My Rating: 9.0 / 10

This is the first Forza series game I have played, and I am truly impressed by it. The racing simulations that I used to grow up with were Gran Turismo 1 and 2, as well as the original Need for Speed. This has the feel of Grand Turismo with the ability to tune your car the way you would like, with turbos, suspensions, roll bars, weight reductions, etc. As well as customize the look of the car, with paint jobs, and your own decals, which by the way you can create your own. Check out some youtube video of people making their own sweet shit.

Game Play: 9/10 Simple: Drive. Out maneuver. Out Win.  The achievements are simple to get... It all about ranking, car levels, player levels, and driving tricks. The only one I so far am having trouble with is the 100,000 points drifting. It is frustrating. The tuning is simple and there is also auto-tuning available if you do not now how to tune. I like the fact that the tuning gives you a description of what the tune does, the recommended setting and then you can test drive what you think is best for your driving preference. There are tonnes of cars, literally. There is a second disc that just has cars on it and to utilize them you have to have a hard drive to download them to, sorry XB Arcaders, you wouldn't be able to use it.

Graphics: 9/10The cars and the road look stunning, as well as the blur from the stuff that's not actually part of the game play.. Anything else you see you're driving to slow. lol. The cars can get mangled and torn to shreds.

Audio: 9/10 The cars have a nice sound to them and some of them even have unique sounds just for that car. The music is of decent quality, but when I usually play I turn off the music so that I can focus on the other cars around me on where they stand via surround sound.

Physics: 9/10 The physics are great! I love it, except then when I really want to see how mangled you can get your car you can destroy the wheel alignment, engine performance, drive train, everything EXCEPT taking the wheels off. I have slammed my car against guard rails, into wall, other cars, flipped the car and nothing can take the wheels off.

Other Thoughts: Other then certain achievements, and the physics problem, I would highly recommend this game for all of you that love the Grand Turismo series, but have an XB360.

There are also a nice bit of XBL Marketplace downloads you can get, including a Hyundai race pack, and 2 or 3 new car download packs that include more cars then what the two disc have on them.