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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33642

    #1

    Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here


    The Forza Horizon demo is available now for Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers (queue it up right here). It weighs in at 1.57 GB. Not a gold member? You'll receive it next week.

    Get some racing in and post your impressions.

    Players who download the "Forza Horizon" demo and then purchase and play the full game online will receive a specially designed 2013 SRT Viper GTS, celebrating Forza Horizon's "gone-gold" status. This rare liveried car will only be available to those who download the demo and purchase and play the game online. The "Forza Horizon" Xbox LIVE demo requires an Xbox LIVE account. To receive your free Viper you will need Gold member exclusive access.
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  • Tomba
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    • Sep 2006
    • 8908

    #2
    Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

    It's a demo....



    + Color in the shade is correct
    + Night time driving is very well done
    + Textures on mountains is great
    + Cars are detailed
    - Handling even with assisted is not smooth
    / Overall sense of speed is decent
    - Terrains effects are very weak compared to games like Dirt3 or even Sega Rally
    - Have a feeling that the overall "fall feeling" will get old quick.

    Feels like a mix between all that is good with forza all that was good with tes drive unlimted and everything that was bad from rockstars racing game
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    • ECPackers
      Rookie
      • Dec 2010
      • 73

      #3
      i think the handling feels great, especially at speed...very sim style (as i'd expect of forza) instead of crappy arcade like....


      this game seems pretty legit, i'm thinking it'll score in the mid-high 9's

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      • Smooth_Tee1
        Rookie
        • Aug 2010
        • 4

        #4
        Excited about getting the full game, the demo is great .. good to have that car detail from Forza in an open world, waiting to drive the other cars on game ,looks like it wil be a great game.

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        • pk500
          All Star
          • Jul 2002
          • 8062

          #5
          Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

          A bit disappointed with this demo.

          The environments are beautiful, and the concept of this game is very cool. But the driving model is mediocre. Very lazy, with a distinct lack of feel, even with all assists turned off. That phenomenon is exacerbated during off-road free roaming or races, as the force feedback is poor on dirt roads.

          Forza always has placed its players into a physics purgatory. The game doesn't feature the ludicrous slides of an arcade racer, but it also never has featured the proper weight-based physics of a real sim.

          This game is no different. It's a very somnabulent driving model. It lacks weight and feel.

          But this game appears to include many fun race styles, unlockables and a huge variety of roads. Will be really fun to race online, especially against friends.

          Hmm. I probably can overlook the sleepy, floaty driving model to have eight cylinders of fun with friends.
          Last edited by pk500; 10-09-2012, 02:53 PM. Reason: Further impressions after more play testing
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          • TajDeni
            Pro
            • May 2010
            • 906

            #6
            Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

            anyone else receive an error message from x-live when attempting to download this demo?
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            • razorkaos
              MVP
              • Aug 2011
              • 1177

              #7
              in one word: amazing. when this game was anounced, i thought it wuld be a crappy copy of NFS, but i was wrong, and i cant tell how much i loved this demo. forza horizon can be one of the greatest games of the year. i like racing in different enviroments, and even loving the forza and gt series, im a rally games fan, and i like the fact that in horizon we have different kinds of tracks. and, on a sidenote, im brazilian, and after fifa 13s poor localization, i cant be happier about what these guys made with horizon. the game is fully localized to brazilian portuguese, and with a high quality, and believe me, its a rare case.
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              • pk500
                All Star
                • Jul 2002
                • 8062

                #8
                Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                Drove this baby for about another 75 minutes tonight, and I must admit it's REALLY growing on me.

                The reason is simple: It's FUN as hell.

                I approached my first experience with the demo this afternoon in the same anal, cynical fashion with which I critique any new racing game. How are the physics? How is the grip model? The weight? The tactile feel?

                Yeah, I'd still like all of these to be a bit better in Forza Horizon.

                But they're not. Yet the game is still fun as hell. This is such a complete package. So much to do, whether it's street racing, racing against a P-51 Mustang, finding accessory discount signs to smash, trying to beat Friends' speeds through speed traps, etc.

                Perhaps my favorite thing to do is just free roam and find other fast cars to race or dodge in and out of traffic. Reminds of when I played GTA III and IV and spent more time running over pedestrians and cruising Liberty City than attempting missions.

                The attention to detail is superb in so many aspects of this game. I've found myself stopping on the shoulder and using the free look to admire the scenery. I love how the headlight sensor automatically turns on the headlights at dusk. The lighting used in the transition from night to sunrise is beautiful. And the music selections rock. Great mix of techno and cool rock like Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Hives, etc. I'm sure there will be even more tunes in the full release.

                I'd love for the driving model to be a bit closer to my personal nirvana for a console game. But I'm willing to overlook that just because this game puts a bigger smile on my face the longer I play it.

