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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on November 23rd, 2017 in the Gaming category.
It depends what you mean by good. Forza Horizon 3 may not be a racing sim strictly speaking but it did pretty well against other games in last year's global chart and is still shifting a fairly decent amount of copies this year. I'm sure Microsoft aren't worried about it breaking even.Sales have never been good for racing sims. Only GT.
It depends what you mean by good. Forza Horizon 3 may not be a racing sim strictly speaking but it did pretty well against other games in last year's global chart and is still shifting a fairly decent amount of copies this year. I'm sure Microsoft aren't worried about it breaking even.
1) I already said that in the first sentence of my post.FH3 isn't a sim
3) You can adjust parts and settings in FH3. It simulates weight transfer and understeer. At best it's a simcade title, at worst it's arcade with sim tendencies. It's a long way from Mario Kart or Rocket League for the purposes of this article's discussion.
Why?Well I guess NFS is a sim then
Words.FH3 is an arcade racer and has no intention of being a sim.
Personally I would disagree that no new releases will be coming in 2018.No new releases in 2018 so what am I going to do? Play all the games released in 2017.
Somebody needs to introduce you to "free play" mode. In fact I'm pretty sure PC2 is one big free play mode with added championships so at least two of the three games allow you to do just what you're saying you can't do. The third has an offline single player mode coming next month as I understand it.From a different perspective one possible cause could also be the rpg racer design that most racers apply these days. My gaming time is very limited and having to spend hours and hours completing tasks and driving cars(in conditions) I have no interest in is a deal killer for me. I just simply want to race or put in laps so that generally leaves my option solely to games like F1 or MotoGP.
Don't undersand why devs won't provide this simple option. If PC2, GT Sport or Forza had a straight forward offline mode where I could just select the car I want and the tracks I want (single race or championship) I'd be all over them, but all 3 titles go out of their way not to allow players to do that. I've tried all 3 titles and while the driving was enjoyable it wasn't enough to make me want spend a lot of time with them because of all other stuff I'd have to go through to drive. So that means another year of F1 2015 for me. That game got slammed for being barebones but I loved it especially for that reason. It's focus was 100% purely on driving. Start the game pick a car and put in the laps. That's just me I guess
Not sure what you're on about here? FM7 has a free play mode where you can simply pick a car, track, conditions and drive against the AI. So does PC2 (which also has private testing, offline time trials and community events). PC2 has all cars and tracks unlocked and if I'm not mistaken you can just pick a loaner if you don't own the car in FM7 (all tracks are available there too). Both these game allow you quite easily to just dive in and drive. Haven't played the full GTS yet, but in the demo you could also just pick a car and track in the arcade mode.If PC2, GT Sport or Forza had a straight forward offline mode where I could just select the car I want and the tracks I want (single race or championship) I'd be all over them, but all 3 titles go out of their way not to allow players to do that.
Your original post spoke only about single race or championship, not about having both. That's what @UKMikey and me responded to. Nothing about saving settings. Nothing about being always online or otherwise. Fact is that neither PC2 or FM7 go out of their way to prevent you from just hopping in a car and drive. So you didn't like being proven wrong, then make up some additional demands and then saying the people trying to help you miss the point? That's a pretty douchy thing to do. 👎
1) I already said that in the first sentence of my post.
2) The article jumped between covering sims only and covering all racing games. Even GT's infographic covered NFS.
3) You can adjust parts and settings in FH3. It simulates weight transfer and understeer. At best it's a simcade title, at worst it's arcade with sim tendencies. It's a long way from Mario Kart or Rocket League for the purposes of this article's discussion.
Also doubt this data displayed. Where are they finding these sales data that has never been public?