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Forza Motorsport 5 Gameplay Video Shows Laguna Seca with Multiple Cars and a Glimpse of Rewind

Xbox One exclusive Forza Motorsport 5 in a new video directly from the Tokyo Game Show Microsoft booth.

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darthv724241d ago

yes the game does look nice. It is an evolution of the series that fans will greatly enjoy.

@meth (below) if you are looking out the windshield of the car, you should get reflections and 'lens flare'.

What i really want to see are the smaller details over the period of a race. such as no car ever has a perfectly clean windshield all the time. if you are following closely then you should begin to get artifacts on the windshield as well as the exterior of the car from the environment.

For a game like drive club that offer night driving, i expect to see reflections off the interior from the rear view mirror and how it would illuminate the dash even for a brief moment as a car passes you or you pass under a street light.

The evolution of these driving games is going to be more about the smaller details. the things you generally dont pay attention to because we are busy watching the road or other vehicles.

when you go off course, you should see the effects of the grass or dirt as it would disturb the clean surface of the car with some sort of residue.

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abzdine4241d ago

@drsfinest72: same goes for you :)

On Topic: nice graphics, but not as next gen as turn 10 claim it to be.

black0o4241d ago

@drsfinest72 it's was a reply to above which brought up #driveclub

tokugawa4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

abzdine.

i take it that you are new to gaming and have not been around to see any new console launches before.

on the ps2, we had to wait until GTA3 launched until we saw a real jump from the ps1. on the xbox 360 it was gears that showed the jump. for me kz2 on the ps3 showed the jump etc..

i am not expecting a huge jump until the end of 2014, begining of 2015.

but, seeing as you as a well known sony trooper. i am probably wasting my time here

guitarded774241d ago

Looks great. I likes the way the sign went flying after the driver hit it. Pretty realistic. The only thing I didn't really like was the light reflecting off the asphalt... it didn't look realistic. But if I'm noticing something like that, it just means everything else is superb. Forza is the one launch game that makes me want an XBOX One on day one, but even as good as it looks, I can't drop that kind of coin for one game. I'll wait for a system price drop, and a Gears or Halo. Hopefully Forza will be down to $20 by then too.

Tito084241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

@tokugawa- Seems like the real waste of time in here is you. If I remember correctly, there was Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Final Fantasy X. All these games released the same year as GTA3, and you're saying we had to wait til GTA3 to notice a jump? Of course it was a jump in the sandbox department, but graphics was the last thing people would think about when it comes to GTA as all the games I mentioned looked way better, so you're either blind or simply retarded.

Oh yeah, I forgot, you're a Xboner, you're excused.

abzdine4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

@tokugawa:
"i take it that you are new to gaming and have not been around to see any new console launches before"

and i take it as you have no taste in gaming and you cannot distinguish between generation gap.
check this out:
Ridge Racer Type 4 (one of last PSone games): http://image.jeuxvideo.com/...

and this

Ridge Racer V (PS2 launch title)
http://image.jeuxvideo.com/...

Are you serious you cannot notice a gen gap? i am sorry if first PS2 game you bought was GTA3 but if you bought PS2 day one just like i did you would have noticed a gigantic gap in performance, same goes from PS2/PS3 and PS3/PS4. Also, GTA3 was all but impressive graphically.
First game i bought at PS3 launch is Virtua Tennis 3, and i can tell you that game is above everything i have seen on PS2.

Forza 5 is next gen, but thanks to Sony there is a monster called DriveClub that shows what next gen car design looks like.

look at them side by side, no need for glasses :P

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adorie4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Yeah, aside from the lighting, the game looks really good. loved Forza III and sometime next year, I hope to be playing this one. :)

JokesOnYou4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

hmmm the sony bias is strong on this site, wish they'd show some more direct feed stuff but whatever. Lighting you say? Am I hearing the environments don't look good? Well here's a few hands on impressions from those with hands on:

"But that's not all. The paint truly does look phenomenally realistic thanks to subsurface scattering, a techie term that basically means it allows for the accurate rendering of light reflecting below a surface -- in this case, the metallic flecks below the clearcoat on a McLaren P1 supercar. Furthermore, the dashboard reflections on the windshield during daytime races is a seemingly small but brilliant touch, particularly for someone like me who always does his Forza racing from the first-person cockpit view."

