Forza Motorsport: Difference between revisions

* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: In Forza 3, AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping.

** In ''Forza 4'', Track Day (hotlapping while AI cars simulate slower traffic) events in Rivals. Tha AI are painfully slow, reaching single digits in some corners, and they will regularly pull out into your path, sometimes ''for no reason at all''. This turns the longer events into [[That One Level|Those Two Levels]].

* [[Auction]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Auction House]]. Players put their cars up for sale on the auction house, and players bid on the cars.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: SUVs and pickup trucks. They can toss other cars around like toys, but they're so heavy and top heavy that they tend to plow through corners. Pickups are basically death traps online in ''Forza 3'', as they're very light in the back, rear wheel driven, and it's very easy for other players to accidentally or purposely hit it, and cause it to spin out, though the problem is less noticeable in ''Forza 4'' because of the better collision system.

* [[Rice Burner]]: Some people do up their cars like this.

** Painting and selling cars was such a major part of the Forza 2 community that it got turned into an entire section of the game in 3, complete with leaderboards.

* [[RPG Elements]]: Each race in career mode gives you experience as well as money. At certain levels you are gifted what ''should'' be an appropriate car...

** The third and fourth games also have manufacturer levels, which give cash and increasing discounts on aftermarket parts. In the fourth game, you can (eventually) get all manufacturer upgrades for free!

* [[Subsystem Damage]]: ''Forza'' splits your cars into sections; bodywork, engine, gearbox, brakes, steering and suspension. Damage to each section reduces your car's performance accordingly.

** For instance, a shunt in the rear will damage the [[Captain Obvious|rear bumper]] and can usually be shrugged off. However, changing down a gear without lowering the revs sufficiently will [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|wreck the gearbox]] and severely limit your top speed and acceleration.

* [[Technology Porn]]: The ''Autovista'' mode in 4 is this.

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: According to Jeremy Clarkson's Autovista for the Mercedes McLaren SLR the designers couldn't even agree what the car sounded like. (The Germans say it's like a Messerschmitt, the Brits said it is like Spitfire)

** This is pretty much taken exactly from the review he did of the car on [[Top Gear]], but without the additional [paraphrased] line of: "Personally, I think it sounds like the God of Thunder... Gargling with nails!"

* [[Teleport Spam]]: A non-intentional, hilarious side effect of players joining with terrible connections. Cars with poor connections will start phase-shifting across the track wildly, suddenly appearing in the sky, partially submerged in the ground, or [[Tele Frag|inside someone's car]].

* [[Vanity License Plate]]: While none of the cars have license plates affixed, it's easy to create (or download) a decal to use as a license plate. You can then stick whatever you want on it.

* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]: Some liveries are based entirely around nation flags - for example, a racing livery for a Lotus based on the flag of the United Kingdom.