Forza 3 beginners online

Bert Halligan

Hi all,

I'm new to boards.ie and I'm hoping to find some people to race against in Forza 3. I have only been playing Forza for a short while and find that when I use matchmaking I can't compete with the other players. So is anyone who isn't an expert up for some races? I play with braking line, traction control and automatic gears (hard difficulty). Any takers?

spooky donkey

I would love to but I only have Forza 2. And I too also find that when I play it online I get owned also. Its an easy game to play and a hard game to master.

tifosi 1

Hi. I'm in a similar situation. I love Forza but when i go online i get really furstrated that i can't compete. If you'd like to have some races i'd be well up for it.

XBgtag = Tifosi No1

Rochie IRL

I'd be interested. I never really played Forza 3 online as I get a thrashed all the time.

Kev_ps3

Add me DualBladez. I dont have a Gold account atm but should soon. Im not amazing either

corcaigh07

if i find the game cheap, ill be in too!

SEORG

Count me in. Sodcake is my tag

docmartin

I'd be up for this but i cant access live atm,can anyone help??

DeVore

I'm not back in Dublin for a week and a half, but when I am, I'm up for it...

Also, we can have a league of times for offline races on specific tracks with particular classes...

Personally I race:
Maple Valley (short and long)
Nurenbergring (full)
Laguna Seca

I keep it to those two in classes from B to S which makes for about a dozen different races. Thats a manageable number of races to work on your times.

Personally I dont care if you use traction control or not, or manual or automatic... each to his own and good luck to you.

Personally I drive with most things off but on automatic (cos I dont drive and I dont "get" gears )


So we can give that a go too if you all fancy!

DeV.

chavezychavez

I'd be up for some amiable races. Complete beginner at Forza 3 as well.

Gamertag : MKISSANE

bren2002

Plus 1, if I can get my wireless adapter sorted.

Chet T16

I'd be up for some n00b online action, i've always been put off!

GT: Chet T16

Bert Halligan

Hey, Sorry I was away for a few days but I've sent friend requests to everyone who has a tag there and a working connection. Any of the others feel free to send a request to me if you get the game / sort out you're connection.

Oh and Seorg, sodcake isn't coming up as a gamertag. Hopefully see ye in a bit.

SEORG

Bert Halligan wrote: »

Hey, Sorry I was away for a few days but I've sent friend requests to everyone who has a tag there and a working connection. Any of the others feel free to send a request to me if you get the game / sort out you're connection.

Oh and Seorg, sodcake isn't coming up as a gamertag. Hopefully see ye in a bit.

Ooops sorry Bert it's Sodacake

Shiminay

I'm up for this too, the couple of friends I play regularly against are a couple of classes ahead of me and so it's no fun. Gamertag: Shiminay

ftm2008

would be up for this also
tag: Minervaman

docmartin

anybody on now
just got set up
my tag is martind3196

ftm2008

will be on for a shortwhile tag: minervaman

docmartin

thanks lightning

can any1 find me, i'm kinda clueless here

Vegeta

I'm in

We should pick a date, a class, a standard car and the track (Laguna Seca or Tsukuba plz)

Get on for a few races

I personally play with all aides off because I like the simulation feel. 2 is better than 3 for this but that's an aside

I've never raced against others but I enjoy hot lapping so while I am capable of reasonable times I would probably fail miserably when it comes to racing with other real players

docmartin

Vegeta wrote: »

I'm in

We should pick a date, a class, a standard car and the track (Laguna Seca or Tsukuba plz)

Get on for a few races

I personally play with all aides off because I like the simulation feel. 2 is better than 3 for this but that's an aside

I've never raced against others but I enjoy hot lapping so while I am capable of reasonable times I would probably fail miserably when it comes to racing with other real players

find me martind3196

docmartin

LIGHTNING wrote: »

+1 Dont allow modded cars and stick to the lower classes like the C class which make it easier and more enjoyable. If the racing is really messy you can turn off collisions until everybody gets used to pack racing.

are we going on this or what?

