[360] Forza Loadingsport 3 (+ Media Sharing)

So Forza Motorsport 3 has hit here in the UK (officially now too) and lands stateside on Tuesday I believe. Who's grabbing this?

Also, Skills suggested a media sharing thread since the game includes a pretty awesome decal editor and even the ability to export HD clips from replays (though the options are a bit limited on that aspect). To start things off, here's the Layton Mobile Mark II and Mark II-b that have already appeared in my gurnal (click for big):



And here's my latest creation, the Tommi Evo VI:





Jam it back in, in the dark.

A very quick livery I threw together to show off a vinyl design (the plane) that I created sort of for Skills's benefit:



There's nowhere I can't reach.

From the official blurb that was on the store I bought me copy from:

Quote:

Forza Motorsport VIP Membership* and Exclusive Car Pack*: Want to be a top painter, tuner, driver or just more active in the community? VIP membership is the way to get yourself noticed. Includes special treatment within the online Auction House, Community Storefront and on the Forzamotorsport.net forums. Also includes 5 of the hottest cars from the roster of Forza Motorsport 3, available only through your VIP membership.

I think the memory stick is just there because it's cool, though you might be able to copy photos and videos created to memory stick (not really sure). The stick is cool looking though, and the keyring is really nice (I'm actually using it now as my keyring).

As for the game, well I'd been playing Forza 2 recently and I can tell you that this is an improvement in pretty much about every respect. It's still feels like a Forza racing game, so if the racing style/sim nature of 2 put you off then possibly not one to bother with, but I think it's fucking ace. So yeah, lots more WIN than Forza 2.

And to finish things off, here's some more designs I've made, including the Layton Mark IV, which I think may be my favourite Layton Mobile to date (click to make big on the smaller pics):







This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Zip

got some great ideas for a car, props for the layton one .
If i understood it right, it's impossible to import gfx?

Cheers Zip. And yes, you are correct, you can't import images, you have to create everything from primitives and a random set of basic shapes, so I constructed Layton myself.

Originally Posted by Krelian

I'd like a Laytonmobile please OP; gamertag is fnool :3

The Layton Mobile's are being produced in limited runs. There were 3 Mark IIs, there was one Mark III sold, and fingers crossed the Mark IV has been sold whilst I've been away from the game. If you're interested I can make an auction for a Mark IV with a buy now price of 30k CR and let you know when it's there so you can grab it.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Soluzar

That makes it very impressive.

Cheers dude, appreciated. And yeah, it's quite satisfying being able to recreate stuff.

Anyways, so last night I ended up making the Autobot and Decepticon logos (which are selling very well it seems), and I made these this morning:





I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Krelian

A buddy of mine has been playing Forza 2 almost daily since it came out, so I don't think this is in any danger of dying anytime soon.

Yeah, I was playing Forza 2 just before 3 hit and was incredibly surprised with how active everything was. Usually with games that old the community had dried up, but Forza is one of those rare games (a bit like CoD4 or Halo 3) that has retained an active community for years. Given the community focus in Forza 3 I imagine that will very much be the case with the new game.

I made a couple more liveries last night (click for bigger versions), starting with a racing Audi for my own use:



And the Layton Mark V (Tritoch suggested that the Mark V be something fast without being concerned about cornering, so a Corvette it was):



Will be interesting to see what you come up with your attempt Krel, do post pics.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Some more livery work from me (as ever, click for bigger versions).

First up, a replica of a Peugeot UK rally livery I came across online:



These two are just some racing liveries I came up with for a couple of my cars:



FELIPE NO

Since this has now landed States-side, who's grabbed it, or is grabbing it? I know russ and Skills have both picked up a copy, anyone else? And is anyone up for some online racing, seeing how that goes?

Also, here's yet another couple of paint jobs I've done (click for big):



What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Zip

Got mine today! Awesome! loving it! Played around with the vinyl editor (anyone know how i can find my friends storefront?) and the photothing

Finding people's storefronts is actually one of the random things that's far more difficult to do than you'd think. The easiest way I've found is to go to the stats/leaderboards page and then filter to friends, go to the friend you want's name and then when you click on them it gives you options, one of which should be to visit that person's storefront. Bit of a hassle, but you can get there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zip

(anyone know how i can find my friends storefront?)

Since russ never posted after he told me about his find, there is an easier way to get to your friend's storefronts: go to Storefront > My Storefront and then hit 'Y'. From the menu that pops up there will be an option for accessing your friends' storefronts.

Anyway, here are some designs I've produced recently (as ever, click for large size):







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Another quick livery I knocked up whilst waiting for Skills to sort out a video between races:



The main purpose of this post though: is anyone going to be around tonight and wants to try doing a race? I've raced against Skills and russ, but only 1 on 1, but I think we should be able to get a few people together for a group race (/smash-up where Skills is concerned).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I encountered a slightly odd glitch this afternoon. I drove through some cones, evidently so fast that they entered a sort of stasis state as my next lap round I came across this:



This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.