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[Silky]

You must not buy a lot of games then.

Of course I do. The ones that run at 60fps.

 

[Kalm]

Audio is another obvious focus and we’ll be diving deeper into that later this month. On the topic of music, however, Fulton explains quite a bit of work has gone into ramping up the aural offering in Horizon 2.

“Music is incredibly important to Horizon,” says Fulton. “I think we did a great job in the original Horizon. Our goal for Horizon 2 is to go bigger and broader.”

“We want a soundtrack you can explore in the same way you can explore our world. To that end we’ve doubled the number of radio stations in the game. We’ve doubled the amount of music that we’re going to be shipping with the game on disc.

I missed the first game; is it completely unrealistic to expect a Classical radio station in this?

I want to be driving Stelvio at night in a '65 1800S while listening to Clair de Lune. More than (almost) anything.

 

[ZackGamer]

1080p? Im IN!

 

[Graphics Horse]

That sounds like native.

That sounds much better.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

"Display" at 1080p? What about render?

They confirmed a Native 1080p image.

1080p was an absolute must for us; it’s the benchmark for next-gen.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

1080/30 is a good choice, I hope they have great AA again.

 

[Data West]

I missed the first game; is it completely unrealistic to expect a Classical radio station in this?

I want to be driving Stelvio at night in a '65 1800S while listening to Clair de Lune. More than (almost) anything.

Very. Does't fit the festival atmosphere. All the stations that played in the original sounded like stations that would play during a festival like this.

 

[shandy706]

This really should just be added to every thread title about this game. I too was upset when I first heard it was cross-gen but obviously it will be a true next gen experience since it is completely different developers.

Yeah, but if you add it to the thread title, then all the fun posts by people that don't read up on games, or even the OP, would go away ...wait

 

[Servbot24]

30FPS? Ugh. Another game I won't be buying.

just the worst

 

[RyudBoy]

Expected 900p, but I'm really happy to know that I was wrong. The game is gonna look, play, and sound fantastic! Can't wait for Friday, bring it on.

 

[NullPointer]

It's open world. You really expected 60 fps for this game?

Open world, dynamic day/night cycle and weather.

It's set to be the most lockedestly locked 30fps ever, besides Horizon 1.

 

[Kalm]

Very. Does't fit the festival atmosphere. All the stations that played in the original sounded like stations that would play during a festival like this.

A shame.

Makes sense though. Thanks.

 

[Ethelwulf]

"Display" at 1080p? What about render?

Wondering the same thing, although I do think the final game will have a final native 1080p resolution.

 

[Windom Earle]

Perfect IQ confirmed

Seriously though, Forza Horizon had a god tire iq at 30fps. Glad this is sticking to it

FXAA is never godlike, no matter if paired with MSAA or not. Game was very blurry. Not a good tradeoff imo. Hoping for SMAA for this game.

 

[CambriaRising]

I wonder if this game will get dogged as much as DC has been for being 30fps.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

I wonder where are those who said " drive club in 30fps ? It´s unplayable for a racing game "

I'm Happy with this 1080p 30fps and will love both DC et FH2 !

 

[Data West]

I wonder if this game will get dogged as much as DC has for being 30fps.

Horizon has a proven track record of pulling off 30 fps perfectly though. But it will still get called unplayable slideshow by a lot of gaffers.

 

[qa_engineer]

here come the 30 vs 60 fps arguments again. Everyone can go fuck themselves *ducks for cover*

 

[h3ro]

As long as it's completely locked at 30fps, I'm good. Really nonplussed by the reaction framerate reveals can trigger.

Looking forward to this game. This + DriveClub is going to make for a really fun winter.

Can't wait to hear the soundtrack for the game. Horizon Pulse for life.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Wondering the same thing, although I do think the final game will have a final native 1080p resolution.

Yes, like in my previous post they confirmed a Native 1080p image.

1080p was an absolute must for us; it’s the benchmark for next-gen.

 

[Blur]

Of course I do. The ones that run at 60fps.

It's an open world racer, get off your high horse.

 

[WarpathDC]

30FPS? Ugh. Another game I won't be buying.

Really? you'll miss out on some great games if that is your benchmark for buying.

 

[Cool Tools]

Drive Club's bullshots seem to look a little better than Forza Horizon 2's bullshots.

Same Resolution and Frame Rate. Now you have to ask yourself which is more important. Open World, or the Linear hybrid DC employs.

 

[jem0208]

FXAA is never godlike, no matter if paired with MSAA or not. Game was very blurry. Not a good tradeoff imo. Hoping for SMAA for this game.

Seriously??


Very blurry? Really? The IQ on Horizon was amazing considering it's a 360 title.

 

[Vinc]

I like their style.

 

[Jinfash]

"But 1080p was an absolute must for us; it’s the benchmark for next-gen."

The memo must've went straight to junk mail for many.

 

[ZackGamer]

30FPS? Ugh. Another game I won't be buying.

So you wont buy Driveclub?

