Me too, I'm level 24 now too. I've put in at least 10 hours.
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Forza Horizon 2 |OT| Rock You Like a Huracan
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Deaf Spacker
Memb
I can't remember exactly but I think all of my screeching crashes have happened after crashing into XP boards or doing a 22k skill chain etc, it seems to fall over completely. I only have Forza Horizon 2 installed and it's a brand new Xbox One which is slightly worrying.
NotMyUsername
Member
1. While for some people credits come easily (VIP with double rewards, people with high Forza Reward tiers) I prefer to not spend my credits all on one big car until I've had a chance to buy a car for a bunch of the different championships. I select a new Championship series each time so even if I got a car for free that's eligible I'll check the auto shop just to make sure there's not something I might want more. It's nice to have a large amount of credits stored up so you don't get to a championship and not have enough credits to purchase an ideal car.
As for progress it's really just up to you. The "story" is purely those championships. If you want to move it along you do just follow the road trip as you go to each region and pick a new championship (or do the same championship in a new region, that works too). Otherwise there's other stuff you can do if you want: Explore to find the hidden XP and travel boards, do the bucket list challenges, and that's mostly it for side missions? You can work on achievement and leaderboard stuff by driving on every road, going through speed cameras, eventually you can take pictures of every car, etc.
2. You get a bonus to XP for being in a club when you play online. As for joining as a team I guess the incentive would be to simply play with people you know instead of randoms?
Are there any hoppers online, or races with collisions off? That's pretty much all I can do on forza 5 with ransoms, too many people just spinning you off the road by hitting your rear or just slamming into you. Haven't even started MP on horizon yet for that reason.
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
are you a wizard?
Looks amazing. I'll be your best friend if you put it on a huricanI missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
Deaf Spacker
Memb
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
Amazing!
Thanks guys!
You got it Tuna, its up for share.
Looks amazing. I'll be your best friend if you put it on a hurican
You got it Tuna, its up for share.
You are a true hero!Thanks guys!
You got it Tuna, its up for share.
Phat Michael
Banned
Built my childhood dream car. Nissan silvia s13 club k's with gtr driveline and rb26dett motor. It looks stock as...black, no spoiler and black te-37's
GlamFM
Banned
Played something like 6 hours over the weekend.
Love it, but I preferred the first one - a lot actually.
-Where is the festival vibe?
-Why do wristbands not matter anymore?
-Where is the "story" gone, where are the cutscenes?
-Why is the "campaign" set up in a way that the car I´m in doesn´t matter anymore?
-Why do I never have to tune/updrade my car?
I´m also not sure if I actually like the map - sure it looks amazing, but the first game seemed like a more focussed thing.
A music festival in the middle of nowhere - nice. Horizon 2 doesn´t capture that at all.
Also while the game sure looks great and has a stable framerate I´ve also noticed a lot of pop up, fade in and weird shadow issues.
During my time with the game I have experienced 7 freezes/crashes.
...
Still love it.
Love it, but I preferred the first one - a lot actually.
-Where is the festival vibe?
-Why do wristbands not matter anymore?
-Where is the "story" gone, where are the cutscenes?
-Why is the "campaign" set up in a way that the car I´m in doesn´t matter anymore?
-Why do I never have to tune/updrade my car?
I´m also not sure if I actually like the map - sure it looks amazing, but the first game seemed like a more focussed thing.
A music festival in the middle of nowhere - nice. Horizon 2 doesn´t capture that at all.
Also while the game sure looks great and has a stable framerate I´ve also noticed a lot of pop up, fade in and weird shadow issues.
During my time with the game I have experienced 7 freezes/crashes.
...
Still love it.
I'm playing all assists off with unbeatable drivatars and haven't lost a championship. It does mean that coming first in a race is a serious challenge though. Most of my championships come down to the very last race which makes it a lot more fun. I tend to leave what looks like the most epic race to last to make it even better.
Phat Michael
Banned
If you dont need to upgrade, maybe increase the difficulty or remove some assists?
The festival vibe is DEFN there for me, particularly the music and the point to point drives between cities. I really dig it.
Summer Haze
Banned
I was exclusively listening to Hospital Records radio...or whatever it's called, but now I listen to the classical station only. I don't know why it goes so well with the game, but it just does.
GlamFM
Banned
AFAIK that wouldn´t change a thing because your enemies are automatically leveled against you - no?
Summer Haze
Banned
The first thing I do when I buy/acquire a new car is upgrade it to the max.
Apart from the Ultima GT, I didn't feel like that needed anything done to it. What a crazy, crazy car.
