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Dominator

Member
147/150 billboards

I know where two are but can't figure out some jumps to get them, and one of them is on my map but when I drive to the spot it isn't there and have no clue how to get below the ground... Fuckin' billboards.
 

desu

Member
I decided to change the assists and I've been pretty happy with these (despite being totally ignorant on what everything actually does - cars noob here):

I can't seem to be able to drive super fast S2 cars with these settings though as they're extremely unstable / difficult to control. I tried a few S1 cars and it was really fun. Can't articulate what the changes do, except that it feels nicer and I feel that I have more control over the car.

If you enable traction control again this will help you a lot with the S2 cars :).
 
so upon further inspection, windows store says i dont meet the minimum requirements of FH3; it has a red x next to memory (needs 8gb) and video memory (needs 2gb)

i have 8gb ram and 3gb on my videocard. anybody else had a similar problem? its showing red X's, and i can't figure out how tf to make it realize it's wrong, my windows specs clearly say 8gb so i'm a lil baffled
Yeah, it showed the same for me in those exact areas. I have 8gb ram and 3.5vram and it runs fine
 
The performance issues and other bugs are still driving me a little crazy. (Funny exception:
mechanic tells me he needs a minute after finding a certain barn car, and then the game just got stuck on them standing around it until I manually killed the game. At first I assumed Playground was fucking with me.
)

But this game is otherwise just so damn amazing. The track and open world designs are both superb, with lots of exciting elevation changes and interesting scenery. There's an enormous amount of variety and personality throughout the environment, with even little dinky houses out in the Outback being worth stopping for and appreciating. The soundtrack is great, much of the dialogue is legitimately funny, the multiplayer is great (though it's a shame you still have so many jerks online), the perk and other upgrade systems are filled with interesting decisions, and the game period just seems absolutely and generously huge. I love it, and if Playground can fix the technical issues soon this seems like a fairly obvious GOTY.

I can't wait to give co-op a spin in a couple days.
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
OK, so that's the second person from xbox who's told me that DLC won't be activated till the 27th.

Is there a policy change or something? What the hell is going on?

Do I have to leave the game be until Tuesday?

I've redeemed the code, but the Ultimate edition stuff (and the warthog) aren't showing on my account... and they're not appearing on the 'my games and apps' tab.

I doubt this would've been an issue if I'd bought digitally... it's straight up bullshit.

Sounds like CS bullshit to get you off the phone and buy them some time. I already have VIP bonuses on Xbox and downloaded the 15 bonus cars (slooowly). But nothing on PC. Apparently new buyers on PC are getting the perks properly.

So they should definitely be working for you. I hope and expect they'll find a solution to retroactively at least give you the VIP wheelspin bonuses so you won't be losing out on credits.



If I want an easy time getting all the achievements, what DLC do you guys recommend I purchase? Everything? Car pass + VIP? Is there a treasure map like in previous games?

If VIP pass helps, I guess I'll spring for that.

I truly do not care about early access. So will my disc copy at MSRP + all DLC cost the same as the Ultimate Edition you guys are all playing? If so I won't feel too bad about getting the standard disc.

Yes there is a treasure map.
 

MouldyK

Member
So is the wheel as bad as everyone says in the recent thread in regards to button layout?

No horn while using a wheel? Seriously? How do they expect convoys?
 

GHG

Gold Member
About to jump on and play in about 30 minutes if anyone's up for doing some co-op.

Got caught up doing other things yesterday so couldn't play as much as I wanted to.
 

TheKeyPit

Banned
Unlocking Fast Travel Anywhere will be so good for playing favorite races again and again. I wish there was a Fast Travel Anywhere & Start Race option.
 

desu

Member
Man PR Stunts and traffic is just shit. No cars there and once you are trying to set a time there 100s of cars just on this 200m strip of the whole world.......
 

Reni

Neo Member
Good news everyone.

We'd like to let the community know that the store team has root-caused the issue that is causing some players to not have DLC working in-game on Windows 10 PC's. The fix has been verified using a few players, and they are preparing a script that will correct the problem for all impacted players.

Good news indeed. I already tried the “refund and rebuy” method and it solved my missing VIP problem. But I still can't find those pre-order cars and Warthog in my garage. Any ideas?

BTW: Pre-order cars and Warthog codes redeemed on xbox.com. Playing on PC.
 

Theorry

Member
Good news indeed. I already tried the “refund and rebuy” method and it solved my missing VIP problem. But I still can't find those pre-order cars and Warthog in my garage. Any ideas?

BTW: Pre-order cars and Warthog codes redeemed on xbox.com. Playing on PC.

