That last was a bit wonky in my testing, as seen in the image below.From the hazy, pixelated days of Namco’s 1982 arcade classic Pole Position to the upcoming crop of ultra-realistic car racing simulators, there’s no denying that car racing has become a keystone genre in the world of video games. There are also camera controls for exposure, shutter speed, aperture, etc. Once customized, you can also switch to a photo mode and take photos of your car from various different angles. Unfortunately, I couldn’t measure their impact on the game as I was yet to unlock those features. The usual adjustments like ride-height, suspension travel, differential, brake pressure, etc. I saw a great many options for customizing your car. I never got to see the impact of these features in proper gameplay, so I don’t know if enabling the feature would require tire changes and fuel stops from time to time. You get options to fine-tune difficulty and to simulate tire wear and the like. In my time with the game I managed to get into a couple of races, one on tarmac and the other on a beach.
As with other open world games before it, you roam the world, challenge random players and take part in race events strewn around the map.
Forza uses a nice, bright colour palette that lends itself well to the game. The environments do look great however, especially the beach races. You could knock over the odd tree and maybe a few railings, but not much else. Environments looked rich and retailed, but weren’t very interactive. I only spent two hours with the game so I didn’t get to explore too much, but I enjoyed whatever little I explored. I could tell clearly when either the left or the right of the car wasn’t on the road and the engine startup sounds seemed to coincide very nicely with feedback. The game also made great use of the Xbox One controller’s vibration feedback. Response varied depending on road surface, with the Centanrio feeling planted and the Mustang happy to wiggle its tail about. I got a chance to try three vehicles, the Centenario, the Ford Mustang and a BMW M5. Turn them off and you’re in for a much more fun, albeit challenging time. The controls were precise and responsive and if you’re playing with driving assists enabled, managed to provide just enough assistance to be enjoyable. The game looked great and more importantly, felt great to play. I tried the game on a laptop with a 960m and a 980m and the performance was buttery smooth on both at 1080p resolution and high settings.īut I’m just nit-picking. That said, the game ran beautifully on PC. Some of these performance issues may be ironed out by launch tomorrow. Bear in mind that this is pre-release code. There was a lot of texture pop-in over long distances and frame-rates would crash every time motion blur would rear its head on the Xbox.
#Forza horizon 3 low spec experience Pc#
The graphics on the Xbox One version were admittedly of lower quality than on the PC version, however. I played the game on an Xbox One and a couple of laptops and in both cases, the graphics looked stellar. The preview dropped me into the driver’s seat of a Lamborghini Centenario and let me loose on Forza’s version of Australia. While I don’t mind playing Need for Speed from time to time (Who can forget the " target="_blank"> original Most Wanted?), I’d rather be playing Assetto Corsa, iRacing or even Project Cars.įorza Horizon 3, on the surface, seemed like a mix of Test Drive Unlimited and the newer Most Wanted. I’ve always been a fan of all racing games, but I’ve got a soft spot for the sim-racing variety.
This was the first game in a long time to reignite my interest in open-world racing games. I got my hands on a pre-release copy of Forza Horizon 3, and it is impressive.
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