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Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson has lent his voice to Microsoft’s latest Forza 5 video. As you’re probably aware, Clarkson, May and Hammond will heavily feature in Microsoft’s Xbox One launch title, with the Top Gear track featuring as a playable course and Clarkson voicing elements of the Autovista mode. In …
Read More »VIDEO: The Stig’s ‘digital cousin’ to star in Forza 5
Some say his likeness can be licensed for a big enough fee. Microsoft’s Forza 5 will renew its relationship with BBC’s Top Gear by featuring the ‘digital cousin’ of The Stig. That’s not the only tie-in with the BBC show, however. The Top Gear Test Track will also feature. The …
Read More »Free Forza 5 bundled with Day One Edition Xbox One
Some UK retailers are now offering the choice between Xbox One Day One Edition bundles including either FIFA 14 or Forza 5. Microsoft announced at Gamescom that those who pre-order the console in Europe would receive a free copy of EA’s FIFA 14. Then on Monday Microsoft altered its stance, …
Read More »Mad Catz reveals wireless Xbox One racing wheel
Those eying up a launch day Xbox One purchase with Forza 5 now a very tempting additional option. Kotaku reports that Mad Catz has revealed the console’s first wireless racing wheel. It boasts force feedback, adjustable foot pedals (that can have their resistance, height and spacing tweaked) and is lined …
Read More »Xbox Cloud boosts Forza 5 AI by 600%, dev Turn 10 claims
Cloud technology on the Xbox One can increase AI processing power by up to 600 per cent, claims the studio manager of Forza 5 developer Turn 10. Speaking toOXM, Alan Hartman said developers were able to free up more of the console’s hardware for graphics and audio processing, and offload …
Read More »Forza 5 will not require net connection on first play… but will to complete the game
Xbox One owners will not need to be connected to the internet to get Forza 5 working upon its initial install. Earlier this month it was reported that the game would need a one-time net connection before it would work. This is now apparently not the case. That’s not to …
Read More »Top Gear’s Clarkson, Hammond and May to feature in Forza 5
BBC’s Top Gear is returning to Microsoft’s Forza franchise. The popular motoring TV show was a feature of both Forza 4 and Sony’s Gran Turismo 5, although its integration into Microsoft’s game ran far deeper, with outspoken host Jeremy Clarkson lending his voice to the game’s Autovista mode. Turn 10 …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Forza 5 promises "the end of AI"
Microsoft is promising that Xbox One racer Forza 5 will revolutionise the racing genre thanks to its advanced handling of AI. Microsoft reckons that it will use its Xbox Cloud network to implement a new form of learning. It will monitor a player’s driving style and use this information to …
Read More »Forza 5 runs at 1080p and 60fps, but devs not committed to full HD minimum on Xbox One
Games for the Xbox One will not be required to run at a resolution of 1080p or at 60 frames per second. However, that doesn’t mean that they won’t. Indeed, launch first party title Forza 5 WILL run at top spec "I believe we’re uniquely positioned to deliver on that …
Read More »Forza 5, Quantum Break and a tonne of new IP confirmed
Microsoft has named some of the games heading to Xbox One. Forza 5 has been confirmed as a launch title for the machine and looks to up the visual ante over anything we’ve previously seen in the series before. Also shown was new Remedy title Quantum Break. It started with …
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