Forza vs Reality

BlimBlim
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 | 2:06 PM
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Popular Science did a study with 2 pilots to check if Forza Motorsport was as true to life as Microsoft claimed it to be. This video shows how they did the testing and also the results. Not too bad, not too bad at all.
Update : The video is buggy, I'm reencoding it right now.
Update 2: Corrected version now online.

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syphon0928

Commented on 2005-03-15 16:28:14

I watched the split screen footage a few days ago at gametrailers.com. But they didn't have this extra stuff. Thanks.

It does look pretty damn impressive in terms of graphics. Any GT fan that says this isn't anything compared to GT4 needs to be slapped with a fish.

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syphon0928

Commented on 2005-03-15 17:08:25

BTW, anybody know where I can find that racing wheel used (or possibly the whole chair setup)?

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Hakkiz

Commented on 2005-03-15 17:52:15 In reply to syphon0928

Posted by syphon0928

Any GT fan that says this isn't anything compared to GT4 needs to be slapped with a fish.

But the truth is that color balance, frame rate and cars are not as good as in GT4. :) I'm not saying Forza doesn't look good - because there are some impressive details in it - but Forza just doesn't look "real". It looks more like a PC game with super-sharp shadows and all. Btw, AI cars have no shadows, which hurts the overall look of the game. GT4, on the other hand, looks kinda "organic" and believable imo...

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2005-03-15 18:07:15

AI cars should have shadows in the final version, AFAIK.

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Superfrog

Commented on 2005-03-15 22:54:31 In reply to BlimBlim

Hi everyone, this is my first post here since I've created an account a long (french only) time ago :)

Posted by BlimBlim

AI cars should have shadows in the final version, AFAIK.

Yes, fortunately the AI cars will have real time shadows in the final version. Check this video interview with very nice ingame scenes (which show AI car shadows):

http://media.xbox.gamespy.com/media/682/682857/vid...

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Tk0n

Commented on 2005-03-16 11:35:32 In reply to syphon0928

Posted by syphon0928

BTW, anybody know where I can find that racing wheel used (or possibly the whole chair setup)?

the wheel is the fanatec speedster forceshock.
it should be released at the same time as the game.
http://www.fanatec.com/

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syphon0928

Commented on 2005-03-16 17:54:23

^ Thank you very much Tk0n!

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syphon0928

Commented on 2005-03-16 19:32:09

I hope they will be sell the whole chair setup too. That looks too sweet.

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Buktu

Commented on 2005-03-19 00:22:40

As far as i know, the setup think has already been announced... So you can purchase it at some point.

But its pricey.. =)

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syphon0928

Commented on 2005-03-19 05:02:48

I would pay for it. It looks sweet.

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