What I think of Forza 7

I've been playing PCARS 2 since its release, and this is probably whats going to happen to me once Forza 7 is released. It's better than the first for sure, but I think it still has the same issues, just on a slightly smaller scale. The controller handling is still too twitchy. I spent hours tweaking it, and it's still not great.

Then, the bugs. Which of there are many... the setup is a disaster, at least for me. Constantly pulling the wrong setups, not saving properly, reverting without me doing anything, freezing, jesus, it's just a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Unwinnable career races. My favorite one. Because apparently the tire model that makes extreme weather so authentic and challenging isn't present for the AI! This has ruined my open wheel progression. Then, I tried the rally cross path. The winter stages? Now, this is a true X-file. You need to run the same rally cross stage several times. Same condition. Same setup. Same car. Same track. Yet, on one race I absolutely smoke the AI and have amazing handling, the next race, it's basically unplayable, the car struggles a lot more, and the AI just takes off even at 0% difficulty. No fucking clue what that's about - I triple checked everything, but no dice. Wouldn't be shocked if it was related to the setup bugging out though.

Talking about the AI though, the amount of times I've been rammed or overtaken when overtaking was forbidden........it just happened so many times I think the AI is just basically bad. I mean in the f&cking formation lap! One AI car slows down/spins out, and suddenly everyone goes crazy, and overtakes everyone. Me? If I try to pass one car, I get told to go back. Great - I qualified 7th, but by the time I start the race I'm 16th because of the god awful AI behavior. I came close to rage uninstalling a few times.

Mind you, it's a great game when everything is fine and dandy. And I'm sure that once it's received a handful of patches, it'll be a great game altogether. But the fact of the matter is, it's still a far cry from the level of polish and playability that Forza games provide, and Ian Bell made me feel like a god damn chump again.

/end rant

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