STACK #156 Oct 2017

GAMES FEATURE

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choice – again, the GT2 RS, the GTR, and a racing truck. The first few races teach you the basics of accelerating, braking, and the ever-handy rewind that allows you to unmake a dumb mistake. After you’ve completed those three, you pick a racing discipline, pick a car, and jump straight in, competing to be the very best. You can customise your bodykits with different liveries, too. You’ll race for series points – which contribute to your Championships – and credits, which you can use to buy new cars and mods. All the while you’ve got a comforting voice in your ear letting you know all the ins

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We recently went hands on with the upcoming Forza Motorsport 7 for almost two hours – here’s how it's shaping up. Words Alesha Kolbe A t a recent Microsoft event in Sydney, we had the chance to cruise around in the upcoming Forza Motorsport 7 on

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The GTR race found us in the middle of a thunderstorm, and as you’re cruising around the Nurburgring, it starts pouring down. It’s great to see the track conditions changing as you’re racing them, and the GTR handles itself well in this situation. As you come around the last corner into the main straight, the sunset

and outs of whatever you’re doing at that time – kind of like a crew chief. Once we levelled up for the first time and chose 20,000 credits as the reward, he suggested spending some

the brand new Xbox One X console. It was a comprehensive hands-on, and we had access to just under two hours with the game. The first session was a chance to race through a selection of three tracks with one of three predetermined cars. We, of course, took the Nissan GTR sideways around the Nurburgring, and fanged the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS around Dubai. Let’s talk about the Porsche race first. One of the very first corners in Dubai features a sand dune in the background, and

of our extra coin on a Prize Crate – essentially a loot box full of mods. Mods can be enabled before a race to give you a boost if you fulfil a criteria – 30 per cent extra credits if you finish in the top three, for example. We finished the first few

reflecting from the puddles of water on the track will have you believing you're actually on the ground in Germany. We can’t overstate how bloody good this game looks. The second session with

...the colour hits you like a bag of oranges

the colour hits you like a bag of oranges. We have never seen colours as rich as on this new console. There’s a certain section of corners that set off little confetti cannons when you drive past, and it’s beautifully distracting.

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races, and unlocked a couple of other modes. Of course, we jumped straight into the Limo Bowling – which is exactly what it sounds like. You get one lap to drive around in a limo and knock down as many bowling pins as you can. Props to the limo for being surprisingly good around corners – sideways and very fast. We also got the chance to partake in an Audi High Speed Chase, which threw us into a new Audi and had us race on a delay against some older models to see if newer really is better (it is). We don’t need to tell you that the handling and the scenery in Forza Motorsport 7 are impeccable, because of course you already know. Forza entries are always the best-

Forza Motorsport 7 was the full game. We got to pick our Drivatar (male or female) and then kickstart the campaign. First off, you get the chance to play as three different professional drivers in their vehicles of

the Porsche 911 GT2 RS had its worldwide reveal as a part of the Xbox E3 2017 Press Briefing

looking games on the market, and with their tonne of different assists, they can be as hard or as easy as you want them to be. We can’t wait for this to release – it’ll be the only thing to succeed in getting us off Forza Horizon 3 .

• Forza Motorsport 7 is out now

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