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As someone who has hit 4990+ Elo in multiplayer with S rating, I'd say I've had my fair share of MP-gameplay exp. which is where this game shines the most in my honest opinion.
🔴 Negatives upfront...
The "Career mode" is atrocious! Reason being, you always drive in open class (A, B, C, S or R etc.) and never use actual race cars, in a game with the name "Motorsport" it's quite comical. The car leveling system is an absolute joke, forcing you to either have the game auto-drive you through 40 laps of LeMans, to have all upgrades, or having no upgradeability at all. The replay system is completely broken and bricks not only the FPS of the game, but ignores all types of physics. The graphics in this game are not that bad but it lacks quite in sharpness and I dont understand how on earth it can stutter so much (AMD R7 5800X3D + RTX 4090, only NVME drives and 32GB RAM on 3440x1440). The car list is also kind of a joke, many re-used models from previous games. Lacking important LeMans Hypercars, F1 car in general or at least more GT-Endurance/WEC cars. It's a motorsport racing game...
It has drift and drag tires but lacks those events completely...wtf?!
In my opinion there are very important tracks missing. Where is Monza? What about Le Castellet? Hermanos Rodriguez? Baku, Jeddah, the list goes on...
⚪️ Neutral points...
The new penalty system is not perfect but for my experience it hasnt been that bad. I know, I've seen Youtube videos where it has penalised the wrong person! It happened once so far with me...but apparently it is constantly learning.
Online races have to little variety in terms of tracks.
I havent raced a single time in Suzuka, Catalunya or Silverstone. But this might just be a thing that will be fixed in the future, hence the neutral point.
Car Sounds are mostly fine but some of them are absolutely wrong. Good example is how good the Nissan Skyline Bluebird #20 sounds.
Bad example: Mercedes Sauber W140
Races/Events are always starting on a specific time and not behind a queueing system, which is positive for me but might be negative for others. That's why I've decided to leave it as a neutral point. There are plenty of events starting each 10min, so you'll find enough to play.
Free practice starts at 40min.
🟢Positives last...
The upgrade system becomes completely useless if you decide to race online in classed races. Touring cars, Forza GT, Forza GTX (IMSA GTO cars) class have all pre-defined upgrades for each car. No matter your level, the car is forced to use those upgrades and you can freely customise the setup (Tire pressure, camber etc.) Thus I recommend to avoid open class online racing, cause the advantages are insane. The three classes I mentioned are only examples, there are much more!
Lets be honest here, this point wouldnt exist if the leveling system wouldnt be there in the first place, but what ever.
You need to do placement races, where everyone drives the same car (setup can be done still) and this is an amazing thing. It has fair circumstances and gives an estimate of your safety rating and elo.
Speaking of which, the safety system + elo is amazing. I've had amazing races with even some of the devs. Seriously, the racing in this game does not compare to the shameful rammers of FM7!
Online races have Free practice and Qualifying, I cannot state how much I love this. Driving and adjusting your setup can be done on the fly. Changing car just requires you to back out of free practice. You can even change your car after qualifying with a different car. Make sure to change to soft tires/low fuel before qualifying. This can make up to +2s per lap.
Apparently Wheel is as fast as controller, I personally play on Xbox Elite Series 2, so I cant speak for wheel support/settings.

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All in all do I recommend the game? It depends. If you're in for an alternative to Gran Turismo which exists on PC, then certainly. Just be aware that this game shines most in online play.
Are you looking for a solo play experience? Honestly, no...the AI is apparently still a mess. I used the option to turn all singleplayer races into Ghost-mode races, so I can avoid racing the AI. The game's included in the Xbox game pass, which you can get for 1€...give it a try and decide for yourself. I will definitely continue playing the amazing Multiplayer, with hopefully more track variety.
Sidenote: you can queue as a group and play online just fine, which is pretty cool. Yes private races exist and they dont count towards your rating!
Would be nice to have some Team events constisting of 2 drivers per team with 12 teams on the grid.
Hope it gave you a little insight about FM 2023. See you around racers, race fair and avoid the shadow realm!🎮

Update 2.0:
Many issues are still not fixed, they released a track (Yas Marina) to us without announcement. So I assume it was some sort of excuse. Syncing Vinyls still do not work, the game has a lot of issues still.

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🎮 Div2 is one, if not the best Lootshooter out there.
There arent many games that can compare to the sheer volume of content. Just dont buy it for full price, cheap gamekeys can be had anywhere (Instantgaming/allkeyshop etc).
Warlords of New York DLC is a must have, but even with it on said sites it's about 16USD/15€ total (base game + DLC).
Be warned, the game was abandoned by Massive for around 2 years and a completely new Studio in Romania was formed, named Massive Bucharest. They had to learn all the quirks and features about the Snowdrop engine, so it took them some time to actually develop and bring content. But now with a new DLC coming, a new Incursion (raid from Division1) it's very promising.
The gameplay is absolutely fantastic. Guns have recoil, punch but the RPG aspects like crit chance still matter. Dont get fooled by the many negative reviews due to the game crashing so often. Yes the game can crash but the crashes are easy to fix:
DX11 crash? Change to DX12! Fullscreen crash? Change to borderless! Apply this logic and you'll see it wont crash anymore.
You'll easily have at least 400 hours of fun exploring DC and New York! The season pass is really fair, mostly containing cosmetics only and opposite to Destiny the gear is not hidden behind a paywall! In fact the only other buyable thing is the year one pass, which can be skipped. It's just 8 missions and the specialisations can be unlocked via regular gameplay.
Ubisoft has a 5 hour free test phase, give it a try, it is worth!
The community has been actually pretty nice and there are plenty of Discords who help newcomers with Raids and building their characters.
You should give it a try, even if you dont care about the story. Cause it has a lot of similiarities to COVID. 🎮

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