Forza 3 Demo - Fail?!

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kiefer23 said:

FKNetwork said:

Skeeuk said:
well its a demo after all, unlike xbox fanboys i dont start spewing doom doom doom on a game if the demo has glitches.

full game wont have this, OP can you tell us what the grafix and handling are like, and how good are replay grafix and how good is the audio.

im on silver so il wait a few days before i can give my verdict.

The graphics are very good but somehow I do feel let down, maybe because I have been playing DiRT 2 non stop for the last two weeks which is also a lovely looking game? I should have put Forza 2 in first then tried Forza 3 demo.

You all know i'm normally a 360 fanboy and have also been sticking up for Forza 3 for ages but I honestly don't think the graphics are as good as they have made them out to be, yes it looks very nice but I can't help but see the jaggies, the cockpit view seems to be running at 30FPS in this demo too, the full game is meant to have that view running at 60FPS.

 

The handling is amazing, feels real and I mean real!!!, the sound is also fantastic, so yeah, looking very good, just was a bit shocked at the poor quality of the demo (bugs) and how short it is, a two lap race with no online.....

You must be seeing shit, or your demo is still buggy. Which country did you download the demo in?

The only jaggies I see are barely noticeable. They only appear on thin/fine lines such as the line around the edge of a closed cardoor or the grill on the R8.

The cockpit view is also definiteley running at 60fps.

I'm in the UK, and no i'm not seeing sh*t, the game is not as good looking as I was expecting but then again I was expecting a lot as Turn 10 made it sound like it would be out of this world in terms of visuals, sorry but DiRT 2 is a MUCH better looking game overall (just doesn't run as smoothly), it is stunning from start to finish, even PGR 4 impressed me more.

BUT.....

 

I can't fault the gameplay at all in Forza 3, it is driving heaven, amazing in everyway (with the assists off, wow!), and as I said before, I do think this demo is an early build (this has been mentioned lots on the forza 3 forum), the jaggies and track glitches/bugs have also been mentioned lots on the forza forum and on the xbox forums so isn't just me with these issues.

The cockpit view is NO WAY running at 60FPS in the demo, you can tell instantly just by going from the cockpit view (smooth but not fluid) to the outside/bumper/chase view (silky smooth), and again, this has also been bought up on the forza forum and everyone is almost certain the cockpit view is indeed running at 30FPS, the final game will have this view running at 60FPS. replays also run at 30FPS but I think we all knew this already, the game runs at 720P too which we also already knew.

 

Also, LEADERBOARDS are now online for the demo, you can race against other peoples ghost cars!