This is the best Sim racer for consoles and il tell you why.
The core racing experience is just amazing, the phisycs are realistic, the challenge is regulable, the sound is perfect, graphics are pretty good and above all the AI is just smart and clean! , where Forza 1 was too frustrating because the agressive AI is now one of the strong points of Forza 2. They make the races soo enjoyable.
Strong points of Forza 2
-Driving Feel, if you ask me Forza has de best feel in a car game, the controls are very responsive, the rumble feedback is quite good. The phisycs are incredible.
-Great selection of cars: 303 (plus others you can download), from the American Muscle, Import Tunners to supercars from Europe such Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini.
-Customization: you can paint the car, the rims, the brakes calipers, you can add mechanical and style parts to design, personalise and tune your car. And you can picture them with the Photomode or sell them in the Actuition house.
-Online: you can buy/sell cars, race with others, do tournaments, play the whole career mode online.
-Ai: Best Ai on a racing game and probably one of the best ever, they are aware, they drive good, they are challenging and this time they are pretty clean at driving. There like 20 different AI drivers, each with its own personality.
-Sound: It just perfect, sure they could add something new like the wind over the car or backfires but aside from that this quite excellent and another improve over Forza 1.
-Graphics: They are good, sure they dont look as good as Gran Turismo HD (which has only one car on the track) but they are more than enough for racing fans, i mean they are better than Pgr3 and the framerate is smooth, solid runnig at 60 FPS, the car models are excellent (and im a very critic in this matter) -Damage: Very good for a game with production cars, yes Dirt has better damage model, same Toca but Forza has street cars and car manufacters dont tolarate same extensive damage on their products (and image)
-Lots of things to do: Forza 2 is a game that keep you busy for months or even years, the whole career takes about 70 hours to complete (you can play it online if you want), then you can create cars, tune them, enter to tournaments and do a lots of thins online.
Weak Points:
-Replays: they could be better, always the same angles, they look great at first but with the same angles over an over again it gets repetitive (every track has diffent angles)
-Graphics are good but needs a little fixes to look as good as it could (for example the color calibration)
-Needs more tracks, but DLC are coming for sure.
-Split screen multiplayer could use AI oponents.
-The game is not for anyone, if you hate games like Forza 1, Gran Turismo, Enthusia or even Toca this game is not for you. If you are new at sims you will need a little time, but i tell you if you use the sugested line and aid you will be racing decent in a few hours.
I hope you all enjoy the game as much as me :D