Forza Horizon 5: E3 Gameplay Demo; Game Launches November 9th 2021

You can stormchase in Horizon 5!!! FUCK YES!!!

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There are some 42000 needles being rendered on the cactus so yeah.

Forza Horizon 5 is, next to Halo Infinite, one of those games I can show off and say, look, you want an Xbox Series X (or a good PC). The amount of detail is really high (not to mention RT), and of course equally important, super smooth, and open world.

Playground is really a jewel of a studio. Looking at this I cannot imagine what they’ll do to Fable, I think it’s in really good hands.

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I missed it. Any new footage shown here?

The “Series S will hold back next gen” crowd is awfully quiet these days… :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Highlight would be…

Forza Horizon 5 features the longest highway the series has ever seen

The developers weren’t exactly sure how long the highway was precisely, but they did say it ran from corner to corner of the map, which we’ve already learned is Forza Horizon’s largest map ever.

Some other good info at the link.

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Nope, just Q&A, but a fun one.

Far as I know RT is only in vista mode not in the actual game.

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Correct.

well looks like performance mode will be 4k/60

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Absolutely beautiful.

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Stunning

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Does this mean a cut to graphical effects in favor of resolution? Would prefer the opposite, to be honest.

Source: https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/4402249796243-Forza-Horizon-5-Announce-FAQ

Q: What Xbox Series X|S features does Forza Horizon 5 take advantage of? A: Xbox Series X|S enabled us to provide players the most technologically advanced Forza Horizon experience yet. The power of this Xbox Series consoles has enabled us to deliver incredible realism and immersion with a world rendered in higher detail and with extreme draw distances. Forza Horizon 5 runs at 4K 30 FPS on Xbox Series X, and 1080p 30 FPS on Xbox Series S. For players that prefer to optimize for framerate, we are providing a performance mode option that will run at 60 FPS.

Support FAQ is not really clear here. Could be dynamic resolution, reduction of effects, LOD, etc.

Apparently indeed RT is only basically when in photo mode. Hopefully Forza Motorsport will show it during the race as that game won’t be open world. Still the game looks amazing regardless.

We’ll see, at least they cleared the situation, people in search of excuses to attack Xbox were already fabricating narratives out of thin air.

It has to be DRS.

What if… It’s Direct ML super sampling for 4k 60?

Hope…

Mike Brown, creative director at Playground Games, has revealed that Forza Horizon 5 will run at 4K 60fps in performance mode on Xbox Series X and 1080p 60fps on Xbox Series S. With the game running at 4K in both modes on Series X, it’s currently unclear what visuals will be downgraded or even given up entirely to hit the buttery smooth 60fps mark in performance mode.