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Forza Horizon 2: Team Races Club Division Explained

Imagine that your Forza Horizon 2 Club decides to head into team racing and you come across a team smaller than your own. What happens? Does the game split up your Club despite the fact that you'll all be scoring points towards the same goal? Does the race go ahead unevenly, sacrificing fairness for overall scoring purposes? Thankfully, neither of these options are true, as explained by Ian Webster of Team 10 earlier today.

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SIMOIKIE3528d ago

Can't wait for clubs to open up! Going to be so much to do socially in the game to will be awesome. The achievements look pretty wide spread a lot to do!

3-4-53528d ago

1,000 racers in a club is awesome.

Can't wait to just cruise around, find some hidden cars, and do some drag racers and everything else.

* I love Forza 5, but a little more freedom of the open road is always a good thing.

mcstorm3528d ago

Wow this game is looking like it is going to take up a lot of my time can't wait to get it.

Mr Pumblechook3528d ago

This Drive Club feature reeks of feature creep.

Let me explain it for you, Phil Spencer saw that Sony were releasing a game with a 'Drive' Club so now Forza added a feature called a 'Race' Club. Now obviously developers copy ideas but if it is done mid-development then it might not be as well realised. Forza Horizon 2 does look like fun I just think this was added to be a bit keeping up with the Joneses.

OpieWinston3528d ago

Did you even play Forza Horizon 1?

Because the first Forza Horizon had Clubs, and that released in 2012.

Get off your fanboy horse and wake up.

And I don't know how you got "Phil Spencer" involved in what Playground games makes.
Forza Horizon 2 was built from the group with Clubs/Social aspects in mind.

ScorpiusX3528d ago

You have your info all backwards , Forza was the first to introduce the social features .

Dezmond3528d ago

There is a club feature in the first Horizon. It's called Car Club

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GodGinrai3528d ago

@Mr Pumblechook - You have soooo much egg your face with that comment. seriously. try the first forza horizon...then play DC and tell us again, who is copying who.

Im sure DC will turn out fine, but you have your "facts" all wrong, mate.

christocolus3528d ago

@pumblechook

You really have no idea what forza is about dude. Go read about forza horizon (the first game) on 360 or try it out at a friends place. After doing that you'll definitly see the flaw in your comment. If any game is copying the other it definitly aint forza horizon. Also what does Phil have to do with this?

Mr Pumblechook3528d ago (Edited 3528d ago )

@OpieWinston

To truthfully answer your question, I haven't played Forza Horizon One. I didn't know it includes Drive Club style clubs. I stand corrected.

mcstorm3528d ago

@Mr Pumblechook I'm sorry where in my comment did I say anything about Driver Club? Wow what is it with fan boys on this site?

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tlougotg3528d ago (Edited 3528d ago )

Driveclub will be the better racer with social integration that has been their focus all along and now Forza wants to make it a main point when it never was for them. Its like TR and UC, obviously TR was one of the games first in its genre but UC focused more and that cinematic, set piece, mp experience and now the so called father is trying to be like the son, Forza may have brought clubs (by the way they arent the first racer with clubs) but Driveclub hence the name has focused on it and it will be ten times better in that respect and now Forza is just harping on about it because of what Driveclub is focusing on.

GodGinrai3528d ago

"social integration that has been their focus all along and now Forza wants to make it a main point when it never was for them."

Somebody CLEARLY has never played a forza game. Your post is trumpeting features that are in DC that have been in the forza series from day one.

even before horizon, there was a very social community of painters, racers, drifters, tuning nuts (me), time attack addicts (me). there was already photo sharing, before it was even introduced to GT.thats before DC was even on the drawing board.

Out of curiousity...what specifically is DC doing with car clubs that forza has not already done? and what features does DC offer up in the face of FH2's newer features. What is your substitute for drivatars.. pre recorded ghost laps?
and then there is the lack of cars compared to forza...and when does DC get the weather patched in? What happens when you just want to cruise the open roads with your car club? can you do that in DC?

"now Forza is just harping on about it because of what Driveclub is focusing on."

In addition to having one of the best handling models in the genre, Forza has always had the social aspects at the center of its design. Go read some reviews about any forza game. Go play it. You will very quickly realise that you dont know what you are talking about.

Nothing against DC. but you're putting your high hopes on an unproven franchise from a dev that has never created a 5 star racing game, against forza a game with a proven track record in ALL the areas you mentioned in DC.

