Not exact matches
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.
For those few who don't know what
Drivatars are, they are virtual recreations of people who play Forza, and the data is saved to the Xbox Live Cloud, and once you race you'll actually be racing a virtual version of those people
with their driving tendencies.
Like the career mode you can play
with up to 24 cars on track, but this time they can be all real players or a combination of real players and
Drivatars.
with 450 cars, night racing, 3d poodles, 2 - player split - screen racing, 24 - player races, and realistic
Drivatar opponents deliver packed tracks and unrivaled action Damn.
It's undoubtedly compelling to be permanently locked in battle
with your friends (in addition to some of Forza's most prominent players) but
Drivatar behaviour only sticks out when big mistakes are made.
But outside of turn one, I was impressed
with the driving standards of the
drivatars compared to the previous Forza Motorsport game.
For those few who don't know what
Drivatars are, they are virtual recreations of people who play Forza, and the data is saved to the Xbox Live Cloud, and once you race you'll actually be racing a virtual version of those people
with their driving tendencies.
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.
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?
So over the last couple of years,
with the introduction of Forza Motorsport 5
Drivatars system and Forza Horizon 2 we learned a lot about how our
Drivatars act and behave.
The excellent visual showcase Ryse impressed many right from day one, despite its repetitive combat mechanics, while Dead Rising 3 by all accounts fixed many of the problems the series has suffered from since its inception and Forza 5 leveraged the power of the console to great effect
with its hyper - realistic car models and innovative «
Drivatar» AI augmenting system.
The «
Drivatar» feature will come back for Forza 5, but
with some Xbox One cloud powered improvements.
Hire your friends»
Drivatars to help you gain fans and expand your festival, and form Convoys
with them to explore the world even when they're not online.
Along
with a bigger variety in courses and races, the other big change to Forza Horizon 3 is that it has an improved
Drivatar system.
This is how we know that a lot of our friends are about the same skill level as us, because not only do their
Drivatars land up in many of our races but they, like us, don't exactly shy away from colliding
with other drivers.
In addition to cruising around your own world
with the A.I. - powered
Drivatar versions of your Xbox Live pals and club mates, Forza Horizon 3 is the most online - friendly entry to date.