First Impressions: (8 out of 10)
The very first thing that a user sees when they view your forum is the name of your forum. That said, plain text is not a very attractive way to represent your forum's name. Logos are important on any Web related project. Being the first thing that a person sees, the logo should be attractive, stand out to your visitors, and draw them in making them want to stay on your site. At first glance, apart from the logo, I don't have any major issues with your site.
Number of Posts & Members: (4 out of 10)
Given the fact that your site has been open for almost a year, I find the member and post counts to be concerning. You should have way more than 124 members and almost 1800 posts. I suggest that you find sites related to your niche that allow advertising and share your site on them (where allowed). Optionally, you can join various gaming communities on Facebook and share your website with other gamers in groups and on pages that allow advertising.
Activity Level: (4 out of 10)
Your forum doesn't seem active. The most recent post is a "Community Update" in the announcement's section. Before that, there was a post on Saturday. As an administrator, you need to make sure that your forum has new posts and content added every day. Whether you or your staff are the people adding new posts or not, new posts need to be made consistently to boost activity and encourage discussion on the forum.
I see that in March, you tried a competition of sorts. I would suggest hosting another competition to encourage users to post on the site, create new discussions to give members new and fresh content to discuss, and advertise more to gain new members and potential content.
Site Structure: (16 out of 20)
The structure of your forum is sound. The site is easy to navigate from the menu bar. I also like the home page layout that displays various news related articles appropriate for your nice. The forum statistics at the bottom is a great idea and I the rest of the footer area fits the overall structure and theme of the forum well too.
One issue that I have with your forum includes something that I'm not even sure which category it belongs to. When I go in to read the announcements, it tells me I can't read them as a guest because I exceeded a certain amount of page views as a guest. Because of this, I am unable to read any announcements or actual post content. That is a major issue for any website or forum and should NOT be implemented on any website regardless of the reason behind it. A guest or visitor should be able to view any announcements at all times, period; unless the site is a members only site (which is not recommended).
Design Quality: (18 out of 20)
Your forum is one of the more well-designed forums I've seen lately. The colors work well with the structure and layout of the site. The only issues that I have with the design are the lack of design in the logo and the new/old icons on the forums. Otherwise, keep it up because you're doing great.
Originality: (13 out of 15)
Tied in with the design of your forum, the logo with plain text and the new/old icons, aren't very original for your forum or its niche. Apart from those two things, I think your forum is pretty original and different from other gaming related sites. You have several discussion areas that are not normally found on gaming forums like "Vehicle and Script Modifications" and "Simulators." I also like that you include various specific games that aren't seen on every other forum.
If you take care of the logo and icon design, I'd say you will have nailed the originality category.
Spelling, Grammar & Professionalism: (0 out of 15)
I cannot comment on spelling or grammar because I'm not allowed to view any content. I am not required to create an account on any site or forum that I review and therefore I will not do so just to give a full review. My apologies if that sounds harsh. That said, it's unprofessional to require that a user register on a forum that is not a member only site from the beginning.
Thing you liked best about forum: The overall design and site structure are great.
Thing you liked least about forum: Being required to register an account and log in after 10 page views as well as the lack of design in the forum's logo
Overall Mark: (63 out of 100)
Overall, I think with some aggressive advertising, a new logo design, and removing visitor limitations for important things such as announcements; the site could be great.
