Forza Motorsport 2 Is A Classic

sonarus - 611 days 14 hours ago

I played some of it today. I have to admit its pretty good. Visually it doesn't stack up to GT5 but on the gameplay i would say both are even. I have to play it more:( I wish i could play on the same controller and lack of in car view sucks:( Hopefully they include it in forza 3

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Yi-Long - 611 days 14 hours ago

...or is that DLC scam still going strong!?

I was planning on boycotting this game, and I did, but then I won it in a competition.

I just felt they had slacked off, just making a Forza HD, or Forza 1.5, and I didnt like that they were already talking about paying for DLC when the game wasnt even out yet.
Looking at the lack of tracks, and less cars than planned, it seems they cut stuff out from the retailversion, in order to make more cash later on through DLC.

I'm also worried about Forza 3. I fear they will once again come out with a game that's lacking enough tracks and cars, and again blaming it on lack of time. Ofcourse you will have a lack of time, when your wasting all your time on DLC-scamming the Forza 2 players, by still creating content for that game...

I'd rather see them just focus 100% on Forza 3, so we dont feel shortchanged again.

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toughNAME - 611 days 10 hours ago

Best Forza game. Ever.

No others can come close, it's all about gameplay with Forza 2!

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Ri0tSquad - 611 days 10 hours ago

This is a great game. I loved the deep customizing with the car, adding shapes, letters or what ever and giving them life the most though. I seen so many that blew me away.

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Genuine - 611 days 9 hours ago

That's good that MS is doing that. Every self respecting racing-sim fan owes it to theirself to put some time into Forza 2.

GT5 might have slightly better graphics, but Forza 2 is not an ugly game by any stretch.

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SEiGHTan - 611 days 9 hours ago

Forza is a truly great sim. I, and a number of my friends, race real life cars and it is easily the best racing game out there. All the nuances of late braking affecting turn-in, the subtleties of fwd and rwd handling, and the tuning works as you'd expect. Yes, it doesn't have an amazing number of tracks (although with the different 'ribbons' and reverse tracks there is still a lot to use) and the graphics are not great but for handling, sounds and damage it can't be beat. It is also the most glitch-free and cheat-free racer.

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Deee187 - 611 days 8 hours ago

I have both games GT5P and F2 and they are both awesome.
We can all agree they both sh!t on EA's attempt to get more into simulation (its still arcade, just less than before) with pro street.

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Fighter - 611 days 5 hours ago

is it like greatest hits or do they re-release and add stuff? My friend bought Forza 2 for $20 at bestbuy or futureshop last week and i think it's still $20.

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tordavis - 611 days 5 hours ago

Don't forget the online integration with forza2motorsport.net, online racing and tournaments and of course the auction house. Hopefully GT5 can trump all this next year, but then they'll have Forza 3 to worry about. I'm hoping with Forza 3 they bring a GT5 lighting system into the game. What a lot of people don't realize is that the lighting and reflections in GT5P does have the job of making the graphics look better.

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aggh im on fire - 611 days 5 hours ago

forza2 is the best driving game ever made in my opinion and ive played a lot of them. Gt might have better graphics but its way behind in other areas. Forza has taken the crown.

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power091999 - 611 days 3 hours ago

I am playing GT5:P now, but Forza 1, and 2 took a few months out of my life that's for sure.

Great game indeed, and definatly worth having the title classic.

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Tony Scarboni - 611 days ago

Really though, I don't need stupid decals and ugly spoilers in a racing game.

GT5 is much more realistic in my opinion. Crash damage will come with an update, but if you ask me, the tuning in both games is unrealistic and generic. That being said, every car in GT5 feels unique, forza, not so much. Especially after you start supin em up.

The devs. at polyphony developed the in dash display for the GTR, and in return the designers of the GTR helped make the car in the game as realistic as possible.

Kaz Yamauchi was named the 20th overall powerful personality of the Auto Industry by motortrend. Automakers are always sending him their cars b4 anyone else; he's got a 350z stamped #50.

What really makes GT5 superior though is you can rally race, street race, formula race, drift, etc. etc. Forza doesn't have dirt racing, and their drifting isn't as comprehensive as GT5.

Another game that I think is much better than Forza but highly underrated is T.O.C.A. There is a reason why this is the #1 racing game in EUROPE - the region that takes it racing most seriously.