 

[FrankT]

Dat Nktrnl

 

[Jim_Bob]

Oh the hypocrisy in here stinks! You know what I'm talking about.

 

[LNBL]

Of course I do. The ones that run at 60fps.

So which open world games at 60 FPS do you play?

 

[Gowans]

Perfect IQ confirmed

Seriously though, Forza Horizon had a god tire iq at 30fps. Glad this is sticking to it

Forza Horizon had the best IQ I had seen last gen.

 

[Gestault]

I wonder if this game will get dogged as much as DC has been for being 30fps.

From personal experience, many of the people totally content with (and actively defending) the framerate for Driveclub used Horizon as one of the examples of why it's a non-issue for them. That's certainly how I feel. There's very little unreasonable divide for the people who actually play these games.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

I'm not an XB1 fan but for me this is fantastic news. 1080p/30fps is acceptable for a racer ... Thank God that's over with.

 

[N7Commander95]

FXAA is never godlike, no matter if paired with MSAA or not. Game was very blurry. Not a good tradeoff imo. Hoping for SMAA for this game.

I should have specified for a last gen game. I don't think there is another last gen game with a better iq

 

[pixlexic]

I hope they put out a demo for this. Nfs rivals has be gun shy for a 30 fps racer. I need to try it out first.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Bought.

 

[rokkerkory]

I was hoping for 900p30 but will def take this over it.

 

[Bgamer90]

30 FPS AND Cross-gen? It's like we are in a time portal, and this should have come out before Forza 5.

Forza 4 was 60 FPS. Forza Horizon (1) came out after it and was 30 FPS.

30 FPS should have been the expectation.

 

[Silky]

It's an open world racer, get off your high horse.

Burnout Paradise runs at 60FPS.

No high horse. It's just my preference.

So you wont buy Driveclub?

Unfortunately, no.

So which open world games at 60 FPS do you play?

Sleeping Dogs, the SR series, and Crysis 2 are the only open world games I have on my PC that I play frequently. I have plenty more, but I just don't have the time to get through them.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

60 would be better but for an open world game 30 like H1 is fine.

 

[golem]

I missed the first game; is it completely unrealistic to expect a Classical radio station in this?

I want to be driving Stelvio at night in a '65 1800S while listening to Clair de Lune. More than (almost) anything.

I hope you like dubstep with your Beethoven

 

[Duxxy3]

FH1 was 30fps, so this doesn't come as a surprise to me.

 

[WarpathDC]

This,is now my most hyped game of 2014...Can't freakin wait

 

[Red Chocobo]

I have no problem with 30p.

I'm a rare breed of modern gamer who plays games for fun.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

1080p/30fps, as long as it have good visuals and gameplay (and Im sure it will), then im happy with it!

And just saying: I defended the same about DriveClub before.

 

[Bloodrage]

I wonder if this game will get dogged as much as DC has been for being 30fps.

Suddenly it doesn't matter because but but open world but but weather. A 30fps racing game is a 30fps racing game. No excuse people come up with will change that.

 

[birdman]

Horizon 1 was a awesome looking game and played great at 30fps. Keeping the same framerate standard while making everything else look better is just icing on the cake.

 

[pixlexic]

I should have specified for a last gen game. I don't think there is another last gen game with a better iq

Sega rally revo had the best as I have seen last gen but horizons was close second.

 

[shandy706]

Of course I do. The ones that run at 60fps.

According to your played games list across the PS3 and 360...you've played a TON of 30fps games.

Heck...you put a truckload of hours into games like Borderlands. I'm pretty sure 30fps is NOT a big deal to you .

Suddenly it doesn't matter because but but open world but but weather. A 30fps racing game is a 30fps racing game. No excuse people come up with will change that.

Quit being so hurt over a few idiots. Most of the people that are fine with this are fine with DC. You can dig up mine, and most others, post history here and find that we said exactly that. 30fps, when response time/physics is approached correctly, can be wonderful (especially graphically) in an arcade racer.

Ignore the few crybabies when it comes to racers and frame rate. Horizon proved that 30fps can be excellent. It is possible DC won't do it right, but it's also possible they'll completely nail it.

 

[mrklaw]

Horizon just has such a more engaging concept at its core imho. There's really not anything new and exciting about slightly emphasized social features for a racing sim.

it does?

Both are 1080p/30
both have developers emphasising 'real lighting'
both have developers talking about 'atmospheric modelling' with clouds etc
both have real star constellations
both have referenced PGR in regards to the handling and gamplay
both have car clubs
both have talked about not needing to be great at the entire race - you can be good at a section and still do well/earn points/XP
DC is constantly comparing your performance against friends etc (like an extended version of motorstorm RC); FH is always online with lots of social stuff
Both are set around real world locations
Both developers have ex-Bizarre guys working there.

Other than that, we haven't seen a ton of detail on FH. To me they have more in common than they have differences.


I'm hugely looking forward to both. IMO it'll be The Crew that'll be potentially damaged by both of these coming out. Wonder if Ubisoft will be tempted to delay that into 2015?