These kinds of questions ultimately end up being subjective. It’s a bit like asking, who is a better painter Camille Pissarro or Paul Gauguin? Your personal taste factors in, even with realistic racing simulators.
Eurogamer‘s Digital Foundry took these comparison images, so props to them for that.
In the gallery, the images marked “PS3″ are Gran Turismo 5 screens. The images marked “Xbox 360″ are Forza 4.
Forza 4 vs. Gran Turismo 5 [Eurogamer via オレ的]
Nicholas
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:23 AMthe backrounds in the xbox are much better.
SemiConscious
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:36 AMcolour of arch? no, not black sorry t10.
pattern? no, from 2008, sorry t10.
1080p? no
3d? no
Doppler effect? no
day/night cycle? no
dynamic lighting? no
weather? no
Spa? no
and yet f4 is better than gt5?
srsly guys, you’d think this site was populated with xbots… wait what?
McGarnical
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:48 AMNice feature list, but the xbox pics look better than the PS3 pics. Sorry, bro.
SemiConscious
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:55 AMdont worry mate, Microsoft have not made a dime off me for years, just like apple.
i guess im just not cool enough.
also driving games are about driving…
oh i give up.
have fun ;)
Gronk
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:51 PMYou’d best go back to your corner and cry at the disappointment that was GT5, bro.
Luke
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:08 AMForza4 looks much better, the only area where it does not, is the anti aliasing.
Face it fanboys, GT5 was a disappointment.
80% of the cars didn’t have a cockpit view, or the high quality body work.
3D is a stupid gimmick that makes no difference to most people.
most of the 1,000 cars were simply “different versions” of a car, there were around 23 versions of an MX5 miata from the 1985 – 1999 period, let’s be realistic here, changing a few numbers in the name and horse power 20 times is a gimmick.
Yes it was on the PS3, we all know that the ps3 is a better console, it does more, it’s more powerful etc, but get over it, i played both racing games, and i swapped GT5 for hot pursuit.
SemiConscious
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:16 PMsince i read the last line of your reply first, I knew the rest wasn’t worth reading…
everything you need to know
http://insidesimracing.tv/videos/view/586/0/Forza4
f4 is a bit like a show bag, looks good but its actually full of crap.
Dan
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:34 PMAre you serious his Miata comment is 100% accurate you gangly pimple covered fanboy
warcroft
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:27 AMWow. Xbox is massively better.
How long was GT in development?
crb
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:35 AMI was expecting GT to be loads better….
Are you sure those GT shots are current???
They look unexpectedly polygonal and have low rez textures…even compared to other modern games it looks old.
Xbone
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:53 AMI’m pretty sure they wouldv’e taken those screen shots from the current games considering they are identical shots ;)
Heisenburg
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:49 AMThere’s not as much difference as some people might expect. The competition between the both of these has made each one better imo. We win!
LtHELI
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:37 AMRhetorical question perhaps?
Zap
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:46 AMThe cars in GT5 are far and away much better in terms of graphics.
The distant backgrounds in Forza are better.
I’d say it’s a personal preference of which is more important.
KRiSX
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:12 AMsorry… but at least ALL the cars are of the same quality in forza… have you had a good look at the standard cars in GT5? they look horrid!
forza gets my vote by far
nodd77
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:47 AMthe only thing that looks better on f4 is the backgrounds look at the shadows and lighting in the gt5 and that in car view looks so much better than on f4 even the sky looks more realistic in gt5 thats in those pictures anyway maybe you need to get recent pics with all the updates added for gt5 the backgrounds look better on my 1080p tv
Nate
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:51 AMGee, I really thought gt5 would have this, I think the car and interior looks better on GT5, but the detail in the track has got to go to forza. the lighting is a bit much though
Ed
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:03 AMTurn 10 looks like they had better handling with their kit than Polyphony.
brent3000
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:08 AMI dont really follow/like racing games too much but i have to say graphically Forza takes the cake on 360..
winhhh
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:15 AMForza took a massive deuce on Gran Turismo.
