Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[ExtremeGamer]

I'm in love. The game is everything I hoped it would be. The details of Forza just had a baby with Project Gotham Racing and Forza Horizon just popped out (makes sense with a lot of the old PGR team working on it).

The game is everything an "arcade" racer should be. Fun, fast, and fun.

Love the details like when it turns night and your dashboard glows. Love how there's different headlights. Love the real traffic. Love having other races go on while you're driving around. The free roam stuff is a winner. I spent 10 minutes trying to beat a speed trap time, that's just the demo messing around, can't imagine what retail will have to unfold.

I was going back and forth on getting this or NFS, was getting both but know I won't give both enough attention right away. NFS has been canceled for now and will pick it up later. Forza will satisfy all those racing needs.

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by pk500

And the music selections rock. Great mix of techno and cool rock like Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Hives, etc. I'm sure there will be even more tunes in the full release.

Long time PK, how you been?

Anyway, yeah, just a bit

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Forza Horizon Track List Horizon Bass Arena: Levels (Skrillex Mix) - Avicii Reckless (With Your Love) - Azari & III Cinema (Skrillex Remix) - Benny Benassi Blind Faith (feat. Liam Bailey) - Chase & Status Hot Mess (feat Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Mix) - Chromeo Encore - Digitalism The Power (feat. Dizzee Rascal) - DJ Fresh Silicone Lube - Feed Me Lies (Alex Metric Remix) - Fenech-Soler Icarus - Madeon Show Me A Sign - Modestep Lick The Rainbow - Mord Fustang Remanence (Junior Remix) - Mr Magnetik Me & You - Nero Reaching Out (Fred Falke Remix) - Nero Blue Monday - New Order Language - Porter Robinson Everyday (Netsky VIP Remix) - Rusko Somebody to Love (Sigma Remix) - Rusko The Hope - Scuba Bass 4 - The Hacker Illmerica (Extended Version) - Wolfgang Gartner Horizon Pulse: Need You Now - Cut Copy Awake - Electric Guest Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun Iron Deer Dream (Chad Valley Remix) - Fixers Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) - Foster The People Hawaiian Air - Friendly Fires Hurting - Friendly Fires No Love -Hooray for Earth Over & Over - Hot Chip Black, White and Blue - Ladyhawke Let Me Go - Maverick Sabre Paddling Out - Miike Snow Life is Life (Yuksek Remix) - Noah and the Whale Take A Walk - Passion Pit 1901 - Phoenix Bom Bom - Sam and the Womp Disparate Youth - Santigold Spirit of the Night - Tesla Boy Pelican - The Maccabees Punching in a Dream - The Naked & Famous Aroused - Tom Vek Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club Yeah Yeah - Willy Moon Horizon Rocks: R U Mine - Arctic Monkeys Lonely Boy - Black Keys The Infected - Four Year Strong Back of your Neck - Howler Give It Up - LCD Soundsystem Bring Em Down - Lostprophets We Bring An Arsenal - Lostprophets Teenager - Mona Animal - Neon Trees Wildfire, Smoke & Doom - Pulled Apart By Horses Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups Surrender - The Duke Spirit Away from Here - The Enemy Had Enough - The Enemy Hate To Say I Told You - The Hives She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses Rock n Roll Queen - The Subways Motoring - TOY Bug - Wavves Farewell to the Fairground - White Lies Bite My Tongue (feat. Oli Sykes) - You Me At Six Get Away - Yuck

[Dazraz]

Is it me or is this game eerily similar to Dirt 2, right down to the presentation. Anyway we know how that game ended up, with Codemasters reverting to a much more traditional rallying approach with Dirt 3. Forza Horizon is, to me, a spot of franchise milking. Sure if you like arcade racers it will be your thing but for me I will hang on for Forza 4.

[CaptainZombie]

I tried the demo last night and was left pretty impressed by Horizon. I love having an simcade racer where you can drive in the cockpit. For me this is a mix of old NFS + TDU + FM all rolled into one.

Some of the Codemasters guys are on this team and you can tell the work they contributed with, the menu's. LOL! These menus look so close to the Dirt franchise its not even funny.

