Forza Horizon 3 Demo

The Microsoft Store now offers a free Forza Horizon 3 demo, allowing Windows 10 users a test drive of this racing simulation. Here's the brief summary they provide:
THIS IS YOUR HORIZON
You’re in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 5, 2016, 11:33
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 5, 2016, 11:33
Nov 5, 2016, 11:33
 
You can't change the settings in Horizon to match the sim aspects of standard Forza. Even with full sim settings in Horizon its still an arcade game. I actually can't use my wheel in Horizon, its made by the same studio but the way it controls is so bad I have to switch to controller.
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Nov 4, 2016, 18:29
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 18:29
Nov 4, 2016, 18:29
 
Bumpy wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 17:03:
Having just played them back to back. FH3 obviously wins in graphics but as far as handling and physics go, I'd call it a dead heat with Test Drive Unlimited 2. TDU1 has them both beat if you play in Hardcore mode.

I simply do not understand why they don't allow the option to have proper sim handling and physics in FH3 straight from the Forza game.

Makes zero sense to me to block out that section of the market that prefers sims.

I thank this demo for save a purchase for something else.

Also, being forced to watch 5 minutes of intro movies each time you start the demo is rather rude IMO. FWIW, I did have some stutters in the demo with my GTX970; which is a pretty common complaint from what I read.

Yeah, just tried FH3 and the physics is absolute rubbish. It's better than The Crew, I think, but it's not really much better than TDU2.

Also there is just nothing realistic about a Lamborghini driving 200 km/h on sand.

And yes, I've turned all assists off. It doesn't make it better. Sorry Spunky, but in my opinion FH3 is a far cry from a simulation. It's really very arcadey.

So I stand by my earlier point. I want a realistic driving game in an open world. And from what I've read so far the world in this one is pretty empty which is a shame.
Now we donce.
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Nov 4, 2016, 17:05
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Nov 4, 2016, 17:05
 
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

Forza is track oriented, Horizon is "open world" and I say that in quotes because the world is rather void of life, you just get to drive around to different events on the map.

Pretty sure you can tune either one to be pure arcade.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 17:03
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 17:03
Nov 4, 2016, 17:03
 
Having just played them back to back. FH3 obviously wins in graphics but as far as handling and physics go, I'd call it a dead heat with Test Drive Unlimited 2. TDU1 has them both beat if you play in Hardcore mode.

I simply do not understand why they don't allow the option to have proper sim handling and physics in FH3 straight from the Forza game.

Makes zero sense to me to block out that section of the market that prefers sims.

I thank this demo for save a purchase for something else.

Also, being forced to watch 5 minutes of intro movies each time you start the demo is rather rude IMO. FWIW, I did have some stutters in the demo with my GTX970; which is a pretty common complaint from what I read.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 17:02
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 17:02
Nov 4, 2016, 17:02
 
I don't drive on the wrong side of the road.

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Nov 4, 2016, 16:47
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 16:47
Nov 4, 2016, 16:47
 
Creston wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 16:39:
MajorD wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 11:53:
Creston wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 10:58:
It's a lot of fun. It's not as charming as Horizon 2, but there are a lot of fun races to do, a lot of cool cars to get, and it's fun to drive around in it.

The whole "customize everything" was a little lacking, I felt, and the hire and fire your friends is just a lame bullshit gimmick which essentially boils down to you getting a few % bonus on XP and cash earned.

Thank you for feedback Creston; I'm down loading right now. I assume you're playing the PC version? How well does the X-platform work?


Actually, I just played the Xbone version. The PC version was rumored to have a bunch of glitches, and it's more relaxed to sit on the couch and play it on a big screen, and it runs fine on the Xbone. Haven't tried the PC version yet.

Cross platform play has been seamless for me. Hop into an online game, everything works as you'd expect. Can't tell if the other people are on a PC or not, unless they have their headset on as well. Seems that most people play without a headset. The ones WITH a headset have been Xbone players, so far.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 16:39
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 16:39
Nov 4, 2016, 16:39
 
MajorD wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 11:53:
Creston wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 10:58:
It's a lot of fun. It's not as charming as Horizon 2, but there are a lot of fun races to do, a lot of cool cars to get, and it's fun to drive around in it.

