Now while I will gladly admit that Forza Motorsport 3 will probably be a much better game then Gran Turismo 5 hitting stores (we think) in 2010, the game itself isn't winning me over. Don't get me wrong, I understand the passion and love for the game and I think the storefront content is simply stunning, there are many talented painters out there who understand and know how to use Forza's decal system a lot better then I. But when I play a racing game I want the racing to be fun and I'm finding Forza 3's racing to be a total borefest. Now I'm not making final judgement on the game at all and intend to play it further, plus I've been told that it's in multiplayer where the fun is to be had. Eventually I will check out some multiplayer but right now I don't really have a car worthy of being that much fun to race online against others.   
 
But it is affecting my desire to race further, the cars handling feels great. But when you have a quick go in one of your all time favourite cars (the Ferrari F40) and find it all rather dull, then questions have to be asked. Maybe Race Driver: GRID as spoilt me slightly, but I don't see why Turn 10 or Polyphony Digital can't make there racing more fun with some random actions. Maybe it as more to do with the type of racing fan I am rather then the actual game, after all folks love these games and they have every reason to do so. But it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, I understand the passion for tuning and painting the cars but for the actual racing, maybe it's online where the fun is being had.  
 
Maybe I'll come around to it soon enough and suddenly get as addicted as some folks do, Turn 10 have done a stunning job with the tuning set-ups and decal painting system but they could do with more time on the actual racing, the actual spine of this game unless I'm missing the point. Right now I'm tempted to exchange it for something a little more exciting like say Need For Speed: Shift (despite my hatred for the NFS franchise) but I shall give it time, after all I love simulations on PC so maybe I just haven't had that true racing moment with it yet. 

Ok, you do that. I be over here trying to understand why you didn't just write this as a blog and not linked it to the forums.

" Now while I will gladly admit that Forza Motorsport 3 will probably be a much better game then Gran Turismo 5 "

It's the nature of sim racing... 
 
Unless you like going around a track hundreds of times and tuning your setup to take those tenths/hundredths off your times, you're probably not going to like the single player much. I love it.
 
The online is definitely one of the most exciting parts of it. Racing in a full grid of human opponents is so much fun. Leading an entire race only to outbrake yourself on the last lap, losing 2-3 positions can be maddening but also extremely rewarding.. knowing it's entirely your fault you didn't win the race. 
 
It's not the simmiest game I play (I play Live for Speed on the PC), but the physics are realistic enough to be a hell of a lot of fun.

I came from GRID to Forza. The latter is just as thrilling for me.

It's a Sim thang...like people who play flight sims doin a mission that lasts 10 minutes with only 2 minutes of actual action. 
 
I've raced around a benchmark track for long amounts of time just trying to learn to control my heavy-ass '69 Charger, Spent too many hours tryin to make decent decals, spent an embaressing amount of time trying to do a burnout just to see if my tires would blow out if i got the wear up to 100% ...they didn't, by the way, much to my disappointment, and now i'm thinkin of buyin one of those $350 fanatec steering wheels...
 
...so the game's for those types of people......and we don't speak of those types round'eer.

This game is overrated...

Turn all the assists off, and hop into a LMP. I assure you, the last word in your head will be "borefest". Especially in multiplayer. Me, i simply can't stop playing, i usually head off to A-class circuit lobbies, so as a result i spend a lot of time tuning cars to A class (because it has the best variety of cars), testing them, tweaking them and pwning R8 nubs online. I then mix it up with some slow F and E class single player events, which i find are very fun to drive as there is more to them than downforce and massive power.  
 
And then i hop into R1

well in my option no racing can ever beat burnout paradise except the next burnout

" This game is overrated... "

I used to find Forza a bit boring but really just turn up the difficulty.  If you are on the easier difficulty setting and you get to 1st place right away then I can see why it's boring since you just stay in 1st the whole race. 
I'm not saying that's what you're doing but many people tend to do that.

I used to find Forza a bit boring but really just turn up the difficulty.  If you are on the easier difficulty setting and you get to 1st place right away then I can see why it's boring since you just stay in 1st the whole race.  I'm not saying that's what you're doing but many people tend to do that.

