Forza Horizon 2 announced.

[Silverbullet767]

jaik said:

What do you do when you get to that bit of the game where your girlfriend gets in a mood because you're spending all your time on the Xbox?

[Jurgen]

I bought it for the 360 and think it's ok so far. It's fun to play I guess, but not that different from the first Horizon. Visually it's very average, car sounds are pretty muted compared to Forza 4.

I only found out after buying it that the XB1 version is massively different and even developed by a different company. That version looks fantastic from the pics, has the weather effects, more tweaking options and presumably better handling cars. The 360 version is really an afterthought I do enjoy it, but now just want to fork out for an Xbox one and get the full experience!

[onlynik]

vescaegg said:

LiamB said:

Just bought this off the marketplace thing, now to wait the many hours it will take to install!

I did the same. The amount of time it took to install was a fking travesty.

I bought it at least a week before it was released and pre-installed it, so no waiting for the download on the third.

[Badgerboy]

Ian974 said:

Landed up buying this for the 360 yesterday. Good fun, but a bit irritating being able to buy all sorts of upgrades but not fiddle with any settings.

The 360 version is effectively a tweak Forza4/Horizon 1 engine. The Xbox One version is based on Forza 5 and allows for full tuning.

[poprock]

It’s not the developers’ fault that the 360 version is so different – they have to work within the limitations of the hardware. From all the comparison accounts I’ve read, they did a decent job of ensuring the 360 adaptation plays to the older machine’s strengths where possible instead of doing a straight port.

[ajprice]

As well as the different game engines and the speed and power differences of the hardware, you can get a lot more game into a Blu-ray disc/36gb download for the Xbox One than a DVD/7GB download for the 360. With the Forza Motorsport 360 games they were on 2 discs, but thats still only maybe 14GB or so.

[sc0tt]

Anyone having problems getting their rewards?

[ConcreteBuffalo]

Heads up, just claimed 1.5 mill credit reward on forzamotorsport.net.

Anyone got any decent drift tunes, or tips for tuning? I'm st at it. I have a 500+ BHP RX7 that is a bit of handful but ok, and a 700+ BHP Silvia S13 which is an un-driveable monster. I'm on a wheel with simulation steering, TCS, STM off and manual gears.

[Mr SFJ]

ConcreteBuffalo said:

Heads up, just claimed 1.5 mill credit reward on forzamotorsport.net.

Anyone got any decent drift tunes, or tips for tuning? I'm st at it. I have a 500+ BHP RX7 that is a bit of handful but ok, and a 700+ BHP Silvia S13 which is an un-driveable monster. I'm on a wheel with simulation steering, TCS, STM off and manual gears.

try using a 900hp Supra, in the wet, you put your foot down and watch, that's it.

Generally, just keep trimming the throttle. The airport at the top left of the map is a good place to practice. Big and open.

[poprock]

ajprice said:

Mobil 1 car pack today http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/fh2_mobi...

I don’t see anything in this pack I actually want to drive. Giving it a miss, I think.

[Chicken Chaser]

I've got the Ultima which is a bit of a handful. Doesn't seem to give much warning before you're facing the opposite way!

[LukeR94]

Mr SFJ said:

ConcreteBuffalo said:

Heads up, just claimed 1.5 mill credit reward on forzamotorsport.net.

Anyone got any decent drift tunes, or tips for tuning? I'm st at it. I have a 500+ BHP RX7 that is a bit of handful but ok, and a 700+ BHP Silvia S13 which is an un-driveable monster. I'm on a wheel with simulation steering, TCS, STM off and manual gears.

try using a 900hp Supra, in the wet, you put your foot down and watch, that's it.

Generally, just keep trimming the throttle. The airport at the top left of the map is a good place to practice. Big and open.

Learn to drift them its a hoot, I got a 260k skill chain in my 4 rotor(787B Engine) S13! It doesnt go in a straight line, buts its fun!

As for tuning tips, change rear tyre pressure to 26 PSI -3.0 camber front and leave back at -0.5, and stiffen all other suspension settings by about 15%, and make sure you set the diff to 100% on both settings.

Thats only basic but it should be controllable for a beginner.

Edited by LukeR94 on Tuesday 7th October 12:48

[ConcreteBuffalo]

LukeR94 said:

As for tuning tips, change rear tyre pressure to 26 PSI -3.0 camber front and leave back at -0.5, and stiffen all other suspension settings by about 15%, and make sure you set the diff to 100% on both settings.

Thats only basic but it should be controllable for a beginner.

Sounds like a good start, cheers

[kingston12]

LiamB said:

Just drove my mate home, went to the shop and I've just got back to it on 39%...

It is not much faster on the disc version. I only play a game from time to time, but I bought this and between the system update and installing the first 50% it has taken an hour.

I won't get to play it tonight now,I ll have to remember to buy new games the day before I want to play the, in the future!

[pigeonskirt]

Just done the Mclaren P1 bucket list challenge. It was epic! Anyone who hasn't yet done this needs to!

[Ian974]

Not got the Xbox one yet, and wasn't going to fork out £300+ to buy this game!
However despite not getting the same setup options etc, its still more enjoyable than I had expected, probably a bit more like test drive was, but more options with painting and modifying.
Being able to adjust the setup is about all the extra I'd want out of it, so if I do get the Xbox one at some stage I can see myself buying this again. Sounds like that version is a cracker

[Rick_1138]

After seeing the pic thread on here, I grabbed a copy in Asia on way home, Day one edition too. Now at 31% installed.

Alien isolation to install next.

[Chicken Chaser]

I love the game, but do think its a little stupid to have supercars on off road tracks. Its not as if there's only a few either, there's loads off off road sections

[LiamB]

Rick_1138 said:

After seeing the pic thread on here, I grabbed a copy in Asia on way home, Day one edition too. Now at 31% installed.

Pretty far to go just for an xbox game..

[Rick_1138]

LiamB said:

Rick_1138 said:

After seeing the pic thread on here, I grabbed a copy in Asia on way home, Day one edition too. Now at 31% installed.

Pretty far to go just for an xbox game..

Ha! Bloody phone.

Oh and Concrete buffalo and Iamchinesealan's driveatar's need to die in a fire....;)