Initial Forza 2 Impressions - Matt Gerlach

Matt Gerlach

An Xbox MVP

Initial Forza 2 Impressions

Many of you can tell by my gamercard on the left side, that I have been playing Forza 2 (quite a bit) and racking up some achievements.  To keep my feelings simple...it ROCKS!  You may have heard of "horrible jaggies", but that is not the case.  Yea, it comes and goes, but to tell you the truth, you don't notice it really.  When you are driving at over 100mph, you just try to look to make sure you setup correctly for that next turn.

C6 Z06 at Mugello

As for the career, you may feel like you are "flying through it" quick to begin with, but once you start hitting the longer races, and the AI gets harder...your advancing slows a bit.  But man, does it ever get any more fun than that?!?  No.

I plan on rolling out some posts (if I can ever get my hands off the game) over this week, talking about sweet parts of the game, from the career, to arcade (oh, I am ranked #2 in exhibition mode, in class R1 on mugello...I LOVE Mugello), to the "paint shop" and much more!

Aston Martin DB9 - 1

Posted: Mon, May 28 2007 17:48 by gerlach | with 2 comment(s)
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Comments

The Saint said:

I WAS one of the harshest critics of Forza 2 before it came out, even though I always intended to buy it.  I finally got a chance to play it for the first time yesterday (since the demo) and I'm glad that it looks a lot better than some reviews might say.  Pretty much everyone unanimously agrees on the great physics and handling of Forza 2, so to me the only issue was the visuals.  The very first track on exhibition mode might create a bad first impression, especially when you look at the crowd in the stands.  They look like pixels.  Also, the New York track is not impressive.  The buildings in PGR3 are photo-realistic but they are not in Forza 2.  With that said, the lighting and textures look better than the demo, and this might just have to do with the track itself.  Overall, visuals match PGR3's, and that's an impressive feat given the amount of customization that you are allowed.

# May 31, 2007 3:28 PM

gerlach said:

I agree.

Been playing it almost every day since May 22nd.

# May 31, 2007 4:41 PM