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[derFeef]

Ok, so I actually worked at Playground back on Forza Horizon 1, and from my experience if they say 1080 native/30fps, you better believe it will be that. I remember working my ass off to get the race track budgets under or at our teeny tiny allocations

They are wizards with their tech & it shows with how flawless the performance in FH1 is. Even after two years on from that game I have mad respect for everyone on that team, so I don't doubt this game will be great & it may just force me to buy an Xbone!

Mhhh. Also good job! What are you working now?

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

30fps sacrificed for weather!

 

[jem0208]

Completely okay with it being 30 FPS. Horizon 1 was just fine at that framerate.



I don't think it's going to be much of a contest really to be honest... Horizon is much more ambitious in concept than Drive Club. The open world/music festival gives it more of a hook than Drive Club.

Even if that's true there are going to be so many comparisons.

30fps sacrificed for weather!

Totally worth it.

 

[mavs]

Sega rally revo had the best as I have seen last gen but horizons was close second.

That game came out in 2007 and looked like it. Both Black Rock racers, all Bizarre racers and of course FH1 looked far better than SRR.

 

[Facism]

Ok, so I actually worked at Playground back on Forza Horizon 1, and from my experience if they say 1080 native/30fps, you better believe it will be that. I remember working my ass off to get the race track budgets under or at our teeny tiny allocations

They are wizards with their tech & it shows with how flawless the performance in FH1 is. Even after two years on from that game I have mad respect for everyone on that team, so I don't doubt this game will be great & it may just force me to buy an Xbone!

did you play for their 6-a-side football team at the time, too? We used to play those guys every other month in the league.

 

[SmokedMeat]

But what does it run at on 360? That's my question.

Probably whatever the original ran at. This sounds like a 360 game being ported to X1.

 

[TrueGrime]

I don't think it's going to be much of a contest really to be honest... Horizon is much more ambitious in concept than Drive Club. The open world/music festival gives it more of a hook than Drive Club.

Open world. That's all the needs to be said.

 

[shandy706]

Probably whatever the original ran at. This sounds like a 360 game being ported to X1.

Seriously...I mean...missed it across multiple threads? Including the first page of this one?

 

[metareferential]

This sounds like a 360 game being ported to X1.

Not really, since the two versions run on two different engines.

It's actually the first cross-gen game to do that, if my memory serves me well.

 

[TheHollowNight]

Mhhh. Also good job! What are you working now?

I'm at Ubi Reflections on The Crew as well as doing my own indie stuff

did you play for their 6-a-side football team at the time, too? We used to play those guys every other month in the league.

Haha I did not! There's a couple of studios nearby in Leamington - Codies, Blitz (RIP) & a bunch of others - So I bet that was fun! Where did you work at?
I mainly spent my time there in the park across the road when the weather was nice

 

[OdysseusVA]

did you play for their 6-a-side football team at the time, too? We used to play those guys every other month in the league.

Real football or soccer?

 

[Detective]

Sounds promising.
Can't wait to get my hands on.

Wonder how many pages will this thread have!?!

 

[TheHollowNight]

Real football or soccer?

Well, Playground are based in the UK, so "Soccer" to you. AKA real footy

 

[Rex Griswold]

The first Horizon was simply the best racing game last generation. Street racing, rally racing, doing stupid things(like seeing how long you could keep a drift going on a golf course), and just driving around the map was in general some of the most fun I had on my Xbox.

It all looked outstanding too, both in motion or just sitting there. Personally I'll take the amount of fun I had over being able to post on forums that the game I like runs at 60 FPS.

Random question though, are we going to be driving as generic 20-something guy again, or is there going to be some customization? I definitely don't keep my hair like that.

 

[BloodMoney]

"Display" at 1080p? What about render?

clever girl

 

[jem0208]

Real football or soccer?

This sentence is so very wrong.

 

[shandy706]

"Display" at 1080p? What about render?

clever girl

You can tell who read to that point...and stopped to make a post.

