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Forza Horizon demo impressions
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
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Sounds like you're being negative just to be negative.
I can vouch for this, the Rennsport has some weight to it so it's more stable than some other stands I've tried, a little wider too.
The only concern I had when buying it was that center post but you get used to it right away (at least I did) and it doesn't get in the way even when heel-toeing or left foot braking.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
You're complaining about the game not automatically choosing the right settings for you and how there isn't an options menu when all you had to do was pause the game or back out and go to a menu. You're complaining only for the sake of complaining.
Steve McQueen
Member
Wow....seems quite hard to use a wheel :/
soundscream
Member
My only complaint is about an inch of wiggle on the center post which for the life of me I cant get rid of.
-bakalhau-
Member
Just simply adding 4xAA will get rid of nearly all jaggies. Codemasters' games have virtually no jaggies either, they use 4xAA on 360 and 2xAA on PS3 afaik.
Vire
Member
I dunno, the times he spins out it seems he's driving way too fast around corners.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
I believe the very first part of the demo doesn't allow you to change those options but once you start the first actual race not only does it allow you to adjust the settings it states it right on the screen. To me it sounds like the guy complaining did the very first part where you chase down the AI player en route to the first event. Ive only played the demo once but I believe that was the setup.
Steve McQueen
Member
Maybe but this guy sure knows his stuff. He was faster using the controller and did not spin out, so that's kinda strange.
diffusionx
Gold Member
FWIW I feel a little bit let down by the map too. It's obviously not Colorado in the same way that TDU is Oahu. Now, Colorado is many times larger than Oahu, it's not feasible for a 1:1 map like that. But there's no doubt that MS has been hoping that gamers would connect the two. Thing is, it doesn't even seem like a scaled down Colorado. It's just a large map with some Colorado-ish stylings. And it looks like the demo is from the boring part of Colorado besides.
I'm pretty sure that MS are taking a LOT of shortcuts with the graphics (like trees being sprites etc.) which is probably why the roads all have these convenient barriers and also why the game is able to look the way it does.
soundscream
Member
It was really hard till I switched it to 720 degrees.
Every Forza game starts with an "assists on" race. Some people like it, some hate it, but it is just an introduction to what comes later. Heck, I've seen a number of racing games do this.
However, I'm thinking you only raced that opening run and then stopped. Because right before the next race, the game stops, brings up the pre-race menu and TELLS you to go into difficulty settings to turn on and off assists. Then again, maybe you just ignored that, and then never paused the game again?
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Takes some getting used to, like Forza 4 in 900 degree mode you need to put some real effort into counter steering, Alan isn't and that is what happens.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Why would I do that? All I'm saying is that I think it's poor of the developers, and that it is clearly not for me. Again: worst intro ever, unnecessary features, no excitement, not even a start menu, ultra-casual by default, overly simplistic, etc. If you think I'm complaining for whatever reason then sure, if it makes you happy.
We all have our own opinion, and this is probably not a game for me, simple as that.
What racing games do you like? Just a honest question.
Just watched the NBKA2013 quicklook from giantbomb and Jeff needed to delete his save, he had a Horizon save on there, maybe review copy? 
My demo was set to hard from the get go, maybe because of Forza 4 or something. And no offense, but it takes little time and effort to tweak this settings. Considering you hate the lines and stuff, maybe first just look if there are options, then complain.
My demo was set to hard from the get go, maybe because of Forza 4 or something. And no offense, but it takes little time and effort to tweak this settings. Considering you hate the lines and stuff, maybe first just look if there are options, then complain.
soundscream
Member
Forza 4 starts out almost exactly the same way.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
My only problem is that you came to these conclusions by only doing the very first part of the demo where you aren't even in an actual event/race. I just fired up the demo again and there is no way you could have missed the changing difficulty and other setting options if you had actually did a race.
XtremeXpider
Member
4xMSAA? 2xMSAA+FXAA?
Mizzou Gaming
Member
On top of what I previously stated if I were a developer I would much prefer my more experienced segment of my potential audience to have to tweak their settings up as opposed to the unexperienced segment having to tweak the settings down.
Doug Heffernan
Member
They still look a lot better than GTA 4's trees.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Yeah, I know, I know. But it is my understanding that Forza Horizon is pretty different from a proper Forza game, but perhaps I'm misinformed on the subject. I honestly haven't been looking into Horizon much as I'm not really interested in the franchise. I've always been more of an arcade-racer kind of guy; never liked realism in racing games, and certainly not big arrows on the road telling me exactly where to go, and even an annoying GPS.
By the way, I forgot to mention, I'm pretty surprised that they actually went into work to model animals.
I don't know of a single racing game (or any game, for that matter) that defaults to the most difficult settings. Every game is set to an easier play experience, because doing otherwise would be horrible game design.
I will absolutely agree that the intro is terrible. Truly, truly terrible. The music is listless, the visuals carry no excitement...I get that they were trying to convey a festival atmosphere, which might have been a fine concept, but execution just completely failed.
NullPointer
Member
Its a demo, thus your experience from the beginning involves hand-holding and tutorializing. "Normal" difficulty in this case is for people expecting something along the lines of most arcade racers (all assists on, automatic gear shifts, etc). Those looking to take the training wheels off need to tweak the settings.
So basically, you weren't going to like this game from the get-go, but instead of just saying that, you made up some BS reason that was mainly a result of you not even giving it a chance in the first place? Sorry if nobody feels like giving you a pass on this.
Also, arrows and GPS can be turned off. Again something you'd know if you ever bothered to check.
Sideways or back and forward?
A good number of the songs/artists that are on the Forza Horizon soundtrack were in this SSX Custom Soundtrack thread I made a while back.