"High Dynamic Range lighting means the sun can get in your eyes as you're heading west across the Prague track's long bridge, while the draw distance on the track vistas is absolutely insane. You can see trees and buildings miles in the distance from the crest of the hill on the same track. Gorgeous!"
http://m.ign.com/articles/2...

"Famed for its graphical prowess on 360, Forza 5 ups the ante here with a new lighting model - flying over a bridge and seeing the light reflecting and responding to the car and world was enough to convince that the next-gen was here at long last."
http://www.videogamer.com/x...

"And it’s not just the vehicles: it’s the environments, too, from the lighting to the motion blur effect to the additional fixtures like cheering fans watching racers fly by in 1080p and at 60 frames per second."
http://www.gengame.net/2013...

"The game is simply gorgeous, filled with amazing detail in every aspect of every car. Stitching and bumps in carbon fiber can be seen all over the super cars. While these cars have more polygons than ever before, that means little when traveling at a 100 mph through a bend. The worlds are more alive in Forza 5. Looking off in the distance, you can see activity everywhere. Little touches such as a helicopter flying around in what appears to be a fully rendered city in the distance."
http://thriftynerd.com/2013...

"The photorealism carries over to the courses. It was hard to keep my eyes on the road with all of the eye-catching background elements found in the sun-drenched Prague course. Insanely detailed roads, sidelines, buildings, sky, and other props looked a world away from the previous Forza title . The jump in quality is crazy -- it's something you'll have to see for yourself to understand. Mind you, this is all running at 60 frames per second at 1080p."
http://www.destructoid.com/...

-So ahhh first hand impressions vs n4g sony experts watching off screen vids. pfft OK, what the hell I'ma go with the n4g sony experts. lol

titletownrelo4241d ago

Since when did gaming for fun turn into the pursuit of pointless bragging rights?

I want a PS4 as much as the next guy, but I feel that everyone is complaining about such minor features just to make Forza seem inferior...so ridiculous.

4Sh0w4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Thats some made up fanboy crap everyone with hands on has said Forza 5 is visually impressive while the n4g talking points is lighting. I haven't read anywhere negative comments about lighting and the lighting looks great in these vids.

XboxFun4241d ago

For some reason, lights, trees and nighttime have taken precedent over actual racing. The main reason for this game.

MethCupcakes4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

I'm not trolling or anything but, this is "next-gen"? It doesn't look anything like what they're boasting about. Honestly, it looks like a 360 game a bit of high res textures. Also, why is it with every game (That has FPV) nowadays has that lens flare? I thought we were looking out the eyes of the character/driver not shooting a movie.

Bobbo444241d ago

I'll be the first to say I think people have high hopes for "next-gen", but in all fairness, you can't really judge quality by a cam recording or whatever.

Eonjay4241d ago

If I were comparing this to Drive Club or NFS I would say that it is really light on the environment details but the cars model textures are really high. Forza looks better than Drive Club right up to the part where the actual race begins and you see the actual course. Then Drive Club steals the show with its insame amount of environmental details.

Or maybe, we need to see an different Forza track cause the demo one is looking plain by comparison. And what the heck happened @0:40? Did the player switch views for a micro second or did the cockpit view vanish?

MethCupcakes4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Who said anything about Drive Club? I speaking about it overall.

kizzle324241d ago

I noticed that too but upon further inspection it looks like he hits the "look behind" button for a split second.

BallsEye4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

@Eonjay

They are doing a good effort with driveclub but I don't think tracks look more detailed. The half fake raytracing just doesn't do anything good for this game.

this is direct feed full hd shots and they don't look as great when cars start moving. Low res, everything blurred with low passes.

http://images.gamersyde.com...

http://images.gamersyde.com...

even on this specially prepared retouched shot for the press the enviroment just looks...last gen..

http://gematsu.com/gallery/...

Now I could post plenty of beautiful forza 5 full hd screens and gameplay (it was playable it is playable all the time and graphics are just as good as always was shown, even upgraded recently). I'm not quite sure why driveclub gets so much praise here on n4g for it's graphics. Forza got all the awards for best graphics on all showings, it prooves something.

Oh yea forgot to tell. Sure the screens below were retouched somehow but I'm sure they didnt add fake trees and buildings, so tracks are not plain at all.

