Forza Motorsport 4

Alright, I believe it's time to post on my favorite racing game ever, Forza Motorsport 4.

Now not only is this game realistic, but it's also incredibly fun. Imagine over 500 cars, average and exotic, and some of the world's fastest race tracks. Mixed with full customization of your vehicle, and full online gameplay with gametypes from classic circuit racing and all american muscle to tag and car soccer. Welcome to Forza, the ultimate in console racing games.

The game features a career mode in which you travel the world, racing on the world's most famous tracks, winning new cars and earning money by completing tournaments for each vehicle class. The online gameplay has gametypes classified under categories such as Turn 10 Selects, Motorsport, The Playground, etc. It has a gametype for every style of racer.

I find that the customization is unmatched by any game I've played so far. You are able to create your own designs and vinyl groups, allowing you to sell or share your designs with your friends, or just to put it on different vehicles. It challenges your creative side, pushing you to transport your personality to your car.

The game also has this cool new feature called Autovista. This is an awesome feature which allows you to unlock new vehicles which you can explore and learn about, from cars like the new BMW M5 to the Lamborghini Reventon. Personally, I don't know what's cooler, the fact that it's Jeremy Clarkson that's narrating. Or that the first sneak peek at Halo 4's new Warthog, narrated by Cortana.

Alright, here is the autovista video of the Ford GT


And here is the autovista for the exclusive Halo 4 Warthog

You decide which is cooler :P

Now this game isn't for everyone, but it's a must have for anyone who enjoys a realistic racing experience.

Alright everyone, this is officially my last post, thanks for sticking around and reading all my posts. But this project is over and I'm a wee bit too lazy to actually keep this thing going. Well, it's been fun, but I bid you farewell, and happy racing :P

Need for Speed Carbon

The sequel to Ned for Speed Most Wanted, the game follows up right after the player jumps the bridge in Rockport. Sgt. Cross chases you through the canyons in NFS Carbon, until an accident happens in which you total your BMW.

The game is based off of a 'dominate the city' kind of story. You have win races in certain districts of the city, which then causes the district boss to take notice of you. Beat him and you dominate that district. Beat everyone to win the game.

This game, for the first time in any Need for Speed game, feature classic muscle cars. The customization options are way better than in other NFS games. It let's you create custom designs for your car and actually customize the size and measure of your car parts.

It's not as fun as Most Wanted, and it doesn't offer as much of a challenge. But it still is a fun game to play.

Need for Speed Most Wanted

This was the last NFS game I genuinely enjoyed. It has a simple yet cool story, an amazing selection of cars, a great location, etc.

The game starts off as the player being new to Rockport. While cruising through the streets with your custom and unique BMW M3 GTR, you get pulled over by the most infamous police officer in the district, a bounty hunter named Sgt. Cross. After your little run-in featuring a threatening warning, he takes off to answer a call.
Shortly after this, you end up in a race with a racer known as Razor. He challenges you to a race, but he only races for pink slips. Wanting to make a name for yourself, you accept.

During the race, you ultimately dominate him. Until about half way, when your car "breaks down". It is clear he sabotaged your car, causing you to lose.

The system of this game works around something called "The Blacklist". This is the 15 most notorious street racers in the city. When you first met, Razor was 15 (being the lowest) and used your car to get to the top. Now you must race and beat all the other 14 drivers on The Blacklist to get to Razor, beat him and you become the Most Wanted racer in the city (hence the name), as well as win your car back.

This game mixed in a NFS Underground style with a twist. You have full exploration free-roaming of the city, and unlimited races to take part in. But watch out for the police, they are relentless.

This game also remains one of my favorite racing games, but was (in my opinion) the last genuinely good Need for Speed game.

Need for Speed Underground 2

Once again, I'm focusing a post on the Need for Speed Underground series. Underground 2 is super fun to play. Not only does it have just about everything the first has, but it also has an entire city to free-foam.

Personally, I find this game to be one of the best racing games ever made. With a wide range of vehicles (mostly tuners), including a new form of vehicle. SUVs, that's right, you can now race things like Escalades or Navigators.

The game starts as the player being new to the fictional city of Bayview, a place with as many street racers as an anthill has ants. A friend lends you her decked out Nissan 350z so you can get the feel for the driving and to get to the car lot where you get your first car. Before you hand her car back to her, there are a few races you can do to earn a little extra money early.

This game is the exact reason I got hooked on Need for Speed, full free-roam racing. The player must win races in order to unlock new areas of the city. Bayview is always alive with challenges from potential street racing competitors.

A few new features that weren't in the first Underground are sponsorships, URL (Underground Racing League) races, and SMS (Short Messaging System) which allows other racers to send you info on tournaments, special opportunities, new inventory in the various shops around the city, etc.

There is just so much in this game to love that even though it's an old game, I still play it. I simply can't think of anything bad about this game.

Need for Speed Underground

Alright, time for one of my favorite racing games ever. Need for Speed Underground. To this day it is still an amazing game and is an absolute blast to play alone or with a friend. It starts with the player choosing their first car, and what they do from there is up to them.

The game features full customization of the player's vehicle, including visual designs, aftermarket performance parts and even some neon lights to give it that extra bit of style. It also has many import vehicles to choose from.
It is one of those super fun street racing games that let's you race in city streets, but without being chased by the police.

I've always loved Need for Speed after playing this game, but their newer games just aren't as fun as this game. The ability to buy and customize your own car and street race all night with it in tournaments and such is just so much fun.

It is simply one of my favorite games ever, and always will be. It is just too much fun to give up.

Mario Kart 7

So I figured it is now time to talk about the latest installment of the famous Mario games. Mario Kart 7. While it is still the insanely fun and awesome game it has always been, it has been made for the 3DS, which is even cooler. Because for the first time in Mario games history, you are able to play it in 3D, plus you get full online competitive gameplay.

Now as you may have noticed in my last posts, I am a fan of the more realistic side of racing. But there is just something about the fact that you can race across rainbows in a mushroom powered go-kart as your favorite Mario character that strikes up a child-like amusement causing me to play for hours on end. But I can't be the only person like that, right? Because I have yet to meet someone who doesn't like Mario Kart.

The game is awesome, the graphics are even pretty good (for a Nintendo game), plus being able to take your turbo mushroom powered go-kart online just makes it so much more fun. It is definitely worth the money. If I had a 3DS, this would be the first game I would buy.

DiRT 3

DiRT 3. The ultimate in off-road as well as track based rally racing, allowing the player to buy cars, customize them as much as they feel fit, and to race them freely online or offline in some wild and creatively fun track locations. This game focuses mainly on the wild, free-form driving style known as Gymkhana racing. This type of racing feature high speed maneuvering, drifting, jumps, and anything that would fall under ''Driving with Style''.

There is a fun Gymkhana practice track to hone your driving skills which features a large parking lot with many obstacles for the player to practice maneuvering through.

Another feature I find pretty cool, is the ability to drive the world-renowned rally and Gymkhana racer, Ken Block's Ford Fiesta.