***The Official Forza Motorsport 3 Thread***

Mr Latte said:
Dont for one moment think Turn 10 are just laying about with easy days, its going to be flat out to their deadline.
The first "Turbo S" BETA wheels are due to be shipped out to testers still yet and expected now in the next 2-3 weeks, well so I read.
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Whats the deal with that wheel anyway, I am on there site the now, says, batch 5 orders till september, down as available. However, it also says

Batch for September 2009 is sold out.

Still taking orders for out of stock product, and I think thats the last batch?

Only comfort I have is:

Orders will be shipped according to the dates we receive the payments for the orders. Orders without pament will be automatically canceled.
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I sent them a message asking if they have some sort of reserve list, since they are still taking the orders apparantly, I need that wheel to play forza damnit!
 
If you mean regards a Clubsport package the "till date" is in reference to the prices charged. Delivery dates may depend on what wheel/pedal package or seperate wheel you order mate.
They arnt taking orders for "out of stock" products as Fanatec take payment on pre orders as such they "manufacturer to orders" This is a small specialist company and this particular edition of this product in its current form is "limited edition" Sorry its not like traditional pay and get delivered, they manufacture to batches and ship to batches accordingly.


They announced at E3 that for anyone that ordered upto IIRC 4th June would get a free copy of FM3 and this was possibly the end of sales guranteed for delivery on the first batch. I remember something like that being said/announced. Lots of people ordering this after this date may not get the wheel before the release of the game, well they certainly were not guranteed to have it before hand.

Thomas normally announces when shipping from China begins and it takes approx 2 weeks to get delivery including clearance from customs etc to actual customers getting delivered here in UK.
 
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I got a cheap copy of Forza 2 yesterday, I've played it for about 8 hours and I'm level 20 at the moment. Its such an addictive game I wish I'd played it sooner. Seems a bit easy sometimes though, I've got it on +35% with the difficulty settings to try and make it last longer, although faster cars do seem much harder to control.

I've got a cheap wheel of some sort coming for my birthday soon, so I should have the skillz for 3 when it comes out :)
 
First pics of Storefront posted by Che today :)

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Its good to see they must indeed be pushing the X360 to its limits with this.
Not just in graphics and its community features but also the limits really of DVD as a format.

Now how many of you guys would consider triple screen, taking on board how cheap monitors are these days and 2nd hand X360s?
 
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Mr Latte said:
Its good to see they must indeed be pushing the X360 to its limits with this.
Not just in graphics and its community features but also the limits really of DVD as a format.

Now how many of you guys would consider triple screen, taking on board how cheap monitors are these days and 2nd hand X360s?
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I would consider it. I already have two identical screens and I would probably get two dead 360s on the cheap with a view to fixing them. Need to drop 3k on fixing my roof first :(
 
Bit more news from Che tonight regarding Storefront and Replays/Videos :)

Anyone can get at your stuff via Xbox LIVE. If you want to export it to your PC, you'll need to do it via forzamotorsport.net. Nope, thumb drive isn't supported, but it's not due to lack of trying on our part. Trust me.

If you want to upload 720p footage of a full 2-3 minute lap or even a 7 minute lap of Nurburgring, you'll have to do it in segments since at 30 seconds the average video size is just under 50 megs or something. I need to double check. That said, you can put all of your replays (full length) on your Storefront for everyone to download and check out right off their Xbox 360. This feature is only for exporting 720p footage to your PC so you can then drop it into Final Cut Pro or Premiere and make something beautiful.

Storefronts make public to the community the following files: car liveries (the whole livery of a car), layer groups (an image or logo or whatever grouped layer you have that can be stamped anywhere and usually created using the layer group creator grid tool), photos (like you see in the pic of my storefront), tuning files for cars (our tuning community is going to love this one since tuning files can also be locked to keep that special sauce secret), and replays. Everything other than photos and replays can be sold on the Storefront with the owner controlling the inventory available until it's "sold out". You can also just put stuff up there for free. Every file type can be scored by other users and there will be a leaderboard for most popular and best rated file types, as well as a Turn 10 pick section.


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One camera "type" per video export, but that video export can be as short as 2 seconds and as long as 30. So you could be exporting short 5 second clips with various camera angles to make your video. Of course, if your camera "type" is the standard replay camera and not the other fixed camera positions, then you'll have different replay camera shots throughout your clip. If that makes sense.

The videos aren't compressed on the website. They're compressed on your Xbox 360. So there's no actual loss of quality going from 360 to the website. Putting them into a video editor, I dunno. I'll upload a sample clip from the replay exporter sometime soon. It looks damn good.
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Mr Latte said:
If you mean regards a Clubsport package the "till date" is in reference to the prices charged. Delivery dates may depend on what wheel/pedal package or seperate wheel you order mate.
They arnt taking orders for "out of stock" products as Fanatec take payment on pre orders as such they "manufacturer to orders" This is a small specialist company and this particular edition of this product in its current form is "limited edition" Sorry its not like traditional pay and get delivered, they manufacture to batches and ship to batches accordingly.


They announced at E3 that for anyone that ordered upto IIRC 4th June would get a free copy of FM3 and this was possibly the end of sales guranteed for delivery on the first batch. I remember something like that being said/announced. Lots of people ordering this after this date may not get the wheel before the release of the game, well they certainly were not guranteed to have it before hand.

Thomas normally announces when shipping from China begins and it takes approx 2 weeks to get delivery including clearance from customs etc to actual customers getting delivered here in UK.
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Thanks for that, I got this reply in:

Hello Martyn

the estimated shipping date for the Turbo S Wheel is end of September. Orders who are made now and be paid will be shipped when our warehouse will get the wheels in stock.

Orders who are not paid will be canceled.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best regards
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Need to descide on what one to get, I originally wanted that RS wheel with the clubsport, am actually thinking, the RS clubsport, and just getting the Turbo S wheel, seperate, on it's own, wont work out that much more money. I only had my G25 for about 9 months and it seems to give off a burning smell (I guess am heavy on them :/). I do have my ps3, PC, and 360 in three seperate rooms.

I think that PS3 dongle is like 50 euros, but not so sure if it comes with the wheel.

Gonna check now, thanks again.
 
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Thanks for that, I got this reply in:
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So as not to take this thread off as some wont be interested in the constant wheel interruptions. Sorry guys....

If you want more info or help to decide, feel free to see the forums in my sig. We already have a good couple of threads on the Fanatec wheels with more coming. It will become one of the best resouce areas for wheel info and consoles. Yeah G25 burning smell ive had that too mate...

Atomic....
Best to email them for confirmation on that, Im only aware that they are working flat out to get as many production numbers ready as possible for the launch but they do ship to first placed orders.
I hope they dont let down too many in getting these out in time before FM3.



Just arranged for my own d.i.y cockpit build to begin again soon with ordering my 24" monitors for the triplescreens.
Also have a real car dash/speedo being implemented into the cockpit (non working dials of course) but it will have working brake lights.
Yes crazy but hell what are we without silly hobbies eh.
For those interested a thread will be on going at GTF for the project.

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Thanks Tim for the updates good man......
 
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More pics from the twitter:

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We should get two official reveals this week according the Che, I think due to a recent buzz about the Aussie V8 supercars and people wanting some classic cars shown.
 
53 days and I have a weeks holiday in between. Yay!

Hope I get it on time. Shame I won't have a wheel setup or anything near the sorts at that time. By the time I'm used to it with a pad I probably won't bother either. Stupid shed of a house :(
 
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