Shin
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:10 AMVehicle graphics are most important to me and that’s where GT wins hands down, Forza seems to *hide* details with oddly placed shadows.
I mean I usually going too face to see my surroundings in that detail.
Shin
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:11 AMgoing too fast**
bigkid
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:32 AMI love GT, but Forza 4 is definitely better in every way except car details.
Chimpanzee That!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:32 AMSomething, something, better on PC.
McGarnical
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:42 AMExactly. The PC version is the best. Every car has 12 gears instead of the consoles’ gimped 6 gears, and every track is at least 600 metres longer.
Also, tesselation on the gear knobs.
Jiff
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:39 PMMonkey news
clutrz
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:32 AMTo those of you who are saying the cars look better in GT5 and the lighting is better in GT5 have you actually played forza 4 or are you just comparing the screens above? One of the best things about Forza 4 is its lighting which makes everything feel so incredibally real throughout a race. The sun is in an unfortunate position in the forza in car shot above which has placed the whole interior in shadow (making it a terrible comparison pic)
thejiveman
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:58 AMHow about we just enjoy our own preference and shut up, trying to convice someone who likes the other is like throwing mash potato at a wall. At the end of the day the wall is the winner, your mash potato is on the ground being ignored. Just love people.
angelofdev
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:24 AMPS3 fanboy here,
I’m sorry to admit that the Forza 4 pics look better than the GT5 pics.
*hangs self*
Space Bro
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:03 PMTBH I couldn’t give a damn which one looks better. What I care about is which one plays better. My friend and I have put more hours into Dirt 3 than GT5 – simply because it’s more fun. It gives you ‘moments’. It’s thrilling to drive, and reacts better to your input. GT5 was a huge disappointment.
Daniel
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:17 PMsorry, but since when did graphics matter in a racing game? as long as it’s not 800 x 600 pixels then im happy.
Dan
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:32 PMI have played both extensively and you will have to beleive me when I say forza is lifetimes better,
Reasons why
Game runs consistantly smooth at 60fps constant, gt5 does not
Gt5 has about 100ish premium cars the rest look like ps2 graphics lets be honest all of forzas cars are premium and fully customisable including custom liveries and even engine and drivetrain swaps etc
Forza has 500+ cars which are all unique whereas Gt5s car count is grossly inflated via about 10 different versions of every single Nissan GtRs etc which in forza is just a matter of tuning and a new livery…
load times on Gt5 are terrible
top gear test track on gt5 is rarely accessible can’t use it in split screen
No car soccer in gt5
tuning cars in gt5 requires lots of menu jumping and loading and stuff like cat washing and oil change is pointless and a utter waste of time, lets face it if you were a racing driver would you care about oil changes? Nope your lackeys would
And Forza has Jeremy Clarkson and albeit that is not massively important but its enough to sell millions of copies, lets be honest if you own a ps3 you will own gt5 but you will have a bitter taste left in your mouth when your mates are all playing forza 4 with their AWD turbo yaris and all you have a go karts on low detailed tracks
I rest my case
Dan
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:36 PMLol realised I wrote cat washing yep derp derp
GentlemanJ
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:08 PMcat washing was my favorite feature of GT5 but only for premium cats was it worth it.
Sam
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:14 PM“Press Y to rewind race”
This makes Forza lose instantly because it is a game for girls who can’t drive and need a second chance on every corner.
BRADLEYCOOPER
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:58 PMGRAN TURISMO 5 WILL ALWAYS BE SUPERIOR BOW DOWN FOOLS, BOW DOWN BEFORE YOU EMBARRASS YOURSELF SCREENSHOTTING IS GAY IT PROVES NOTHING ITS IN MOTION WHEN GRAN TURISMO PROVES GLORIOUS VICTOR 2.0 UPDATE UPPED THE RESOLUTION AND THE GRAPHICS LOOK SHARPER THAN EVER .. FORZA F-IN SUCKS.
BRADLEYCOOPER
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM*GRABS KEYBOARD BY THE END PREPARES TO SLAM IT INTO THE MOUTHS OF HUNGRY FORZA TROLL F-WITS APE RAGE YAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH*