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I'm still enjoying Forza 2, I'm a little disappointed that some review sites mark the game down because they say it's too easy. I think this shows that the reviewer perhaps didn't bother to review a large portion of the end game because I'm at a point in the game that a lot of races are pretty difficult and take a good 3-4 races to figure out the best way to tackle the track with the vehicle you've choice in the class you're racing. Perhaps they're playing the game with all the assists on and the AI set to "extra stupid mode" so they can review the game but really when reviewing and tackling the notion of game difficulty they should bump up the settings to see if the game does in fact scale well in difficulty which in my opinion Forza2 does.
I am getting a little burnt out on it though, I am torn on all the great games coming out in short order.

Overlord, the Darkness, Monster Madness are all titles I'm interested in so I have to choose which I'll buy. None are definite at this point, mostly because none are what I consider MUST HAVES but all 3 offer something I'm interested in so I'll likely pick up at least one and possibly two.
At this point I'm leaning most to Monster Madness because I really want a party game, even though the demo left a bad impression for a lot of people (I loved it however). I'm torn on Overlord as the demo didn't give me a sense on what the whole game will be like (demo was too short) and Darkness leads me to believe the game will be too "dark" and I hate games where I have to squint to see what's happening.

Simulated

I don't normally like sim games, I've tried my share of them in the past.
Pegasus for the C64:













Indy 500 on the Amiga:










A10 Tank Killer on the Amiga











They all just got sort of old after a while. Perhaps it was the sterile environment, the fact that there was no online community to discuss the game, who knows really.
Forza 2 for me however is probably the best sim game I've ever played. The cars just feel right, they feel authentic. Probably because the force feedback in the wheel is done so well (though I do wish I could boost the power just a little higher).
I'm not saying I'm actually any good at the game, just that I'm really enjoying it. I like the micromanagement aspect of racing, I like being able to tweak my car by buying parts and feeling that the parts I am putting on my vehicle actually make a difference. In some ways it has an RPG type feel to the game because after you win a few close races (if you don't boost your car well past the ranking of other vehicles you're racing against) you feel an attachment to your vehicle, like you would with your character in an RPG. I haven't gotten very far in the game at this point but by judging at all the people on my friends list playing Forza2 I think it's safe to say that other people feel similarly.