 

[Andronicus]

NOW 30 fps is cool for a driving game huh..man i just want to see it in motion, pics mean nothing

 

[Kelsey]

Probably whatever the original ran at. This sounds like a 360 game being ported to X1.

 

[Facism]

I'm at Ubi Reflections on The Crew as well as doing my own indie stuff



Haha I did not! There's a couple of studios nearby in Leamington - Codies, Blitz (RIP) etc - SO I bet that was fun!
I mainly spent my time there in the park across the road when the weather was nice

haha yeh the games got competitive, one of the best teams in our division. Generally clean players, too.

You're talking about Jephson's Gardens? Nice little place. The pump-room gardens down the road was nice to lounge about on, too. I didn't work for any dev there, i'm just a filthy local.

/off-topic.

I really wanted to ask those guys what they were up to after Horizon but it felt too nerdish to bring up at a football match, plus i assumed it was probably Horizon 2, anyway

 

[BloodMoney]

You can tell who read to that point...and stopped to make a post.

 

[velociraptor]

Real football or soccer?

This post is an oxymoron.

 

[TheHollowNight]

haha yeh the games got competitive, one of the best teams in our division. Generally clean players, too.

You're talking about Jephson's Gardens? Nice little place. The pump-room gardens down the road was nice to lounge about on, too. I didn't work for any dev there, i'm just a filthy local.

/off-topic.

I really wanted to ask those guys what they were up to after Horizon but it felt too nerdish to bring up at a football match, plus i assumed it was probably Horizon 2, anyway

Yes! Really nice park. I try to keep in catch up with some of the guys from time to time, but I knew I wouldn't get any dirt on their next game NDA's have a lot of power on a person. It's especially the worst thing reading game forums over speculation on a game you're working on or know about before announcements & not being able to chime in. I bet there are a lot of smiles at Playground knowing that people are really excited about this.

 

[arhra]

I'm at Ubi Reflections on The Crew as well as doing my own indie stuff

Well, at least you're still in the games industry. Found out recently that an old mate of mine (old WoW guildie from the vanilla/TBC days) worked on Horizon, and now he's gone to the dark side and works in finance...

Spoiler

Can't really blame him, comparing games programmer salaries to city salaries, but still...

 

[SmokedMeat]

Not really, since the two versions run on two different engines.

It's actually the first cross-gen game to do that, if my memory serves me well.

Did not know that, it'll be interesting to see the differences. I'd expect good things from Sumo.

 

[TheHollowNight]

Well, at least you're still in the games industry. Found out recently that an old mate of mine (old WoW guildie from the vanilla/TBC days) worked on Horizon, and now he's gone to the dark side and works in finance...

Ahh man, that sucks. I know a lot of people generally do that because those sectors of work generally offer a much higher wage than in the games industry. I know programmers to have settled into cushy software jobs because their skills are transferable.
Edit: Welp, that was a good guess haha. Yeah it's a shame, but it's very true.

 

[Lettuce]

I would have preferred 900p and 60fps

 

[Canis lupus]

Real football or soccer?

He's talking about The Beautiful Game, not the one played using your hands.

 

[Terbinator]

He's talking about The Beautiful Game, not the one played using your hands.

Is fapping really so vile?

 

[RetroStu]

Probably whatever the original ran at. This sounds like a 360 game being ported to X1.

Oh boy.

 

[HeliosT10]

"Display" at 1080p? What about render?

To quickly confirm, Forza Horizon 2 runs at native 1080p.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

Sounds good. I hope they can also achieve a similarly good AA solution as the first game.

 

[JaggedSac]

To quickly confirm, Forza Horizon 2 runs at native 1080p.

Thanks

 

[VanWinkle]

Sounds great!

 

[EBE]

To quickly confirm, Forza Horizon 2 runs at native 1080p.

nice.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

I don't even like racing games but PGR and Horizon were so enjoyable.

