Launch games are often an exercise in compromise of balancing greater technical possibilities with lesser development expertise. But with Forza Motorsport 5, developer Turn 10 wants to give our tempered expectations a big middle finger by delivering a launch game that actually lives up to the promise of the next generation.
Carlos writes - "When it was time for Forza 5 to rock on up to the track, we were just entering the third generation of Xbox consoles, and to show off all that extra horsepower that would come inside the Xbox One, they wanted a flagship title that could truly showcase just what miracles the next generation could perform. And what better title than Microsoft’s beloved racer!"
Such s supreme racing title. Hands down racing franchise of recent decades. Nothing has come close in quality or ratings.
Apart from Forza 5. Talking about generally the Forza series has always been rated high. Perhaps Forza 5 was rushed for launch. Although made up again by Forza 6 and 7.
I liked the game well enough, it was a good starting point for the new gen and helped them build up to what motorsport 7 is now, the controversies wasnt with the numbers of cars or tracks though, it was more to do with the pc footage being passed off as xbox one, the downgrade from what they originally had shown caused more upset than the numbers.
Carlos writes - "It’s time to tweak that tuning setup, perfect those visuals and strap in to that harness before heading down to the track, as Forza Motorsport 5 is calling for all players with a free download now available thanks to Games With Gold!"
James writes - "So here we are with a new month about to begin, and we all know by now that means a number of new games are about to be gifted to all Xbox One and Xbox 360 players via the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for September2017. The free games of last month were passable if truth be told, but can September’s offerings make it a month to remember, or one to skip over?"
Well...lets see. So FM5 is 2013's Racer of the Year, while Oxenfree was nominated and won all types of awards as an indie game in 2016. On the BC side, both games are classics.
I got disagrees for pointing the same thing out the psn games coming. I doubt some people actually enjoy games that visit this site.
I swear some people just go into topics and hit disagree on every post for no reason.
Of course they are. The competition between PS Plus and GwG is getting good now, expect more great months on both sides
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When you cut your car roster in half. That is a huge compromise.
Bad is not Good, and Good is not Bad.
I think we'll have to wait until Quantum Break to see the first no-compromise XBO game.
It's a nice stop gap till Project Cars. Will have to wait till Forza 6 till a full Forza game that is no compromise. They should have modeled their cars with nextgen in mind like Polyphony did with their premium cars.
If i wanted a true next gen sim experience, id go for GT6 in a flash
Has there been any news about custom artwork on cars, and its support for that side of the Forza community? Is that gone?