TheAdmiester
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It really does. You might want to check your brightness and contrast if you think it looks washed out.
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Forza Horizon 3 Demo - September 11 @ 8:00 PM EST
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It really does. You might want to check your brightness and contrast if you think it looks washed out.
Photomode only adds AA lmao.
Your TV settings must be busted.
You have 11 posts on this account and this is what you find worthy of posting. lol
LostDonkey
Member
Crazy. I think these are the best graphics we've seen in a racer so far this "gen".
Apart from the pop in which hopefully the pc version can alleviate. It looks incredible.
Apart from the pop in which hopefully the pc version can alleviate. It looks incredible.
Yes let's judge posters by their post count.
Forza Horizon is my favorite game series since game one, but I don't see the hype on the graphics of this. Sure it looks nice but it's not THAT nice outside of Photo Mode. Just looks like Horizon 2 but with Bloom.
That said it plays excellently although it does the thing that annoys me that FH 2 did and thats let you start with a bunch of awesome great cars / trucks instead of letting you work towards them.
The music is very disjointed also, similiar to FH2. It should be capturing the feel of Austrailia, not trying to put over random indie bands. FH2 had this same problem also, where the onyl time you really felt immersed in Italy was if you had the classical channel on. But atleast this time you can use Groove Music.
It looks that good, also drone mode (which Sunhi is using) is different from photo mode.
So Horizon 2 looks very washed out and full of aliasing as well?
I respect your opinion but I am not listening to hours of didgeridoo music and Kylie
Sorry mate, but if this game looks washed out, you've got a shit TV.
Looks fantastic on my end. And I'm a huge PC gaming elitist.
Doesn't Russell Crowe have a band?
Forza Horizon 2 didn't have as many jaggies imho, but that could be due to not having as much pinophyta trees instead relying on palm trees so it could hide it better.
FH3 seems to use alot of the tricks GTAV uses for it's rendition of sunny LA, which looks really really good, but i've already seen those tricks and it's nothing new here. I'm not saying this game looks bad i'm saying it looks like Forza Horizon 2 but with bloom and blue skies instead of Purple.
The other complaint I have is the music mixing is messed up, but that might be due to it juts being a demo and having compressed music.
No complaints with the gameplay though, feels like Horizon, plays like Horizon and handles like Horizon.
FH3 seems to use alot of the tricks GTAV uses for it's rendition of sunny LA, which looks really really good, but i've already seen those tricks and it's nothing new here. I'm not saying this game looks bad i'm saying it looks like Forza Horizon 2 but with bloom and blue skies instead of Purple.
The other complaint I have is the music mixing is messed up, but that might be due to it juts being a demo and having compressed music.
No complaints with the gameplay though, feels like Horizon, plays like Horizon and handles like Horizon.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Yin
Yang
That looks washed out, full of aliasing. But fun.
LostDonkey
Member
Dat jump tho
This but I think it's really noticeable in the Rainforest.
But that said it just makes me more excited for the PC version because then we can see it running with full AA at all times removing the IQ, pop in and Aliasing issues. If you guys think it looks impressive in those shrunk down 800 x 600 gifs just wait till it's like that at a real resolution!!!
Horizon CROWE would steal too many Groove Music subscribers
I think you're remembering Forza Horizon 2 with rose-tinted glasses. It had it's moments (ie, full sunlight, night in the city) but overall FH3 has so much more depth and complexity.
NullPointer
Member
As all games with day/night cycles and environmental variety, it depends. Often enough it looks flat out amazing, and other times a little washed out or noisy.
Yeah i'm willing to put it up to that for sure, time of day, just seemed weird to read everyone go "Woah!" and then I turn it on and go "Just looks like Horizon to me"
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AgKN_GyUl72shy_f3xZY5BpLeWka
That's what it looks like to me, compressed obviously, but all the trees look that way, lots of flickering etc. Maybe it's my Xbone going :shrug:
Fun though, play it guys!!!
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AgKN_GyUl72shy_f3xZY5BpLeWka
That's what it looks like to me, compressed obviously, but all the trees look that way, lots of flickering etc. Maybe it's my Xbone going :shrug:
Fun though, play it guys!!!
skyfinch
Member
Hockeymac18
Member
Yin
Goodness...that is so good. As a photographer, that looks like many of my summer evenings at the coast.
