Relaxed, General FH3 Chat

[Harakudoshi]

There's always the possibility they planned on motorcycles from the beginning and just held off on putting them in the retail game. In fact whatever the expansion packs end up being were more than likely developed along side the main game anyways.

You'd think keeping mum on that would've been hard. It would've taken them at least 2 years to sort that out, due to them having no experience with motorcycles and not having acquired any studios that did. They probably would've mentioned something at some point about at least considering motorcycles in the future. But they've not even hinted at motorcycles before. And this is a company that has continued to port inaccurately modelled cars from 2005 without fixing them, and hasn't touched their driver animations since 2009.
In short, I doubt motorcycles will come in the near future.

And with my luck, we'll be riding bikes in 10 days, and my foot will be firmly in my mouth.

 

[longshot1314]

I actually have a hunch what they might be adding is snow and a rally'esque expansion that may involve a hill climb or driving up a ski slope. Just a thought I have since some of the mountains south of Byron appear pretty high on the map and we haven't seen snow as a driveable surface in the series.

 

[Harakudoshi]

I actually have a hunch what they might be adding is snow and a rally'esque expansion that may involve a hill climb or driving up a ski slope. Just a thought I have since some of the mountains south of Byron appear pretty high on the map and we haven't seen snow as a driveable surface in the series.

We already know the first expansion isn't coming until around November or December. It's fairly certain the map expansion then will probably be the mountains. The Aussie Alps. Or maybe Tasmania.

 

[willbsn13]

I'd be willing to bet it's Tasmania, but some part of me hopes it's a NZ expansion (Southern Alps please PG!)

 

[Techy]

I've ended up in a few lobbies with A and B class racing. Though when I entered an S1 class lobby and the majority went with A class, half of the lobby left

Also wish you can block HE cars in Online Adventures (maybe in private lobbies). You could still beat an HE car but it's a bit irritating at times that nearly everyone picked an HE

 

[prousonhairy]

I really enjoyed the heck out of this game, but I'm taking a bit of a break from it. I like the horizon games, but to me they aren't as good, or have the longevity/replayability as the Motorsport series. I'm actually already getting excited for FM7.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

So...does anyone have me on their roster? My gamertag is LitnigMcQuen59 for clarity.

 

[Kitten]

So...does anyone have me on their roster? My gamertag is LitnigMcQuen59 for clarity.

Not on mine, and im on no ones atm.

 

[jamman39]

I'm enjoying FH3 but it makes me realize how much more I prefer track racing. It would add so much if they included 1-2 circuits from the real life location. FH3 could really use Mt. Panorama and the Grand Prix circuit somewhere on its world map

 

[Northstar]

I just finished a 10 race, 358 mile championship. I think I'm done for the weekend.

 

[Techy]

I got a skill that I think was called "Ebisu Style", something along those lines. Anyone have an idea about this one?

 

[Northstar]

I got a skill that I think was called "Ebisu Style", something along those lines. Anyone have an idea about this one?

It's going into a drift as you land a jump.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I got a skill that I think was called "Ebisu Style", something along those lines. Anyone have an idea about this one?

Basically what @Northstar said as he's referring to this:

 

[Speedster911]

So...does anyone have me on their roster? My gamertag is LitnigMcQuen59 for clarity.

I think I do... or at least I did.. not sure!

 

[Marqus]

So...does anyone have me on their roster? My gamertag is LitnigMcQuen59 for clarity.

I do. You've been on my line up since forever.

 

[KiroKai]

I'm enjoying FH3 but it makes me realize how much more I prefer track racing. It would add so much if they included 1-2 circuits from the real life location. FH3 could really use Mt. Panorama and the Grand Prix circuit somewhere on its world map

I prefer the open world, but I feel the same lack of tracks. FH2 lacks Monaco for me, both the track and surroundings. With the talk how Horizon 3's map would be double the size I had hopes they'd include a scaled down race track at least, like the ones in The Crew. Instead the only area without traffic is the airport again, and this time they made the Drivatars even more annoying

I do. You've been on my line up since forever.

You're on mine since the start. Nice stats

 

[Marqus]

I prefer the open world, but I feel the same lack of tracks. FH2 lacks Monaco for me, both the track and surroundings. With the talk how Horizon 3's map would be double the size I had hopes they'd include a scaled down race track at least, like the ones in The Crew. Instead the only area without traffic is the airport again, and this time they made the Drivatars even more annoying



You're on mine since the start. Nice stats

Same to you. The best drivatar in my line up by a mile.👍

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

So I have my brakes on and in 1st gear why do the reverse lights come on?

 

[VXR]

There were a couple of bikes found in the code for Horizon 2. To think PG haven't thought about it at least, would be naive.

 

[McLaren]

So I have my brakes on and in 1st gear why do the reverse lights come on?
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Just another odd bug that happens. Disappointed me a bit myself after getting the 550.

