Forza Horizon 6 - General Discussion

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neil3646
Here's all the details of festival playlist Series 1 & 2, and car pass

https://forza.net/news/forza-horizon-6-series-1
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Seems also the Honda CR-X SiR it's a re-scan model too.
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MagpieRacer
This snippet caught my eye, seems to fly in the face of every other opinion.

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Everyone saying Japan is amazing, progression is improved, UI is cleaner. Odd.
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What's interesting to me is that you can see that the reviewer has an internal conflict.

While they think the game is executed "masterfully" and recommend it, they also wish PGG had experimented more. It seems like they'd give it a 90+ if scoring on what the game actually is and does, but give it a 50 based on what they wish it would try to do differently (even though they never specifically say what that is).

Hence they score it a 70 to balance out the two. At least that's my amateur opinion after having taken an introductory psychology class 40 years ago...
 
I'm really pleasantly surprised. No crashes or server issues so far. My and my friend have been co oping for hours now without a hitch.

The game looks great and sounds even better. It's a shame my 2070 Super can't push settings too hard.

Also glad to report that the Vulcan sounds fabulous.
 
MagpieRacer
This snippet caught my eye, seems to fly in the face of every other opinion.

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Everyone saying Japan is amazing, progression is improved, UI is cleaner. Odd.
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There is always that one guy. The fact that the summary of the review has factually false statements in it and even has spelling mistakes... well... it speaks volumes.

Literally exclaims in the summary that this is one of the best arcade racers you can find and "executes so masterfully" but is somehow a 7/10.

Reminds me of IGN's too much water review.

This is why I completely ignore reviews nowadays.
breeminator
In fairness to Steam, their approach is the sensible one and it's MS who should change to everyone getting access at the same time. It doesn't make any sense for people in some countries to have a competitive advantage for getting legendary tuner/painter status by getting their tunes/liveries up first.
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If getting access to an arcade game 16 hours after someone in New Zealand for a game that will be around for many years to come is too much of a disadvantage... I don't know what to tell you.
 
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ykiki
What's interesting to me is that you can see that the reviewer has an internal conflict.

While they think the game is executed "masterfully" and recommend it, they also wish PGG had experimented more. It seems like they'd give it a 90+ if scoring on what the game actually is and does, but give it a 50 based on what they wish it would try to do differently (even though they never specifically say what that is).

Hence they score it a 70 to balance out the two. At least that's my amateur opinion after having taken an introductory psychology class 40 years ago...
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In other words, they got run over by their own hype train and somehow it's the developer's fault for not knowing what exact cherry picked list of features they had been dreaming of for the last year or two.

This happens with every hugely anticipated game release, the first 48 hours are when the buyer's remorse sets in and people need to justify it. It's also why I tend to ignore user reviews for the first month of a game's life unless they're specifically calling out major technical problems.
 
FordGTGuy
If getting access to an arcade game 16 hours after someone in New Zealand for a game that will be around for many years to come is too much of a disadvantage... I don't know what to tell you.
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I don't think you understand how getting legendary status works. The meta is to flood the game with low quality tunes and liveries as early as possible. They get early downloads, which makes them more visible, which makes it impossible for others to catch up in those years to come, at least not without an absurd amount of work compared to the ease of spamming them on release.
 
I have been watching some gameplay videos today mainly Gameriot and to me it looks to be fun. Being that I am still playing FH5 I can see some similarities between the two but FH6 seems to be an improvement on 5. I like not having to hit the boards for the fast travel and that is it available from the jump. I am loving the aftermarket cars. From what I have seen so far it seems kinda empty as far as traffic but that might just be early on. I actually someone do the last mission to get to Legend island and it was good is all I'm going to say. TBH even though I am excited to play 6 I can wait for it to come the PS5. I think I will get the Ultimate version whenever it comes out so I got some time to set aside the money for it. I can't wait to see what folks come up with in the Event Lab. I expect to see quite a few Initial D stages and maybe a few Tokyo Drift events. Heck we might even see some Best Motoring. Anyway I sincerely hope everyone enjoys the game because I know I will when I get the chance to play
 
If you are in the Xbox controller and feel the controls a bit sluggish, go to advanced controller settings and put everything at 0/100 value (throttle, brakes, etc.) but leave steering linearity at 50. You'll notice the difference.
 
breeminator
I don't think you understand how getting legendary status works. The meta is to flood the game with low quality tunes and liveries as early as possible. They get early downloads, which makes them more visible, which makes it impossible for others to catch up in those years to come, at least not without an absurd amount of work compared to the ease of spamming them on release.
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I will be honest of my ignorance but it seems a but outrageous that a 16 hour advantage would be so insane.

I had to choose the GMC Jimmy, too outrageous not to. Lol

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Looks fantastic on my 77" QD OLED. I'm running it on my PC maxed out settings hooked up to my TV.
 
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Played for 1 hour and a half or so, XSS+LG TV, performance.mode. First impressions:
1. The panoramic view on the GMC Jimmy is kinda funny - ends in the passenger seat view...
2. Full steering wheel rotation - 900 degrees! Not bad.
3. FXX-K Evo now has functional air brake and proper rear spoiler animation.
4. You can now have upgraded suspension AND rear wheel steering working at the same time (in my case S15 Silvia)! Nice to see.
5. At the end of the brake travel when you slam hard on the brakes there's this squeezy noise. New detail is always welcomed.
6. Biggest of them all - consistent tire/wheel spin animation instead of the two-stage one in previous titles (static and up-to-speed). Love it.
 
Kelpy D
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Any info on how we can "replay" past festival playlists?
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Kelpy D
Did the devs mention the possibility of Festival Playlist cars appearing as aftermarket cars?

I remember that they mentioned that there's a possibility of past playlists becoming replayable, and the "Series History" reward in the achievements.
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For the official article:
Forza Horizon 6 also introduces unique secondary rewards to the Festival Playlist. Series History Rewards includes exclusive cars that are unlocked based on the lifetime Playlist Points that you have obtained from playing the game.

So, it's not a way of replaying them it seems, but rather based on lifetime Playlist Points.
 
Gooby
I think they mentioned they are looking into ways for festival playlist cars to be obtained this way.

Also, I saw that there are certain cars locked only to the Festival playlist, can someone confirm that? And I mean cars that are on the official car list.
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Festival Playlist has always contained cars you can't get in the Autoshow.
 
Just seven hours to go. I’m going to finish up my last tour of Mexico, then head out and get a lot of Trolli candy receipts and snacks. The only break I plan on, other than for sleep and bodily necessities, is Sunday for the Indy 500.
 
Stupornaut
Unfortunately I'm getting a "something went wrong" error. In the meantime, how do you like it? Are there any significant improvements that haven't been touched on much in the reviews?
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For the painters: https://www.xbox.com/play/media/jZZnGt5NhT

  • Shapes are the same as usual.
  • Layer counts are unchanged.
  • 1000 layers per window.
  • Side windows are a single plane.
  • Logos are the same as usual but there’s lots of new ones in there, some unlockable.
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I’ve not done anything today other than file management as I have 400 logos to sort before I start painting/driving.
 
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