Well I've been playing Forza since Forza Motorsport launched and have been loving it ever since, I have all the DLCs and clocked thousands of miles on all three games. You can see where this is going, I'm a Forza fanboy and have only owned Xboxes and PCs (And some nitendos in the olden days) but two days ago I said to hell with it, walked into Best Buy, grabbed myself GT5 along with a PS3 and a G27 wheel and I have to admit that as far as driving goes and actually racing GT5 wins.
Menu navigation and painting are both definitely better in Forza but customisation is kinda the same because even tho you get more options in Forza 3, you don't really need them since upgrading either the air intake or the exhaust amounts to the very same thing so upgrading your cars become somewhat redundant, slap on the diff, the suspension, the brakes, camshaft..... I feel more involved in GT5 upgrading and tuning even if there are less options because each of them feels more different to the other, I can feel the difference in my engine's performance between changing the exhaust manifold or changing the air filter, tuning is pretty much the same in both game.
The presentation is better with Forza 3 aswell. GT5 is greatly inconsistent, sometimes I'm going WOW and other times I'm wondering if this is a Wii title. GT5 shines in photo mode tho. Forza 3 looks good all around but nothing too fancy. Anyway most racing fans don't care much for the looks, driving is where it's at. The sound so far is going to Forza also. Most cars in GT5 have a generic computer generated sound which is lame, Forza 3 on the other hand has some nice sounds generally and most are unique.
The driving is better in GT5 and that does it for me. In Forza 3 I feel that all the car are on rails, either you are riding the rails or going off them. There's no in-between as in driving on the edge and pushing the car to the limit, feeling the grip fade in and out, turning aggressively and mashing the brakes while squeezing the clutch when entering the chicanes on Monza in my old Ferrari 512 just feels right. Awesomely right. The sense of speed is better in GT5, I'm actually downright scared when I'm blasting at 300 something km/h down the Mulsanne Straight. The road surface is also way better in GT5. You can feel the little nooks and crannys in the roads, the changes in elevation really do change the way your car handle and the tarmac generally feels more organic than the monotone one found in Forza 3.
The bottom line is, if you're not much of a car guy, prefers to have a nice simple time go with Forza, it's awesome, it's fun and it's accessible. If you're looking to drive, and have fun doing so, and feel greatly satisfied when it all comes together, go with GT5. I'm so tired of people bashing either game simply based on the fact that they can't play both. If you haven't played GT5 then don't say Forza 3 is better and vice versa, go ahead and try both extensively and then come here and talk about it... For me, at the moment, I'd rather own GT5 than Forza 3.
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