Forza Motorsport 4: A Racing Game At Its Core #blogpost

Introduction

Hello! I hope you have had a great December day! Now, to get things straight, I don’t have a Xbox One; I own a Xbox 360. And, some of you may know that you cannot get Forza Motorsport 5, Forza Motorsport 6, or Forza Horizon 3 on a Xbox 360 console (you can get Forza Horizon 2, but it doesn’t have the same features as the Xbox One edition).

So, in early January, I got a slightly used Forza Motorsport 4 game from Gamespot. And I am glad that I did so. Although, I never really got into the game until March. But once I got into it, I have spent hours on end playing the game. It’s challenging, enjoyable, unique, and is just a brilliant game in general.

The Career

In the Forza Motorsport 4, the career mode is split into two parts; the World Tour and Events.

The World Tour is the main mode; it is essentially the racing storyline of the game. It is divided into ten seasons (or series). Which are the following:

•Amateur
•Clubman
•Sportsman
•Semi-Pro
•Expert
•Professional
•Masters
•Elite
•Championship
•Legend

The ten seasons act like a step ladder; in each season you have a progressing amount of races; in Amateur you have five races, in Clubman you have seven races, etc., etc.

Not only that, each season brings more laps to every race; a race at Silverstone might be two laps in the Amateur series, whereas it might be six in the Legend series.

Because of the progression system you get a long, challenging career. Most casual gamers take about six months until they finally complete the Legend season.

And the World Tour doesn’t stop there; once you finish the Legend series, you simply go around in a circle, starting back in the Amateur season.

The Events is basically all challenges, series, championships and showcases mashed together.

With the Events you have a number of options. You can race D-Class cars around Laguna Seca, race in a classic supercar showcase, or race S-Class cars in a championship series.

Most of the series are split into a number of races; you can race in a Chevrolet Showcase series, where you can take your 1970 Chevelle 454 SS or the 2010 Corvette Grand Sport to racetracks such as Sebring, Silverstone, and Hockenheimring.

Or you can do a Autocross event at Indianapolis in your 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata.

The Car List

Forza Motorsport is known for their unique car selections, and Forza Motorsport 4 adds to that. The car selection ranges from small, compact hatchbacks to ridiculous, terrifying hypercars.

The game features a total of 313 cars (with 170 DLC cars) from 78 licensed manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, Holden, Lamborghini, and Pontiac.

And with even more DLC packs, you can find yourself with more than eighty licensed manufacturers such as Hudson and MG, with almost 600 cars!

Some cars include the 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA Stradale, 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, and the 2010 Joss JT1.

Like any Forza game, the car list contains cars both in and out of their comfort zone. The game offers cars that give you the opportunity to build a car that you feel comfortable driving.

You can either pick a classic old sports car - for example, the 1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - or a sports sedan - a 2010 Audi S4 - and build them into track eating monsters.

Or you could take something like a stock racecar - like a 2008 Mercedes-AMG C-Class Touring Car - and race around Laguna Seca.

And many cars have made their last appearance in the game.

Cars such as the 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite (although it is a DLC car, coming from the September Pennzoil Pack), 2000 Fiat Coupé 2.0 20V Turbo (also a DLC car, from the January Jalopnik Pack), the 2008 Mazda Furai, and the 2010 Gumpert Apollo S.

The Track List

Another good thing about the game is the variety of the track list.

You can race in the Swiss Mountains at Bernese Alps, or in the cobblestone Italian streets at Rally di Positano.

The game offers you an option of 26 locations to choose from:

•Bernese Alps
•Camino Viejo de Montserrat
•Circuit de Catalunya
•Fujimi Kaido
•Hockenheimring
•Iberian International Circuit
•Indianapolis Motor Speedway
•Infineon (now known as Sonoma) Raceway
•Ladera Test Track
•Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe
•Maple Valley Raceway
•Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
•Mugello Autodromo Internazionale
•Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit
•Nürburgring Nordschleife
•Rally di Positano
•Road America
•Road Atlanta
•Sebring International Raceway
•Sedona Raceway Park
•Silverstone Racing Circuit
•Sunset Peninsula Raceway
•Suzuka Circuit
•Top Gear
•Tsukuba Circuit
•Twin Ring Motegi

And in those locations, there are a total of 116 different layouts.

The Progression And Reward System

Like I said earlier, the game has a quite unique system of progression and rewards.

For instance, you have both Driver and Affinity levels - the Driver level is basically your racing level; while the Affinity level is primarily rewards for races given by the car’s manufacturer.

For the Driver level system, each level that you unlock rewards you with money; when you get above Driver Level 50 you can get rewards over 100,000 credits.

To put this in perspective, Level 55 gives you a 115,000 credit reward, while Level 56 gives you 117,500 credits, so on and so forth.

The same thing applies to the Affinity level system. When you get to Affinity Level 20 you get a reward of 95,000 credits, Level 25 you get 105,000 credits, etc., etc.

Conclusion

Overall, Forza Motorsport 4 is a fantastic, outstanding game. It has a long and challenging career mode, a great car and track list, and a exquisite progression and reward system. If you ask me, I personally think the game is one of the best racing games out there.

Thank you for reading this, it is greatly appreciated. Tell me your ideas on this blog! What are your thoughts on Forza Motorsport 4? What is your favorite Forza Motorsport game? Tell me in the comments!

This is KPS Lucky signing out. Peace.