The Humble Beginning of Forza Motorsport

For the longest of time Gran Turismo ruled the Simcade genre and while many competitors would come into the scene, every single one of them came from within Japan. Until the time would come for Microsoft to represent the west and their answer to Gran Turismo using ideas from multiple arcade racers, so just how good is this first entry in the Forza franchise and did it truly challenge Gran Turismo?
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Edited by: ‪@Sharicite‬

[@DoVe_7]

What did you think of Forza Motorsport 1? Let me know in the comments and have a wonderful day! ❤

[@matthewsports382]

pretty good graphics for 2005 and surprisingly good handling + the car list was a good competitor to gran turismo

[@RiC3R69]

Car Sounds are better than GT4

[@yrrr4871]

It was awesome but sadly my experience of the game wasn't that good because it doesn't work all to well on the Xbox 360. I never had an og Xbox

[@terrybeechener5992]

Fab.I have it,plus all others bar 5.!

[@Carguy-ty6mi]

I love fm1 im getting the new one on my seris x but im still playing the classics

[@DustinEdenYT]

It's actually bonkers how few people still talk about the classic Forza games. They offered so much more than the more modern iterations as you have shown in the video. The attention to detail was crazy and even put Gran Turismo to shame at times. I hope these games make a resurgence with Xbox emulation making more progress. They deserve more conversation!

[@ThisHandleIsNotTakenYet]

Pogggg real Eden 😳😳😳

[@CLOYO]

@@ThisHandleIsNotTakenYet You have never been on this channel before?

[@ThisHandleIsNotTakenYet]

@@CLOYO no 😁, this is the second video I've seen on this channel, are them friends? Because the video editing style looks the same

[@strikerecho2592]

Having played the old Forza games out of curiosity, I’m actually surprised how fun and content rich they are compared to the later iterations. Edit: One flaw I will point out is with the Championship events, if you want to win the car, you have to win every single race, even if you have the most points by the end of the championship.

[@Sharicite]

@@ThisHandleIsNotTakenYet yeah they are

[@RNGJack1]

Forza 1 was so underrated! One of my 1st Xbox games and i still play it every now and then to this day

[@dakair2]

Enzo Ferrari top speed tune 416 km/h (sunglasses emoji) Peaked at 482 km/h with slip/bump draft on the nordschleife

[@17kevo17]

Consider yourself lucky, I sold my Xbox classic when the 360 came out and it was the biggest mistake, I dream about playing this game at lest once again... so many great memories😢

[@roibinvandersteene6310]

​@@17kevo17 You can play it on the 360. It's backwards compatible

[@gabrielsobrosa]

Back when every car had like 5 front bumper options

[@kwin-2084]

Backwards Compability is my favourite console feature

[@DoVe_7]

Yea likewise , was able to play complete edition of MCLA like that

[@athomasbom6295]

This game's campaign menu music is still legendary

[@motonvipr]

After GT4 we have to thank Polyphony for dropping the ball. I bought an xbox 360 JUST for Forza Motorsport 4. Have played FM5, FM6, own FM7, FH2, FH5. Love both series, I'm glad Forza exists, we need competition to push for greatness.

[@trviis]

FM4 is the best racing game I’ve ever played, I got my 360 back out recently and it’s just as good as I remembered

[@medalgearsalad1419]

Anything after 4 is @ss. As a GT4 enthusiast, I prefer Forza Motorsport 2 as it most similar to GT4.

[@Mo0shii]

@@medalgearsalad1419 agree im more with FM, up to fm4 were the best after GT is better.

[@kspectre21]

I've never actually played the OG Forza but that riced Dodge Neon is the trailer is peak early 2000's lmfao Having Sprints and the Numbered Track Layouts in the Loading Screens are such unfortunate cuts from more recent titles, the layouts especially are a really helpful feature. The Drivatar feature as well is sorely missed with how lacking the AI can be in recent titles. They're supposed to have redone it for the new Motorsport but having the ability to get a teammate that you could actively contribute to improving would be such a great feature with today's tech.

