Forza Motorsport 6: Apex coming to PC this spring (free beta May 5th)
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beta will start May 5th
Forza Motorsport - Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta
this shyt gonna be legit, or another disaster?
Forza Motorsport - Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta
A new era for the Forza Motorsport series begins on May 5 with the release of the open beta for Forza Motorsport 6: Apex. Crafted specifically for Windows 10, Apex represents the critical first step in the future of the Forza franchise as it expands into Windows 10 PCs. Apex combines the power and performance of DirectX 12 with Turn 10’s racing expertise, our proprietary ForzaTech™ engine, and Forza’s legacy of stellar content. Most importantly, Forza Motorsport 6: Apex is our way to introduce Forza’s award-winning gameplay to a new audience on Windows 10 and invite a new group of gamers to develop a passion for cars and racing.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex delivers a focused and curated single-player tour of Forza Motorsport’s best content, including authentic wheel-to-wheel action, unique automotive experiences, and constant rewards, all running on DirectX 12 at resolutions up to 4K. In the game, players will be able to dive into a new career mode anchored by a 12-event “Showcase Tour”, where players will race thrilling cars on circuits from across the globe. In addition, Apex’s new “Spotlight Series” events will challenge players with unique automotive events that will be updated on a regular basis. Along with a new set of Xbox Live achievements to earn worth 1000 gamerscore points, Apex players will find new mechanics to explore, including an all-new Race Points system that dares you to turn off the assists, develop your skills, and take on greater challenges.
In Apex, players will race a diverse line-up of 63 beautifully detailed Forzavista™ cars, each with working headlights, doors, and cockpits, intricately modeled interiors and exteriors, and full damage. Players can push those cars to their limits on 20 exciting track configurations across six locations, including night and wet-weather variants.
Open Beta Updates Delivered Throughout the Summer
During the open beta for Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, players can expect to play a beautiful, high quality experience that will run on a variety of Windows 10-enabled machines. As a first-party Microsoft studio, Turn 10 is obsessed with performance in Forza games and, during the open beta for Apex, we will be working to improve the game’s performance across a diverse selection of hardware setups (see below for our recommended PC specs).
As development continues, players can expect to see updates and improvements to the game.
For example, wheel support is coming to Forza Motorsport 6: Apex and Turn 10 is busy working to ensure that Apex delivers the kind of wheel support, performance, and features that racing fans expect from a range of available hardware. In addition we plan to support additional features that we know are important to PC gamers, such as the ability to disable Vsync and an in-app framerate counter.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex utilizes the cloud-based Drivatars of your Xbox Live Friends and the Xbox One community, as well as asynchronous leaderboards for comparing your Race Points, but the game will not feature online multiplayer or the livery design editor. However, in an early beta update, we will be adding a selection of curated livery designs from the Forza painting community to the car select flow.
We Look Forward to Your Feedback
While we can’t wait for fans to play the game, we’re equally as excited about how Forza Motorsport 6: Apex helps us improve the gaming experience on Windows 10 for both gamers and developers alike. Following the beta release on May 5, we invite players to download the game and get involved. Feel free to ask questions and report issues at our Web site, in our dedicated Apex forums, and on our social media channels like Twitter and Facebook. Your feedback is crucial in shaping both the future of Apex as well as the Forza series on Xbox One and PC.
this shyt gonna be legit, or another disaster?
STILL with forced vsync? 
These guys are beyond stupid.
These guys are beyond stupid.
it's because it forces that windowed borderless shytSTILL with forced vsync?
These guys are beyond stupid.
anyway, I played a little last night. no problems, and it ran and looked pretty good. 1440p, all ultra, and it felt like a smooth 60fps (can't monitor fps because dx12)
Gave it a few races on Rio.
The steering feels very slow and detached. Probably from VSync.
You do not feel any bumps, even in the old Mustangs. Rumble strips may as well be be fresh asphalt.
Even with full sim setup under assists, the game makes it way too easy to control spin outs and traction loss compared to something like Project Cars.
The AA here is terrible. Dunno if its AMD but holy shyt things are jagged to death on all levels.
Driveatars aren't as good as the AI in GRID: Autosport.
On the experienced AI setting I still won by like 10s or more.
The steering feels very slow and detached. Probably from VSync.
You do not feel any bumps, even in the old Mustangs. Rumble strips may as well be be fresh asphalt.
Even with full sim setup under assists, the game makes it way too easy to control spin outs and traction loss compared to something like Project Cars.
The AA here is terrible. Dunno if its AMD but holy shyt things are jagged to death on all levels.
Driveatars aren't as good as the AI in GRID: Autosport.
On the experienced AI setting I still won by like 10s or more.
After a few more in the tour or whatever:
Drivatars are retarded something serious.
Way too much grip. I mean it helps glue you down but at the same time I can drive like a nut with no issue which is a disappointment.
The Tour mode is fun with good variation. Reminds me of GRID: Autosport's career mode without strict disciplining.
I still have more fun driving with Project Cars. I hate to sound like one of those hardcore sim people but I think it's just too forgiving even without any assists.
More consumer vehicles is a plus. I hope they add more cars in the future if possible.
Drivatars are retarded something serious.
Way too much grip. I mean it helps glue you down but at the same time I can drive like a nut with no issue which is a disappointment.
The Tour mode is fun with good variation. Reminds me of GRID: Autosport's career mode without strict disciplining.
I still have more fun driving with Project Cars. I hate to sound like one of those hardcore sim people but I think it's just too forgiving even without any assists.
More consumer vehicles is a plus. I hope they add more cars in the future if possible.
After fixing the controls so I get full analog input for throttle and brake, control is much more in line with something I'm used to (PCars).
The Atom though. That's the motherfukker. It's worse than on ice. Maybe I'll find a good tune for it. But this is the most difficult to drive car so far.
EDIT: Just finished the Atom challenge with no tuning/stock.
That was one hard MF.
The Atom though.
That's the motherfukker. It's worse than on ice. Maybe I'll find a good tune for it. But this is the most difficult to drive car so far.EDIT: Just finished the Atom challenge with no tuning/stock.
That was one hard MF.
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Maybe the lack of certain additions and the weirdo performance.
On the other side I'm almost done with the tour and it feels like DiRT 3 on pavement, whixh is good and bad. Pretty good exposure for a beta but I hope this isn't supposed to be the bulk of the game. I know its F2P but I've been itching for something like Grid's/PCars Career mode mixed with Turismo selection of cars and this could be it.
How is the steam controller anyway? I think this is the year I build a gaming pcI wish I could use the Steam Controller with this. 360 controller feels weird to me now. the handles are too pointy
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Wish this had wheel support so i could properly get a feel for the game. I do seem to be getting some pretty shytty perfomance out of the game, in comparison to PCARS which i can run at Very High/Ultra 1440p and have it locked in at 60FPS.
