Forza Motorsport 4 Limited Edition -Xbox 360

Graphics have been drastically updated for Forza 4. Every single car has been modeled down an unbelievable level of detail, with full interiors on every single car and beautiful exterior. Most tracks have also been updated with new graphical touches or just added detail. This really is a great looking game. The new lighting engine is great and really does add a lot to the game and brings out all the little details.That being said, the graphics don't hold a candle to the sound effects in this game. While I can do without the Music (I just turn it off) the actual sound effects are fantastic. In comparison to its main competition, GT5, well there is no competition. The sound here is on a different planet than GT5. Engine notes are beautifully done and vary car by car, you can really feel the V8 muscle or the buzzy 4 cylinder. Tire noise is much improved and light years beyond GT5 as are crash sound effects.I have always been a big fan of the way cars handle in Forza. While perhaps not a perfect real world simulator, they just "feel" great. You can feel the oversteer and the understeer and can really tell what is going on with you car which makes corrections much easier. Whether using a wheel (I recommend the new Fanatec wheels) or the controller the game feels great, unlike GT5 where if you play with anything except a wheel, it just feels terrible.The new World Tour mode is ok, but it drags on and having to listen to the Announcer all the time is annoying. Rivals mode is fantastic even if it is pretty much a blatant rip off of the Autolog feature in NFS:Shift 2. Online is still great but even better now that Public Lobbies are back.Overall, this is a good step forward for the series. The added some great new tracks and although we've lost Porsche, I can't really say I miss it that much. If Forza 5 is as big an improvement over 4 as 4 is over 3... The GT series is in trouble.

Upon receiving this game in the early evening, I decided to install disc 2 and 1 (My xbox is elderly), and download all the included DLC. While doing so I got my kid in bed and got myself a shower. I begin playing the game around 9pm... ...Next thing I know the sun is peaking in through my window. That's right I played this game for somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 hours on my first go, and didn't even realize it! I was just simply focused on racing, and winning, and having the time of my video gaming life! The game really is that awesome!Now I haven't played GT5 because I don't have a PS3 yet this gen, but I had played every GT game before PS3 and I just have to say, this game is leaps and bounds more fun than any of those games! The sense of speed is spot on! I even noticed myself clenching my butt, and death gripping my controller, as I reached some of the greater speeds in some of the super-cars. That being said this game begs for a driving wheel, my legs would not sit still as I played because the game play has such a degree of realism that it just felt natural for them to be controlling the gas and break. Unfortunately xbox has a very poor selection of race wheels within my budget. This means that I will have to save my money for one of the expensive premium wheels from Fanatec. I have no doubt I will be the most happy with one of their quality wheels in the long run anyway, instead of a cheap MadCatz wheel or used 360 wheel.The game is huge. Did I mention I played for 10 hours the first night? Well I'm only 1.1% through the World Tour, which is the main career option. I have no doubt that I will still be working on 100% by the time the next generation of consoles hits the shelves. I am also surprised to say that this game WILL be competing for game time with Skyrim (RPGs are my genre of choice and Skyrim is THE RPG), and I have no doubt it will win a lot of the time, the game is that fun!I also went through and unlocked all of the current Autovista cars which unlocks the Halo Warthog in Autovista, but unfortunately you can't drive it... Yet. Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear gives you his usually humorous overview of each car in the Autovista, and some other British guy gives more detail on areas of the car you explore. Autovista is nice but not really something you will be using all the time, but it is awesome for showing off the amazing visuals to friends.So to sum this up, if you are thinking of getting this gem of a racer, stop thinking and 'race' to the store and scoop it up! It will NOT disappoint! Plus the first wave of Forza 4 comes with a code to get more DLC cars, and if you can find a Limited Collector's Edition, it comes with even more bonus DLC cars.

This game is phenomenal, and the DLC codes still work even though the content is taken off the marketplace permanently. For $160 I got a dented and damaged multi-language sealed copy of a 10 year old game. Not collectors quality and I'm pissed about it because I yanked the codes and used them before I noticed the damage.

Turn 10 now sold everyone the ability to get every single perk you get as an extra in this bundle. Every single DLC you can get in this pack as a bonus you can now buy in the DLC on the marketplace.The only thing thats actually exclusive in this pack now is the steel book case (which isn't steel, its polished aluminum finish paint covering hardened plastic) and a dumb art book that you will never read.Worth your extra money? Heck no, if you end up deciding you want the extra DLC, you can just buy it in the marketplace now anyway, so just buy the regular game used for 20 or 30 bucks somewhere.This is just a ploy for Turn 10 to make extra money from "collectors", and then they sold out all the bonus's you used to have that nobody else could get.Too bad a game with so much potential is ruined by Microshiet and the greedy bastaards hiding behind the wall trying to soak out cash for small DLC packs month after month. They take forever to get rid of modders on leaderboards, take months to fix glitches, and their forum has no freedom of speech rights at all. It's like they are afraid to be criticized of all their blatantly apparent problems.If I had 10 thumbs, I'd point them all down.