Forza Horizon
 

So this is hitting shelves on Oct 23rd and looks to be really sweet. Tons of cars, better graphics, and most importantly, miles upon miles of open road, gravel, etc.. Said to have the same Forza 4 physics engine we know and love. Based in the Colorado area. Also set to include night racing and real traffic.

http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/Gh...0120605-104415

Car List : http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/fo...d/5694851.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6bDqpTfj9E

Excited?!

**** yea.

so its kind of like need for speed underground 2/ most wanted but not based off street racing? but i can fly around mountain/dirt roads at my own pace?

Yes. You have races you can attend, or just go ham around town. Here's a developer vid discussing more about the world of Forza Horizon. From what I've read and heard so far, they're saying it's the game that Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Test Drive Unlimited never grew to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG2sXiqavJI

Damn. I just dropped money in a camera instead of getting an Xbox lol.

No mr2? for shame.

video is cool. makes me happy that i can finally drive the trucks/awd cars, or any car really off road. should be fun weaving in and out of traffic where consequences are minor. now i can live out all my fantasies i have while sitting in rush hour traffic

So did they completely do away with real race tracks?

For Horizon yes. There's still going to be Forza 5

Also you guys know they'll have car packs just like for the motorsport series. I'm so stoked for.this game

no tuning in this game. bummer :(

Forza was fun but it gets so boring so fast.

I loved Forza... I only raced online, but the 1st turn on every track made my night... Had 90% of the people on XBL not had mics, it probably wouldn't have been so entertaining.

i cannot effing wait!

I really loved TDU2 though.. i think if they used that type of free-world roaming with forza's car mechanics and extensive features, this game SHOULD be a killer.

Demo set to hit XBL Oct 9th!

Not sure if I want to pony up 80 bucks for the Limited Edition. Might just wait till the game GTA reviews anyway, not like its gonna be sold out everywhere anyhow.

Well, the crash physics are definitely more arcade, and there doesnt look to be any mechanical damage. I know its not the full game but its less than I was expecting. Cars also handle in more of an arcade manner but there's only 3 you can drive so who knows

You know, when I heard about this, I couldn't picture them putting the theme of Horizon with the physics of the other Forza games... It's hard enough getting around a track quickly and accurately in Forza, let alone avoiding traffic and driving through all the different surfaces they were talking about. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they dulled down the realism.

About the damage: If I recall, in the last Forza demos, their was no damage at all, not even cosmetic?

Then again after playing the demo once again I got the hang of it. Best I can say is forza, grid, NFS, and test drive in one.

Grid is one of my favorite racing games. They really nailed the realism mixed with the arcade style driving. I love that game!

I got the viper to 175 in the demo. Definitely a good sense of speed especially on the narrow roads. Also the traffic models are really well detailed imo.

can you go off road at all in the demo? hows that?

Fun. Lots of off road stuff. Twisty tight roads, tearing.through yards, or long fast sections.

I like it so far, handling leaves a little to be desired, but then again, so did the handling in the Forza 4 demo... can't wait till this is released!

Anyone else feel that the EVO is a little on the underpowered side?

-Jesse

Colorado elevation? Hahaha very unlikely to be the actual reason though

yes jesse, evo feels really sloww

I wish they would have put the garage in the demo, so you could do something the the car, or just change it out for the Viper...

-Jesse

Still no Porsche, still no interested.

evo seems really slow. and the mustang feels like a super car. really wish you could drive all 3 cars around town

Mike, they have them, they are just under the label RUF.

RUF is a tuner. I want to see the actual Porsche company back in the game.

Those are done by tuners. I want to see the actual Porsche company back in the game.

I played,it seems okay but same game with a different layout. probably with less options.

Just played the demo, it's... not forza, but as forza horizon it's not a bad game... something to hold us over until the next forza comes out. can't bitch too much about it I guess.

Eh, they are the same cars, that were under Porsche before in Forza 3, just under RUF now. No difference between them other than the name.

The barn finds feature looks pretty cool.

I already have Need For Speed... why waste money on a game exactly like it? I see no reason.

I wouldn't say exactly. It's a similar style game with the open world street racing yadda yadda, but the cars DO handle very differently. For example doing the mustang vs mustang event in the demo, take all of the assists off, drive EXACTLY like you would in forza, and you'll feel right at home. There's just more margin for error. There's more gameplay vids out now, looking awesome. I'm excited for the 23rd

NFS series kinda sucks since like 2005 so that's why you should get it, lol.

The original playstation 1 nfs was the best