Re: Official Forza Motorsport 5 Thread - Part 1 [locked]

by Standaman94 Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 11:21

It's probably more to do with XB1's always-online reversal. They built the game around the online aspects of the XB1 and now they need to incorporate a way to play it offline (so adding offline AI etc), but it's probably too late to add it to the disk.

Either way I'm not too fussed. It's a launch title so it's expected really. Whether it's good or bad, we will see, but the least I could expect is a fancy looking FM4... And I'm happy with that.

And glitches they'd probably fix with a patch or two a few months from launch Razz

(when everyone with sense will buy the XB1 anyway when it's a bit cheaper)

Fingers crossed it just doesn't all go down the pan

by Ax4x Kane Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 11:49

Meh. Its not that bad. Day One patches have been around for a while.

by **Ax4x Cowboy** Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 12:08

At least they're not making you pay for Day One DLC. pale

by CQR Myles Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 12:13

Doing this allows them to work on the game right up to the release date, thats what I read anyway

by **Richy59** Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 12:51

Merged with FM5 thread.

I think Day One Mandatory DLC has been around for awhile now, including Battlefield 3 iirc. I do agree that it sucks that the game on the disc isn't playable without a one time connection to the net, but that's just modern gaming. Although SimCity also did this...

by Standaman94 Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 12:54

The XB1 itself needs to be connected at least once to register the console anyway. So if you get FM5 with your XB1 then it's no biggy at all.

by TG Wormburner Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 16:37

This isn't a day one patch. It is day one content where tracks and cars aren't even in the game. It isn't the same as DLC where it's optional, it is required to make the game work. They're releasing an unfinished product with the hope they can finish enough of it when it comes out.

It's not even close to normal and has never been done before.

by **Ax4x Mikey J** Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 16:54

^ Wow. Just wow. Shocked

by Amarth Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 17:00

The disc in the forza 5 box is actually forza 4 Laughing

................then you download the extra bits to create forza 5 Question

by **Ax4x Mikey J** Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 17:02

Sounds like we may be enjoying racing on FM4 a tad longer than we initially thought we would. Laughing

by CQR Myles Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 19:41

They must be working hard to put that much demanded Forzavista feature in, the game will be finished, doing it this way allows for last minute tweaks, changes and content additions.

by **Ax4x Mikey J** Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 21:16

Autovista, IMO, is a colossal waste of disc space, and if anything, should be in Horizons not Motorsport.

by theboomeranga Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 21:51

i don't mind auto vista, but i agree, should've been on FH, not FM

by Ax4x Kane Wed 17 Jul 2013 - 22:18

Hmm. For a game that has 'Motorsport' in the title, there's is a significant lack of motorsport features.

by Standaman94 Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 11:06

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/07/18/forza-motorsport-5-install-offline-details-clarified

by **LMP Dragon** Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 13:34

It looks promising, the only think I am going to have a problem with is that Turn 10 seem to have the wrong impression of "human driving" since when do we spin people off deliberately? Since when do we spin out EVERY corner? Basically, why are they making us look like noobs? We here at TORA are a damn sight cleaner and fairer than anyone else out there. Period.

by Standaman94 Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 13:42

The drivatars they showed at E3 were pretty dumb tbh, but I think they did that on purpose the make it look a bit more fancy and less "on rails". They did the same with FM3 and FM4, with AI spinning out and crashing.

Since the drivatar thing learns from players I assume that you'd get a mix of door-bashing and clean driving. I don't know whether everybody gets their own personal drivatar on other people's games or if the drivers have a culmination of all the drivatars in the world, or a bit of both.

In response to someone asking "What if my friends just crash everyone all the time", Greenawalt said "There are difficulty settings to choose from" which I assume means that on the hardest difficulty the drivatars will be more 'pure' and less watered down.

by **LMP Dragon** Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 13:48

Also regarding the GT Series, will that move over to Forza 5 straight away or will it run one more season on Forza 4?

by Ax4x Kane Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 13:54

I believe we'll get a good split. A lot will stay with X360 & FM4. But a few of us will be straight onto next-gen. I imagine TORA will run a few spec series for a few months to 'work out' the game & build up credits.

by Standaman94 Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 13:58

Yeah depending on who gets the XB1 we'll probably run some test series on FM5 with a small group of people to figure out how cars can be balanced and how the lobbies work, etc. For the first few months we'll most likely run a small series for those interested, but otherwise everything will still be in full swing back on FM4.

We did say that GT S10 would be the last season we run on FM4. I'm not so sure if that's going to be the case. What might happen is that we run two parallel GT series on FM4 and 5, with the same calendar and similar cars.

by **LMP Dragon** Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 14:27

That is good, may I be a part of the test? I usually have good knowledge on specifications, also, I have been meaning to offer TORA something back, because I keep running my big ass mouth and annoying everyone, so I was thinking, if I could be a part of testing, I won't talk for any of my series, and that from me is music to everyone's ears (Anyone who has raced me anyway)

by Wooflers Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 14:32

The unfortunate thing about FM5 is that we're all going to have to earn millions of credits before we can get a testing group together, and even then testing could take 3 months. I think we'll have a GT season on FM4 before FM5.

by **LMP Dragon** Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 14:36

Ok, thanks Bli33ard, I was curious as I am a day one user and I already have both XB1 and FM5 on pre order, if you want, I can get early testing done and report back to you? I can earn millions easily, if this will help, PM me, thanks!

by Wooflers Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 14:39

The testing team will be hand-picked by the TORA staff as has been done the last couple of seasons - you gotta be mega quick to be in that Wink

(not me)

by **LMP Dragon** Fri 19 Jul 2013 - 14:41

Ok, disappointed, I consider myself quick, but not professional quick.. Still, if you need funding, I can maybe still provide?

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