I wanted to see if a Volkswagen Minibus fueled by hippy love could beat the black and red mercenary van of the A-Team. What was I testing, you ask? Well, among the 450 cars in this game is the station wagon that Peter Griffin drives in The Family Guy, and I wanted to see if it could keep up with the cop car that Robocop drove in that live action T.V. Trust me when I say that it didn’t take long for the cars to become the centre of my experience, and instead of racing, I eventually turned the game into my own private test bed. There were roughly 200 cars in Forza Motorsport 5, and now roughly 450 cars in Forza Motorsport 6. That said, I have a feeling that the tracks are the way they are because this game is all about the cars. Now, it’s true that Turn10 added 6 new racing complexes like Watkins Glen, Brands Hatch, and Lime Rock to this edition however, they don’t come up enough in the rotation to keep the track list as a whole from feeling stale. These custom tracks are just not that interesting to race on, and they come up way to often in the track rotation. Even driving on it digitally is a thrill, but that’s not something I can say for the Bernese Alps, Prague, or the other racetracks that Turn10 made from scratch. I love racing on the Nürburgring, a track that has bled history over the years. Since this is a racing game, I should clarify that my problem isn’t that tracks like the Nürburgring are back. As a result, the whole track list is feeling a little stale. The tracks look so great because most of them have been recycled from previous games, so the developers have literally had years to work on them. That unfortunately brings me to my first issue with Forza Motorsport 6. For now, I will say that the inclusion of these items is clearly the work of someone who’s got their digital assets nailed down, and when it comes to visuals, it’s easy to say that Forza Motorsport 6 has nailed it. The cars are amazingly detailed as well, but I’ll mention them later in this review. Another example is the inflatable wavy tube-men who seem to find their way to every racetrack (in and outside of this game), car dealership, and glam metal reunion tour. For example, digital models of the cameras that a television network would use to broadcast a race have been place around the many tracks. Forza Motorsport 6 has things in it that I’ve never seen another racing game have, and I’ve played a lot of them. Although, it’s not just the fact that everything is pretty that gives the game top beauty marks, but it’s also the item density that makes every location feel alive. The good news is that this rapid release schedule has given the developers at Turn10 plenty of time to polish their digital assets, and you can tell that’s true the first time you gaze upon the beauty that is Forza Motorsport 6.
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