If you enjoyed the original Forza Motorsport, get this game... if you didn't then there is nothing here for you.
Forza Motorsport 2 contains quite the extensive career mode. It features over 300 races some that will last you more than hour (endurance races). Now even though this may seem like a ton, it acctually isn't. One of the main dissapointments of this game is the lack of tracks. There is appoximately only 12 tracks in the game, and they can only be costimized to be either longer or shorter versions of each track. This makes the career mode slightly boring and repetitve after the 200th race. If you don't feel like racing through it, you can hire a driver (they get a percentage of your earnings ranging from 55% to 100%). One thing that must be noted is that there is a ton of cars in this game, over 300. The cars range from tuners to race cars (Formula 1). Visually this game is not spectacular, but its definitly good enough for this generation. The car models are nice, but the actual environments are quite bland. If your coming from PGR3, this game is by no means better visually. The other recent car racing game "Dirt", has much more impressive visuals.
The menu music in this game is terrible. Luckily it only plays during the menu, but I have it turned off anyways. The cars sound nice. If you add a turbocharger or a supercharger into your car you definitly knowtice a change in your cars sound. Some tracks have an audience (btw, they are 2D, LOL), that sounds rediculously stupid and rather annoying.
This game has great value if you can get into it. It feutures an extensive career mode (as mentioned before), an arcade mode where you can set times in time trials, and full online support with an auction house. So far my experience online in this game has been terrible though. I find when ever I get into a race there are people who do not know how to drive and end up running right into me. There are also games where the person doesn't knowtify you that they have forced manual transmission or no break lines (stupid idea in my oppinion, you should be given the choice for these things, not the host). I have also entered games where people purposly run you off the track. This is a great multiplayer experience if you can find either a good room, or a bunch of friends to play with. You can as a I mentioned above, purchase cars from other people at the auction house. This game allows you to costomize most cars to whatever you would dream of. You can use decals to make designs (I have a Gears of War car), tune your car, upgrade its parts (engine, exhaust, spoilers, etc.) , and paint it different colours. Most cars being sold on the marketplace have designs that people have created.
In all Forza Motorsport 2 is a very enjoyable game if you love cars. It has many problems, and I can't seem to understand why there are not that many tracks and that the tracks are very ugly looking, but who cares. This game is about cars right, building, painting and racing them. Forza Motorsport 2 is a solid game.