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/...

http://media.operationsport...

http://images5.alphacoders....

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S...

http://games.cz.imag3box.co...

Now if you played previous forza, you should know their tracks are full of details and beautiful. Hopefully we will see some more interesting tracks soon.

MethCupcakes4241d ago

I'm goin' to waste my last bubble but, you give off that fanboy smell.

slivery4241d ago

Aren't you the same tool from neogaf? Who goes around saying Driveclub has fake lighting and Killzone doesn't use any ray tracing?

BallsEye4241d ago

@slivery

I don't ever look on neogaf. Not into that kind of forums. Anyway, what is funny is that I'm actually posting real stuff, real screenshots and all you can do is say I'm a tool from neogaf? Open your eyes, it is what it is. Btw yes lighting in driveclub is not real raytricing.

http://www.ign.com/boards/t...

Scroll down to post with pictures. It's a mix of few techniques and it doesn't work as advertised.

@MethCupcakes

So because I don't do all the praises for driveclub it makes me a fanboy of MS? Damn, you guys are weird. I'm collecting gaming systems and I will buy all next gen consoles (yea even got that wiiU that is just full of dust in my gaming room), I pay my own money for the stuff I buy. In this case I preffer forza and that is where I'd like to spend my money. This doesn't make me a fanboy. Seriously guys, grow up.

Lboogieskells4241d ago

notice above in the same pics, it says alpha code.

FamilyGuy4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

"Alpha code" shots, just one of the many tactics of a fanboy :/
Side note: You can own every system on the planet and still be a fanboy. Having a strong preference for something to the point of ignoring all its shortcomings and valid criticisms is a sure sign.

Despite it being alpha code, DriveClub still looks good. Forza looks good too. They're both doing different things and neither one is perfect at this point. Driveclub has jaggies and Forza has faked reflections among many other things. Fans are being overly critical of both games, they both look much better than current gen titles so that's the main goal visually anyway.

Buy the game you want and get over it people.

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Bobbo444241d ago

LMAO a rewind feature? This game officially can't be taken seriously as a simulation racing game.

PraxxtorCruel4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Such a dumb comment. So what if there is a rewind feature? Don't use it. It doesn't affect online play at all. So what is the big deal?

Bobbo444241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Have you ever seen "GAME OVER" on the screen? There used to be a time when video games were actually difficult. Go try playing Super Mario Brothers, and when you quit on the first level you'll see why a rewind feature is a joke.

http://www.p4rgaming.com/ma...

And it's supposed to be a simulation racing game, meaning it's simulating actually racing. Pretty sure you can't rewind in the middle of a real race, hence the this game is not actually a simulation game.

LonChaneyTV4241d ago

"Have you ever seen "GAME OVER" on the screen? There used to be a time when video games were actually difficult. "

It still has it. there's also a continue button because we all know real life moves on. /s

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Abriael4241d ago

The series had a rewind feature since Forza 2. Way to be late to the party.

Bobbo444241d ago

I want nothing to do with this party.

u got owned4241d ago

"I want nothing to do with this party."

so what are you doing here then.

MajorLazer4241d ago

Since Forza 3, not Forza 2

LoveOfTheGame4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

Mario bros, beat it in under ten minutes. Not a difficult game, maybe you just can't see the screen that well in your cave.

Also, can't you quit races before they are done in every racing game? Wouldn't that be the same as rewind just more hassle.

Bobbo444241d ago

That doesn't even make sense. What does commenting about a game being difficult have to do with being in a cave? Not to mention, pretty sure you can see a screen better in a cave. And congratulations, beat it in 10 minutes means you looked up all of the shortcuts on Google probably. The point is you could actually lose in Mario, try losing in today's games.

LoveOfTheGame4241d ago

Ignorance is bliss, eh. I was referring to you as a troll, hence the cave comment. And I don't think Google was really around in the early nineties, I mean the probably were but I didn't have internet till much later.

Also, WTF you talking about try losing in today's games? You can easily lose in every game; skeleton kills you in Dark/Demon souls, a Clicker hears you, Los Santos Police bring a chopper, it goes on. Maybe get of the easiest level and challenge yourself, the games might seem harder then.

