Guest Reviewer William “Skate Zilla” Belmont looks at the latest version of the popular Xbox racing title.

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Excellent review Skate... very nicely done... thxs a mil for taking it on.

Good job Skate - great review.

Really nice one! I almost bought a XB360 and F4! REALLY!

Wife stopped me, dead.

Great review Skate, very indepth and detailed, you did a great job of pointing out the pros and cons in a very useful and objective way.

Very impressed.

I'll be getting this down the road after the price drops some. I'm still not done with Forza 3 (I really haven't touched it since my 2nd daughter was born due to the Xbox moving to a different room) so I'm in no rush, but it's good to hear that it's worth getting.




The Jedi Master

Me, either. I never 'finished' Forza 3 and I probably won't as the faster cars really don't have as much draw as you'd think they would for me.

The omission of Porsche from the lineup is a real problem for me as well, but, if Porsche is stupid enough to commit themselves to EA, why should I argue?

Waiting on the next Simbin title.

No, the tracks are for the most part better suited to the slower cars, but I enjoy getting better ones in the slower classes...the fastest of the slow if you will.



The Jedi Master

BTW one big difference I noticed of FM3 vs FM4 driving the faster cars, is that the new physics model has really improved the ability to drive the fast cars without aids.

With FM3 I usually didn't drive anything S or above because the handling was ridiculous/impossible without using traction control or ABS, so it meant I drove only A or below cars.

With FM4 the new realistic physics have allowed so much more car control that I have been able to drive all the cars so far up to R1 using my wheel + pedals + h-shifter + clutch and right foot braking heel-toe, with no aids on.

It took a while to practice being easy getting back on the throttle but it really feels good and has opened up all the cars above A for me which were useless in FM3 unless you ran with a bunch of helper aids on.

I really miss the Porsches (especially my beloved 959) but I would not trade the new FM4 physics for all the Porsches in my FM3 garage.