Forza Horizon

I just got the gold wrist band last night.

Black Ops 2 drops today so I'll now be switching between the two.

That should keep me busy until the Rally DLC comes Dec 15th

 

I got the gold wristband last night after a few night playing. Love the game.

My only main gripe.. where are the Porsche's? All I get are a couple RUF's... and I don't like when tuners just add a few things and consider a car their own.

Only thing I wish was that I could run people over and get out of the car and shoot guns. Oh wait that's GTA 5. (I just wish GTA had licensed cars)

I just love any game that's open world. I think all games should be open world.

For instance: I'd love an open world Batman game where I could drive the batmobile out of the batcave and into Gotham City and back again. Have free reign to do what I wanted in Wayne Manor and also have the penthouse condo in Gotham like in The Dark Knight.

Also: I'd love an open world Star Wars game where you could fly spaceships between locations like Tatooine, Coruscant, Mustafar, The Death Star, Hoth, Cloud City, Endor, etc.... and you're free to explore them all as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or whatever. I'd have a base on the death star with a garage full of all my favorite vehicles... and I can stomp around in AT-AT's... and drive speeder bikes...

I like when you can go a mission if you want to.... but there's plenty to do if you don't.

 

I'm at 91.5% completion of the game now. I've beaten everything except the 10 "stunt" PR stunts (those are impossible to me).. I still need to find 8 more discount signs.. and somehow I managed to miss a few of the speed traps even though I've driven all the roads long ago?

 

I went back to Forza 4, it really bothers me that the cars in Horizon do not sound nearly as good as they did back in Forza 4.

 

Those are easy once you get the hang of drifting in the game. The main thing is doing combos crashing into signs while drifting will get you maximum points. If the points aren't raking up just do an e-drift.

Id suggest getting the LFA to practice drifting.

Some of the signs aren't on the roads, you have to drive up on to farms or properties to find them.
http://au.ign.com/maps/forza-horizon/colorado

 

Just bought Horizon again, for $15!

So I'll end up with the game and a total profit of $95.

 

Thanks for the link in the other thread, AWESOME deals! I picked up Forza Horizons also, for $15

 

Welcome back

Got a new gift car
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Pretty good looking list for December.

2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

1971 AMC Javelin AMX

2008 Aston Martin DBS

2006 Ford GTX1

2006 Hummer H1 Alpha Open Top

And the one I'm most looking forward to driving

1993 McLaren F1

 

Wow, 3 new cars!

 

I was just playing Horizon yesterday and thinking about how much fun it would be to drive
the 1993 Mclaren F1. Its one of my favorite cars and at the top of my list of cars to find and photograph in real life.

I'm happy to have any cars added to Horizon and I'm looking forward to the expansion pack.
My only complaint is the view from the convertibles isn't as good as it should be. In TDU2 you could see the top of the windshield and the sky which made for a great view.
Horizon cars like the 458 spider show just the visor and no sky in cockpit view which really takes away the ability to see the landscape or a night sky.

 

Pretty damn funny, I found this on Jalopnik.

http://jalopnik.com/5964604/an-open-letter-to-the-mayor-of-horizon-colorado-from-a-concerned-citizen

 

That was great!
Nice find

 

Started playing again since I got my $15 copy. Haven't touched the single player races and most of my time has been spent taking photos. Multiplayer is absolutely hilarious, I swear none of these guys know there is a brake pedal, I've won almost every single race I've entered. Getting mashed into the wall on the first corner every single time does get old after awhile. I still think a map addition and the ability to control time or at the very least make the day/night cycle longer would go miles to make this a much better game. Is there a way to tell that someone is VIP on MP like in FM4? If there is I haven't seen a single person which doesn't bode well for their fanbase on this game.
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15MP shot edited in Photoshop
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Got my copy a few days ago and just got the green wristband.

 

http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/12/14/forza-horizon-rally-expansion-dated-and-detailed-with-trailer

Can't wait

 

Right now I have one race left in the Gold Band which is the Goliath point to point for cash. Tried the last two nights and haven't finished first yet. After that I have the Horizon Championship or whatever it is. Then its PR Stunts and the rest of the roads and signs which I've picked off while playing the game instead of specifically seeking them out. A month after release and I still have plenty of stuff to do and now with the upcoming release of the REP I'll have even more to mess around with. Hopefully they release some fun cars in future DLC.

