Forza Motorsport 4
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Forza Motorsport 4 is the fourth installment in the Xbox exclusive race simulation series. It holds many car and race licenses and allows players to race in a realistic setting. The main career mode is now called World Tour Mode and takes players to different races on locations all over the world. Opponents now have adaptable AI based on the player's performance. A lower difficulty also no longer leads to less power for the opponents' cars. Instead, they are given less confidence going into corners. This means that players are encouraged to outbrake them instead rather than overtakes on a straight section. Next to the original races, known game modes such as bumper to bumper, drift, autocross, and multiple-heat are still present. In the rivals mode players race against friends and online players, even when they are offline, by trying to beat the time of their ghosts. Players earn credits by beating them at different events, and the bonus is determined by the rival's position on the leaderboard and the size of the board.
Cars no longer level up like in a previous entries. Instead, players receive manufacturer specific upgrades, called affinity levels. There are 50 levels for each manufacturer and they apply to all cars for that certain manufacturer, regardless of the specific car. There are three new real races added to the franchise: Hockenheimring, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Infineon Raceway, along with a fictional one: Bernese Alps. Compared to previous versions the amount of simultaneous players has been doubled from 8 to 16, both offline and online. Players can create clubs and share cars in garages among club members.
Players can import their Forza Motorsport 3 profile and transfer in-game credits and gifted cars. Next to the classic controller mechanism, gestures-based control is also available through support for the Kinect peripheral. Kinect is used to change the perspective based on head tracking (looking in a certain direction) while steering is done by moving hands in the air while acceleration and braking is done automatically. Both control mechanisms can be combined to navigate cars with a regular controller together with the Kinect-based head tracking. A feature called Autovista allows players to walk around and explore a vehicle using Kinect. It is however only available for a limited amount of cars.
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- Automobile: AC Cobra
- Automobile: Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
- Automobile: AMC Javelin
- Automobile: Aston Martin DB9
- Automobile: Aston Martin One-77
- Automobile: Aston Martin Vanquish
- Automobile: Audi A4
- Automobile: Audi A6
- Automobile: Audi Quattro
- Automobile: Audi R10 TDI
- Automobile: Audi R8
- Automobile: Audi TT
- Automobile: Bentley Speed 8
- Automobile: BMW 1 Series
- Automobile: BMW 3 Series
- Automobile: BMW 5 Series
- Automobile: BMW M1
- Automobile: BMW Z4
- Automobile: BMW Z8
- Automobile: Bugatti EB110
- Automobile: Bugatti Veyron
- Automobile: Chevrolet Camaro
- Automobile: Chevrolet Chevelle
- Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
- Automobile: Chevrolet El Camino
- Automobile: Chevrolet Impala
- Automobile: DeLorean DMC-12
- Automobile: Dodge Challenger
- Automobile: Dodge Viper
- Automobile: Enzo Ferrari
- Automobile: Ferrari 333 SP
- Automobile: Ferrari 360
- Automobile: Ferrari 599
- Automobile: Ferrari California
- Automobile: Ferrari F355
- Automobile: Ferrari F40
- Automobile: Ferrari F430
- Automobile: Ferrari F50
- Automobile: Ferrari FF
- Automobile: Ferrari Testarossa
- Automobile: Ford Fiesta
- Automobile: Ford Focus
- Automobile: Ford GT
- Automobile: Ford Mustang
- Automobile: Ford RS200
- Automobile: Ford Taurus
- Automobile: Ford Thunderbird
- Automobile: Gumpert Apollo
- Automobile: Honda Fit
- Automobile: Honda Integra
- Automobile: Honda NSX
- Automobile: Honda Prelude
- Automobile: Honda S2000
- Automobile: Jaguar D-Type
- Automobile: Jaguar E-Type
- Automobile: Jaguar XJ220
- Automobile: Koenigsegg CCX
- Automobile: Lamborghini Countach
- Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
- Automobile: Lamborghini Gallardo
- Automobile: Lamborghini Miura
- Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
- Automobile: Lamborghini Reventón
- Automobile: Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
- Automobile: Lancia 037
- Automobile: Lancia Delta
- Automobile: Lancia Stratos HF
- Automobile: Lexus LFA
- Automobile: Lotus Elise
- Automobile: Lotus Evora
- Automobile: Maserati MC12
- Automobile: Mazda MX-5
- Automobile: Mazda RX-7
- Automobile: Mazda RX-8
- Automobile: McLaren F1
- Automobile: McLaren MP4-12C
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz A-Class
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz C-Class
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
- Automobile: Mini Cooper
- Automobile: Mitsubishi Eclipse
- Automobile: Mitsubishi GTO
- Automobile: Nissan GT-R
- Automobile: Nissan Micra
- Automobile: Nissan R390 GT1
- Automobile: Nissan Silvia
- Automobile: Nissan Skyline
- Automobile: Opel Astra
- Automobile: Pagani Zonda
- Automobile: Panoz Esperante
- Automobile: Peugeot 206
- Automobile: Peugeot 207
- Automobile: Plymouth Barracuda
- Automobile: Pontiac Firebird
- Automobile: Pontiac GTO
- Automobile: Renault 5
- Automobile: Renault Clio
- Automobile: Renault Mégane
- Automobile: Saab 9-3
- Automobile: Saleen S7
- Automobile: SEAT León
- Automobile: Subaru Legacy
- Automobile: Toyota 2000GT
- Automobile: Toyota Celica
- Automobile: Toyota GT-One
- Automobile: Toyota MR2
- Automobile: Toyota Prius
- Automobile: Toyota Supra
- Automobile: Toyota Yaris
- Automobile: TVR Sagaris
- Automobile: Volkswagen Golf
- Automobile: Volkswagen New Beetle
- Automobile: Volkswagen Scirocco
- Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox 360
- Forza Motorsport series
- Japanese Xbox 360 games with full English support
- Middleware: Granny 3D
- Setting: Country - France
- Xbox 360 Platinum Hits releases
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Awards
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- 2011 – Best Xbox 360 Game of the Year
- 2011 – Best Racing Game of the Year
- 2011 – Best Trailer of the Year
- GameStar/GamePro (Germany)
- 2011 - #3 Sports Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- Xbox 360 Achievements
- 2011 - Best Graphics
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Game added by Sciere.
Additional contributors: Yearman, Patrick Bregger, Victor Vance.
Game added January 2, 2012. Last modified July 16, 2024.