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Forza Motorsport is a racing simulator video game developed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox gaming system. Since its release it has been heralded as one of the most realistic racing simulators for any of the popular gaming consoles. It was shipped to stores on May 3, 2005. The name Forza means "force" in Italian. Box art for Forza Motorsport. ...
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A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ...
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Many people were confused when Forza was first announced because Microsoft already had a flagship racing game in the form of Project Gotham Racing. The primary difference between the two is that Forza aims to be a very accurate simulation whereas PGR has much more of an arcade feel. Forza is circuit-based while PGR is mainly city-based (although some of the tracks in Forza are present). Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a racing game franchise developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft for the Xbox and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. ...
Forza is also notable for its ability to model damage to cars, from both a cosmetic standpoint and from a performance standpoint. This changes the way the game is played, in contrast to the Gran Turismo series, as collisions with barriers and other cars will alter the car's handling, top speed and acceleration. More noticeably, spoilers and bumpers can be knocked off cars, paint can be scraped off and windows can be smashed (the front can only be shattered, not knocked out fully). Microsoft did not, however, get permission from car manufacturers to depict cars rolling over. Gran Turismo (GT) is a racing video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. ...
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The cover art features a tuned Acura NSX racing against a tuned Nissan 350Z. A 1991-2001 Honda NSX A 2002 Honda NSX The Honda NSX (Acura NSX in North America) is a sports car automobile made by Honda. ...
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Cars
There are 231 cars in Forza Motorsport ranging from a Honda Civic to supercars such as the Enzo Ferrari and Le Mans race prototypes such as the Audi R8. The cars are separated into 6 classes D, C, B, A, S and R. The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. ...
The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named after the companys founder, Enzo Ferrari. ...
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Each class, except class R, has 4 subclasses with 1 being higher and 4 being lower rated . Upgrading by tuning or buying new parts can move cars between classes except class R (no car can enter or leave class R). There are 3 subcategories of class R: This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
A Honda NSX sports car A TVR Tuscan sports car A sports car is a car designed for sporting performance above utility. ...
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The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named after the companys founder, Enzo Ferrari. ...
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See List of Forza Motorsport Cars The Dodge Viper is a two-seat sports car, the most powerful production car made by Dodge. ...
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The Bentley Speed 8 is a LMP class race car that competed in the Le Mans series from 2001-2003. ...
BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
McLaren F1 Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: 1996 McLaren F1 The McLaren F1 is a roadcar manufactured by McLaren Cars, a British company. ...
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Circuits Forza contains a mix of licenced, street, point to point (P2P) and original circuits. The licensed tracks include Road Atlanta, Silverstone, Laguna Seca, Tsukuba, Road America, and Nürburgring Nordschleife. In addition to these, Forza also contains a wide variety of autocross, oval, and drag strip courses. Road Atlanta Raceway Road Atlanta is a 2. ...
Silverstone Circuit is a racing circuit at Silverstone, England. ...
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The Tsukuba Circuit is a famous race track located in Tsukuba, Japan. ...
Fans looking east at Turn Five at the 1995 June Sprints at Road America Road America is a road course racetrack in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. ...
Detailed Nürburgring map showing both the Nordschleife and the new GP section. ...
Mini Cooper participating in an autocross event Autocross is a form of motorsports that emphasizes safe, low-cost competition and active participation. ...
A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile acceleration events. ...
Upgrading and tuning Like Gran Turismo, each car can be upgraded and tuned with a large number of extras and parts. Upgrades are separated into 3 categories; engine/power, appearance/aerodynamics and chassis/drivetrain. There is a wide range of tuning available including tire pressure (which changes during races due to temperature), down force, gear ratios and limited slip differential. Gran Turismo is Italian and Spanish for grand touring or grand tourisme. ...
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The term downforce describes the downward pressure created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a racing car that allow it to travel faster through a corner by holding the car to the track. ...
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In automotive applications, a limited slip differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational velocity of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. ...
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Customization One feature is the ability to change the look of your car, from changing the color to applying decals. Using the somewhat unwieldy but very powerful tool set you can create some very striking designs.
