Looking for a full Racing Sim

[hopperj6]

I'm leaning toward Forza Motorsport but is it worth $70? Seems a little high. I thought about getting Assetto Corsa instead but its pretty old so I'm not sure.

[MetsaSketch]

Honestly, no, it's not currently worth it. It's highly broken for a lot of people at the moment, it has much more cut back content that previous forza games, it runs badly with sub par visuals, and the low content count is stuffed with mobile levels of grind requiring hours per car just to have the right to place performance mods on a car. The A.I. is bad, and, as mentioned above, the multiplayer can be a mess of rammers.

There is some good in it, but not enough to brake even against the bad stuff. It needs a lot of work to be worth even half the current asking price. If you really must try it, get game pass for a month if possible and try it there, you risk much less money.

[Voodoochile]

Bro, no. You can't even adjust your seat in Driver view. This is ESSENTIAL, if you have a SimRig. No need to mention the plethora of other shortcomings. I play this with a controller only on the couch. My Rig is in the other room. End of story.

Reinforcing the point with Jimmy Broadbent 's newest video on this topic:

https://youtu.be/xEZi_ATO77M?si=d2jBXLQs_HId5GX9

[Shylock]

Originally posted by hopperj6:

I'm leaning toward Forza Motorsport but is it worth $70? Seems a little high. I thought about getting Assetto Corsa instead but its pretty old so I'm not sure.

It's not a Sim at all. Get ACC and join LFM. If you dont have budget limitation get iRacing.
If you are not looking for multiplayer AMS2 is there.

[Cabeça]

Originally posted by Shylock:

Originally posted by hopperj6:

I'm leaning toward Forza Motorsport but is it worth $70? Seems a little high. I thought about getting Assetto Corsa instead but its pretty old so I'm not sure.

It's not a Sim at all. Get ACC and join LFM. If you dont have budget limitation get iRacing.
If you are not looking for multiplayer AMS2 is there.

THIS! and you can for Dirt Rally 2 if you like rally races since its the best one. Asseto Corsa is kinda old but you can get A LOT of value with the mod community.
I realy want to play FM but after all the changes, how the car progression works and the overral game state at the moment, I wont buy it anytime soon! maybe after 6 months (optmistic) or a year (pessimist)... will see

[Voodoochile]

The new Oreca from this week shows perfectly why this game is NOT suitable to be played in a SimRig or even with a wheel:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3069657028&fileuploadsuccess=1

[tshrimp]

If you are looking for offline racing AMS2 is the way to go. If you want more online, then probably ACC although there is a huge elitist crowd, so not sure if you will be welcomed with open arms. ACC doesn't have much content compared to AMS2 or Assetto Corsa. My personal rankings are AMS2, Assetto Corsa, and then ACC. If you get Assetto Corsa, the amount of modding you can do is off the charts good. Keep in mind favorites are subjective. Other true sims would be RFactor, RFactor2, RaceRoom. And if you are rich, iRacing. One thing I almost forgot, you may want to do a web search to see which one of the sims have the best controller support if you don't have a racing wheel. I am guessing many of us responding have a wheel and/or full sim racing setup.

[MightyOwl]

for me currently, i just subs to game pass just to the this game before actually buying it. Even now I still play through game pass. I'm still waiting for next update, just to see if it worth to buy.

[cgillmore85]

Originally posted by Voodoochile:

Bro, no. You can't even adjust your seat in Driver view. This is ESSENTIAL, if you have a SimRig. No need to mention the plethora of other shortcomings. I play this with a controller only on the couch. My Rig is in the other room. End of story.

Reinforcing the point with Jimmy Broadbent 's newest video on this topic:

https://youtu.be/xEZi_ATO77M?si=d2jBXLQs_HId5GX9

Jimmy Broadbent literally has a working relationship with Polyphony Digital. And watching his two half-assed Forza videos it couldn't have been more apparent. The man is literally a professional sim racer who is sponsored by a sim racing hardware company and he couldn't be bothered to adjust his settings and didn't even seem to know what they meant. Which is odd behavior from Jimmy, as I've seen him fiddle with wheel settings for hours on his live stream in the Project Cars series. So yeah folks, no agenda here, move along lol.

I run a Logtiech G-Pro direct drive wheel and G-Pro pedals and I'm using the recommended settings right off of Logitechs website, with a couple minor adjustments to FFB strength. The FFB and car feel is incredible. Absolutely comparable with iRacing. When it comes to FFB and car feel, with good settings, Forza is as good as anything out there and I mean that.
Where it's lacking is other aspects of the sim experience. Like pit exit lanes completely ignored by the track boundary and AI drivers, no way to adjust brake bias, traction control and other settings from inside the car, can't even map it. No simulation of a race weekend.

It's things like this that keep it from being considered a true sim. But the driving itself is top notch, and IMO that's the most important aspect anyway.

[cgillmore85]

Originally posted by Voodoochile:

Bro, no. You can't even adjust your seat in Driver view. This is ESSENTIAL, if you have a SimRig. No need to mention the plethora of other shortcomings. I play this with a controller only on the couch. My Rig is in the other room. End of story.

And BTW, I play this on a full sim rig and have an incredible time. I use the in car camera but the one that's zoomed in close to the dash, my wheel placement makes it appear as if I'm using the wheel inside the car, it's perfect and very immersive. I use a single monitor setup, that monitor being a 49" Samsung G9. I haven't felt the need to adjust my in-game seat height one time. Which is a good thing I suppose, cause like you said, it's not possible.