Pedal to the medalīeginning life as a thoroughbred racing simulator, the Turn 10 Studios team of 20 realised that accuracy and fun are rarely best of friends. A game that would become one of Microsoft’s most popular franchises, with a new Xbox Series X and S-friendly game said to be arriving in 2022. Launched six months before the Xbox 360, it was even easier to overlook the humble beginnings of Forza Motorsport. Not only did they look good, drifting through London in a Ferrari F50 was as memorable and ridiculous as it should be.
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Then there was OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast, probably the best version of it, plus Burnout Revenge, Juiced, Midnight Club, Need for Speed, Colin McRae, Richard Burns Rally, Sega GT Online, Auto Modellista, R: Racing Evolution, Ford Racing, Big Mutha Truckers, MotoGP, V-Rally, Quantum Redshift and many more.īut my absolute favourite was Project Gotham Racing, the first two games of which made for the original Xbox and the third for Xbox 360. Not only was the brilliant RalliSport Challenge a launch title, there was also Sega GT 2002 that in some instances shared a disc with the also brilliant Jet Set Radio Future. It was fortunate, then, that Microsoft’s first games console had loads of racers over its lifetime.
At the time racing simulators were cool, Gran Turismo was king and its first two games were, for me anyway, the most special. With many gamers coming from Sony’s legendary PlayStation 1 and 2, the Xbox needed a good driving game and that’s where Forza Motorsport stepped in. With a new Forza Motorsport around the corner, I played the original Xbox version to see where it all began – and whether driving games have progressed as much as we think.
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