I was a Gran Turismo fan from Gran Turismo 1 on PS1, I still am but as we go on from GT5 and GT6 I can't get over the premium standards, poor AI, poor customization, tuning, and no Speed Test and poor GUI which is boring and looks boring too. GT5 to me seems to have better aero, physics and handling model which in turn with a good transmission ratio which has markers for gear ratios actually worked and all elements worked together to change the speed of the car. This is not the case in GT6 its like nothing works. I could actually top speed test cars on GT5 with joy with aero, suspension, toe and camber working to affect the car with drag and counter in weight aswell. GT6 does not work like this its poo in my opinion.
Even camber and toe seem pointless and don't seem to do anything. It's like they made the game more for kids and gave the handling an even more arcade feel down from simcade. Speed Test on GT5 for timing drag racing was took out of GT6. The only thing that Kept GT6 alive for me was drag racing on Indy with my friends in multiplayer. The multiplayer element of GT has always been good and you can comment in lobbies. I loved GT5 for good physics, Speed Test. I tried Xbox 360 and my enjoyment with physics and handling was hit and miss, good on some cars but poor and horrible for most other cars, so I sold the game and console to my nephew.
But I loved FM4 having lots of cars and Porsche in the game and the graphics and AutoVista were brilliant and sounds were brilliant. I didn't like the handling physics. Now I took a leap of faith from rumours and comments on Forza 5 handling physics and so I decided to splash out my money on an Xbox One. Well I bought Forza 5 and I can say the handling physics on Forza 5 are so much better than Forza 4, a big improvement. I know its next gen but the steering is suddenly more amazing feeling and sim like that GT5 felt like as it matured and GT5 was great for me whereas GT6 feels all too easy like cars feel like go karts and weren't challenging and you couldn't feel the resistance when steering. GT6 feels more simcade that GT5.
I'm glad to say Forza 5 on next gen finally nails handling physics, every car I've driven has felt enjoyable and exciting, drives differently but they don't slide round corners unrealistically anymore like in FM4, the cars feel great to drive although FM5 is not perfect its the best I've felt yet and the fact that I like the handling physics so much on Forza 5 is enough to make me not want to sell my Xbox One or Forza 5. I'm so glad because this was an expensive investment and I dived in unsure about it. I had no friends with a Xbox One so I could not demo the game at all. It's an expensive investment just for the Forza franchise alone but I may just buy Tomb Raider as I've always played the TOmb Raider games on Playstation. So I can now go and buy the game as soon as it releases exclusive to Xbox.
I drove a few 4WD and RWD so far and they all feel great to drive. Forza 5 might not have the track or car count of FM4 or have Porsche, but look at the first Forzas on a new gen Xbox from Xbox - Xbox 360 and you'll see a big difference with each new gen in polygon count, graphics quality, and content and physics maturity. Customization is out of this world compared to GT5 or GT6. I feel as they go on from FM5 with FM6, T10 will get Forza 6 right and it will get better and better. The car choice and variety in Forza is better than having multiple versions of the same or similar car and having no interior detailing.
I can at least drive an Arial Atom, a Ferrari F50, a McClaren P1 or a Ferrari La Ferrari. And many many more cars that just are not in GT like Escort RS 500 Cosworth and Escort RS Cosworth. I know Forza 5 doesn't have weather or day and night or that many tracks but I feel Forza 5 in that way was rushed for T10 for the next gen console release. With Forza 6 they won't be rushed as they are given enough time as has been given to all other previous iterations of the franchise. I'm really getting excited for Project Cars too and as a pure racing game I hope it does well, I have the Limited Edition preordered from GAME.co.uk.
I think in terms of pure racing and pit stops, qualifying and realistic lap times and AI will be as everyone has said a good starting point for T10 and PD to realize that they are missing certain features that make real racing game. P Cars is one step closer to the real world when it comes to accurately simulating the racing events of a real life driver in racing. As for PD I won't be playing GT6 because I can't keep myself away from Forza 5. One more thing, Forza 5 car sounds are all unique and much better than FM4 again thanks to the better next gen technology. T10 are ahead of PD when it comes to simulating physics, brake fade or tire fade, i'm not sure what Forza 5 actually simulates maybe someone can corerct me here but FM5 seems to simulate more things in the physics side of life. Screeching annoying tyres in FM5 as they were in FM4 and early GT6 are now gone and more realistic in Forza 5.
Plus when you tune up your car in Forza 5 every part adds or reduces weight of the overall car and all that is calculated and so is grip with tyre width, tyre diameter and tyre size, every wheel and every aftermarket part has a different weight factor too. I feel Forza 5 with paint in some ways is better or worse than 4. And its light years ahead of GT6. I really truly can not wait for FM6 if the physics experience of FM5 is anything to go by so far I'm enjoying just free test driving my cars in Forza 5 for hours of joy let alone completing the career mode. So yes this is my review and experience with Forza 5 so far even though some Forza 5 long term fans who have been with T10 longer than me would say Forza 5 is incomplete and misses a lot. Well it does. But its still truly worth it just for the enjoyment of the handling physics and car sounds and driving them. I've never had so much fun in a ferrari f40, ferrari f50, Escort RS Cosworth. I'm sure Forza 6 will fix a lot of things.
My only wish that T10 would add a lot of cars that were in FM4. I miss driving many cars and one of them is the Ferrari F40 LM and the 599 GTO LM edition and many other faster versions of certain cars. More paganis, more koeniseggs. More aston martins, more nobles, SSC ultimate aero. More Lotus, a gumpert apollo. I could go on here. My Santas wish list to you T10.
Since I own a PS4 I probably will be buying GT7 anyway aswell. If you got this far thank you for reading my super long post. Now go and buy and Xbox One and Forza 5. If not then don't
You will regret the driving experience. If not Forza 5 you must try Forza 6. And I'm a die hard fan of both developers and both games. Ta ta