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Forza Horizon demo impressions
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
- Start date
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
Downloading. I totally forgot this game is releasing soon. I hope it's a good demo.
What I was tweeted when I asked what was in it "you'll get to compete in several events from the Horizon Festival, with a limited (but awesome) choice of cars. "
So maybe?
Probably not, then. The EGE demo was (AFAIK) just one car, one track.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Demo was downloading nicely until Virgin's cap kicked in.
Fuck you Branson.
Fuck you Branson.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
What a bizarre intro video.
first impressions (after 3 races):
-great visuals and solid 30 fps (i think there are tiny framerate dips in cockpit view, but that could also be the camera shake, not sure). the game looks really fantastic.
-controls feel great, a mix between arcade and forza 4 (you can tweak a lot of driving assists in the options, like f4)
-love the soundtrack so far
-great visuals and solid 30 fps (i think there are tiny framerate dips in cockpit view, but that could also be the camera shake, not sure). the game looks really fantastic.
-controls feel great, a mix between arcade and forza 4 (you can tweak a lot of driving assists in the options, like f4)
-love the soundtrack so far
Terbinator
Member
At 11:15 in the morning?
Fredrik
Member
30fps? Why would Forza go back to 30fps after all the hyping of Forza4's 60fps??
Because it's not Forza Motorsport.
Yeah, I need to get beyond this as well. I probably wouldn't have a problem if it was just called 'Horizon'.
because its an open world racer and not a simulation.
I'm sure once I've played it a little it'll feel fine. I know why they slapped Forza on it, though I don't like it.
soundscream
Member
Left my Xbox on all night, I just set it to download from my work pc. I'll see in a few hours whether this worked. *fingers crossed*
just set the console to english = english voices.
Dzidza1978
Member
Did you turn auto shut down, in xbox, to off??
I always set my hardware to English. So I guess this demo version is probably specific for the Netherlands and Flanders.
Always hate when they do this. But the finished game will probably be multilingual anyway.
PGR went from 60 to 30fps from it's first to second game... didn't seem to affect people's opinion of the game that much.
30fps can be awesome when done well. Just look at PGR4. Best example there is.
weird, got the german demo and its english.
First impressions: all the text is translated into Finnish and as a Finn, I literally don't know what some of the translations mean. No way to turn this demo into english, this doesn't look good at all. Straight up deal breaker until someone tells me with certainty that there's an option for this in the full game.
edit: I already had my console in English settings but changing the locale to United Kingdom fixed the issue above. I do wonder though if this has an effect on match making because I sure would like to have proper language and still have decent pings in multiplayer games.
On the positive side, the physics seem pretty good. Nothing that rivals sim games but way above the usual arcade stuff like NFS. 30fps on the other hand, that you do feel and it is quite disturbing.
edit: I already had my console in English settings but changing the locale to United Kingdom fixed the issue above. I do wonder though if this has an effect on match making because I sure would like to have proper language and still have decent pings in multiplayer games.
On the positive side, the physics seem pretty good. Nothing that rivals sim games but way above the usual arcade stuff like NFS. 30fps on the other hand, that you do feel and it is quite disturbing.
Change your locale to UK. That should give you English VO.
soundscream
Member
I never had it on. I have gone away for 8 hrs and left it on to download, so I dont know why it would shut itself off now.
ALAN ULTIMATE
Neo Member
Got mine on remote download, stuck at work for hours on end.
turn on background downloads, can turn the xbox off then, and it carrys on downloading
Fredrik
Member
Oh. That very missleading, the title instantly makes you think it's a new Forza. Who's making it?
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
They can bump the visuals at 30 FPS; this is a good game for experimenting since the Motorsport series will be at 60 FPS.
a new studio, formed of people that worked on dirt, pgr, blur and so on.
Fredrik
Member
You clearly didn't visit Bizarre's official PGR forum, they had to censor the phrase 60 fps because so many people complained about the downgrade.
I'm one of those unfortunates who can easily tell the difference. My very first post on the Bizarre forums way back in 2003 was a rant on the very subject of halving the framerate from PGR. It was the reason I joined the forum - I was furious about it and wanted to vent my spleen. Things improved after that - I was invited to the Bizarre Christmas party and ended up being one of their PGR Nations official bloggers.
Never forgave them, though.
Terbinator
Member
Does anyone have a free Gold trial for me to use? ;_;
Fredrik
Member
Oh I had no idea
What's up with the Forza title though? Is MS in on this too somehow or is Forza not trademarked?
I'd forgotten about that. "60fps" was autocorrected to "lobsters", wasn't it?
Fredrik
Member
BrokenSymmetry
Member
Any impressions on the cockpit view? Is it usable?
its cool, no issues with it.
Dzidza1978
Member
What do you mean finished the demo, is it time limited, one race..... Talk to us
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Nice to feel the surface of the road for once, if only on the dirt track. ffb isn't that bad at all.
I'm sure it's sub 30fps on the dirt race though, maybe the drop from 60 will take some time to get used to. 4xAA by the look of it, I like what I've played so far.
I'm sure it's sub 30fps on the dirt race though, maybe the drop from 60 will take some time to get used to. 4xAA by the look of it, I like what I've played so far.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Game is fantastic. Once you've finished all the events you can free roam the demo area, as well. Really fun just driving around.
Visuals look great, and the AA is a noticeable step-up from Forza 4.
Had to tear myself away, but want to save myself for the full game.
Visuals look great, and the AA is a noticeable step-up from Forza 4.
Had to tear myself away, but want to save myself for the full game.