" @Reuben said:

I used to find Forza a bit boring but really just turn up the difficulty.  If you are on the easier difficulty setting and you get to 1st place right away then I can see why it's boring since you just stay in 1st the whole race.  I'm not saying that's what you're doing but many people tend to do that.

That's a very good point actually.  There is something of a flaw in Forza 2&3 (never played 1), where many events allow you to enter a car significantly better than the competition, and even on hard AI you'll spend most of your time in 1st.  The game should scale the AI cars and give you more credits and XP, similar to how Quick Race works. "

I agree with OP. I pre-ordered Forza 3 and I haven't touched it since Gay Tony came out, two days later. Maybe I should put the difficulty up, but it's not doing it for me. And with MW2 coming next week (WOOT), I don't see myself playing forza that much.

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" This game is overrated... "

LOL just realized, you bumped this thread just to say that? lmao fanboys "

Okay, so can I have your copy then?

" @crunchUK said:

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" This game is overrated... "

LOL just realized, you bumped this thread just to say that? lmao fanboys "

I play forza ALOT! I love car sims! but F3(2.4 really) isn't much of an upgrade from FM2. If people are really happy with getting ripped off like this, I feel bad for the future of gaming. All they added was storefront... new useless drag tracks that serve no purpose without the real drag physics...  Cars still look like there floating on the track. multiplayer graphics are a joke! and better in FM2. FM3 is FM2 with flashy graphics.  To me this game is only good to drift and thats about it. "

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" @crunchUK said:

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" This game is overrated... "

LOL just realized, you bumped this thread just to say that? lmao fanboys "

I play forza ALOT! I love car sims! but F3(2.4 really) isn't much of an upgrade from FM2. If people are really happy with getting ripped off like this, I feel bad for the future of gaming. All they added was storefront... new useless drag tracks that serve no purpose without the real drag physics...  Cars still look like there floating on the track. multiplayer graphics are a joke! and better in FM2. FM3 is FM2 with flashy graphics.  To me this game is only good to drift and thats about it. "

That is wrong on so many levels...  "

" @DuhQbnSiLo: Its funny how you said that Forza 3 isn't much of an upgrade from Forza 2!  Funny and WRONG! "

maybe u should get a new game instead of playing forza 3.  forza 3 is a great game.
 
need for speed: shift is a more glitchier game. the corvettes don't drive in the game. it's pretty much forza.

" @crunchUK said:

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" @crunchUK said:

" @DuhQbnSiLo said:

" This game is overrated... "

LOL just realized, you bumped this thread just to say that? lmao fanboys "

I play forza ALOT! I love car sims! but F3(2.4 really) isn't much of an upgrade from FM2. If people are really happy with getting ripped off like this, I feel bad for the future of gaming. All they added was storefront... new useless drag tracks that serve no purpose without the real drag physics...  Cars still look like there floating on the track. multiplayer graphics are a joke! and better in FM2. FM3 is FM2 with flashy graphics.  To me this game is only good to drift and thats about it. "

That is wrong on so many levels...  "

@Bouke said:

" @DuhQbnSiLo: Its funny how you said that Forza 3 isn't much of an upgrade from Forza 2!  Funny and WRONG! "

Please show me where you see improve me other than graphics and storefront?   Less painting  options (cant paint calipers, less body kits, some rims are missing)  Last time i check sequels are suppose to add not remove.   This game is boring, its like playing FZ2  all over again. Less imports (they are most likely planning on charging us more for crap that should have been in the game from day one. How do you not have the GT-R?? Civic Sedan Type-R? one 370Z...   are you people that blind? "

" @TrueEnglishGent: Give Dirt 2 a try, man. It's very fun and a really good game. Probably more up your alley than Forza 3. "

" @TrueEnglishGent said:

" Now while I will gladly admit that Forza Motorsport 3 will probably be a much better game then Gran Turismo 5 "

I like how you start off with fanboyism right away. You lost all credibility right then. "