Turn 10, the developer responsible for the Forza Motorsport series, has discussed the rivalry between their Xbox 360 exclusive racing franchise and Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo franchise.
same! im considering buying a new xbox for it. but i cannot justify the cost for just one game!!! and gt5 was a massive disappointment for me personally.
edit: he didnt really mention much of the rivalry between GT and Forza.
Gran Turismo is in its own league, They Should try NFS Shift vs. Forza...... These people are Hella Funny.... Like HALO to Crysis cause theres aliens or Tomb Raider To Uncharted...... Cause they climb stuff or Gears of war to God of war cause there both OF WAR.... Call of juarez - Call of Battlefield ...... The guy from Fast and the Furious says you cant jump in the ring against ALI cause you think you can box
At the risk of getting "disagreed to hell", I think a lot of people looked at Forza 3 and naturally compared it to GT5. GT5 was, in my opinion, the better game, but Forza 3 was made in literally half the time and was still a pretty solid game. Here's the thing - GT4 came out in 2005, the same year as FM1. FM2 came out 2 years later, no GT5. FM3 came out in 2009, still no GT5. A year later, GT5 eventually came out, in the time it took to make that one game, Forza made 3. Of course, people will argue that GT5 was the better game overall, but you still had to wait 5 years for it while Forza fans had been enjoying their racing game of choice the whole time.
It's a bit like going to a realllly nice restaurant. You order your food, you're hungry but you can wait 30mins, what's the rush. Across the street people are at another restaurant, their food isn't as nice but they get their starter in 20mins. You're still waiting for your dinner. An hour goes past, you're still munching on breadsticks while the other group has had their mains and are enjoying dessert. 90mins pass, you're finally getting your dinner, you're absolutely starving and you can't help but feel that even though the food is delicious, you'd rather have had it an hour ago.
Sorry folks, but I found GT5 to be immensely superior to Forza 3 as a simulator. It was nice to finally have a racing game that didn't have the drawing the distance of about 200M.
The physics were very, very good and the sense of speed was nigh on perfect for what you get in reality.
When you worked your way up to the really fast races I admit that I struggled alot because I couldn't afford or couldn't find any of the Le Mans Prototypes in used car garage.
And as for the Red Bull challenge, fastest and hardest race I have ever, ever, ever attempted.
With Forza you had none of that, even the hardest races were easily winnable because of the poor physics which were between arcade/simulation.
GT5 is about to get alot better as well with Spec 2 on the way. That being said, Forza 4 is still a day one buy for me. Sometimes it is nice to have a blast on a game that is between arcade and simulation, it has it's own little niche market and fills it well.
From what I have seen on the Demo though I don't think it is trying to be a simulator like GT5 is. Hence the purchase of both is justified.
Forza 4 and GT5 Spec II in the same month! HELL YEAH! BRING IT ON!
If anything the games feed off of each other more than they try to rival each other. Yes they are premier driving games on their respected platforms but if there is a "rivalry" then it has been fueled by the fanboys who cant see past the idea of both games being great.
I own and play both series and have to say that each has strengths and weaknesses. Neither is perfect but both are equally entertaining from a pure driving POV. Many consider the comment T10 made before as being some sort of dig at PD when they arent.
That is the beauty of selective reading/hearing. The ability of an individual to twist things around to suit their needs. Yet they dont even believe the words coming from the horses mouth (figure of speech). This fanboy rivalry between both games is exactly that.
Both companies have very high respect for each other even if the gamers do not.
I desagree. After GT4 PD made Tourist Trophy, GTHD, GT5p GTPSP and finally GT5. Did i expected more? In all honesty, yes but only in terms of PDs quality standards. Now 800+ standard cars is impossible to make in such detail and craftsmanship degree as the rest of the premium cars in the game in the amount of time the studio had to work considering the above.
Not even iRacing or rFactor with a huge modding comunity has that amount of cars at that quality, and when i say quality i mean visually but more importantly physics which has to be tweaked and tested extensively.
