Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Do NOT buy this game! Yes, it looks great. BUT, this time around, it's all about microtransactions. All those cars that are listed that you're going to get for an extra $20 as part of the limited edition...you can't touch them until you BUY them in-game. Remember how in FM4 you could just hop into any car in Free Play and blast it around the track? That feature is gone. So how do you "buy" them in-game? Two ways: 1) You win races and earn credits. However, they have severely tweaked the payouts from previous titles in the series. Most races will net you 3,000-5,000 credits. That shiny Lotus F1 car you want to drive? It cost 6,000,000 in-game credits. At that price, you'll have to drive 1200 races to be able to afford just that car! Or 2) You buy them with "tokens." How do you get tokens? You buy them. With real money. So sure. You can just buy that F1 car right? Yup. For 10,000 tokens. No problem, you say, the LCE comes with 1250 tokens! And, it says right there on the amazon page that people (suckers) who buy the LCE will get "1,250 car tokens (a $9.99 value) that will allow Limited Edition owners instant access to any car in the game." Well, turns out that that is a COMPLETE LIE. As you can deduce, spending 1250 tokens on a car that costs 10,000 tokens leaves me OVER 8,000 tokens short. Gosh, stop whining, you say. Just buy the extra tokens so you can buy your silly F1 car. Price for those 8,000 in-game tokens in real world dollars? $99. Yup. You read that right. $99 for 8,000 tokens. But wait, there's more! You said the car costs 10,000 tokens, right? Sure did. Well, I'm no mathematician, but 1,250 tokens ("free" with LCE) + 8,000 (for $99) STILL leaves me 750 tokens short of the 10,000 required for that car! So how do we square this circle? Well, you can't buy tokens in 750 increments. You can buy 575. Or you can buy another 1250. For. An. Additional. $19.99!!! Which brings the TOTAL for your shiny new F1 car to $120 (on top of the original $80 you spend on the game, not to mention the $499 console). Or! Just play the darn game and earn the credits. 1200 races will take months. And it's a grind. For casual racers who just want to hop in a sweet ride and blast around the 'Ring, forget it. Oh, that reminds me, the 'Ring ISN'T EVEN IN THE GAME! Forza Motorsport 5 is about one thing and one thing only: greed. Stay away.