forza 4

IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR FORZA 4!

July 13th, 2010 |

Author: gamer

Dont get me wrong: I LOVE FORZA 3.

Frankly, it is the best race simulator there is out there. There are so many articles talking about how good Forza is compared to others etc. but there is certainly room for improvement.

May it be for marketing purposes or lack of creativity but unfortunately there are a number of issues which should be improved for Forza 4 in order to make it the best game in history.

If you dont have internet, the game simply lacks life and dynamics. You have the feeling to be playing on your own in a PC world. What I mean by that is that Forza should defenitely improve the interaction in the game.

Mechanics Team

Examples: Once you have money, you can purchase a mechanics team.

With a mechanics team you can now officially take part in professional races etc etc. The mechanics team bears a cost on each race.

Also the mechanics team allows interaction in the sense that whilst racing you are constantly updated with information from the box. Such as what your competitors are doing, etc etc.

In addition before any race, the chief mechanic gives you advice on the track, upgrades and tune direction. So, although you dont know the perfect tune setup, at least you know the direction you have to go!!

THE RACE

The races are exciting but can get pretty dull.

The first major major major problem is the starting grid! How crap is that!

Forza should introduce the possibility of driving a qualifier lap. This could be in the sense of a ‘hot lap’ so whatever time you do in this lap will be taken as qualifier. So if you crash, in the hot lap you start last. But at least it actually gives you a real chance to start in a better position if you want to race with a much more handicaped car. Also it is a reflection on reality.

Another issue with races is the number of competitors. 8 is defenitlely far too little. If games such as Need for Speed have 20 plus opponents, how can forza only have 8!

CASH and MONEY PRIZES

I very much like the idea that the car prices are realistic. But unfortunately, there is a problem with that: some of them you will never be able to buy because 20,000,000 credits is just impossible to achieve (if you dont have the internet).

This leads to another issues which is really irritating- microsoft tries to force you to have internet and a gold membership- so in order to have fun with the game i have to keep paying! That’s simply OUTRAGEOUS.

Forza 4 should have more income possibilities other than just the race money. One way to increase race money for instance, would be the option to increase the number of laps on any race we would like to take part. So just a simple race could have 50 laps instead of 3, this would make the race more exciting with pit stops etc. In the menu when you increase the number of laps, autmoatically the price money increases in a more exponential manner.

This would allow more cash prize (and fun) for each race.

Also, another profit centre could be the implementation of sponsors:

SPONSORS

I really dislike the fact that you can stick any manufacturer logo on your car withour any real purpose. Why would I want to advertise for someone for nothing?????

It is great there are so many manufacturer logos, but let’s try and find an interesting way to actually make them useful.

Sponor money should be linked to driver and car reputation. Car reputation should be increased to something like 20 points. The idea is that the more reputation you have, the more offers you get from manufacturers to stick vinyls of their logos on your car. Depending on position and size, every race you receive extra cash just from sponsor stickers.

These ideas would really make the game more lively.