Forza Motorsport has been one of the
most successful gaming franchises in the last ten years. It all started
with the first Forza Motorsport released in May of 2005 on the original
Xbox, then several Forza Motorsport games were released on Xbox 360 and
Turn 10 Studios’ most recent success has been over the last two years on
Xbox One with Forza Motorsport 5 and Forza Horizon 2.
Forza Motorsport 5 was the most
entertaining and impressive launch title in November during the Xbox One
launch but the game did drop a lot of its content when compared to the
Xbox 360 predecessors.
Now, two years later, we get Forza Motorsport 6, with the stakes
raised and all the content we have loved in the franchise returns along
with new features and incredible improvements. Forza Motorsport 6 amped
up the visuals, roar of the engines, added more cars, enhanced the
multiplayer online, included a new career mode, updated the Drivatar
features and we get to enjoy the new weather and night racing additions.
There are more than 450 licensed cars in Forza Motorsport 6 which is
well over 200 more vehicles than Turn 10 had in Forza Motorsport 5. The
leader of the pack is the cover vehicle, the all new Ford GT, and all of
your incredible beauties including the new Ford GT appear in the
Forzavista mode. This mode lets you explore your digital ride as you
walk around the mode. If you would like to get into any of the 450 cars
you can go into the Free Play mode and rent your vehicle of choice. By
saying “rent”, it just means that you can use the vehicle without owning
it in your garage but you will not earn any money or experience for
using the cars, but its still a great way to test drive whatever you
want before you own it.
Forza Motorsport 6 includes an incredible track list, giving the Forza
fans twenty-six locations including the streets of Rio de Janeiro, the
Daytona Speedway and many more tracks to drop your jaw in awe as you
enjoy the spectacular visuals. We get Forza Motorsport 6 in 1080p and
delivered at 60 frames per second but aside from the gloss on the cars
and noticeable upgrades all around to all the tracks and cities we have
the return of weather effects that can really enhance the game visually
and in terms of gameplay. For example, if you are tearing through on a
dry track it is nothing compared to attempting the same thing on a rain
soaked circuit. The puddles, streaks and high speed turns are all too
difficult to maneuver in your first go around. It takes great timing and
precision to make each and every turn when your weather affects your
track.
The career mode in Forza Motorsport 6 is quite large as it gives us
about 60 to 70 hours of gameplay and brings in several racing
personalities to assist with the campaign. Turn 10 delivers the career
mode as “Stories of Motorsport” and in each of the stories we focus on
Grand Touring, Professional Racing, Sport Icons, Super Street and
Ultimate Motorsport. In each of the stories, we have a set of events to
go through and in order to move into the next story you will need to
complete three series. A series will focus on different car types and
you can revisit the stories at any point through the main hub.
Forza 6 also returns with the Drivatar A.I driven feature that was
made popular in Forza 5 and Forza Horizon 2. Each time you race offline
you will battle your friends A.I. driver and in Forza 6 they seem to be
smarter than they were in the previous games. This time around you do
have a larger competition field with a 24 car racing field whether it’s
racing online or against the A.I.
Forza Motorsport 6 releases on September 15 in North America and
September 18 in Europe exclusively on Xbox One and is easily the best
Forza game on the Xbox One. With all of the additional vehicles, modes
and online features, this title is sure to add 100 hours at least in
order to complete the entirety of the game. As we also know from
previous titles in the Forza franchise, we will likely get additional
vehicles as time passes for a cost and possibly as a free promotion.
This only increases our play count that much more.
Forza Motorsport 6 - 95% Story/Features --- 90% Visuals ------ 90% Sound--- 85% Achievement Variety --- 90% Playability --- Will it last on your play list for more than six months? Yes---90% DP Overall Rating
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