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Welcome racers to Horizon Australia. Special thanks goes out to RawNuts for supplying the amazing graphics and track listing for this OT.

Specs:

Minimum
OS: Windows 10
Architecture:x64, X64
DirectX: DirectX Feature Level 11
Memory: 8 GB
Video Memory:2 GB
Processor: i5 3570 3.4GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti | AMD R7 250X

Recomended
CPU: i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 or NVIDIA GTX 1060
AMD: R9 290X or AMD RX 480
VRAM: 4GB
RAM: 12GB
Hard Drive Type: HDD
Available Space: 55GB
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Windows Version: Windows Anniversary Edition 64-bit 14393.101

PC GFX Options from Karak

Price: Standard Edition | $59.99 | Deluxe Edition | $79.99 | Ultimate Edition | $99.99

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 all in ForzaVista detail. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you.

Explore Australia, Horizon's largest world ever

Drive through the vast desert and rocky canyons of the Outback to lush, wild rainforests, and to the sandy beaches and gleaming skyscrapers of Australia's Gold Coast.

Discover thrilling new driving gameplay

Danger Sign Jumps, Convoys, and Drift Zones are just some of the exciting new driving challenges that await you. Star in Thrilling Showcase events that pit you and your car against a fleet of powerboats, even a giant zeppelin!

Hire and fire friends

You’re the boss. Hire your friends’ Drivatars to help you gain fans and expand your festival, and form Convoys with them to explore the world even when they’re not online. If they’re not winning you fans, fire them!

Customize everything

Horizon Blueprint gives you the power to modify every aspect of race events, championships, and Bucket List challenges – and instantly challenge friends to beat you at your own game. Choose your driver character, create custom paint jobs and vanity license plates, add new body kits – even select your own car horn sound.

Drive to the music you love

Choose from eight diverse radio stations, or create a custom station from your own music collection.

Start an online driving adventure

Online 4-Player Co-op allows you and your friends to experience the variety, competition, and rewards of a Horizon campaign together for the first time.

The cars of Forza Horizon 3

World Map

Forza Horizon 3 - Screenshot & Video Thread
Forza Horizon 3 Official E3 Trailer
Forza Horizon 3 Official Launch Trailer
Halo Warthog comes to Forza Horizon 3
Forza Horizon 3 Achievements

Vagrant Records

• Albert Hammond Jr. - Caught By My Shadow
• Albert Hammond Jr. - Losing Touch
• Alkaline Trio - We’ve Had Enough
• Bad Suns - Patience
• Band Of Skulls - You’re Not Pretty But You Got It Goin’ On
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Rival
• Blink 182 - Bored to Death
• Bombay Bicycle Club - Carry Me
• CRUISR - All Over
• Frnkiero and the Cellabration - Weighted
• Mayer Hawthorne - Love Like That
• MIAMIGO - Hard to Love
• Saves the Day - See You
• School of Seven Bells - Ablaze
• The 1975 - The Sound
• The A-Sides - We’re The Trees
• The Get Up Kids - Ten Minutes
• Thrice - Blood On The Sand
• WATERS - What’s Real
• White Lies - Come On

Epitaph Records

• A Day to Remember - Naivety
• Avion Roe - This Loneliness
• Bad Religion - Anxiety
• Beautiful Bodies - She’s A Blast
• Bouncing Souls - The Gold Song
• Descendants - Spineless and Scarlet Red
• Every Time I Die - It Remembers
• Joyce Manor - Make Me Dumb
• letlive. - Elephant
• Obey The Brave - Raise Your Voice
• The Offspring - Get It Right
• Pennywise - Greed
• Plague Vendor - ISUA
• Rancid - Fall Back Down
• Saosin - Racing Toward a Red Light
• Sleeping With Sirens - Gold
• Touché Amoré - Palm Dreams
• Transplants - Come Around