My biggest problem has been the lack of options in regards to a good wheel on the XBox 360. The Fanatec wheels are just too expensive. $250 for the wheel alone. The cheapest pedals are $50 and garbage making the $150 club sport pedals a must and the shifter set is another $50 plus shipping. That's $500 for a Fanatec setup. If the XBox 360 support Logictec's G27, you would get the same for $250. Fanatec is just way too expensive and there's nothing else.
@jellyjelly I think for a lot of people it sucks because you even need to purchase another wheel for 360. With PS3 I could use the same wheel I use for my PC. A logitech g25.
There is no rivalry and I don't understand why Turn 10 is always talking about PD and GT5 yet not once have ever heard the other side even mention Turn 10.
Fact is, they're on different platforms, sure same genre, but they are not in direct competition. Both are great game though personally I do prefer Forza, but it's obvious that a lot more people prefer GT as GT sells millions more than Forza ever could. Hell, GT3 alone sold more than the entire Forza franchise iirc. But I digress.
Nonetheless, this Forza vs. GT thing is absurd to say the least.
well, forza's car list is geared more toward americans. forza appeals to me just a lil more. nothin wrong with GT though, dont get me wrong. but you cant say forza doesnt kick ass as well :)
Actually dude, in my comment I said I do prefer Forza, lol. So I kinda of agree with you. Point is, both games are great, picky whichever one you like. End of story.
I've played both, like GT more just because I've been playing the series for a long time, but I can easily see why a lot of people didn't like GT5.
It becomes quite the grind, and lots of gamers these days can't handle the grind. Which is a shame because you see a lot of GT5's beauty the longer you play it
it is called journalism. journalists ask questions, they answer them and then the media blows it all out of proportion. if there was no rivalry they would only get a quarter the amount of clicks to their article.
of course there is rivalry between the best driving sims on both consoles.
I was gonna say that same thing, but then you have to question why Forza never comes up with PD! Then you have to realize that PD is batting away that question, because I think we can say for certain somebody's asking it!
So we can conclude that Turn 10 can choose not to answer the question, or just say something nice about the competition!
"It makes for great stories for people. It’s not what drives our team. Our team is driven towards that vision of car passion and car culture...... You can’t navigate without knowing the landscape"
that's right b/c GT has set the landscape for console racing the past 15 years running mate & if he thought about what PD was doing *all the time he'd be a madman! LOL
i'm only laughing out loud at those baboons in this thread that think T10 could turn out anything close to the near perfection of GT5 or any other GT for that matter! GT5 is a f'n BEAST!!!!!
HAHAAAHA what with *all of their plastic cars, beginner physics and pre-rendered repetitive & sophomoric looking damage models, what "serious" motorhead wouldn't want to play it F4?
That's why the pros know there's only one king of racers & that's............... GRAN TURISMO 5®. Deal with it.
Turn 10 has tried very hard to manufacture a rivalry with their less-than-classy PR, but there is no rivalry. Polyphony Digital is fairly apathetic about Forza and Turn 10. It's only Turn 10 that acts aggressive and competitive towards PD and GT. A rivalry has to go both ways.
Like when Kaz checked out their booth for Forza 3, asked some questions about various game mechanics, and left. Turn 10 took that innocuous exchange and went all "OMG PD WAS SPYING ON US TODAY CLEARLY WE'RE THE DEFINITIVE RACING KINGS". It's all very one-sided and immature.
what rivalry? its only a rivalry if both companies do things to signal a rivalry. PD has kept it classy, and brought the best racing sim ever. Cant wait for the Spec 2.0.
Spec II is a big update with DLC to follow. Spec II in GT5 Prologue gave us over 30 new cars and a track so when they update Specs, it usually is something significant.
The only rivalry that exist is in these sites and some misguided fans, imagination. How can you have a rivalry when they are on two different consoles and target a different audience? You can't.
Both games are great at what they do. I don't get why everyone can't just leave it at that and let it be. Although, as big a Forza (and GT) fan that I am, Turn 10 were pretty arrogant with their whole definitive shtick before Forza 3 hit retail.
This time around they have been pretty quiet and focused mainly on their own product. I have GT5 and Forza 3 and I am looking forward to Forza 4. The demo is pretty sweet but I am also looking forward to spec 2.0 (GT5A) as well. <- Again, best of both worlds.