Its not in your garage. Its in the autoshow where you can buy it for 0 credits. Dont you if you checked that already? :)
 

pronk420

Member
Can you choose to set the weather to a specific thing in this? I couldn't find any way of doing it in the race options but I thought Jeff mentioned it on the bombcast.
 

TheKeyPit

Banned
Can you choose to set the weather to a specific thing in this? I couldn't find any way of doing it in the race options but I thought Jeff mentioned it on the bombcast.

As soon as you unlock blue prints you can have all races at night with heavy rain if you like :)
 

Derp

Member
Holy shit. Photo mode is sexy af. I just decided to try it once and took a random photo and it somehow made itself look good.

80wUifh.jpg
 

Reni

Neo Member
Its not in your garage. Its in the autoshow where you can buy it for 0 credits. Dont you if you checked that already? :)
Yeah I already checked the autoshow and all the freebies are those 15 cars from All-Star Pack and VIP,not the retailer pre-order cars (2016 Audi R8 V10 plus,2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and 2016 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe) I redeemed.I can't even find Warthog there.:(
 
I can't seem to be able to drive super fast S2 cars with these settings though as they're extremely unstable / difficult to control.
And some cars are just absolute beasts that force you to learn throttle control, and just how sensitive those triggers can be and exactly how much range there is to apply.
 

TheKeyPit

Banned
Can someone please invite me to the gafclan please. My gamertag is Moskitokrebs. Thanks

It's open for two weeks.

Edit:

wowzers! I basically want to play the game in permanent heavy rain/storm. Can you do it in the open world too or just for races? How do you unlock it?

Option only exists for races. You should unlock blue prints early in the game, but I've already put a lot of time into the game and I can't really tell when that feature unlocked.
 

Echoes

Member
If you enable traction control again this will help you a lot with the S2 cars :).
Thanks for the tip! Will try it after work.
And some cars are just absolute beasts that force you to learn throttle control, and just how sensitive those triggers can be and exactly how much range there is to apply.
I tried one of the DLC S2 supercars and the car was so ridiculously fast that sometimes it just turns left or right, haha. At that moment I decided to turn on some of the assists back, and I was delightfully surprised at how different the game feels -- you can change the handling completely from sim to arcade-like anytime you want. I know people say this a lot about Forza, that you can make it fit whatever you like in racing games, but I was still shocked. It's such a great design decision to have in a racing game.
 

desu

Member
Timeless radio station not only has the best moderator but the 20 minute plus skill songs are incredibly as well!

(had a few points before it already but yeah...)

skillshhj71.jpg
 

Echoes

Member
I use the Elite controller and I stumbled on a great thing yesterday. I use the lower/longer back paddles for gas and brake (instead of RT/LT), so when I'm driving around I'm always using them and never the RT/LT buttons. (The paddles are mapped to RT/LT.)


However, if you switch the triggers to the halfway mode, the gas on the RT becomes kinda like cruise mode because it almost caps your speed to whatever you're currently at (since the trigger is only reaching 50%). So when I set a far point in the map to follow, instead of just driving with max speed (with the paddle) I use the "throttled" triggers. I drive up to 120km/h using the right paddle, and then use RT from that point forward. This lets me drive at a regular real-life speed through the whole course, which makes it fun if I just wanna enjoy the beautiful vistas and not worry about twitch controls. Really loved it when I went from the beach to the outbacks at 120~140km/h using the throttled triggers. And since it's a manageable real-life speed, it makes it far more easier to drive in the cockpit view for me.

Worth a try if you have an Elite controller.
 

T.O.P

Banned
Impressed at how fast this is becoming my favourite racing game ever

Spent 5 hours last night just cruising slowly and admiring the scenery
 

Makikou

Member
Anyone else noticing that suddenly theres no blueprints available for races..

Really kills the enjoyment for me so I have to stop playing until they fix it.
 

Makikou

Member
Why can you not play without blueprints?

Because the default offering is also broken.

Earlier it was like yeah, this is a cross-country race so maybe you don't want to drive hypercars on this race, so here's like.. offroad buggies! Yeah!

Now it's just like.. whatever class you're driving it'll just say yeah take this.

And i dont want to do the events myself because it just takes the excitement away.

I'm on PC btw.
And I finally got my VIP icon. Too bad wheelspins still not VIP....
 

Stevey

Member
So how do I get groove to work on Xbox.
I have music in Onedrive on my PC, but it's not showing up on my Xbox.
Do I need to put the CDs into the Xbox and do it that way?

edit: it's found them now, I'm just too impatient
 
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