How about you just wait till the reviews come in for both before you get on your high horse. But right now forza is smelling of roses, baby...

tlougotg3528d ago

Once you said that Evolution doesnt have a proven track record (which i zoned into first) i didnt bother reading your wall of text "baby" lol

Dewitt3528d ago (Edited 3528d ago )

Tlou, just going to go ahead and report you based on your blatantly trolling comments. Forza has always been about social features and as far as I know Motorstorm definitely wasn't.

GodGinrai3528d ago

Their WRC games on PS2 were not as good as the colin Mcrae games of the time. Maybe you forgot how much of a downgrade the first motorstorm was compared to its "ingame" trailer at the E3, that was announced at back when the PS3 was first shown ( I guess, you forgot about that one huh?) only to get greeted with a score of mediocre reviews. they average 70/80, 7/10 across most sites that reviewed, them.

So, no... They dont have the track record that T10 or PlaygroundGames..or even sony's own PD. Im not saying those were bad games. But I am saying they are not remembered as fondly as you would like to believe.

The fact is EVO dont have a driving to match the best efforts from T10 or PG. And T10/PG have been the most consistent, of any driving game studio, to date. there has never been a bad forza game. Even though F5 is probably the weakest link, it still spanks the pants off any any racer you can mention ( you might pull the "project cars" card..but you have not even played it...so you cant vouch for it)

But hey...keep living in lala land, cupcake..lol

tlougotg3528d ago

Dewitt...

No one cares lol You take this too serious.

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GodGinrai3528d ago

I dont know about you guys clubs... But I am one of the best dynamics (chassis) guys on forza. I roll with some real GOOD racers too. You guys are ALL in trouble! ;)

Just get used to looking at the back of my white RS200 with blue tiger stripe decals. Think Im gonna slap some VOLK TE37s on it this time. you might see it in the distance, way ahead of you. I hear the draw distance is really good in this game ;)

traumadisaster3528d ago

I rarely touch multiplayer but this is peaking my interest. Been playin the first one and is fantastic, funny how I get all wound up when a hidden car location is mentioned.

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Looking Back To 2014 and Forza Horizon 2

Paul writes: "Forza Horizon 2 then, a game from 2014 - a game that still stands up today"

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xRacer74x1668d ago

Would love to see a PC port of this game Forza 3 and 4 are just gorgeous on XBOX but Jaw dropping on PC.

ilikestuff1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

I remember when gran turismo was the driving sim king, I miss those days, I played the crap out of gt1, took me forever to get enough credits to get that viper, gt2 brought those muscle cars! Gt3 was a banger, gt4 was the downfall in my opinion, it was like they half assed the game, I think at one point they scanned a model car and used the bottom of it for the bottom of a car on their game. They gave up the crown and dont seem to care. Man though, gt1,2, and 3 were great.

sizeofyou1667d ago

Seriously even comparing FH to GT? 🤔

sampsonon1667d ago

not like DC does. they were 10 yrs ahead of their time.
https://youtu.be/pBEip6goHb...

but FH2 was pretty good as well.

ilikestuff1667d ago

Awesome video, those weather effects are nuts. I know that game didn’t start off to good but they should’ve gave them one more chance before they got shit down. Loved motorstorm

sampsonon1667d ago

i made sure i bought it before they de listed it from the ps store. those graphics are still one of the best this gen. and the best when it comes to realism. it looks soo real sometimes.

ramiuk11667d ago

i was blown away by driveclub ,infact still am tbh...
the rain !!!!!!!!!

porkChop1667d ago

DriveClub had some really impressive weather effects. It's a shame they didn't get another shot.

spicelicka1667d ago

Graphically that's true DC is the best looking racing game ever, but the article isn't talking about graphics only. Game design and gameplay in FH2 was miles ahead and has consistently improved with each iteration.

sampsonon1667d ago

they are saying it still holds up. to me that's a graphical thing. but if they think the open world car games are is the thing that makes a racing game hold up then The Crew is the winner.

in 10 yrs you can show DC and people will still think it's one of the best looking games.

but i get your point.

xRacer74x1667d ago

Just think if DC did not have prerendered backgrounds and the narrowest roads of any game i had played in a long time and it felt like it was on rails. DC was subpar and it cost the studio their jobs.

sampsonon1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

first of all the studio was shut down because of the launch of the game and all the free dlc they had to give away because of it. not the game itself.
pre-rendered backgrounds? lol thanks i needed that laugh.