Hospital Records

• Anile - Wish List
• Bop - Blurred Memories (feat. Synkro) (Etherwood Remix)
• Camo & Krooked - Aurora (feat. Metrik)
• Danny Byrd - Throw Ya Hands
• Etherwood - Souvenirs (feat. Zara Kershaw)
• Fred V & Grafix - Constellations (Forza Horizon 3 VIP)
• Fred V & Grafix - Ultraviolet
• Keeno - One More Moment (feat. Cepasa)
• Krakota - Lust Thrust
• Krakota - Sea Air
• Logistics - Icarus (feat. Hugh Hardie)
• London Elektricity - Tape Loops (feat. Hugh Hardie)
• Maduk - Solarize (feat. Logistics) (Album Mix)
• Metrik - Cadence (Instrumental)
• Netsky - Get Away From Here (Instrumental)
• Nu:Tone - ’Til Dawn
• Ownglow - Only U (Real Quick)
• Royalston - Blight Mamba
• S.P.Y. - What The Future Holds
• Whiney - Komodo

Future Classic Radio

• Anna Lunoe and Touch Sensitive - Real Talk
• Basenji - Heirloom
• Charles Murdoch - Dekire feat. Oscar Key Sung (Bodhi Remix)
• Chet Faker - 1998
• Chrome Sparks - Goddess
• Flight Facilities - Crave You (feat. Giselle)
• Flight Facilities - Sunshine feat. Reggie Watts
• Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)
• Flume - Sleepless (feat Jezzabel Doran)
• Hayden James - Just A Lover
• HWLS - Beta
• Jagwar Ma - O B 1
• Karma Kid - Bird Of Prey
• Kenton Slash Demon - Peace (Radio Edit)
• Panama - Jungle
• Seekae - The Worry (Andras Dub)
• Touch Sensitive - Pizza Guy
• Wafia - Heartburn (Felix Cartal Remix)
• Wave Racer - Flash Drive (feat Baby)
• World Champion - Avocado Galaxy

Horizon Pulse

• !!! - Freedom! ’15
• BreakBot - Get Lost
• CHVRCHES - Bury It
• CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
• Cut Copy - Lights & Music
• Digitalism - Go Time
• Fitz and The Tantrums - HandClap
• Justice - D.A.N.C.E
• Ladyhawke - A Love Song
• Ladyhawke - The River
• Lucius - Almighty Gosh
• Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
• M83 - Go!
• Miike Snow - The Heart Of Me
• ODESZA - Say My Name
• Parov Stelar - The Sun (Klingande Remix)
• Rufus Du Sol - Like An Animal
• THE KNOCKS - Tied To You (feat. Justin Tranter)
• Years & Years - Shine

Horizon Bass Arena

• Adamski feat. Seal - Killer
• Alison Wonderland - I Want U (GANZ Flip)
• Benny Benassi - Beardo
• Danny L Harle feat. Caroline Polachek - Ashes of Love
• Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There
• Dusky - Ingrid Is A Hybrid
• Galantis - Runaway (U & I)
• iLL BLU feat. Ann Saunderson - Win or Lose
• Just Kiddin - Fall For You (Radio Edit)
• KDA - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B)
• Lindstrom - Closing Shot
• MamboBros - Momento (Original Mix)
• Nero - Two Minds
• NVOY - Higher
• Oliver Heldens & Throttle - Waiting
• Riton - Rinse & Repeat (feat. Kah-Lo)
• Skillrex & Diplo - To Ü (feat. AlunaGeorge)
• The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea

Horizon Block Party

• 1200 Techniques - Flow Is Trouble (feat. Ghostface Killah)
• Aesop Rock - Rings
• Afrikan Boy - Hit Em Up
• Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
• Courts - Part Of
• De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 - The Work
• DMX - X Gon’ Give It To Ya
• Hilltop Hoods - Higher (feat. James Chatburn)
• Jurassic 5 - What’s Golden
• Lyrics Born - $ir Racha
• Maker - Circle of Success
• Maker - Up and Down (Beautiful Raw Remix)
• Maxim (The Prodigy) - 808 Feat Cianna Blaze
• Oddisee - That’s Love
• Outasight - Wild Life
• Pharoahe Monch - SHINE
• Run-DMC - It’s Tricky
• Tkay Maidza - U-Huh
• Young MC - Bust A Move

Timeless FM

• Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
• Strauss - An der schönen blauen Donau
• Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
• Mozart - Allegro
• Beethoven - Allegro con brio
• Dvorak - Allegro con fuoco
• Mussorgsky - St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain
• Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
• Verdi - Dies ierae
• Grieg - Morgenstemning (Morning Mood)
• Beethoven - Presto – Allegro assai
• Kazuma Jinnouchi - The Trials

Metacritic
Open Critic
NeoGAF review thread

Gamespot: 9/10

With Forza Horizon 3, Turn 10 and Playground Games affirm the series’ status as the driving game for everyone. The new emphasis on off-road options isn’t at the expense of traditional races, thanks to the sheer volume of activities. All the while, Playground Games’ calculated kitchen-sink design philosophy and rich reward system persistently tempt you to explore beyond your comfort zone, whether it’s gifting your first Ariel Nomad buggy or reminding you that stunt races can impress thousands of fans.

