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Forza Motorsport 6 |OT| Forza turns 10
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frontieruk
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pics?
Wait till you get the to GT cars in the Stormfront series..............
TBiddy
Member
I'd assume the main reason for the 'lack' of activity (is it really that bad?) is that it's a driving game. It's hard to share fun stories and ask questions on how to progress.
Someone posted earlier and compared it to Fantasy Football. Not a bad comparison. We all know that guy, that insists on telling stories about his latest LOL/DotA/Smite/HoN-game and how there was this epic teamfight.
We also know, that in 95% of the cases, we couldn't care less about that story.
I'd wager it's the same stuff here. Sure, I could write about that one time at Sebring where I came in 2nd. Or that one time at Long Beach, where there were 4 cars vying for the 1st spot going into the last corner.
But really... who'd care?
Someone posted earlier and compared it to Fantasy Football. Not a bad comparison. We all know that guy, that insists on telling stories about his latest LOL/DotA/Smite/HoN-game and how there was this epic teamfight.
We also know, that in 95% of the cases, we couldn't care less about that story.
I'd wager it's the same stuff here. Sure, I could write about that one time at Sebring where I came in 2nd. Or that one time at Long Beach, where there were 4 cars vying for the 1st spot going into the last corner.
But really... who'd care?
frontieruk
Member
Or that fact that, as mentioned previously, it's only actually been out in the US for two days, and it's not even out in the EU yet.
Comes to something when people are trying to spin that lack of activity in a thread, when the game isn't actually out in the territory that is historically the largest for a racing game, into a negative.
I still can't see the screengrabs from the game so i'll photo mode it later when i'm at home, it's othing special tho
frontieruk
Member
Activity is HIGHER THOUGH!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
TBiddy
Member
Game is downloaded. (I took the bait for the ultimate edition) Just waiting to get home. 
Some questions:
- are all cars available from the get go in free play?
- can each player set the driving aids separately in splitscreen?
- Is there any motivation in career mode this time around?
Some questions:
- are all cars available from the get go in free play?
- can each player set the driving aids separately in splitscreen?
- Is there any motivation in career mode this time around?
I'm using the modern GT cars now and struggling a bit on the dry tracks, the Ferrari just seems to lack grip. Yesterday I was using the early GT cars and the Ferrari BB was great to drive with plenty of grip...
Soften the suspension and ARB's a bit, they are way to hard on most of the stock setups.
Game is downloaded. (I took the bait for the ultimate edition) Just waiting to get home.
Some questions:
- are all cars available from the get go in free play?
- can each player set the driving aids separately in splitscreen?
- Is there any motivation in career mode this time around?
- not sure
- yes
- you unlock showcase events which is a nice way to try out different cars/racing types without dropping the 1-2 million credits per car on the cars required to drive a lot of them (indycar, lmp1, f1, etc)
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
As a veteran of many of the great Xbox racing games, I can confidently say FM6 may be the best yet. What I hope to get out of this is great races online with friends or against their ghosts. My fondest memories of Xbox Live are the racing games like MotoGP, Rallisport Challenge 2, Burnout Paradise, and PGR. FM6 appears to have that potential.
TBiddy
Member
Why does this name sound familiar?
Same drive-by trolling as usual, thought GAF had a low tolerance to this kind of thing?
TylerDurden4321
Member
What? NO, of course not! Sorry, if sounded arrogant. It was just that in my case (and your quote from Turn 10 as well) it was only one Drivatar and that didn't keep me from finishing in the Top3. Making it "a priority" if it's not like every second race or so and always only for one single Drivatar seemed over-reacted or very press-talk for me. Especially since I've become used to Slightly Mad Studios' speed of fixing/"improving" their game.
But if you say that it can happen to even 3 Drivatars in one race, that would be gamebreaking to more than 99% of players (including me), I can totally understand your frustration then.
I had a group of 3 Drivatars racing far ahead of the pack a lot in FM6 races, but they weren't like "gamebreaking" fast. Same thing happens in real world racing a lot. But this "I'm sure I would never catch that guy" happened to me only once and for one Drivatar and he started from pole like in the quote from Turn 10.
TylerDurden4321
Member
You can RENT any car at level 0 without paying any credits, but you won't get credits or XP and you can't tune or paint it yourself if you don't own the car.
This, the Konigsegg and the Bugatti are just dumb cars. Stupid as hell with no ability to turn at all. Truly not fun to drive. A car from the modern area shouldn't handle like a car from the 50s.
On the other hand I did some early F1 racing and stuff yesterday. Man the guys in the 50s-70s had balls of steel and a a death wish. These cars are just for crazy people.
BigLee74
Member
This! I was a bit taken aback at how little actually appears to have changed on the returning tracks. A different TOD would have been better than nothing. Midday race in FM5? Lets have an evening setting in FM6! Surely thats just some sliders at their end, and then let the track bake?
That's ok for me. Just want the selection for local MP.
The Jackdog
Member
big fan of the showcase events.
normally id just pick a fast car on a track and just mess with it, but i usually pick the wrongest track possible for that car.
showcase events idk, put everything where they should be?
normally id just pick a fast car on a track and just mess with it, but i usually pick the wrongest track possible for that car.
showcase events idk, put everything where they should be?
SkinnerSw33t
Member
I had a hell of a time with those GT cars in the Storm Chaser event.
Throttle control was tough with a controller, but I started to get the feel for it at the end.
Brands Hatch was particularly bad. The slightest tap or twitch and I was in the grass. I ended up finishing that series by coming in third in all but one of the events.
A lot has changed actually. Maybe the skyboxes are the same, but the amount of added detail is pretty impressive imo.
Throttle control was tough with a controller, but I started to get the feel for it at the end.
