{"id":30744,"date":"2012-01-14T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30744"},"modified":"2012-01-14T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T10:42:08","slug":"forza-4-december-speed-pack-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/30744-forza-4-december-speed-pack-review","title":{"rendered":"Forza 4 December speed pack review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The December IGN Speed Pack, much like the November Speed Pack, comprises of 10 diverse new cars ranging from American Pick-up trucks to Italian racing cars.<\/p>\n<p>New racing events have also been added to the Community Rivals mode featuring the Monster Sport Suzuki SX4.<\/p>\n<p>Cars included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2011 Monster Sport Suzuki SX4<\/li>\n<li>2011 Mazda RX-8 R3<\/li>\n<li>2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor<\/li>\n<li>1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS-396<\/li>\n<li>1977 Ford Escort RS1800<\/li>\n<li>1981 Volkswagen Scirocco S<\/li>\n<li>1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Quadrifoglio Verde<\/li>\n<li>1988 Pontiac Fiero GT<\/li>\n<li>2010 Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4<\/li>\n<li>1957 Maserati 300 S<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJy0REsJ1PY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Pros<\/h3>\n<p>Forza keeps loyalists happy with launching monthly DLC\u2019s bringing gamers back wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s some really special cars featured this time around and a worthy mention is the somewhat caricatured Monster Sport Suzuki. With its eye-watering acceleration and sublime handling evident of its Pike Peak hill climbing heritage and reminiscent of the world record smashing 1996 Escudo we know all too well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30747\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30747\" class=\" wp-image-30747\" title=\"Forza 4 car\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car.jpg\" alt=\"Forza 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car.jpg 695w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forza 4<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another superb car is the 1977 Ford Escort RS1800, a car that was so much fun to drive, and although not a Cortina, makes one feel like Stander making a getaway in an old school 70\u2019s Ford.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30746\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30746\" class=\" wp-image-30746\" title=\"Forza 4 car 2\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2.jpg\" alt=\"Forza 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2.jpg 695w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Forza-4-car-2-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forza 4<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cons<\/h3>\n<p>Cars themselves remain as forms of art and art is subjective, so in my opinion this DLC left me somewhat disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this pack suits your tastes better, but for me, half the cars released weren\u2019t really iconic or captivating enough to use within Career mode.<\/p>\n<p>Another disappointment is having no new tracks, or any new Autovista models to try out.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The download is similar to previous Forza 4 speed pack DLC; it\u2019s a reasonable download size of 103MB and costs 560 MS Points (a little over R70). With a somewhat lacking line up of cars and otherwise no new content, I question its value.<\/p>\n<p>So Is this DLC worthy of your MS Points? In my opinion this is a car pack you won\u2019t really miss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: A Season Pass costs 2400 MS Points which entitles you to six add-on car packs at 10 cars per pack and grants you the Muscle Car Pack for free and a more substantial long-term saving of 1520 MS Points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We review the December Forza 4 speed pack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":30745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[1965,1964,21],"class_list":["post-30744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","category-xbox","tag-december-speed-pack","tag-forza-4","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}