Digital Foundry: Forza Horizon 5 Tech Analysis: An Xbox Series X Masterpiece
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The technology of Forza Horizon 5: an Xbox Series X masterpiece
For nearly as long as video games have existed, the racing game has stood as a monument to state-of-the-art technology …
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This morning is too much for me. Forza reviews to read - Forza tech analysis - Intel ADL reviews - SMT reviews and Eldon Ring gameplay. My cup runneth over.
The game defaults to Quality mode and I'd really recommend starting with that and seeing how you get on. It's stunning and Horizon games have always had a really nice 30fps.
Give it a shot. You can always change to Performance if you do end up hating it.
Give it a shot. You can always change to Performance if you do end up hating it.
The 30fps is honestly so gross 🤮 lmao and as per John (and judging by the feed) the iq and lod don't change much between modes
Performance always and forever
Performance always and forever
Yeah, like back when I played FH2 and FH3 on the Xbox One, both games felt really smooth and fun to play even at 30fps. For a more laid back and carefree franchise like Horizon, 30fps isn't TOO terrible, but that's also why we have choices now!
This dev is the master of 30fps. No game feels better at 30, than the Forza games.
This may be so, but it will never, ever feel better than 60fps
"Amazing" 30fps will never be be better than 60 to me
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I've stayed on Quality so far and it really is gorgeous. I know if I switch to Performance there's likely no going back haha, but the image quality and overall visual showpiece on Quality so far is really something.
Looking forward to watching this from DF!
Just finished the full vid. I dunno how they are going to make this game look better on this hardware honestly it looks so damn good already where is the room for improvement without making the whole game fully ray traced with slightly better lods. Could this hardware even handle it?
Damn only few more days
Damn only few more days
Hard disagree. As evidenced by the video, Quality all the way.
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One S vs Series X Quality mode comparison pics from John's twitter.
You guys think i should go with quality mode on xbox or go with my i7 9700k/3070 with 32gb of ram pc?
I paused the video at around 14:55 to answer a call, came back to it after a few minutes and at 4K you could have told me I was looking at a still from a real video of Mexico's ground and I'd have believed you. I'm not a massive fan of racing games but I'll definitely be checking this out, after all who doesn't want to jump a volcano‽
I mean, I would most definitely go with PC. I hate 30 fps, and that config is most certainly able to pump out more performance than a XSX. You can probably get 60 fps and quality mode equavilent settings with slightly lowered resolution.
Am i wrong for thinking the foliage at times looks out of place? Something about the LOD, low textures, jaggies, and pop-in. Though it certainly looks right up close. I feel like FH4 did a better job of masking it when you're driving around.
edit: The foliage issues do seem to pretty much go away under weather conditions.
edit: The foliage issues do seem to pretty much go away under weather conditions.
just leave it on the default visual quality mode and see how it feels. you have to restart the game for a change in visual mode
If they settled for other options besides LOD pop-in to increase performance, I'd choose 60fps.
But in fast racing games it's super distracting to me, as your focus is always on distant objects and they suddenly change when you're getting closer.
In other genres I wouldn't find it that problematic though.
But in fast racing games it's super distracting to me, as your focus is always on distant objects and they suddenly change when you're getting closer.
In other genres I wouldn't find it that problematic though.
Man the craziest thing to me is that Horizon 2 blew my mind back in 2014, and from the clips in this video it really doesn't look all that great. Crazy how far we have come.