Forza 2 latest Update and Demo Discussion Thread

silversurfer · 2 May 2007 at 16:25

The bmw took a battering

Can the spoiler come off and could that effect high speed aerodynamics

PiKe · 2 May 2007 at 16:26

silversurfer said:
The bmw took a battering Can the spoiler come off and could that effect high speed aerodynamics

Looks like damage was just set to cosmetic.

GuruJockStrap · 2 May 2007 at 17:29

The sense of speed with the Ferarri video before it crashed into the wall was fantastic! Audio was pretty great too.

dirtydog · 2 May 2007 at 17:38

silversurfer said:
Japan gets the full game in 3 weeks I think. The ungratefull spoilt kid always gets treated the best

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess.

Mr Men · 2 May 2007 at 17:39

Nice video's only thing that bothered me was the tyre scrub noise, hope that can be turned down.

dlittley · 2 May 2007 at 18:20

Demon said:
I bet it's not region free is it? otherwise we could just get it early from the usual asia-pacific game places..

I believe all MS first party titles have been so far. Its worth an import risk imo.

Edit: actually not sure about ALL, but Ninety Nine Nights, Viva Pinata, Gears of War and Crackdown US all were.

TriedandTested · 2 May 2007 at 18:29

in-car views are in this game right? not seen ANY videos showing it.

Mr Latte · 2 May 2007 at 18:29

But the Jap version gonna be in Jap eh?

Mr Men · 2 May 2007 at 18:30

Tried&Tested said:
in-car views are in this game right? not seen ANY videos showing it.

no there is not an incar view

Darkaber · 2 May 2007 at 18:30

Tried&Tested said:
in-car views are in this game right? not seen ANY videos showing it.

Me either, Just Bonet view i think is as close to incar as we will get

TriedandTested · 2 May 2007 at 18:33

Darkaber said:
Me either, Just Bonet view i think is as close to incar as we will get

this is NOT good news. The cars look like boats bobbing around on the big sea in those vids. Hopefully the bonnet view will do. Buy why the hell wouldnt they have an in-car view?!

Mr Latte · 2 May 2007 at 18:35

Darkaber said:
Me either, Just Bonet view i think is as close to incar as we will get

Bonnet View which is about 36 inches or approx 1 metre away from inside the car so not that far at all, sure is pretty darn close.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 2 May 2007 at 18:35

When you say in car do you mean with a dash/wheel thing like Pgr3 or floaty incar like we have had for years on everything?

dirtydog · 2 May 2007 at 18:37

Tried&Tested said:
this is NOT good news. The cars look like boats bobbing around on the big sea in those vids. Hopefully the bonnet view will do. Buy why the hell wouldnt they have an in-car view?!

What exactly do you mean by in-car view, because games like GT and Forza 1 didn't have that.

Mr Latte · 2 May 2007 at 18:38

Tried&Tested said:
this is NOT good news. The cars look like boats bobbing around on the big sea in those vids. Hopefully the bonnet view will do. Buy why the hell wouldnt they have an in-car view?!

Because incar usually sucks, go play PGR3 in something like a TVR Sagaris which has a windscreen like a letterbox. its a gimmick feature imo.

Incar would be fine if incar actually did not minimise your view. When your driving do you focus on your steering wheel and dials or whats outside the windscreen?

Darkaber · 2 May 2007 at 18:46

Indeed i cant use incar view to save my life on PGR3 i just cant see anyhting Bonet view will do me fine

silversurfer · 2 May 2007 at 18:57

The incar view on PGR3 was pretty fancy and impressive in the way it mimicked the feeling on movement within a car but for serious driving I didnt use it because it was compromising the driving feeling and its only a computer game so its a bit much really.

I wont miss that but Im expecting forza2 to have the usual incar-bonnet and front bumper views. My brother thinks its almost cheating to have a front bumper view because its more then you could see normally when driving but I dont want to view the bonnet all the time and not everyone has a 42" screen to waste screen space on a bonnet reflection which while pretty adds nothing when driving competively

The 3rd person view behind the car is not the best either because it has camera motion, again you lose out on the feeling of the cars movements.

GT4 has a roof cam I think which is usefull for any track with hills, the bumper cam view was too low. How many views does forza have exactly?

dirtydog · 2 May 2007 at 18:58

Mr Latte said:
Because incar usually sucks, go play PGR3 in something like a TVR Sagaris which has a windscreen like a letterbox. its a gimmick feature imo.

Incar would be fine if incar actually did not minimise your view. When your driving do you focus on your steering wheel and dials or whats outside the windscreen?

I find myself in complete agreement.

dirtydog · 2 May 2007 at 18:59

silversurfer said:
GT4 has a roof cam I think which is usefull for any track with hills, the bumper cam view was too low. How many views does forza have exactly?

The bonnet view in GT 4 was plenty high enough though.

TriedandTested · 2 May 2007 at 19:09

External car views are rubbish. They take up too much room on the screen and look like they're fixed in one position on the screen and bobbing around like one of those weird space shuttle simulators that you can ride in.

Ideally i'd like a front bumper view or something. Anything that means i don't have to drive the car with the camera above/behind it.