its 5 (or 6?) races and you can drive around in a small open world section. no time limit and almost every race offers a rival race after you finished it the first time. pretty good demo in terms of content. by finished i mean i did all the races.
Forza Horizon demo impressions
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its 5 (or 6?) races and you can drive around in a small open world section. no time limit and almost every race offers a rival race after you finished it the first time. pretty good demo in terms of content. by finished i mean i did all the races.
Dzidza1978
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Which cars can you drive in the free roam?
Dzidza1978
Member
Wow, I thought this game was going to suck and I loved the demo, I ended up playing the game for around 40 minutes, I like the way the cars control and the graphics are super clean. Seriously, normally ps3 / 360 games look awful on my PC's monitor and Horizon looked amazing on it.
Not even downloading now I'm just going to wait.
The Shift
Banned
Sorry to annoy - can you check the options for headtracking? Really want to download it but would be very hesitant if this function is omitted.
Cheers!
Cjdamon042
Member
Oh I had no idea
What's up with the Forza title though? Is MS in on this too somehow or is Forza not trademarked?
It's part of the Forza franchise. It's a spin-off title.
Oh I had no idea
What's up with the Forza title though? Is MS in on this too somehow or is Forza not trademarked?
Think of it as a spin off.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Turned the music off and swapped cockpit for bumper cam, now I can concentrate on driving the experience is much closer to what I was hoping for.
Love the way the wheel shakes when the plane flies by.
Love the way the wheel shakes when the plane flies by.
I saw the kinect runner option in the main menu.
The Shift
Banned
Thanks for that - will download now. Impressions are looking very positive, what cars are available in the demo? Any Subaru variants?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Music is awesome, even if the soundtrack was quite obviously decided by some marketing suits. It's like a whos-who of advertising soundtracks.
Demo is great. Feels like it's a good representation of what the final product will be. Even though I've seen the Mustang VS Mustang race, it was still an intense run. The Camera shake when the plane buzzes past is a nice touch. I like how it serves up a rival race as soon as you finish your current race. Full game can't come soon enough.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Music is awesome, even if the soundtrack was quite obviously decided by some marketing suits. It's like a whos-who of advertising soundtracks.
The music wasn't bad but a little overwhelming, the game is so much busier than FM, once I get used to the pace of the game I'll stick it back on.
While sitting here typing that out the day has turned to night, nice to see the demo showing off what it can do!
drugstore_cowboy
Member
You'll appreciate the addition of some life to the game world Mascot, really hope some of that makes it through to FM5.
Some more thoughts on the demo: It's really easy to tell what roads you have driven, which is nice for those of us that want to drive all of them. I found a discount sign, smash it to receive 1% discount on upgrades. There seems to be 100 of them so I assume upgrades will eventually be free. I like how if you drive by a discount sign the map is updated with it's location. I drove by a couple during a race and it was nice touch to easily get back to them. I tried out the kinect GPS feature, I like it. Really simple to use with onscreen keywords. I just wish there was a way to get rid of the text and icon that say "Say GPS". I did it once, that prompt should go away now. The plasma owner in me hates it.
Diablohead
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The IQ is so damn good, everything looks jaggy free.
I like the sat nav telling you the main ways to turn, better then glancing at the map constantly.
I like the sat nav telling you the main ways to turn, better then glancing at the map constantly.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
This is sounding good. Tempted to pick up a 360 for this and Halo 4. Got a fair few games I can trade in against them plus some store credit.
higherARC05
Banned
Graphics are incredible. Real good driving.
Diablohead
Member
No replays after a race? 
soundscream
Member
Soooooooooooo.......
I get home, its in my active downloads
But it says it's assigned to another console.......
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
I get home, its in my active downloads
But it says it's assigned to another console.......
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Soooooooooooo.......
I get home, its in my active downloads
But it says it's assigned to another console.......
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Make sure when you download it you say All Downloads so that in the future it is the Xbox of choice when you remote download.
soundscream
Member
The handling feels REALLY weird... like, there's no weight to any of the cars or something. Or there's not the right amount of contact with the road. I'm not sure how much of the FM4 driving model/physics were brought over, but IMO it feels NOTHING like FM4 with all assists off... at least, not with a controller.
The whole "open world" thing is a bit of an overstatement too, it seems. I gasped when I finally saw a bit that it looked like I might be able to drive over (a place that wasn't fenced off but quite hilly) and I hit an invisible wall It's definitely less TDU-style "open world" and more Burnout Paradise/NFS:HP-style "open road".
As it is, unless someone can tell me why the handling is a bit shit and how it can be fixed (there were certainly enough controller tweaking options) then I'd love to hear it.
Oh, and that fucking piss filter. Codemasters want it back.
