Why does GT not get any acclaim in mainstream media?

[DonFerrari]

Chris Hu said:

DonFerrari said:

So it's pointless to ask FMs that had low content and paid DLC when someone says that GTS free DLCs doesn't deserve any commendment because base game was bare?

Let's see FM5 took less then half the time to develop then GTS and still managed to launch with more cars and tracks and overall content.  On top of all that FM5 didn't remove a major feature that was present in all previous games.  GTS removed the ability to upgrade cars which was a major feature in all previous GT games.  If Forza would remove the ability to upgrade cars the game would face a major backlash and a giant drop in sales.  Also every Forza game since FM2 had some paid DLC, so the fact that FM5 had paid DLC was a surprise to no one.

All I see are excuses to say GTS having free DLC is pointless while FM5 should be excused even if it had paid DLC... such double standard.