Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox One is 1080p, 30fps

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The Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 will render natively at 1080p and run at 30 frames per second.

This is in contrast to launch title Forza Motorsport 5, which ran at 1080p and 60fps.

"I think what we did on Horizon was demonstrate that, and this is really important, a locked frame rate that's absolutely solid and never drops is the most important thing for our game," Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton told IGN.

"I think I remember that's always a hot-button topic, until a game comes out and people go, 'Oh, this actually really works'. But 1080p was an absolute must for us, it's the benchmark for next-gen."

Asked why Horizon 2 will be locked at 30fps whereas Forza 5 was 60fps, Fulton replied that it was necessary because Horizon's free-roaming gameplay meant the console wouldn't be able to accurately predict and pre-load upcoming scenery in advance, something a normal linear racing game is more capable of doing.

"The biggest difference is that, obviously, we're an open-world streaming game," Fulton explained. "We need to be able to drive in any direction at up to 270 miles an hour, if you're gonna soup up a Veyron or something like that.

"So one of the big technical challenges that we had to face was making sure that we could stream in a world that is next-gen beautiful, but fast enough to keep up with the fastest car. That's a huge tech challenge but it's one that our guys just eat up."

Forza Horizon 2 was announced in early June, and is planned for release on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in fall 2014.

The Xbox 360 version is being developed separately on the Forza Horizon engine by Sumo Digital.

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-Cookie-Posted:

OmittingCoder 30 frames? WOW that's sad. Really sad. These new consoles should be able to hold 60 frames. Especially on a racing game.


I actually agree lol but they should give the option to play in 720p with 60fps or 1080p with 30fps. I can see this being laggy and choppy at 30 fps :(

OmittingCoderPosted:

30 frames? WOW that's sad. Really sad. These new consoles should be able to hold 60 frames. Especially on a racing game.

Soldier_Posted:

In all honesty its better they lock the FPS at 30 instead of it being at 60 and dropping to 30 in the middle of a race.

lilrichard22Posted:

Why is announcing the fps a thing now? It didn't matter at all with the 360 and ps3.

itomniPosted:

Xsplay wow thats badf if its running games in full hd now in 30fps how is it gonna play games next year or the year after that


lol this is a funny comment this dude doesn't know what fps is. Do research before posting please. fps-frames per second its just how fast the pictures move. #Dumbed it down for dumbos.

RWDPosted:

i really enjoyed forza 4 and the 1st horzion so i would buy this if i still had the xbox

vWatsoncPosted:

Only played Forza 4, Its a pretty good game and I think it will be successful on the next gen consoles.

dmofPosted:

jdog876 who seriously cares about the fps. as long as the game is fun that shouldn't really matter. if you really care that much then you should just go to pc.


Have you ever played a game in your life?

TeamspeakPosted:

30FPS is disapointing but i suppose the fact its in 1080p (so they say) is okay

XsplayPosted:

wow thats badf if its running games in full hd now in 30fps how is it gonna play games next year or the year after that


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