Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Behind the Scenes of Forza 4

Sometimes getting photorealism in your racing games involves driving in an invisible car.

Aug. 4 2011

Posted by: Ben

In This Episode:

Forza Motorsport 4

67 Comments

Avatar image for falidorn
falidorn

10

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By falidorn

yes. forza 4!

Avatar image for guyzea
Guyzea

148

Forum Posts

23

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Guyzea

BRIAN EKBERG APPROVED.

Avatar image for fattonyxxl
fattonyxxl

91

Forum Posts

153

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By fattonyxxl

It's time like this when I wonder what situation requires you to be in a cradle high up taking pictures...

Avatar image for ulquiokani
UlquioKani

1419

Forum Posts

818

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By UlquioKani

I don't think i need a back story for why a fake track exists.

Avatar image for sneakybadger
Sneakybadger

233

Forum Posts

133

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Sneakybadger

Whenever I hear someone say "epic" I cringe slightly dunno why.

Forza 4 would interest me if it worked with my g25, alas it does not.

Avatar image for juicebox
Juicebox

494

Forum Posts

28

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By Juicebox

Forza 3 got me into racing simulators type games... but i only play forza lol

Avatar image for drjota
drjota

741

Forum Posts

3863

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 6

Edited By drjota

Fake tracks?Are we gonna see the Kessel Run?

Avatar image for sil3n7
Sil3n7

1512

Forum Posts

1540

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Sil3n7

Totally been to these alps and took that train.

Avatar image for cikame
cikame

4479

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By cikame

Contender for best looking video game race track?

Avatar image for monk
Monk

187

Forum Posts

12

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

Edited By Monk

Every track having a silly background story would be great. Need more of this in racing games.

Avatar image for danjbailey
danjbailey

43

Forum Posts

30

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By danjbailey

Holy crap the Alps are freaking beautiful.

Avatar image for doonee63
doonee63

101

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By doonee63

those are some pretty mountains.

Avatar image for fritzdude
FritzDude

2316

Forum Posts

3064

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By FritzDude

Brian Ekberg?!

Avatar image for siphillis
Siphillis

1357

Forum Posts

6549

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 17

Edited By Siphillis

Glad to see Brian Eckberg managed to drift out of the blackhole known as GameSpot.

Avatar image for vinny_says
Vinny_Says

5913

Forum Posts

3345

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 14

Edited By Vinny_Says

It's about time they put backstory in racing games.

Avatar image for scodiac
Scodiac

718

Forum Posts

43

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By Scodiac

F'ing awesome! I want to race on that track so badly. 

Avatar image for scodiac
Scodiac

718

Forum Posts

43

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By Scodiac
@UlquioKani: You probably won't ever see that story in the game it's just something they use as a reference to make the environment believable. 
Avatar image for soap
Soap

3774

Forum Posts

1811

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 29

Edited By Soap

Take my money Mr Ekberg.

Avatar image for jay35
jay35

63

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By jay35

Just imagine how good it would look if they weren't bound by the computational limitations of the XBox 360.

Avatar image for jeffk38uk
jeffk38uk

726

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By jeffk38uk
@jay35: Is that a subtle way of saying it should be on a certain competitor, or on a PC?
Avatar image for seppli
Seppli

11232

Forum Posts

9

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 7

User Lists: 0

Edited By Seppli

Switzerland - yay! Should saddle my bike and drive up in them hills one of these days.

Avatar image for weskerresi001
WeskerResi001

27

Forum Posts

25

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By WeskerResi001

That track looks amazing, looking forward to Forza 4!

Avatar image for wickedsc3
wickedsc3

1044

Forum Posts

51

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By wickedsc3

Collectors Edition already pre-ordered. Looks awesome!

Avatar image for a5ehren
a5ehren

63

Forum Posts

11

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By a5ehren

Wish they had gameplay footage instead of photo/replay mode bullshots.  Still looks super sexy, though.

Avatar image for digital_sin
digital_sin

1896

Forum Posts

5480

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By digital_sin

MECHBERG AT 1:18!!
 
Awesome.

Avatar image for zabant
Zabant

1544

Forum Posts

82

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Zabant

It it pretty much accepted Forza is better than GT now?

Avatar image for forkboy
forkboy

1663

Forum Posts

73

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By forkboy
@Zabant: I'd hope so.
Avatar image for pj
PJ

1195

Forum Posts

705

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

Edited By PJ

Mechberg!!! Awesome. Dudes got a dreamjob. What I wouldn't give to be in hes shoes.

