One of the greats things about all these Motorsport and Horizon titles on Xbox One is
the drivatar feature.
Speaking with OXM, the game's creative director Dan Greenawalt bigged - up Forza 5's
Drivatar feature, which creates smart AI ghosts based on how players drive, and then plonks them into the game as opponents.
Not exact matches
Built from the ground up to take advantage of Xbox One and the vast power of the cloud, «Forza Motorsport 5»
features revolutionary
Drivatar technology that learns how you and your friends drive, delivering real human behaviour and an ever - evolving network of opponents always ready to race — even when they're not online.
The new
features like
Drivatars and an expansion of the relationship with the BBC's Top Gear are both welcome additions, but the game just feels unfinished.
That said, I love the
feature and love how my
Drivatar accumulates credits for me when I am not playing; very happy to see this
feature back again.
Difficulty levels of the aggressive «
Drivatar» virtual competitors and vehicle driving aids can be varied, but sometimes a lost race is fundamentally down to the game's mismatch of cars and courses — no matter how much you abuse the have - another - go «rewind»
feature to correct misjudged moments.
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features
When the
feature was introduced back in Forza 5, a lot of events weren't fun at all because the
drivatars smashed and bashed their way through every single corner, and that's not what sim - racing is about.
Drivatars make their return, and the races
feature 24players.
Forza Motorsport 6 will also
feature two player split screen racing according to the site, as well as 24 - player races and the return of
Drivatars first introduced in Forza Motorsport 5.
It makes plenty of sense for a racing game to be loaded with social and connected
features such as Forza 5's novel
Drivatar system but MGS V's online component?
The «
Drivatar»
feature will come back for Forza 5, but with some Xbox One cloud powered improvements.
Cloud - powered
Drivatars are really a hero
feature of the Forza franchise, where your friends» driving styles are saved in the cloud for you to race against when they're offline.