I've been switching between Horizon and BLOPs 2 and fixing to pick up FARCRY 3. Between those three I've got plenty of fun game time ahead of me

I'll point out that there are five new to Horizon cars coming with the REP and you will be able to use the rally mods in the REP on any of your current garage cars and drive them within the REP. You will not be able to use the rally mods outside of the REP in the map we have now. For example I'll be able to put the rally mods on my Lancia Stratos and then drive it in the Rally Expansion Pack but not have the rally mods when I'm driving it on the current map.

Here's a few shots of my cars from the recent DLC. So much fun to cruise around it
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Hopefully we get in future DLC's:

McLaren P1
Ferrari F70
Porsche 918 Spyder
Porsche 991 Carrera S
Porsche 981 Cayman & Boxter
Porsche 997 GT2
Porsche Carrera GT
BMW i8 Concept
Mercedes SLR
Mercedes SLS
Rolls Royce Phantom
Bentley Mulsanne

I know EA Sports (Need for Speed) has an exclusive license on Porsche... but they could do a deal like they did for FM4.... Stupid now how the work around is by considering RUF to a manufacturer.

Also, it would be fun to have a Formula 1 car pack...

The current game uses up too much space on cheap ass hatchbacks that nobody wants.

 

It seems some people have noticed some cars in the various Horizon menus that are not in the game yet which indicates they are getting ready to release them.

These 7 found are most likely the DLC for January..............



Cadillac - Escalade ESV (D242 / 90,000cr)

Ford - '03 SVT Focus (D259 / 7,000cr season pass car) and Mustang cobra R (C399 / 27,000cr)

GMC - Vandura G1500 (E160 / 5,000cr)

Lexus - LFA Nurburgring Edition (S680 / 440,000cr)

Lotus - '12 Exige S (A592 / 85,000cr)

Mercedes - '05 SLR (S630 / 300,000cr)

Pagani - Zonda Cinque Roadster (R3-761 / 1,500,000cr)



Scrolling through the Manufacturers they found the " NEW " on these but couldn't see what the cars were.......

- FERRARI

- LAMBORGHINI

- ULTIMA

- AUDI

- PEUGEOT



There will also be a FREE Honda DLC in January that contains three Hondas.

- 2013 Honda Civic Si Coupe

- HPD B-Spec Rally Fit

- 1986 Honda Civic Si Coupe
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Finally got a first in the Goliath race for cash and collected my 200,000 plus CRs

After the race was over they spun the wheel for a free car and I won the Koenigsegg Agera!

Then it was on to the Horizon Championship which I won in only a few tries in my Zonda R.
That was pretty easy with that car that took me several tries when it was an earlier race in a different class.
Win the Championship and get 5 million CRs but with my 105% increase because of difficulty, I pocketed a cool 10 million

Right then I began to think of what cars I wanted to buy and the top of my list was a 599xx.
Then I was surprised to see that I got to race the guy for his 599xx. The track was the Goliath which I had just done and
was able to get the 599xx in a few tries driving the Zonda R.

I thought that was a nice way to finish off the racing part of the game. I've got most of the cars I'm interested in already
and now have plenty of CRs to get the rest and still be ready for any interesting future DLC.

One more day and then it will be Rally time!

 

I got the Rally Pack. 1gb~

The stages are based around Colorado but are new sections of road which you can't access in the main game. 4 stages. 1-3 are different and Stage 4 is 1-3 in one hit. It's only you vs the clock. No other cars on the road so really hard to gauge how you are going even without mistakes.

 

Sounds like most people are happy with the new rally pack. I'm going to get it later tonight.

One thing they have already determined is it is the same roads of the main game. They just re skinned them and added bumps and banks and stuff.
Some people have made overlay maps to show how the rally stages match the roads that were in the game

I guess it gives them something to whine about just like they whine about having the same cars as Forza 4 but what really matters is it fun and others say it is. I know I'll enjoy it. As for racing the clock I think there was something about racing a ghost so maybe in rivals or another part you'll get to race a ghost. I find it much better to be chasing someone than alone where I'll tend to be more cautious instead of WFO

Last night I played around with a few of my cars and took some pics. Then I pulled out one of my rally cars for a practice session and then cleaned her up in preparation for tonight.
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So I've claimed numerous times that I wasn't going to play this game anymore, ever...however with the new achievements looking very easy I downloaded the new Rally Pack stuff and have all but 1 of the achievements now.

Just need the 10 wins online or whatever it is. Oh well, game over for me yet again, back to Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3, Black Ops 2.......

 

I'm not a fan of the rally pack.... They need an F1 car pack.