PC gets Forza Motorsport 6: Apex

Looks like PC is finally getting Forza in the spring. Apparently it is free-to-play. I would prefer to buy the game outright. I will wait to see what kind of purchase options are announced. I hope it gets VR support too.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-01-report-forza-is-heading-to-pc

** UPDATED with GameSpot article:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/forza-series-coming-to-pc-as-free-to-play-game-wit/1100-6435217/

- 20 courses across 6 locations

- 63 cars

- Future Forza games will be developed for both PC and XB1.

Man, they sure make it sound exciting.

"Free-to-play, stripped down Forza 6 coming to Windows 10 this spring."

**** yes!

@ConanTheStoner: Hehe :) Yeah, I am just happy Forza is finally coming to PC. We will have to wait for the official announcement to see what exactly MS has planned with it. It may be similar to the free version of Driveclub where you get a small portion of the game for free and then pay for the rest. It could also be a nightmare riddled with overpriced micro transactions to unlock stuff. I am hoping for the 'let me buy the whole fucking game' option.

your favorite game this year is street fighter... -_-

Forza is DOA on PC, its a arcade/sim, it wont fit in anywhere.

Asseto Corsa

iRacing

Project Cars

rFactor2

Dirt Rally

Yeah, good luck Forza.

@GTR12: It will do just fine. I honestly don't find it all that different than PCars or AC. I use the same Logitech G920 wheel on all three games and Forza 6 does not feel arcadey to me. It may not be as deep a simulation as the others, but it is definitely not arcadey. Forza is one of my favorite franchises and it is probably the best overall package (presentation, track and car selection, gameplay, etc.). I already own all the Forzas on Xbox, but I will definitely pick up the PC version if we get better graphics and VR support. I like the 60fps on XB1 Forza 6, but those jaggies are painful.

Cool free to play, stripped down.

Let me guess, the game is locked behind Windows 10 store too ?

Should we expect anything less at this point? Damn MS store. Don't worry... Phil said they will fix it. LOL

F2P, stripped down Forza? Wtf is this??

Project Cars doesn't feel like a true sim, and it doesn't feel like an arcade game either, so based on that I'd say Simcade. Good list, I'll replace PCars with Stock Car Extreme. :)

+1.

Yeah, I figured I'd have to eat that post.

As in, cut into little cutesy bits called DLCs sounds like it.

True I play Asseto Corsa and iRacing. If you mention Forza to the community there you get attacked lol. Still they are many people would like to take forza for a ride. Forza is not selling on xbox any more for some reason.

meh ...

No thanks. Forza series has lost it's way.

Ha funny, I was just watching the new DBS episode where Goku fought against Universe 6's Freeza (Frost).

Why they even bother?

@kozio:

Qoute :

Project Cars doesn't feel like a true sim, and it doesn't feel like an arcade game either, so based on that I'd say Simcade.

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Simcade? Just no. PCARS is pure simulation. You should check some VVV videos.

Lots-o-complaining about Free.

In the how old are you thread; you guys sure you're not lying about your age? Yikes. :P

No vsync and 25 fps cap. Just to make Xbox one look that bit better then it is. :P

Curious if cross platform play will happen, that would be cool

I sure do, just seems like all gamers do these dayzzz is complain. Heck I remember paying 70 bones for 8 megabit games and just had a blast playing them. :)

Cool i guess. wonder what has been stripped out though..

Yeah, pretty much though now and then and very rare but you'd run into one of those crazy kids who would try to talk you out of your console purchase as your standing in the checkout line lol :P

oh oh, trouble in Lem town,,,,No more Forza exclusives,. I guess its a good thing too since 2/3 of the last games flopped.

I don't know if PC crowd will care about forza? I mean the game will have a lot of competition on PC and they dislike for some reason anything besides steam.

Just put Halo 5 on it and I can sell the One.

