Forza Motorsport 2 Random Runs: '03 Nissan Fairlady Z on Maple Valley Raceway

I'm so satisfied to be able to play Forza Motorsport 2 on my new PC through the Xenia emulator. I've been playing through the career mode and having a lot of fun with it. The game doesn't lag much during races, so it's playable enough for me.
I really like how the Z drives in the game, and how it sounds very accurate to the real car. It's one thing that Forza did better than Gran Turismo.

[@drishavg]

From streets to track.
Nice vid.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

Nice!!!

[@cheesyeurotrance95]

Glad to see Xenia running well on your PC. One minor thing I don't like about the Forza games is the lack of license plates on the cars, why is it like that? In most racing games I know, the cars at least have a rear license plate, but not in Forza.

[@alexsaffamerica]

I have no idea. My first thought was that Forza Motorsport is a track-focused racing game, so it's irrelevant to assign license plates to them as if they were road-legal. However, I still get your point because in every Gran Turismo game, cars have placeholder plates with their model name on it, which is better than nothing. I've always preferred realistic license plates, even in track-focused games.
Other than that, I cannot quite theorize why that might be the case. It might have something to do with the complexity of the game's damage model, but I can't tell if I'm right, so that's about it. However, Forza Motorsport 2 has a livery editor similar to NFS Carbon and Juiced 2, so we can always remedy the issue with that. Forza Horizon 3 introduced license plates, at least, but since their introduction, they've been looking like goofy faux European plates.