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tee_bag242 - 610 days 22 hours ago

Dam straight. Forza is the best! Pretty dis-appointed their was no down hill in #2. Why oh WHY?!!! Let me guess! Im going to have to pay for it in an update? Anyway i dont care just f$ckin release em'. Yes GT5 has better graphics but you can beat those dam triggers and no traction control

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Apocalypse Shadow - 610 days 21 hours ago

but it will never compare to the GT series.

you guys can talk all day about what you think is better.but the WORLD says otherwise.

the GT series has sold near 50 million copies.and not one forza game has sold more than any GT game release.even the ps1 GT.

it has respect from Motor Trend and Top Gear.while forza is looking to capture some of GT's limelight.but fails to impress globally.if it was that impressive,it would have sold more on 360.

hopefully as a classic gamers will buy it at a lower price.being that it's a "CHEAP IMITATION" of the real deal driving game.

megaton...............

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Tony Scarboni - 610 days 14 hours ago

I'm talking about the final build of the game smart guy. Every final build of GT has featured dirt racing. They also will feature a Drift MODE as well, like the demo.

And from what I hear, Forza2 got rid of a lot of the best tracks from the first one that were the best for drifting on. From what I've played so far, the drifting tracks on GT5P are funner.

"Kaz Yamauchi, GT Creator, was named the 20th overall powerful personality of the Auto Industry by motortrend. Automakers are always sending him their cars b4 anyone else; he's got a 350z stamped #50."

This has everything to do with the points I am making. The man has a lot of influence in the auto industry. Just look at his companies involvement w/ the dev. of the new Skyline GT-R. This only helps his games be that much more realistic, because in many cases, they return the favor, as the GT-R designers did, and help him program the most realistic version of the car.

Not to mention GT TV will allow you to watch rally/drift racing. Personally, as an American, Im pissed of that the WRC isn't televised in our country. Formula Racing is the most popular form of racing, Nascar 2nd, World Rally Cup 3rd.

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level 360 - 610 days 10 hours ago

Only main reason it's going XBox Classic is the game's been there for quite a long time now ( like a few other titles in their library which has gone the same path... ).

No dramas, no romanticizing, nothing.

Short enjoyment gameplay-factor, so-so graphics/ok physics, boring view set-up, nice modding feature... A few features needs to be addressed for the next installment.

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aggh im on fire - 610 days 3 hours ago

I wouldn't say its short on enjoyment. I have been playing it nearly every day from day one. Today im making muscle cars and touring cars for a touring car championship on the speedring.
The customisation is way ahead of gts and the racing much better.
As for realism the only reason the forza team didn't include the dashboard view is because if weight reduction is applied it altars the interior which meant that to do it realistically would mean 4 or 5 renders for each dash interior. Gt wimped out as i notice there interiors stay the same with weight reduction.
Gt has better graphics and i enjoy playing it but if i had a choice it would be Forza everytime.
And yes it hasn't sold as well as gt, of course not. gt is an established brand but 3-4million sales in one year isnt to be sniffed at. For my money Forza is leaving Gt in the dust. Gt prolouge seems to be exactly the same as all the other gts. They really need to look at the competition rather than just improving there graphics every time or they will be left behind over the coming years.
Gt1 and 2 were classics but since then it seems as though they have been churning out the same game.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 611 days 5 hours ago

As GT5 the demo is out, but the real GT5 won't be here untill well in 2009

With Forza 2 being a classic now

We can expect Forza 3 released head to head with GT5. Everyone expected GT5 to be released at the same time as Forza 2.

What does this tell us? GT5 might have an edge on visuals in Forza 2, a game already a year old already again. But in gameplay, features, tuning, car painting whatever, Forza 2 is a zillion lightyears ahead.

Forza 3 will have those advantages even tweaked further + visuals pumped up. If GT5 had released not in demo, but full version today it would hold up, but now it'll be in 2009 with Forza 2 a classic at this time, Forza 3 will go for the kill

PS3 simply has no full race sim at this point in time and not untill well in 2009. That's pretty sad, already 1.5 year after its release. And next year it'll be 2.5 years after release. That's just pathetic. Playing a demo with air between the cars etc etc is not the real thing

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brothersimon - 611 days 3 hours ago

Forza 2 is great, still trying to unlock stuff on it XD

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MaximusPrime - 610 days 23 hours ago

prefer the word "Platinum" than "classic"

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