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Fourth game, unless I'm missing a joke. But the cover is obviously meant to attract people who wouldn't give a sim racer a second glance. Calling it a flop in advance is ridiculous.
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Forza Horizon - Fall 2012 - Developed by PlayGround Games
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Fourth game, unless I'm missing a joke. But the cover is obviously meant to attract people who wouldn't give a sim racer a second glance. Calling it a flop in advance is ridiculous.
It's not that it's pink, it's the whole theme... the vibe... Mabo... (I don't expect everyone to understand that last bit... it's an Australian thing.
Anyway, I'm turned off by that, but I don't think *quite* as much as the full Dudebro-ness of the DIRT series. As long as there aren't any (AT ALL) fucking dubstep/brostep tracks. I'll shoot myself if they do.
Anyway, I'm turned off by that, but I don't think *quite* as much as the full Dudebro-ness of the DIRT series. As long as there aren't any (AT ALL) fucking dubstep/brostep tracks. I'll shoot myself if they do.
Yeah, most people seem to forget that FM2, 3 and 4 came out before GT5 did
MrCookiepants
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Not at all. How many racing games have we seen flop this gen? Blur, Split/Second, the Motorstorm sequels, TDU 2, Shift 2, SEGA Rally, ModNation, DiRT 3. Even Burnout has been put on the back burner!
Forza isn't even that great a seller to begin with (don't let the bundle inflated sales of 2 and 3 fool you). I just don't think the market was asking for this game. It'll need to be amazing in order to not be a bomba, IMO.
Anyway, I feel trollish now. I'll just leave. Sorry.
eso76
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well, how many of those deserved to, though ?
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I dislike brostep as much as the next person, but not all of it is bad. I wouldn't mind cruising to this at sunrise.
And yet some others did not, and there have been plenty of games in other genres that flopped as well. You can't call that this early.
Most first party games' sales are bundle inflated, no surprises there. Forza still sells reasonably well and it usually has long legs. FM4 is still regularly charting in the UK, for instance.
It may not get the mainstream audience's attention, but I think there are enough core gamers craving for a good open road racer after the disappointment that was TDU2 or just a good combination of arcade and sim racing in the wake of PGR's (hopefully temporary) demise.
Kinda irrelevant, but not when this version is available
Agree with all your other points too, RC. I think there's a market for a *slightly* more casual driving game that would sell to people who may not get FM4. I think it has a chance to do quite well, actually. Pretty much everyone who bought FM4 would (I'd think) buy it based on the quality of the main franchise, and the casual theme with less focus on tuning etc. could get a number of peripheral purchases who were otherwise intimidated. Like the crowd who'd go for something like, say, Dirt.
Realistically, *really* only TDU2 (and I say that without having played Modnation or Motorstorm). But I think we're in a slightly different era from when those came out. And Horizon will have MS' full backing. Can't say that about Blur (which was sent to die by Activision) or Sega Rally (where SRS had been disbanded shortly after release, too).
Bundles or no bundles, Microsoft would have dropped this series a long time ago if it wasn't profitable.
I expect to have physics between FM4 and PGR which would be a good compromise to keep the 60FPS in this big world. The reduced car damage was already mentioned and is also OK if we'll have a dynamic day/night cycle as well as weather! But let's see; can't wait to watch the press conference today!
Shortt Sirket
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I would LOVE for it to have 60fos, but I just don't see it happening. Big open world, with dirt/snow/gravel/etc and Forza 4 car models just seems more than the 360 can handle at 60fps.
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I'm hyped for this now. I hope we get information overload rather than just one measly trailer.
Hope dies last.
But I expect that Turn 10 have learned a lot in the past years with regards to the 360 and maybe they can manage it somehow. *fingers crossed*
The game is not even 6 months away! I expect at least some kick ass ingame footage or even some gameplay vids during the show from certain magazines.
snoopeasystreet
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Think we'll get dub step in the trailer?
Sry mate, unfortunately I'm no native speaker. What do you mean with dub step?
CrunchinJelly
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lol, yes good explanation.
Anyway, really looking forward hearing what exactly this game is and some decent footage as well.
Got it, thanks. But still have no idea what is it all about with regards to Forza.
Or were you guys talking about the soundtrack of the upcoming trailer?I.. what?
The box art is turrible. The colour scheme is turrible. No argument there, just an opinion.
I dont have problems with the color of the logo, but the backdrop is incredible cheap looking and the car looks stretched. They should rework it.
fucking amazing. i shat myself at the rally bit. so many possibilities.
Fox Mulder
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this will be the real test drive unlimited 2.
Damn Yeah.
And I really LOVED the WOoBbBwOObbBB.
It fits 100%.
Can't wait for the showfloor videos.
PjotrStroganov
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I saw traffic.
U n i o n 0015
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Heh, I thought the music in the trailer was terrible, but the actual game looks cool as hell.
I didn't see a single Ferrari though and this disturbs me.
Stumpokapow
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Honestly, I've never played or been interested in a Forza game before, I don't really know much about cars or anything, and I drive a 12 year old beater Cavalier... but this looked really, really cool to me. I'm definitely going to consider it in my fall purchasing.
soundscream
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Should I be concerned that no in car view was shown?
CrunchinJelly
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I don't know what to think about the trailer, hopefully the showfloor videos/demos will provide more informations about the game because I still don't know what the hell all this festival stuff is.
Basically the trailer just made me want even more to have dynamic time do day in FM.
Basically the trailer just made me want even more to have dynamic time do day in FM.
More facts over at ForzaLife
- traffic with licensed cars
- cars you can´t buy like unicorn cars in Forza Motorsport, but find in barns
- 3 radiostations: Drum n' Bass , Dub and Rock/Mattel. via radio you´re informed by events too
- snow
- destructible objects
- animated environment
- rewind function
- speedtraps
- traffic with licensed cars
- cars you can´t buy like unicorn cars in Forza Motorsport, but find in barns
- 3 radiostations: Drum n' Bass , Dub and Rock/Mattel. via radio you´re informed by events too
- snow
- destructible objects
- animated environment
- rewind function
- speedtraps
Maybe. Its gonna depend a lot on the car count, I think. If they're going for 100's of cars, they might have to cut back somewhere and that *might* mean no cockpit view. I dont know. I was more concerned at the lack of any customization shown.
One other multiplatform racing game that is still in development will use the same technique for console versions (separated graphics and physics, with fixed fps (Hz) for physics and for graphics).
Very interested to see how will it perform, because it is relatively new technology for optimizing the performance in the genre.
figured. i certainly wasnt expecting open world, day/night cycles, fm4 quality graphics, and fm4 quality physics to be 60fps.
any youtubes of this yet?
mid-race Police chases?!
Trailer thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=476805
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=476805
drugstore_cowboy
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Didn't look bad at all, glad to see it wasn't all sand and rocks for scenery.
Is there any better videos about yet? I was stuck watching the SD feed.
Is there any better videos about yet? I was stuck watching the SD feed.
TDU had it. PGR had it. It would be a disaster not to have it. Besides, they got all modeling done, I really see no problems.
EDITED: ...okay, except the one. Night. And changeable weather (snow). Hm.
Fixed.
Thanx for this, that one is solved then.
And this one I like:
Bring It On Baby™
Sad for tuning though, but since I prefer stock-car racing i can't say I am too disappointed. Also, it will create a much more competitive environment, so it is not completely negative decision.