Though Microsoft may not have intended it, the community surrounding the game has allowed the decal feature to take on another level of complexity. Through the use of various open-source tools written and made available on the Internet, a user can edit the "decals.bin" file that ships with the game, and insert their own custom decal and vinyls, allowing almost infinite customization. However, this requires the user to own an Xbox that has either been mod-chipped or soft-modded, along with the game being copied onto another media, preferably the Xbox's own internal hard drive. Some people are artistic enough to make their own artistic decals with the great customization features in the Apply Decals section. Xenium Mod Chip attached to an Xbox. ...
Physics Engine One of Forza Motorsport's most-lauded features is its physics engine. Like any racing simulator, Forza Motorsport calculates a car's performance in real time using physical data (for example, the weight of a car's engine, its drag coefficient, etc.). The result is a driving game that many believe matches closely with real life. In 2005, Popular Science magazine tested this effect by inviting a professional race-car driver and an amateur car enthusiast to drive identical cars on an identical track in both Forza Motorsport and the real world. Each driver's track times matched closely from his performance on the real track and in virtual reality. [1]
Reception Much like Sony's Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsports' debut was both a commercial and critical success. It sold more than 1 million copies worldwide (both stand-alone and through console bundling) and it received rave reviews from such media outlets like 1UP.com, IGN, Eurogamer and more. Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $68. ...
Gran Turismo (GT) is a racing video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. ...
Game Review Scores - 1UP.com: 10 out of 10 (100%)
- GamePro: 5 out of 5 (100%)
- GameBiz.com: 10 out of 10 (100%)
- GamePlanet.co.nz: 5 out of 5 (100%)
- Electronic Gaming Monthly: 9.83 out of 10 (98.3%)
- Xbox.IGN.com: 9.5 out of 10 (95%)
- GameSpot.com: 9.2 out of 10 (92%)
- GameSpy.com: 4.5 out of 5 (90%)
- EuroGamer.net: 9 out of 10 (90%)
The game was also featured in the June 2004 issue of Popular Science. Cover of the May 1994 issue. ...
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Marathons and Track Length The longest track included in Forza Motorsports is Nurburgring Nordschleife at 13.04 miles (20.99 km). The longest multiplayer race allowed is 75 laps which would total 978 miles or 1,574 km on the Nordschleife. 8 minutes per lap (roughly an average speed of 100 mph) would result in a 10 hour race. The distance is equivalent to traveling almost entirely from the Canadian border to the Mexican border via the western coast, and is over 200 miles longer than traveling the entire vertical length of the United Kingdom.
A similar real annual event takes place on the real track. The ADAC 1000km Nürburgring is a Endurance racing and Sports car racing events on the Nürburgring in Germany, organized by ADAC since 1953. ...
Forza Motorsport 2 -
Shane Kim, one of Microsoft Game Studios' executives, confirmed that all of their first-party game franchises will definitely have sequels on the Xbox 360 console. Forza Motorsport 2, or Forza 2, is the sequel to the first sim racing videogame of the franchise, Forza Motorsport, developed by Turn 10 Studios, Microsofts new development studio for the Forza Motorsport franchise, for the Xbox 360 gaming system. ...
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The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged...
After Microsoft's Press Conference at the 2006 E3 expo, a CG, non game-play trailer was shown proving that a sequel was in fact in the works. Forza franchise’s lead game designer Dan Greenawalt was quoted as saying that it has a "commitment to creating motor sports mastery under a strenuous Holiday 2006 release deadline." showing a hopeful launch window of Q4 2006 (Team Xbox). Dan has stated that, "(Forza 2) will have a dedicated graphical frame rate of around 60fps, without combining the physics frequency in with this figure. Expect a physics refresh in the several hundreds, which, when combined with a high graphical framerate, equates to a very complex and smooth running experience." E³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E³, was an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association. ...
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On January 26, 2007 in an article on the Official Community Site, Turn10 announced the games release date would be in May 2007. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On April 5, 2007 JCPR in London issued a press release confirming rumors of a downloadable demo soon to be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It stated that details of the the timing would be confirmed 'in the coming weeks'. It also quoted Game Director Dan Greenawalt as saying the game would, “redefine what it means to be a racing simulator". The release finally added the list of Aftermarket Tuner Car Classics to the list of new cars on the Forza Motorsport website. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
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