- I was stunned to find a couple AA batteries in the box for the controller! How quaintly old school! Lol. Needles to say I went out and got a rechargeable battery pack today. Yeesh!
Yeah, I was shocked by that too. I knew the 360 did it, but figured MS would've finally got with the times for the new model. First purchase was indeed the same thing.
- is it just me or is the Xbox OS just horribly designed? I mean half the time I can't tell which of the endless boxs and icons I have highlighted. I'm sure some of it is just newness but it sure seems to lack much in the way of intuitiveness.
It's not great, no. Luckily, since I use my One for more or less just Forza, I never have to navigate through all the menus. It certainly makes me yearn for the old XMB on PS3 (even PS4's isn't as intuitive, IMO).
- do I really have to play through a tedious career mode before I can actually use all the toys I just dropped a hundred bucks on?? Really? I just hate career mode grinding in racing games. Look, I'm 50 years old. I don't want to pretend to be a professional driver working his way up through the ranks. I want to pretend to be a wealthy middle-aged dude who has dozens of cars at his disposal and can afford to buy track time at any track he wants! Let me just choose to unlock everything please! I'm running out of time here for cripe sake! Lol...
All cars are available to drive in arcade mode (or whatever the equivalent is). If you want custom liveries or tunes, though, you'll have to buy them.
I'd recommend signing up for Forza Rewards on the official site. Every week you can redeem them for some in-game cash. I found FM6 needed it far less than any other game in the series (except maybe FM4): I think I've got over 50 million credits right now, with well over 100 spins saved up. I could technically buy every car in the game, but I've left out most of the dupes (Formula E cars, etc).
- hmmm...I'm surprisingly underwhelmed by the forza visuals. I was expecting to be blown away based on vids and screens I've seen. Not that it doesn't look good of course but not quite what I was expecting. Very smooth though! And that's more important to me.
I still find them quite good, though they aren't as drool-worthy as FH3 (or, indeed, the videos we've seen so far of GT Sport). That said, the rock-solid 60fps has spoiled me, and playing other games with noticeable fps fluctuation (PCARS, AC, GT6) really bugs me now.
- The controls I love though! Very smooth and non-twitchy...which is exactly what I was wanting since I'm stuck with no wheel for the time being.
Yeah, in terms of driving games, the XB1 controller might be the best out there. The triggers are fantastic.