E3 2009: Lewis Hamilton’s simulator aided Forza Motorsport 3
Dan Greenwalt, game director for Forza Motorsport 3, said it again and again during the Microsoft presscon, Forza Motorsport 3 isn’t gonna be just a racer, it’s gonna be the racer. In fact, he went as far as calling it “the definitive racing game for the generation.” Well there’s nothing like taking notes off the F1 World Champion’s simulator for inspiration if you want to take you game that far. Yep, Turn 10 got data from the sim that Lewis Hamilton uses for practice.
Dan Greenwalt, game director for Forza Motorsport 3, said it again and again during the Microsoft presscon, Forza Motorsport 3 isn’t gonna be just a racer, it’s gonna be the racer. In fact, he went as far as calling it “the definitive racing game for the generation.” Well there’s nothing like taking notes off the F1 World Champion’s simulator for inspiration if you want to take you game that far. Yep, Turn 10 got data from the sim that Lewis Hamilton uses for practice.
“Their simulator was an influence on the game,” Greenwalt told OXM. “We were swapping notes on how they do the complex fluid dynamics for their aerodynamics as well as how they generally simulate tyres, offroad surfaces and what have you.”
Greenwalt was happy to get his hands on the sim:
That was very helpful for us, to be able to swap notes with basically a commercial grade – where there is no expense spared – simulator and learn the sort of tricks they’ve learnt and give them basically to the masses at 60 bucks.
For now, let’s just watch the developer walkthrough vid, where Greenwalt shared some of the other stuff they did with Forza Motorsport 3.
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Via OXM