Forza Motorsport is a sim-cade racing game which mixes simulation aspects of racing and forces you to improve your skills while balancing that “gamey” feeling of fun arcade games.

So lets start with content. And this game has a lot of content. First you have a career mode where you pick a car from the list and race against AI. New career races are being added constantly so you're never bored. There's something for everyone's taste. German, Japanese, Italian series, slow cars, fast cars – anything you want.
I'm also gonna state the obvious here because some people are not very smart – this is not Horizon on circuits. It's closer to simulation than arcade which means you're supposed to race or keep hotlapping on the same track and car for hours to improve your skills.

I love the “gamey' rpg aspect of the game where you level up the cars to unlock upgrades. It's done pretty quickly and forces you drive the car and get to know it, adapt to it at the same time making you learn the tracks.
You modify your cars as much as you like, you're given absolute freedom to apply any modification. Maybe one variant will be better for one track and another for a different track.
Then obviously you have tuning where you can tune the cars which can transform the handling. Default tunes are pretty bad, well ok, they're really bad. It can put people off but after adjusting it the cars feel great.
Selection of cars is amazing and more will be added. I love driving simple road cars and learn them. Each car feels different and requires time to adjust.

Physics seem pretty good and makes your driving experience dynamic. One small mistake and you lose your precious time. Each car is different and it's reflected through physics, ffb and handling. This aspect of the game is what pushes the game more towards the threshold between sim-cade and a sim. Although don't expect pure sim here. Forza always was a competitor to Gran Turismo and that game is the definition of sim-cades. It's all about having fun while having realistic experience.

There's also multiplayer with few modes. After finishing the entry race in mutliplayer you're given your safety rating and skill rating and then you can enter other races and test your skills against others. The tracks are on rotation, wait time most of the time is perfect (around 10-20 minutes) which leaves enough time to do few practice laps and qualify. You can choose to race in the same class of cars or open class, again lots of choice here.
Negative side of mutliplayer is always the gap between skill levels and penalty system. While the gap can be solved only by having more people play the game (since matchmaking works better with more people) so it's not game's fault, the penalty system could use a lot of improvements. Very often people are not being penalized for ramming others. Or if they're penalized it's only 0,5s penalty or something similar. And sometimes someone crashes into you and you get a penalty. So it definitely needs some tuning.
People not knowing the rules of racing and trying to block you when you're overtaking them also isn't the game's fault so no point talking about that.
Safety rating is a joke. It's so easy to improve it that you can have few penalties in the race and still jump up from B to A. It must be stricter and getting to S should take at least 10-15 clean races, not 1 or 2.

Biggest downside is the AI. While AI is dynamic and each time drives differently (try to rewind and you'll see that AI behaves slightly differently) it's very dumb. AI will ram you, push you, punish you for nothing. Even if you try to stay away from them they'll find a way to push you. But one interesting thing is that AI behaves differently from race to race. I had some clean races where AI rather goes off track than into me, they try to stay away from contact and brake or go on the outside. So it's very weird.

Force feedback is pretty good but you'll need to adjust it to find that sweet spot. Default settings are garbage.

Graphically the game looks good but has some visual bugs in replays. It's not a graphical masterpiece but in general it looks great. Especially if you pay attention to small details like reflections.
Graphics settings are confusing and leads to performance issues if you don't know what they do. It's as if developers intentionally want to confuse people. But once you figure it out the game runs smoothly without any issues.
Running the game on max settings with ray tracing and dlss on 7800x3d, rtx4080, 32GB 6000mhz @3440x1440 and having a great time. Although dlss doesn't change much. Also can confirm the game runs fine on rtx2060&3700x and rtx2080ti&3900x. Optimization is decent considering the graphics and physics in the background but it could be better. But it's rare for the game running smoothly without dlss these days.

Sadly only partial ultrawide support (not in the menu and photo mode). There's a fix but obviously it could be risky to use in multiplayer so it would great if developers fix that. No ultrawide support in 2023 is poathetic.

Now is it built from the grounds up? I never played previous games but it doesn't feel like it's built from the grounds up. Maybe some parts of it but definitely not everything.

Sound design is amazing. Cars sound fantastic and you almost can smell them. Sound effects are are great. But! Collision sound is absolutely terrible. When you barely touch another car the noise is as if you hit a huge barrel and your car gonna explode. Just what the actual...?

This is very good racing game for those who don't want to commit to serious sim-racing but still want to have a realistic experience and learn to race. Great selection of cars, plenty of single player content, featured content, constant content updates, customization options, pretty deep simulation of physics and ffb for a sim-cade and fun multiplayer makes it worth buying.

