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Where do I begin
I've spent some time in rallye games. Nothing about this DLC has anything to do with rallye
Now, a time trial is welcome because AI is traditionally braindead. But not on these roads - rallye is done on narrow roads with obstacles. Roads on this map are wide and open.
Rallye requires pace notes because there's so many unsighted corners you need a second pair of eyes to look ahead. Pace notes available here are mostly wrong, come too late, aren't descriptive enough, and totally omit distances. Which would be a problem on narrow roads, but there are no narrow roads, so just turn them off.
If only turning off pace notes was permanent. Because even if you turn them off, they will turn themselves on again after you reboot the game.
Another issue with rallying is the physics engine. Calling it an engine is a stretch, of course. Anyway, all cars feel hopelessly heavy, every car is at least 5 tonnes and takes eons to react to your inputs. Given that rallye cars are light and nimble to quickly switch directions, the best course of action for you is to go full grip and avoid sliding. Forza loves to kill fun so that's totally expected.
Now on to the terrain itself. Gravel has dips and divets that mean that braking distances are sketchy and it's easy to upset your car if you're not careful. Forza terrain has no bumps or divets, they're pure cosmetics. There is zero punishment for going off line, zero tramlining, zero bumps upsetting your brakes. No driving challenge whatsoever. Just avoid the barriers because immovable objects have no collision worth talking about - no bouncing off, just stopping you dead. Newton's laws are always violated, elasticity is a naughty word.
So yeah, traditional Forza fare. Surface level deisgn condensed into a tiny map with predictable corners, cliché unskippable dialogues making your skin crawl, zero replay value, just too long of a grind. You're thrown into a rivalry between 3 incredibly annoying and dislikeable characters; textbook narcissists fighting over who is the second best driver. And that's it. Where's the rallye championship? Oh, there is none, Forza only pretends to be competitive, on fringes to not be classified a slot machine. Your only opponent is your patience and tolerance towards bombardment of toxic positivity
Waste of money, waste of time