 

[willbsn13]

There were a couple of bikes found in the code for Horizon 2. To think PG haven't thought about it at least, would be naive.

IIRC that piece of code for the bikes has been in there since FM4. I wouldn't look into that as a sign of bikes coming, but I agree they've definitely at least thought about it.

 

[PJTierney]

I got a skill that I think was called "Ebisu Style", something along those lines. Anyone have an idea about this one?

It's going into a drift as you land a jump.

If you create a Bucket List event you can look up all of the special Skills and see what requirements each one has.

In the meantime, Google and @ManteoMax have this:

Skills
Air - All four wheels off the ground.
Burnout - Accelerate to lose traction while on pavement.
Clean Racing - No collisions in an amount of time?
Drafting - Follow an opponent within a certain distance at over (50mph?)
Drift - Slide sideways for at least (10 meters?) without using the E-brake.
E-Drift - Use the E-brake to slide sideways for at least (10 meters)?
Near Miss - Pass a car you are not racing against at at least (50mph?)
One Eighty - Use the E-brake to spin your car around and accelerate in the opposite direction.
Pass - Pass a car you are racing against.
Sketchy Pass - Pass with damage?
Skill Chain - Accumulate a skill chain multiplier?
Speed - Travel (450 meters?) while doing more than (100mph?) the entire way.
Trading Paint - Scrape a car as you pass (opposite directions?)
Two Wheels - Drive on two wheels (different axles)
Wreckage - Hit something breakable.

Combos
Airborne Pass - Pass + Air
Clean Start - Start with no collisions
Crash Landing - Air + Wreckage
Daredevil - Near Miss + Near Miss + Near Miss
Drift Tap - Drift + ?
Ebisu Style - Drift + Air
Hard Charger - Start + Speed?
Kangaroo - Air + Air + Air
Landscaping - Wreckage on (rural items?)
Lucky Escape - Drift + Near Miss
Great Skill Chain - Skill Chain with higher multiplier
Road Open - Wreckage on traffic cones?
Showoff - Drift + Pass
Sideswipe - Drift + Wreckage
Slingshot - Draft + Pass
Threading the Needle - Pass + Near Miss + Near Miss
Trashman - Wreckage on (urban items?)
Triple Pass - Pass + Pass + Pass
Wrecking Ball - Wreckage + Wreckage + Wreckage?

 

[Speedster911]

IIRC that piece of code for the bikes has been in there since FM4. I wouldn't look into that as a sign of bikes coming, but I agree they've definitely at least thought about it.

It would be great to ride bikes in Forza - I personally feel they ought to address the sound design first in both franchises and work on making the physics less restricted, particularly on the pad.

 

[MXH]

Is there a way to turn off the drivatards appearing, entirely? I'm trying to get all Speed and Drift Zones up to 3 stars and I'm about to flip the table in the living room. The way they spontaneously spawn out of thin air and constantly getting in my way is absolutely infuriating.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

@PJTierney - that list (and the one when creating events) is missing one new one: Barrel Roll. Not exactly an easy skill to achieve, but I've seen it pop up a few times when I've been doing high speed testing at the airport and hit the dunes.

 

[Kitten]

Is there a way to turn off the drivatards appearing, entirely? I'm trying to get all Speed and Drift Zones up to 3 stars and I'm about to flip the table in the living room. The way they spontaneously spawn out of thin air and constantly getting in my way is absolutely infuriating.

Nope.

 

[inCloud]

Is there a way to turn off the drivatards appearing, entirely? I'm trying to get all Speed and Drift Zones up to 3 stars

create private freedrive lobby

 

[MXH]

create private freedrive lobby

Yeah, that was pretty much the only option after doing some more ''thorough research''. Thanks for the tip though! The traffic was still a pain in the ass but way less so than the drivatars.

Now that I have finished everything under ''Discovery'', all I have left to do are the championships, 54 of them. And of course, the remaining achievements that shouldn't be way too hard to eventually clear up as well.

 

[HuskyGT]

I'm usually anti-online, but FH3 does reward you a lot more for just playing rather than winning. I like that. XP championships are absolutely fantastic to stack up Wheelspins and Skill points, as well as good money. I don't mind much for all the crashing in FH3 (although clean racing would be nice) since it's not the type of game you can go 100% clean.

However...

When will I come across people who don't only use S1 and S2? It's the same freaking cars ALWAYS! Murcielagos, Venenos, Aventadors, GTR's, Koegnisseggs, HE cars or extremely tuned cars (1000hp crap). I bet all with weight reduction Stage 3 and racing slicks.

Oh, and kids cursing or being rude.

Any way to find people who play all classes and different types of races?

So I have my brakes on and in 1st gear why do the reverse lights come on?
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The Maranello is like that in the game They messed up. It's a damn shame because it's about the only Ferrari that I like.

By the way... I shall steal that idea from you That black strip in the back looks fantastic. Hopefully I'll be able to do it in the whole panel.

 

[Kitten]

You guys are lame.