It was about two years ago I first played Forza 2. That game convinced me that I needed an Xbox 360, which in turn encouraged me to start Nometet.com. Yeah. Essentially, I’m saying the predecessor to Forza 3 is responsible for this site. Forza 3 has a heck of a lot to live up to.
Initial reactions were good. You get thrown straight into a race with a blatantly product placed Audi R8 on a stunning track. Turn 10 are essentially saying. Yep. The game is going to be this good. You’ll soon find that the with the handy racing line you can barge your way in front of opponents and take the lead, at which point you’ll realise
This game looks flabberghastingly good!
After the initial showing off, the nice voiceover man gets you started with your driving career. Despite going from a supercar to a Fiat 500, you’ll still remain in slight awe of the game. And then it wears of a tad as you realise that you remember these tracks from Forza 2. I couldn’t say exactly how many, but a heck of a lot of tracks are the same tracks as from Forza 2. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though – it’s about the racing, not the tracks, right? Surely, it must be…
Some might disagree with that last paragraph and after playing some of the stunning tracks in the game you’ll join that camp. Some of the tracks in the game, especially the costal and mountainous ones look really brilliant, to the point you’ll quit whatever you were racing with, find the track in free race and race round and round. At least that’s what I did! Racing round a round brings me onto another point; rewinding. Forza 3 offers you the ability to “rewind” by pressing the back button on the controller. What this means in reality is if you mess up, instead of losing however many places and being landed with a hefty repair bill, you can just press a button and avoid making the same mistake again. Whether this is actually a good thing, I couldn’t say – a massive part of racing is that if you do mess up you’ve got to face the consequences for it. With no penalties for using it, it is a tad tempting to rewind every single corner, although it really isn’t very hard to just ignore it and race properly! Elsewhere on the race track, as I’ve said, the game looks brilliant and there certainly is no shortage of cars to race with with the game coming on two discs to fit all of the content on. I haven’t counted them all, but I hear there are 400 cars in the game. There is certainly no shortage. Take that and couple it with a very realistic driving experience and Forza 3 is very impressive to drive.
The game not only does well on the track, but off it the ‘community’ options are very impressive with the ability to customise cars extensively with the decal editor particularly standing out. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but the options are very impressive. For those of us who don’t fancy making our own, there is an impressive “Storefront” where you can search and buy a whole array of “stuff” to put onto your car – whole designs, decals, tuning setups and more. Forza 2’s auction house returns letting you bid on customised and non customised cars. Online play is pretty much what you’d expect with a neat addition being you car becomes transparent when it crashes, avoiding mass pile ups. That’s a double edged sword though, as it means the idiot who makes you crash by nudging you into a wall doesn’t face the consequences!
In 140 characters?
‘Tis good. The career is a lot slicker than Forza 2 and other than that it’s the same well polished game. 4.5*. Review done.
Nometet.com says: 
A solid game that comes very close to perfection, only just missing out on five stars as it’s just a tad too similar to its prequel.
