Pricing on this is something else, man. 70€ base, 100€ deluxe, 120€ for the premium. And they moved most of content into the premium tier. The only difference btw the 70 and the 100 € versions is the car pass ( which could act as a huge car pack as in the past they had a couple dozen cars ). Also the premium tier does not include future car packs ( which may be fair but i have a feeling they will nickle and dime us for cars already present in FH4/FH5 ). There’s a good chance the game will be good, but you can also bet MS will squeeze us dry.
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absquatulate@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
scala@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
Hard pass. After playing FH5 and leaving for a few months only to be locked out of races and stuff I had access to at the start of the game due dlc coming out and locking you out unless you paid for the content that we already had access too. No thanks. I’ll sail the seas.
LievitoPadre@feddit.it 4 hours ago
As someone who wants to approach car racing games, what would be the suggestion to start with? I remember I played need for speed undercover and shift many years ago and I enjoyed them (shift was one of my favorite) But I haven’t been in the scene for a long time. I just want to casually play, because I kinda like the genre and I was thinking about getting a steering wheel eventually.
Any recommendations?
anyera@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
Need for Speed Heat and Unbound are decent, usually go on sale for dirt cheap. They are much more arcadey (which isn’t a bad thing)
Forza Horizon is a great simcade experience imo. It’s a good blend of realism and arcade style driving mechanics.
Dirt Rally 2 if you want to try rally style racing.
Racing games cover such a large variety of styles and levels or realism so it really depends what you like in a racing game.
There are proper sim racers but they are much harder to get into if you are just getting started (Assetto Corsa, iRacing, Richard Burns Rally to name a few)
LievitoPadre@feddit.it 3 hours ago
Thanks for the suggestions! If I’d go with a Forza horizon, which one should I pick? Do you know if there’s any Linux support for the game you mentioned?
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
based on past versions, is this one gonna be 1TB? /j
LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Snow tunnel looks cool.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Looks just like Horizon 5. :D But in Japan setting off course, which is very interesting to me. Its one of the few Microsoft IPs that do well in recent history.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Here’s hoping they have more than three blocks of city streets to race on…
Hubi@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Autozam AZ-1 my beloved
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
You know what a fun game is that works perfectly and doesnt require online data stealing accounts and dlc bullshit on unfinished games?
PS1 GT2. Byeee
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Need for Speed Underground 2.
Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
no, the other Gran Turismo
GT4
perfection
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 18 minutes ago
Also great
msokiovt@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
I’d rather the older Motorsport games, up to Motorsport 4. FH6 is going to be toxic, cheated, manipulated, and a mess.
A video about that nonsense is on YouTube from 2023, and it’s this (using an Invidious link): inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KkmxCwi6RVs
mrfriki@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I played the first game, I think, it was fun… Itching for some arcade-ish racing. Does the new entries have paid DLC cards, gated progression or any shit like that?
Aielman15@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
If anything, I feel like it’s the exact opposite? You can’t drive more than 50 meters without the game gifting you a new car or some shit.
I stopped playing FH3 because of that lol
Hond@piefed.social 17 hours ago
FM3 onwards these games were full of DLCs, special editions, VIP status for faster progression, live service content, fomo mechanics, gambling, etc pp
The “story”, “writing” and “characters” are also painfully bad. Cutscenes arent skippable. You can mute those bland corporate written assholes though.
Gameplaywise it isnt a nice little campaign like in FH1. Its more like a sandbox where the game shits out a new car for you at every given moment but desireable cars are locked behind seasonal/weekly events and grinding. then the map gets clogged up really fast in thousands of races and other activities which you can do however you feel like. If your after a more guided experience your out of luck.
Still pretty solid games with great artstyle, tons of cars, very good driving physics, tons content etc.
But after the Forza Motorsport 2023 desaster i dont trust Microslops marketing one bit. Playground Games trackrecord is still pretty good they overtook Turn10 long ago. But i’m going to wait it out until the honeymoon phase wears off and the more critical opinions start to appear.
mrfriki@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Thank for the thoughtful answer! Kind of sad to all that FOMO in every single AAA game. Will wait for a demo and see.
Deconceptualist@leminal.space 15 hours ago
The “story”, “writing” and “characters” are also painfully bad. Cutscenes arent skippable. You can mute those bland corporate written assholes though.
I only played FH4 but yeah they were pretty awful. The Drift guy was okay though, he was basically like “hey go have fun and show off”. Generic but pleasant enough. Other characters were unlikeable.
Playground Games’ track record is still pretty good and they overtook Turn10 a long time ago.
??? These games are made by both Playground and Turn10.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 12 hours ago
I played FH4 and progression was quite easy I had good cars and cool cars early on but there were still cars to grind for.
mrfriki@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I see, thanks!
mintiefresh@piefed.ca 12 minutes ago
I love that the setting is in Japan this time around and even that alone will likely draw me into this game. We’ll see how this goes.