Eurogamer: full review coming after testing the PC version and online racing

This was surely set to be an iterative sequel - not a problem when you're iterating on something as fine as Horizon - but what's truly exciting about Horizon 3 is how it doesn't just build on Playground Games' prior work. It folds all that's good about a particular, fun-loving strand of the racing game genre into one incredible feast of a game.

Press Start: 10/10

My expectations for Forza Horizon 3 have been quite high over the past few months, but after hours and hours of gameplay, extensively delving into each gameplay feature, it’s safe to say that Playground Games has managed to shatter every single one of them. Providing a deep, fun and addictive gameplay experience, Forza Horizon 3 is one of the best racing games of the generation.

Q. What resolution/frame rate does the game run at on console?

1080/30 on Xbox

Q. What about HDR?

Xbox One S console yes, PC not at this time.

Q. Is this a Play Anywhere title?

Yes it is but you need to purchase a digital version of FH3 to use this feature. Which also means it's cross buy, cross play, cross save.

Q. How can I play with my friends?

In addition to 12-player online free roam and multiplayer racing, FH3 features 4-player online co-op.

Q. Can I buy the game on Steam?

No

Q. How many cars are in the game?

Over 350 at launch

Q. HDR?

Didn't I already answer this?

Xbox Clubs- Interested in joining ForzaGAF? Preview members contact Noobcraft or Zorbsie to gain admission.Once unlocked I believe this will be the same as the in game club as well.

Special thanks to Zorbsie as well for supplying the image for the world map.

Now get out and explore Australia and watch out for the wildlife. Also don't forget.

Edit:

Alright boys and girls of ForzaGAF, I have the spreadsheet ready! I removed all the old info, so you are going to have to re-add yourself.

Quote this post to see the link and then add in your info!

 

[danowat]

Nice one!

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

 

[Noobcraft]

That title!
Awesome job on the OT

For anyone interested, here are some instructions for joining the dashboard level (not ingame) ForzaGAF club:

If you're in the Preview Program search for the "ForzaGAF" club via the clubs feature under the community tab and send a request for an invitation.

If you aren't in the preview program but want to join anyways, download the "Xbox (beta)" app from the Windows 10 store and send an invitation request in a similar way to the one described above.

Once you've sent an invitation request, send Zorbsie or myself (or both!) a PM here on Neogaf with the gamertag you sent the invitation request with. We will accept the invitation request and send an invitation for you to join the club.

Thanks!

 

[The Jackdog]

gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimme

 

[deoee]

Woop woop

Got the digital Ultimate Edition for 60€ in Germany, can't complain about that price.

It's a bit more "tricky" to get it that way but it will be worth it

Now get me on board of that hype train!!

 

[| Praxis |]

Nice op and title.

 

[LostDonkey]

Sweet thread! Midnight, here I come!!!!

 

[OrangeOak]

2/5 OT

 

[ClutchAnderson]

The stoked is real! Work is going to take foreverrrrr today

 

[r3n4ud]

Love the pinkness. Awesome OT for what will be an awesome game.

 

[Reckless Onion]

Very nice work on OT. That title made me chuckle.

 

[Chris1]

OT is meh

Spoiler

Jk looks great, like the title

 

[CrayToes]

OT is meh

Edit - Dammit

 

[kinezu]

Great title

 

[Certinty]

Awesome title and OP!

 

[Majine]

What you did there, I saws it.

 

[T.O.P]

Meh

internally screaming for this next weekend

 

[EmiPrime]

Not as good as Dirt Rally.

 

[Sikamikanico]

Game is absolutely stellar thus far. Playground are gods.

 

[danowat]

Graphics are meh

Not as good as the DIRT Rally OT.

 

[Theorry]

OT looks bored.

Joking. Awesome job guys.

 

[ekim]

Fantastic OT. Love the artworks. This will be my main thread the next weeks and months!

