Speaking of Lord Stig, I wonder if the Top Gear track will ever make it into a video game. It should of course include both reasonably priced cars as well. Some of the show creations and challenges would be fun too, like the tractor GTI or the stretch limos...
GT5 WOULD likely include the Liana and the TG test track, but I figure it's pretty unlikely that we'll ever see it... but hey, maybe Forza already has it.
I'm excited as hell for a new Forza, but they still haven't put the Lancias on the car list yet and I'm starting to freak out a bit. If I can't race a Stratos around the Nurburgring, then what's the point?
Forza Motorsport is made by Turn 10 studios, which is owned by Microsoft, which has their own PC gaming platform called Games for Windows. Valve's network Steam is a competitor.
Forza will be on Steam the same day Halo is on PS3.
@Quicksilver4648: Not only that, but the technical stuff required to do a PC port wouldn't be worth it financially. There's been continual complaints about the PC market shrinking/dying/etc. over the past few years, and piracy on PCs is considerably worse than consoles.
GTAIV was made by Rockstar and published by Take 2, both third party companies. They could port GTAIV to Mac if they wanted to. Forza is a Microsoft owned IP.
Damn... games like this are the only reason I'd ever want to own a $5000 dollar home setup... and for that money, I can make an R8/430/GT/Guyaredough myself out of spare sheetmetal and duct tape. That said, it's not as fun to ram into oncoming cars at 250 mph in one of those.
quick question, does anyone know if they have the older WRX/STI? I have the 06 and really want to build my car virtually, because I can't afford to do it in real life :(
@Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009.: Accelerator is left on the D-pad. Brakes are the right trigger. Steering is with the X and A buttons. Nobody knows why.
This really has me torn. Preferring computer gaming, I don't have a current console. The 360 has, in my opinion, a much, much better selection of games than the PS3, it's cheaper, and most of my friends have one so we could play online or have a bring-a-controller-and-play night.
But I've played and loved the Gran Turismo games since the 1st 2-disc monstrosity because it gives you one thing that the other racing games tell you you don't want: really crappy cars. I'd be interested to see if anyone else feels the same way.
One of my favorite races in GT4 was a Daihatsu one-make race. I managed to create a car that, because of its weed eater displacement, could burn nitrous throughout the entire 3-lap race. What other racing franchise lets you do that?
Back in the day, crack dealers would give new users the really good stuff for really cheap (or free), then slowly jack up the price and lower the quality. These days, the Xbox is $400 and I won't afford that (I've tried to stop the habit of saying "I can't afford" something. I can. But I won't.)
Anyone got $400? How about a pen and a lighter? Can you give me a ride? Wash your windows? OK, I didn't think it would come to this, but okay...just pull around into the alley.
See, I have a problem. Once, right after the PS2 came out, I played Final Fantasy (8? 9?) every day for a week and have no memory of anything else that happened during that time period. I think I ate a couple of meals and took a crap.
@Ash78: I remember my roommates in college playing that game for insane amounts of time (we're talking days at least). Fallout 3 has done the same to me on the PS3... at least you're aware of the issue.
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GT5 WOULD likely include the Liana and the TG test track, but I figure it's pretty unlikely that we'll ever see it... but hey, maybe Forza already has it.
I want my 1989 Taurus SHO and Thunderbird SC.
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It's all about the GT40 in those shots.
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Forza Motorsport is made by Turn 10 studios, which is owned by Microsoft, which has their own PC gaming platform called Games for Windows. Valve's network Steam is a competitor.
Forza will be on Steam the same day Halo is on PS3.
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Guess which platform is fiscally stronger?
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GTAIV was made by Rockstar and published by Take 2, both third party companies. They could port GTAIV to Mac if they wanted to. Forza is a Microsoft owned IP.
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Trust me.
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I reckon Gran Turismo 5 has it beat.
(and this is just Prologue)
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But I've played and loved the Gran Turismo games since the 1st 2-disc monstrosity because it gives you one thing that the other racing games tell you you don't want: really crappy cars. I'd be interested to see if anyone else feels the same way.
One of my favorite races in GT4 was a Daihatsu one-make race. I managed to create a car that, because of its weed eater displacement, could burn nitrous throughout the entire 3-lap race. What other racing franchise lets you do that?
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Anyone got $400? How about a pen and a lighter? Can you give me a ride? Wash your windows? OK, I didn't think it would come to this, but okay...just pull around into the alley.
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See, I have a problem. Once, right after the PS2 came out, I played Final Fantasy (8? 9?) every day for a week and have no memory of anything else that happened during that time period. I think I ate a couple of meals and took a crap.
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Sorry, Forza is just not going to tempt me.
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