They have really nailed the clouds/skies more than any game I've ever seen. They correctly have the light shining on the clouds after sunset/before sunrise like you see in real life.
One thing I noticed was that everything reacts to everything. Ferns and plants flap and react to cars going by or through them.
In this shot I took you can see the helicopter blowing ripples across the water and it even knocks a banner down.
Holy...Loving the attention to detail here. Many little things like that really help immersion.
I wouldn't count on GT to deliver DC-like weather lol.
Kilau
Gold Member
I have those games but I also have Quantum Break, hence my worry.
Damn.One thing I noticed was that everything reacts to everything. Ferns and plants flap and react to cars going by or through them.
In this shot I took you can see the helicopter blowing ripples across the water and it even knocks a banner down.
One thing I noticed was that everything reacts to everything. Ferns and plants flap and react to cars going by or through them.
In this shot I took you can see the helicopter blowing ripples across the water and it even knocks a banner down.
Holy shit!
Man, FH2 was so good.
One thing I noticed was that everything reacts to everything. Ferns and plants flap and react to cars going by or through them.
In this shot I took you can see the helicopter blowing ripples across the water and it even knocks a banner down.
Holy fuck.
They need to let the drones fly that high!
D'ultimate
Member
I have to revisit FH2 now to listen to the sounds again. In the video it sounds like 2 has a deeper tone than 3 but while I was playing the demo I felt it was the opposite. Perhaps it's the view. Maybe they only improved the cockpit sounds as I primarily play from that POV.
Still, I definitely think the overall sound effects are improved. The impact from landing and contact sounds with other vehicles are way better for certain.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
One thing I noticed was that everything reacts to everything. Ferns and plants flap and react to cars going by or through them.
This fucking game, Jesus Christ
TheAdmiester
Member
One thing I've noticed that FH3 has improved was that in some spots FH2 was *too* vivid. I remember there were a lot of spots in FH2 where the shadows would be completely black and almost nothing in them was visible. It was especially noticeable when you exited those freeway tunnels, it was like driving onto a missing texture. FH3 looks to have much better shadows and colouring.
Kaji AF16
Member
Forza Horizon continues to evolve, even after the strong first installment and the already classic FH2. The FH3 demo feels great and there´s a noticeable improvement, specially in one of the few relatively weak areas of the saga ("realistic" lightning).
I love Halo -and I liked 343´s efforts a lot-, but I think that Forza has become the premier Microsoft franchise... and one of the strongest gaming franchises of all time. Nine games already, and all of them are top-tier (the weakest, FM5, is still very good).
Ultimate version, day one (or day minus-4?).
I love Halo -and I liked 343´s efforts a lot-, but I think that Forza has become the premier Microsoft franchise... and one of the strongest gaming franchises of all time. Nine games already, and all of them are top-tier (the weakest, FM5, is still very good).
Ultimate version, day one (or day minus-4?).
Playground has pretty much perfected the art of arcade and sim combined feel. Even playing the original forza horizon felt fucking great. Cars all drove great and all had that feel of uniqueness to each car.
Totally grabbing the ultimate edition digital now.
I think it was sold out in best buys website! Like holy shit I've never seen that before!
Just search for ForzaGAF in the clubs interface. The founder said they wanted a PM or Xbox message confirming you're on GAF, but I actually can't remember who that is. (Funny just because I have an invite request pending but haven't been confirmed likely for that reason.)
Search ForzaGAF. Request an invite to the club then PM me your Gamertag here on Gaf so I know who to let in. There are like 27 other people who sent requests to join but haven't PMed me or Zorbsie to verify that they're on Gaf.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
they actually have my name on the names list
im surprised.
im surprised.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
These are incredible.
Makes the wait for the PC version even harder gah!
Thats.. just wow
Fusilli Craig
Member
This was a real problem for me with all open world racers. I found that turning on just the braking line (as opposed to the full racing line) was enough to indicate turns without feeling like I had training wheels on. If you haven't already, give it a shot as it took the game from unplayable to exquisite for me.