Well, Matt and I decided we needed to switch up our styles on Forza a bit, and I decided to analyze a major part of the game as well while doing this: Affinity Level. But, before I start getting into this, let me explain that Forza's amount of realism is unbelievable, like I've said before. We decided to take some trucks to the track, which was very different. The handling of these trucks was unlike those of the beautiful 600horsepower Nissans we had before. This task wasn't easy, we had to battle for first in a race that we both weren’t used to.
Anyways, while doing this, I had learned much about affinity. Basically, for every big name brand car dealer, you get this sort of level. The more cars you race with that are of the same brand, the faster and higher your level gains. I'm pretty sure you can get up to about a level 20 or something, but after Affinity Level 7 for a car brand, you get 100% off all aftermarket parts for any car of that brand.
This feature is just great, it makes the game more fun, so you don't have to sit there for endless hours and pay for millions of dollars worth for parts. So, to demonstrate, I tried this out with some Ford cars, I had started with a classic mustang, and once I had got Affinity Level 7, I bought a Ford Raptor and tuned it for the track. Matt got some little GMC, this seemed like an un-fair advantage, but I wanted to prove how much faster my truck really was.
The starting line was unlike any other race we had dealt with before, and though Matt in his yellow GMC was started in second place, I was determined to destroy his little puny truck.
Around the first bend, Matt was still actually in the second place, but, I wasn't far behind. This was a real battle of horsepower, and neither of us were ready to lose a big race like this.
The video above shows the in-car view of my Ford Raptor, and you can see me passing Matt extremely easy here, even if it meant I had to go off-road.
Well, in the end, I had won by a long run, and this just shows how much horsepower actually matters in a race. Until next time, drive to live and live to race!
Anyways, while doing this, I had learned much about affinity. Basically, for every big name brand car dealer, you get this sort of level. The more cars you race with that are of the same brand, the faster and higher your level gains. I'm pretty sure you can get up to about a level 20 or something, but after Affinity Level 7 for a car brand, you get 100% off all aftermarket parts for any car of that brand.
This feature is just great, it makes the game more fun, so you don't have to sit there for endless hours and pay for millions of dollars worth for parts. So, to demonstrate, I tried this out with some Ford cars, I had started with a classic mustang, and once I had got Affinity Level 7, I bought a Ford Raptor and tuned it for the track. Matt got some little GMC, this seemed like an un-fair advantage, but I wanted to prove how much faster my truck really was.
The starting line was unlike any other race we had dealt with before, and though Matt in his yellow GMC was started in second place, I was determined to destroy his little puny truck.
Around the first bend, Matt was still actually in the second place, but, I wasn't far behind. This was a real battle of horsepower, and neither of us were ready to lose a big race like this.
The video above shows the in-car view of my Ford Raptor, and you can see me passing Matt extremely easy here, even if it meant I had to go off-road.
Well, in the end, I had won by a long run, and this just shows how much horsepower actually matters in a race. Until next time, drive to live and live to race!
Great post-- love the play-by-play and embedded video. What reviews did you read before playing this one?
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's always good to have feedback! Well, I mainly read reviews from sites like GameStop and such, but otherwise I just went off my own imagination for this post.
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