Since Forza stepped on the racing simulation scene in 2005, it’s been able to set itself apart from the rest of the genre with the accuracy of the mechanics and the quality of the graphics — for their respective times. As it goes, for a franchise with eight entries there’s got to be some that are better than others, so here’s our ranking of the Forza Motorsport games from worst to best.

One thing to keep in mind is that these games have come out over many years and multiple generations of consoles. It would be unfair to look at them from the lens of the modern day, so they’ll be ranked according to what they brought to the table at the time of their release. This is definitely a ranking where the gap between first and last is incredibly small.