Review: Forza Motorsport 6

During the E3 this year, Microsoft showed the first official trailer for Forza Motorsport 6. During the event, a Ford GT descended into the middle of the presentation amphitheater to highlight the great partnership with Ford. The company will add the vehicle to the game, in addition to other models from the automaker, such as the pickup truck F-150 Raptor it's the Shelby GT 350. Does the game deliver on what was promised? Discover the answer! 🙂

Let's face it, there's nothing better than being able to wake up in the morning, open the window and come face to face with Sugarloaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer, and the beautiful sea of our Rio de Janeiro. Even better is, with all this, being able to go to your garage and in one day have a Lancer Evolution 1998 turbocharged and, in the other, a 2017 Ford Super GT that still it wasn't even released and have the Marvelous City as a “background”. Forza Motorsport 6 brings exactly that.

In addition to the realistic look, there is a huge variety of vehicles and scenarios that depict various locations around the world. Furthermore, the game manages to present a worthy simulation that is close to what it is like to drive a passenger or racing car at high speed (300 km/h, how about that?).

“Forza Motorsport 6”, arrives with several races in the rain and at night with a much higher level than forza horizon 2, for example. Everything was done with impeccable elements, which make Forza Motorsport 6 the closest experience to driving cars in real life.

As is tradition, force, is a racing game that gives us the opportunity to drive the most acclaimed cars in the world in very high definition. As we know, the Turn 10 Studios She is very whimsical and passionate about engines, tires and fuel, which can truly take this experience to the limit.

With Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One, the studio brought the simulation with realistic materials, such as asphalt or stone. Another praised point is the internal part of the vehicle, that is, the construction part of the machine to be driven (aluminum, plastic and leather, steel, for example). With Forza 6, everything is even better and dynamic with 1080p resolution running at 60 frames per second.

You can see every part of your vehicle, even more so using the Forzavista, which allows you to “date” the cars, see the wheel bolts, the leather seat stitching, the brake pads, the engine grooves, the small dots of paint pigments that form the color of the snapper’s bodywork.

Forza 6 is a declaration of love for engines, burning fuel and tire grip. Everything is created with great care, making the game the closest you can get to driving cars that cost more than R$ 1 million and being able to feel what it's like to be inside each one of them.

To had the opportunity to play the demo version, released on September 1st, the beginning of the game will not be a big obvious novelty: you will be placed directly into a race in the new Rio de Janeiro circuit aboard the futuristic car, the 2017 Ford GT. It serves to show you a little bit of the game's new mechanics, with all the assists turned on, and also to demonstrate the beautiful look of the game (for real).

After the brief presentation, the structure of the new career mode is presented to you: in total there are five volumes with several series within each of them. The unfolding of everything is based on “motorsport stories”, and the general introductions of each volume serve to explain the creation and bond between human beings and cars, from the first vehicle to the dream competitions in the role of a driver. professional, as it is now possible to choose the gender of your representative.

In Forza Motorsport 6, there is also a mode that serves to make use of the different categories present in Forza. Between street vehicles and even competition cars. Furthermore, it is possible to locate vehicles from championships Tourism, Muscle cars, Sports cars, Single-seaters, such as, for example, the Formula 1 Or the IndyCar 2015 from the 1960s and 1970s, or even cars that left their mark on the world of motorsport – each one has its own place guaranteed during the evolution of history.

If the career of Forza Motorsport 6 is not enough to meet the demand for hours and hours of driving, the game also has the “display events”, which are unlocked as the player progresses, for example. In these modalities, you will be able to go through different situations, ranging from racing Endurance, Autocross, Historical events – such as the traditional Indianapolis 500, or other varied challenges, such as those involving the character Stig from the North American series Top Gear.

However, Forza Motorsport 6 presented a slight improvement – even if in a more “contained” way – in points in which the series has always stood out: the visuals and the sound, which are both impeccable.

In terms of visuals (graphics), Forza continues to have an incredible level of detail, and it is possible to see that there has been an evolution, mainly in lighting items and some reflection textures, for example. What seems to have a direct influence on this is the introduction of racing nocturnal and also the rain – everything running on 1080p and 60 FPS, with 24 cars on the grid and without showing any problem of having a drop in frames.

Furthermore, the cars feature a spectacular range of details, which was expected for the title, especially in Forza Vista mode, where it is possible to admire each one of them in detail (very good!). The vehicles feature extensive customization, which is also a trademark of the franchise: from the paintings created by the game's community to changing the vehicles' engines and transmissions.

Excellent news for fans of the Forza series engines: Forza 6 has maintained the magnificent quality seen in its predecessor. With this, Forza Motorsport has become a unique and epic experience of driving a Mazda MX-5 prepared for the slopes. The sound of the tires at the limit of their grip, in addition to the sound of the engine and the small explosions when downshifting are a true symphony and a wonderful work of art. What's even more interesting is hearing the commotion coming from the stands, when you point towards the pit straight, it's something that contributes (a lot!) to the immersion of the game.

However, not everything is perfect. When it comes to Forza Motorsport 6, we can say that it leaves a little to be desired. It is perfectly understandable that the game's appeal is completely different from that of the line Horizon (check out the review!) – which has a fantastic soundtrack –, but the epic songs with a classical feel seem to go completely out of tune in certain situations.

The clues present in the Forza 6 They are also a visual spectacle in themselves, and do not fall short of vehicles, for example. All tracks are extremely detailed, as well as having aspects that make them more than just the racing scene: the leaves falling on the track or the smoke from the barbecue grills that line the winding point are excellent examples.

We can even highlight and praise the day/night/rain variations, which were the game's highlights, with the possibility of racing at night or during rain. Unfortunately, it is not possible to run with both conditions simultaneously and they also do not happen dynamically.

Despite this, the variations were very well inserted into the game: the rainy and night races are authentic and challenging for the player. Racing at night is having the opportunity to feel in your hands what great racing drivers feel when crossing a straight at more than 350 km/h.

The “rainy” condition for certain tracks deserves a special highlight, because, in addition to the excellent visual effect (graphics), one of the great innovative differences that Forza Motorsport 6 brought were the 3D puddles and the impact of rain on game physics. It is very interesting to deal with grip on a wet track, it is challenging and requires a lot of care when driving, opening up a new approach.

However, the developers did a fantastic job of researching the circuits to check where and how water accumulates on the track, bringing everything as faithfully as possible into the game. However, the puddles are not generated procedurally: they do not increase or decrease according to the intensity of the rain or the progress of the race, something that should be changed with a future update.

As is tradition in the Forza franchise, there is an incentive in the form of an additional bonus for each aid, which is turned off and for each difficulty level of the drivatars which is increased. In fact, if the player constantly performs very well, the game soon suggests increasing the level of the opponents, in order to make things more interesting – and guarantee you more money.

The artificial intelligence inserted in the game continues to perform excellently and on time, and makes the experience more organic and dynamic: they adopt defensive lines, fight for positions, and attacks and can make mistakes that anyone could make, such as delaying braking too much or exaggerate the acceleration when exiting a curve. All of this contributes to making things more incredible in Forza Motorsport 6.

In addition to the common modalities, Forza Motorsport 6 now has an intelligent and integrated Leagues system, another welcome addition for the most frantic fans of the game. In it, players will be able to participate in competitions that will be available for a week, and which will be updated each week, always providing the player with fantastic news and challenges.

At the conclusion of each modality, a score will be given according to the driver's performance, which is based on the final position in each event and also on aspects such as the number of collisions, for example. The points will serve to place the player in a division in which he will compete with players who exhibit similar behavior: be too aggressive and you will play with others who also like a little more “contact” on the track.