The Colorado scenery is just plain beautiful to drive around and enjoy the visuals. Even seeing the birds flying in the sky is a nice touch. I think the visuals are a slight downgrade from FM4 in some areas but not anything that would detract me from loving this game. For a racer, the 30FPS works really well having this locked in. The night and day cycles are an awesome addition to the Forza franchise.

Some have complained about the soundtrack reading around, it doesn't bother me one bit and actually like it. I wonder if the cars will have louder sound effects to match FM4 in the retail version. My only complaint is that I wish the crashes felt more like I was crashing into another vehicle instead of just bouncing off the vehicle and continuing on. Granted this is more on the arcade side, but would of been cool.

Racing planes is a neat idea and I can't wait to see how it is in the full game. I also do like Rivals based on your friends list. Also incorporating speed trials based off of your friends list with the speed traps is cool too, which is right out of Paradise City.

One other thing, which arcade racer gives you 200 fully modeled cars with cockpit views and gearbox out of the box? Then add the overly priced season pass to add even more vehicles, this is a nice overall package.

I felt like there was something missing, but with this being a demo, I can't quite put my finger on it. I think the addition of cops would of been cool, but that could be in Horizon 2. I still want to see NFS:MW, but to me that game from all the videos I have seen is a re-skinned Paradise City considering how much time I spent playing it single player and with many friends off of OS.

Do we know if there is any kind of replay engine for this game? This would be awesome if there was one.

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dazraz

Is it me or is this game eerily similar to Dirt 2, right down to the presentation. Anyway we know how that game ended up, with Codemasters reverting to a much more traditional rallying approach with Dirt 3. Forza Horizon is, to me, a spot of franchise milking. Sure if you like arcade racers it will be your thing but for me I will hang on for Forza 4.

Former members of Codemasters and Bizarre Creations made the game, so it would make sense to have a Dirt influence.

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainZombie

I tried the demo last night and was left pretty impressed by Horizon. I love having an simcade racer where you can drive in the cockpit. For me this is a mix of old NFS + TDU + FM all rolled into one. Some of the Codemasters guys are on this team and you can tell the work they contributed with, the menu's. LOL! These menus look so close to the Dirt franchise its not even funny. The Colorado scenery is just plain beautiful to drive around and enjoy the visuals. Even seeing the birds flying in the sky is a nice touch. I think the visuals are a slight downgrade from FM4 in some areas but not anything that would detract me from loving this game. For a racer, the 30FPS works really well having this locked in. The night and day cycles are an awesome addition to the Forza franchise. Some have complained about the soundtrack reading around, it doesn't bother me one bit and actually like it. I wonder if the cars will have louder sound effects to match FM4 in the retail version. My only complaint is that I wish the crashes felt more like I was crashing into another vehicle instead of just bouncing off the vehicle and continuing on. Granted this is more on the arcade side, but would of been cool. Racing planes is a neat idea and I can't wait to see how it is in the full game. I also do like Rivals based on your friends list. Also incorporating speed trials based off of your friends list with the speed traps is cool too, which is right out of Paradise City. One other thing, which arcade racer gives you 200 fully modeled cars with cockpit views and gearbox out of the box? Then add the overly priced season pass to add even more vehicles, this is a nice overall package. I felt like there was something missing, but with this being a demo, I can't quite put my finger on it. I think the addition of cops would of been cool, but that could be in Horizon 2. I still want to see NFS:MW, but to me that game from all the videos I have seen is a re-skinned Paradise City considering how much time I spent playing it single player and with many friends off of OS. Do we know if there is any kind of replay engine for this game? This would be awesome if there was one.

You got another 360? Please re-add me!! I thougth you were out of the 360 market for good LOL Always good to have more friends to compete with for this game!

[CaptainZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

You got another 360? Please re-add me!! I thougth you were out of the 360 market for good LOL Always good to have more friends to compete with for this game!

Yeah I did this past weekend. Give me credit, i haven't had a 360 since last December. I had PS3 network issues a few weeks ago for 2 weeks, so it really was irritating when you have downloads taking 100,000 minutes on a 30mb connection.

I'll add you.

[CaptainZombie]