WOW! The way Forza 7 reacts to the road, the vibration and up and down movement of the road and the car, and how the car reacts to it is LIGHT-YEARS beyond GT in this video. It's very visceral looking and adds another layer of depth and connectivity to the experience. It feels connected to the road.... almost real. Very, very impressive!
GT almost seems to hover along with not much real movement , so it comes off as disconnected and stale to me. Clearly missing this aspect by comparison. Graphics do look better albeit too dark (in this video) but I will say, Forza 7 looks markedly better on my PC rig, but I'm assuming this is Xbox??. On my PC, I feel like the graphics definitely are as good as GT shown here, with not as good lighting (obviously, GT shines there). I have no framerate issues either. But on a good rig, nobody will be disappointed in the graphics in F7, trust me. They are fantastic. So it's more about the driving and realism to me, and I have no doubt Forza will win out on that, having played so may GT games for countless hours over the years, I'm seeing the same thing here as in all of those.
I will also add, the left to right movement and the sliding, etc, is also much better in Forza, and more realistic. GT seems very tame, neutral and lacking here. GT still has a looong way to go to get w/ the big boy PC sims (not counting Forza in those btw, but Forza is clearly better here than GT) in terms of physics (in particular, suspension, tire and road physics)... and it needs to be more raw, more visceral. You can tell by watching both side by side this and the other things I mentioned, this very obvious difference, but please also note the "sense of speed" these little things that make driving not only feel and look better, but also add to that sense of speed as well. Just look at them both, on the left it looks slow vs the right, looks fast, despite actually being the same. All of this better pulls you into the experience for that adrenaline rush.
To be clear, my impression is one of clinical staleness w/ GT. Very clean, very sterile and calm. Nothing like racing should be. I will reserve further judgment until release, out of respect, but my early impressions are "more of the same, w/ prettier graphics". But one can hope.
Edit: this is PC Forza? wow, this guy's rig SUCKS. that is not a very good representation as to what it actually looks like w/ all the graphics maxed at >100fps
I'll step out from here, as I'm not trying to pee in anyone's cheerios... whatever one likes the most, is up to them. Just dropping my 2 cents for my opinion on what I'm seeing and I don't want to get into an argument over opinions. I'm sure mine stinks as much as everyone elses.
