
The brand new surfel-based global illumination system - that's there too.
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It's of a much higher resolution on Series X, but it's still there on Xbox One - with an added post-process pass to eliminate low res artefacts. Proper volumetric lighting is added, for example. The core technologies developed for Forza Horizon 5 look phenomenal on Series X but almost all of them are present in a lower precision form on the base Xbox One. Essentially and perhaps not surprisingly, it's all about scalability. The set-up I saw is testament to the time and effort Playground has put into ensuring a decent experience for every console. Xbox One X? I didn't see that but I needn't have worried, it's a fitting send-off for the Microsoft's first 4K console.Įverything you need to know about how Forza Horizon 5 scales across every Xbox One and Xbox Series console. From there, moving from left to right, I could see how each console delivered the scene: Xbox Series X quality and performance, Series S equivalents, then finally, the base Xbox One.

Using one controller and a network of Xbox consoles, I was able to see the demanding jungle stage of the intro drive playing out in real-time across five of the six iterations of the game, with the debug camera used to zero in on the various rendering techniques Playground had developed for the game. Quite how Playground would deliver this was always the crucial question and it was very satisfying to visit the studio a few weeks back to see exactly how it was done, my tour kicking off with a look at a remarkable cross-platform comparison system the studio developed. Admittedly, we were sceptical about its chances but Playground Games was always optimistic - and having put every version through its paces, the studio has delivered. However, this is a cross-gen release: somehow, Forza Horizon 5 has to run on last-gen machines and still live up to the expectations of quality expected from a first-party studio production.
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Forza Motorsport doesn't have a fixed release date as yet, but at this time is scheduled for release sometime in 2023.įorza Motorsport releases in 2023 on PC and Xbox Series X/S.We called it an Xbox Series X masterpiece and that isn't hyperbole - Playground Games has delivered a phenomenal game and a sensational audio-visual experience for its flagship console. Xbox Cloud Gaming has come a long way in the last few years even though it might not be the ideal way to experience racing games, the news that Forza Motorsport will be made available on the cloud will no doubt please those who use the service.īringing Forza Motorsport to the cloud gaming platform also means that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to enjoy the game on a multitude of other devices, such as tablets, mobile phones, and Samsung smart TVs. At any rate, the new Forza Motorsport was only announced for Xbox Series X/S and PC and will likely have some lofty requirements that make it impossible for the Xbox One to run it natively. It's not all doom and gloom for Xbox One as 2023 gets underway gamers who are holding out on upgrading to new-generation consoles still have plenty of new releases to look forward to.
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The new game has been described by the Forza Support Team as the most technically advanced and authentic racing game it has ever made in the January 2023 update featured on the official site. It has also been confirmed that Forza Motorsport will be included with Game Pass. This development might be disappointing to some fans of Microsoft's flagship racer since the Xbox Cloud Gaming service requires a stable high-speed internet connection and is only available in select countries. The upcoming Forza Motorsport game will be playable on Xbox One, but only through Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

RELATED: Forza Motorsport Will Have Over 500 Cars at Launch The new Forza Motorsport is the 8th entry in the main series - for some context, Forza Motorsport 5 was an Xbox One launch title. While it is still getting some games a decade after it launched, developers are leaving the Xbox One behind to instead focus on creating impressive new-gen titles. The Xbox One is starting to get long in the tooth and will turn 10 years old in November 2023.

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The upcoming racing sim is built to take full advantage of the Xbox Series X and is reported to run at 4K 60FPS on the platform with impressive photorealistic visuals by leveraging the ray tracing capabilities of Microsoft's flagship console. The next entry in the Forza Motorsportfranchise that was shown off at the recent Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct will be playable on Xbox One consoles, but only through Xbox Game Pass' cloud features.
