Forza 2: The Catch-All

I have GOT to get back into this game! It's too dang good to let collect dust!

Looking forward to racing tonight, everybody.

I finally got around to snapping some shots from last week's races, too...

I was breathing down lance's neck on more than a couple occasions:
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Disaster struck early.
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...And often.
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But we kept on keepin' on.
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Poor sporadic was having a hard time, but at least he was doing it in style.
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Haha. Fun times, but omg was I sucking at driving!! lol
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LupusUmbrus wrote:

Disaster struck early.
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Sry... I didn't think that over-taking everyone one the left, I would have a sharper turn.

Nei wrote:
LupusUmbrus wrote:

Disaster struck early.
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Sry... I didn't think that over-taking everyone one the left, I would have a sharper turn.

Not so sure that was entirely your fault anyways. I'd have to watch the replay again to say for sure, but it seemed like all three of you just kind of ended up trying to occupy the same space.

Racing against other human opponents is a lot more interesting then racing the AI, that's for sure.

One moment from tonight that made me laugh:

Nim tells lupus he hit some cones so he has to go back. Lupus responds:

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And from my point of view:

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Where are these pictures from? Does Forza 2 have a saved films feature or something?

DSGamer wrote:

Where are these pictures from? Does Forza 2 have a saved films feature or something?

Yes. A film saver for your own personal fun, and a photo tool (a pretty nifty one at that) for sharing with friends on teh interwebz. It's all pretty sweet.

Also, I swear to god if I miss this event again i'm going to kill myself.

LupusUmbrus wrote:

Racing against other human opponents is a lot more interesting then racing the AI, that's for sure. :D

Indeed!

Prederick wrote:
DSGamer wrote:

Where are these pictures from? Does Forza 2 have a saved films feature or something?

Yes. A film saver for your own personal fun, and a photo tool (a pretty nifty one at that) for sharing with friends on teh interwebz. It's all pretty sweet.

Also, I swear to god if I miss this event again i'm going to kill myself.

Ditto that! I WANT ME SOME FORZA ACTION!

When's the next event?

I added a few of you guys to my list and also sent in a request to be added to the Clan. Next week I plan to be around for some racing.

Would anyone be up for a bit of a race tonight? I've got the day off work so I'm up for a game of just about anything.

So, I repurchased this and am ready for racing!

Interestingly, Gamestop was selling Forza 2 for $25. Ugh. But, they were selling MUA+Forza 2 (two separate discs and instruction manuals in one case) for $20. That was an idea I could get behind.

Oh......I stink. No, really. I need lots of help.

When you guys race, do you play with cars you've earned through the career mode? If so, what happens if I don't really have that many cars because I haven't gotten that far?

I'm in the same shape as you tkyl, as my profile was also deleted... Cars are usually limited to class and arcade versions from that class are available for use, just have to deal with an uncustomized version.

Tkyl wrote:

When you guys race, do you play with cars you've earned through the career mode? If so, what happens if I don't really have that many cars because I haven't gotten that far?

You have an option of picking cars from your career garage or arcade. In Arcade, you should have access to all cars in the game... one draw back is that none of them have any setups.

LupusUmbrus wrote:

Silverstone raceway is sooo emo (oh, and Nei's sporting the tiger-stripes[?])

Considering my driving... I guess it's valid to say; Life is Pain!

btw, Lupus, I like your recap of the day using the screen caps.

On side note: Is anyone planing to show for Forza 2 Wednesday? ...considering GTA 4 release.

Additional photo digest of this past Wednesday. Thanks to all who managed to race with us!

Nim was sporting a nice vintage Ferrari:
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...But it wasn't cooperating:
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Crazy ThinJ mobile vs Death Mobile!
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Lambo + Viper = Sexy
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Silverstone raceway is sooo emo (oh, and Nei's sporting the tiger-stripes[?])
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Nei wrote:

On side note: Is anyone planing to show for Forza 2 Wednesday?

Yes, but then I've not been high on a GTA game since before Vice City released.

If anybody else is planning on skipping the newest in that most boring of game series and playing some Forza, I should be on, though like last week it might be later on.

I just got this game in the mail from Gameznflix, so you'll be seeing me online playing. I have no idea how interested I will be in the title, especially with GTA right around the corner. I put something like 300 hours into GT 1-3, but by the time GT4 came around I was sick of the whole racing sim thing. I'm hoping it has to do with Gran Turismo's quirks and not the genre itself

I'll try and split some time with you guys on Wednesday, I don't want to burn out on GTA (like that'll happen). That said, I won't be on until after 10:30 EST that night.

Thin_J wrote:

If anybody else is planning on skipping the newest in that most boring of game series and playing some Forza, I should be on, though like last week it might be later on.

I'll be taking a pass on GTA too Thin, I'll be racing in single player so hit me up whenever.

I have almost never played this online. I have popped into this thread saying that I should play, I'm gonna play, but never actually done it...

But sporadic and Thin_J's pictures above just set off that "I gotta play!" explosion in my gut.

I've been playing a little bit of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue online, which made me pick up Forza some more too, which has me in the mood for cars.

Where are you even playing online? I boot the game up and it takes me right into my saved game. I don't see any multiplayer choices. The manual doesn't even mention them except to go to some website.

Forget this. I had my threads mixed up. This is upposed to be for GTA IV and I found out where.

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...but this one is worthy!

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...take from NeoGAF. Validity is questionable but hey, any news is good news!

Nei wrote:

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...but this one is worthy!

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...take from NeoGAF. Validity is questionable but hey, any news is good news! :D

You had me at 400 cars and 100 tracks.

You had me at 400 cars and 100 tracks.

Seriously...

2 discs though... Not to keen on that. Perhaps they'll do it like GT2 and have sim/arcade modes on separate discs. I can't see switching discs every time you want to race a certain track being very productive...

Stylez wrote:
You had me at 400 cars and 100 tracks.

Seriously...

2 discs though... Not to keen on that. Perhaps they'll do it like GT2 and have sim/arcade modes on separate discs. I can't see switching discs every time you want to race a certain track being very productive...

If they're clever about it, they'll let you install disc 2 to HDD. Finally, justification for buying my Elite!

Either way, I'm super-stoked about this one if it's true. I never did finish the Forza 2 career (got to about level 35 I think), but it monopolised my time for ages until I realised that I'd never get through my pile of unfinished stuff if I kept going with it. This would have me back behind the wheel in a heartbeat

Can't wait for this one. I really hope they add more cars like 12-16 per race for single player and multiplayer.

I'm fully aware of how nuts this is, so go easy on me.

Does anyone have a few million credits in Forza 2 they would like to donate to me? (via auction house)
I have an awesome Homer Ferrari for sale.

zeroKFE wrote:
divorced wrote:

PLease someone with the wheel post some impressions. I'm sorely tempted by it, but wondering how it works sitting on your lap.

I might post more detailed impressions tomorrow, but the short version is that the game and the wheel are awesome. It actually works pretty well sitting in my lap, but I do have a low couch. As for the pedals, I put a heavy ottoman in front of them to keep them from slipping.

The wheel and the game work awesome together. I originally had mine sitting on my lap, but I prefer to have a little more extension in my arms whilst driving. I rummaged around until I found an old TV tray to use. It's working great. It has the added bonus of keeping the pedals from slipping due to me wedging the pedals between the base. Pic below:

Farscry wrote:

I agree, we had a BLAST last night playing. Bennard, Lupus, and Stylez are fun opponents. I wasn't in any of the cool pics since I was typically so far behind though. ;)

Yeah, good times racing with you guys last night. I am loving this game so far.

Has anyone tried selling vehicles at auction yet?