Racing games have run dry on ideas. There doesn't seem to be all that much more we can do with them. You can only run a McClaren F1 through Nürburgring so many times before the thrill, novel as it once was, stagnates.

Unparalleled car selection; Dozens of tracks; Looks gorgeous; Driving is as tight and focused as ever; Single player encourages players to experiment with new cars; Showcase races delivery plenty of extra variety

Twangy country-rock doesn't fit the look; Potential for scummy microtransactions

Forza Motorsport 7 is clearly the best looking and most comprehensive racing game out there for the mass PC/Xbox audience. With its scalable difficulty and realism combined with jaw-dropping visuals, a massive car library, plenty of tracks, dynamic weather and lighting, a huge community of skin...

Positives + Gorgeous visuals + 4k/HDR/60fps + Lots of content + Customized difficulty

Negatives; Loot Boxes; Consumable VIP; Homologation kills customization; Progression based on car purchases; Entire game now focused on micro-transactions

I've been a fan of the series since it started over a decade ago! Remember Gran Turismo over 20 years ago Remember being frustrated at too many tuner cars, Mitsubishis, Toyotas Forza solved that with a more Western bias. It was like a miracle. There is no problem giving it to your kids here.

The biennial launch of a Forza Motorsport game should always be on the radar for serious racing fans. However, while it's third Horizon stablemate stomped all over the meagre competition last year, there's a glut of fantastic looking racers arriving this Autumn.

Jaw-dropping visuals; Weighty but fun handling model; Huge array of cars; Great range of tracks

Extended load times; In-game economy looks to be a future issue; Unnecessary loot boxes

T here are some driving games so convincing and enthralling that, after an intense play session, you find yourself instinctively straight-lining the local mini roundabout in order to nestle into the slipstream of a septuagenarian's Toyota Aygo during your weekend supermarket run.

Forza 7 Motorsport is not a humble game by any stretch. It knows it's a big deal. It's packing the largest collection of Ferraris, Porsches, and Lamborghinis in a video game ever.

Tim (who else) climbs into yet another virtual cockpit, this time to check out Xbox's flagship racer Forza 7.

The best car and circuit line-up in the franchise; Shiny graphics might sell some more Xbox One X's; Racing gameplay is still amongst the best out there

Gratingly long load times on Xbox One; Many new features are either unfinished or unnecessary; Why in god's name did they put loot crates in a Forza game

I almost feel as if I have only been playing racing games these past few weeks with Project CARS 2, Forza Motorsport 7, and GT sport headlining the genre for Q4. With so many racing games on the market, it has become a challenge to define yourself in the saturated libraries of games.

Forza 6 was great. I enjoyed the gameplay. I felt the medal system was a step back from Forza 5 , where you wer...

Forza Motorsport 7 boasts a ridiculous commitment to realism and graphical fidelity. Whether that's enough to sell you on the Xbox One X will depend on just how seriously you take your virtual racing. For proper petrolheads, this is pretty much gaming nirvana - and even if you don’t know the difference between a prop shaft and a parking brake, the beginner-friendly driving assists are a welcome helping hand to get you behind the wheel. There are a few irks, like an over-reliance on loot crates to expand your car collection, but these the exception, rather than the rule. Serious sim fans will probably find a bit more customisation with Project Cars 2, but for sheer fun factor, Forza wins out. Fun is, after all, what makes the Motorsport games a thrill - rather than a true approximation of what life behind the wheel might be like. There’s probably a reason why Lewis Hamilton looks miserable half the time, and we’d rather not find out why for ourselves. Unless someone’s gonna pay us an extraordinary sum to veg out in front of our Xbox, anyway.

Massive garage of cars to choose from; Fine balance between sim and arcade racing; Looks flippin’ gorgeous;

Microtransactions get in the way of your fun; Drivatar AI can be aggressive;