From a personal opinion I think GT devs need to try new ideas. I enjoy GT5 but not much has changed since the PS1 days, I played forza 3 thought it was ok, but I seriously think PD have to do something different
I was on the fence about buying Forza 4 until I tried the demo, the handling is great, even when I turned off skid control and all the other "assists", and the graphics are head and shoulders above any other racing game I have played.
Lol, I played the demo and I gotta say, I still enjoy GT5 more. Hate having to turn off auto brakes or steering assist everytime I play and when I do that the cars just don't handle right.
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How can GT5 be such a disappointment and failure when it sold over 6 million copies and is still selling to this date ranging in the top 100 of both the UK amazon and US amazon sites? Why are people still buying it?
It sold 6 million because of the franchises history and because it says "Gran Turismo" on the box. Six million were sold but about four million were sent back, one million are gathering dust and the remaining one million copies are actually being used.
I myself like every other PS3 fanboy hyped up GT5 to death and it was one of my most anticipated games this gen, but it turned out to be the biggest disappointment this gen.
Its a demo, it won't remember you turned off the assists. In the full game you set your preferences and turn off the assists, and it will stay that way.
"Hate having to turn off auto brakes or steering assist everytime I play and when I do that the cars just don't handle right."
Most people who have the opportunity to drive those cars in real life don't play these video games.
I doubt you know how these cars handle. I'm pretty sure that Dan Greenwalt, who owns a Ferrari 450 and a BMW M5, knows a lot more about how cars handle than you do.
And since the only major graphical change to Forza 4 from 3 was IBL, it stands to reason that Turn 10 has put in a lot work to make sure the cars handle correctly.
I'm not a GT fan and I wasn't really trolling. Forza has a long way to go. Sorry to see you guys are so sensitive about this. I'm glad something woke the mods up though.
What makes you say that ? Forza 3 got a better metacritic score, and it sold 5 million, vs 6.5 for GT5. I really don't see how forza has "a long way to go". Check Forza 1 vs GT4. Back then, they had a long way to go...
This would be like saying Uncharted has a long way to go to compete with gears, just cause gears sold a million more, and in spite of uncharted having generally better reviews.
The meta score is quite an instrument...I can make a POS site and post an revie (yeah right) and trow the basic score down the drain....Forza is geting better alright, but to compare with what GT acomplished trough the years? Its just not right.
And lets not forget that this has been the most hatefull generation ever...EVERYONE and their grans/dogs and such were out to bash Sony and its IPs...GT being the biggest of them all just got the stick at the time.
Why is that not right ? Do you think you cannot compare Battlefield 3 to duke nukem forever because of what duke has accomplished in the past ? Do you think you cannot compare Mass Effect to Star Wars just cause star wars is 30 years older ?
GT may be more popular, but the difference is not as big as you think...
Also, you should relax, there's no metacritic conspiration against sony. It's been a very hateful generations indeed, but so far, sony fans are not especially nicer than the others...
Well have you thought that maybe people just like GT5? It is better than all of the previous GT games and while it isn't perfect it still was the best sim racer on consoles. Forza 4 will be great and a fine addition to the genre but GT5 still holds its own.
There were people disappointed but only the people who thought it would be perfect. The fact that GT5 still keeps selling(it is still in the UK top 10) shows that people like it and the fanboy B.S. hate that is spewed here towards GT5 is out of touch with reality.
All the cars have interior view? Me=jealous. GT5's "premium" setup was bullish***. 200 awesome looking cars and then the 800 odd rest of them were turds. Even if the car interiors were only mediocrely detailed and every car had interior view, it would still be better. Hopefully Spec II will mean something like this.
I noticed a lack of SUV's is annoying too. You get some Audi concept SUV crossover thing and that's it... Oh, and some sports trucks...
i havent played the forza 4 demo also the graphics of GT5(premium cars are unmatched) but i was comparing forza 3 to GT5 and with the new Spec II update on GT5 it could stay the same as GT5 being the king of console simulators
I'm kind of excited about this.
what rivalry? its only a rivalry if both companies do things to signal a rivalry. PD has kept it classy, and brought the best racing sim ever. Cant wait for the Spec 2.0.