| Skeeuk said: Grafix: ive played both an i believe gt5 looks better, gt5 deffo has more flaws but it has been designed ground up to accomodate a higher resolution and more ai cars, plus actual real lighting including day night shifts, but all that comes at a cost with pixelated shadows and shadow flicker. for some reason it does it more on some tracks than other. when on song the action on screen looks incredible, everything is crisp and smooth looking. the cars look real (premium) and tracks look amazing especially the city tracks. no tracks on forza 4 are more detailed than the rome madrid and tokyo R circuits. yet during heavy on screen action you do notice jitters in frames nothing game spoiling but you kinda wish it wasnt there, theres also lots of little detail like flashing head lights the shulsport gtr with its triple flash looks cool in the dark and i also noticed your driver looks into rear mirror when reversing, not sure if thats in forza didnt check it with forza 4, all the visuals are ultra vibrant and colourful with more track detail (normal circuits), but the picture does in no way look like realistic cars/tracks, just jump on nordshliffe and it looks the same as pgr4 rendition brash colourful etc, by all means that doesnt make the grafix suck or anything it just looks different. some of the issues i had with forza 4 was the AA you could see lines all over the place it wasnt as smooth or as crisp as gt5 this was very apparant on the top gear track, the 2nd to last left turn it was difficult to make out the angle due to AA jagging out the edges (my samsung plasma currently has edge smoothing turned off) but id give forza 4 a 9/10 for visuals, although i believe gt5 looks better due to inconsitany id also give it 9/10 Sound: this is a strange catagory imo, as both sound good, the difference being forza 4 sounds are more profound. one example i can give the lexus 10 almost sounds like an f1 car it sounds terrific, on gt5 it sounds good in normal views but change to external view and you can hear the exhaust/engine rasping away etc. on forza 4 they have designed the audio to be similar all round almost eg which ever view you choose you will always get that rasping exhaust note/engine so thats a design choice and because this is a game were talking about i think forza 4 sounds better although gt5 also sounds cool, probably a 9/10 for forza and 8.5/10 for gt5 Gameplay: again its a difficult one, depends on what you actually want out of the game, forza 4 everything is there for you to try ie any car and track, gt5 you have to work towards unlocking topgear track and nordshliffe etc. gt5 will deffo take more of your time to unlock and gain levels. the actual driving is where gt5 shines the way the cars handle to the way the track gradients are modeled its just the best ive ever played. with my time on forza 4 i didnt get the same feeling re: handling and track gradient authenticity but if you buy forza 4 you will deffo enjoy it, id give gt5 a 9/10 here and forza 8/10 Longevity: theres not really a contest here, gt5 has much more to do its a massive game with constand updating challenges/events to try out, although the 800 standard cars arnt as good as the premiums they are however a good addition as many of the cars you wont really find in driving games, forza 4 has about 500 premiums the variety is more varied although non of them have rear internal views and from what ive played correct me if im wrong, none of the cars in forza seems to have any windscreens? many cars in gt5 when you switch in car view have real window tint. i just thought that was a neat little touch imo, but due to grater number of premiums id give car selection a draw, but i could understand users choosing forza cars due to higher number. again so sum up gt5 is a much larger game and will last you a lot longer, its the best investment ive made this gen and although a year old i still find new stuff to do on it, 1990 fiat panda 181bhp on nordshliffe was a blast! lol. online there both great but different users will have different tastes re:online 10/10 for gt5 9/10 for forza Gripes: my main gripes with gt5 are the snow rally chamonix course is utterly ruined by the snow pixalation, you cant re choose a car when you are doing practice courses you have to come out to main screen and re choose car, some of the standards look shit some are medium and some are actually very good indeed, but the plus point is there will always be updates for gt5 im hoping they can fix some of the issues ive raised re: gt5 forza 4, the AA is off putting but it deffo stays at more steady frame rate, all the tracks are the same as forza 3 bar 4, all the cars are same as forza 3 bar 90, i just felt it was the same game as forza 3 with additions, even when announced forza 4 was announced as forza kinect at e3 a few years ago, the ai still runs it self of road when you drive behind it etc Conclusion: both can co exist imo, i dont give a damn about reviewers ive never played a car game as much as gt5 once you get into its details its just amazing to take cars out to drive, and with forza its also a terrific game just different to gt5 i can understand them playing it safe to get forza more appealing to all ages it deffo does that but i wish they stuck to forza 2 single player formula which was much much better than just completing races and gaining all cars that way, it was an amazing satisfaction to save up 14million credits to get the chapparel 2j in gt5, in forza you can just keep playing season/world tour and gain most cars that way all in all depends what you want, forza is for all ages gt5 isnt, id sum it up by saying gt5 is more for driving enthusiasts whilst forza is more for hobbyest where you can paint cars and trade them etc my fave is gt5 i wouldnt give it less than 9.5 its just given me to much enjoyment, forza id give it 9.0 it does what it set out to and does it well so for me its deffo gt5
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Really nice mini-review
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