Re: Official Forza Motorsport 4 Thread

by **ATR DAN** Tue 6 Mar 2012 - 19:40

OMG. You can paint over the wood (but not the panelling surrounding the wood) on the Ford Country Squire!! lol!

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by **JAMIE ANDERS0N** Fri 23 Mar 2012 - 20:35

Oh good news hopefully,title update

One of the foremost issues in the community’s minds of late has been the multiplayer lobby issues in Forza 4. What happened and how does the new title update improve the game?
With every title update we’ve released for Forza Motorsport 4, our goal has been the same: to create the best experience for the people who are playing the game. This can be anything from updates that add functionality to the game (such as raising the level cap in this title update… more on that in a bit) to correcting post-release gameplay issues that crop up. In the case of multiplayer lobby crashing, the work in this title update to address the issue was the result of several months of painstaking research and investigation.

Essentially what was happening was a slow memory leak when using liveried cars and jumping between lobbies. The leak was only happening when players driving liveried cars would join or leave lobbies at precisely the right moment during the loading of a race (interestingly, this is called a "race condition" in software testing). The leak occurred on all boxes even if the player didn’t have a custom livery, but it was exceedingly small. As the leak got worse over the course of a player’s session, it would cause the box to crash. This resulted in longer load times for everyone else in the lobby with that player as his crashed box timed-out. Unfortunately, the problem was made worse when players would go from one lobby to the next after becoming impatient with loading times, thus essentially "spreading" the memory leak from one lobby to the next.

Because of the extended steps needed to find a reliable reproduction of the problem in our testing lab, our development team put weeks of research and testing into this fix. The result was a problem that was more difficult to diagnose than it actually was to repair. In addition to all our developers’ hard work, I want to recognize and thank our dedicated community members who answered the call put out by our QA team on the FM.net forums, which provided valuable insight into this issue from the player perspective. The data we received was crucial in helping us completely isolate the problem and eventually engineer our solution.

As a result of all this work, we expect lobby crashes to dramatically reduce, resulting in the kind of online experience Forza Motorsport fans have come to expect from the game.

by **Biggsy tv** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:35

found by gen3ral...
http://spong.com/press_release/26662/Forza-Motorsport-4-April-Alpinestars-Car-Pack-Brings-Ten-New-Cars-to-Forza-Fans

Aston AMR-One

Mercedes SLS AMG GT3

and some old cars

by F4H Lotterer Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:40

Simon wrote:found by gen3ral...
http://spong.com/press_release/26662/Forza-Motorsport-4-April-Alpinestars-Car-Pack-Brings-Ten-New-Cars-to-Forza-Fans

Aston AMR-One

Mercedes SLS AMG GT3

and some old cars

lol i love how you put it , but so true Smile

by Standaman94 Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:49

Simon wrote:found by gen3ral...
http://spong.com/press_release/26662/Forza-Motorsport-4-April-Alpinestars-Car-Pack-Brings-Ten-New-Cars-to-Forza-Fans

Aston AMR-One

Mercedes SLS AMG GT3

and some old cars

There's only 9 there...

by HCR generaltso Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:57

by HCR generaltso Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:58

by **Matt** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 19:58

OMG!!!! The 850R is in there!!!! Cue Lammers and Rydell BTCC reps soon Wink

by **Matt** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:03

Where are those pics from Travis?

by AMR of the Apex Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:05

"All Star Pack"

AMR-One

Dunno bout you but its misleading to me already...

by AMR of the Apex Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:06

2011 Aston Martin #009 Aston Martin Racing AMR One – Engineered to take advantage of the FIA’s emergency efficiency-focused regulations, the Aston Martin AMR One employs an in-line, 2-liter, 6-cylinder turbo that produces upwards of 540 hp. And performs like dogpoo on a sunny day. Should really have a PI less than 100 but its not possible.

by AMR of the Apex Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:14

Just a Minute...

Official Forza Motorsport 4 Thread - Page 12 Forza-motorsport-4-2011-mercedes-benz-35-black-falcon-sls-amg-gt3-184100

...I recognise that beast from somewhere...

Official Forza Motorsport 4 Thread - Page 12 S7306497

...we did ask if one of us could actually sit in the driving seat, we were politely told no, bastards.

by lfcnicklfc Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:17

AAAAAAAAAAAH Very Happy

Sooo Volvo for Classic Touring Car Series, 2012 Scion TC maybe the TCC?? Jag XKR-S GT'S and the Aston plus the Merc for ISCC lovely Very Happy

by HCR generaltso Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 20:59

by F4H Lotterer Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 21:03

i to recognise this car from britcar 2011.

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by **Matt** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 21:07

Remember seeing that at Britcar too. Got a few snaps but the Ginetta G60 drew my attention rather more than the SLS. Wink

by AMR of the Apex Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 21:48

Still no ginettas in forza, guess they all want us to enjoy carpark culture and not MOTORSPORT.

by **Matt** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 21:59

The developers probably haven't even heard of it!
Do they even exist outside of the UK?

by **Matt** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 22:22

by **Biggsy tv** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 22:55

unrealistic. that amr one went too far without breaking down

by **Radiation Louis** Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 23:07

$500 says you can't paint the front fenders

by narboza22 Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 8:47

I wonder if it will be 20 seconds slower around Le Mans than every other R1 car. I also hope that you accrue engine damage by just driving it to add to the realism of it eating its own engine.

Also, why no C6R? Why Why Why?????

by Standaman94 Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 9:06

SLS GT3. Pink Cadillac. Dat Jag. I'm done here.

by **CQR Aero** Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 9:28

Wow, the Scion doesn't look like a bulldog chewing a toffee any more. Who'd have thought...?!?

by **CQR Aero** Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 9:43

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