Forza1 was a fun gimmick at best.
It was always lacking something, and even though I finished it - the lack of a proper wheel always had it being an online gimmick.
Forza2 is going have the same problem, because without a mature wheel it can never rise above neat novelty game - no matterhow much "simulaiton' they try code into it.
Forza never had the "emmersion" value o f even GT3 or 4.
Thsi si where Gt5 will blow Forza2 outof the water - because if the "immersion" nature of GT5 in its demo form (which is really not GT5, but rather Gt4HD) then FM2 has a long way to go
Just completed doign a session of GTHD with the G25...
And the sheer pleasure of feeding proper steering inputs into and receiving proper steering feedback from the game is something that silly M$ wheel will never give.
Not to mention the 1080p visuals, the solid wheel models, the dynamic environement - even without damage, the experience is exilirating.
Thats what FM1 and FM2 will probably lack - charisma