I’m no hardcore gearhead, for that we’d have to talk to my father or his friends. But I know this, Forza 3 is a magnificent racing experience. Even if you want a more arcade racing style game you can get it. But if you want to get down to the nuts and bolts of racing you can do that as well. Tweak your ride and then simply hire out a driver to take it through the track for you. So in essence it even acts partly like a race team management sim.

But I digress, back to the game at hand, Forza 3. The graphics on the game are superb though when you damage your car it sort of displays a uniform spiderwebbing of the panels with bits missing here and there. Not at all realistic from the racing I’ve seen in my life. But if you’re using cockpit view you generally won’t notice this. Speaking of graphics you can make your own, paint your cars, slap on a stack of decals and customize the car to your personal taste. I like to make GDN versions of the cars and have done so with several. I’m hoping we can share them so that you too can join the GDN Racing Team.

The game has so much content that it’s hard to cover it all. With more than 400 cars on over 100 renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses, there’s bound to be something that you’ll find to do for a long time to come. Perhaps even until the next iteration in the game comes along.

Really, a game of this caliber has few flaws. Some of the racing seems unrealistic, some of the graphics aren’t that great. But they’ve done up a very good racing experience whether you’re a beginner or veteran.