The whole "customize everything" was a little lacking, I felt, and the hire and fire your friends is just a lame bullshit gimmick which essentially boils down to you getting a few % bonus on XP and cash earned.

Thank you for feedback Creston; I'm down loading right now. I assume you're playing the PC version? How well does the X-platform work?


Actually, I just played the Xbone version. The PC version was rumored to have a bunch of glitches, and it's more relaxed to sit on the couch and play it on a big screen, and it runs fine on the Xbone. Haven't tried the PC version yet.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 16:21
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo Nov 4, 2016, 16:21
Nov 4, 2016, 16:21
 
HoSpanky wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 15:27:
yuastnav wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 14:27:
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

I haven't played Horizon but I've played Forza Motorsport 6. I guess it depends on what you want.
If the driving in Horizon is anything like The Crew or Test Drive Unlimited 2 then I don't think I could recommend it. But maybe you want a really arcade racer.
Motorsports on the other hand is a lot more sim-like. So if you want to have more real handling you'll go for Motosports.

I just wish there was a game that would marry both. Open world racing and great, realistic handling. All I want is to take a more or less regular car, tune it and drive it around the city and race other drivers through traffic.

Well, then turn off the assists in FH3 and you'll likely find what you're wanting. Even with them on, FH3 isn't remotely as arcadey as The Crew or TDU2 (both of those were made by the same people btw). The engine underneath is still Forza's Sim system, but tweaked to be more forgiving.

I'm gonna warn you guys up front here, force the game to 30 or 36 fps unless you want stuttering when you get into certain areas. The game engine seems designed to load data between frames, and it's not super excited about trying to load detail data in between 70-80 fps as you cannonball into Surfers Paradise in a supercar.

As for the person playing with a keyboard...good luck, there. Not sure what the avoidance of a controller is about, but for racing games, you're literally pulling the exact reverse of the whole KB/M vs controllers argument. You're trying to replace analog control with "all or nothing" digital, which takes every bit of control nuance away from you.

What bugs me is that Forza Motorsports 6 doesn't support my wheel, the Driving Force GT. I've had plenty of fun with it until I got to the tier where you are driving the Porsche over this 5 minute long track and my xbox controller just didn't cut it anymore (since I'm absolutely useless with controllers, having grown up with keyboard and mouse only). This is what ultimately led me away from FM6 over to Project Cars.
I'll try the FH3 demo with a controller. Hopefully it will be okay, will report back.

Right now what keeps me from playing is Windows not letting me start the game due to old drivers (wat) and geforce experience wants me to log in all of a sudden. What in the actual fuck. Why should I login?
Sigh. Need to install drivers manually now.
Now we donce.
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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 15:27
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Nov 4, 2016, 15:27
 
yuastnav wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 14:27:
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

I haven't played Horizon but I've played Forza Motorsport 6. I guess it depends on what you want.
If the driving in Horizon is anything like The Crew or Test Drive Unlimited 2 then I don't think I could recommend it. But maybe you want a really arcade racer.
Motorsports on the other hand is a lot more sim-like. So if you want to have more real handling you'll go for Motosports.

I just wish there was a game that would marry both. Open world racing and great, realistic handling. All I want is to take a more or less regular car, tune it and drive it around the city and race other drivers through traffic.

Well, then turn off the assists in FH3 and you'll likely find what you're wanting. Even with them on, FH3 isn't remotely as arcadey as The Crew or TDU2 (both of those were made by the same people btw). The engine underneath is still Forza's Sim system, but tweaked to be more forgiving.

I'm gonna warn you guys up front here, force the game to 30 or 36 fps unless you want stuttering when you get into certain areas. The game engine seems designed to load data between frames, and it's not super excited about trying to load detail data in between 70-80 fps as you cannonball into Surfers Paradise in a supercar.

