Is Forza Arcade or Sim?

[Chenni]

I haven't really played Forza or saw it before.

So is Forza a fun arcade racer (i.e. The Crew), a sim (like Assetto Corsa and iRacing) or a sim-cade/semi-sim (Gran Turismo, Project Cars)?

[Routsna]

Forza Horizons are Arcade,
Forza Motorsports are Sim.

[T3CHSK4T3R]

i would call it a simcade

[DOUBLE F]

its an arcade for horizons, the regular forz is more of a simcade

[BigCheese]

Arcade but with good depth.

[Jehuty]

Simcade (with more accent on arcade).

Car handling here won't require you being a professional real life driver to play it and win races.

And yet cars here are totally not some bricks of soap on wheels requiring you just pressing ''forward' button to win all the races.

Driving on it's own is somehow enjoyable here.

[cdytoby]

I vote for arcade, but if you come from NFS or The Crew like me, then you need some time to adjust, after that, you can't go back.

On progress perspective, Forza Horizon works differently compare to The Crew or NFS, you don't need to worry about the performance of your car, because each race, performance of cars from AIs will be adjusted to your current car, so you can drive whatever you want with fairness, as long as the race allows it. The only progress you have is the story progress and car collection.

On gameplay perspective, Forza just feels different. once you're addicted to it, you can't go back to The Crew or NFS.

[Ms. E Girl]

Like others said, its simcade but leaning more arcade. Car handling is believable and is unlike any other racing game.

[DarkWolf]

It's more like GTA V's handling.

[URL]

At least with Horizon 4, the game's physics are somewhat grounded in reality with a lot of leeway. It's not like NFS physics which are purely arcade. Cars have weight, aero, tyre compounds, and behave like a car should. There are however many assists that make the game very accessible and game pad friendly. The devs have also said that for H5 they have reworked the suspension and tyre models to better reflect real physics.

[LonelyCookie]

I would call it a lite sim.

Physics wise its realistic, visually super realistic. Driving model isnt proper sim, but its infinitely more realistic than what you can see at actual "arcade" racing games like latest Grid or Dirt 5. Horizon is basically a hardcore racer compared to the garbage arcade racers xD

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

I think it depends if you're the kind of player who play racing games with a gamepad or the serious kind who play with a wheel.

The former would say it's a lot more sim than arcade, the latter would call it's more arcade than sim.

But honestly, if you play with a Xbox One controller, Forza Horizon 4 and Forza Motorsport 7 are the best racing games you can play on PC.
It's better to get the Xbox app version though, Xbox controller support is a bit weak on the Steam version.

Maybe it's gonna be fixed in FH5, but there's no way to say at this point.

[koopeh]

100% arcade

[kireta]

Very arcade when it comes to car controls, playable even on keyboard, but with more serious physics than typical arcade game, which allows to use RL driving techniques (like powerslide or lift-off oversteer) to your advantage.
Handling isn't nearly as punishing for unexperienced drivers like it would in simulation games, but you can still lose control of a car by driving too agressively.