Very good read. Polly Podium is Polly on Point.
Yeah, in two weeks we find out if FM5 is just a great big gimmicky car game that looks good and has good physics or a good racing game. I think it is safe to say that it cannot be a great racing game. We are 5 generations in and the only thing that has really improved is the graphics and the physics of the game. Both of which are the natural progression of technology not the result of any Turn 10 innovation.
Yes, we have 16 car lobbies when at one time we had 8. Livery editor has been around now for a while so there is nothing new or innovating about that. Drivatar..been there done that. So it's better now...great, technology has driven making something old something better. Where are the innovations? There are racing games that were out in 1999 that had animated (crude but had em) pit crews. Tire/fuel strategy. Rain etc...
Forza was supposed to move forward...Not 1/2 of ANYTHING. More of EVERYTHING. If I am not mistaken this is an XBOX ONE...Dan G and Microsoft has touted the POWER OF THE ONE! How many times more powerful than the 360? So for all that big power, big data we get LESS cars, LESS tracks and more Forzavista and Mr. Drivatar? Sorry but that is just not what progress is.