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How much, uh, "car-PG" is there in a FH game? I haven't played a racing game since probably GT2, but I really liked taking a Civic or some other mundane car and slowly upgrading it. If I could do some of that while exploring the pretty map I think I'd be in.
I've got years of XGPU saved up, but will still buy the shit out of this on Steam day 1. My favorite racing franchise, thank you Microsoft!
I don't even generally like car racing games (the only ones I had really enjoyed before were Mario Kart and other cartoon-y racers) but I deeply loved my time with this game. It's really remarkable how good they made it feel to drive fast cars around this open map, even if, like me, you barely even engage with the deeper racing gameplay.
My boyfriend was surprised that I had been playing it because I have no interest in cars, and I described the appeal of it for me to him as "kind of Breath of the Wild with cars."
Plus it's fun to win/buy these kind of boring looking cars (that I have no idea what they are because, again, no prior car knowledge) and painting them or decorating them with weird stickers.
My boyfriend was surprised that I had been playing it because I have no interest in cars, and I described the appeal of it for me to him as "kind of Breath of the Wild with cars."
Plus it's fun to win/buy these kind of boring looking cars (that I have no idea what they are because, again, no prior car knowledge) and painting them or decorating them with weird stickers.
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They didn't even have the time to spare to do the Series X enhanced version in-house. Having someone else do the Steam release is not surprising, in comparison.
This is the exact reason why I fell in love with the Horizon series. It does exactly that, it's the evolution of the old Gran Turismo 2 CarPG mode, but with open world exploration and accessible, arcadey gameplay.
Cool, that's good to hear. I wasn't sure if that stuff had been reserved for the mainline Forza series.
I played it some on GamePass, but I would be willing to get it on Steam. Probably during a sale around 20-30 bucks. It is a great game.
The game is very, very, VERY generous with giving you cash and cars with regularity. See the seasonal objectives: each week you have new targets to beat on specific speed traps, drift zones and jumps amongst other things; each one gets you a "Super Wheelspin", which can gift you up to 3 cars. Plus you get normal, singular-prize giving Wheelspins with regularity if you progress thorugh the main championships. And when leveling up your driver. And you can buy more with skill points you get from doing drifts, jumps, etc.
In other words, don't expect to stick to one car and slowly upgrade it, because you'll quickly get the cash to buy all the stuff for it. You ALWAYS get xp and money on races, no matter what assists you use or in what position you end.
From MS:
Forza Horizon 4 Is Coming To Steam In March
Microsoft’s gorgeous British countryside racer Forza Horizon 4 is coming to Steam on March 9, the company announced today. It marks the latest in a long line of first-party Microsoft games coming to rival platforms, and the first time a Forza game has ever appeared on Valve’s storefront.kotaku.com
What? How bizarre. Why wouldn't achievements and saves carry over? This is dumb.
Wait, so it doesn't keep saves but it does sync achievements? How odd. I wonder how it handles steam achievements. Because I'm pretty sure MCC, which obviously didn't have a UWP version, still manages to sync your steam achievements to your xbox ones. Weird.
EDIT: wait where are you seeing the syncing
Did they mention the price anywhere?
I'd be more than a bit underwhelmed if such a LATE release would still sport a 69€ price tag.
I'd be more than a bit underwhelmed if such a LATE release would still sport a 69€ price tag.
I got burned really bad with Forza horizon 3 on the windows store at launch, had a broken game for months, now that's delisted with the dlc too. I'll wait for a deep discount on 4 before I think about getting back in.
..."steam port."
Do you mean UWP to X86 maybe?
That seems wild. Since when does someone need an entire outside studio to integrate steam systems?
Like, bunches of companies did this for free in a quick update to remove GFWL back when that was a thing.
That's what they ported. Forza Horizon 4 on Microsoft Store is a UWP game (and other MS games before it). Steam does not accept UWP apps.
It could be cheaper or FH team is really busy with finishing FH5 and need all hands on deck. Who knows and remember there is still a pandemic, which slows down development, thus time is even more crucial.
Crazy. Oh well, it's not like I disbelieve it or anything. Sumo is perfectly competent.
