Where to begin,
I’m sitting here typing this talking to two friends that are encouraging this, basically with the same story as me, both “real life” Porsche tuners and Forza Fans.
First! I have been a Forza fan for a long time, while my profile may not show it, I’ve been playing Forza for what must be nearly 10 years now. Forza 4 stands out by far to me as it was and still is a great game. I remember the Porsche pack coming out for that, a week later I had my first Fanatec wheel, pedals and shifter, I even convinced a few of my buddies to get the same setup, it was a blast, it’s as fun playing online as karting in real life. Being a big Forza fan, I’m an even bigger Porsche fan. It started about 15 years ago, My father and I restored a 71 911T. We took the stock 2.4S and converted it toa 2.5ST motor and stuck it in. What a blast of a car it is, I caught the bug hard and wanted to do something like that myself when I got older, only bigger and faster. A few years back I stepped it up and bought an 87’ 930 with the intentions of building it into a monster 934. 2016, I’ve done just that and have a decent collection of Porsche motorsport junk around. As the days grew shorter in the fall last year I thought I’d get the Forza Xbox One bundle to hold me over until spring. The snow and salt keep our cars off the streets up here. I saw the rumor of a Porsche pack and I’m not going to lie, I’ve been pretty excited ever since, checking the forum regularly.
The Porsche pack started to look like a sure thing, I went out and bought new Fanatec gear, V2 Base, XBOX One hub. I took the Momo Mod S from my 934 and stuck it on, even got the new metal SQ shifter and had it machined to fit a 935 shift knob as I wanted it to feel like I’m in a car. I’ve spent quite a bit of time to get it to feel half decent in game, taking the time to compare everything to real cars, it’s pretty close, I’m certainly happy with it. Though I feel the force feedback leaves something to be desired it’s not the worst as some make it out to be. Now the only thing I was worried about was what cars are they going to put in the game. I saw a post, 9 new cars to XBOX one, certainly there would be one that would make me happy?!
The pack came out today as you all know, the car list leaving lots to be desired. Now I know what you’re thinking and I want you to STOP and hear me out, I won’t turn this into a car wishlist, we all know from reading the other threads what people were expecting. Without batting an eye, I went directly to the 930 without even looking at the other cars. What I wasn’t expecting was recycled garbage, seriously, the 930 and some of the other exterior models look like they were pulled from FM4 last night and added new shaders, is this a joke? I realize 3D engines and some details were added and that’s fantastic but these cars do no compare to the cars that came with the game. Drive a yellow 996 GT3, you’ll feel like you’re playing FM4. There aren’t even any new mods, its all the same bumpers and skirts and spoilers from the other games. There are endless amounts to Porsche body mods for these cars, I have more real body pieces in storage than are included in this “expansion”. BIG SIGH, back to the car list.
Wait a second, where are these 9 new cars, 1, 2, 3, but the 9 that are supposed to be new to XBOX One… where… I count 3. The other ones were all in Forza, just previous versions. So this is the second time I’ve bought a 962 and the third 930 and that goes for a few others? That’s shady advertising if you ask me, and that really P’s me OFF. So, 3 new cars, they all have their own cool factor, but this is a motorsport game and you left out the heart of Porsche, 70’S & 80’S RACING CARS. Someone else stated maybe it’s hard to get these cars to model them, sounds etc. What a joke, the owners of these old racers are mostly NICE PORSCHE ENTHUSIASTS like the rest of us. They would very much love to have their car used as a study / model for the game. Hell, my 934’s not perfect being a clone but it talks the talk and walks it, i would have gladly let T10 use it, I might of paid someones plane ticket and lunch to come record it just so I can say they used my engine for sound samples.
I don’t want to be all negative, the events added to the game are great, but it doesn’t make up for the other short comings. This is hard, I don’t want to rip my favorite game apart, but seriously…so much hype… and I could keep going… WHAT HAPPENED… AWFUL