{"id":11853,"date":"2023-10-14T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/forza-motorsport-review-an-icy-luxuriant-driving-sim-that-honours-raw-v8-power\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:38:23","slug":"forza-motorsport-review-an-icy-luxuriant-driving-sim-that-honours-raw-v8-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/forza-motorsport-review-an-icy-luxuriant-driving-sim-that-honours-raw-v8-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza Motorsport review \u2013 an icy, luxuriant driving sim that honours raw V8 power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Microsoft; PC, Xbox<br \/><\/strong>With the spin-off series eclipsing Forza\u2019s original game, Turn 10 has upped the ante with a return to Motorsport after six years that might even win over some Horizon fans<\/p>\n<p>What is a studio to do when their spin-off eclipses the original? That is where Turn 10 finds themselves in 2023, as it became clear that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2021\/nov\/04\/forza-horizon-5-review-a-much-needed-road-trip-fantasy\">Forza Horizon<\/a> \u2013 with its crystalline vistas, relentless DayGlo positivity, and resplendent open-world approach \u2013 had left more of a mark on the culture than its staid, closed-circuit mother franchise.<\/p>\n<p>It has been six years since Turn 10 put out a video game under the Forza Motorsport name, and now that they\u2019ve finally returned to the well, you may be surprised that the studio has resisted weaving in those streamlined, casual-friendly ovations they discovered on their trips to Mexico and Australia. Forza Motorsport is a driving sim at its most icy and luxuriant; a sumptuous cathedral built to sanctify raw V8 power. The game may leave some Horizon vacationers cold but breath easy, grognards \u2013 it\u2019s clear that Turn 10 hasn\u2019t lost its fastball.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/oct\/13\/forza-motorsport-review-an-icy-luxuriant-driving-sim-that-honours-raw-v8-power\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/490fb0664f92df055a494d7e9e57ccc9cd2971bc\/0_495_2160_1296\/master\/2160.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e938b196053ebd583dde93444aab0769\" title=\"Forza Motorsport review \u2013 an icy, luxuriant driving sim that honours raw V8 power\" \/>Microsoft; PC, XboxWith the spin-off series eclipsing Forza\u2019s original game, Turn 10 has upped the ante with a return to Motorsport after six years that might even win over some Horizon fans<br \/>\nWhat is a studio to do when their spin-off eclipses the original? That is where Turn 10 finds themselves in 2023, as it became clear that Forza Horizon \u2013 with its crystalline vistas, relentless DayGlo positivity, and resplendent open-world approach \u2013 had left more of a mark on the culture than its staid, closed-circuit mother franchise.<br \/>\nIt has been six years since Turn 10 put out a video game under the Forza Motorsport name, and now that they\u2019ve finally returned to the well, you may be surprised that the studio has resisted weaving in those streamlined, casual-friendly ovations they discovered on their trips to Mexico and Australia. Forza Motorsport is a driving sim at its most icy and luxuriant; a sumptuous cathedral built to sanctify raw V8 power. The game may leave some Horizon vacationers cold but breath easy, grognards \u2013 it\u2019s clear that Turn 10 hasn\u2019t lost its fastball. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft; PC, XboxWith the spin-off series eclipsing Forza\u2019s original game, Turn 10 has upped the ante with a return to Motorsport after six years that might even win over some Horizon fans What is a studio to do when their spin-off eclipses the original? That is where Turn 10 finds themselves in 2023, as it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/forza-motorsport-review-an-icy-luxuriant-driving-sim-that-honours-raw-v8-power\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forza Motorsport review \u2013 an icy, luxuriant driving sim that honours raw V8 power<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}