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LoveOfTheGame4241d ago

In Mario it wouldn't be game over, you would restart at the beginning of that world with 5 lives. Back to the rewind thing, in GT you can just quit the race and start it over.

It's like you have never played these games but bring them into this argument thinking that they can back you up.

Also Ninja Gaiden is a difficult game by reputation. Just play some of these games and you will see most of the things that make them easier are just a choice that the gamer can choose not to do.

Pls continue creating accounts so you will have enough bubs.

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LoveOfTheGame4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

It better not be oatmeal raisin lol. I'm not thinking of Super Mario World, although it might follow that, I thought the original one did it also.

Looked it up and you're right about the complete game over. Strange since none of the other ones did this, that I can remember. Hell even the lost levels only started you at 5-1 if yo died at 5-4.

We are getting extremely off point here, but the rewind is nothing more than a convenient restart button. If this ruins a simulator then no game can be a simulator since you can restart. Also I don't think Forza is meant to be a simulator.

Also who needs emulators when you have the original.

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GrizzliS19874241d ago

when was forza a simulator? just cus you can make graphics on par with gran turismo doesnt, photo realistic, doesnt make you a sim.

disagree all you want, the only people who claim forza was ever a simulator are xbox fanboys who wanted their own gran turismo.

forza is, and always will be, an arcade sim, meaning quality entry level driving game with a hint of simulator. Easy to get into and drive and perform well.

Forza fans hate gran turismo becuase they expect to perform on GT same as they do on forza, and that is simply not possible.

again, i like both games, because they are just that, games, but there is only one game i bought the G27 wheel for, and thats Gran Turismo

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Kayant4241d ago (Edited 4241d ago )

@Bobbo55

The developers themselves also said they don't know what GT6 physics engine is like so he can't really say that much. And he's only talking psychics. Physics only =/= sim racer.

"Just do the math. Honestly," Greenawalt replied. "I don't know what their physics engine is. I know what mine is."

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MysticStrummer4241d ago

@Bobbo -

- Interviewer: Getting back to the lack of racing features in Forza, will you be updating or adding them to FM5?

Dan: Um, (laughing) I don’t agree with your premise. Forza has all or most of the racing features you mentioned.

- Interviewer: Not exactly. Yes, you do have pit stops, but they are computer controlled. You have tire wear, but without significant degradation. You have fuel consumption, but just barely, as though every car no matter the power or use of that power gets the same ridiculous mpg. You have damage repair, but only mechanical, and not on the aerodynamics. You have a drag tree, but it doesn’t actually function.

Dan: Fair points, but, but again, Forza (and Forza 5 in particular) offers so much more than these rather minor details and concerns from our niche brothers and sisters on the racing side of Forza life. We feel that the true source of Forza entertainment comes from its overall execution and the emotional connection derived from its unparalleled immersive content. I feel that any details that are allegedly missing are far outweighed by our cutting edge graphics and physics. But it’s not just these critical aspects; it’s also (in the case of FM5) the new power of the Cloud that places us on an entirely new plateau beyond anything anyone has out there. So, I think we can be forgiven if we don’t have every feature under the sun.

- Interviewer: Well, speaking for the racers, we don’t really feel you have gone all out, or the extra mile when it comes to the racing features in Forza. The general opinion is that you did just enough to get by so that you can say you have this or that feature, but often totally lacking full functionality. Is this a limitation of the Microsoft hardware, architecture, or software, or is it a lack of racing experience and culture?

Dan: Okay then, tell me how you really feel! (laughing) Seriously, we could make a hardcore race sim, but that’s not what got us here. We can’t take the path that others with less success take; we have to forge our own path. And as much as we try to be everything to everyone whether they are a car guy or not, we can only go so deep with any single feature if you know what I mean.

- Interviewer: Yes, I think I do. This is sort of the problem from the sim-racer point of view; and that is Forza isn’t precisely sure what it wants to be. It seems to have strayed far and wide from its original concept back in the day when everyone was quite sure that Forza was a racing simulator not unlike Gran Turismo. By not staying on point or with the original theme over the years, we’ve seen improvements in graphics, physics, GUI, and all sorts of non-racing innovations like the livery editor and auction house features, but very little actual improvements to the racing experience itself. Can you explain this?

Dan: Probably not to the satisfaction of the hardcore racers.

