Forza 3: Progress Part I

    I've had this game for a year and a bit so I've progressed quite far in it. But I'll start off by writing from the time I first played the game and work my way up chronologically. When you start the game, you'll be presented with a list of difficulty settings to choose from. There is easy, medium, hard and custom. Since I've played the demo before picking up this game, I found that easy and medium are too easy and hard was too hard. I decided to pick hard because I noticed that the less assists you use, the more money you earn which was a big enough incentive for me to try the hard difficulty setting. The first race you do is with an Audi R8 which I assume is the hero car on the game since it's on the cover. This race is more of a test to see which difficulty setting suits you the best. After losing the race I decided to alter my difficulty setting. I chose to stick with all assists off but changed the computer difficulty (the other driver's skill level) to medium which leaves me with a bonus of 90% compared to 100% cash bonus with hard computer difficulty. After that race, I was able to pick my first car which was a 2009 Ford Fiesta Zetec S. In career mode, you progress through seasons 1-6 with each season longer than the last and faster cars are used.

My primary car throughout season 1, Alfa Romeo Brera Italia Independent

     Season 1 uses cars mainly from F to E class cars which is good to start off. This is because slow cars generally allow a larger margin of error meaning you could make more mistakes while still having a chance of finishing first. I found that F class cars don't require assists because there is a very low chance that the brakes will lock up or your car will spin out of control. Very little money can be made in season one since you only earn about $2000 per race which may seem like a lot of money but it really isn't. The good part is that you can beat season 1 without spending any money since the cars you earn from leveling up will get by just fine even if you're not the best driver. I finished off season 1 without spending a dime and managed to save up about $20,000.