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Forza Motorsport 3 – Stephane Sarrazin Visits Turn 10

Posted on October 16th, 2009 in Console

Turn 10 Studios, developers of Forza Motorsport 3 for Xbox 360, recently welcomed a famous guest in their studio as Stephane Sarrazin visited the team, sharing his input on the newest Forza title.

The quick Frenchman is part of Peugeot Sport’s sports car racing programme, being the current Le Mans lap record holder in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP – A car that is prominently featured in the new Forza title.

Forza Motorsport 3 will bring over 400 cars and a hundred tracks to the Xbox 360 starting October 22nd. A playable demo version of the new title is available for download on Xbox Live.

12 Comments For This Post

xilix
October 16th, 2009 at 09:49

Come on… can Forza 3 REALLY be that good? That would be the day when a MAINSTREAM racing game, for an Xbox (ugh!) could ever step up to the simulation plate and knock one out of the park. I just don’t see how a real simulation could satisfy Joe Sixpack and his band of beer drinking college frat boys. Everyone knows that these console games are designed to SELL, and in order to sell it has to be extremely accessible. A sim that’s so good, a professional driver get’s within .2 of his real time… sounds like a possible marketing ploy to me. Of course there is no way to prove it.
stabiz
October 16th, 2009 at 10:54

Meh, GRID had the same hype segment. From Le Mans. I am not saying Forza will be as bad as GRID, just that these approved-by-*insert star driver* bits are worthless, as they clearly dont care at all what they endorse as simulations.
erale
October 16th, 2009 at 10:55

Forza 3 may not as “perfect” as iRacing but it’s in terms of physics more realistic than 99% of the rF mods or every SimBin game.
f0xx
October 16th, 2009 at 12:54

erale: Forza 3 may not as “perfect” as iRacing but it’s in terms of physics more realistic than 99% of the rF mods or every SimBin game.

LOL
bluangel74
October 16th, 2009 at 13:46

f0xx:
LOL

RE-Lol
bluangel74
October 16th, 2009 at 13:48

f0xx:
LOL

Sorry, this -re lol
DW
October 16th, 2009 at 15:17

xilix: Come on… can Forza 3 REALLY be that good? That would be the day when a MAINSTREAM racing game, for an Xbox (ugh!) could ever step up to the simulation plate and knock one out of the park. I just don’t see how a real simulation could satisfy Joe Sixpack and his band of beer drinking college frat boys. Everyone knows that these console games are designed to SELL, and in order to sell it has to be extremely accessible. A sim that’s so good, a professional driver get’s within .2 of his real time… sounds like a possible marketing ploy to me. Of course there is no way to prove it.

You make it accessible by providing different driving “levels” with for example driving aids and increased grip. You also make it accessible by putting in a lot of production cars which by definition should be accessible compared to say an F1 car. You also put in a “rewind” feature so if you do crash its not game over.

And finally you also sell Project Gotham Racing for those really looking for the arcade experience.

Even the guys behind iRacing said that when they were Papyrus they worked on an “arcade” title (not released) but used their full blown physics engine with aids because it gave the best results.
Tvensky
October 16th, 2009 at 15:37

I’m sorry guys.. but this video made me laugh a lot..

And I’m 100% sure all you guys who are over 20 years and live in Europe and all other places over the globe except USA know how USA marketing works.. about 99% of the information they give you are fake and the guy who talks all about the best game in the world and the real physics.. this guy is just get paid from Microsoft or Turn10.. and he says everything that he have to say.. this is so true…
Floptickle
October 16th, 2009 at 16:19

Yes… Yes we do :)
Montoya
October 16th, 2009 at 16:24

Whether or not Stephane was paid for this, it is safe to say that Forza 3 is actually a very good game and nothing like Grid.
Tvensky
October 16th, 2009 at 16:37

well it actually it is a good game.. but nothing like “the best game of the world” :) I have seen better…
JAGUAR1977
October 16th, 2009 at 18:13

Simbin titles and similar standard RF mods are what the vast majority of PC sim players use, Forza 3 is on a level playing field with these.

You can point to iRacing, but that’s a niche title even within the sim niche.

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