Forza 2 Car handling/gearing model accuracy

[chilled]

I've noticed that the accuracy of various cars in Forza 2 is quite patchy. Certainly the gearing on the S2000 is all wrong. Also the power is too. Doing the nurburgring, in real life up Kesselchen I can only reach 121mph. This is in 5th, the red line in 4th is 118mph. I deliverately entered the straight slower, yet managed to reach 135mph without any problems. And only had to change up at 125mph.

Yet the Integra DC-5 is much more representative of the real DC-5, the gearing for one being spot on.

I'm interested in hearing from owners of other cars as to how accurate their cars models in the game are.

[Rob P]

chilled said:

I've noticed that the accuracy of various cars in Forza 2 is quite patchy. Certainly the gearing on the S2000 is all wrong. Also the power is too. Doing the nurburgring, in real life up Kesselchen I can only reach 121mph. This is in 5th, the red line in 4th is 118mph. I deliverately entered the straight slower, yet managed to reach 135mph without any problems. And only had to change up at 125mph.

Yet the Integra DC-5 is much more representative of the real DC-5, the gearing for one being spot on.

I'm interested in hearing from owners of other cars as to how accurate their cars models in the game are.

Mini is almost spot on with gears, not sure about actual performance though?



When designing the game I performance is easier to measure - stick some telementary on a car and hammer it through the gears, job done.
The handling is more difficult to simulate and I guess that the developers chose a happy medium.
For instance, a slight difference in grip coming out of the last corner, maybe due to tyres, friction from the surface, temperatue, weight, condtion of car/tyres etc etc would be very difficult to get spot on, hence the speed difference.

[Fidgits]

Dont forget - the game uses the same model for the whole world... and a lot of car companies tweak their cars for different markets.

e.g. softer suspension for the US etc..


Plus, it is just a game, its never going to be 100% accurate as they need to focus on playability..

[stephen300o]

And you notice the cars hardly roll at all, the hot hatches should be lifting the inside rear, but go play Dirt for a bit and come back, then you'll realise how good Forza is.

[chilled]

Was playing with the sagaris last night, and it has the wierdest gears. 1st-3rd are ok. 4th only has about 500rpm rev range ie it's too close to 3rd, and 5th is really long. Very bizarre.