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Forza Motorsport 4 E3 Recap Thread (24 minutes video, tons of infos… check the OP)

G Rom

Member
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This thread is for everything FM4 related that will be coming from LA in the next hours/days. Feel free to post infos, screens and videos, I'll be updating the OP with them. :)


The 24 minutes demo of the game by Dan Greenawalt is a must-see !


Latest update :
- Replay video from VVV
- Eurogamer preview
- Veyron Autovista and gameplay




Previous FM4 threads :
Forza Motorsport 4 Debut Trailer - 2011
Forza 4 has 500 cars, "10x better looks" and Jeremy Clarkson
Forza Motorsport 4 gameplay preview (leaked)
Forza Motorsport 4 - Pre-order and boxart announcement


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All the GT vs Forza bullshit goes in this thread.


Are you ready ?!
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- Release dates : 10/11/11 (US), 10/14/11 (EU), 10/20/11 (Rest of the world)
- 500+ Cars
- 80+ Manufacturers
- 16 cars on track
- Monthly DLC : Option to buy cars either in packs or individually in the new in-game marketplace
- Changeable Homespace (aka FM3's career screensaver) and ability to take photo in it
- Active Aero
- Alternate time of day for tracks : Championship race at Suzuka (for example) has one heat starting at noon and, after a small loading , the next one transition to dusk
- Choice of gift cars at new player levels : DLC cars will be integrated into career gift selections
- Badges and titles earned by doing stuff in the game
- Community Car Clubs includes at least car sharing (the shared car can still be used by the one sharing)
- “Reasonably Priced Car” (aka Kia cee’d) is in

- Steering assist can be fully turned off
- Reset assist (only with air driving ?)
- Auto-acceleration assist (only with air driving ?)

- Image-Based Lighting
- No hybrid model for tire simulation anymore, they got all the data they wanted only from Pirelli
- Exchange with Epic about technical stuff
- Licensed distortion effect that should make the sound much better in Forza 4

- Kinect Headtracking
- Kinect Voice : Used to "hyperlink" and move through interface and menus more quickly.
- Kinect air driving (works while players seat)

- World Tour Career Mode : Advance to various venues, each with their own events (race, autocross, drift, track days, time trial events, Top Gear-inspired stunts such as car soccer and cone challenges, etc).
- Autovista mode : can be used with a classic controller, no Kinect required; A selection of cars are highly detailed and can be fully explored (interior, boot, etc…)

- Public lobbies
- Hoppers
- Rivals Mode : Asynchronous play with leaderboards (think "FM Autolog"); bounty rewards for beating rivals. Extends to Career mode as well.
- Two player split screen


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How Forza Motorsport 4 will change car culture forever (Jalopnik)
E3 2011: The Parallel Paths of Forza Motorsport 4 (IGN)
Behind the scenes at Turn 10 Studios and the making of Forza Motorsport 4 (Electric Pig)
Forza event impressions by a fan
Forza Motorsport 4 Preview (Eurogamer)


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Direct feed :

E3 2011 B-roll (i.e in-game footage) (links to download on the right)
E3 2011 Trailer in high quality HD (links to download on the right)
Mercury Cougar Gameplay (Gamespot)
Mercury Cougar Replay (Gamespot)
E3 2011 Trailer in HD
Subaru WRX STI gameplay for IGN Live (IGN)

Offscreen :

