GHG
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If you have all of them then you can take the best of all worlds. It shouldn't have to be that way though :/
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Forza 7 |OT| The 7 you've been waiting for!
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If you have all of them then you can take the best of all worlds. It shouldn't have to be that way though :/
SolarMystic
Member
Aside from the VIP mishap in the beginning, I've really enjoyed Forza 7.
However I agree with this. Turn 10 needs to shake things up. While there is some great content and racing here, it does grow stale without any innovation from the devs. I'd like to see them add different racing disciplines. I thought the Nascar dlc for 6 was great. Let's get more of that kind of stuff in the game day 1. (...and please hire someone new to handle the soundtrack. I don't think the Forza Motorsport series has ever had a good soundtrack in all these years. Part of GTs charm is in it's presentation and the soundtrack goes a long way with this.)
Haven't tried PC2 or F1 yet. Waiting for my wheel to arrive before getting PC2.
xrnzaaas
Member
For me all three big racing games of this year are disappointments.
Project CARS 2 is by far the biggest one. I honesly didn't expect they'll release it in such an unpolished (broken bug infested) state AGAIN and I'm glad I didn't spent my money on it and just played a borrowed copy for a few days. With GTS I knew right from the start that it won't be my type of a game with the focus on online and challenges. As for Forza the biggest problem is not enough new features, they're just riding on the existing content. I only bought it because I'm not playing pCARS 2, otherwise I would hold off until holiday sales.
Project CARS 2 is by far the biggest one. I honesly didn't expect they'll release it in such an unpolished (broken bug infested) state AGAIN and I'm glad I didn't spent my money on it and just played a borrowed copy for a few days. With GTS I knew right from the start that it won't be my type of a game with the focus on online and challenges. As for Forza the biggest problem is not enough new features, they're just riding on the existing content. I only bought it because I'm not playing pCARS 2, otherwise I would hold off until holiday sales.
SolarMystic
Member
How is the state of PC2 now?
xrnzaaas
Member
Honestly I'm not the guy too ask, I don't follow the news on the state of the game that closely. I know they've released a 2.0 patch, how much it has improved and how much of the crucial bugs are still there to be fixed - don't know. I still plan to buy pCARS 2, but probably when the GotY version is released in less than a year.
GHG
Member
Depends on your platform of choice. I have a hard tim recommending the game on anything other than the PC at the moment (unless 2.0 drastically improved things on consoles).
JackAubrey
Member
I've got the PC version and have played the Xbox One version.
On XB1 it is a complete technical disaster. One of the worst looking games I've seen on the platform. Much worse than the original. Frame rate is dogshit and full of tearing even when you're the only car on the track. Aliasing appalling - looks like it's running in SD.
Maybe XB1X will improve it greatly, but I wouldn't touch it on Xbox. Forza all the way for that platform.
Maintenance
Member
2/3 here, and so far I can't really agree. In theory you're right, but in practice...
PC here, had multiple crashes mid-races so I just gave up.
GHG
Member
Oh I know because when the annoyances reveal themselves in each of these games they are too real to ignore.
We need to go Dr. Frankenstein on these games.
Well there you have it.
SolarMystic
Member
Thanks guys. I have a PC that could run it, but not sure if it would look much better than the XB1 version, depending on how well it's optimized on PC. (Plus would be a pain dragging my wheel rig back and forth from my living room and basement where my PC is)
I will wait for XB1X impressions before buying.
Just got the GT Omega wheel stand and have a TMX Pro wheel coming. Really looking forward to doing some laps with it in Forza.
I will wait for XB1X impressions before buying.
Just got the GT Omega wheel stand and have a TMX Pro wheel coming. Really looking forward to doing some laps with it in Forza.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Pleasingly brutal. I'd love shit like this to be on the cover of a budget re-release.
JackAubrey
Member
Full disclosure.
I said I'd played it.
The embarrassing truth is I bought it.
I double dipped.
The idiot that I am.
I said I'd played it.
The embarrassing truth is I bought it.
I double dipped.
The idiot that I am.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
That's crazy. I just don't trust SMS to deliver a working game at launch, no way and the Xbox ports seem so unoptimised. Cannot reward shoddy practices by paying full price.
GHG
Member
Third times the charm. You know you want to, it's only right.
JackAubrey
Member
BionicRoo
Member
Just seen this, too: Forza Motorsport 7: Nine cars you should definitely drive: https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/20...port-7-nine-cars-you-should-definitely-drive/
Grid Autosport was a good return to form imo for Codies. Add in the successful (again, great return to form) Dirt Rally and F1 2017, sprinkle in some rumblings of a "big" sim type game in the form of Grid Autosport 2(or whatever it'll be called) and perhaps you might find a new savior for the genre...
xrnzaaas
Member
I'm still waiting to see what Evo Studios can come up with after they've partnered up with Codemasters.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
A wheel stand.