Horizon 1 still looks fantastic so I can't imagine what they accomplished

 

[Bgamer90]

Real football or soccer?

Speaking of soccer, I would love to see it in Forza Horizon 2. Enjoyed it in Forza 4.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Nice. Now tell us what AA solution are you using. Horizon's IQ is the best thing to grace consoles after God of War 3's IQ.

Sure, why not.

It would probably have to look like Forza 4 to reach a flawless 1080p@60fps. It's an open world game. How many of those besides Burnout have done it?

 

[Eusis]

I would have preferred 900p and 60fps

I half expect 720p/60fps would've been more doable. Looks nice on Wii U anyway!

But I kind of expected this after Forza Horizon 1, and with the XB1's history it's probably good enough that they hit 1080p at least.

 

[failgubbe]

Music was half the game for me so i'm glad the same person is doing it again

 

[dreamcastfan]

I hope I am wrong, but I cannot shake the feeling this game will get pushed back to next year.. Sounds great so far from the info I read, but how long has it been it development?.. Hopefully for a good long while..

 

[viveks86]

The DC vs FH2 war next week will be insane, even though they are very different games...

Looking forward to the meltdowns

 

[failgubbe]

I hope I am wrong, but I cannot shake the feeling this game will get pushed back to next year.. Sounds great so far from the info I read, but how long has it been it development?.. Hopefully for a good long while..

Since 2012 i guess, after Horizon 1

 

[Syrus]

Sounds promising.
Can't wait to get my hands on.

Wonder how many pages will this thread have!?!

1080? Or 30..

 

[Synth]

I wonder if the same people that blasted Driveclub for being 30 fps are gonna do the same over here, it's not like they have double standards, right?

This has been popping up far too frequently in this thread so far. The next person that wishes to make this post better come armed with examples of people that "blasted DC for being 30fps" but are fine with FH2 being the same. It really comes across as "it's only fair because you guys were so mean to Driveclub!".

Hint: Don't waste your time looking for mine. They won't help you.

 

[nib95]

This is my ideal. I know some will vehemently disagree, but in an arcade racer such as this, I'd have actually been disappointed if it was 60fps. Outdoor racing like this is all about the breathing vistas, visuals, lighting etc. Sacrificing a massive chunk of that extra layer of environmental scope and depth for some added smoothness imo is the wrong decision.

On a side note, if anyone lambasted DriveClub for going a locked 30fps, but is excusing Forza Horzon 2 on the basis of it being open world, I'm sorry, but what difference does being open world make to the actual gameplay smoothness when discussing the frame rate and response times? It doesn't. You're letting it off on some tertiary nonsensical semantics. Either a racing game is smooth and playable at 30fps or it isn't.

Fact of the matter is, Playground could have just reduced the graphical fidelity of the game to get it to run at 1080p/60fps, open world or not. Being open world, having dynamic global illumination, having more advanced lighting or thousands of geometric tree's, better textures, volumetric clouds etc etc, it's all just semantics when debating the merits of 30fps vs 60fps.

 

[Detective]

1080? Or 30..

lol

60?

 

[Giggzy]

My Lord... Reading the first page was enough for me to skip to the last. Such idiotic posts...

I'm excited to play my first Horizon game. For people that have played the first iteration, is it like Burnout Paradise? Or totally different?

 

[Bsigg12]

To quickly confirm, Forza Horizon 2 runs at native 1080p.

Thanks for being so active in these threads. Can't wait to play it.

 

[XtremeXpider]

On a side note, if anyone lambasted DriveClub for going a locked 30fps, but is excusing Forza Horzon 2 on the basis of it being open world, I'm sorry, but what difference does being open world make to the actual gameplay smoothness when discussing the frame rate and response times? It doesn't.

Are you asking that? really? LOL.

On a side note... Is really needed that "DC vs FH2" fight?

"Oh, users are complaining about a game in my console, but usrers are not complaining the same in another console games... my game need some help!"