Brands Hatch was particularly bad. The slightest tap or twitch and I was in the grass. I ended up finishing that series by coming in third in all but one of the events.
A lot has changed actually. Maybe the skyboxes are the same, but the amount of added detail is pretty impressive imo.
BigLee74
Member
I'll be getting Forza 6 tomorrow, but sold 5 long ago and will be unable to confirm. So, I'll take your word for it - but comparing screenshots and video clips in the DF analysis was how I formed my opinion.
Yeah, probably best to play it before forming a solid opinion of it.
Slackbladder
Member
You're not wrong there! I found the series harder than the Modern GT wet races. The BMW I used was so oversteery. Maybe I should have used an FF instead of a FR car.
Oh and just to say, Brands Hatch in the rain driving a Corvette GT race car - fuck that!
JackAubrey
Member
1960s F1 cars in the wet on the Nordschleife. Good god. I'm amazed the guys who did that for real could get into the cars, there being no room for their balls.
The Ebay 1 series?, yeah, I picked that same car, and yup, I also had the same "wonder if I should have picked an FWD car" thought too!
One of the unsung and often-ignored benefits of a dynamic weather/global illumination system is the constantly-changing skybox, especially when volumetric clouds are progressively generated. Even keeping the ToD and weather under real-time acceleration gives you a constantly-changing sky with bright pockets of sunshine and cloud shadows moving slowly across the circuit. It really does help to keep the circuits feeling perpetually fresh even under the same time and weather settings. If FM has to stick with pre-baked lighting this gen to maintain the solid framerate then it'd be of huge benefit if there were several skyboxes for each track with different cloud formations, just to give the illusion of racing there on a different day. The lighting doesn't necessarily need to change - just the skybox. I can't imagine this would require a huge amount of work in the grand scheme of things.
I was thinking just the same thing the other night, in PCars, as the lighting is changing, the corner that has the sun in your eyes changes, where as in FM is stays the same.
On the surface, it's a pretty small thing, but what it actually adds to the game is quite a lot.
TBiddy
Member
The quote was taken from DF. But it might as well've come from here.
Based on the three-ish showcase events I played through last night, I'm pretty impressed with how they have the field balanced. Those are some of the best races so far. The high payouts and lengthier races, even for failed attempts, make it something I was happy coming back to (the nighttime Daytona race in the Viper was nuts, and with above average drivatars and limited assists was a total sweet-spot for me with challenge).
I have NOT turned off AI aggression, but the AI was really well behaved last night. Wonder if they tweaked something?
If not...my AI is getting smarter. They stayed off me and each other (this is the beginning of the race too!)...but still battled.
Stands to reason if the people who's behaviour the drivatars are based on are playing the game more now and increasing the amount of data available.
Certinty
Member
Played about 8 hours now, here's what I think:
The Good
+ Best rain in any racing game
+ Showcase events mix up the flow perfectly
+ Best Forza physics to date
+ Great car list
+ AI seem to attack well, they don't commit to ridiculous levels
The Bad
- Game looks graphically outdated at times
- AI speed varies too much on different tracks, also too slow on some corners
- Having to finish in top 3 in order to move onto the next race is ridiculous
- You can't really win anything in career, it's just progressing up through ranks
- Far too little of wet races in career (at least so far for me)
- No dynamic time of day or weather.
- Most tracks don't feature night or wet racing
Don't get me wrong, the game is great. But I'm sort of surprised it reviewed so highly with a fair amount of flaws.
The Good
+ Best rain in any racing game
+ Showcase events mix up the flow perfectly
+ Best Forza physics to date
+ Great car list
+ AI seem to attack well, they don't commit to ridiculous levels
The Bad
- Game looks graphically outdated at times
- AI speed varies too much on different tracks, also too slow on some corners
- Having to finish in top 3 in order to move onto the next race is ridiculous
- You can't really win anything in career, it's just progressing up through ranks
- Far too little of wet races in career (at least so far for me)
- No dynamic time of day or weather.
- Most tracks don't feature night or wet racing
Don't get me wrong, the game is great. But I'm sort of surprised it reviewed so highly with a fair amount of flaws.
TheAdmiester
Member
Please tell me I wasn't the only one thinking that this was a tease for an upcoming alternate time of day DLC ?
That looks beautiful, I hope it is indeed that.
I don't see alternate fixed times of day being particularly difficult to do, it's just whether or not T10 decides it's worth it.
Oh hello.Please tell me I wasn't the only one thinking that this was a tease for an upcoming alternate time of day DLC ?
I foresee a good amount of free DLC in the way of time of day changes/rain for the existing tracks...which totally works.
Also I am hoping for the 2016 Ford Focus RS. C'mon T10! I thought they said all the Ford Performance vehicles would be in along with the GT.
I'll be honest, with 460 cars in the game already, I'm really not that fussed about extra cars, what I want is, at least, either rain or night on every track in the game.
For the recent stuff :
- 488 GTB
- 675LT
- 560S
- CLA 45 AMG
- C63 AMG Coupe
- S63 AMG Coupe
Bring back the track-only spec cars :
- FXX
- 599XX
- FXX K
- P1 GTR
- F355 Challenge
- F430 Challenge
- 458 Challenge
More iconic F1 cars, from more recent eras :
- F2004
- FW14B
- MP4/6
Crazy F1s like the 6 wheels Tyrell, the Brabham fan-car, etc...
Of course I wouldn't mind seeing more French cars like : at least one Mégane Trophy, C-Elysee WTCC, Espace F1, 405 T16, R8 Gordini, Alpine A310, Alpine A442B, Matra 670B, R21 Turbo, 2CV, etc...
To be honest, my number one request for DLC isn't more cars or even more night/wet tracks, it's Japanese tracks !!
I miss Suzuka and Tsukuba so much !
Bring back Super GT race cars with them too...