Racing games have changed since the early 80's. They've gotten more realistic. Not just in graphics, but gameplay. Unfortunately, most gamers are turned off by simulation. But what happens when a game allows you to play it like it's an arcade, and still be a good simulation? That's Forza Motorsport 3, Currently one of the hottest racing games on the market.
There's no storyline, but there is the Season mode, and there's many, many courses to run, and Cups to win. Not only that, There are over 400 different race cars available to race. That might seem inferior to Gran turismo's many, many cars, but who really wants to race an 1886 Mercedes Benz Against anything? (Enter Gran turismo fanboy) yeah, but can you buy used cars in Forza Motorsport 3? (Response) Absolutely...It's called the Auction house! And the auction house might be the most fun feature of the game. You can put your cars on the auction block for others to bid on, and buy.
But unfortunately, there's a problem. Every time a player achieves another racer level, they are given a gift car. and since most of those cars are useless, they end up in the auction house, and no one bids on or buys them (Even if they're priced at $1,000) So they clog up the auction house. From a gamer to other gamers, if you get a Gift car, do us other gamers a favor, and just sell it for 100 credits, or modify it to run faster and put some cool paint on it before putting it on the block for a ridiculous price no one will buy it for.
And that's another thing, the custom paintjobs. It's AMAZING what some gamers are capable of doing. Obviously, everyone and their mother has done the General Lee paintjob for the '69 Charger, as well as Tofu delivery driver Takumi's '83 Toyota Sprinter Trueno, But other people have paid homage to Famous TV shows, Animes, Companies and Video game consoles, Using all 1,000 Layers of paint to make designs. My fastest car, A Porsche Racecar has a Custom Chobits Anime Theme all over it.
Bottom line, if you have an Xbox 360, this game is worth your while to get. It comes packaged with the 250 GB console, so pick one up and enjoy.