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[NullPointer]

Do we have any idea how long after release they'll add the patch? I'm dying to play it.

By Christmas. That's the most specific ETA I've seen.

 

[hawk2025]

No, if you show anything but love for the game you'll be massacred.

Let's be very clear: You didn't get massacred for "showing anything but love". You got massacred for making some really, really absurd statements.

 

[viveks86]

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with using "oversampling" in the context of graphical rendering. Though it's difficult to ever say, in a strict sense, that a scene is actually being "oversampled" when you're working with infinitely-high-frequency details like hard edges (i.e. basically always).

(Obviously, in the context of the discussion, the correct term would have been "supersampling.")

Agreed

As is the difference in scope of the two games.

This. I cringe every time I see these comparisons :/

 

[riotous]

I'm just glad to have the option to play both FH2 and Drive Club.

They look different enough gameplay wise for me to probably find time to enjoy both.

I have very little doubt that DC will be the better looking game, but FH2 looks plenty good enough to me.

 

[hellmonkey]

DRIVECLUB |OT| Not the Golf game you were expecting.

DRIVECLUB |OT| Open face club sandwich.

Use an open face club man, a sand wedge. Gotta love old Simpson.

 

[Red Chocobo]

If you mute Horizon's colours a little bit. It looks more reaslistic.

But that defeats the object of what Horizon's devs are going for. It seems more like a style choice, rather than trying to make it look as real as possible.

 

[Rogue_element]

Absolutely. But as this thread pointed out, open-world does not make for a better racer.

In fact, I think it often detracts.

100% agree

 

[Wishmaster92]

Yeah it's very concerning.

Very concerny indeed

 

[viveks86]

Yeah it's very concerning.

LOL. We just went meta.

 

[i-Jest]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

 

[M76]

Absolutely. But as this thread pointed out, open-world does not make for a better racer.

In fact, I think it often detracts.

I think the best racing game made so far was Test Drive Unlimited, and open world only made it that much more fun. A race all around Oahu? Nothing compares.

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

Wait is it already out? Then there is still waiting to go.

 

[Red Chocobo]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

I need to play it before I agree

 

[BobTheFork]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

I hope we can all agree on that. I'm having a hard time remembering the last time a delay in a game was meaningful to the end product. Look at Watch Doges.

 

[viveks86]

Wait is it already out? Then there is still waiting to go.

We can agree on that

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JKnR_ll4XvI

ROFLMAO!! I just showed this to my cousin and my friend and both of them thought the left was real life and the right is Xbox 360. I am DEAD! I wish I could have recorded the reaction.

My cousin was like, "how can they advertise that? That's wrong. That shit looks like a 360 game and they gonna advertise it like that?! Nah brotha nah"

 

[Acquiescence]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

Not until we play it. But the delay undoubtedly helped in making it a better game.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JKnR_ll4XvI

Both look great.

This Autumn is going to be great. Jumping between these two is going to be amazing . I'm not sure how I'm going to cope...

 

[benny_a]

I think we have a dedicated thread to inter-racing-game comparisons.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

Both look great.

This Autumn is going to be great. Jumping between these two is going to be amazing . I'm bot sure how I'm going to cope...

This. Can't wait for either of them!

 

[ThePowerofX]

Like a cartoon versus real life.

I'd say one looks like a computer game, whereas the other is taking intermediate steps toward photo realism

FH2 takes a cheap path to specular lighting (frequent sun showers an obvious excuse to make everything look wet and shiny). If you look closely at Driveclub, however, you can actually observe John Rambo thumbing a lift back into town.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

ROFLMAO!! I just showed this to my cousin and my friend and both of them thought the left was real life and the right is Xbox 360. I am DEAD! I wish I could have recorded the reaction.

My cousin was like, "how can they advertise that? That's wrong. That shit looks like a 360 game and they gonna advertise it like that?! Nah brotha nah"

Well i can't blame them.

 

[AstroNut325]

Driveclub| OT | How fast do you want to Troll?

 

[Insane Metal]

If you mute Horizon's colours a little bit. It looks more reaslistic.

But that defeats the object of what Horizon's devs are going for. It seems more like a style choice, rather than trying to make it look as real as possible.

LoL even in a tiny gif like that the trees look horrendous in Forza. They really need to improve those things.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JKnR_ll4XvI

7:1

 

[TJP]

Such a shame we're not getting access to this, would be good to see how the handling has moved on and the impact of weather. Visuals look stunning in that wet weather clip.