                It's not iRacing. It's not TOCA 3. It's not Richard Burns Rally. It's Forza Horizon, and it's fun as hell. I think it will be a big hit with my two sons and with buddies. That's a winner.
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                • ExtremeGamer
                  Extra Life 11/3/18
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 35299

                  #9
                  Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                  I'm in love. The game is everything I hoped it would be. The details of Forza just had a baby with Project Gotham Racing and Forza Horizon just popped out (makes sense with a lot of the old PGR team working on it).

                  The game is everything an "arcade" racer should be. Fun, fast, and fun.

                  Love the details like when it turns night and your dashboard glows. Love how there's different headlights. Love the real traffic. Love having other races go on while you're driving around. The free roam stuff is a winner. I spent 10 minutes trying to beat a speed trap time, that's just the demo messing around, can't imagine what retail will have to unfold.

                  I was going back and forth on getting this or NFS, was getting both but know I won't give both enough attention right away. NFS has been canceled for now and will pick it up later. Forza will satisfy all those racing needs.

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                  • ExtremeGamer
                    Extra Life 11/3/18
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 35299

                    #10
                    Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                    Originally posted by pk500
                    And the music selections rock. Great mix of techno and cool rock like Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Hives, etc. I'm sure there will be even more tunes in the full release.
                    Long time PK, how you been?

                    Anyway, yeah, just a bit

                    Forza Horizon Track List

                    Horizon Bass Arena:

                    Levels (Skrillex Mix) - Avicii

                    Reckless (With Your Love) - Azari & III

                    Cinema (Skrillex Remix) - Benny Benassi

                    Blind Faith (feat. Liam Bailey) - Chase & Status

                    Hot Mess (feat Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Mix) - Chromeo

                    Encore - Digitalism

                    The Power (feat. Dizzee Rascal) - DJ Fresh

                    Silicone Lube - Feed Me

                    Lies (Alex Metric Remix) - Fenech-Soler

                    Icarus - Madeon

                    Show Me A Sign - Modestep

                    Lick The Rainbow - Mord Fustang

                    Remanence (Junior Remix) - Mr Magnetik

                    Me & You - Nero

                    Reaching Out (Fred Falke Remix) - Nero

                    Blue Monday - New Order

                    Language - Porter Robinson

                    Everyday (Netsky VIP Remix) - Rusko

                    Somebody to Love (Sigma Remix) - Rusko

                    The Hope - Scuba

                    Bass 4 - The Hacker

                    Illmerica (Extended Version) - Wolfgang Gartner

                    Horizon Pulse:

                    Need You Now - Cut Copy

                    Awake - Electric Guest

                    Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun

                    Iron Deer Dream (Chad Valley Remix) - Fixers

                    Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) - Foster The People

                    Hawaiian Air - Friendly Fires

                    Hurting - Friendly Fires

                    No Love -Hooray for Earth

                    Over & Over - Hot Chip

                    Black, White and Blue - Ladyhawke

                    Let Me Go - Maverick Sabre

                    Paddling Out - Miike Snow

                    Life is Life (Yuksek Remix) - Noah and the Whale

                    Take A Walk - Passion Pit

                    1901 - Phoenix

                    Bom Bom - Sam and the Womp

                    Disparate Youth - Santigold

                    Spirit of the Night - Tesla Boy

                    Pelican - The Maccabees

                    Punching in a Dream - The Naked & Famous

                    Aroused - Tom Vek

                    Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club

                    Yeah Yeah - Willy Moon

                    Horizon Rocks:

                    R U Mine - Arctic Monkeys

                    Lonely Boy - Black Keys

                    The Infected - Four Year Strong

                    Back of your Neck - Howler

                    Give It Up - LCD Soundsystem

                    Bring Em Down - Lostprophets

                    We Bring An Arsenal - Lostprophets

                    Teenager - Mona

                    Animal - Neon Trees

                    Wildfire, Smoke & Doom - Pulled Apart By Horses

                    Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups

                    Surrender - The Duke Spirit

                    Away from Here - The Enemy

                    Had Enough - The Enemy

                    Hate To Say I Told You - The Hives

                    She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses

                    Rock n Roll Queen - The Subways

                    Motoring - TOY

                    Bug - Wavves

                    Farewell to the Fairground - White Lies

                    Bite My Tongue (feat. Oli Sykes) - You Me At Six

                    Get Away - Yuck

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                    • Dazraz
                      Pro
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 794

                      #11
                      Is it me or is this game eerily similar to Dirt 2, right down to the presentation. Anyway we know how that game ended up, with Codemasters reverting to a much more traditional rallying approach with Dirt 3. Forza Horizon is, to me, a spot of franchise milking. Sure if you like arcade racers it will be your thing but for me I will hang on for Forza 4.

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                      • CaptainZombie
                        Brains
                        • Jul 2003
                        • 37851

                        #12
                        Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                        I tried the demo last night and was left pretty impressed by Horizon. I love having an simcade racer where you can drive in the cockpit. For me this is a mix of old NFS + TDU + FM all rolled into one.