@ConanTheStoner: LMAO +1

The Xbox crowd doesn't care about Forza. If it doesn't find an audience on PC I wouldn't be surprised if M$ puts it to rest.

Yes, they added a lot of arcade stuff to a Sim game.

@imt558: Definitely not a pure simulation, all you have to do to find out is to get the c9 mercedes out for a spin at Nurburgring with both games SSE and project cars, you will soon find out the huge difference between the arcade and the sim. it is impossible to hit full throttle in a 900 hp beast out of a corner and nothing to happen not even a decent spin. If you do it in assetto you'll find yourself spinning out of track. I don't say that in the assetto the representation is super exact as it is in real life but i can say for sure that is far more near to it. I still think a game like GSC is more fun and feels more sim-like even though the graphics aren't as good. For some people PCars is probably a hardcore sim, cause they just played Outrun or Sega Rally (or name another arcade title). Some years ago I also would have called PCars a sim before I knew iracing, GTR, GPL, SSE or rfactor. Now that I know these titles I personally wouldn’t call PCars a sim. My view on this game, is that it is a toned down simulator, very near arcade, just because they wanted to sell the sh*t out of it. A difference between iracing and PCars, is that Iracing will have a lot of real drivers active in the service, and PCars would see next to non. Stig and Hamilton and Rene Rast were part of the PR machine. I bet you never heard of 99% of the real drivers promoting iracing, when they are active in it. I was a junior member from 2012 till the time the game was removed from my steam library a few months ago, so whilst i didn't buy the game, i did play the final build and experienced the bizarre ffb system and concluded that this is Shift3 based on the weird/forgiving driving model. Even the Need for Speed Shift games had better FFB than Pcars. The end result was not as good as promised and multiplayer is hit and miss and the AI is pathetic. Other than that, it's a bit of fun and extremely good looking when you turn off all the lens flare, post processing and other console friendly prettiness.

The monkeys may argue that the mouse and keyboard is superior in racing games to. :|

I wonder if it'll work with my wheel?

They also announced that every future Forza game will be developed for PC and Xbox at the same time.

No. I am no monkey but no.

@Pedro: I would think the serious PC racing gamers have the wheel setup, and if so that is fine because I race against pros like that on XOne all the time with a controller, I am used to it now however it can be tricky when trying to turn at odd angles.

I love some of the more unconventional races, like racing with lower class cars E-D-C and fooling around with the upgrades. Console gamers often prefer the high intensity racing of super cars, but you need to be quite good to race those online without smashing into people. Forza 6 kind of addressed that though with leagues, because there is usually at least 1 league race every week where collisions are off(you still race together online, and you see other players ghosts, but you cannot ram each other).

Anyways, I hope this game allows for cross platform play.

Yeah... I don't know about this. Now that there is more information.... 20 courses across 6 locations, 63 cars. That is pretty bare bones. What about the rest of the cars and tracks? How do we unlock them? That is what I am interested in.

I'll stick to the proper version on XB1.

@SecretPolice:

I was kinda joking, but in reality it's not like they're giving you a free game out of the goodness of their hearts. They're hoping that little by little you'll end up spending more than the full price in the long run and the game will be structured as such.

I'd rather just have the option to buy the full game up front, the F2P structure is jank imo.

Truthfully though, I'm not complaining. Even if they were offering the full game I wasn't going to buy it anyways, it's been a while since I've had an itch for a racing game.

This is the big one. I think they are just testing the waters with Apex.

It would, but with the limited tracks on PC version, it would fragment the community. Players would have to leave lobbies because they do not have the XB1 tracks. That makes me wonder if they will be releasing more tracks on the PC version and whether they will be free as well to not fragment the community.

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-of-war-4-reportedly-coming-to-the-pc/

More good news!

Bad news for lems.

Thank you kind sir. Good news indeed. :)

Not going to complain about 'free' even if it is restricted by the Windows App store.

No one can force me to spend money on micro-transactions, so stripped down and FREE Forza is absolutely fine in my book.