Any reason(s) as to why you're not getting access? Perhaps a message to Rushy on Twitter or a comment in the DriveClub thread on the rllmuk forum (as Rushy started the thread) might start the access ball rolling. We'd finally get decent questions and driving from a games journo if you were invited to Cheshire

 

[Jimmyfenix]

7:1

I see what you did there

 

[Citizen_Insane]

Too many jaggies on the rainbow pre-order cancelled

Spoiler

FH2 still looks damn good in its own right.

 

[H4r4kiri]

7:1

As a german I really laughed my ass off.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

Driveclub| OT | How fast do you want to Troll?

Ha!, nice!

 

[Respawn]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

I do.

 

[Monad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JKnR_ll4XvI

Without a doubt, DriveClub looks better overall, but just a few considerations:

-Closed routes vs open world
-More powerful console vs less powerful one
-Different artistical styles, giving a clear advantage over DriveClub due to its photorrealism

Different ways to work and both very valid in my opinion, Forza Horizon 2 still looks sexy as hell.

We cannot have everything into a single package, but definitely this year will be great for those we have both consoles.

 

[BloodMoney]

Can we all agree this game was worth the wait?

It certainly looks as though it was.
Can't wait to view this on my plasma.

 

[UpUpDownDown]

Holy fuck.

Horizon 2 looks like absoloute shit by comparison.

 

[jayu26]

7:1

I see what you did there

As a german I really laughed my ass off.

I want in on the joke too...

 

[Pristine_Condition]

I want in on the joke too...

Hint: Biggest sports story of the year?

 

[jayu26]

Hint: Biggest sports story of the year?

Ah! I get it.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

This. Can't wait for either of them!

It's good owning all consoles. No need to rationalise why I don't want a game on a console I don't own. Just sit back and let all the games wash over me in one huge sticky load.

 

[Cess007]

I want in on the joke too...

Took me a while to get it too lol

Spoiler

Germany vs Brazil final score

Edit. Beaten like Brazil's pride

 

[benny_a]

It's good owning all consoles. No need to rationalise why I don't want a game on a console I don't own. Just sit back and let all the games wash over me in one huge sticky load.

 

[bud]

I want in on the joke too...

b7az1l

 

[Baroquemantic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JKnR_ll4XvI

Oh lord, the comments on that video. Embarrassing.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

That's a great gif. I'm totally stealing it , will make for a great reaction gif in future DC threads.

 

[benny_a]

That's a great gif. I'm totally stealing it , will make for a great reaction gif in future DC threads.

I wanted to use it for UpUpDownDown but then I saw your end to the sentence.

 

[silver.tongue]

7:1

As a german I really laughed my ass off.

As a brazilian, I didn't, but who am I kidding, we deserve it...

 

[R3TRO]

It's good owning all consoles. No need to rationalise why I don't want a game on a console I don't own. Just sit back and let all the games wash over me in one huge sticky load.

Well said and also...Interesting

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

It's good owning all consoles. No need to rationalise why I don't want a game on a console I don't own. Just sit back and let all the games wash over me in one huge sticky load.

Exactly. My wallet is hurting from all these games already, and I will play both equally. Visually though, DC is really blowing all expectations out the water. Well worth the wait

Spoiler

Especially since I have a huge backlog that forces me to lol.

 

[Monad]

It's good owning all consoles. No need to rationalise why I don't want a game on a console I don't own. Just sit back and let all the games wash over me in one huge sticky load.

Agreed.

As a native spanish speaker, if I post you some comments of hardcore fans in other worldwide communities... Oh boys, you'll get sick. For sure.

 

[ArgyleGamer]

Driveclub| OT | How fast do you want to Troll?

Well done.

 

[Shaneus]

Driveclub |OT| Kudos to Evolution

 

[Sayad]

If you mute Horizon's colours a little bit. It looks more reaslistic.

But that defeats the object of what Horizon's devs are going for. It seems more like a style choice, rather than trying to make it look as real as possible.

I see this being said a lot about Horizon 2, but from Playground Games' own comments, it seemed they were aiming at something realistic, not stylish:

“[It’s] something which fits our world perfectly; the temperate climate of southern Europe – the changeable weather conditions – it meant we had to look at creating a realistic, physically-modelled atmospheric simulation.”...
“It’s all down to the kind of things you’d expect in real life,”

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/18/forza-horizon-2as-radical-new-weather-ign-first
They keep hyping how "realistic" their wet surfaces/lighting/sky/clods are throughout the whole article. It's clear they were aiming for a realistic look.