Apart from the Ultima GT, I didn't feel like that needed anything done to it. What a crazy, crazy car.
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
Seriously, like the chap above asked, are you a wizard? Absolutely incredible.
I've joined the GAF car club but is there a way to disable challenge notifications from the GAF club. For instance, before I joined the club, it would compare how many roads I've driven/xp boards smashed with my mates.
Now some clever sod on the GAF club has blatantly hacked the stats and all I get :
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 999999999,99999999.
Its really annoying.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
I love this. Thank you for being amazing.
king picollo
Member
I think you're one of the very few people who isn't happy that the festival vibe/story was toned down.
The other things though... those are what I've been worried about. Horizon 1 had fixed events with car type and spec requirements... Horizon 2 in comparison allows you to choose the type of car and the spec level you want. No need to buy a brand new car or upgrade an older one anymore unless you want to, and that's a bit of a shame.
Same with the wristband thing. You'd reach the next wristband and all suddenly these new exciting events would appear on the map. It gave a nice sense of progression, and it's been gutted.
I'm almost certain it makes up for it in other areas, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see. Horizon 2 addressed a lot of the complaints of the first game, but they also removed a bunch of stuff in the process. Maybe Horizon 3 - if there is one - can better combine the strengths of both games.
Phat Michael
Banned
They do scale if you go from A to S1 or whatever..but im saying if he thinks the game is easy and has no need to upgrade, maybe he should bump the drivatar difficulty up in general?
Opus Angelorum
Member
Can't agree with this, there have been a few events that have taken a upgrade or two so that I can place first, on the higher drivatar difficulties at least.
JimiNutz
Banned
I missed out on getting Tier 1 before the reset because of this livery but I am glad its done. Feels good to have at least one paint done. It is currently up for share on the Supra, the Ram Runner (Mega Ram), the Ford Transit Van (Mega Van lol) and the Bugatti Veyron. Now time to get back to tier 2!
Stuff like this is absolutely awe inspiring.
You should be doing something involving art or graphic design for a profession.
GlamFM
Banned
It´s not the challenge I´m after. I actually like upgrading.
I want to have to sit in the garage and think about what upgrades to buy to hit the needed car level.
Unfortunately this is gone in Horizon 2.
Yeah I've started to get that after I joined the Gaf club as well.
Are we sure it's someone who's hacked or just a bug?
It's a game issue, we're on it!
So noone appears to have had any game freezes for the past four/five hours or so, that's good
ResidentDante
Member
I have the exact same shit!
Edit: I was late:
Thanks!It's a game issue, we're on it!
So noone appears to have had any game freezes for the past four/five hours or so, that's good
Those are just retail sales and don't count digital right? Just quite a good chunk of our sales would have been digital.
It's a game issue, we're on it!
So noone appears to have had any game freezes for the past four/five hours or so, that's good
Ah cheers for that. Can I kindly request an option to filter out people from the club for those stats? I mean, I hardly know anyone on GAF (me being a lowly junior and all) and it's just far more interesting comparing stats with friends.
Phat Michael
Banned
This is the best racing game I've ever played. It's like they built on pgr4 and made it better. It's clear the people who made this game focused on making it a fun experience rather than worrying about 6000 cars or stats.
The graphics, sound and gameplay are all just incredible.
First game this gen I'd give a 10.
The graphics, sound and gameplay are all just incredible.
First game this gen I'd give a 10.
Just the UK or for the US as well?
GlamFM
Banned
I´d assume so. Impressive sales considering the much smaller installed base.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
that's amazing numbers I guess. When you consider last one came out on a platform with much bigger user base. This game did a lot better and it should have because Playground studios have done a great job, well deserving.
Haha, I keep telling myself that this is only the beginning of the x1's cycle. It should just get better and better from here
ResidentDante
Member
I second this!
Yeah, I think so.
Personally I think they're fantastic numbers considering how much smaller the install base for XB1 is today compared to the 360's in 2012.
Summer Haze
Banned
As someone who put thousands of hours into the PGR games, with most of it spent on PGR4, I don't get it when people say this. I haven't once been reminded of PGR, or felt like I was playing a spiritual successor to PGR at any time. Even during the city races.
That's not a criticism, mind you. I absolutely love this game for what it is. I'm just saying that I don't get a PGR vibe from it.
Phat Michael
Banned
I did. I liked pgr4 because it had fewer cars that I actually wanted to drive, the kudos system, interesting city tracks rather than just race circuits and the gameplay was just fun.
I really found the GT games very boring by comparison.
I found the presentation similar as well.