Online play is a rough experience in Forza 7 with horrible first corner collisions, inconsistent ‘ghosting’ (where a competitor disappears randomly) and some network issues still included. With an emphasis on competition, a balance of performance system is necessary Forza Motorsport’s emphasis is certainly not on competition. GT Sport has managed to keep sports cars competitive by limiting power and adding weight as and when required, and the system works because the franchise has never touted big wings and wheels above the racing itself. It could be argued that putting the cars on an equal playing field puts the onus on the driver, but a lot of Forza 7’s tracks are very power-intensive, such as Yas Marina, Silverstone, Daytona and Monza – so choosing the most powerful car in the division is key. It seems counter-productive as an approach for Forza 7 to make, because its appeal has long been the ability to improve a car enough to make it unrecognisable from its road-going variant. Making changes to engine parts, brakes or suspension to bring your car level with the competition can easily make your car ineligible for single or multiplayer races. For example, every car in the ‘Exotic GT’ division must be within a performance range, but the power between one car and another can differ by 100hp at times. Widebody kits, including massive canards and spoilers, can be found on a select few cars engines can be swapped rear-wheel-drive cars changed to four-wheel-drive, and pretty much any other performance part can be improved to your liking.įorza has, however, managed to nix the appeal of modifying its huge list of cars by implementing a balance of performance system depending on the class of car. All signs point to Microsoft implementing your hard earned money as an in-game currency in the future.Ĭars are modifiable, as seen in other Forza titles, to incredible lengths as well.
It must be mentioned that there is another, grating, issue: cars are purchased in ‘boxes’ which must be unlocked with credits earned from racing, rather than exclusively at the showroom, in a limiting and unnecessary change. However, the cover star, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, is a frustratingly inconsistent machine, never deciding whether it’s understeering or spinning wildly over an apex. Grand Prix racing machines are a particularly welcome inclusion in Forza 7, which has managed to evoke the feeling of perennial, sideways-orientated danger in all of its vintage open-wheel offerings. It’s a salivating list of machines to get to grips with and it does help to provide some encouragement to hit the track and improve your times.
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