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Forza Motorsport vs Gran Turismo 7 Graphics, Physics, and FPS Comparison

We put Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo 7 through their paces as we dive deep into the graphics, and physical effects a player will feel on a direct drive wheel, and do some FPS testing on each. Both games were tested across several different tracks with various lighting and weather conditions. We also talked to real-world driver Super GT about his opinion on how the game feels to drive on a Fanatec steering wheel out of the gate while also asking for some tips to improve. Forza Motorsport vs Gran Turismo 7 framerate is also tested, but I think the results may be surprising to some.

Jin_Sakai213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

Rain and trees are better in Forza, car paint and lighting go to GT7. Forza also has a much better sense of speed. Polyphony need to do a better job in that area.

mandf213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

Arcade vs sim. That is why the sense of speed is different

Obscure_Observer213d ago

"That is why the sense of speed is different"

Nice try, but the reality is that sense of speed in Gran Turismo compared to FM is just bad. Not to mention the chase cam that´s is just awful. The stiff car looks like a photoshoped image slapped in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

LordoftheCritics213d ago

Forza is a superior experience.

I barely touch GT

darthv72212d ago

Horizon = Arcade
Motorsport = Sim (lite)

Gamingsince1981212d ago

Yeah it's good to see GT still the king, imagine that lol. Poor xbox can't win anything but court cases for monopolies.

Babadook7212d ago

Waiting for the big DF comparison. Spoiler alert; GT takes pole.

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babadivad212d ago

If Forza is an arcade racer then so is GT.

IRetrouk212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

Stop using doctored, cherry picked footage obscure it's embarrassing now😳
What's worse is your having to do this to an almost 2 year old cross gen game to try and get some sort of win for the "built from the ground up" greatest racer ever, next gen only release, you overhyped another ms game, and they released another buggy arcade game, with more cuts than a Kardashian, I've had enough of it already after 5 hours, how much have you played of either game?

peppeaccardo212d ago

FORZA is GARBAGE using a steering wheel.
Please check this Video Out: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
This game is not a 10/10 as everybody wants you to believe it is.
If you use a controller then it is another story.

VariantAEC208d ago

@Babadook7
I don't think DF will be objective on this one. If they give GT7 the credit it deserves and say it is number 1, I would honestly be taken aback a bit.

For the time being some Taiwanese dude has been doing the heavy lifting for DF.
https://youtu.be/Cu1pj1aKPn...
Just look at the trainwreck that FM23's graphics actually are... and it's not just the cars, but also the tracks and even those trees.

6 years... of what? Really. Let's not forget that IGN failed to mention any of FM23's bugs. Weird. Right now MS is likely paying reviewers to slant things and the trolls in the comments are still arguing there is some kind of anti-Xbox lean in the mainstream gaming press. It's all repugnant.

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Obscure_Observer213d ago

Car paint I agree, but lighting? GT7 can´t come close, Dustin commented about Sony´s weird choices regarding that feature.

GT7 is great, don´t get me wrong, but Forza Motorsport is just the superior racer overall.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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CML2212d ago

Has a lower Metacritic average than GT7 though. 🤔

z2g212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

it has a lower metacritic score by 2 points... but 15 more points you can assume is playstation bias.

Also this is the truth. I am an AVID race fan. I play iRacing on full blown sims and on a home PC. I play GT7 on PS5 and Forza MS on Series X (and I dabble a bit in real life with an e46 m3).

If you are playing Forza MS with a controller, yes there is a bit of pad on the sim. That being said, Forza MS is in fact a sim. Previous Forza games have dialed the sim back a hair from GT but it's still a sim.

Now then, THIS Forza MS is a whole rebuilt, rebooted game. It only has that pad on the controller now. If you upgrade to a good wheel like a Logitech G or a Fanatec, this is where things get different. You have a whole suite of sim options. You can control thing like road scale, feedback forces, steering, braking and a whole bunch more. The higher you make these values the more realistic the sim gets. Out of the box these settings are very low so it's a bit more forgiving than GT7. With proper adjustments I'd argue it's BETTER than GT7 - I assume this is bc it has more contact points per wheel.

