[360] Forza Horizon

[jms493]

I am liking Horizon so far. Pretty addicting and fun. Nice spin off for the series.

 

[Price]

Horizon is fucking amazing. Nothing like flying down the freeway at 218 in an Aventador.

 

[jms493]

What makes it a little different then other arcade racers is you forget it is the Forza engine and you need to actually brake and driving a little more sim. You can still bounce off shit but in a race it will hurt you pretty bad.

 

[Garrett67]

I caved, I bought it this morning.

 

[yeti]

I like it OK, but I think I need more time with it. I have two issues:

1. The sparse world. Perhaps I'm comparing these types of games too much to Burnout Paradise, which I absolutely loved, but this world is spread out with not a whole lot in between. I can get over that a little, but the roads themselves are really straight and really long -and dare I say, at times boring. I guess that's more realistic, but the effect in the end is not as interesting as something a little more compact. In that way it's a little more like Hot Pursuit (I'm hoping NFS: Most Wanted fills this exploration gap left by Paradise.) I guess I love free-roaming. I love finding ramps, jumps, shortcuts, barriers, billboards. So far in Horizon, there doesn't seem to be as much to actually find when you free roam, with the exception of the Upgrade billboards that are almost impossible to miss. (Disclaimer: I'm the type of guy who hunted 199 pigeons in GTA IV with a map and then had to revisit 150 of the locations to find the one I missed).

2. The car you want to race is never eligible for the event you are presented with. I'm comparing this now to the game's namesake: Forza 4. One thing I adored about Forza 4 is that I could hop in my car/class of choice and almost every event in the game would be something for that car (and a couple alternatives if I wanted to switch). I could tailor the game to the cars I liked. In Horizon, I upgraded my little racing Citroen, did the one single race it was eligible for, and now I can't see anything else on the map it can race in. OK. Fine. Bought a 2-Eleven, but that's S-class, and I currently have no S-class races.

Now on to the things I love:

1. The Lotus 2-Eleven. I knew I love this car, but to be able to drive around in this is a dream. Do yourself a favor and drop 70,000 CR on it.

2. The handling/damage/sim. I feel this is a good balance. You can brake later and harder than in Forza 4, and if you do hit the brakes too late -or you know, forget altogether- it doesn't punish you.

3. Racing other drivers you see around while free roaming. This is how I can actually end up racing my 2-Eleven. Anywhere I am, I can pull up behind another Horizon AI contestant, Press X, and we're off racing to some spot on the map. Unfortunately, so far all my challengers have been "easy". You can also be driving from A to B to get to an event, challenge a driver on the way there and it may take you back to A. It would be great to be able to challenge a driver, AND select a random finish line where ever you want.

 

[Garrett67]

I played this for about an hour today, I have 17 cars (might be 14) that were imported as a Forza Loyalty Reward. I spent most of my time in a Saleen just driving as fast as I could and smashed signs (27)
I also found and drove on 50 roads. I didn't do any racing.

I am not sure if I'm feeling the whole Forza car physics. Maybe its because I'm just starting out but the cars don't feel the same. They certainly don't have the same visual quality.

The game would be better if the racers you see in game were real people , maybe throw like 50 random people on your map or something.

I also wish there was some mechanical damage, as is there is no risk/reward. You can just beat the hell out of the car and it doesn't matter. Sure, you lose damage money (credits) but that isn't a big deal.

Now, that is single player, I'm sure MP will be much better.

 

[jms493]

I played this for about an hour today, I have 17 cars (might be 14) that were imported as a Forza Loyalty Reward. I spent most of my time in a Saleen just driving as fast as I could and smashed signs (27)
I also found and drove on 50 roads. I didn't do any racing.

I am not sure if I'm feeling the whole Forza car physics. Maybe its because I'm just starting out but the cars don't feel the same. They certainly don't have the same visual quality.

The game would be better if the racers you see in game were real people , maybe throw like 50 random people on your map or something.

I also wish there was some mechanical damage, as is there is no risk/reward. You can just beat the hell out of the car and it doesn't matter. Sure, you lose damage money (credits) but that isn't a big deal.

Now, that is single player, I'm sure MP will be much better.

I hear your thoughts but you need to change your perceptive and expectation of the game. It has the Forza name but it is NOT a driving/ racing simulator. Once I connect you can do your best to try and beat my impeccable race times.

 

[Swarley]

I couldn't help myself. I said I was going to wait just b/c of the ridiculous amount of other games I'm getting, but I bought it today anyways. *sigh*

 

[Maynard]

more people should buy this...it will take away from your f1 practice time

 

[Garrett67]

I like the game , I think it's a fun game but I just realized that its much better with the wheel and racing at night. I wish nighttime last a lot longer though because the game looks pretty good at night


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[Garrett67]

Oh, and I found a racer named 'Didcock'
By the way, is there a way to change your car without driving to the garage?

Nevermind, I see that you can fast travel there.

I will say this game is about 10 times more fun with the wheel

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[Garrett67]

Found Didcock again

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[Swarley]

Well well, Miss Alice Hart is quite the cutie.

 

[Swarley]

Just created a car club. VSN Apex Racing [VSN]. I invited everything that came up on the list.

 

[Swarley]

I think some of us are going to need to get together soon to do an online free roam. I've been looking at some of the shared photos and there are some cool places we need to find.

Btw, this game is fucking awesome.

 

[Garrett67]

The barn finds were pissing me off earlier. I can't find shit !

I drove 173 miles this afternoon.

 

[Swarley]

 

[RobbyB34]

lol. I bought this last night... And I love it. I would recommend buying it. And swarley, what is your GT? I'll send a friend thing tonight to join it.

 

[tabman31]

I really wish I could say I'm not gonna buy it, but after looking through these post, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to keep myself from doing so, lol.

 

[Swarley]

lol. I bought this last night... And I love it. I would recommend buying it. And swarley, what is your GT? I'll send a friend thing tonight to join it.

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