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Forza Motorsport 6 Review Thread
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Thank god you exist so I don't feel so alone in having this opinion.
diffusionx
Gold Member
What makes Horizon 1 better in your opinion? I ask because FH2 is just a huge step up in map, events, driving, graphics, etc.
Certinty
Member
Horizon 2 is great but the first game was on another level I thought.
- Preferred Colorado, great setting especially with the canyon. Italy and France were repetitive even though the off roading was great.
- Event system in FH2 was trash, the first made good use of the wristband system and had way better events I thought.
Of course the driving and graphics are better in the second game as well as other features but in many ways for me it felt like a step backwards.
Pretty much all this.
Plus Horizon 1 had better track layouts, with proper barriers outlining the course, so the circuit races were very PGR-like, and the more open "follow the checkpoint" stuff was reserved for Street Races.. which gave them a sense of variety. Also, fuck cross country races, with their stupid cheating AI racers... there's far, far too many of them.
FH1 also had better music.
...and a better color palette.
...and the Rally Expansion >>>>> Storm Island.
And I didn't mind Alice's constant compliments... Ben can die in a fire. Actually, that reminds me... FH1 actually HAD characters.. rival racers that gave the career a real sense of place and progression. They'd even come on the radio stations to chat shit to you...
Now I'm realising just how many things I prefer about FH1...
NullPointer
Member
One thing Storm Island gets better is that you can also free roam in it, but it ends up feeling small in no time.
Then again Horizon's open world always feels a little too small to me. I'd love to see it expanded by at least 4 to 6 times, with Horizon 1's rally expansion-like off-road tracks as a part of that same open world.
And yeah, Horizon 1's rally stuff was incredible. I had a really hard time with a lot of it but when you nailed those courses right it felt incredible. Heart pounding stuff.
Yea, freeroam was nice... just not nice enough to put it anywhere the awesomeness of the Rally Expansion.
And yea, the world in the Horizon games is too small for then to really hold my attention. I would honestly kill for a TDU2 with Forza's (Horizon or Motorsport, don't care) driving model. Unfortunately The Crew just ended up being worse all around.
Anyway.. back on topic... Forza 6 hey?... I should probably go play it so I actually have something to say here...
NullPointer
Member
Thats the dream alright
Twin Tails
Member
Giant Bomb Quick Look
Jeff thoughts
+Looks Amazing
+Best Forza has ever played
-Dull lifeless menus/presentation.
-AI is still not great.
-Issues with Mod packs.
If he reviews I expect 4/5
Jeff thoughts
+Looks Amazing
+Best Forza has ever played
-Dull lifeless menus/presentation.
-AI is still not great.
-Issues with Mod packs.
If he reviews I expect 4/5
frontieruk
Member
Forza 5 scored 79
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Giant Bomb, Edge and GamesTM have yet to weigh in and Polygon's is provisional.
Fortinbras
Member
I can't say I disagree with Jeff. The presentation of Forza was always lacking and too clinical.
I like the home spaces but I hate the cgi movies and the lifeless narration in the career mode.
Turn 10 could do so much more with archive material of famous races, small clips with real footage of the tracks...
Here is my first impressions. Probably the best Forza for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05MutMBh-0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05MutMBh-0k
Heres my review of the game.
http://gamespew.com/2015/09/forza-6-review/
Loved it despite the boring career mode and a few niggles.
http://gamespew.com/2015/09/forza-6-review/
Loved it despite the boring career mode and a few niggles.
the biggest thing I've got from this is that I finally hooked up my old thrustmaster 458 wheel for my 3 xbox 360's and played forza motorsport 4 on triple screens. I do really like number 6 but was surprised how well 4 holds up especially on triple screens lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMtHFOzmJ04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMtHFOzmJ04
speedomodel
Member
I adore Horizon 2, all this talk of the first makes me want to go give it a shot...
NullPointer
Member
There's no tuning or rain in the original, and while I preferred the off-road trails in the first Horizon to the ones in vanilla Horizon 2 there were very few completely off-road areas in Horizon 1. So if you love to speed through the hills and grass and bushes in H2 you won't really find that in the first game.
The rain in FH2 is pretty lacklustre to be honest, but that's probably because I played it after DC.
It's pretty good on storm island, but the windshield effects let it down. SSR would go a long way in improving the way wet roads look in the game too.
Yeah Storm Island made it more prominent, and I liked the thunderstorms. The base game rain was pretty useless.
Fortinbras
Member
The VVV review is going to be very interesting. It seems like Alan hates everything about the driving(physics) in the game.
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
Should be today.
EightBitNate
Member
Probably better off asked in the games official thread.
Whoops, I''m sorry!
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