Forza Horizon 6 - General Discussion

[Speedster911]

When they announced the closure of the official forum,the lack of communication is what people feared would happen.I suppose we`ve always got twitter though.....

Doesn't matter. If they don't want to communicate with their audience, they won't. And that's precisely why the forum closed cos they had been receiving a lot of criticism on their games as of late. I suppose they couldn't handle it and decided to close everything down to save face. More proof that a corporate entity will always primarily remain "corporate". They have a support channel going on, but that's nowhere as effective as the forums were in helping the game improve. I, myself, and many others were regular posters, bringing car audio issues or visual modelling issues, for example, out in the open, and certain things around those aspects did improve. In some cases, the improvements were half-hearted while in others, quite commendable. The forum shutting down is a clear sign that they want to shut down the "voice of the customer" and will do exactly what they had planned all along.

Forza was the undisputed best racing game to own on an Xbox 360. But the generations after that started to see a downfall. Still, I enjoy FM23 and FH6 in limited doses.

 

[Tomo 427-MS]

Yes, and this time around, they have been working on updating models. I'd be surprised if at the very least it doesn't get new lighting/badge/interior meshes.

Comparing them, the windscreen looks to be updated, as do the lights in the front bumper.

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I'd argue that is more likely due to the shared material system that Forza has used since the Xbone era and lighting changes in Horizon 6 vs a model update.

But even if it was, it's not right to have minor changes like badge updates and things you mentioned as a full car pass car.

What next? The updated 575 model we're meant to get is car pass too? It sets a low bar then for them to take advantage of in future which wouldn't bode well for car pass.

 

[UKMikey]

And I thought it was just me that found his commentary 'grating'. Subtitles are made for his channel.😄

Regrettably, there doesn't seem to be an option to autodub his videos with a less annoying English language narrator. 😭

 

[Edax 76]

I'm actually quite excited for the N600. I love my little cars in this game. So much fun in tinkering with them for different races, events and hooning about with.

 

[Kelpy D]

Yes, and this time around, they have been working on updating models. I'd be surprised if at the very least it doesn't get new lighting/badge/interior meshes.

Comparing them, the windscreen looks to be updated, as do the lights in the front bumper.

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I'm also noticing the presence of an additional badge on the grille. But who knows? It might just be a retouched FM4 model, like the RAM SRT-10.

 

[UKMikey]

 

[TGR55]

These are the bolt on overfenders and the lip spoilers on the 83 Nissan Skyline Turbo.

The Thunderbird has its Engine bay and trunk modeled but still using its old Car ID number. So i guess it a refreshed model. It also has 3 hood options, 2 drag style hoods and 1 with the supercharger visible.

 

[Populuxe]

I'm actually quite excited for the N600. I love my little cars in this game. So much fun in tinkering with them for different races, events and hooning about with.

When I was in high school mumble mumble 45 years ago mumble mumble, a classmate drove a pale yellow N600. One day, the players from our completely worthless football team (they won the first game of my first year in high school, and the last game of my last year in high school, and not a single game in between) picked up the Honda from where he parked it on the street across from the school, and placed it on the sidewalk, so their team captain could park his Camaro in its place.

 

[Ger8]

I mean i don’t get why they removed some cars that were in both games the 2017-2020 Porsceh Panamera turbo and 2018-2020 Bmw M5 F90 Pre Facelift and also the Standard 2011-2013 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

 

[Famine]

I mean i don’t get why they removed some cars

Licensing (other than a very daft deal) rarely persists in perpetuity. If they weren't able to re-up a licence for the full lifetime of the game, it would no longer appear.

There's also the matter of design choices, although it doesn't appear they're all that choosy.

 

[Digolgrin]

I'm actually quite excited for the N600. I love my little cars in this game. So much fun in tinkering with them for different races, events and hooning about with.

This is what upgrade fodder updates like this one are for, yeah. I'm sure there's a mean rally car in the N600, but honestly, I feel like the introduction of Eclectic Domestics as a category (and a very well-used category at that!) encourages it to stay a D-class car no matter what.

...Frankly I'm more surprised they didn't commit to it and make the entire Series upgrade-focused. I'm sure there's one coming, but upgrade fodder updates deserve an upgrade-focused playlist, no?

 

[WLF46]

Neither cars show up as options, I just tried.

For the Horizon Promo photos for the Trolli Peel and Fanta Toyota try "Play Challenges" rather than "Play Event" in EventLab. My experience is Events only allow cars you own, but Challenges allow you to play (and photograph) ones you don't.

I've tried these two challenges just now. I own the Toyota but not the Peel, but was able to finally get a photo of the Peel (and drive it, for those who are interested in that sort of thing...)

Trolli Peel: 916 795 478
Fanta Toyota: 149 844 826

 

[CGT980]

Should note that in Bugatti's case, there was a change in ownership. The VW Group sold their shares and now the brand is co-owned by Rimac & HOF Capital. I believe they were originally supposed to be featured, but the sale threw a wrench into that, not to mention it happened like a couple of weeks before the game launched.

Even something like that can result in content being removed.