SolarMystic
Member
Check out the GT Omega stand. Getting mine in a couple days and will post impressions in this thread. It has a bunch of great reviews and is reasonably priced at $149 with free shipping.
https://usa.gtomegaracing.com/index...ng-wheel-stands/gt-omega-steering-wheel-stand
TBiddy
Member
I usually attach my wheel to our coffee table (which is fortunately cheap and it doesn't matter if I scratch it
).. but I have an issue with the pedals. They keep sliding.. and I'm not sure the missus would appreciate me buying a stand.Is there any alternative?
SolarMystic
Member
I usually attach my wheel to our coffee table (which is fortunately cheap and it doesn't matter if I scratch it
Is there any alternative?
Maybe some strong rubber feet for the pedals to keep from sliding?
Many wheel stands are collapsible for easy storage.
TBiddy
Member
Good idea with the rubber feet. Need to visit my local hardware store and see what they have.
I just ordered FM7. I gotta say - the Play Anywhere really makes the deal incredible. I can play on my PC and not bother my GF when she watches TV, and I can play on the XB1, when she's cooking.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Coffee tables and whatnot are fine if there's really no way possible of playing any other way but a simple wheel stand is a game changer, they're super adjustable so finding a natural driving position is pretty easy no matter what you've got your arse on. Hunched over with slippy pedals is no good for you at all.
-Deadpool-
Member
Hope the X2 VIP comes in soon. Way I'm going I'll be done with the career before it arrives.
xrnzaaas
Member
At this point I'm betting they're saving up a new big update for the XONEX launch (which is a mistake imo, because that version will never get a major percentage of the players).
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Does the PC version feature Forzavista LODs in race at all?
Any word on the Xbox One X doing so?
Any word on the Xbox One X doing so?
SolarMystic
Member
Did they give any sort of time table on that? I fired up Forza for the first time in a week yesterday and was surprised it hadn't been implemented yet.
-Deadpool-
Member
Nope. Only that it's apparently going to take a while to multiply earnings by 2.
Stephen_drewz
Member
What's everyones methods for farming credits; any good Track and or Condition+FE Car combos that yield a nice payout? I just tried the Ford Escort(50% CR + 50% CR at night) doing circles on Daytona, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. My mods weren't that great though.
Want to buy the Zonda but then I will have literally nothing left. Hoping to farm 1-1.5M back this weekend ready for the next lot of speciality cars as I won't have any time to play during the week.
Want to buy the Zonda but then I will have literally nothing left. Hoping to farm 1-1.5M back this weekend ready for the next lot of speciality cars as I won't have any time to play during the week.
I was actually thinking of using the FE GTR (50%CR | 50%CR) exclusively for Open championships to get the money rolling in. That might be a viable strategy.
TheAdmiester
Member
Theyre equal to Forzavista where it matters if that makes sense. The exterior is max detail besides on a couple of cars (some have a 2D grille but not most), the engine isnt rendered because it doesnt need to be. If you look at curved things like wheel arches theyre identical to their Forzavista counterparts on PC.
Stephen_drewz
Member
That's what i've been doing. I'll typically do career races on short to get through it but if it's open I grab the GTR and set it to long.
Just looking to see if there are any efficient free race methods people have found.
Great to hear
Well, you could do a 45-60 minute (or longer) custom race in a CR% car with expert+ AI and mods. That's the only "legit" way of doing it. You'd get a lot of credits (and a few driver levels with more credit opportunities), but I have no idea how that compares to the exploitable methods in terms of credits/time (it'd be a darn sight more fun though).
Serious Sam
Member
Some people might not be aware of this, but to get highest LOD car models while racing you need to set dynamic render to Ultra, even if you manually set everything else to Ultra. Explained by this person:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=250487138&postcount=708
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=250487864&postcount=713
This is what it should look like with Ultra setting.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=250488188&postcount=714
I like rumblings! Link to these rumblings?
I had the opposite problem. I usually only get ~30mbps down (I think that's what I pay for), but while downloading FM7, for some reason the first few gigs downloaded very quickly (>200mbps) then throttled down to normal speeds. This was on Xbox though.Am I'm unlucky when I'm only getting 14 Mbit on the WIndows Store? I have 100 Mbit, so I'd expect to run a lot faster.. at this rate, I'm not going to play tonight
TBiddy
Member
Probably a case of caching at your ISP. But you shouldn't complain about that ;D
frontieruk
Member
Which league?
Ever so obvious stealth edit...
https://ar12gaming.com/articles/forza-7-adjudication
Anyone seen any sign of this or is it a eSports only feature so in the unopened leagues bit ?
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Not surprised one bit!
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
If I have a mod that says get one perfect corner (for instance), and I apply it, if I dont get a perfect corner in the race, does that count as one of the three uses of the mod? Or are uses only consumed when you actually do the thing?
Only counts towards a use if you achieve it.
The wording is funky on them, but they're only consumed when you actually do the thing
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
Great. That makes it a lot less risky to use them.