[@CIARUNSITE]

2005: make any livery you want. 2023: we will ban you for using the livery editor in any way that may offend even one person.

[@CKT1138]

The FM2 auction house was insane lol you could really see just about anything get sold there

[@shawnstegall665]

I still have my OG Xbox under my desk with Forza motorsports in it when I’m in the mood to reply this gem. It really is an amazing game with wonderful customization

[@sebencopeak9839]

One cool thing about the older forza games is that you don't need an internet connection to play the single player career mode. The standards for gaming is falling to the point where games with the feature to be played without internet is considered a positive when it should be automatic.

[@GHAddict112]

This is hands down my favourite Forza game. I'm praying Xbox emulation someday gets to the point of PCSX2 because I'd play this and PGR2 again in a heartbeat

[@GHAddict112]

Oh and Midtown Madness 3, the GOAT

[@dakair2]

Midnight Club 3 as well!@@GHAddict112

[@C1-Runner]

It's always nice getting to know more about these old games because not many people touch on them. Most people tend to focus on the newer Motorsport titles (FM7 for example) so seeing someone cover the start of it all definitely piqued my interest as a fellow Forza Horizon and Motorsport fan (to some degree). Props to you and your editor for putting this great video together.

[@YellowbirdYT]

I always wanted to try these early Forza games, they had so much effort put into them. Totally different from the current landscape with the franchise, thanks for bringing this showcase! I'm sure Chadlonso will grow to become a world champion, maybe.

[@tomclearo3502]

Man just came across your channel totally forgot how good the first forza was.....going to have to dig out the OG xbox when I get home from work and start running through this amazing game AGAIN!

[@DoVe_7]

I hope you have a fun time with this game again 👍

[@tomclearo3502]

@DoVe_7 I'm sure I will my son and I use to play it all the time when it came out and he was little at the time lol

[@RubyRoks]

Forza 2 was my first Xbox 360 game, and Forza 1 is, to this day, my favorite racing game. It's GT3 with incentives to take the racing seriously, better graphics, and more modern controls. Even better is the Xbox's ability to let you rip your own music to the hard drive and play it in game, so I get to listen to my favorite songs rather than the ones the game came with. The only other 2 games that come close to FM1 for me are NFSU2 and FM 4.

[@B3nn4N3l]

I am currently playing through the career mode of Forza 1 standing at about 20%. I was very surprised to find my MS Speed wheel working with this game on the Xbox 360. Loving every moment.

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

not many videos of fm1 existed just last year, this year the game's the getting the social recognition it deserved from many youtubers note : i searched for 'creating a livery' on fm1 last year and results were scarce to none.. i wanted to see how the 100 layers livery aged thru times 😂

[@DoVe_7]

Overall I just love covering these types of games from the past, they are always a joy to play and make into videos later on

[@blacksongoku312]

So many beautiful cars & customization that's sadly absent in current iterations 😢❤

[@alexbanana3445]

Forza 1 is forever top 5 best in my eyes. I remember buying a original Xbox in 2009 to play this game and also the older Halos even though i had a phat Xbox 360. Didn't regret it! And I brought another one a year back to do the same and for PGR2.

[@michaelhinton6239]

I remember the first time I owned a original Xbox my dad brought me for Christmas, it cam with Forza Motorsport 1, I use to always stay into it, it was the best racing game I've owned for sure

[@Shadowsintoyesterday]

It is such a shame that forza never ever adds those sprint races and Aftermarket Tuner cars to the modern games.

[@HondaGamingRage]

I remember Capcom makes their very first racing and it's was very interesting i never played it before but i seen someone playing it. 🏁🙂

[@number1lilslugger]

Forza Motorsport was a beast of a game. So much content and incredible handling. Sad it turned into Forza Horizons with arcade handling and online bullshit like dlc.

