ago by djf75
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great game but not in compared to grand turismo.
Good Game, much better then forza two in my opinion, however many may disagree.
Still prefer Grand Turismo.
Thankyou for the game.
Still prefer Grand Turismo.
Thankyou for the game.
Published 3 months ago by A. Haywood
3.0 out of 5 stars
is ok
Alright game. The arcade mode is good to play with friends ut the career mode was a little dissapointing. Had the game a few weeks now and only played it a handfull off times.
Published 3 months ago by dragster69ster
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good game but a bit repetitive after a while...
This is a good driving game but there aren't enough tracks for my liking and the career mode gets a bit dull after a while. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chimplad
3.0 out of 5 stars
thanks
bought this for my boyfriend, he likes the game, i will be buying more games shortly. thanks very much .
Published 5 months ago by rebekah
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Stuff
My lad loves this it's graphics are so life like , he's already spent so much time playing it so well done
Published 5 months ago by J. Lucas
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