The whole "open world" thing is a bit of an overstatement too, it seems. I gasped when I finally saw a bit that it looked like I might be able to drive over (a place that wasn't fenced off but quite hilly) and I hit an invisible wall
It's definitely less TDU-style "open world" and more Burnout Paradise/NFS:HP-style "open road".As it is, unless someone can tell me why the handling is a bit shit and how it can be fixed (there were certainly enough controller tweaking options) then I'd love to hear it.
Oh, and that fucking piss filter. Codemasters want it back.
Is it me or is the diffculities much tigher/preform better then Forza 4. Had it on the highest diffucility and was having a blast in the car they give you to free rom in driving through the dirt roads with it as a manual.
I think it takes your save file for the diffucilities, cause mine was on Medium when I was doing the races. It just felt really weird and tight, but not tight. It was a very odd feeling. That's why I experimented after I got to free roam.
soundscream
Member
The handling feels REALLY weird... like, there's no weight to any of the cars or something. Or there's not the right amount of contact with the road. I'm not sure how much of the FM4 driving model/physics were brought over, but IMO it feels NOTHING like FM4 with all assists off... at least, not with a controller.
The whole "open world" thing is a bit of an overstatement too, it seems. I gasped when I finally saw a bit that it looked like I might be able to drive over (a place that wasn't fenced off but quite hilly) and I hit an invisible wall
As it is, unless someone can tell me why the handling is a bit shit and how it can be fixed (there were certainly enough controller tweaking options) then I'd love to hear it.
Oh, and that fucking piss filter. Codemasters want it back.
What cars are in the demo? I'll do a side by side comparison for a car since I play with assist off.
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
I liked the demo and the premise of the game. I honestly didn't really know much going into the demo as I haven't followed the threads on this game since it was announced. The graphics are nice and I like that you can kind of cruise around and notice the procession of time. I think this game shows a lot of promise. It's convinced me I may have to pick this up by the end of the year.
Upsidedown Fuji
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2013 Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang (muscle era sorry I'm not sure what year), and a Mitsubishi Evo were usable during the demo. Oh, and whatever car you start off with first. I think it's a current gen Mustang. I am sure others will be more descriptive than I.
Diablohead
Member
Since this game like a forza take on PGR and a few other open road racing games I find the handling is a great blend of what forza can do and a little more control at high speed, not to call it arcade because it's not but it's different, it feels real nice to me like the evo grips well and the viper will slide out when trying to do too much with it in corners.
On the map to the bottom left and top right there are two sets of road which seem visible but no way to get to them, I think the left one is from the plane race because it's in the rocky area.
On the map to the bottom left and top right there are two sets of road which seem visible but no way to get to them, I think the left one is from the plane race because it's in the rocky area.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Yeah it's good with a wheel, nice force feedback and environmental effects, very similar to FM if a little more forgiving on the road but the handling is unmistakably Forza.
HawksWinStanley
Member
3 or 4 people have already asked what cars are in the demo and nobody has responded. I figured it would've been one of the first things mentioned after people played it.
Awesome, I'll just wait for the retail copy to drop in my mailbox and skip the demo.
BADNED
Member
Not implemented in the demo but full game has it.No replays after a race?
I think you started with the Viper, didn't you? AFAIK there were only three cars driveable in the demo.2013 Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang (muscle era sorry I'm not sure what year), and a Mitsubishi Evo were usable during the demo. Oh, and whatever car you start off with first. I think it's a current gen Mustang. I am sure others will be more descriptive than I.
I don't think so, because I've always driven (at least, in the last 10 months or so) with zero assists in FM4 yet this started me with "medium" as well. TBH I didn't give it a chance *with* assists, but without it just felt really bizarre. Like, there was usually to much understeer with the cars (until the beefier Viper and Mustang strangely snapped into oversteer all of a sudden). Just... yeah, never really felt right. Certainly didn't feel like FM4 on a pad.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Rough and slippery, I don't know how well it comes across on a controller though.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Not implemented in the demo but full game has it.
GIMME A HELL YEAH!
Transition is nice, but the Lancer feels like it has WAY too much understeer on the gravel. I'm not sure why, I thought it would've been taily as a motherfucker.
But thinking about it... yeah, the cars never really felt like they had weight for some reason. It's getting near bedtime, but I will definitely give it a side-by-side crack with FM4 (to the best of my ability).
But thinking about it... yeah, the cars never really felt like they had weight for some reason. It's getting near bedtime, but I will definitely give it a side-by-side crack with FM4 (to the best of my ability).
I don't think theres much in the way of transition feeling. But dirt is the most amazing thing about this game.
Diablohead
Member
Not implemented in the demo but full game has it.
you beauty
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
Derp you're right! Just 3 playable cars I did start out in the viper. On my second play through I paid more attention in what I was in. I usually start in bumper cam view so I really didn't bother to look my first time through.