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Forza Horizon 2 - 3 Gameplay videos (IGN)

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cbox

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Kelsey said:
It would be odd as a gamer to not prefer that.
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Amir0x

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REMEMBER CITADEL said:
Precisely. For someone who's known to be such a harsh critic of everything, Amir0x seems to be buying into a lot of that babble. Developers often like to describe their creations in grandiose terms, and even when they're technically correct, more often than not all that ends up amounting to very little in actual code and perceivable end result. That said, Driveclub is evidently a gorgeous game, but I'd really refrain from comparing the two at least until we've seen more of both, and even then this is probably not the right thread. For what it's worth, Horizon 2 has made a far better first impression on me with its gameplay reveal, although recent showings demonstrate that Driveclub has undoubtedly profited from its protracted development.
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I'm a known graphics whore, and I don't consider that an insult either. Unlike some people, I've made it known I don't buy into dream pap about so-called "next-gen gameplay" or any of that nonsense because it's essentially always nonsense - I want refinements to tried-and-true gameplay before I even care about the developer's next lame gimmick or other. It's why I abandoned Kinect long before Microsoft did, because gimmicks don't appeal to me (or did not pick up EyeToy, for that matter). Which is partly why Forza Horizon 2 is exciting to me, because it's a lot of refinement on a formula that worked really well. It's changing up just enough to make me excited for the new it does do, but it's sticking to what worked as well to not ruin good gameplay mechanics.

Everything being dynamic doesn't need to impact anything related to gameplay for it to be incredibly enjoyable for me, because it adds to the visual impact. I find it amusing you think this presents some conflict to my criticism - I don't pretend gameplay is more important than graphics, and have always made it clear that visuals are an equally important element to gameplay and audio design in my view.

From a pure graphics perspective, there's no competition. But Forza Horizon 2 is more exciting to me because it offers a good visual presentation (albeit inferior to the game were were comparing it to) AND by all accounts superlative gameplay that, at the moment, is seemingly much more exciting than most racing games right now (and Forza Horizon 1 was excellent). The combination works to propel it beyond my excitement for other racing games. I am skeptical that they can get THATOTHERRACINGGAME to a place that puts it into the pantheon of top tier racing games. I'm just not remotely skeptical about its visuals, we can see it, we can read their technical breakdown and from this analysis I can see how far beyond anything else in the field it is technically (for consoles - but as I said, it's attempting effects no PC racing game has even tried in a few places). But my analysis stops there; it's a nuanced perspective.
 
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jbug617

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Just got a Gamestop email and says that the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera is exclusive through them (probably only at launch or something like that). There is also a Day One Edition and that will probably also have a car attached
 
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ShamePain

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Jetracers1 said:
Must see behind closed doors Forza Horizon 2 coverage at E3 2014 by Inside SimRacing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcAQ0a8p6w
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Awesome, you see some little pop-in, but overall it's beautiful. I think many people disregard the technical achievements of T10 and PG. Knowing how hard it is to achieve 1080p on Xbox One you would expect them to drop to 900p or less as well, but they don't and manage to have great graphics as well and rock-solid performance to boot. And please don't compare it to DC as it's an unfair comparison of open-world vs closed circuit. GTA 5 doesn't look as good as Uncharted 3 and nobody expects it to.
 
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cool_dude

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If anyone watched the new Transformers movie, then that first car chase is what this game will feel like...free driving through corn fields, wheat grass, city alleys, parking garage, etc. It will be glorious! Someone should really make an awesome cat chase scene with this game.
 
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Cthulhu_Steev

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ShamePain said:
Awesome, you see some little pop-in, but overall it's beautiful. I think many people disregard the technical achievements of T10 and PG. Knowing how hard it is to achieve 1080p on Xbox One you would expect them to drop to 900p or less as well, but they don't and manage to have great graphics as well and rock-solid performance to boot. And please don't compare it to DC as it's an unfair comparison of open-world vs closed circuit. GTA 5 doesn't look as good as Uncharted 3 and nobody expects it to.
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Any pop-in will be unnoticeable when you're ragging around those fields in your car, looking for a festival with the sun setting after the rain, rather than studying a video. The game looks beautiful, I'm no fan of Forza (not a car fan, love an arcade racer) but FH looks like great fun.
 
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Evo X

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After watching the interviews and game play, I'm getting the feeling this is an open world successor to PGR, which makes me so fucking happy!

Picking it up day one.
 
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Heshinsi

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Have they announced a limited edition yet? I have the game preordered through Future Shop for their E3 discount ($20 off). But I'd rather get the LE version from EBay if it's available.
 
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NullPointer

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chugen said:
i like the rain
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Looks like Forza 4 hands. I know its a nitpick but the fact that Forza 5's hands have some life to them made a huge difference for me.

Each Horizon has seemed to be one version behind Motorsport when it comes to some things. Like the first Horizon didn't have the sound options that Forza 4 had, or the beastly engine roar and exhaust notes of those cars.
 