FORZA MS is just a better game overall. That doesn't mean GT7 sucks. I love GT7, but the Forza MS is just better. And in regards to reviews, there truly is always a bit of a bias towards Xbox. but considering that out of 72 metacritic reviews FMS is sitting at 85, and gt7 is at 87... and then you watch this video, I think you get what I'm saying.

Hypertension140212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

@Obscure

This is the video I was talking about in my last post, the guy is a huge Xbox fanboy he will do anything to make Forza look better. Notice how he didn't even talk about the car models because he knows GT7 is a generation ahead and the fact that he's comparing the 30fps mode and how poor the textures are.

Look at channels like MotogamesTV or Calem MrNazreenn for a more fair comparison, they try to match all settings to make them as close as possible.

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Nacho_Z212d ago

I wouldn't say Forza was the better game overall but to be fair for me it's prettier. I like the lighting and effects more than GT7s and the sense of speed is greater.

It's like comparing FIFA and PES, FIFA has all the flashy presentation but a bit lacking on the gameplay and PES is weak on the presentation but has the gameplay depth to make up for it. Matter of preference.

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PrinceOfAnger213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

I am having so much fun with the game it has far better gameplay and car control than FM7 Imo, the Ray tracing reflections and RT AO in game play give the game a beautiful look lighting is gorgeous at night!

From df
"Definitely one of the better looking racing games in recent memory"

this entry is a substantial upgrade over Forza Motorsport 7, with much better lighting, greatly improved PBR materials, high fidelity foliage and more accurate reflections.

MEGANE212d ago

Witch is 80% of xbox owners, so most Forza players get an inferior version of an inferior game.

badz149212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

Most probably not RT but rather SSR.

LOL this has been proven by DF too. Nice try! Oh and don't forget car models from the 360 generation!

PrinceOfAnger212d ago

The game has RTAO and ray-tracing reflection on cars

DF
SSR on wet tracks, and Ray tracing on car bodies "
- Ray tracing also used in some limited track side objects in Quality mode."

try again it's like you are saying the game doesn't have ray tracing in game at all like GT7 with it's 2D trees crowd lol.

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Turn 10 has clearly calibrated the game around hitting high frame-rates consistently on console hardware, and to achieve 60fps gameplay with two RT effects on Series X is a bit of an accomplishment."

"it's clear that Forza Motorsport is an impressive-looking racing game. There are intricate car models, detailed and well-lit tracks, with ray-traced reflections."

VariantAEC208d ago

@PrinceOfAnger
Driveclub used SSR on everything and managed to also include it on car bodies. Go back and look at footage of opponents passing eachother... oh, what's that? They show up in reflections on body paintwork! That was on PS4 without modern raytracing. SSR is technically a form of RT, but it gets complicated especially as most see raytracing in SSR and modern GPU accelerated raytracing as completely differently due to Nvidia's misuse of the terminology.

Raycasting, raymarching, raytracing, and pathtracing what even is the difference? Not much in all actuality, and Driveclub uses two of those techniques. Fully volumetric raymarched clouds and raycasting into screen-space for both glossy and diffuse surfaces, which is more than what FM23 does. Driveclub also manages some form of AO that functions like more expensive HBAO and realtime GI, which is handled via dynamic probe lighting (and is extremely expensive to the point that, realtime RT is actually a time saver in terms of classical rasterized rendering on GPUs).

GT7 is not as visually accomplished as Driveclub either (despite running in a native 4K at 60FPS without RT and 4K30 with RT). That said, Forza Motorsport 23 falls well short of GT7 on PS4 visually speaking and even in terms of.output resolutions XSX is still looking a bit weak next to GT7 on PS4 Pro. Turn 10 also, just seemed to discover refraction and even so rear reflection and refraction isn't being handled well on anything in FM23. GT7 HID headlights are absolutely beautiful (lit or unlit) and FM23 can't touch the accuracy of GT7's shader quality not just on headlights, but that extends all materials. FM23 just looks wrong.

