The Forza Motorsport Series Began 15 Years Ago Today

i love the Forza series and i can't wait for the next mainline game

it's long over due

@FraserG I think you might want to add that the "second" game was actually a re-imagining of the first game, with improved graphics and some other extras, so basically, it was just Forza Motorsport Deluxe Edition. Kinda like what they did with the Burnout series as well.

I've been into the Horizon series more than the main one, but I appreciate both.

Great franchise

Have only played 2 Horizon games and one mainline but I'm a huge fan of the series. Can't wait to see how they push things forward in the next one!

My first Xbox was a One S a few years ago, but after playing the demo of Horizon 3 I jumped straight in. Amazing series, both Motorsport and Horizon.

I'd love to have FM 1&2 BC one day!!!

I do prefer Horizon but I think Forza 3 or 4 was the best - It had far more cars and I think from5 onwards, the car numbers dropped and the started selling a LOT more care packs. I remember 1 had two discs and the second disc could be installed to HDD to double the amount of cars you had access to.

With the Arcade XB360 only having a small HDD, you didn't have to install those to work and being on DVD, I don't think they could fit them all on Disc - a bit like the High res texture pack on BF3 that was 'mandatory' on PS3 but optional on XB360 because of the 4GB 'Arcade' edition XB360.

Despite not being the 'biggest' Motorsport fan, I do own them all - some because of GwG though...

Aside from Halo 2, this was one of my favs to play on my older brothers Xbox.

Forza Motorsport overtaking Sony’s Gran Turismo as the best racing sim on the market was no small feat! And now it’s not even close, to the point where nobody even brings up Gran Turismo much anymore. Very impressive!

While I do prefer the Horizon games, Turn 10 is so underrated for consistency in high quality over all these years.

@KelticDevil
Lol. That is the most deluded comment I've read in a while.

@tinCAT-zero

Huh? Are you actually going to try to argue that Gran Turismo is a better racing series than Forza?!! 😂

I mean, to each their own. But.....c’mon man.

@KelticDevil
Eh yeah - in a different league. You even said yourself you prefer Horizon, so you and I are at the opposite end of the spectrum.

Don't knock a game series you've obviously never played. Gran turismo 5 & 6 are 2 of the greatest driving games ever created. GTSport is "THE" best online racer there is and has a far superior driving model than Forza. Forza has gotten stale. I had big hopes for Forza when it launched back in 2005. I have played and owned every Forza Motorsport game up to 7. The franchise has lost its way. The handling was never as good as Gran turismo and yeah it doesn't have a lot going for it at the moment.

I have Horizon 4 on my console as it came free with it and I think I played it once. I'm not into arcade racers. I'm loving Dirt rally 2.0 at the moment if you want to try that.

@tinCAT-zero

“Obviously never played”?!!

I owned a PlayStation 1, 2, & 3 genius. I have played lots of Gran Turismo games over the years. And yes, before Forza Motorsport came out, it was the best racing sim on the market.

And I’ll even give you the early days of Forza, they were about equal. But since the 360 days, in my opinion, it hasn’t even been close. Obviously you share a different opinion.

And my preference for the Horizon series is because Playground Games has done an amazing job mixing a sim racer with an arcade feel. It’s not a knock on full sim racers like Motorsport or Gran Turismo. It’s just what I prefer.

I am not into racing games enough to play two different series of them, so I choose Horizon. But that doesn’t mean I don’t respect or understand that Turn 10 does great work with the Motorsport series.

Like I said.....to each their own.

@KelticDevil
I don't care how many Playstation you've owned "Genius"! It's not about opinions, it's about facts. I still say you've never played Gran turismo 5 or 6.