Avatar image for magikgimp
MagikGimp

792

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By MagikGimp

Oh hello Brian Ekberg, good to see you again mate.

Avatar image for pickassoreborn
pickassoreborn

767

Forum Posts

2319

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 6

Edited By pickassoreborn

Looks amazing! Also, anyone seen this Autovista footage? The detail in the car models is pretty darn impressive.
 
  

Avatar image for devildoll
Devildoll

1013

Forum Posts

286

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Devildoll

interesting stuff.

but , is it just me , or is the framerate on this video way too low?

Avatar image for jerome85
Jerome85

263

Forum Posts

1085

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Jerome85

laser scanned tracks/cars >>>

Avatar image for kartanaold
kartanaold

223

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By kartanaold

Looks fantastic!

Avatar image for twoonefive
TwoOneFive

9793

Forum Posts

203

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By TwoOneFive

BRIAN! 
 
I forgot he was working with this nowadays it caught me by surprise at first!

Avatar image for excellr8
EXCellR8

134

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 35

User Lists: 0

Edited By EXCellR8

I <3 Forza
 
...and that's coming from a diehard GT fan

Avatar image for starerik
starerik

240

Forum Posts

447

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By starerik

Brian Ekberg! <3

Avatar image for icf_19xx
ICF_19XX

636

Forum Posts

29

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By ICF_19XX

MOTHERFUCKING MECHBERG, HOMIE.

Avatar image for temmink
temmink

64

Forum Posts

745

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By temmink

I don't understand how the Forza 4 logo is for 4? Its pretty clearly an F then 3 bars... isn't that the same as Forza 3?

Avatar image for jorbear
jorbear

2570

Forum Posts

28

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 7

User Lists: 6

Edited By jorbear

Brian Eckberg REPRESENT.

Avatar image for deactivated-629eab11cc270
deactivated-629eab11cc270

1671

Forum Posts

521

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Can't fucking wait for this game

Avatar image for selbie
selbie

2602

Forum Posts

6468

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By selbie

Brian Eckberg sans epic beard is a strange thing to behold. His jawline is too manly to exist unbearded.

Also, cool game bro.

Avatar image for blatantninja23
BlatantNinja23

933

Forum Posts

267

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By BlatantNinja23

am i the only confused why they are reusing the forza 3 logo?

Avatar image for redrocketwestie
RedRocketWestie

381

Forum Posts

69

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 4

Edited By RedRocketWestie

@BlatantNinja23: Maybe they liked it so much, they're trying to transition it into a general brand logo for the Forza series?

I like the idea of fake tracks. It's not like they're getting rid of real tracks; they've just run out of interesting real tracks to copy. I say let them be creative.

Avatar image for drstrangepork
DrStrangepork

457

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By DrStrangepork

I more of an arcade racing fan but this game has me intrigued. Oh yeah, the Swiss Alps are beautiful.

Avatar image for wintersnowblind
WinterSnowblind

7599

Forum Posts

41

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By WinterSnowblind

@Zabant said:

It it pretty much accepted Forza is better than GT now?

GT5 still had it's strong points.. The variation in events was nice? It's just a shame none of them were done particularly well, it was a very stitched together game and I think all but the most hardcore Playstation fanboys have accepted that Forza is the better series.

Avatar image for tondo
Tondo

198

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Tondo

awesome video. Always loved the Forza series and this one seems like another big leap in the overall quality. Autovista with Clarksons commentary looks to be great addition for the car nuts ! Hope there is a few more tracks in this one tough... The relative lack of track variety has always been the worst part IMO.

Avatar image for blacklab
blacklab

2025

Forum Posts

22

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By blacklab

I'll bet the community manager added value on that trip.

Avatar image for unsolvedparadox
unsolvedparadox

2298

Forum Posts

31

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By unsolvedparadox

Looks spectacular, can't wait to pick it up!

Avatar image for grilledcheez
grilledcheez

4071

Forum Posts

906

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 8

User Lists: 9

Edited By grilledcheez

What can I say? Turn 10 is the best!

Avatar image for mrcraggle
mrcraggle

3104

Forum Posts

2873

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By mrcraggle

While it graphically looks fantastic, I wonder how it'll hold up against GT5? There were parts of GT5 that looks down right realistic and I hope F4 has a deep photography aspect to it which is what I liked most about GT5 but I like playing Forza more.