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Originally Posted by sperry
I'm willing to bet it's not as good as rFactor or GTR2 in the physics department. At least if it's at all like Forza 1, which wasn't even on par w/ GT4 IMO... at least I played Forza 1 for a few minutes, then got all pissed of at how bad it was and went back to GT4 and have yet to go back to Forza.
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Same here. I didn't really care for the first Forza over GT4 either, but 2 is a real improvement. I know that "rendering physics at 360fps" is the buzz-phrase that they're using to advertise, but it really does make a difference.
GT4 always seemed a little too "mathematical" to me, in that as long as you had a good car setup and took the right line, things like road surface, elevation changes, and car balance (weight transfer, etc.) never really seemed to have a big impact. I've never driven the corkscrew at Laguna Seca, but I have seen in-car footage, and GT4 never really seemed to recreate the drop very well. Forza 2 is simply able to calculate more of the variables that go in to car handling, and I think it ends up feeling more realistic as a result.
Basing the game vs. my own (admittedly limited) experience, my STi in-game handles the way I expect it to - which is to say, similar to my own RS (no flames, please
). The expected nuances of driving an AWD vehicle are all there, and enhanced vs. a game like GT4 due to the way the game handles the sprung mass of the car over independent drive wheels and suspension on the road surfaces. The car just feels more recognizable and dynamic than it does in GT4, where it would feel more or less stapled to the road. In fact, my first verbalized comment on the Forza 2 demo as I was part-way around the track in the Legacy GT, understeering like mad on stock suspension, alignment, and tires, was something along the lines of, "christ, it's just like driving my own car stock."
I suppose it's like when artists find that in order to make drawn, painted, or CG eyes look lifelike, they have to add the reflection. No matter how well they are created, eyes with no reflection look lifeless. When I compare GT4 with Forza 2, GT4 just seems to be missing the reflection.
