Hi Gaf, finally got approved =)
Been wanting to post my opinion on Forza for very long, finally I can.
So being an avid Forza fan, owning 2, 3, 4 and Horizon, I managed to get a X1 with Forza 5 Day 1 Pre order in the few hours it was still in stock in the UK.
As I got closer to release, my doubts on Forza and X1 itself seemed to grow, and only on the 17th November did I finally decide to cancel.
The direction Forza has taken is really sad, from being a great community based game with huge creativity and attention to detail, it seems like they are now taking advantage of their fanbase with Day 1 DLC, Micro-transactions and the lack of community features. I am very sad, I feel worse for those who had the Fanatec wheels too.
But I digress, this is a really big matter and I hope a lot of people speak out against this business model, it seems that even the official Forza forums have realized the game is a huge money grab.
Eventhough I thought that Forza 4 was way to easy to earn money and level up, I think Forza 5 has gone too far and made it a much more painful grind to push gamers to buy tokens, in Forza 4 I would never to bothered as being a top 1% player i could easily get 250K cr by playing rivals (great game mode). But i also thought that free upgrades and free cars did make it too easy. They should have just stuck to discounted upgrades, but no more than 50-70% off RRP. I never felt in Forza 4 that i could not attain and upgrade any car within reasonable timeframe, but the sounds of Forza 5 players make it seem they have deliberately changed the mechanics to persuade you to pay money to progress and this is unacceptable.
For me, I am now contemplating buying a G27 and getting my racing fix from Assetto Corsa, and hopefully if the PS4 supports the G27, I may buy a PS4>7 in the future.
It took me great effort to cancel as Forza is my favorite game and one of the games I have put countless hours into. I hope to god F6 fixes this mess.