Turn 10 Studios’ Forza Motorsport 4 was demoed for eager members of the press and game community last week at E3 2011. The E3 2011 trailer, which is all in-game footage, shows off more of how players can virtually explore every aspect of the cars featured in the game called Auto Vista. The trailer states that the game will have over eighty car manufactures; however, a full car list, which many fans were finally waiting to hear about, has still not been announced yet. Forza 4’s head tracking feature was officially unveiled too, which will allow players to look to the left or right in the car just by turning their head.
Forza has always been detailed and real, but Turn 10 Studios might want to put disclaimer that reads “that this game shouldn’t be used as guide for automotive repair.” Although you might be tempted because of its good looks if your planning on changing your Holley carburetor you might want to just stick to reading a manual. Forza 4 features 16 player online competitive multiplayer, community car clubs, a world tour, and something called Rivals Mode. Rivals mode, is most likely Forza 4’s equivalent to racing the “ghost” cars of other top drivers. The game also features full body damage for all of the cars in the game, which can be seen clearly in the trailer by the Yellow McLaren F1 that is going to be in need of some serious auto repair. Lucky, it’s only a game. No word yet if any of the car customization can be performed in Auto Vista mode, though. Check out more the game’s Auto Vista Mode from Game Trailers in the video that shows how players can expect a car even down to the 19” aluminum alloy wheels on a 2002 Ferrari Enzo.
Rumor has it though that Microsoft’s Kinect and the size limitation of the Xbox 360’s DVD format may have reduced the number of cars featured in Forza 4. Adding the ability to virtually explore every car in the game with Kinect has most likely increased the space requirements of each car, possibility limiting the amount of cars that will be featured in the game. The DVD format used by Xbox 360 games may also be hindering the amount of cars that are included in the Forza 4. More and more games on the Xbox 360 have been running out of disk space and force to use multiple disks like Lost Odyessy, Mass Effect 2, and the recent hit, L.A. Noire. However, if Microsoft approves the large capacity DVD that they have been testing for the last couple of months then perhaps the Forza developers will be able to squeeze in a bit more cars, if space is an issue. Forza’s main competitor, Gran Turismo 4, shipped with over 1,000 cars for the Playstation 3 on November 24, 2010. Though, Gran Turismo 4 utilized Playstation 3’s high capacity Blu-Ray disk format, but also required a 6.4GB install, taking upwards of 40 minutes. A lot of Forza fans will probably be disappointed if the game does not ship with at least as many cars as Gran Turismo. 5. Although, the trailer states that there will also be monthly (epic) expansions; maybe these expansions will include new cars and courses. In any case, October 11 can’t come soon enough as millions of people are anxiously waiting for Turn 10 to kick the tires on Forza Motorsport 4.