Lips flap a lot at E3. After all everyone is there to make a splash. Remember when Dan Greenawalt,Forza 3‘s creative director, mentioned once or twice thatForza 3was going to be the definitive racing game of this generation? He might have dropped that phrase a few times here and there. Clearly his incessant claim was meant to be a subtle swipe atGran Turismo, but Greenwalt doesn’t play subtle. According to himGran Turismohas not been living up to what it should be.
During E3 Greenwaltlet the jab outwhile showing off some ofForza 3‘s new features like the rewind option. After discussing howGran Turismocreator Kazunori Yamauchi influenced him greatly in becoming passionate about cars Greenwalt went on to say thatGran Turismohad “dropped the ball,” but thatForza 3was here to “pick it up.” Boom! Greenwalt steps it up.
We’ve all seen thestunning trailerforFroza 3, but who thinks it’s really going to replace the epic realism ofGran Turismo. If you ask me they’re both great racing games, butForzais geared far more towards the arcade/real racer whileGran Turismois gearted towards solely the real racer. I mean look at the car flipping in theForzatrailer, I don’t thinkGran Turismowas ever about doing stuff like that.
