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hootOS
@hootOS

My first impression:

how in the fuck does this game still suck this bad


hootOS
@hootOS

I WAS JUST PLAYING GRID, A GAME FROM 2008, WHICH CRASHED EVERY FOURTH OR FIFTH EVENT I RACED, AND IT STILL PLAYED BETTER THAN THIS JUNK

HOW

HOW HAVE WE FALLEN SO FAR FROM GREATNESS


hootOS
@hootOS

According to ex-T10 employee testimony, Microsoft refused to hire full-time employees during the entire development cycle of Forza Motorsport. This means people like FrieNDA who worked on what were essential assets for the game weren't given enough time to learn the engine, develop assets then optimize them before being kicked out the fuckin door.

This kind of development cycle PERFECTLY EXPLAINS how a brand new Forza Motorsport can feel WORSE THAN EVERY GAME THAT CAME BEFORE IT. People are hired on, they work crazy hard, they get canned and then new employees NOT ONLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS, but ALSO LEARN THE ENGINE THEMSELVES AND CONTINUE FORWARD.

it's an immensely stupid way of running a fucking workplace. BUT HEY MICROSOFT, ANYTHING TO AVOID UNION ORGANIZATION IN YOUR QA DEPARTMENTS AND SHIT, RIGHT?!

fucking imagine shooting your nose to spite your fucking face.


hootOS
@hootOS
  • worse framerate than before (previously a slightly unstable 59 frame average, now 45 frame average and full of instability when delivering frames
  • worse netcode (i had cars teleporting across half the track)
  • kerbs still feel like shit
  • tires still feel inconsistent corner-to-corner
  • the game crashed THREE TIMES and hard-locked ONCE before i even got on track

WHY


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in reply to @hootOS's post:

probably not. still doing some testing to figure out some settings and moving it to an SDD but im not holding much hope

from the sounds of things it's great on console, but apparently microsoft games ALL suck on PC so.

in reply to @hootOS's post:

Thanks for taking a hit for us, I was considering - CONSIDERING - a reinstall and I feel entirely vindicated in deciding not to

Forza fucking sucks. I'm only sticking with FH5 out of habit and as an excuse to group up with friends, but even then some of them just Do Not Care for playlist shit or FOMO cars so we're split between driving however we want and completing the playlist...

But genuinely,Forza sucks, no matter which one, I'm just accepting my 1300 hours in Horizon 5 are inertia.

I should be spending time on Assetto Corsa and the Evoluzione career mod simply because it's a really cool project that does exactly what I want out of a PC racer. But

  1. i'm lazy and dont always feel like moving my wheel rig into place
  2. i have other stuff I wanna play or do (so many projects)
  3. it's lonely. i'm super torn. I don't like playing with other people unless they're friends. I'm a big advocate for AI opponents. But I feel like no-one gives a shit but me when I race in AC, whereas in Forza I can rally 3-4 friends and we're all on voice chat and it doesn't feel as lonely. I dunno. Am I even made for simracing anymore? I'm not a sweatlord, god knows I'm not competitive, I just want to race real-ish cars without feeling like I'm pressured to be The Best The Best The Best. Fuck.

I love racing games, they suck!