Happy...overall
Well, now we come to this.
Forza 5 is finally out and fans of the series everywhere are rejoicing... or at least they were.
Being a big fan of the series myself, I bought the game on launch day and played the absolute hell out of it. At first glance, it was superb. Graphics are beautiful (both cars and backgrounds), physics are spot on, as usual, painting is more fun then ever, and with a great line up of cars.
All seemed well, until I tried to access the online auction house.... which isn't there. And tried to gift a car to a friend, which I couldn't do. And tried to sell some of my paint jobs to the community which... well you can guess.
Now, don't get me wrong. Turn 10 is TRYING to adjust the credit system in the game for the future launch of the auction house, but it's taking way too long. I am already bored with this.
After this realization, I went back to the career mode and noticed something different... there were far too few tracks in the game to keep myself occupied. The 'drivatar' system is a bit spiffy, but after a while just gets tiring. I got bored of the game a whole week after launch. In contrast, I played Forza 4 for six straight months upon release...
Long story short; if you like the series, wait until this game's in the bargain bin. If you just want to give it a go as your first racing sim, this might not be a bad place to start, but again, tread carefully. Have another game to play on alternating days, to keep this one interesting.