"Just think if DC did not have prerendered backgrounds and the narrowest roads of any game i had played in a long time and it felt like it was on rails."

that's called a racetrack dumb dumb :)

FH2 had some of the worst graphics in a racer so of course you could have an open world. too bad the crew did a better job than FH2 and still does when it comes to open world racing.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://youtu.be/5WS55RHXyz...

xRacer74x1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

@sampsonon Except Genius(Intended Irony) not all the tracks were race tracks. And No feeling like the game is on rails does not mean its a race track either. DC was a subpar racing game. I really enjoyed the invisible barriers when you drove on the burm too. Forza was such a better game but that does not need to be said its why the studio is still making games and the other was FIRED. I get it though its not like on the PS4 their is a great arcade first party racing game. So you do not know any better.

sampsonon1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

@xRacer74x they were race tracks, just not off road tracks.
sub par my ass. Like i said sony only disbanded the company because of the bad launch. they also have GT so they could afford to close the company.

FH2 looked like shit and still does compared to the superior graphocs of DC. even 3 looks shit compared to DC.
One game was using tracks and the other was an open world. one looked way better and the other one allowed you to "REWIND" HAHA! when you race = garbage.

Forza Horizon is a fun game, don't get me wrong. but it was lacking in so many places compared to DC.
https://youtu.be/aa6qZ2pny6...

spicelicka1667d ago

I don't think simply being open world makes a game hold up, there were plenty of things FH2 did so well. IMO it did many things better than the Crew, which is why it's rated so much higher as well. Better graphics than the crew, the multiplayer was amazing with FM drivatar tech, and the handling of car just feels better than any arcade racer given the variety. The soundtrack is still my favourite.

Imortus_san1667d ago

LMAO, all the people that add no internet sucked balls since the phisical edition did not had those effects.

Forza Horizon 2 metacritic = 86 user 83
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Drive Club metacritic = 71 user = 63
https://www.metacritic.com/...

There is no real comparation, Drive CLub floped and the company went down while Forza Horizon 2 triumphed.

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3-4-51667d ago

* I've still yet to beat the game and haven't bought FH3 or FH4 because I still have stuff to do in FH2....I just haven't played in a while. It's an awesome game and yes it still is just as good now as when it originally released.

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7 Ultimate Xbox Gamerscore Grinds for Those with Way Too Much Time on Their Hands

Jacob writes: "Following on from my list of insanely difficult achievements, it’s time to shine the spotlight on another type of hellish achievement. The dreaded grind. These are the awards that will take you hundreds of hours at the absolute minimum, and often involve repeating menial tasks over and over. It’s safe to say that these were definitely not made with the casual gamer in mind. Only the most committed will ever see these pop."

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BillyG0AT1756d ago

rewording countless other articles, yayyy

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Pay much more for playing a bit earlier – this new emerging trend is alarming

As different as they are, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon, FIFA 19, and the new Tomb Raider have something in common. You could play all of them earlier than others. But there was a catch – you had to pay extra. And this practice doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.

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InKnight7s2010d ago

Meanwhile selling Switch at MSRP price is considered an amazing offer. PATHETIC.

CDbiggen2009d ago

What's that got to do with this article?

Segata2010d ago

Is this how they trick people into paying $80 Us Dollars for games next gen? Then I will get every game used.

princejb1342010d ago

if games cost $80 next gen i will problably quit console gaming

Sokol2010d ago

Games have been priced at 79.99$ in Canada for almost six years now.

It won't change anything.. Sadly.

princejb1342010d ago

@sokol sorry to hear that its been $60.00 in the US. If it goes up in the US it will probably go up in canada also

sawoosevens2009d ago (Edited 2009d ago )

With their current practices bringing up prices is not practical unless they remove MT and get back to making awesome games like the old days I'm still at a complete loss as to how our technologies has come so far and our games have become hot pieces of garbage of course some games are exceptions. Only games I feel okay with $ 80 towards are all made by Sony and that's me thanking them for providing me with the true gaming experience from when I was young when games we're actually fun.

sawoosevens2010d ago (Edited 2010d ago )

If they remove MT and actually make games fun again like they used to I'll gladly pay $ 80 for game hell I already do that for Sony's games.

Jinger2010d ago

As long as the early access is just an additional feature of the edition that comes with the season pass and all that then I'm fine with it. But I'm not going to pay extra JUST for early access.

AK912010d ago

Don’t buy it, speak with your wallets not your words.

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