[@bungwohlio]

You can even play it on the Xbox One, I've tried it and it worked for me.

[@DoVe_7]

Really? First time hearing that ngl

[@bungwohlio]

@@DoVe_7 Judging by your intelligence, I bet you hear a lot of stuff for the first time. 🤣

[@DoVe_7]

Dr. Dixrespect thanks for bein unnecessarily rude , enjoy your day 👍

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Such a classic game. A grand slam at the first at bat

[@sirenhead8767]

I used to play this game soooooo much. The only problem now Is both my Xbox original and the disk for Forza motorsports is broken. The Xbox won't open the disk tray and Idk where the cords are to be able to plug it into a TV. The disk on the other hand has VERY deep scratches from being used so much. Out of every game this was probably the longest game I've ever played. After The disk stopped working, I was only about halfway done with the game. I will always remember the game as one of my favs in the forza franchise.

[@FalconPLT333]

I never had a PS2 at the time, but my brother had the original Xbox. I was a Need For Speed kid at the time, so the day I discovered Forza Motorsport, I was kinda like: "Wtf is this? It's way too complicated!" - But oddly enough with the game being just accessible enough not to be repulsive, difficulty settings being very customizable and the premise being so different and interesting compared to arcade racing games at the time, it eventually got me totally hooked to a different genre of racing game that I'd learn to love even more than the ones I was playing before. This game already looks quite impressive today, but back in the days, it was absolutely mind-shatteringly new: fully customizable liveries, cars with damage models, an absolute killer soundtrack by Junkie XL... Everything screams "It's a quite grounded, sim-like game, but you can hop in if you're an arcade enjoyer and get used to it progressively". Just for that, IMHO, the first Forza Motorsport is kinda the ultimate "transition" game for an arcade racing game enjoyer to get into simcade and towards more sim-oriented games without being too brutal of a change. Oh gee, I remember trying to memorize the turns in advance during the loading screens to try and not crash at the first turn - I'd never have expected to do that as a kid in a racing game!

[@hhavi0]

It's surprising watching this while playing motor Sport 7

[@Rockport1911]

Nice seeing their roots but just like Gotham Racing I rather play the 4th installment where you can really see that they got their grips together and where worthy of competing with GT.

[@DoVe_7]

Yea right now plannin to check the 3rd game and afterwards the 4th one

[@sukhdevr3489]

This is the most underrated racing game of all time and I truly mean it. The physics feel better than the later Motorsport games that I've played. It's better than on any ps4 racing game. The content, handling, cars, upgrades, music and customization are all brilliant.

[@Ghosteddiecast]

It's sad people forget how forza truly started. Had some sweet customization for a track racing game, aftermarket and pre tuned cars, (Junkie X.L for instrumental rock soundtrack) simple yet good but overall just fun and definitely challenging as you progress.

[@HammMann]

3:25 as a brit myself, that gave me a chuckle

[@TallTapper]

I bought it months ago but i didn't have a hdd for the 360 BC, which arrived yesterday, and the game is great it's amazing how 1 and 2 are so underlooked by the overall community, and it's amazing how many things both share a lot of features (starting by region, prize cars by first placing an event or extremely unique cars that aren't in following forza games or uncommom cars like the Chrysler Four-Twelve) having a livery editor, despite it's limitation, was really huge too, and the upgrading system was pretty good for 2005 in a way, it's no wonder Forza sill exists today (and PGR doesn't :/ ), and out of most companies that attempted, it's the only "GT clone" that managed to go head to head with it, and by the release of GT5, we already had three games fun fact: later editions of the game's boxart includes a "Better than Gran Turismo 4" review (mine has it) and PGR2 had a "the #1 racing game on Xbox", oh the irony

[@DoVe_7]

Actually didn't know those boxarts existex especially the better than gran turismo one , definitely one way to get your game out there lol

[@sukhdevr3489]

I can't wait to try the Chrysler ME412. Can you upgrade it?