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Playground, take a bow. You are all.....

Amazing OT, OP

 

[Bishop89]

 

[TechnicPuppet]

Not as good as Dirt Rallys OT, it's like you didn't want to do it.

edit: Beaten about 14 times. Great OT, I still think I am going to sell the copy I am getting though and buy it on digital at some point when I have a holiday from work.

 

[GHG]

The graphics are meh.

 

[etta]

But that "What a wicked game to play" title was the better one 😖😫😭

 

[HeliosT10]

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the OT, looks great

Now go and enjoy the game when it's out!

 

[chadskin]

The 3 is for sexy.

 

[JehutyRunner]

As much as I love the last two games (Horizon 2 would've been my GOTY 2014 if not for Bayonetta 2), I wasn't planning on getting the UE.

Then the demo dropped. And now I can't wait to get to it tomorrow. AHHHH.

 

[LordGorchnik]

So I love racing games, but believe it or not I haven't touched one since the original Forza came out......however long ago.

I mainly enjoy single-player driven campaigns where I start out with a clunker and just keep expanding my garage as I win more races while slowly trying out different racing formats.

Is this that kind of game or is it more of YOU MUST PLAY ONLINE or you're playing it wrong kind of title?

 

[Kilau]

 

[leeh]

Playground, take a bow. You are all.....

Amazing OT, OP

Bored?

Spoiler

Great OT, cant wait to play this

 

[ekim]

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the OT, looks great

Now go and enjoy the game when it's out!

1 more hour. I feel like a 5 year old on Christmas Eve.

 

[deoee]

1 more hour. I feel like a 5 year old on Christmas Eve.

1 more?
Isn't it unlocking at midnight in Europe?

 

[FreezerGeezer]

Awesome OT.

2 minutes until my PC copy unlocks. Cannot wait to explore my home country in digital form. Time to burn some rubber!

 

[Adry9]

4 more days. Can't wait!

 

[EmiPrime]

So I love racing games, but believe it or not I haven't touched one since the original Forza came out......however long ago.

I mainly enjoy single-player driven campaigns where I start out with a clunker and just keep expanding my garage as I win more races while slowly trying out different racing formats.

Is this that kind of game or is it more of YOU MUST PLAY ONLINE or you're playing it wrong kind of title?

The single player is great. You'll be alright.

You start off with and keep getting really good cars however so you can't go from rags to riches, just riches to even more riches.

 

[ekim]

1 more?
Isn't it unlocking at midnight in Europe?

Spoiler

cancelled my EU preorder and preordered again in HK store

 

[etta]

Fantastic OT, very nice infographic there.

 

[deoee]

Spoiler

cancelled my EU preorder and preordered again in HK store

Spoiler

don't let MS know :| Good job! I couldn't be bothered with the whole gift cards so I used another methode here in Germany Got it for 60€ for a little effort

 

[Noobcraft]

So I love racing games, but believe it or not I haven't touched one since the original Forza came out......however long ago.

I mainly enjoy single-player driven campaigns where I start out with a clunker and just keep expanding my garage as I win more races while slowly trying out different racing formats.

Is this that kind of game or is it more of YOU MUST PLAY ONLINE or you're playing it wrong kind of title?

It's more single player driven but with well fleshed out community features. In FH3, it appears that you can play it pretty much however you want to in terms of what cars you want to race and where. There's not really much of a story if that's what you're looking for.

 

[T.O.P]

So I love racing games, but believe it or not I haven't touched one since the original Forza came out......however long ago.

I mainly enjoy single-player driven campaigns where I start out with a clunker and just keep expanding my garage as I win more races while slowly trying out different racing formats.

Is this that kind of game or is it more of YOU MUST PLAY ONLINE or you're playing it wrong kind of title?

SP is meaty as hell don't worry

 

[Afro]

OT is CLEAN.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Awesome OT.

2 minutes until my PC copy unlocks. Cannot wait to explore my home country in digital form. Time to burn some rubber!

How's that work? VPN? Or is it dumb and based on which region you bought it from?

 

[mocolostrocolos]

LET'S DO THIS

 

[jediyoshi]

hype +1

Hundreds of cars and I mostly just want to drive in the Warthog

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

dat title xD

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Got a while before early access unlocks in my neck of the woods.

Can't wait to enjoy the fruits of Playground's boredom.