Overall, I'm quite pleased with the pack.
The two Porsches are more on the obscure side of Porsche's catalogue and I can dig that.
The Ferrari is a welcomed addition, I just wished we got more cars from the 40's that are different from Ferrari and / or Ford.
The Corvette C3 is the cursed child from its family line due to the fuel crisis era it was born into. It's great to get the absolute monster version of it.
I'm never gonna complain about Early Prototype Racers. These old IMSA racecars are killers and they deserve more spots in this game. I legitimately want all of them. (I know it's the wish list, but search for the Peugeot P88. You won't be disappointed).
And now the controversial picks.
I wish T10 and Honda had decided to put the Type-R 2017/2018 back in Horizon 3 instead of the 2016. It feels like they don't want to strangle the diversity with a Type R too close to the one we already have. I say that, but here they go adding the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, a SUV you could make using an engine-swapped Grand Cherokee SRT8 in the game... Hey w/e.
As for the Odyssey, I like the choice. Here's the thing, oddball cars are always welcomed in Forza to my eyes. People fondly remember FM4 but they seem to forget that it was full of slow- ***. cars and the point was to turn them into racing machines. I was one of the few it seems that was digging the Continental last pack. It's not like the XTS Limousine. These cars can be potentially fast.
Hell, I put the Continental upgraded to its division on the Nurburgring and it beat the Rolls-Royce Dawn using the same "assists".
AND NOW THE LEVANTE S. The Levante is potentially one of the few SUVs that could actually be justified of being a tarmac user instead of gravel and mud. The main problem here is just the sheer amount of SUVs we've had in the packs so far and I understand people's frustration here. It's the Division I believe that has gotten the most DLC so far. Plus, to add insult to injury, Maserati announced the Levante Trofeo at the New York International Auto Show, which is even more appropriate to this series.
THERE'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. And here lies my defence for Turn 10.
Car manufacturers are [Mod Edit - Abbreviated profanity, profanity and profanity that is disguised but still alludes to the words are not permitted - D] for the most part. Hell, Toyota put on the worst attitude this cycle and I wasn't already a fan of the company as of the last years, but this really took the cake.
The reason we are seeing a lot of these SUVs is because of licensing agreement between Turn 10 and the manufacturers. They want to shill their products and SUVs have been the craze over the past couple of years and we all know that.
Mind you, this is all speculation at this point, I'm not expecting Turn 10 to come out and say this straight up, that would be bad for PR and their relationship with the manufacturers. I feel like it's a necessary evil.
There's a lot of stuff that I don't like with FM7 and a lot that I feel/know I can point the blame on Turn 10. Car licensing however is a tough business and I'm sure, if they could, they would put a lot more cars/racecars/supercars/hypercars.
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