After over six years of waiting, Forza Motorsport is just a few days away from launch. The developer, Take 10, has been working hard on this new generation of high-speed racing game ever since it was announced in 2020. The new game promises to feature hundreds of vehicles, an upgraded physics system, and better visual fidelity than anything seen before.
Forza Motorsport 8 also simply titled Forza Motorsport (2023) officially hits the shelves on October 10, 2023. The game will be available on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming. The developer has made the early access available in four editions with a variety of perks.
The four editions namely, Standard, Deluxe, Premium, and Add-On Premium. The Premium edition gives players the maximum number of perks along with a five-day early access to the game.
Forza Motorsport 8 reviews
The Forza Motorsport 8 title has been receiving overwhelming reviews so far. It has garnered a rating of an impressive 84 from critics on Metacritic. Similarly, IGN rates the game as 8/10, while GameSpot gives it 9/10.
Windows Central reviewed the game on Metacritic giving it a score of 80 and wrote, “Forza Motorsport (2023) isn’t just a new beginning for the legendary simulation racing franchise, it also represents a previously unreached peak for the series. Turn 10 Studios have done an incredible job delivering one of the best core driving experiences of any game, but not everything has been properly rebuilt from the ground up.”(sic)
It has been a trend that a majority of sim racers don’t feature many details in the way of a deep story that can unfold. There is usually a standard approach with a few Series Cups on lower tiers where players get the chance to rank up over time and unlock higher tiers. Eventually, they earn money from finishes which they can use to purchase better cars and upgrades.
A few sim racing titles have tried to add a more customized touch of character building into the mix, but have given mixed results. Forza Motorsport very much follows the same pattern except for the fact that it gives players the opportunity to unlock the initial 500+ cars. In addition, each of those cars has its own set of upgrades to long with an enormous repository of settings to configure to amp up extra performance at each unique track.
This feature is just one of the many things that places Forza Motorsport a spot higher among the sim racing genre of game. There are countless other details from the new game to enjoy, be it visual aesthetics or faint Tyre squealing sounds when pushing beyond limits,
To simply describe it, it is a pick-up-and-drive game that players can enjoy without too much bloat, except for the fact that there is an abundance of choice in selecting a car. For players who are enthusiastic about hardcore simulation racer games, this game offers an even bigger abundance of upgrades and countless changes to help achieve your best results.