I hope this really is a UWP to x86 port though. That I could definitely understand, and it would help so much for people who just couldn't make the FH4 work for them being a UWP game.
Man I was thinking it wasn't UWP. Am I actually thinking of Gears 5 as the first one to not be UWP on the windows store? Or am I just completely just mistaken here? Lol.
Yeah, Gears 5 is the first non-UWP game. Sadly MS keeps putting their store's games in containers to prevent all file access anyway.
Yeah, this is super disappointing. I was planning on double-dipping, but not if my Xbox progress won't carry over. It's great that the game's finally coming to Steam, though.
Definitely annoying yeah. I wonder if FH4 might be different.
Yeah, the first game was very direction focused with an incredibly strong progression. It has a beginning and an end. But the new ones are so open and directionless, achievements are something more tangible to work on. And boy is it a journey. I think I have 60% of the 3125 gamerscore currently available and haven't jumped in for the latest update. There's a ton of content with a lot of similarity so if I play too much I get burnt out. So yeah I doubt I start over maybe ever.
Would jump at the chance of replaying Forza Horizon 1 on steam though like you don't even know.
Imo, the Forza Horizon games are the best games to come out of Xbox, so i'm really glad even more people will get into the series. Hopefully this means Forza Horizon 5 will be on Steam day 1.
I started playing Forza H 4 on Gamepass last week as I built a new PC however it randomly restarts my entire computer occasionally. (it has only happened 3 times). No other games have ever crashed let alone crashed my entire computer, I have run benchmarks, stress tests and RAM checks and everything is working fine so it must be Forza. I am hoping since this is essentially a different game (in the technical sense) it will work for me.
Ok, I honestly didn't think they would port this over anymore. Maybe there's still hope for other games then. Rare Replay would be amazing but unrealistic considering almost all of the games are running via bc.
Holy crap.
The final frontier. We've reached it. Forza is now on STEAM.
Curious if there will be any performance implications moving off UWP, but either way this is exciting.
The final frontier. We've reached it. Forza is now on STEAM.
Curious if there will be any performance implications moving off UWP, but either way this is exciting.
Not gonna lie, no cross-save is a major bummer. I've invested way too much in my current save to start over. Oh well, downgraded to 'deep sale' for me.
I can see why they'd keep Minecraft off Steam, especially considering how they're monetizing Bedrock Edition (paid mods!) probably won't sit great with Steam's userbase. On the other hand, the decision to not release Minecraft Dungeons on Steam is a baffler.
This game is already on PC you know? This is just a Steam version.
THIS. This this this this this.
I know it won't happen because of licensing (cars AND radio songs), but imagine FH1 at 144 FPS...
That's great to hear. if Motorsport series on Steam next, things just got even better and I can just delete everything that's installed from UWP in the drive since I really hate how it handles the folders and files; they are encrypted/locked and I cannot do the proper and full backup copy to HDD storage or for other PC.
Yeah Forza Motorsport 6 Apex and Forza Motorsport 7 just do not perform well with pretty awful stutter. I have it mercifully not too bad, but it's still awful. I would play 7 on my one x, but the loading is so excruciatingly bad compared to PC on an SSD. And this is ignoring all the issues of just getting them to RUN at all for a lot of people.
Direct link to FAQs and support page:
https://support.forzamotorsport.net...0002444821-Forza-Horizon-4-is-headed-to-Steam
Nah, fuck that for returning players, all that seasonal progress and unlocks from the GamePass/Windows Store version gone.
https://support.forzamotorsport.net...0002444821-Forza-Horizon-4-is-headed-to-Steam
Nah, fuck that for returning players, all that seasonal progress and unlocks from the GamePass/Windows Store version gone.
FH5 is right there with BOTW2 as my most anticipated game of the next few years, but temper expectations about a 2021 release.
Maybe I don't understand the PC market, but if you already have the game from the Windows Store and have played enough of it to care about progress, what is the benefit to playing the Steam version? I can understand those who only want to buy through Steam and have issues with the Windows Store (personally I don't care much either way), but if you are already playing on PC why double dip?
I have to assume that any mention of Mixer just won't be in the Steam version. Man...the bandwidth I used on those 24/7 Mixer influence streams...