Forza Motorsport
Forza Motorsport revs up gamers who are passionate about cars andracing. It's the ultimate car-lover's playground, letting gamers buy, sell, trade, tune, modify and race their customized car collection. On the track, players experience an impressively accurate simulation, putting their performance-tuned creations to the test against the best the online world has to offer on Xbox Live! Take online racing from intense multiplayer wheel-to-wheel racing to challenging individual bests and beyond Gorgeous graphical showcase -- well-balanced reflections, lighting, and shadows; Real camera effects like blooming, lens flare, heat shimmer, light rays, depth of field, and haze create TV-quality presentation
In Forza Motorsport, it's all about you and your car. With over 250 of the baddest racing machines imaginable, an infinite number of ways to customize them, and all the tools you need to tune them to perfection, you'll find yourself behind the wheel of the slickest vehicles on the planet. With Forza Motorsport, you'll be able to own cars from the world's most recognized manufacturers. Get behind the wheel of the Enzo Ferrari, Porsche 911, Ford GT, or the Audi R8, to name a few. The physics model of each car is based upon actual car data, so your driving feels like the real deal. Plus, Forza has taken meticulous steps to design each car's visuals according to exact specifications. Teams of artists have worked to reproduce the surface properties of materials in an ultra-realistic fashion -- the painted metal is shiny with gloss, the glass reflects light, and the car's rubber is rich with texture. You can trick out every car with real-world body parts, such as rims, wings, side skirts, bumpers, and hoods. At the advanced paint shop you can pimp your ride with phatty decals and classy custom paint schemes. But don't stop with looks alone -- Forza also lets you upgrade your car with suspension kits, turbochargers, superchargers, intercoolers, brakes, and racing slicks. It's your car, and Forza gives you the tools to make it your own. And once your ride is ready, you can immerse yourself in 17 different environments that deliver challenging tracks textured with accurate, photo-realistic graphics. Slip on your driving gloves, get behind the wheel, and rev your engine as you ready yourself for the world-famous Nring Nordschleife, the corkscrew turns of Laguna Seca, the urban jungle of New York City, or the lush Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. Each location has been recreated with detail matching the attention given to the vehicles -- the total package of fast cars and exotic locales makes the racing experience of Forza Motorsport totally awesome. Take your powerful, new creation to cyberspace, and challenge the globe's toughest drivers on Xbox Live. Once you've built your vehicle and mastered all the driving nuances, you'll be ready to burn some serious rubber.
Forza Motorsport Accessories
 Project Gotham Racing 2
Forza Motorsport 2
Project Gotham Racing
Rallisport Challenge 2
Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit
Burnout Revenge
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed Carbon
Rallisport Challenge
Forza Motorsport (Prima Official Game Guide)
Forza Motorsport Reviews
The rally series in GT4 is almost a game by itself and the best rally experience out there. However, the PS2's GT4 has better graphics, more cars, and a rally series. This game is jewel and the best experience for the xBox. Compared to Gran Turismo 4, this game feels more real and cars react more realistically. This game is a copy of Gran Turismo on the PS2, however, be thanksful Microsoft created it. Having said that, GT4 is better because of the rally, but Forza isn't far behind and lets you play online and customize cars more than in GT4. It also has car damage.
Some cars oversteer, some under. The tracks are real, the turns feel and look real. I think my son learned to drive "playing" Forza and for myself, my love of cars was rekindled. Each car drives differently than the others. Power can be increased by adding parts as one would with a real car.
Soon, I found myself addicted. Most impressive is the actual driving. Forza is a fantastic game, it is well thouht out to the finest detail. At first I thought, what a waste of time it is to play these silly games.
The handling characteristics can be changed by altering suspension components and angles. Forza has a large variety of real world tracks to race on. This purchase is to replace the first Forza my son had, we wore it out.
I often found myself braking too late. Graphics are OK, the "feel" isn't nearly as good as many racing games I've played. Who knows, maybe this game is more realistic than most, but it sure doesn't feel like it.
Then what makes it even better is you can then go into the tune menu and adjust everything, if you know what you are doing you can perfect a car for certain tracks. The driving physics are very realistic and take some getting used to with a game-controller, the learning curve is probably about an hour, and then you can never stop getting better with practice. The menus do a good job of organizing tons of information into very intuitive and usable categories. The tracks are diverse, well replicated, and very realistic.
The tuning is incredible, you can do everthing from changing the spoiler, adding a rollcage, buying a new exhaust, new ECU anything. The cars represent many different brands and several eras of cars, anyone will find something they like in here. I reccomend this to anyone who is moderately serious about racing games and wants a challenge, it may be too challenging and frustrating for the younger ones The gameplay is pretty good, some of the races can be frustrating because they are hard to beat, but that only adds to the fun of getting good at it.
Microsoft has finally released something to compete with the current heavy weight champion "Gran Turismo" and they have done a very good job with it. It is somewhat difficult to progress through the game and unlock cars but not too hard.
The customization is great. The various sound effects are all well done. There is a wide variety of tracks, some real and some made up.My main gripe besides the cars seeming weird is that the game is incredibly easy compared to Gran Turismo. This game surprised me in how good it is, especially considering its the first in the series. For some reason the cars look strange at first, and I just can't figure out why, but you get used to it. The physics and controls feel pretty good as well. If you're a fan of racing games you should give this a shot. It has a lot of cars, and some brands that Gran Turismo couldn't get its hands on.
|
