The peak of Forza Motorsport, bar none. The game's flexibility in how you want to approach your progression (either through a structed singleplayer campaign, choosing from an event list, or even just free-racing online) has never been revisited by the series, which is a complete shame. If you really want to try a Forza Motorsport game, this would be my first recommendation.
Having come back to finish what I started after about 10 years and with the memory of other Forza Motorsport titles fresh in my mind... yeah, it's obvious why everyone considers this the best one. Modern entries have an embarassing amount of content and attention to detail in comparison to it. Classy, packed full of content and just masterful at everything it sets out to do.
the zenith of attention to detail when it comes to vehicles (chuds over at assetto corsa modding patreon pages still eat from this game), coupled with a fun campaign and an event list this game takes the cake for being the modernized gt4 experience for the 360 chuds, also can't forget the autovista where you are delighted with the commentaries of jeremy clarkson for every single supercar in the game (wish he didn't beat the shit out of top gear director), it's only downside is the impossible hardest difficulty and the fact that it has no wheel support, known issue for xbox racers since xbox itself didn't have native support.
As of rating this game, I have only completed the career mode and have not completed every race in the Event List, but here are my overall thoughts:
This game kept the best parts of Forza Motorsport 2 and 3 and polished them to perfection. The career was great, the tracks look amazing for an Xbox 360 and the music is so nostalgic to me. I used to play multiplayer in split screen with friends messing around on the Top Gear track and it was so fun! I definitely recommend this game to people who want to revisit games on the Xbox 360. This game isn't part of Xbox's Backwards Compatibility list, so you will need to own an Xbox 360 console in order to play.
This game kept the best parts of Forza Motorsport 2 and 3 and polished them to perfection. The career was great, the tracks look amazing for an Xbox 360 and the music is so nostalgic to me. I used to play multiplayer in split screen with friends messing around on the Top Gear track and it was so fun! I definitely recommend this game to people who want to revisit games on the Xbox 360. This game isn't part of Xbox's Backwards Compatibility list, so you will need to own an Xbox 360 console in order to play.
The best racing simulator game I've played so far.
The feeling of driving a car is fantastic, and the car customization is really good.
I love the rewind option, you always have a second chance when you are about to crash instead of having to restart the entire race from the beginning.
The cars look awesome, there's a lot of detail to them, and it's worth to mention that the graphics are ahead of their time, this game looks phenomenal!
The only downside to it is that it can get monotonous after a while because it's focused on being a simulator and it doesn't have many arcade aspects.
I have to say though, this was my first racing simulator and I really enjoyed it, so that's an achievement in itself.
Final Rating: "Great" ~ 8/10.
The feeling of driving a car is fantastic, and the car customization is really good.
I love the rewind option, you always have a second chance when you are about to crash instead of having to restart the entire race from the beginning.
The cars look awesome, there's a lot of detail to them, and it's worth to mention that the graphics are ahead of their time, this game looks phenomenal!
The only downside to it is that it can get monotonous after a while because it's focused on being a simulator and it doesn't have many arcade aspects.
I have to say though, this was my first racing simulator and I really enjoyed it, so that's an achievement in itself.
Final Rating: "Great" ~ 8/10.