[@TallTapper]

@@sukhdevr3489 afaik you probably can, but in FM2 it's U999, which is the max PI not including race cars (R4-R1), but i haven't reached the stage where i own the car itself

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@TallTapper Yh I tried FM2 on the emulator but now I have an actual 360 I'm playing FM1 which I love a lot more. The music is amazing. I can't believe how good the physics are by modern standards. Way better than games like gt sport and the crew, any ps4 racing game really.

[@lewisbleakney]

I didn't know FM1 was backwards compatible with the 360 until about 4 years ago and my dad gave me his original Xbox crystal to play it on and the mastalgia is real every time it gets loaded up

[@Sam-ls6sl]

Seeing these forza 1 tracks again lights up my prefrontal cortex like a Christmas tree. But for real, it has such good mechanics, and the rock music used to get me so hyped as a kid

[@justinjessee]

I remember playing the original Forza on my og Xbox back in 2005. Never would i imagined bout 20 years later i would be playing Forza Motorsport aka Forza 8 on XBox Series S😂

[@derosiflo6524]

Audomodellista is awesome and always worth mentioning, but I think you can't compare it to Gran Turismo really. Also keep the amazing work going

[@Arexion5293]

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 also had a livery editor, but it was sort of a Paint like thing where you could draw on the car's textures with different colours and drawing styles. It was nothing on what Viper Racing had done on PC way before, but it was certainly an attempt.

[@DoVe_7]

Yet to try that TXR game , still busy with TXRD2

[@alexarnold6773]

From what I’ve seen, running it on a 360 works fine no performance issues, just trust me when I say DO NOT REPAINT YOUR CAR

[@TallTapper]

it has some slowdowns at Atlanta and New York if you switch cameras to the front view, but yeah, it runs fine

[@sukhdevr3489]

Paint works fine for me on my console, just not on the emulated fm2

[@cimbakahn]

Technically Grand Tourismo 4 features over 721 cars from 80 manufacturers, from as early as the 1886 Daimler Motor Carriage, and as far into the future as concepts for 2022. The game also features 51 tracks, many of which are new or modified versions of old Gran Turismo tracks, with some notable real-world additions. I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that you can take your cars from Gran Turismo 3 and put them in Gran Turismo 4.

[@proletherapy15]

Oh what? The first Motorsport game was on the OG Xbox? Damn, I was sure they all started on the 360. I'll be sure to check this out once Xbox emulation improves (and I'll be over with GT4 too, lol. Currently grinding the Extreme League after farming that 25% to get the F1. Kudos to Special Condition events for it). The lack of stable and well performing emulators is really, really holding back this platform's catalogue... In its current state it's no rival to PCSX2 I'm afraid, which has insanely good compatibility with the majority of the games on the platform, has a nice UI with lots of customization and options/enhancements, and runs extremely well. I tried Xemu a couple of months ago, and, it's just disheartening to see how much worse it performs by comparison... It's also OpenGL only... Apart from FM, I'd love to replay the first KOTOR game on it as well, as that game doesn't run well on modern systems anymore, and there's no proper widescreen support either (hacking it in leads to unintended side-effects, not to mention the UI is... tiny, to say the least if you do this...)

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

There is a fairly early build out there of this, from back in November 2002 (with footage of it on youtube). Of course, being at that early of a stage of development, isn't much to with, with a C5 ZO6 Corvette being the only car there is to use, and is pretty much the equivalent of Gran Turismo 2000 in terms of functionality. So it's an interesting look to see it that early on. And myself, hadn't played FM1 until the early 2010's, by that point had played FM2 (being the first forza title i'd played in 2008), FM3 when it launched, and every other forza title since then (besides that apex one, and street was crap too). But yes, the first one is still a good title to this day, good to give it a run every so often.

[@johnlocke3481]

The first 3 Gran Turismo games, to this day, are more fun than the current.

