Forza 3 limited edition is loaded with mostly virtual bonuses
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jun 19th 2009 at 10:08AM } 
The Limited Edition comes with an exclusive car pack, featuring "5 cars that have been hand tuned and hand painted by the developers at Turn 10 to fly the Forza Motorsport colors," a Dashboard theme, and a "VIP Membership" that entitles the user to "special treatment within the online Auction House, Community Storefront and on the Forzamotorsport.net forums." The tangible items in the pack: a 2GB USB drive and a keychain, both emblazoned with Forza 3 logos. In addition, reserving the game provides access to the "community designed and chosen, Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro."
Gallery: Forza Motorsport 3
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tre (formerly known as digitaltre) @ Jun 19th 2009 10:13AM
Burnout is still better.
Arnie @ Jun 19th 2009 10:17AM
I think they dont compare. Burnout is about fun and arcady driving whereas Forza is all about the simulation. I have Forza2 and its nice.
NaeemTHM @ Jun 19th 2009 10:21AM
Hey what's it like in the future?
Foetoid @ Jun 19th 2009 10:42AM
The future is a weird place. Nintendo made so much money, they purchased Microsoft and Sony went under.
Premature ejaculation man @ Jun 19th 2009 10:46AM
Nintendo Windows xMii with waggle support!
Anticrawl @ Jun 19th 2009 10:59AM
The future is a scary place. They drive on the left side of the road, drink tea at noon and use the word wanker in place of president. Woooo......... scary.
Tre (formerly known as digitaltre) @ Jun 19th 2009 11:05AM
There is one good thing about it though... LCD Soundsystem's music is loved by all! Oh, and Adult Swim completely takes over Cartoon Network.
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 19th 2009 11:12AM
In the future there is huge over stock of LCD touch screens so instead of losing money Samsung placed LCD screens on everything from your front door to a common toaster and everything works with windows Vista!!
Oh and still no flying cars,cure for AIDS,anti-gravity boots,bionic limbs superior than anormal limb,Bionic eyes but you can have a LCD screen on the backseat of your car.
Spartan @ Jun 19th 2009 1:34PM
In the future, Sega & Atari join forces and release a new console. But a 5th surprise entry joins the console business and proceed to make more money than even Nintendo could imagine. And it's not who you think it is!
Cr4sh Dummy @ Jun 19th 2009 8:10PM
Does not compute...
PR0F3TA @ Jun 19th 2009 10:16AM
wow thats kinda lame.... i would understand if it was a pre-order bonus, but to pay to have "hand tuned" cars is not even worth an extra 20 bucks.
a usb drive? wtf...
MystileArmor @ Jun 19th 2009 10:58AM
For people that are really into Forza, having the hand-tuned cars is like having a golden lancer in GoW2.
I think it's a pretty good bundle, for 20 bucks you get tons of extra's.
NFK @ Jun 19th 2009 11:43AM
I don't get why paid DLC that's already on the disc gets so much hate, but paying extra content in "special edition" doesn't.
Tre (formerly known as digitaltre) @ Jun 19th 2009 10:22AM
I'm a 12-year-old, so I want what Burnout offers. Forza and Gran Turismo are very detailed and I'm fine with that, but they're just not for me I guess.
Tre (formerly known as digitaltre) @ Jun 19th 2009 10:23AM
Crap. I meant to reply to Arnie up there.
Storm Eagle @ Jun 19th 2009 10:23AM
I dream of a day when the phrase "limited edition" and the words "Game Stop" are no longer in the same sentence exclusively together.
Ghen @ Jun 19th 2009 10:46AM
It has gotten pretty ridiculous. I agree. But then again, what else is gamestop going to buy with the mountains of cash they make on used game trades? What we need to do is cut off their lifeline, start using Amazon or Wal-mart for game trades.
Dirty @ Jun 19th 2009 10:56AM
You can also trade them to Gamefly for credit towards your membership.
Storm Eagle @ Jun 19th 2009 11:01AM
I've quit Gamefly twice now. They don't have the supply of games to meet the demand they don't get them out on a timely basis. Atleast for me they never did. I often found myself not just waiting for new games for a long time, but waiting for games that had been out for 4 months already. Gamefly's great while it works, but that's a rarity.
Anticrawl @ Jun 19th 2009 11:08AM
My local Gamestops are really shady. They like to sell the "preorder bonuses."
A most recent example are the Ghostbusters t-shirts one gets when they preordered the game. Well fuck that I drove over to walmart because they decided to sell them all and canceled my preorder. At Walmart they gave me a remastered DVD of Ghostbusters, the game and a code for a golden proton pack.
Storm Eagle @ Jun 19th 2009 11:13AM
Dude, all Gamestops are shady. I used to work for one. It's all about getting trade-ins, pre-orders and GI subscriptions. If you're not there to do one of the 3, you're not even considered to be a customer. I've had several instances when I've gone to buy a new game that just came out and they'll have a whole display of the game in the glass case, but insist that those copies are only for pre-orders. Yeah...right. And it doesn't matter to them, they don't make any money on the new games they sell.
Ghen @ Jun 19th 2009 1:12PM
I tried gamefly. When they couldn't get me super mario galaxy for a month I had to go buy it. I kept it at the top of my queue until I canceled the service, never got the game.
Tony @ Jun 19th 2009 10:38AM
I pre-ordered it. I'd rather have some in-game exclusive stuff than some statue that I'll put on a shelf, forget about and eventually toss in some box.
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 19th 2009 11:06AM
Those are cool bonuses.
What I loved about Forza 2 LE was that everything about it was especial.The cover of the DVD box was different than the one used in the regular edition and the disc was different too, the DLC was a nice touch but what I liked the most was the book included and all was wrapped in a pretty limited edition box.
Not to mention I got a discount on my LE so it cost me a little less than the regular edition.Ka-ching
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jun 19th 2009 11:33AM
No thanks. I spent a lot of money to get a decent wheel to play the game with, but I'm not going to just throw $20 down the toilet. Unless you think USB drives are exciting, the only thing you get is preferred listings in the auction house and I don't give a rat's ass about the auction house.
Bobs @ Jun 19th 2009 11:42AM
I hope the game box & cover will be different (a metal case would be cool).
Felipe @ Jun 19th 2009 12:16PM
what will Amazon be offering? I always pre-order from Amazon, but if Gamestop can sway me in their direction, I will give my pre-order to them.
jordanbrown @ Jun 19th 2009 2:56PM
Just got my wheel for $30 off of Microsofts Expertzone. I am wondering how "Limited" this will be, because although I want Forza like yesterday, I have enough patience to sit around and wait a few months to see the LE's collect dust on the shelf and get cut to the same price as the regular game. That's my plan for Assassins Creed 2 as well. I ended up getting the LE for AC1 the day after release someone traded it in.
Cr4sh Dummy @ Jun 19th 2009 8:13PM
This is great news, I think I read something similar a week ago that prompted me to pre-order this game. I like the addition of in game items rather than swag, I hope developers will continue to take this approach rather than swag made in China, as long as it doesn't upset the balance of the game.
CitizenErased @ Jun 20th 2009 11:30PM
Boy I would have loved to pick this up day one. But my second Xbox 360 got the RRoD and prior to RRoDing it scratched a ton of my games rendering them useless which I then sold to GameStop. Then I sold Forza 2 and 30 of my other games plus my RRoD 360.....and I'm living happily ever after with my precious PS3 that never let me down since Launch.
I3EER IVIONSTER @ Sep 11th 2009 2:26PM
sod the le forza 3 !! save the xtra cash n put it towards a decent game like mw2 with night vision goggles cos at least that wud be worth blowing the xtra cash on