Monty Mole
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Yeah, the image quality was jaw-dropping stuff in FH, the 30fps sucked though.
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Playground Games (Forza Horizon) developing "visually stunning" racer
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Yeah, the image quality was jaw-dropping stuff in FH, the 30fps sucked though.
shinobi602
Member
I don't believe Playground Games is assisting Turn 10 in any way for Forza 5.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I hope it is Forza Horizon 2. Love Horizon so much, to be honest, I'm more hyped for Horizon 2 than Motorsport 5. 
I'm all for a Forza game every year, one year we get Motorsport for the "hardcore" racing sims fan and track races fans, and the next we get Horizon for the "casual" racing fans, and open world racing fans. Beat part is, both games are made for Forza fans and game quality takes no hit, it'd be perfect.
NeednFor Speed brand hasn't taken any damage for the yearly releases.
I'm all for a Forza game every year, one year we get Motorsport for the "hardcore" racing sims fan and track races fans, and the next we get Horizon for the "casual" racing fans, and open world racing fans. Beat part is, both games are made for Forza fans and game quality takes no hit, it'd be perfect.
NeednFor Speed brand hasn't taken any damage for the yearly releases.
I hope it is Forza Horizon 2. Love Horizon so much, to be honest, I'm more hyped for Horizon 2 than Motorsport 5.
I'm all for a Forza game every year, one year we get Motorsport for the "hardcore" racing sims fan and track races fans, and the next we get Horizon for the "casual" racing fans, and open world racing fans. Beat part is, both games are made for Forza fans and game quality takes no hit, it'd be perfect.
NeednFor Speed brand hasn't taken any damage for the yearly releases.
Need for Speed has been crap after Most Wanted released in 2005 imo.
I hope it is Forza Horizon 2. Love Horizon so much, to be honest, I'm more hyped for Horizon 2 than Motorsport 5.
I'm all for a Forza game every year, one year we get Motorsport for the "hardcore" racing sims fan and track races fans, and the next we get Horizon for the "casual" racing fans, and open world racing fans. Beat part is, both games are made for Forza fans and game quality takes no hit, it'd be perfect.
NeednFor Speed brand hasn't taken any damage for the yearly releases.
Don't both games use the same physics and driving model?
BruiserBear
Banned
I can't wait to see this. Hope they hit 60fps with this game though.
playground had access to all forza stuff (as it was announced), but physics and car behavior where tuned towards being a little more forgiving and easy.
dragonelite
Member
Liquidsnake
Banned
After Horizon I'm ecstatic over a Plaground Games racer on the Xbox One.
What other racer has so much going on there's even a rock concert happening near the road when you look out your window? LOL
I can't imagine what they'll do with more power.
Lol. So true.
God of War III was a technical showpiece, but if you didn't notice how it tended to run between 30-40 fps during gameplay, I'm surprised. I was "trained" so to speak in stuff like Ninja Gaiden, so I'm a little picky in actual gameplay performance for that genre. Responsiveness is super important (mind you, GoW3 didn't run afoul of this, but it definitely wasn't a clean 60).
shinobi602
Member
GOW3 ran between 40-55fps most times. It wasn't even that noticeable to me to be honest, everything looked and ran great
Syphon Filter
Member
Should have been PGR.
Nice hyperbole. Don't bring that shit into this thread.
Mass Effect
Member
I'm fine with Horizon 2, the original is great.
If we get another PGR, it's going to be PGR without the PGR name.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
I'll take Horizon 2 over PGR. Yeah, I said it.
Horizon was fun as hell.
Horizon was fun as hell.
GOW3 ran between 40-55fps most times. It wasn't even that noticeable to me to be honest, everything looked and ran great
Yeah, that's in line with what I said. I was just clarifying the claim that it ran at 60.
[Edit: I did a quick search for a framerate analysis just to be sure my memory was serving me, so if it matters, here's a slice of gameplay.]
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
So, where do you guys want Horizon 2 to be placed?
I want to race in either the Western Coast of America (California, Washington, etc) or better yet, in a new country (either the UK or Japan will be awesome.)
I want to race in either the Western Coast of America (California, Washington, etc) or better yet, in a new country (either the UK or Japan will be awesome.)
phosphor112
Banned
Yep. It's gone. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see Drive Club and this game compete.
They need expand the environment like crazy. Make me drive from exciting urban city to the beautiful outdoor countryside!
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Miles Quaritch
Member
I think you need to shut the hell up. PGR will return.
would a completely fictional location be better then an approximation of a real place?
i would love to have horizon 2 have mountains and conifer forests (with snow), oak woodland and rolling foothills, a large urban city, coastal roads.
maybe built a bit off of northern california for inspiration (san fran, coastline, coastal mountain range, napa valley, etc)
i would love to have horizon 2 have mountains and conifer forests (with snow), oak woodland and rolling foothills, a large urban city, coastal roads.
maybe built a bit off of northern california for inspiration (san fran, coastline, coastal mountain range, napa valley, etc)
Simply Sami
Member
It's not PGR.
Phill Spencer said on twitter few weeks back that PGR was a great franchise and Bizarre did a good job for it, but they have no plans for it at the moment.
Just accept PGR is dead. It's been 6 years since the last one.
Phill Spencer said on twitter few weeks back that PGR was a great franchise and Bizarre did a good job for it, but they have no plans for it at the moment.
Just accept PGR is dead. It's been 6 years since the last one.
flyinpiranha
Member
Horizon was a great game. The problem I had was that I have generational fatigue and just need something shinier for my racing needs after playing some PC arcade racers.
This might be the game that gets me over the edge for a XB1 late next year.
This might be the game that gets me over the edge for a XB1 late next year.
diffusionx
Gold Member
FH was completely fictional as far as I am concerned.
I guess the original Forza series is for you then. I never found myself quick travel in Horizon. I just love driving freely around whether it was for racing rivals, getting to a vantage point or even just chilling!
it was, but it was still confined to a real world location - colorado. that is, they'd have never put in an ocean to race against as the real life location has nothing of the sort. in a way its nice to have a cohesive, almost believable locale based on the real world, but its certainly more limited then if they had complete freedom to design as they pleased.
diffusionx
Gold Member
I mean, they said it was Colorado (as in, "drive through Colorado"), but it was actually more like "vaguely kind of inspired by parts of Colorado."
Cool game, but they shouldn't say it is a real place unless they actually make an effort to do it. I didn't expect a TDU-style recreation of Colorado (Colorado is HUGE), but I did expect more than what we got.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
My body is ready for Horizon 2 at 60fps.