[@BigJohnDeere100]

lolol the Rocky and Apollo bit was fire hahahahaahha! 🎦

[@randy3318]

They need to make it backwards compatible again on series x so where abke to play our collection

[@naufal_88]

Another great video, love your channel so much Dove. These are makes me and my day become brighter than ever buddy 🙌🙌😊😊❤❤

[@molebwoy2608]

i refused to buy a 360 untill forza 2 dropped

[@Mo0shii]

Still play the game on og xbox, GT didnt had full detailed cars, even tho you had 700+, but the career was better at GT3, but Forza had detailed damage models, first with tuning and decals ability, FM3 had detailed interior for all cars, not blacked out, Fm4 was the last for me, with all of the games had killer OST, blacksabbath, daft punk.

[@sukhdevr3489]

I play it too. What are your favourite cars to use? I loved the 22B, it has like 9.0 acceleration for 400hp. It's OP in the lower hp cups as its light and 4WD. The XJ220 has 9.9 speed for me too and the AB FLUG RX7, MR2, Elise, NSX and 360 are so fun to use.

[@GRIMEYtheFATMAN]

360 BC also had some texture issues on certain cars, which always annoyed me, since they were often the ones I wanted to work on...

[@CallDitto750]

Some may say FM1 is better than FH5

[@DoVe_7]

I mean it had fun stuff introduced while fh5 just copy pasted most things fh4 without addin anythin new

[@hamiltonseggsgaming69]

Everything between FM1 and FH2 (possibly FH3) was good

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

It may be no competitor for Gran Turismo But, this game at least bring the sim-cade well balanced with unique car rather than many version of same car, also some fantasy track was quite variety with other tracks, with some Need For Speed parts & visual customization that at least surpassed Gran Turismo 4 back when they were released

[@number1lilslugger]

Nothing humble about this absolute legend of a game.

[@chilenaoexiste]

cool video, just one detail is that at 8:38 this is Road America circuit, not Circuit of The Americas 😅

[@StreetDrilla]

1:32 well hong kong is fucking terrifying

[@axellofgren7679]

Forza Motorsport is the greatest game out of all the FM games. FM4 is really close, but it does not beat the vibe and feeling you get from FM1. ...and yes I'm biased, FM1 is nostalgia for me

[@austinjacob6007]

I miss the old Forza. The first two were basically the best. The first one truly kicked off a new era of racing on Xbox.

[@joshuaquinones9760]

For an OG Xbox game, the graphics look beautiful!!!

[@Jamesrh1228]

Oh how I miss this game

[@audi-71830]

this game was a revolution at its time, but many of its aspects managed to stay almost completely unchanged after 11 more titles with FH5, and it looks like FM is not going to change things like the upgrade system either

[@Richard.Linder]

On what version of xemui did you play this on? Most versions seem to have horrendous slowdown, and then freeze or crash with this game.

[@tonemack2981]

Too bad it will never be that close to being that good again.

[@walthuuuuu]

Where did you get your working build of xemu? Last time I tried it (it's been years, probably) it could barely run FM1 or any game really

[@DoVe_7]

I'm using the latest version of the emulator, it's still laggy but playable at times

[@Bicorn711]

FM3 FOR LIFE!

[@yemetrica]

man i love fm2

[@jnb894]

You forgot about the sound effects, back in the days, Forza was THE SHIT compared to GT3/GT4 vaccuum cleaner engine sound they used to have!

[@Beatosrs]

Anyone remember the Forza TV show?

[@midway3998]

Yo man how you made this game run on xemu that good? I have a pretty good pc and it's unplayable due to the extremely low framerate when starting a race.

[@DoVe_7]

I mainly played it in 480p with my 5950x and 3080

[@ZoneBear]

Really, is that game fully playable on XEMU?

