Forza 3 'Ultimate Collection' rated by OFLC

I've been waiting for the digital download version, but it is unlikely they will use this ultimate version for XBL. So this may be worthwhile.

Seriously, just 2 hours ago I was searching if they're planning to release some kind of a full edition. It's about time I'll play it. :D

I bought this game when it first came out. However, I haven't bought a single DLC item!


What do I do now?
Trade it in for this Super Awesome Edition, or just buy all the DLC with Microsoft Points?!

:0

@FireThief

Oh hell yes, this is the one I'm totally buying, bruh. =] =]

"Yay, I'm so happy to purchase this game my friends =) =)"

"a friendly challenge to Sony's long-awaited Gran Turismo 5"

I honestly don't think they get along that well.

inb4GT5

@FireThief,

I just wanted to flat out say that Turn10 lacks the PURE AUTOMOTIE PASSION when it comes to making a racing video game.

Digital Polyphony are the best at what they do, because not only do they devote their one and attention to detail ( and oh boy does GT5 have detail...) but they also make sure every car is different ( audio wise, drivability wise, etc ).

Not Turn10. They recycle disgusting overused 100% computer generated car exhaust for each car ( the 2009 Shelby GT500 sounds like a tuner...) and IMO it looks only like 10% better than Forza Motorsport 2.

GT5 will be the BEST car racing game of the century. Hands down. They won't make you spend $5 to "own" 10 "new" cars...then release the game 1-2 years later at the same price ( possibly even lower).

GT gives you over 1300+ cars on Day 1. How many for FM3? 400+. Still good, but soooo incomparable to GT5's set list. Plus the menu on GT5 is rich, glossy, and just damn sexy. FM3? Looks like a Jaguar/Porsche website menu.

In my humble opinion, that is why GT5 will continue to destroy any future and enevitable Forza Motorsport game.

It should at least have that Kinect support shown at E3....

I may be a GT guy but I'd like a copy of Forza 3 to hold me off till October, waiting for the 10 euro price point. Very cheap I know:P

@EechuTah you have to be out before you can even compete...

DAMN IT

I have all 6 car packs so far and the nurburgring pack too!

@EechuTah They don't lack passion at all....but I will say that they just dont have the experience that Polyphony does.....but they will get there in time....Forza 3 is a good game, and I'll love to see what Forza 4 will be like....especially if they take an extra year or 2 than normal on the dev time

" would appear to be a friendly challenge to Sony's long-awaited Gran Turismo 5."

Really? this did ok numbers wise last year but it didn't do GT numbers....why would the ultimate version?

@EechuTah

I'm not going to lie, I love the GT franchise from GT1 on PS1, GT3 on PS2 was probably the best one imho, as probably mostly due to the timing of GT4 being at the tail end of the PS2's lifecycle (yeah, I know it's technically still "alive") it started it pale in comparison to other more advanced platforms. But... GT5 was supposed to be a launch title for crying out loud, my PS3 is still waiting since launch day, and I've played and enjoyed 2 Forza games in the meantime... :P

This being said, myself being someone with "PURE AUTOMOTIE (sic) PASSION", I find it hard to believe that you are not some Sony fanboy looking to troll, or that you have played GT5 nor (by the looks of your position) Forza sufficiently to accurately contrast the two.

You are, in fact, allowed to like both Gran Turismo and Forza franchises, and coincidentally, they pretty much have had mutually exclusive launch windows.

I don't usually post much, but just because of the blatant misinformation regarding Forza, I had to offer up this link:
http://designingsound.org/2010/03/recording-cars-for-forza-motorsport-3/

But I digress, haters gotta hate I guess...

And to the original article, strategically this announcement comes after the XBL deals of the week where I just bought the DLC on sale... well played MS, well played... :P

I don't know about Gran Turismo, but Forza keeps recycling the same tracks...

Yay?

I would have preferred a new track pack instead.

Long-awaited? Yep Joystiq, never mind that GT5 ever only had one official release date and all else was rumors and speculation, instead of focusing on the many, many positives of the GT franchise and what it means to the tens of millions of people who buy each new game in the series, it's impossible for you to mention the name "Gran Turismo 5" without prefacing it with "long-awaited" or calling it the Duke Nukem of racing games.

You guys don't seemed biased at all!

Hey I have never played a racing game how steep is the learning curve on this games?

I love Forza 3, but I won't buy this 'Ultimate Collection". I've got 40 other Xbox 360 games to catch up on.

How steep is the learning curve on this game?

@Hsuchi,

To all who I might have offended I am sorry. I am just saying that Forza 3 just didnt do it for me.

Being a big Mustang fan, I wanted to see the 2010 Mustang GT, or new 5.0L mustang in the game when it first shipped, but it had the original '05 GT.

And I am NOT a troll or a Sony Fanboy. I just think that (so far what I've seen from GT5) it's going to be light years ahead of any Forza Motorsport game.

