Also - "Turn 10 hints at Forza Motorsport 3 progress"
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"Rumours continue to trickle in regarding Forza Motorsport 3, the next instalment of the hugely-popular racing series from developer Turn 10.
We've been told to expect hundreds of cars and tracks, and industry sources have hinted at a Q4 2009 release. However, fans of the series - myself included - have yet to get their hands on any concrete information and we're left scouring Turn 10's weekly pitpass report in the hope of new information.
Way back in July 2008, Forza Motorsport community manager Che Chou managed to catch our attention by stating that Turn 10's "software architects have figured out ways to push the 360 in ways I didn't think were possible in terms of both visuals and performance."
This week, he's at it again and states in his latest pitpass report that progress on Turn 10's next game continues, and that fans are likely to appreciate what they see when the game is unveiled.
Elaborating just a touch, Che points out that he has been "spending quite a lot of time just admiring the game from a visual standpoint", adding that "the past few weeks have seen the graphics really come into its own".
Having been absent from pitpass reports in recent weeks, Che states "my focus has been solely on our future project, making sure that we deliver on our aspirations for what we think are some pretty awesome community features and ways for those who love cars (and speedboats/helicopters) to interact with each other. Secrecy being what it is, now is obviously not the time to divulge such details. Besides, when we do announce our next game and show you what it looks like, it’ll be done with a bang, not just the whimper of a blog post."
The wait just doesn't seem to end, and though we're itching to put rubber on the tracks of Forza Motorsport 3, we're ever-so-slightly worried about Che's mention of speedboats and helicopters - here's hoping that's little more than a joke.
Summing up the future project's visuals, the Turn 10 team tells us it's spending plenty of time with the game's photomode, and captures from the latest build are described simply as a "portfolio of car porn".
Although release dates remain unknown, we're expecting 2010 to be a scorching year for race fans - after all, we might just see the Xbox 360's Forza Motorsport 3 and PlayStation 3's Gran Turismo 5 race into stores around the same time. Judging by Turn 10's latest comments, the Forza team is doing its utmost to match - or, perhaps, surpass - Gran Turismo's dazzling visuals."
"In Turn 10's latest pitpass report (#98), Forza Motorsport's community manager, Che Chou, seems to have let his excitement for Forza Motorsport 3 bubble over.
With E3 2008 set to kick off next week, Che reminisces on the debut CGI trailer for Forza Motorsport 2 back at E3 2006. With his 100th pitpass report around the corner, and fans begging for details on Forza Motorsport 3, Che teases:
"There's stuff being worked on here at Turn 10 that I simply can't talk about right now, but the progress we've made in the last six months has been absolutely incredible. The fact that we're working on our second game for Xbox 360 means our software architects have figured out ways to push the 360 in ways I didn't think were possible in terms of both visuals and performance."
"You'll pardon me if I sound a little excited, because, frankly, I'm frickin' psyched," he adds.
Now, it could be that Turn 10 is working on a new Space Invaders title, but we're fairly confident that Che is referring to Forza Motorsport 3.
Up until now, Che has refused to comment on rumour and speculation in pitpass reports, and Forza 3 has rarely been mentioned. Could this brief mention be an indication of Turn 10's plans to launch a debut CGI trailer of Forza 3 at E3 2008? Who knows, but we certainly hope so.
It should be noted that various HEXUS.community members and myself are big fans of Forza, and any smidgen of news tends to get us...well, frickin' psyched."
