The lighting/rendering is weird in Forza. I can’t figure out what they are trying to do. Like the overview shot of the entire field before a race. The FPS is jerky and feels sluggish, but looks identical to the visuals in-game. Even during the pre-race countdown, sometimes I can see the lighting change exactly when the countdown ends. Occasionally, it’s a drastic change.
If the game somehow was looking amazing during the pre-race overview and during the countdown, better than the actual gameplay, and they switched it out to something lower quality for play, I could see the point (I’d think that was terrible, but at least the reason would be there). But it’s not the case at all.
And it’s not like there is some performance limit causing the weirdness. Because I can load up a replay, and pan across the entire field of cars, and it’s butter smooth and sharp. No jerky FPS, no visual lighting changes.
It sounds like the start of a joke… but anyway… How can you tell the AI drivers from Multiplayer gamers on the 1st lap of a Forza Motorsport race? The AI brakes for no reason, the multiplayers don’t brake at all. lol (But the following laps are usually great and respectful.)
So… although still more issues than we’d prefer with this title overall, T10 FINALLY delivers on a track that so many have been looking to come back since it last appeared 14 years ago in FM4… FUJIMI KAIDO!!
Even if the dust has piled upon your FM install (or it’s been deleted) fire it back up to experience this track. It’s AMAZEBALLS!!
Am I on the old SimHQ Crew’s friends list? I honestly don’t recall seeing any of the user names online anymore,
when I use my Xbox 360 for FM4, it doesn’t show my full friends list, but I only use my XB:O / SX for NHL games, everything else has been released on PC, so I tend to get those on MS Marketplace or Steam.
Edit: I Saw Leemz playing Elder Scrolls a few days ago…
But a lot of my Xbox friends list was from OG and 360 era, and many of them have moved on.
XB Live has gotten stale with the overflow of underage kids so I stopped paying for gold a few years back after 20+ years.
No way I’m holding my breath for VR support with FM… Assetto Corsa with CM/CSP/PURE covers that just fine, especially with my Q3 now. Hopefully EVO replaces that in the future.
FM is definitely the better all around with Console and PC cross platform multiplayer but it still just doesn’t feel as good a driving experience. I’m on PC with a wheel now and it’s solid, way better than previous Forza Motorsport titles but if it weren’t for a group of us that have been together basically since the first Forza, I wouldn’t be driving it at all.
