Xbox Series X’s reinvention of Forza improves the way you connect with your car – and looks better than ever.
Full disclosure: I’m not a racing game guy. No, instead that honour deservedly goes to resident petrol head and Mirror Gaming editor Nathan Bliss, who is sure to be jealous of the fact that I (apparently) am part of the first round of press to see behind-the-scenes gameplay of the new Forza Motorsport. That’s according to the team at Turn 10 anyway, which I can tell have been aching to show off everything they have in store for the first entry in the respected sim racing series to be built for the ground up for Xbox Series X.
Xbox players have already been blown away by the main franchise’s breezier brother, Forza Horizon 5, but what you get here is a true current-gen racing experience primed to blow you away with visuals that achieve 4K 60fps simultaneously. Such a visual feast is more along the lines of what we’ve come to expect from the 'world’s most powerful console' – and it certainly blew me away. Racing on the track appeared smooth, the dynamic weather cycle truly benefitting from the OLED display the short demo was played on, and raytraced lighting sees the natural light bounce from the hood to the tarmac and back again in a way that could make you feel like the images you’re seeing is real life.
