Forza Motorsport 3 Vs Burnout Paradise?

I'm looking to purchase a driving game for the Xbox 360 and have my eye on two: Burnout Paradise & Forza Motorsport 3. They both received near enough the same rating on different game websites (Gamespot, IGN etc) but I'm not sure which to get. I like games where I can improve/tune my cars, but I also like games which feature intense crashes & really fast driving etc.

I've looked at videos of Forza 3 on Youtube and it just seems to be a mundane run of the mill driving sim, whereas Burnout Paradise seems to have more action & fast paced driving etc. Despite this, I'm still not sure which game to get, because Forza 3 is newer than Burnout Paradise & it seems to be getting a hell of a lot of good ratings/reviews from people.

What do you guys suggest, and would you be able to tell me the main differences between the two games?

Many thanks in advance :)

I had far more fun with Burnout than I did Forza.

Yeah my thinking is that Burnout will be more fun, but I can't help get past all these brilliant reviews Forza has gotten.

Yeah my thinking is that Burnout will be more fun, but I can't help get past all these brilliant reviews Forza has gotten.

Pumpatron87

It is a sim... There aren't amazing crashes like what you want... An amazing crash means you loose the race... It has a LOT of customization... You can change virtually every part of the car (from body mods to entire engine swaps and then various swaps/upgrades of engine components...Tires, rims, etc...)... It has a layer painter that allows you to create very detailed custom art for cars (you get a thousand layers to paint with and then 5000 layers over the surface of the car, 1000 per face (front, back, r side, l side, and top))...

It is a sim though... So it is trying to be "realistic"... So no out of this world high intensity crashes...

would you be able to tell me the main differences between the two games?

Pumpatron87

I'm looking to purchase a driving game for the Xbox 360 and have my eye on two: Burnout Paradise & Forza Motorsport 3. They both received near enough the same rating on different game websites (Gamespot, IGN etc) but I'm not sure which to get. I like games where I can improve/tune my cars, but I also like games which feature intense crashes & really fast driving etc.

I've looked at videos of Forza 3 on Youtube and it just seems to be a mundane run of the mill driving sim, whereas Burnout Paradise seems to have more action & fast paced driving etc. Despite this, I'm still not sure which game to get, because Forza 3 is newer than Burnout Paradise & it seems to be getting a hell of a lot of good ratings/reviews from people.

What do you guys suggest, and would you be able to tell me the main differences between the two games?

Many thanks in advance :)

Pumpatron87