DeVore

I like the idea of hotlapping because it means we dont all have to be online at the same time to race... what we need is a leaderboard! (can we form some sort of group in XBL to use their leaderboard system?)

DeV.

brian plank

DeVore wrote: »

I like the idea of hotlapping because it means we dont all have to be online at the same time to race... what we need is a leaderboard! (can we form some sort of group in XBL to use their leaderboard system?)

DeV.

what everyone could do is run the weekly time trial and as long as your all on each others friends list you can compare times easily. theres 2 different time trials this week but i think its usually 1 a week.

DeVore

Or we can set our own trial-of-the-week.

Why standard cars though? Personally I think thats a big part of it, picking your favourite car and modding it just to how you like it... its part of the skill of the game as much as taking corners is imho...

I would agree with no DLC cars or special cars but I think everyone will have an A class car they have done up ... no?

DeV.

Shiminay

Standard cars is a terrible idea imo, part of the fun is upgrading and tweaking the car to a course or for a specific type of race. If you're lazy, just download a popular tweak pack

As for no DLC cars, I call shenanigans - the game isn't set up so that the DLC stuff is inherently "better." Most of the cars that have been offered are premium and /or collectors cars but almost any other car in it's class will be competitive against them.

Vegeta

Kharn wrote: »

Standard cars is a terrible idea imo, part of the fun is upgrading and tweaking the car to a course or for a specific type of race. If you're lazy, just download a popular tweak pack .

I've no problem with using modified cars as long as everyone is using the same modified car with the same set-up.

You are right though part of the fun is upgrading and tweaking the cars for different tracks but we are competing against each other here and keeping the car standard, or using the same modified car, directly compares driving skill as opposed to driver skill + tuning skill.

We could have classes though (modified or stock)

Vegeta

DeVore wrote: »

I like the idea of hotlapping because it means we dont all have to be online at the same time to race... what we need is a leaderboard! (can we form some sort of group in XBL to use their leaderboard system?)

DeV.

I'll fire up the 360 tonight and see how the leader board works for hot lapping

It would be great if we picked a class and track and could filter it by friends and see who is leading or coming second etc etc

I would still love a bit of door to door, rubbing is racing action though with fellow boards members. So we could have one of them the odd time too I'd hope

Shiminay

Well I'll tell ye what, hows about we do both?

We can do hot-laps with stock and a personally tweaked version of the same car. There's a great opportunity to discuss and learn about the tweaking by comparing how well each other gets on and then we all get better as a group

I'd hate for it all to be come serious business, it's about having some fun and going for a spin in cars we'll never be able to afford (or afford to race and crash the way I do ).

On an aside - I love how Trials HD does it's leaderboard thing, if Forza had something similar, that'd be awesome

Vegeta

Kharn wrote: »

Well I'll tell ye what, hows about we do both?

We can do hot-laps with stock and a personally tweaked version of the same car. There's a great opportunity to discuss and learn about the tweaking by comparing how well each other gets on and then we all get better as a group

I'd hate for it all to be come serious business, it's about having some fun and going for a spin in cars we'll never be able to afford (or afford to race and crash the way I do ).

On an aside - I love how Trials HD does it's leaderboard thing, if Forza had something similar, that'd be awesome

Full of good ideas, this post is.

Shiminay

I've been known to have a few every now and again

There's also the Boards "Design a car" competition that we kicked around an idea for before. I'm sure I can find a prize of some description here in the office for it too

brian plank

Kharn wrote: »

On an aside - I love how Trials HD does it's leaderboard thing, if Forza had something similar, that'd be awesome

on forza you can sort by friends and favourites.

Vegeta

Ok the leaderboards are pretty sweet:

My gamertag is HyruleField

So for the 1st Hot Lap Boards Challenge how about

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None

It's an easy enough track to get used to and learn off and at around 1 minute it isn't too painful if mistakes are made.

I have a time of 01:01:392 in a highly modified Seat Leon SC which ranks in at B471. It's a top 7% time now but was in top 2% when I did it. Seems the most popular car for this class is the Fairlady Z '69. All top 10 cars are this.

amacachi

Do we have to sign up to a leaderboard or anything or just work away and post our times here?
My GT is faloonzer anyway.