...Makes me wonder if someone who worked on the game was looking at the thread
...Makes me wonder if someone who worked on the game was looking at the thread
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Does the wheel stand fold up neatly when using pedals like the Elites or CSPs?
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
What's with the attitude?
First of all: "you weren't going to like this game from the get-go". What makes you say that? I obviously played the demo to find out. Like I said, I thought the game was different from a regular Forza game. I've seen some interviews that seemed to imply so, and the game isn't called Forza 5, is it? It's a spin-off, and one for a reason. What amuses me is how you're such a typical forumite. "Don't dislike what I like", right? "BS reason"? Did you even read my posts?
Oh, and finally, a thousand people have already wrote that before you. Something you'd know if you bothered to check. Geez, people these days.
DJ_Lae
Member
Just watched the NBKA2013 quicklook from giantbomb and Jeff needed to delete his save, he had a Horizon save on there, maybe review copy?
Probably.
I've been teased by a couple of people on my friend list playing Horizon the past few days (one being Justin Calvert).
Just watched the NBKA2013 quicklook from giantbomb and Jeff needed to delete his save, he had a Horizon save on there, maybe review copy?
He unlocked achievements from the game in the last couple of days so yes.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
Except as I stated above you didn't actually play the demo. I'm not suggesting you have to play every bit of a demo before you render an opinion but I don't think it is asking too much to actually compete in a race before you do.
Dont act like you know me.
Seriously though, you couldn't even find an options menu(or more likely, just didn't bother to even look). Since half your complaining was about stuff that could be fixed if you knew how to press Pause(although you say your demo was glitched and you didn't have any options...pffft! lol), yes, I think your reasoning was BS.
Not true. Riddick uses 4x AA and it has some nasty jaggies in a lot of areas. The shower environment will stab your eyes out. Dead Space 1/2 have no AA and they're pretty clean, especially considering.
The more I play it the more I like it.
Rivals mode is such a great addition to the series and it fits here perfectly making things more interesting.Beating friends records on tracks from the demo is really fun.
I hope there is a lot of events,some activities and a lot of nice and fun roads to drive on in full game because what worries me the most is games ability to stay fresh and interesting for more than a couple hours.
Rivals mode is such a great addition to the series and it fits here perfectly making things more interesting.Beating friends records on tracks from the demo is really fun.
I hope there is a lot of events,some activities and a lot of nice and fun roads to drive on in full game because what worries me the most is games ability to stay fresh and interesting for more than a couple hours.
eso76
Member
fm4 bumps AA to 4x in time attack and during events with no AI car on the track, also homespace and replays.
still it gets nowhere close to this, so its definitely something else they're using here.
whatever it is, it has to be in fm5. should look glorious in 1080p
Has anyone checked to see if it sets the difficulty based on your profile defaults?
IIRC either the geometry resolution or the AA is adaptive in Riddick. Also if the effects used in that shower environment are low resolution, that will effect how clean the neighboring environment is as well. Having a low resolution alpha effects can make any geometry behind appear low resolution.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Gaf's car club should be easy enough to get into this time.
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Not bad.
Oh My God
This must be the cheesiest racing game ever. Im not personally into this "Dancehall/Rave/Dubstep/Trance/Techno" fever at any level at all. And the voice that tells me stuff in like 1m30s (info that I could read in 5s) just pisses me off very much. Also the cheesy "ultimate handbrake drift" lingo is so in your face neffed that i almost puke.
BUT
The cars feel heavy and nice, and the graphics are nice, but the overall aestethic (?) feels to cheesy and flimsy to have such realistic handling.
Why did they have to "DIRT2" this game?
Final statement: An obvious cash-in based on "MTVesque" styling and "CHECK THIS OUT THIS IS REALLY AWESOME". It´s also very similar to Hot Pursuit with it´s social networking/rivalry blah...
This must be the cheesiest racing game ever. Im not personally into this "Dancehall/Rave/Dubstep/Trance/Techno" fever at any level at all. And the voice that tells me stuff in like 1m30s (info that I could read in 5s) just pisses me off very much. Also the cheesy "ultimate handbrake drift" lingo is so in your face neffed that i almost puke.
BUT
The cars feel heavy and nice, and the graphics are nice, but the overall aestethic (?) feels to cheesy and flimsy to have such realistic handling.
Why did they have to "DIRT2" this game?
Final statement: An obvious cash-in based on "MTVesque" styling and "CHECK THIS OUT THIS IS REALLY AWESOME". It´s also very similar to Hot Pursuit with it´s social networking/rivalry blah...
This seems to be a common problem with the wheel on the 360, it was really noticeable in all the Forza games.
Check out the WRC3 demo's linearity chart for the steering and you can see that steering deadens near center. I had to skew the linearity on the chart to dial out the (almost)deadzone
drugstore_cowboy
Member
He's talking about the Rennsport wheel stand.
I've noticed the linearity issue with the wheels and Xbox, what settings do you use?
If WRC 3 demo has a way of checking it out I'll download it.
I've noticed the linearity issue with the wheels and Xbox, what settings do you use?
If WRC 3 demo has a way of checking it out I'll download it.
I'm willing to cut them some slack because it's a new studio, but given how much the publicity around it has been from Dan and Turn 10 (with only minor contributions from Playground, it seems) it looks literally like the only contribution they've made is with the car models. The driving is different, the UI is different, the sound is different, there's a piss filter... I get the feeling I've been a conned a little because there's even less Forza in it than I'd expected.
As it is, it doesn't scratch any personal itches that haven't already been scratched by PGR4 or Midnight Club LA so it's definitely not a day 1 perch.