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Monday 13 August, 2012
So I decided I was going to take the time to move my Xbox to the "nice" TV in the house. The one I thought was off-limits for all game consoles.. turns out all I had to do was ask.. Oh well, better late than never seeing I'm moving back to school in less than two weeks anyway.
So with the the Xbox connected to the new TV and speaker system, I was very excited to see this game in all of it's HD glory. However, there was one minor set back.. I could not get the darn thing to connect to my wireless. The little wireless USB doohickey that came with my Xbox refused to fully connect.. though for some reason I got through the security key phase just fine. So leaving that problem unsolved, I moved on without the beloved Xbox Live access. No matter.. I decided I would play offline anyway. In goes the Forza disc!
(Side-note: Developer logos that appear at the launch of every game almost always have impeccable sound quality and unique WOW! factors at high volume levels.)
I decided to try a different game mode. A game mode that would truly take advantage of this new gaming environment. I chose the Autovista game mode. Basically, Autovista is where the player can explore the exterior and interior of a couple dozen cars in the game. The cars available are much much more detailed than other vehicles in the game. My parents were in the room as I was looking at the Ferrari 458 Italia and they were blown away by the detail. The reflections on the bodies of these cars are absolutely perfect, you can see the stitching in the interior, and every time I try this game mode, my jaw drops. Along with being able to poke around with the car, you can also receive audio commentary on different design aspects of the vehicle and most of the time there is a funny blurb of the car spoken by the host of TopGear. It turns out that this game mode can be surprisingly educational. (A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 priced at $1.8 million needs its tires changed every 2,500 miles at a cost of $35k-50k per set.. and the famous DMC DeLorean takes a wimpy 10.6 seconds to reach 60 mph with its V6 engine.. among many other interesting facts I've learned). Another entertaining thing to do in this mode is to climb into an exotic car and turn the key. The engine roars/screams to life in spectacular audio clarity.
Come to think of it, I think Autovista was one of Forza 4's strongest selling points. I'm glad I got to experience it for myself.
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