As for the person playing with a keyboard...good luck, there. Not sure what the avoidance of a controller is about, but for racing games, you're literally pulling the exact reverse of the whole KB/M vs controllers argument. You're trying to replace analog control with "all or nothing" digital, which takes every bit of control nuance away from you.
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Nov 4, 2016, 14:48
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Nov 4, 2016, 14:48
 
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

You want the Horizon series. It's the best handling of the 'sim light/arcady' drive games out there, and just enough 'sim' for hardcore people, but nowhere the level of the regular Forza series.
Regular Forza can but at the end of the day it is you vs the clock, where drive lines, shifting are key. None of that ice skating/drifting shit.

If anyone has this on the PC or Gears of War 4, add me CptRanger on xbox live, love to find more people to play with.

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Re: Forza Horizon 3 Demo
Nov 4, 2016, 14:27
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Nov 4, 2016, 14:27
 
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

I haven't played Horizon but I've played Forza Motorsport 6. I guess it depends on what you want.
If the driving in Horizon is anything like The Crew or Test Drive Unlimited 2 then I don't think I could recommend it. But maybe you want a really arcade racer.
Motorsports on the other hand is a lot more sim-like. So if you want to have more real handling you'll go for Motosports.

I just wish there was a game that would marry both. Open world racing and great, realistic handling. All I want is to take a more or less regular car, tune it and drive it around the city and race other drivers through traffic.
Now we donce.
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Nov 4, 2016, 14:13
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Nov 4, 2016, 14:13
 
Dman20 wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 13:42:
PC and Xbox run great. PC version has more visuals but runs nicely, quicker on the load times thanks to higher end system. Though the Xbox version does look great, looks like there might be some frame rate issues here and there but hasn't been distracting.

I just played the PC Demo version for about 15 minutes. It drove me nuts that I couldn't escape past the cut scenes, but may I don't know the correct key to do so, or you can't bypass them due to it being part of the game loading in the background.

I use KB&M (yeah, I know, my friends keep trying to convince me to use a console controller, but I hold my own fairly well with KB&M) and everything felt pretty good, but the turning (A & D) felt a little sluggish to me; however, it may feel that way because I am so used to GTA V racing being more responsive. Or, it is most likely more responsive with a controller. /shrug

All in all it seems pretty cool and fun, and it is a gorgeous looking game. I need to put some more time into the demo to decide whether or not I purchase the full version. GTA V racing is so much fun, I may just stick with that.
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:49
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:49
 
ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

Depends... when you race do you just like to race on a set track, or do you like to venture off and explore.

I've played them all, Horizon overall has a better feel for me, more exploring, adventure and if you just want to go off and race you can do that.
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:42
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:42
 
PC and Xbox run great. PC version has more visuals but runs nicely, quicker on the load times thanks to higher end system. Though the Xbox version does look great, looks like there might be some frame rate issues here and there but hasn't been distracting.
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:31
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:31
 
CJ_Parker wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:39:
lol@MicrosoftStore
Muaaaahahahaaaarrrrr!
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:14
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Nov 4, 2016, 13:14
 
I still can't install the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition so apparently I can't even try the demo...
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:58
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:58
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ViRGE wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 12:32:
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?

Horizon.
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:39
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:39
 
lol@MicrosoftStore
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:32
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Nov 4, 2016, 12:32
 
So as someone who has never played a Forza game before, which series is the fun, arcadey one? Forza or Horizon?
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Nov 4, 2016, 11:53
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Nov 4, 2016, 11:53
 
Creston wrote on Nov 4, 2016, 10:58:
It's a lot of fun. It's not as charming as Horizon 2, but there are a lot of fun races to do, a lot of cool cars to get, and it's fun to drive around in it.

The whole "customize everything" was a little lacking, I felt, and the hire and fire your friends is just a lame bullshit gimmick which essentially boils down to you getting a few % bonus on XP and cash earned.

Thank you for feedback Creston; I'm down loading right now. I assume you're playing the PC version? How well does the X-platform work?

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