But you should know that the lead guys at Polyphony Digital (who make GT5) are PURE automotive people, and not only do they perfect their work, but they keep on perfecting their perfections after the final perfection's detail is perfected.

Turn10 is a GREAT gaming company. Their game FM3 WAS amazing, but it lacks that overall "oomph" that GT5 has. If FM3 had over 10 million pixels, GT5 has 100 million. If FM3 had 400+ cars, GT5 will have over 1500+.

And I've been in a race car before. ( 700hp drag car, F430, etc) and I can tell you: getting the most RAW realistic experience on a tv playing a racing game is the most important thing a car enthusiast wants to experience when playing a racing game.

Playing FM3, I dont get 0.1/1000th's of the feeling. It just doesnt perform.

From what I've seen from Gran Turismo 5 (the game thats taken WAY TOO LONG to be released; but has good reason for it), it is the most realistic racing game that will ever be released for a very long time. None of you can even fathom the thought of Gran Turismo 6 right now. Why? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE ON SUCH A PROMISING GAME.

That is why I believe, as a car enthusiast and fellow gamer, that Gran Turismo 5 will change the very outlook on racing games. That is why I believe Forza Motorsport wont, for a while.

Plus GT5 has 3D. Try that with your Forza Motorsport.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU


And I just got this game a few months ago.

@EechuTah

That's the thing though, Turn 10 actually, you know, *releases games*. I'm sure if they had 5+ years to make a game it would have the spit-polish shine that GT 5 better have. It just blows my mind that Turn 10 has put out 3 full games during the period between GT4 and GT5. That is insane to me and I have to give Turn 10 credit for establishing such a solid franchise in that (short) time span.

@noyesa I never said it wasn't highly anticipated. Maybe i shouldn't have picked this post to complain about, but if you've been keeping up with Joystiq's coverage of GT5, you'd know why it's so annoying.

Call me a fanboy if you want, but I didn't criticize Forza at all in that post. In fact, everything I'm saying has nothing to do with Forza and more about the fact that 99% of the gaming press since the release of GT4 has taken on an ignorant, negative attitude towards the franchise. And why? Cause it's been in the making for five years?

Hmm, let's see what other terrible games have been in development for a long time!

Starcraft II
Resident Evil 4
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV

Those games really bombed, didn't they?

@Acosta02

Fine, I'm sick of the jokes. Focus on the game. Provide impressions. Be objective. They should show that they give a crap - and whether the critics return with glowing praise or beat it into the ground, they could at least have a good reason for it. Instead...

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/19/gran-turismo-5-course-maker-and-kart-racing-unveiled/

@noyesa

Maybe I'm reading a different internet. Most of the FM3 reviews I read said no such thing, but again, I'm not trying to make this about Forza. Gran Turismo used to be a press darling - it hasn't been since GT3. Today it's considered a relic. I don't expect it to be 1998, Sony clearly has competition now that didn't exist at the time (which was what made the first game so appealing). Hell, I don't expect everyone to love it, because they probably don't get it, as all simulation racing games are treated a similar way among gaming journalists. But if they only tried to put in some effort, maybe they'd actually be able to form their own opinions, instead of jumping on the "GT5 is really, really old and boring" bandwagon.

Maybe I'm a fanboy. Maybe I'm taking this way too seriously. Probably both. But it's what I see all the time...

I don't know about you people but I WANT GT5 to beat the pants off FM3. I want GT5 to make FM3 look like childs play. Why? Because I'm a fanboy? Nope. Because Turn10 will not tolerate such a beat down and you better believe they will come out swinging when FM4 arrives. If anything, Turn10 loves a challenge. The GT series is the standard bearer from which Turn10 measures their success. If GT5 is as amazing as they say it is, the next Forza game will, mark my words, try to trump it.

Gotta love the competition. When companies compete, we win!

Microsoft needs to push Kinect so they're going to force Turn 10 to churn out a Forza 4 as quickly as possible so that they can release another half baked Forza.

@embassy you cant rush art. I think we all know what happens when you do.

Is there any information if the DLC Tracks will be properly included in the Singleplayer Mode?

AFAIK if you buy the DLC Tracks you can only play them online, since i do not want to pay for XBL Gold for the 5 days a Year i actually want to play online i did boycott the DLC Tracks.
They will be included in Forza 4 anyway.

How hard can it be to throw in some random races for those new tracks into this very random Singleplayer Carreer Mode?

Was the same shit with Forza 2.

@Jacksy

I wouldn't call a 2 yr development cycle "rushing". Plus as much as I agree that making great content takes time, it's also a business and games have to actually come out eventually. Otherwise every game would have 5 yr cycles, which would just be flat-out absurd.

@EechuTah,

I find it PATHETIC how idiots who roam this post DOWNGRADE such a TRUE fact.

Everything I just typed above is TRUE.