Forza Horizon 2 vs Driveclub: Which is the Better Exclusive Racer?

[Protendo]

Bullsrun said:

Protendo said:

I hate to say it, but after having hands-on time with Drive Club it's not even a contender.

I wrote my hands on impressions in another thread:

Protendo said:

I'm having a hard time with Drive Club.

I love Arcade Racers, this is not an arcade racer. This is some bad hybrid I did not want. The most frustrating thing is the AI.
Cars hit you from behind, and you lose momentum but the AI doesn't slow down in the slightest. If you did the same thing
you'd be off the track. I have had far to many races end in a loss  because the AI hit me from behind and then they passed
me because they do not slow down but I did.  That is not fun, it is extremely frustrating.

It's also nearly impossible to pass people sometimes without hitting them and then you be penalized for speed and the AI
is not.

Controls are a problem as well. The cars grip at an unrealistic high level. You can't force drifts to save your life. Well maybe
 you can but it's incredibly difficult. 

This wasn't the racing game I was expecting. On the bright side it's by far the most beautiful and graphically impressive
racing game so far.

Its not an arcade racer, its very much sim/cade.  They been pretty honest about it.  

Its easy to pass just use different driving line or go in hard brake hard and then cut them of or go through small bends all out just aim for the space carefully.  Certain cars are much better for driftin, or just hard in use handbrake and power through the corner.  Use a 3s BMW, those are quite tail happy and you should have got it early in the game.  

What were you expecting then ? NFS like or GT ?

It's the penalty system that kills it for me.  The fact that you get penalized but the AI doesn't drives me nuts.  You get penalised for the AI hitting you but they do not, which slows you down, but they keep going unempended by the penalty that they caused.  I'm not the best racing game player, I like the genre, but I'm nowhere near pro.  This has been the most frustrating experience I have had in a long time.  Things like going through the terrain to find shortcuts gets you penallized is annoying as well. 

I feel like they are penalizing the player for bad game design, and I don't have to like that.

I honestly have no idea what I was expecting.  I was hoping for something more like Sega Rally 2.  I like games like GT, Forza, Sega Rally, etc. but the game mechanics in Drive Club annoy me and have ruined my experience.  Wish I would of waited for the free version now.