Forza Motorsport 7 Ultimate Edition - Windows, Xbox One [Digital]

The Forza franchise has always been leading edge with Racing Video Games. This is no exception! And getting all of the perks of the Ultimate Edition makes the experience that much better.

My favorite racing game series, I’m not big into horizon, but forza has always been my go to racing game. Although I did have countless hours of the first, second and third gran tourismo.

Forza 7 expands on some dynamics and tracks, it's still more of the same, but that it is not necessarily considered a bad thing, the same has been proven fun for quite some time. I like to play racing games with a steering wheel, with new dynamics comes new challenges. Out of the box, the game is not set for a good steering wheel feel, unless you want to feel like you're racing a heavy piece of farm machinery without power steering, but a few adjustments and it's good to go. The visuals are nice and add to the sense of realism, a better set up out of the box for steering wheel support would be nice. At least it has steering wheel support. I used to love the NFS games, but they only let you play with a thumb stick, not nearly as fun. I don't bother with NFS anymore.

Great game as you would expect from Turn 10 team. I am concerned about the use of "Prize Crates". The reason I dropped the rating to 4. Forza Sport 7 is on the cusp of trying to go the "Pay to Win" formula that has been popularized by FIFA and now Call of Duty. Pay money to obtain crates to increase your credits:(. Decreased credits for wins. Now changed to 2X payout for VIP's with last game update. If they continue to go this route, I am done with this franchise! Pay to win is the reason I stopped playing FIFA and Madden. Look it up the net and you get more info on this terrible change sweeping video games.

The game is still a great racing sim, however Microsoft, as done with Gears of War 4 and Halo 5, have chosen to cram disgusting micro transactions into a 60 dollar game. The version i bought was the 100 dollar game which is even worse. VIP launched gutted so people would have to buy crates, in an awful bait and switch move that has since been rectified, but single player career mode is slightly geared toward making players want to buy loot crates which is insulting. It’s a good core game, if you can look past the other stuff.

I defintiely go for the classic Forza games over the Horizon spinoffs. Even if you aren't using a dedicated wheel/pedal/shifter setup you can still have tons of enjoyment playing through all the Cups, and you can get into leagues and multiplayer at your leisure. Even this far out from release, they are still putting out new events and Forza RC competitions.

Picked up the game over a year after it came out, and since all of the improvements they have made to the VIP system and the tracks and cars, the game is solid and provides tons of fun for someone new to the genre.

It's so nice to have Forza back on the track rather than the open road of Horizon. In my opinion at least. They structured the races a little bit differently than in the past, and you have to level up your car purchasing ability, which adds a little bit more strategy to choosing your newest ride.