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So no hooning around in the mighty Z3M breadvan.Ĭar customisation was also more prominent. But, sadly, not Lamborghini while BMW’s inclusion was limited to racing cars. It helped that Ferrari and Porsche featured unlike in its rival. It was not such a bad look for Forza Motorsport – which seemingly focused on quality, not quantity.
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Not as many cars as rival Gran Turismo 4, but then the Polyphony Digital, formerly Polys Entertainment, and its iconic racing game series had multiple variants of the same cars.
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And so the developers dangled a tantalising 230-odd digital cars from 60 manufacturers when Forza Motorsport launched in May 2005. But not too much as its main aim was to combat Gran Turismo – which had become a series known for its alleged realism. So over its two and a half years of development, which saw three delays, the handling was made more accessible. Pedal to the medalīeginning life as a thoroughbred racing simulator, the Turn 10 Studios team of 20 realised that accuracy and fun are rarely best of friends. A game that would become one of Microsoft’s most popular franchises, with a new Xbox Series X and S-friendly game said to be arriving in 2022. Launched six months before the Xbox 360, it was even easier to overlook the humble beginnings of Forza Motorsport. Not only did they look good, drifting through London in a Ferrari F50 was as memorable and ridiculous as it should be.
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Then there was OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast, probably the best version of it, plus Burnout Revenge, Juiced, Midnight Club, Need for Speed, Colin McRae, Richard Burns Rally, Sega GT Online, Auto Modellista, R: Racing Evolution, Ford Racing, Big Mutha Truckers, MotoGP, V-Rally, Quantum Redshift and many more.īut my absolute favourite was Project Gotham Racing, the first two games of which made for the original Xbox and the third for Xbox 360.
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Not only was the brilliant RalliSport Challenge a launch title, there was also Sega GT 2002 that in some instances shared a disc with the also brilliant Jet Set Radio Future. It was fortunate, then, that Microsoft’s first games console had loads of racers over its lifetime. At the time racing simulators were cool, Gran Turismo was king and its first two games were, for me anyway, the most special. With many gamers coming from Sony’s legendary PlayStation 1 and 2, the Xbox needed a good driving game and that’s where Forza Motorsport stepped in. With a new Forza Motorsport around the corner, I played the original Xbox version to see where it all began – and whether driving games have progressed as much as we think.