Vegeta

How bout following this format

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: HyruleField
Car: Modified Seat Leon SC B471
Time: 01:01:392

Nemanja91

I'd be well up for that! Add me GT: gregGH91

DeVore

Sounds awesome, the only problem is that I have as yet, not got an Xbox here in Malta... I'm home on Tuesday...

Top 2% is pretty awesome vegeta... cant wait to try it.

DeV.

DeVore

Also, simply get a tweak pack from the online shop, most are 0 Forzabucks anyway and they are good. I'll upload any tweaks I do on my cars for us to share and I'm sure others will too (not that you really want to be using my downforce laden tweaks... )

Its really easy to download them and apply them, it does it all for you, even buying the parts and applying them. I've gotten so lazy I rarely tweak my own now

DeV.

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: Rakanisheu
Car: Modified Lotus Exige
Time: 01:00:038

If you want to hook me up with a set-up for the Lotus Exige Cup feel free.

So far..
Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: faloonzer
Car: Modified Lotus Exige Cup (Auto-Upgrade)
Time: 01:00:516

Vegeta

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: Rakanisheu
Car: Modified Lotus Exige
Time: 01:00:038

Nice

I assume the car is B500

Ya see already I wish the cars were standard as I'd love to get in the exact same car with the exact same set up and try and beat this time

zero86r

I like the idea of using standard cars, it's more down to driving skill than using one of those tunes in a car everyone uses for hot lapping.

Vegeta

zero86r wrote: »

I like the idea of using standard cars, it's more down to driving skill than using one of those tunes in a car everyone uses for hot lapping.

Yeah I am thinking the same. Sure it's cool to have no restrictions but now I wish I could get in the same car as Lightning and Amacachi and have a go at their time.

I was driving a car last night and new if I altered the gear ratio, to suit the maximum straight on Tsukuba and if I tweaked the caster and toe to make it turn in a bit better, I would definitely beat my time above. (Setup was locked by the original seller though)

Vegeta

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: Rakanisheu
Car: Modified Subaru Impreza
Time: 00:59:693

That's a smoking time

brian plank

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: GRT brianplank
Car: honda s2000 (B500)
Time: 00:59:237

Gitb1

I'm in too my gt is christy cent

Ill play anything and am usually on 4 or 5 evenings a week

Bert Halligan

A fair whack behind the other times but here's mine for what it's worth.

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: Bert Halligan
Car: Modified Lotus Exige
Time: 01:02.630

brian plank

Track: Tsukuba Full
Class allowable: B
Restrictions: None
Player: GRT brianplank
Car: Mugen Integra (B500)
Time: 00:58.861

Vegeta

Ok I think we need to pick a standard car in B or C Class an all have a crack with that car.

Mainly because I have no money now to buy and tune a car

I'm seriously impressed by your times lads

I'm not at home at the moment but when I get home later I'll look for a car that's suitable and maybe we could all use that.

Or if anyone has a preference for a car in B or C lets hear it and we'll try that.

brian plank

Vegeta wrote: »

Ok I think we need to pick a standard car in B or C Class an all have a crack with that car.

Mainly because I have no money now to buy and tune a car

I'm seriously impressed by your times lads

I'm not at home at the moment but when I get home later I'll look for a car that's suitable and maybe we could all use that.

Or if anyone has a preference for a car in B or C lets hear it and we'll try that.

+1. if its one standard car theres a better chance of getting a few more people to run it. tuning isn't for everyone so its the fairest way.

DeVore

Or the tuners can release their tune ups for free and unlocked, which is what I intend to do. Then people can simply apply mine and go, and it leads them gently into a really interesting (to me and others and possibly them too) area of the game.

If not, they can still simply apply the tune up setup file and go, it takes like 5 seconds to do

DeV.

DeVore

I do agree with you in a way that people can compare Standard car times too... provided people declare their cars as Standard (as we have been doing) which will give us the best of 3 worlds! (I hope).

DeV.