[@DoVe_7]

Not fully yet, it's still laggy but can be stable at 480p setting

[@gono4kin78]

Thanks for what you do. Greetings from russia

[@KabanicaTHEONE]

dje sam tebe naso brate zanimljiv si :D nemas bas neki racing skill ali smjesno je gledat

[@ShyitFard69]

I just bought Forza Motorsport 1-4 recently, all of them are so much more fun than the newer games like 5, 7, and 8. The only one that feels more like the classic games is 6, and the rest from then on are absolute dogshit.

[@stoneybologna__]

How did you get this to run smooth enough on Xemu? Mine lags like crazy with ai drivers around

[@DoVe_7]

You need a powerful rig for it and even then it still will be a bit laggy

[@TimothyDong]

I wanted to try FM4 for a bit of time, one reason being the customisation. Tried to emulate it on Xenia, but it keeps on crashing. Which sucks cause, as of now, the customisation on FH7 is absolute dogshit

[@DoVe_7]

I think with FM4 there was a mod that fixes the perfomance a bit on Xenia project plus I think it was called

[@TimothyDong]

@@DoVe_7 oh cool, I'll check it out later

[@deth1634]

What's your specs to run the game? I got a 3060 12 gb with an i7 6700 and it's impossible for me to do anything but time trial races,just freezes after the framerate crumbles down

[@DoVe_7]

5950x and a 3080

[@deth1634]

@@DoVe_7 on a standard build nothing custom right?

[@DoVe_7]

@@deth1634 yep the standard version

[@PmrGuitar]

How did you get it to work on emulator

[@diamondjebgold9906]

Does this game work on Xbox 360 or just the original Xbox? Edit: I just got the game for my Xbox 360 and it works great!

[@DoVe_7]

It can work with backwards compability on a 360 but it has framerate issues iirc

[@diamondjebgold9906]

@@DoVe_7Ok thanks! I can handle the frame rate issues for completing my forza collection of every forza game

[@SnakeMan123-m6r]

what was the car that was at 12:58 in the video?

[@sukhdevr3489]

Evo

[@PhillyCYOSports]

Its insane that Xemu cant even run Forza

[@DumpTrump-4ever]

@11:45-11:49 lol ... looks weird

[@p0werfu11]

Forza is based because it's not Japanese game (even though I really respect Gran Turismo even with this flaw).

[@glamman8083]

it was an ok game

[@andreasmoller9798]

Not as good as gt4 in my opinion. The best forza was the 4th game, but to me gran turismo has always been the better games, even by todays standards, but forza has always been a close 2nd

[@sukhdevr3489]

Honestly I've always loved GT4 but these physics are much better imo. The cars feel even more stiff on the new GT games than they did on GT4

[@osirisgamez]

uhkooruh

[@avieron]

combability

[@rtrojosh]

after forza 3, the forza motorsport series fell off. forza 4 just wasnt that good. get mad at me all you want, you're just blinded by nostalgia and the fact that jeremy clarkson narrated some parts.

[@ralcolfwolfcoon8207]

I love both. There. Now stop

[@hamiltonseggsgaming69]

@rtrojosh3577 Bro FM4 was the peak of the series

[@FrozenDrone12]

​@@hamiltonseggsgaming69lol calling FM4 bad is like saying Gran Turismo 4 is bad while FM4 is not only the peak of the series but also the fullest version of what FM3 should be, FM3 is basically barebone games and FM4 perfecting it, because basically FM3 and 4 is using the same engine and assets but FM4 make it better

[@hamiltonseggsgaming69]

@@FrozenDrone12 exactly!!

[@hispanicGT]

@@FrozenDrone12I wouldn’t say that FM3 is bad like that.

[@bigguccitaurus1395]

great video, but i personally do not like that the intro / developement info about the game is a third of the video, it really isnt all that interesting

[@DoVe_7]

That's a fair critic , will try to shorten it a bit next time 👍

[@matijafrankovic4665]

I gotta say the worst forza ever