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Leigh Saligari
12 May, 2004

E3 2004: Forza Motorsport Information

Xbox News | New details and screenshots on this realistic driving simulation.
Forza Motorsport aims to give Xbox gamers who are passionate about cars and racing the opportunity to own, customise, and race their favourite cars in a realistic driving simulation. From sport compacts to LeMans prototypes, you use earnings from hundreds of races to buy upgrades and aftermarket parts so they can transform real production cars into high-performance race cars. On the track, you experience an impressively accurate simulation, putting their performance-tuned creations to the test against the best the online world has to offer on Xbox Live.

The game allows you to collect models from over 60 top manufacturers like Mazda, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, and Dodge. Trick out sport compacts with real-world body kits, rims, spoilers, decals, side skirts, fender flares and hood scoops, or add motorsport decals and team paint-schemes to supercars, GT racers and exotics. Transform production cars into racetrack monsters.

It doesn’t stop at the visual upgrades though, In Forza Motorsport you can take your car to the garage and install alternative engines, suspension kits, bolt-on superchargers, brakes, rims, racing slicks and more. Fine-tune gear ratios, fuel-mapping, forced induction pressure, tire temperature & pressure and ignition timing for the ultimate setup.



Top automotive engineers have teamed with experienced programmers to create an advanced physics engine for Forza Motorsport that simulates authentic car performance. Cars incur damage and wear, which affects car performance. Advanced tire and suspension models respond to heat and pressure changes as well as weight transfer and aerodynamic load.

From the famously challenging Nurburgring Nordschleife to the spectator-lined streets of Rio de Janeiro, race on meticulously-designed tracks with an incredible sense of speed and realism. Train your own AI "Drivatars" to use the same racing techniques you do so they can race for you in competitions or train new drivers on your team. "Drivatar" technology is the foundation of the human-like AI in Forza Motorsport.

Well-balanced reflections, lighting and shadows tie together highly-detailed cars and smooth-edged environments. Camera effects like blooming, lens flare, heat shimmer, light rays, depth of field, and haze create TV-quality presentation. Unique road textures, surface irregularities, persistent oil and skid marks, and scraped walls deliver an incredible sense of speed.

PALGN will have more on Forza Motorsport as it is announced, in the meantime check out the 10 screenshots in the Media Panel.

Related Forza Motorsport Content

Win a car with Forza Motorsport
06 Sep, 2005 Or, failing that, a huge LCD screen.
Play Forza Motorsport on three screens!
24 Jun, 2005 Hidden feature allows three-screen, arcade-style shenanigans for home users.
Forza Motorsport Review
29 Apr, 2005 In one of the world's first verdicts, we find out whether the ultimate driving simulator has been eclipsed.
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Australian Release Date:
  Out Now
European Release Date:
  Out Now
Publisher:
  Microsoft Game Studios
Developer:
  Microsoft Game Studios
Players:
  1-8

Extra:
Xbox Live compatible

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