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Dean (6927 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 3 in Video Games

Aug 21, 2018

Amazing Graphics, from the cars, scenery and weather effects (2 more)

Good soundtrack

Sooo many options: Freeroam, events, championship, bucket list challenges... Almost endless

Auction system could use tweaking (1 more)

Another mode so xbox live races focus more on where you finish

Groundbreaking Driving game

I've been playing video games for a long time, since the spectrum before moving on to the Megadrive. I love driving games and can honestly say this is probably the best and most fun I've played to date! Not since PGR2 has a driving game been this groundbreaking.

You can sense the PGR2 influence in the realism of the environments and cars and some game modes. Along with a similar skill system. The weather effects are amazing from Fog, rain, clouds along with the times of day including dawn, sunset, night time create so many looks and experiences. You'll pull over to stop and watch a sunset. Every car looks and sounds as it should right down to the interior drivers view. It's a beautiful looking game.
The game itself has tons of variety. You can just cruise around, challenge a rival to a set route, random 1 on 1 races in Free roam. There are exhibitions and championships, you can create your own as well and fully customise the weather and time of day, car class and types of cars. There are bucket list challenges that can be done for times, skills, drifts, jumps, speed etc. Again fully customisable to create your own. There is something for everyone here and it's just so much fun.
The only minor points are the auction system for selling, buying could be better but you don't really need to use it. The other issue when racing others online your place is overall is decided partly on your skills during the race. This does include being quick and clean racing... but you might find slower drivers who drift a lot get more xp and end up ahead of you on the leaderboard even if you beat them in the race.
Overall though the best driving game to date. Roll on Horizon 4 in October.

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Boomerang Make and Race - Tom and Jerry Games

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Make a Boomerang racer and test your driving skills against classic cartoon characters! ON YOUR...

Car Posters

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The artworks in this book show the history of the car from its creation up until the start of the...

Air Race Speed

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“Speeding is tons of fun, especially with no cops around” - Pixelated Sausage Take speed to a...

Fix My Car: 3D Concept GT Supercar Mechanic Shop

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Become the ultimate supercar mechanic! Build a Gran Turismo (GT) concept car supercharged for...

The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Circus Maximus in Tabletop Games

Mar 29, 2018

Circus Maximus

1979 | Ancient, Fighting, Racing

8.5

(2 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

The idea of the game (1 more)

The Theme "Chariot Racing"

old crappy components (0 more)

A really retro game, but still a good game.

I used to pay this when I was a kid in the 80's, watch Ben Hur and I want to play again immediately. The choice to play to win the race or to play to kill everyone else is a very real one and you find a way to balance the two is probably best. You can do damage to the chariots and the horses, and run them into the walls. Flip them over, Use he whip on them, etc. It's a race game at heart but the interaction between the racers is where the fun comes in. plus there are lots of people who find awesome mini's and create coliseums instead of the board it comes with, and they play at conventions. See some of the pictures I've added. This game is a old school treasure ahead of its time, but could use updating. I'd love to see a modern publisher get a hold of this and re-make it.