Forza Horizon 3 (XB1/Win10)

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I'm so very close to pulling the trigger on the PC version, but I'm worried about the stuttering issues. I know there are plenty of reported issues, but how bad it is seems random to the individual.

Is it worth me buying now or should I keep holding on until after a few major patches have been released?

I am still having stuttering in races as well as the menu which was intermittent however with the new update it has started running like a dog at times.

It is a good game but I would say hold off till the next update if you are in no rush.

There is a PC demo due at some point, although no specifics have been given beyond it being "after launch". I doubt the price will shift before that releases, though, so there's no harm in waiting. Also, they're probably waiting until they've ironed out these bugs, too.

I find I get some stuttering on the free Forza Apex from the Windows store, and so I want to try out the demo of this before spunking the best part of £50 on it.

I was getting confused by the numbering on these, as well. Forza Apex is number 6, but this new one is number 3? I take it that means Motorsport and Horizon are separate series within the Forza series overall, not that they're releasing them in a completely strawberry floated order. Is that also why 3 looks like an open world Motorstorm-esque racer and Apex is more of a structured races on tracks only game?

Correct, Horizon is more openworld, drive around find a race and then race.

Forza Motorsport is the more serious circuit-racing series which has been going since the beginning, Horizon is indeed a lighter open-world take on racing but it still has depth if you want it, the first one was in 2012 and now they alternate releases each year. Next year will be Forza Motorsport 7, then Horizon 4 the year after that.

That's good to hear. I've played through about 5 events in Apex, and I'm already bored to the back teeth with it. I just find nothing fun about laps round tarmac circuits. It doesn't even have proper collisions.

For some reason I haven't done much painting in this, but I've finally got a few basic designs out and will be bringing more over from FM6. I've seen some amazingly complex art/drift liveries that are well beyond me and I'm a big fan of Codemasters' livery design, so I mostly adapt stuff from GRID, DiRT etc. First a couple based on GRID Autosport:

The stadium truck has Monster branding all over the inside so it seemed only right to make it look like the Monster team from the game:

Ravenwest were essentially the end-game bosses of the first GRID, and my most popular paints on FM6 were adapting their designs to fit other cars, so here's the Alumi Craft buggy in the Grid Autosport special edition-only white Ravenwest colours:

Finally a quick and easy but historically and geographically-appropriate paintjob, Bob Jane's 1962 Australian Touring Car Championship-winning Jaguar Mk II:

I have a really cool Shockwave (G1) paint job on 1 car. It was made some random.

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How's everyone finding the co-op campaign? Reason I ask in the past week myself and a friend have only managed to get it to actually work no more than on two occasions and even then it was sketchy at best.

Played co-op lots of times, even had a Grcade member drop into it. Worked fine.

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Photek wrote:Played co-op lots of times, even had a Grcade member drop into it. Worked fine.

Looking online seems others have experienced the same problem. Luck of the draw I guess.

Suffering no probs with other online games with the X1, ps4 and PC so not a connection issue my end. Never mind, plenty to do in single player.

Ive got enough credits to buy the Veneno and Ferrari FXX. Before that Ive only bought an impreza for the rally class and a clio for last weeks B forzathon. Does anyone have any better car recommendations to buy?

mcjihge2 wrote:Ive got enough credits to buy the Veneno and Ferrari FXX. Before that Ive only bought an impreza for the rally class and a clio for last weeks B forzathon. Does anyone have any better car recommendations to buy?

It depends on what you want - driving them will be a largely similar experience. You could save a load of money buying cars from the auction house or going for other types of car instead.

The set of HE boost cars have been replaced in the spins. I expect there will be some kind of bi monthly rotation.

http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/fh3_october_update2

Previous Horizon Edition cars removed from Wheelspins; new Horizon Edition cars added. The new HE cars are the BAC Mono Horizon Edition , Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Horizon Edition, Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV Horizon Edition, Mercedes C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series Horizon Edition, MG Metro 6R4 Horizon Edition, MINI Cooper S Horizon Edition, and the Subaru Impreza 22B STi Horizon Edition

Forza Horizon 3 October 14 Update

Here’s a closer look at the improvements in this update:

Stability
· Fixed an issue where having a microphone enabled in the game but no speech pack installed would cause the title to crash on Windows 10
· Fixed an issue that would cause a game crash for some Windows 10 players when entering Maroondah Road Bucket List event
· Fixed an issue that would cause a game crash for some Windows 10 and Xbox One players when joining online Bucket List Blueprint challenges with mismatched DLC
· Fixed an issue that would cause a game crash for some Xbox One players when pausing the game
· Fixed an issue that would cause a game crash for some players when collecting Loyalty Rewards while in a Convoy
· Fixed an issue that would cause a game crash for some players when using the AMD R9 Fury X graphics card on Windows 10
· Fixed a TDR for Windows 10 players

Performance
· Players running four-core setups on Windows 10 should see CPU improvements
· Improved thread layout changes for eight-core setups on Windows 10, resulting in improved performance
· Improvement to performance in upgrades and tuning screens on Windows 10
· Fixed a stall when driving in Byron Bay on Windows 10
· Stall fixed when applying Drivatar liveries while driving on Windows 10
· Stall fixed when driving in free roam on Xbox One

Wheel Support
· Improvements to force feedback dead zone and FFB performance when driving on tarmac on both Xbox One and Windows 10
· Fixed a bug so that wheel button prompts now match the in-game bindings on Windows 10
· Actions that must be mapped are now identified in the UI and number of actions that must be mapped has been reduced on Windows 10

General Improvements
· Fix for photo mode being blurry for some Windows 10 players
· Groove music playback improvements on Xbox One
· Upgrade basket UI now supports mouse input for Windows 10
· Fix for bug that prevented Windows 10 players from progressing past the Start screen with no internet connection
· Added Master Volume option for Windows 10 players
· Fix to Advanced Camera functionality in left and top views in Paintshop (Xbox One and Windows)
· Fix to enable Rewind when returning from Co-Op to Solo (Xbox One and Windows)
· Added option to mute microphones in-game (Xbox One and Windows)
· Player can now continue driving when fuel runs out (Xbox One and Windows)

Gameplay Changes
· Horizon Edition cars that boost either Skills or XP no longer provide a benefit in Online Adventure
· Fixed an issue where the Perk “The XP Bump” worked in Online Adventure. Now it provides no benefit outside of single player racing
· Added a 30-second cooldown to the Drift Tap Skill
· Reduced the amount of XP awarded for banking Skill Chains
· Reduced 3-Star score target on the following Drift Zones: Mountain Scramble, Mountain Foot, Reservoir, and Gold Mine
· Previous Horizon Edition cars removed from Wheelspins; new Horizon Edition cars added. The new HE cars are the BAC Mono Horizon Edition , Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Horizon Edition, Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV Horizon Edition, Mercedes C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series Horizon Edition, MG Metro 6R4 Horizon Edition, MINI Cooper S Horizon Edition, and the Subaru Impreza 22B STi Horizon Edition
· Added the name of the current Championship to Car Select in Online Adventure to help players choose a suitable car
· Horizon Edition cars display the correct bonus for Wheelspins
· Fixed an issue where the Landmarks stat was incorrectly listed as 21 instead of 19, stopping players reaching 100 percent complete

http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/ne ... er_update2

Improved performance on eight cores.....hmmm.

I managed to get the top speed boost BAC mono HE on my second spin.

I do hope they sort out the crashes in this game.

I bought the FXX in the 10% sale

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