It's a gorgeous game that shows off the next-gen console, and it's one of the few exclusives being released at launch. Maybe you're jumping, like me, into this kind of game for the first time, but if you're looking for an in-depth review of driving mechanics, you may want to look elsewhere.
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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"I'm not a racing simulation fan" - So why are you reviewing this?
"only 200 cars and 14 tracks...seems a little on the anemic side" - Anemic? 200 cars! ok, if you say so.
"I just don't have the skills to know if those other cars are behaving like standard AI or like real players." - lol then you sir, are a fool. Play gta1 to 5 for a few minutes and experience synchronised driving at its finest, then have another go on Forza. Then tell me if you cant notice the difference.
In my opinion this is not a very professional review, more like a friend talking about his impressions. Many things as highlighted above, just dont make sense.
This is something i dont understand. WHY the HELL are people that have never played racing games reviewing them ? (sessler) If i were to play cod for instance as someone who has never played fps games before, i would think its the best shooter game, but then i play other fps games and theyre much better than cod. Let a racing fan review racing games.
Apparently the only way to make a racing game better is to add more cars and tracks. To Hell with all of the other factors, I guess.
Think its funny we have the opposite effect here.
Known sites giving PS4 lower review scores
Smaller sites giving PS4 higher review scores
Known sites giving XO higher review scores
Smaller sites giving XO lower review scores.
That is the pattern I am seeing...its really sad.
Too bad the entire world has their head up the Internets ass and can't make choices on their own.
A lot of people are complaining about not having a day and night cycle. Its a professional racing game. Why would you be driving so long that you need to see the sun move across the sky a few inches. For this type of game, expecting that to be in the game is as irrelevant as wondering why the cars don't have mounted machine guns.