Okay this whole no Porsche thing has reminded me of an old joke that is slightly NSFW (note I have heard different versions that replace Porsche with whatever other type of vehicle but Porsche was used in the first version I ever heard so that is how I remember it):
One day on a farm a horse falls into a mud hole and can't get out so he calls out to his friend the chicken for help. The chicken tells him to relax while she goes and gets the farmers Porsche (don't ask me what the farmer is doing owning a Porsche) and ties a rope to it and uses it to pull the horse out of the mud hole.
A few days later the chicken gets stuck in another mud hole and calls out to the horse telling him to get the the farmers Porsche to pull her out of the mud hole. The horse says that he thinks he can get her out without the Porsche and strandles the mud hole and tells the chicken to grab his thing and he pulls her out of the mud hole.
The moral of the story is: if you are hung like a horse you don't need a Porsche to pick up chicks
Forza isn't picking up chicks, they are picking up gamers and car enthusiasts. Need Porsche!
The Warthog doesn't look great. It's like they glopped it up with a bunch of unnecessary extra doodads.
The Warthog doesn't look great. It's like they glopped it up with a bunch of unnecessary extra doodads.
I think it looks more like a puma.
polq37 wrote:The Warthog doesn't look great. It's like they glopped it up with a bunch of unnecessary extra doodads.
I think it looks more like a puma.
+1
Oh no! For whatever reason I hadn't place my preorder and now Amazon isn't taking them for the Limited Edition. I can get it at Best Buy but it's $11 to get release day shipping and I don't get my WRX STI bonus. Booo.
Oh no! For whatever reason I hadn't place my preorder and now Amazon isn't taking them for the Limited Edition. I can get it at Best Buy but it's $11 to get release day shipping and I don't get my WRX STI bonus. Booo.
What? Are you telling me that for once Limited Edition actually means that there is a limited supply?!?!?!?!?! That is actually a refreshing change of pace
Yeah, sure. Enjoy your semantic win in my moment of grief.
But just to be clear, it's not like there will be no WRXs for anyone who doesn't order the LE. We can unlock or purchase it, or one of them, in-game, right? ...Right?
The WRX STI is Amazon's pre-order bonus, LE or Std. I honestly don't know what's different about it as I have to assume there's an STI in game. Maybe the bonus one is a 2012 and the normal in-game one[s] are earlier.
The WRX STI is Amazon's pre-order bonus, LE or Std. I honestly don't know what's different about it as I have to assume there's an STI in game. Maybe the bonus one is a 2012 and the normal in-game one[s] are earlier.
Sorry, Amazon pre-order bonus, that's what I meant.
Maybe it will just be like a Wal-Mart pre-order bonus, a regular WRX* re-skinned with an Amazon logo.
*I just can't call it an STI.
LiquidMantis wrote:The WRX STI is Amazon's pre-order bonus, LE or Std. I honestly don't know what's different about it as I have to assume there's an STI in game. Maybe the bonus one is a 2012 and the normal in-game one[s] are earlier.
Sorry, Amazon pre-order bonus, that's what I meant.
Maybe it will just be like a Wal-Mart pre-order bonus, a regular WRX* re-skinned with an Amazon logo.
*I just can't call it an STI.
I too would assume it is just a slightly different version of the standard WRX (can't call it an STI either) and as pointed out it is the preo-order bonucs not part of whatever BS they are adding on to make the LE version.
I haven't decided if I am going to pre-order from Amazon or just walk into Best Buy or Hastings and grab it on day one yet.
All this WRX talks makes me sad that I never got to drive my ex-brother-in-law's WRX STI. Not sure which year it was exactly, he said it was the last year before they switched to the new ugly body style (his words and my thoughts).
All this WRX talks makes me sad that I never got to drive my ex-brother-in-law's WRX STI. Not sure which year it was exactly, he said it was the last year before they switched to the new ugly body style (his words and my thoughts).
Wait, I thought the point of the WRX's was that they are all ugly... Thought that was part of the charm.
I'm pretty sure that the Amazon specific car is the the 2012 WRX, but the game should still feature all the other Subarus found in previous Forza games (including the 22B and the '04, '05, and '08 WRX models). What annoys me is that the BMW 1M is exclusive to Best Buy, and there probably won't really be any similar models in the main game for that one (can't really say I care much about the other three retailer exclusive cars, though). However, there is still hope in the fact that a precedent was set with the Forza 3 preorder cars, which were eventually available to everyone as part of a DLC pack a few months later.
I will admit, however, that I am somewhat considering ordering a second copy from Best Buy (my first copy is on order from Amazon), since I do have a second Xbox and monitor that could be paired with a second copy of the game to provide a dedicated rear view or vanity camera.
EDIT: Oh, and also super bummed about the Porche news, but here's hoping for a post launch deal that will bring Porche in as DLC, or at least a DLC pack with a few more RUFs (the main game supposedly will only have 3 RUFs to begin with).
Maybe I am one of three people at the track that even know the difference. My lap time is #1 on their leaderboard right now, and I am slower than ThinJ:-)
Really?
I mean it's been ages. I figured all you more diehard racing game fans would have obliterated most of my times by now
Either way, I'm super jealous you actually got to spend time on Laguna Seca. That's frickin awesome.
That's odd. They had a big Forza 4 party back at E3 where it was playable. Maybe they haven't finished Laguna Seca?
So, I went out to Laguna Seca today. Raced around the real track in a Z06 for a few laps...that was very fun.
My eyes are shooting Jealousy Lasers at you... through the internet.
Oh no! For whatever reason I hadn't place my preorder and now Amazon isn't taking them for the Limited Edition. I can get it at Best Buy but it's $11 to get release day shipping and I don't get my WRX STI bonus. Booo.
Wait, you mean Amazon did have the LE, but don't have it now? I don't know that I've ever seen it available from Amazon.
Well, honestly I spend a lot more time racing on the PC. I was just recalling how I couldn't beat you in the few races we did run. Forza is great, I don't know why we stopped.
Honestly I think Elysium announcing on the podcast that nobody liked racing with me probably had something to do with my disappearance from multiplayer
So, I went out to Laguna Seca today. Raced around the real track in a Z06 for a few laps...that was very fun. Had my 64 year old mom in the passenger seat. She almost lost it first time through the corkscrew, but she calmed down afterward.
Reminds me of this:
Therefore, that's how I'm going to imagine it.
Just a reminder, if you've pre-ordered don't forget to let them know for bonus cars.
Just a reminder, if you've pre-ordered don't forget to let them know for bonus cars.
Oh I knew nothing about this, thanks.
P.S. I find it slightly worrying that they don't know how to correctly makes a mailto link
Oh I knew nothing about this, thanks.
P.S. I find it slightly worrying that they don't know how to correctly makes a mailto link ;)
I wouldn't worry about it too much. They just happen to have a staggeringly incompetent website team. I am a massive Forza fan and I frequently subject myself to bouts of annoyance caused by all their website issues.
I wouldn't worry about it too much. They just happen to have a staggeringly incompetent website team. I am a massive Forza fan and I frequently subject myself to bouts of annoyance caused by all their website issues.
I used to try to listen to their podcast, and they couldn't seem to keep the Zune feed working, not to mention the RSS feed. Only the itunes feed was up to date.
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