Forza Motorsport 3 Review

To show I enjoy games that don't have to involve guns, and aliens, and thus shooting the face off aliens with a big ass gun I present unto you Forza Motorsport 3, what is to cars as curry is to a painful morning after. I can't comment on a story as, well, there isn't one. Unless you see it as your a man who is so closely attached to his car that he could practically be in a civil partnership with it. You race other mysterious car/unknown being combinations at different locations around the world. However what quickly becomes apparent is that although you visit many locations, you will then visit them again on your next outing, and the next time, and the next time. In fact I got so bored of one track, having driven the 30 odd miles so many times I tried it with my eyes shut, working from memory. I still came first.

But after all of this it is still a superbly good game with a broad and varied car selection that you can either use in races against the other contestants or stock up in your garage to look pretty. By racing the cars you rank them up unlocking better upgrades for them so you can tune them up with the money you also earn, thus improving your car and so bettering your chances at winning. However you can up rank you and your car fairly quickly compared to most games and I had barely leveled up a car before a new better one was unlocked for me by up ranking myself.

Yet despite this, and the ever increasing stock pile of amazing cars, most of which I won't use because there will be once car that is the best all rounder from being upgraded form a b class to a R3. Here I should explain that each car is split into different categories based on the way the perform. The lowest being F and then up to A then R3 to R1. R1 being the Le Mans style super racers to dominate all other cars. Races you play on the season play mode (the campaign style of racing games) are meant to use this a restriction some of the times, however sometimes the restriction is only on the type of car, for example you can have an American Open event when any level car can enter so long as it is of American origin. This seems fine until you play and realise you can use your R1 corvette against B's, C's and F's. This way you have completed the 5 lap race, lapped all of your opponents, given the a good taste of your metaphorically dust, crossed the line, made a beef wellington 5 star meal and made love with 50 beautiful women because you've just got noticed you have two watermelons where your gentleman's vegetable should be, all before they can see the first looming apex.

All in all though it is an enjoyable game, one that deserves a good 7 out of 10 for its troubles.

J Stanley