Pros

• Realistic&gamey at the same time which makes it extremely fun
  
• Lots of content
  
• Amazing selection of cars
  
• Car leveling is fun
  
• Lots of different races and modes
  
• Good physics&and driving feel
  
• Accessible so it's great gateway for those who want a semi-realistic racing
  
• Looks great
  
• Decent performance
  
• Constantly added content
  
• Rotation of various events

Cons

• AI is horrible
  
• Penalty system is completely broken
  
• Safety and skill ratings are too easy to improve
  
• No full ultrawide support

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[h1]Best simcade on the market[/h1] Forza Motorsport is a sim-cade racing game which mixes simulation aspects of racing and forces you to improve your skills while balancing that “gamey” feeling of fun arcade games. So lets start with content. And this game has a lot of content. First you have a career mode where you pick a car from the list and race against AI. New career races are being added constantly so you're never bored. There's something for everyone's taste. German, Japanese, Italian series, slow cars, fast cars – anything you want. I'm also gonna state the obvious here because some people are not very smart – this is not Horizon on circuits. It's closer to simulation than arcade which means you're supposed to race or keep hotlapping on the same track and car for hours to improve your skills. I love the “gamey' rpg aspect of the game where you level up the cars to unlock upgrades. It's done pretty quickly and forces you drive the car and get to know it, adapt to it at the same time making you learn the tracks. You modify your cars as much as you like, you're given absolute freedom to apply any modification. Maybe one variant will be better for one track and another for a different track. Then obviously you have tuning where you can tune the cars which can transform the handling. Default tunes are pretty bad, well ok, they're really bad. It can put people off but after adjusting it the cars feel great. Selection of cars is amazing and more will be added. I love driving simple road cars and learn them. Each car feels different and requires time to adjust. Physics seem pretty good and makes your driving experience dynamic. One small mistake and you lose your precious time. Each car is different and it's reflected through physics, ffb and handling. This aspect of the game is what pushes the game more towards the threshold between sim-cade and a sim. Although don't expect pure sim here. Forza always was a competitor to Gran Turismo and that game is the definition of sim-cades. It's all about having fun while having realistic experience. There's also multiplayer with few modes. After finishing the entry race in mutliplayer you're given your safety rating and skill rating and then you can enter other races and test your skills against others. The tracks are on rotation, wait time most of the time is perfect (around 10-20 minutes) which leaves enough time to do few practice laps and qualify. You can choose to race in the same class of cars or open class, again lots of choice here. Negative side of mutliplayer is always the gap between skill levels and penalty system. While the gap can be solved only by having more people play the game (since matchmaking works better with more people) so it's not game's fault, the penalty system could use a lot of improvements. Very often people are not being penalized for ramming others. Or if they're penalized it's only 0,5s penalty or something similar. And sometimes someone crashes into you and you get a penalty. So it definitely needs some tuning. People not knowing the rules of racing and trying to block you when you're overtaking them also isn't the game's fault so no point talking about that. Safety rating is a joke. It's so easy to improve it that you can have few penalties in the race and still jump up from B to A. It must be stricter and getting to S should take at least 10-15 clean races, not 1 or 2. Biggest downside is the AI. While AI is dynamic and each time drives differently (try to rewind and you'll see that AI behaves slightly differently) it's very dumb. AI will ram you, push you, punish you for nothing. Even if you try to stay away from them they'll find a way to push you. But one interesting thing is that AI behaves differently from race to race. I had some clean races where AI rather goes off track than into me, they try to stay away from contact and brake or go on the outside. So it's very weird. Force feedback is pretty good but you'll need to adjust it to find that sweet spot. Default settings are garbage. Graphically the game looks good but has some visual bugs in replays. It's not a graphical masterpiece but in general it looks great. Especially if you pay attention to small details like reflections. Graphics settings are confusing and leads to performance issues if you don't know what they do. It's as if developers intentionally want to confuse people. But once you figure it out the game runs smoothly without any issues. Running the game on max settings with ray tracing and dlss on 7800x3d, rtx4080, 32GB 6000mhz @3440x1440 and having a great time. Although dlss doesn't change much. Also can confirm the game runs fine on rtx2060&3700x and rtx2080ti&3900x. Optimization is decent considering the graphics and physics in the background but it could be better. But it's rare for the game running smoothly without dlss these days. Sadly only partial ultrawide support (not in the menu and photo mode). There's a fix but obviously it could be risky to use in multiplayer so it would great if developers fix that. No ultrawide support in 2023 is poathetic. Now is it built from the grounds up? I never played previous games but it doesn't feel like it's built from the grounds up. Maybe some parts of it but definitely not everything. Sound design is amazing. Cars sound fantastic and you almost can smell them. Sound effects are are great. But! Collision sound is absolutely terrible. When you barely touch another car the noise is as if you hit a huge barrel and your car gonna explode. Just what the actual...? This is very good racing game for those who don't want to commit to serious sim-racing but still want to have a realistic experience and learn to race. Great selection of cars, plenty of single player content, featured content, constant content updates, customization options, pretty deep simulation of physics and ffb for a sim-cade and fun multiplayer makes it worth buying. 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