Forza Horizon pic post!

How about posting some of your in game photos? I started messing with it tonight and it very addicting

Awwww crap. This is going to make me buy this game and never get anything done again...

I haven't played that game in a while. Need to bust it back out...

I picked it back up after seeing about the rally expansion. I bought a few DLC car packs and got sucked in again. I really did nothing productive, just messed around in free roam for a few bours haha...

Ok, explain the game to me. Wife asked me if I wanted it and I kinda changed subjects. Is it like Forza 4, but more free world so you can drive around like a madman?

Yes and no. The tuning is somewhat more limited, and there are far less cars. But the world is completely open, and there's plenty of ancillary challenges to accomplish, like speed cameras, barn finds and the like. It's pretty fun.

Also, one thing to keep in mind- fully maxed SVT Raptor+ donuts on a golf course.

Personally, I would have been pissed if I had paid $60 for it......under $15 and I've been happy. With a solid 2-3 nights, you should be able to beat all the races in single player

So, can you still have crazy motor swaps and 1,000+hp cars, or is it more of a Need For Speed kinda game?

In reply to Conquest351:

Oh, its a little bit different than NFS, but not by much. It is obviously targeted towards EA.....I still believe it is retaliation for the porsche licensing fiasco. Crazy engine swaps, yes......adding awd, no.

I'll have to see if I can figure out how to pull my aventador J pictures from the storefront.

In reply to Conquest351:

Think of it like Forza-Lite. You can do engine swaps and put parts on but there is no tuning. You can't adjust the suspension or sway bars for example. You just buy the part and install it.

The Wrangler in the pic has a twin turbo 6.4L Hemi making about 900 HP.

The races and challenges are pretty fun and varied. There is also a "street racing hub" where you can race random cars. AI driven cars also roam around the map that you can street race.

As far as open world, well, its not a fully open world (like Fuel for example) but its open enough that it doesn't really hamper anything. Yeah, most roads have guardrails and you can't climb steep hills but there is plenty of places where you can get off the road and mess around (golf course).

The online aspect is really fun as well. GRM has its own car club. I've played with some of the guys here and had a blast.

Think of it as the "Arcade Mode" for Forza 4 and you'll like it. I still haven't figured out how the 900hp DB5 of mine hooks on 255 rubber.......lol

Are there Canoes in this new game?

Thanks. Got him.

horizon DLC rally pack comes out tomorrow. rally suspension, rally tires, close ratio rally transmission are available for many cars (yes even cars that should not go off road like a veyron for example)

also if you havent seen it here are several "unconfirmed" future DLC cars. but they have been confirmed due to glitches in the game or whatever. http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/thread/5894894.aspx

Here's some pics a friend of mine took of some of my paints. PHOTO98 by matt.baird, on Flickr PHOTO100 by matt.baird, on Flickr PHOTO91 by matt.baird, on Flickr PHOTO92 by matt.baird, on Flickr

rally anyone?

question everyone keeps asking....is it worth it? I dont know.

5 new cars and 7 Rally locations throughout the map with 4 stages each. Its not free roam. You only have to complete each location to unlock the next, not come in 1st place (which is challenging). You can use any car in the game though, and its not required to install rally specific parts. Only the 5 cars in the rally DLC have addons like light bars and rally mudflaps, etc. But all the cars in the game now get rally tires, rally suspension (soft and raises the car), and close ratio rally trans. you can use the new parts anywhere in the game, not just in Horizon Rally. (So yes, stick that new suspension on your Raptor, or Lamborghini, and hit the golf course). The stages do follow the paths of roads already on the map, but for the most part are heavily modified with some different scenery, elevation changes, banking, jumps, etc.. there is no mud or snow unfortunately.

I like it better than other rally games because you can build your car like any other forza car and rally it. Not just stuck using pre-built rally cars. That plus forza-ish physics. I have been building "Group 6" type cars, they aren't competitive at all but they are fun to thrash around.

I give the rally expansion an "ok" ranking.

It is difficult. The AI puts up some impossible sector times on medium difficulty on some of the stages. I plain suck on some sectors (5-8 secs slower ) and faster in others (2-3 secs). That gives you a nice top 15 place.

I'm going to turn it down to easy and blast through to unlock all of the stages to bomb around on.