Off screen video of a race (IGN)
E3 2011: Forza 4 Bumper Cam Gameplay (IGN)
Gamersyde videos
Gamersyde video
Multiscreen gameplay
Ferrari Enzo Autovista video, with Clarkson commentary and race footage (Gametrailers)
Top Gear Test Track (Gametrailers)
Subaru gameplay (very good quality) (Gamepro.de)
Forza Motorsport 4 Kinect driving at Turn 10 Studios (Electric Pig)
Forza Motorsport 4 Kinect head tracking with wheel at Turn 10 Studios (Electric Pig)
Forza Motorsport 4 Kinect garage at Turn 10 Studios (you can hear Clarkson around 5:00) (Electric Pig)
Forza Motorsport 4: Enjoying Cars with Kinect
Forza Motorsport 4: Headtracking with Kinect
Short Subaru STI cockpit view gameplay (you'll want to turn off the sound)
Gameplay where you can see a bit of the interface (you'll want to turn off sound too)
Subaru gameplay with menus, chase view
Kinect driving
3 screen setup gameplay
Short clip of 599 GTO (chase cam)
Short clip of 599 GTO(cockpit cam)
599 GTO gameplay with menus and all the cameras
Hydraulic E3 setup in action
Replay of the Mercury Cougar around the Top Gear Test Track and Top Gear studio used as a showroom (VVV)
Subaru Impreza cockpit cam (InsideSimRacing)
599 GTO on Top Gear "Home Space"
599 GTO Top Gear Track Replay
Bernese Alps gameplay
Kinect game play
Interview in Japanese (no clue what he's saying). Game play in the background.
599 GTO footage with (full ?) damage
Grand Am Champ Tommy Kendal Plays Forza 4....Not So Good!
599 GTO on the Top Gear Test Track (terrible quality)
599 GTO in Bernese Alps, chase cam (very good quality)
599 GTO in Bernese Alps, cockpit cam (very good quality)
Small clips of gameplay assembled (Top Gear Test Track, Bernese Alps) (VVV)
599 GTO damages (replay cams)
599 GTO damages (in-game)
Subaru replay footage (VVV)
Veyron Autovista




Interviews and live demos :

Dan Greenawalt was interviewed on Channel 9
10min interview with Dan Greenawalt (Xbox Front)
Stage demo (Gamespot)
Dan Greenawalt interview (G4TV)
24-min demo with Dan Greenawalt (Gamespot) <- MUST-SEE VIDEO
Exclusive Forza Motorsport 4 Interview with Turn 10s Bill Giese (Kinect, cars and more) (RWD Mag)
Content Director John Wendl talking about team size and outsourcing
Nothing to get excited about. Just a quick talk with Dan. Starts at 0:50.
E3 2011: Forza 4 Demo Part 1 "Kinect vs Controller" (CVG)
E3 2011: Forza 4 Demo Part 2 "Top Gear" (CVG)
Short interview of Dan Greenawalt at the Forza event (Gametrailers)
Forza Motorsport 4: Cars & Kinect Interview at E3 2011 (longer version of the interview above) (Gametrailers)
Interview with John Wendl (GamerLive)
Interview with Dan Greenawalt (Machinima)
Brian Eckberg on GiantBomb Live (GiantBomb)
Interview with the Stig
Gameplay demo and interview with Dan Greenwalt (G4TV)
Dan Greenawalt interview (Gameswelt)
Dan Greenawalt walking through the game (InsideSimRacing)

Other :

Video showing the sound recording of the Mercury Cougar.
Dyno recording with Nick Wiswell (Electric Pig)
Video of the Forza event
FM3 (direct feed) Vs. FM4 (off-screen) - Road Atlanta (Moto Games)
Forza Motorsport 4 vs Top Gear comparison
FM4 Vs Top Gear : Kia Cee'D


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Official screens and video captures (Taxigamer)
Two official screens (IGN) : Link 1 Link 2
Official Top Gear UK Test Track screens


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Four new wheels were announced during E3 for the Xbox 360 :

- Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel ($59.99)
- Madcatz Force Feedback Wheel ($230)
- Fanatec CSR ($320, multiplatform)
- Fanatec CSR Elite ($700, multiplatform)

m0dus impressions on the Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel and a video of it in action
Forzamotorsport.net article
Fanatec official announcement
Forza Motorsport CSR and CSR Elite wheel and pedals hands-on (Engadget)

Photos of the Fanatec CSR Elite Wheel (InsideSimRacing)
Fanatec photos and infos courtesy (Motorworldhype

A video showing the new Fanatec wheel in action.
A video showing the new Microsoft wheel in action.
Gameplay with the Speed Wheel

Forza Motorsport 4 Edition Playseat (599$)


Special thanks to : Metalmurphy, saladine1, soundscream, paskowitz, derFeef, soujiro_seta, shinnn, Spaceman Spiff, skyfinch, Blimblim, m0dus, ShapeGSX, adelante, Shogmaster
 

G Rom

Member
The past three collector's edition had the same car on the cover as the one found on the normal version so I don't really expect this to change...
 

shinnn

Member
G Rom said:
The past three collector's edition had the same car on the cover as the one found on the normal version so I don't really expect this to change...
isn't the FM2 CE different from normal version? an aston martin if I remember correctly.
 

