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FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 GLITCHES

Xbox 360 | Submitted by hostle4life 43

Paint Rims

upgrade shop and paint

Buy 1 rim for your car that YOU CAN PAINT and paint it the color you want it then go back and buy a Tenzo R rim the second one it will show up as the color of the other rim but it will have a chrome lip.

Xbox 360 | Submitted by andrew mcguinness

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You will need to have an XBox Live Gold account.

1. Sell an item from your Storefront. It can be a design, tune, or vinyl group. Vinyl groups are easiest. Make something simple, have a friend buy it. Alternatively, you can create a second XBox Live account and get one month of Gold for free and use that account to purchase something from your main account.

2. You will receive an in-game notification in your message box. This can take a few minutes. Do not delete this message. If you press "A" you will go to the Storefront. Get the idea? Good. Let's begin.

3. Buy a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Go to the Upgrade Shop and then to Conversion and then to Engine Swap. Purchase the first engine swap, a 2010 Camaro V8. Now go and purchase all the the best upgrades in the Engine and Power category. Repeat this for all 4 engine swaps.

4. Exit back to the main title screen. This is the top level screen. You can hit "B" until you are there. Now press "A" and enter the game. It will save the game, and then head back to Engine Swap.

5. Sell all 4 engine swaps. Press "X" to sell a part. Now hit your left trigger button. This will take you directly to your message box and the previous message you received notifying you of a transaction in your Storefront. Press "A" to go directly to your Storefront.

6. Now at the Storefront, press "B" to go all the way back out to the main title screen. Once there, press "A" again to load and save the game. You have now made about 300,000 credits. Go back to the Engine Swap for your Camaro and you will see the engines are all still there.

7. Repeat this as often as you like. You may find if you do this process too fast, your message box may be "empty." If this happens, try going back to the dashboard and reloading the game. Your last transaction will not be saved, but this is no big deal. Load up the game again, and see if the prompt to go to your message box comes back. If not, have someone purchase another item from your Storefront to get the message back.

8. You can build money quickly using this trick. I advise you to invest it in cars ASAP. Turn 10 will likely be patching this soon, and in Forza 2, some patches also reduced a player's money to a set cap. The Ferrari and Shelby dealerships have the most expensive cars in the game.

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FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 UNLOCKABLES

Xbox 360 | Submitted by MichaelG

Forza 3 Achievements

Car Level 1 (5 points): Achieve Car Level 1 in Season Play mode.
Car Level 2 (5 points): Achieve Car Level 2 in Season Play mode.
Car Level 3 (5 points): Achieve Car Level 3 in Season Play mode.
Car Level 4 (5 points): Achieve Car Level 4 in Season Play mode.
Car Level 5 (5 points): Achieve Car Level 5 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 1 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 1 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 2 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 2 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 3 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 3 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 4 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 4 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 5 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 5 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 6 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 6 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 7 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 7 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 8 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 8 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 9 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 9 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 10 (10 points): Reach Driver Level 10 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 15 (15 points): Reach Driver Level 15 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 20 (20 points): Reach Driver Level 20 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 25 (25 points): Reach Driver Level 25 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 30 (30 points): Reach Driver Level 30 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 35 (35 points): Reach Driver Level 35 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 40 (40 points): Reach Driver Level 40 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 45 (45 points): Reach Driver Level 45 in Season Play mode.
Driver Level 50 (50 points): Reach Driver Level 50 in Season Play mode.
Welcome to Forza Motorsport (15 points): Complete the very first race in the game.
Weekday Event (10 points): Complete your first weekday event in Season Play mode.
Weekend (10 points): Complete your first weekend event in Season Play mode.
Year 1 (50 points): Complete the first year of Season Play.
Year 2 (50 points): Complete the second year of Season Play.
Year 3 (50 points): Complete the third year of Season Play.
Year 4 (50 points): Complete the fourth year of Season Play.
Year 5 (50 points): Complete the fifth year of Season Play.
Year 6 (50 points): Complete the sixth year of Season Play.
Solid Gold (80 points): Achieve a gold trophy in every single race in the Event list in Season Play mode.
Lapper (10 points): Complete a time trial.
World Traveler (25 points): Race at every track location in the world.
Connoisseur (50 points): Own (at least) one car from every manufacturer.
Bottomed Out (5 points): Jump five feet.
Painter (10 points): Create a paint job or vinyl group.
Buyer (10 points): Buy something using the storefront.
Curator (10 points): Upload a photo or movie to Forzamotorsport.net
Director (10 points): Complete your first Forza Motorsport movie.
Auctioneer (10 points): Sell a car in the Auction House.
Sniper (10 points): Win an auction by outbidding someone.
Shutterbug (10 points): Take a photo of your car.
Grease Monkey (10 points): Create a car tuning file for your car.
Entrepreneur (10 points): Sell a Tuning Setup, Design, or Vinyl Group from your storefront.
Demon (5 points): Travel in excess of 200mph.
Interior (5 points): Win a race using cockpit mode.
Drifter (5 points): Earn over 1,000 points in a single drift section.
Drift Lap (5 points): Earn over 100,000 points in a single lap.

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