

2011 Mini John Cooper Works Clubman - Walmart or Gamestation.


According to Forza’s support article, they’ll be on sale until September 15th, and the game will still be playable after it’s no longer available to purchase. While it may be unfortunate that Forza Motorsport 7 is being taken off Microsoft’s virtual shelves, there is a silver lining: if you want to get it before it’s gone, the game’s Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate editions are all 75 percent off, selling for $9.99, $14.99, and $19.99 respectively. It’s just odd that, for whatever reason, this is how Forza does the licensing. Famously, Ferrari reportedly sent musician Deadmau5 a cease and desist letter for customizing his car. What’s more, the makers of hyper and super-cars, like the ones featured in Forza, can be especially protective of their brand. As EA Sports and the NCAA have shown, digitizing the real world into a playable form can be messy when there’s people or brands involved. This isn’t necessarily to point fingers at or shame the Forza team. I’ve never played it, and would love to know what makes it so good - but I can’t get the game (used physical copies are available, but seemingly not for PC, and I don’t own an Xbox).

One of my colleagues mourned the loss of the aforementioned Horizon 3, which he considers to be the best game in the series. Then, after about four years, they become much harder to buy. The Forza model does seem curious: the games clearly have a lot of work put into them, and they’re often held up as a standard for how good racing games can look. It becomes difficult to check out older Forza titles, even if they’re well worth playing
