Forza Horizon 4 !

[The_Cheeseman]

I played the demo on the PC, had some issues with road textures not loading (particularly when driving the faster cars), which would stop the AI and my car dead... shame really as it runs much better than FH3.

I was gutted that the Focus RS was LHD too, guess they just reused an existing model, was pleasantly surprised later on when I got into the Escort Cosworth RS and it was RHD!

[Russian Troll Bot]

Glasgowrob said:

chris4652009 said:

Is this the first time you've played a "Forza horizon" title?

to be honest err yes,

was hoping for something a bit more realistic, still should be fun though, just felt slightly disappointed when I careened throough a dyke at 130 to no ill effect

It's a series where you can fit off road suspension to a hypercar and speed cameras reward you the fast you go through them. It's not supposed to be realistic

[chris4652009]

Russian Troll Bot said:

Glasgowrob said:

chris4652009 said:

Is this the first time you've played a "Forza horizon" title?

to be honest err yes,

was hoping for something a bit more realistic, still should be fun though, just felt slightly disappointed when I careened throough a dyke at 130 to no ill effect

It's a series where you can fit off road suspension to a hypercar and speed cameras reward you the fast you go through them. It's not supposed to be realistic

Rob: Wait until you see the jumps then
It's a fun series

[sparks_E46]

I wouldn’t find wrecking a car and having to reset because it won’t drive fun. It’s an arcade game, all the better for it.

[The_Jackal]

I read somewhere that the RS is based on the RS sold in America, probably to promote it. Just a bit weird considering we treat the Focus RS as British car.
It's like us claiming the Mustang is British now it is sold here and making it RHD in the game. Imagine the uproar lol

[designforlife]

drove a LHD audi TT in the demo...that irritated me.

[Drew106]

designforlife said:

drove a LHD audi TT in the demo...that irritated me.

From playing previous Forza titles, I believe most of the cars go by the country of origin.

So the majority of Japanese/Aussie/UK cars are RHD and just about everything else LHD. Although I don't think that rule is set in stone.

A bit annoying, but sure. Didn't bother me too much in FH3 driving on the left in Aus.

[Bear-n]

After spending many hours downloading the demo to my pretty decent i5 laptop, I'm a touch miffed to be told my graphics card isn't up to spec! Couldn't that have been identified before downloading?!

I'm not a gamer, but am now tempted to seek out a S/H Xbox One (feel free to let me know if you're selling one! :-) )

[wildoliver]

Bear-n said:

After spending many hours downloading the demo to my pretty decent i5 laptop, I'm a touch miffed to be told my graphics card isn't up to spec! Couldn't that have been identified before downloading?!

I'm not a gamer, but am now tempted to seek out a S/H Xbox One (feel free to let me know if you're selling one! :-) )

Although not the ideal time to buy as we are towards the end of the life cycle of the machine I'd still buy a new one over used, you can't beat unboxing a new machine and you know what sort of life it's had too, I was debating messaging you about one of ours (we have a one and a one s) but to be honest for the used Vs new price you would be mad to buy used. I'd look for a new bundle including the game it should be quite a decent saving and probably about the same as the game plus used machine.

[Drew106]

Bear-n said:

I'm not a gamer, but am now tempted to seek out a S/H Xbox One (feel free to let me know if you're selling one! :-) )

I picked up an Xbox One S from Amazon last year, specifically as I wanted to play Forza 7.

Got the Xbox, Forza 7 & Forza Horizon for £199.99. Bit of bargain I thought.

I'm sure the One S is still fairly cheap. I would only go for the One X if you have a 4K TV. Even then, you may not think necessary - the One X seems to be still quite expensive.

[Mike335i]

Isn't the One X significantly more powerful and improves things even at 1080p? If buying now i would certainly go new One X to get the improved matching.

Buy cheap buy twice.

[Drew106]

Mike335i said:

Isn't the One X significantly more powerful and improves things even at 1080p? If buying now i would certainly go new One X to get the improved matching.

Buy cheap buy twice.

I'd say there's an argument for this actually.
Interesting article on it here: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x5d7a/...

[The_Jackal]

The X is only a slight improvement over the S.
The S is not what you would call an inferior experience.
Basically if £400 for a console is no skin off your nose and you have a 4k TV then fill your boots. But dont think gameplay with be any better.
Side by side you will notice the 4K but on their own after hours and hours of gameplay you will forget any difference.

[Bear-n]

Sorry folks, didn't mean to derail

Good advice though thank you - think I'll wait then to see if a console comes out as a package with the game.

[chris4652009]

Mike335i said:

Isn't the One X significantly more powerful and improves things even at 1080p? If buying now i would certainly go new One X to get the improved matching.

Buy cheap buy twice.

Yep. I have both S and X ...selling the S

the difference on a regular HD tv is very noticeable, plus games play a lot better

[smithyithy]

I'm not too clued up on the Xbox specs as I use PC almost exclusively now, but I would say that even if you don't have a 4K TV to take advantage of, I think the 'X' version will run more games at 60fps, which is well worth the premium over playing at 30fps.

[The_Jackal]

Only if the games have been coded to run at 60fps.
As a lot of games have fixed FPS rates.
You need to research the game you are hoping to run at 60fps. It's not like pc where it runs as fast as it can.

[chris4652009]

The_Jackal said:

Only if the games have been coded to run at 60fps.
As a lot of games have fixed FPS rates.
You need to research the game you are hoping to run at 60fps. It's not like pc where it runs as fast as it can.

Not true
Some games do stutter on S but then run like silk on the X

have a look on youtube

[Bear-n]

You're all just trying to give me another thing in my life to procrastinate endlessly about aren't you?

So thoughtful - I was running short

[Narcisus]

I don’t regret getting rid of my S and buying an X for one second.