                        Some of the Codemasters guys are on this team and you can tell the work they contributed with, the menu's. LOL! These menus look so close to the Dirt franchise its not even funny.

                        The Colorado scenery is just plain beautiful to drive around and enjoy the visuals. Even seeing the birds flying in the sky is a nice touch. I think the visuals are a slight downgrade from FM4 in some areas but not anything that would detract me from loving this game. For a racer, the 30FPS works really well having this locked in. The night and day cycles are an awesome addition to the Forza franchise.

                        Some have complained about the soundtrack reading around, it doesn't bother me one bit and actually like it. I wonder if the cars will have louder sound effects to match FM4 in the retail version. My only complaint is that I wish the crashes felt more like I was crashing into another vehicle instead of just bouncing off the vehicle and continuing on. Granted this is more on the arcade side, but would of been cool.

                        Racing planes is a neat idea and I can't wait to see how it is in the full game. I also do like Rivals based on your friends list. Also incorporating speed trials based off of your friends list with the speed traps is cool too, which is right out of Paradise City.

                        One other thing, which arcade racer gives you 200 fully modeled cars with cockpit views and gearbox out of the box? Then add the overly priced season pass to add even more vehicles, this is a nice overall package.

                        I felt like there was something missing, but with this being a demo, I can't quite put my finger on it. I think the addition of cops would of been cool, but that could be in Horizon 2. I still want to see NFS:MW, but to me that game from all the videos I have seen is a re-skinned Paradise City considering how much time I spent playing it single player and with many friends off of OS.

                        Do we know if there is any kind of replay engine for this game? This would be awesome if there was one.
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                        • ExtremeGamer
                          Extra Life 11/3/18
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 35299

                          #13
                          Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                          Originally posted by Dazraz
                          Is it me or is this game eerily similar to Dirt 2, right down to the presentation. Anyway we know how that game ended up, with Codemasters reverting to a much more traditional rallying approach with Dirt 3. Forza Horizon is, to me, a spot of franchise milking. Sure if you like arcade racers it will be your thing but for me I will hang on for Forza 4.
                          Former members of Codemasters and Bizarre Creations made the game, so it would make sense to have a Dirt influence.

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                          • ExtremeGamer
                            Extra Life 11/3/18
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 35299

                            #14
                            Re: Forza Horizon Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

                            Originally posted by CaptainZombie
                            I tried the demo last night and was left pretty impressed by Horizon. I love having an simcade racer where you can drive in the cockpit. For me this is a mix of old NFS + TDU + FM all rolled into one.

                            Some of the Codemasters guys are on this team and you can tell the work they contributed with, the menu's. LOL! These menus look so close to the Dirt franchise its not even funny.

                            The Colorado scenery is just plain beautiful to drive around and enjoy the visuals. Even seeing the birds flying in the sky is a nice touch. I think the visuals are a slight downgrade from FM4 in some areas but not anything that would detract me from loving this game. For a racer, the 30FPS works really well having this locked in. The night and day cycles are an awesome addition to the Forza franchise.

                            Some have complained about the soundtrack reading around, it doesn't bother me one bit and actually like it. I wonder if the cars will have louder sound effects to match FM4 in the retail version. My only complaint is that I wish the crashes felt more like I was crashing into another vehicle instead of just bouncing off the vehicle and continuing on. Granted this is more on the arcade side, but would of been cool.

                            Racing planes is a neat idea and I can't wait to see how it is in the full game. I also do like Rivals based on your friends list. Also incorporating speed trials based off of your friends list with the speed traps is cool too, which is right out of Paradise City.

                            One other thing, which arcade racer gives you 200 fully modeled cars with cockpit views and gearbox out of the box? Then add the overly priced season pass to add even more vehicles, this is a nice overall package.

                            I felt like there was something missing, but with this being a demo, I can't quite put my finger on it. I think the addition of cops would of been cool, but that could be in Horizon 2. I still want to see NFS:MW, but to me that game from all the videos I have seen is a re-skinned Paradise City considering how much time I spent playing it single player and with many friends off of OS.

                            Do we know if there is any kind of replay engine for this game? This would be awesome if there was one.
                            You got another 360? Please re-add me!! I thougth you were out of the 360 market for good LOL Always good to have more friends to compete with for this game!

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                            • CaptainZombie
                              Brains
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 37851

                              #15
                              Originally posted by ExtremeGamer
                              You got another 360? Please re-add me!! I thougth you were out of the 360 market for good LOL Always good to have more friends to compete with for this game!
                              Yeah I did this past weekend. Give me credit, i haven't had a 360 since last December. I had PS3 network issues a few weeks ago for 2 weeks, so it really was irritating when you have downloads taking 100,000 minutes on a 30mb connection.

                              I'll add you.

















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