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jem0208

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DJKippling said:
Urgh, cant stand that kind of music. Hope there's not to much of it
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This'll only be one of the radio stations so you can just select one of the others. IIRC they're said there will be 6 (?) radio stations this time. The music in Horizon 1 had a pretty wide selection and almost all of it was pretty good with most of it being great.

RawNuts said:
Good ears!

I also noticed the Horizon Pulse radio pop up with Jungle - The Heat and Nick Mulvey - Nitrous.
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Haha, I've been listening to this song a lot recently and faintly heard a note I thought I recognised. Was surprised when I realised it was actually a song I knew. I really like it and I can see it going really well with Horizon.

I like those other two songs... not sure whether they are quite as good driving music though. Regardless the soundtrack is shaping up to be really good so far.
 
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Diablohead

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I hope the radio stays on the channel you select instead of being random every race, fuck rock I want more pulse

Kampfheld said:
Really would like to have a steelbook version from this game. Would look so good next to all the other Forza games.
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Horizon 1 had one so I would presume this will closer to release, but remember there was a huge price difference just for a tin and a tiny piece of paper with about 3 unique cars to download, that was it :/
 
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jem0208

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Diablohead said:
I hope the radio stays on the channel you select instead of being random every race, fuck rock I want more pulse



Horizon 1 had one so I would presume this will closer to release, but remember there was a huge price difference just for a tin and a tiny piece of paper with about 3 unique cars to download, that was it :/
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I thought they selected a song to go with each race? It was never random.
 
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Diablohead

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jem0208 said:
I thought they selected a song to go with each race? It was never random.
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oh? maybe they did but I disliked 99% of the rock music in horizon and used to main pulse and some bass arena, was annoying for the station to change after a loading screen.
 
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op_ivy

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jem0208 said:
I thought they selected a song to go with each race? It was never random.
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everytime returning to free roam the radio would randomly be on a channel. i hated it too. also, switching channels was a sloooow process.
 
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jem0208

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op_ivy said:
everytime returning to free roam the radio would randomly be on a channel. i hated it too. also, switching channels was a sloooow process.
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Oh, never really noticed when going back to free roam. I know songs were selected for individual races because if you restarted a race you would have the exact same song. Also I agree, took faaaaar too long to switch channels.

Diablohead said:
oh? maybe they did but I disliked 99% of the rock music in horizon and used to main pulse and some bass arena, was annoying for the station to change after a loading screen.
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Pulse and Bass arena were both great. I liked quite a bit of Rocks but I agree it was the worst of the three stations.
 
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Diablohead

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RyudBoy said:
Meh, not a fan of those 3 songs.
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They need to take another leaf out of the PGR books and allow us to disable songs we dislike from appearing on the radio, I believe PGR1 and 2 did this in the options.

MSR allowed us to make our own playlists as a 'CD' with up to 12 chosen tracks, ahead of it's time.
 
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Synth

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op_ivy said:
everytime returning to free roam the radio would randomly be on a channel. i hated it too.
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This definitely hasn't been the case for me. I'm always on Horizon Pulse when in free roam as that's the station I leave it on. It'll change to other stations for events in order to play the specific track that has been chosen for each, but always returns to Pulse once I'm done.
 
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Porsche9146

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jem0208 said:
I thought they selected a song to go with each race? It was never random.
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Yep. The most notable example of this was New Order's "Blue Monday" paired with the final race.

Maybe the final race in this one can be paired with "Bizarre Love Triangle".
 
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kevin1025

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BeforeU said:
They actually said, for 100% completion it will take you over 100hrs. lol its hard to believe though.

Here
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Oh man! 40 hours + 60 more then! I'm totally fine with that, even if it's 100 hours for the challenges and jumps and such. Have they said anything about the ranking? The three videos show the points system but not if it's counting towards a rank or level.
 
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JLck

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I'm desperate to see more of this game. It's out in 2 months and we've barely seen anything.

The most we've seen was from a behind closed doors video which likely wasn't meant to be released.
 
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ironcreed

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I just started playing Forza 5 the other day and am blown away by the impulse triggers. It's like you can feel the vibration of the car and even the surface of the road. You just know that will make it in Horizon 2 as well and I can't wait.
 
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AgentClassy

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I'm getting that PGR4 feel from seeing these videos. Loved the first Forza Horizon and im definitely going to get this for Xbox 360, haven't made the jump to the one yet. :(
 
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REMEMBER CITADEL

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JLck said:
I'm desperate to see more of this game. It's out in 2 months and we've barely seen anything.

The most we've seen was from a behind closed doors video which likely wasn't meant to be released.
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I agree, Gamescom seems so far away. They did a great series of dev diaries for the first game, I hope they'll do the same for this one, and start showing theem soon. Helios, today might be a good time.
 
ResidentDante

ResidentDante

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Diablohead said:
They need to take another leaf out of the PGR books and allow us to disable songs we dislike from appearing on the radio, I believe PGR1 and 2 did this in the options.

MSR allowed us to make our own playlists as a 'CD' with up to 12 chosen tracks, ahead of it's time.
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PGR4 did the same thing, you could disable either whole music genres or individual songs. Great stuff!
 
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