micanada:after some major Googling and cross-referencing, 95% certainty it's the GPU or Texture RAM overheating its solder points and losing it. Forza started freezing after a couple weeks of intense play. i just got DiRT today and wasn't able to finish a single race - same thing happens when you get out of menus or the dashboard and actually get into pushing geometry/textures. i tried several different games, ditto & finally got my 3 Red Rings of Death tonight. these new games work the GPU harder i reckon, and the xbox360 has one or more serious design flaws related to solder composition, heat dissipation, and the like. my 360 was flat & completely in the open @ 75F ambient. once you start getting those tiny freeze glitches, it only builds until your box is bricked. it's one hell of a bummer, not being able to play with all my new mates and watching my scores get buried... let me repeat - this is not T10's fault! this is entirely marginal design and/or manufacturing on Microsoft's part. (my 360 was manufactured mid-2006)
see you all in a few weeks after the rma-return-repair process... :(
I am not so sure about this, as I have just received back my second Xbox 360 from repair and the first thing I did was excitedly load up Forza 2 - and guess what? First online race - freeze. Second attempt - froze on joining room. Third attempt - froze on choosing car from garage!
This was all on a brand new Xbox 360 just back from repair, with the unit still cold. Tried my other games Lost Planet, Skate, Star Wars etc.. all perfect! It IS T10's fault and it is a Forza fault.
Add to that Microsoft's questionable design and manufacturing processes on these consoles and you have a recipe for disaster which just keeps on repeating itself.
This thread is up to 10 pages now - that is no co-incidence!

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