A video and text based review of Turn 10's latest racing game on Xbox One, Forza Motorsport 5.
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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No Boreza did you really include that in the title? Pretty lame imo.
I have yet to pick this up and still have my preorder at game stop. Dwntwn, what would you say sets this apart from the previous Forza, graphics aside
I've spent many hours with this game as well as all previous entries in the Forza series and there just honestly isn't much of anything next-gen about this game. Visually it's slightly better than forza 4 but it's about what I would've expected a 360 version of forza 5 to look like. Then you figure in Half the cars, half the tracks you're left with a bad taste in your mouth. Why they're being rewarded for half the game is beyond me. If this exact game had been released on 360, after what forza 4 was before it, it'd been ripped to shreds. But because it's a launch title on a new system suddenly it's 9/10 status?
Its a great game.. Wish it had more tracks, and no i will not pay extra for tracks and cars so its too late for this consumer. I will not spend another dime on this game but it did well enough to keep me interested and will get my attention when the next one comes out.
My biggest complaint though is the music! I like all kinds of music but please dont punish me with one genre of music unless its some kind of dynamic music like ki, as the race gets intense during a pass or something but this dramatic music it has now gets annoying very quick ive had the music muted 2 days after i got it!
Is it too much to get customisable music? Or even control lay out? Does anyone know why devs dont leave it to the players?