- Interviewer: Well let me ask you this then, will racing ever become the preeminent attribute of Forza in the future? Will you ever return to your roots and make simulation racing the reason for Forza again?

Dan: If you’re asking will we ever make a hardcore simulation racer, the answer is no. If you’re asking will we try to attract more people to racing by blending gaming with racing, the answer is yes.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

starchild4241d ago

By that logic, since when has Gran Turismo been a simulator? By the standards of racing/driving sims on PC Gran Turismo is inferior, so that makes it not a sim.

gamer20134240d ago

As far back as I can remember with Forza 1 the media has been calling it a sim. Funny thing is though, I've played every GT game (my fav was GT3: A Spec) and never have I read or heard about it in any way being a sim until GT 4 came along. Then all of a sudden GT is a sim and Forza isn't!

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BallsEye4241d ago

I consider myself a hardcore gamer and I don't like it easy but sure i get ffffffffffff pissed off when I'm doing 10th lap and because of some stupid reason (dog annoyed me or whatever) I hit something or lose controll of the car and here we go...whole race wasted. I think it's a nice feat to learn to play before you hit online, cause on online you can't use that.

TXIDarkAvenger4241d ago

Its been in the series for a long time.

Also, the rewind feature is not available for online play. If like Forza 4, each time you use the rewind feature you lose a certain amount of cash/XP.

CalamityCB4241d ago

You have got to be trolling if you did not know the forza series had a rewind feature .__.

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Riderz13374241d ago

The amount of pop ins in the rear view mirror is too damn high!

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Looking back to 2014 and Forza Motorsport 5 Racing GOTY Edition

Carlos writes - "When it was time for Forza 5 to rock on up to the track, we were just entering the third generation of Xbox consoles, and to show off all that extra horsepower that would come inside the Xbox One, they wanted a flagship title that could truly showcase just what miracles the next generation could perform. And what better title than Microsoft’s beloved racer!"

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mijayire2113d ago (Edited 2113d ago )

Such s supreme racing title. Hands down racing franchise of recent decades. Nothing has come close in quality or ratings.

bluefox7552113d ago

Not to mention the worst rated game in the series.

mijayire2113d ago

Apart from Forza 5. Talking about generally the Forza series has always been rated high. Perhaps Forza 5 was rushed for launch. Although made up again by Forza 6 and 7.

IRetrouk2113d ago

I liked the game well enough, it was a good starting point for the new gen and helped them build up to what motorsport 7 is now, the controversies wasnt with the numbers of cars or tracks though, it was more to do with the pc footage being passed off as xbox one, the downgrade from what they originally had shown caused more upset than the numbers.

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Put pedal to the metal in Forza Motorsport 5 now free via the Games With Gold scheme

Carlos writes - "It’s time to tweak that tuning setup, perfect those visuals and strap in to that harness before heading down to the track, as Forza Motorsport 5 is calling for all players with a free download now available thanks to Games With Gold!"

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Are the free Xbox Games With Gold titles for September 2017 any good?

James writes - "So here we are with a new month about to begin, and we all know by now that means a number of new games are about to be gifted to all Xbox One and Xbox 360 players via the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for September2017. The free games of last month were passable if truth be told, but can September’s offerings make it a month to remember, or one to skip over?"

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timotim2804d ago

Well...lets see. So FM5 is 2013's Racer of the Year, while Oxenfree was nominated and won all types of awards as an indie game in 2016. On the BC side, both games are classics.

lxeasy2804d ago

The Games for Gold this month are pretty good

DaNineTwo2804d ago

I have no idea why you got disagrees.

shinrock2804d ago (Edited 2804d ago )

Because ur in Sonyland.

DaGreatOne2804d ago

I got disagrees for pointing the same thing out the psn games coming. I doubt some people actually enjoy games that visit this site.

TheSaint2803d ago

I swear some people just go into topics and hit disagree on every post for no reason.

EazyC2804d ago

Of course they are. The competition between PS Plus and GwG is getting good now, expect more great months on both sides

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Razzer2804d ago

Damn good month. No doubt

senorfartcushion2804d ago

Ps propagandist article and post.

Keep it neutral, fanboy.

senorfartcushion2803d ago

Profile picture, son. I'm an adult, I don't do that fanboy nonsense.

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