Then we have this: https://youtu.be/Cu1pj1aKPn...
Seriously, who looks at FM23 as realistic when at no point and in no area does it actually look closer to reality. GT7 in these comparisons with real life, sweeps the chimny with FM23, then throws it in the dumpster. That is putting things nicely, F123 looks more realistic than FM23.

What did turn 10 do with that 6 years? Pick each others noses?

VariantAEC208d ago

https://youtu.be/Cu1pj1aKPn...
The above comparison looks at FM23 car models. And also tracks which includes real world images for comparison. GT7 vs real life vs FM23. Which one wins... real life of course... but of the two games GT7, obviously. Don't think so?

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purple101213d ago

See how when you corner in Forza the back end slips out immediately, yeah that doesn't happen in real life.

You need to increase throttle… drastically, or give it the 'scandi flick' for that to happen.

SICKINDIVIDUAL212d ago

When you upgrade the exhaust in Forza the car sounds EXACTLY the same.

It's the little things for me.

badz149212d ago

And the sim element is so real to life, your car keeps being upgraded the more you drive it it's crazy that car manufacturers have all hide this awesome feature from all of us all this time just so they can sell us new cars! My MPV is now clocked at over 180k km, I should be the king of the Nurburgring by now!

kingPoS199d ago

Yeah.. I can attest to that. In GT7 It's particularly noticeable in one make races. Most cpu opponents would be naturally aspirated, some might be super charged or turbo charged. But when it comes to the muffler notes themselves, they're as distinct as they are varied.

Gateway MT6706 2008

FPS_D3TH212d ago

So that depends entirely on whether the car is RWD, FWD or AWD. You would only Scandinavian flick an under steering FWD car. Losing grip around corners in a RWD car is in fact very real lmfaoo

purple101212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

I get what you say

However consider scandi flicking only really works on rear wheel drive cars unless it's ken block driving. He'll, try it on a Toyota Yaris next time your out.. ha

This is because the weight is in the front, with nothing weighing down the back end.

The drive shaft and rear axle weighs more in a rear wheel drive car, enabling this

Whatever, what I'm actually saying is this phenomenon is over exaggerated on this Forza, whether that's fwd rwd or awd.

When you turn a FRONT wheel drive honda civic, the back end does not immediately slide out like it's shown in these videos recently. The physics are not correct.

Anyway I'm gonna do my very best to stop defending or bashing one game or another when that doesn't need to happen.

"Only a lie needs defending, the truth speaks for itself"

sagapo212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

The end doesn’t slip out, it’s the chase camera that turns a bit, compared to GT which has a more static chase camera.
I drive with bump cam (most sense of speed) and you will notice and feel the car doesn’t slip out.
Kireth (youtube channel) explains this.

VariantAEC208d ago

The Ermz video someone above linked shows that Kireth is both a liar and a moron. See Ermz shows the same s••• happening... in cockpit view!

tbagmonster212d ago

boring vs boring, both put me to sleep

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GT7 update 1.46 features an all-electric concept racing car created exclusively for the game

Today’s 1.46 update includes ŠKODA Vision Gran Turismo, two other cars, new Café Menu, and World Circuit Events.

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The best PS5 exclusives 2024

With so many PS5 exclusives to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming to pick which one to play. This is especially true for a new PlayStation gamer who has yet to experience the wonder of PlayStation-exclusive storytelling. So, here's KnowTechie's take on the best PS5 exclusives in 2024 and beyond

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Hereandthere29d ago

PlayStation is killing it with the exclusives this year. Exclusive wise, what has xbox released this year?

