Forza Motorsport 2

[Dave]

News

Microsoft took full advantage of recent news that Sony's rival Gran Turismo title for the PS3 would only come with a handful of cars with which to drive and the others being available for download.

"We will ship the game with 300 cars and more than 70 tracks on the disk," said Xbox chief Peter Moore.

High definition was always going to suit racing games that thrive on realism and Forza 2 is one of the best-looking titles for Xbox 360.

Racing tracks are not the most interesting places visually so the developers have made all the little details as authentic as possible.

Grass on tracksides is three dimensional rather than flat, tyres leave rubber marks on the tarmac, crowds react to events and the cars sustain damage.

The developers say they want to turn racing game fans into car freaks and car freaks into racing game fans and so have pitched the driving simulation at a level of realism that will appeal to both.

Forza's unique selling point has been the ability to customise your car and to create a unique livery for your machine.

The livery editor for Forza 2 has been revampled so that cars now have tens of thousands of different visual styles, emblems, colours and logos that can be applied.

You can race your unique car online and take photos which can be posted to websites, blogs and even your mobile phone.

[Newbie123]

Just a shame that it looks like we'll have to wait until June 07 for this

[Snail]

Much as though i like FPS and 3rd person shooters, i really need a good driving game.

Im considering getting NFS:Carbon, just for a quick fix :S

[CarMad]

I've read on CSN its not good, get the older underground if you can as its meant to be better.