G Rom

Member
Yeah you're right, for some reason I thought the Aston was only for UK like the 908 was only for France and that the 350Z remained on the US cover.
 

CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
shinnn said:
isn't the FM2 CE different from normal version? an aston martin if I remember correctly.
No. They had different cars based on regions in FM2.

NA had the Nissan, Europe had an Aston and Japan had... something.

France got a Peugeot Le Mans car for FM3.
 

SCHUEY F1

Unconfirmed Member
mclaren777 said:
Any chance that a collector's edition might have a different car on the cover?

I have no issues with the car (love the Italia) on the cover, just the actual design of the cover, which hopefully the CE will fix.
 
SmokyDave said:
Any news on whether F3 DLC will carry over yet?

I imagine all the cars that were DLC will already be included in 4...

...and let's hope they didn't remove any cars. I hate when they drop cars between installments.
 

mclaren777

Member
G Rom said:
The past three collector's edition had the same car on the cover as the one found on the normal version so I don't really expect this to change...
Bummer. Looks like I'll have to pass on FM4 then.
 

SmokyDave

Member
U n i o n 0015 said:
I imagine all the cars that were DLC will already be included in 4...

...and let's hope they didn't remove any cars. I hate when they drop cars between installments.
They'd better be, I need my Sierra XR4i!

mclaren777 said:
Bummer. Looks like I'll have to pass on FM4 then.
Anybody else and I'd think this was sarcasm.
 

skyfinch

Member
I really excited, and curious, to see if Turn 10 actually listened to their fans and made the proper changes. All this kinect showroom stuff is nice but not if they failed to correct the many problems in FM3. With their fans being so vocal this time around, I would hate to see Turn 10 ignore the ones who put them on the map.

Anyway, we're about to find out. Dan just put on his stig helmet.
 

skyfinch

Member
Oh, and I will be very disappointed if their entire E3 presentation is kinect showroom. Yeah, we know....you can open doors with your hands. We saw that last year. Please, for the love of god, in game racing footage/demonstration and a feature list.
 
skyfinch said:
I really excited, and curious, to see if Turn 10 actually listened to their fans and made the proper changes. All this kinect showroom stuff is nice but not if they failed to correct the many problems in FM3. With their fans being so vocal this time around, I would hate to see Turn 10 ignore the ones who put them on the map.

Anyway, we're about to find out. Dan just put on his stig helmet.

I hope so man.

For me all they really need to do is:
Announce a new wheel that's equivalent to the G25/27
Revamp online multiplayer
Keep everything that made Forza 3 great

That is it. I will be a happy racer if just those 3 are done.
 

op_ivy

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i hope this guy makes an appearance on GAF or better yet, on stage!

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cjelly said:
I seriously doubt anyone from Top Gear is there. Maybe James May at a push...

I'm sure it's just saladine being saladine. I'd love for him to be right, though. Who wouldn't?

op_ivy said:
i hope this guy makes an appearance on GAF or better yet, on stage!

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I hear you. It just hasn't been the same without him.
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
Metalmurphy said:
I'm actually betting on Tanner Foust being there

i really hope so. maybe some sort of global rally cross tie in and game mode too to feed my need for rally!
 

amar212

Member
The red number "4" in the middle of the trailer is the same Helvetica family font that GT series is using. Hilarious really.
 

G Rom

Member
What a trailer !
16 cars seem really confirmed !
The McLaren F1 is confirmed !
I think I saw an old Ferrari in the showroom too !

Give me that trailer in HD !
 

paskowitz

Member
So nothing actually happened besides a trailer... hopefully they will talk more after the show. What they showed look good, but there was barely anything.
 

Slayer-33

Liverpool-2
G Rom said:
What a trailer !
16 cars seem really confirmed !
The McLaren F1 is confirmed !
I think I saw an old Ferrari in the showroom too !

Give me that trailer in HD !


DEM GFX man. DEM GFX.
 
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