VersusDMC29d ago

They won't complain about Microsoft not releasing games here but put all their effort into saying that only first party counts. Games like Rebirth and Grandblue Relink don't count. Games published by Sony like Helldivers 2, Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin don't count because Sony don't own the studios.

It's some narrative building so for when Hellblade 2 come out they can say, seemingly without shame, that Microsoft is actually releasing first party games this year. And claim victory.🙃

Chevalier29d ago

Weird 1st party games didn't matter when Xbox had so little, but, now they're important again? Guess Ark 3, Stalker 2 don't count any more?

KyRo29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

ARK 3 doesn't exist and it's just a timed exclusive. It's also a game that a majority of the ARK player base doesn't want as it's a massive deviation from what people like about the original game

Abnor_Mal29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Honestly to me it doesn’t matter what they say, they are just finally getting a chance to say all the things PS fan(boy)s were saying to them for the past few years. Let them get that, they deserve a “win” for a change.

The new narrative is that suddenly first party games matter again when awhile ago they didn’t, but that was because they were struggling with the same three games with the occasional fourth or fifth. That games should be everywhere on all platforms since that’s whats happening to theirs. The consoles don’t matter just the ability to play anywhere. Whatever Xbox is doing Sony will soon follow.

They’re not moving the goalpost anymore, but rather just moving the whole damn stadium.

jwillj2k429d ago

Only a incel would care about who published what and who owns who.

If it’s not on the other consoles it’s an exclusive.

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Cacabunga29d ago

Killing what? Where are the 1st party games??
Stellar Blade and FF7 is what I’m seeing this year.. so shallow!!!!

andy8529d ago

Doesn't really matter as long as they're great games. Baffles me why people put an emphasis on 1st party. They're still games you can't play anywhere else this year

Cacabunga28d ago

Andy

PS brand is my favorite because of their stellar first party software.. currently I see absolutely nothing to go crazy for..

CS728d ago

Nonsense.

PS1 and PS2 was built on great third party exclusives like FF, MGS, GTA & Tekken.

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raWfodog29d ago

Of course I love the games I’ve played from PS but I don’t believe we need to limit it to ‘exclusive’ to acknowledge that Xbox will be releasing some good games this year also. In that same vein, I believe that Xbox diehards shouldn’t limit their acknowledgment of good PS games to 1st party. There are plenty of good games to go around for everybody.

Tacoboto29d ago

This is a Playstation article about Playstation games and your comment is about Xbox. Can't you just celebrate what PS has without dragging this into console war BS?

ChasterMies29d ago

I don’t think Microsoft is releasing games exclusively on Xbox anymore. They have some timed exclusives that release on Xbox first.

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Abear2129d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Returnal, Astro Bot, and Ratchet made having it since day one worth it.

GT7 free updates and Spiderman 2 and others at 60fps have made this last year more than okay.

But yeah, it’s been dry lately. BG3 and third party have made great filler, but we ready for that SOCOM or Killzone announcement and some more 1st party goodness. Crossing fingers for Ghost of Tsushima 2 announcement this summer.

Didn’t know Helldivers was exclusive! Wtf is going on at Xbox that they can’t get these games, series s strikes again.

SonyStyled28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Sony owns the Helldivers IP. The first was a PS3/Vita/PC game. It was never an Xbox game that they could ‘get’ a decade ago. I’m not sure what the upset is with Xbox here

CS728d ago

Lol, how do you ignore Rebirth one of the best games ever made?

anast28d ago

Looks like they are on par with the previous gens. Solid games all around. Interestingly enough, we can't say they released a bad game yet this gen. Unlike the Quiet Man dustup.

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DefenderOfDoom228d ago

I actually do not mind if Marathon releases on multiple platforms . I just wish that Marathon has a dedicated single player campaign.

DaniMacYo28d ago

Helldivers 2 is exactly what gaming needed. I’m loving it.

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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.44 brings 3 new cars, an extra Café Menu, 3 World Circuit Events, and more

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