This could be the greatest racing game of all time or it could be the worst and it all comes down to whether they hired Australians to do voice work or had someone try to impersonate our accent. Nobody can do an Australian accent. Some can come close but we can still pick that they aren’t Australian. I don’t expect every character to be Australian but if they are they should at least be voiced by one of us.
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They used real australian actors.
The Aussie accent in the demo was atrocious.
The guy who says he has “800 horses and ain’t afraid to use 'em”.
You won’t hear accents like that most places in Australia.
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He’s Australian, by the way.
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First of all, I can’t say enough how positive I think it is that you’re actively participating in the forums and representing T10/Playground. It’s a revitalising breath of fresh air here.
Now please do see my criticism as valid and not borne from anything but a desire to get the quality of FH3 to where the community generally expects it to be:
I don’t know that actor but he certainly seems to have originated in Australia.
Unfortunately it sounds like he may have been over directed or over produced as the voice that comes across, unfortunately does not sound authentic.
I remain hopeful that there are more natural accents in the final product.
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Fair enough. That one line in particular is a bit caricature-ish, but he is shouting. Hopefully you’ll find the majority of his dialogue more on point.
We actually debated keeping that line in out of concern that it was a bit over the top, but ultimately we felt that moment in the demo was more fun with that exclamation.
This. We don’t all sound like Steve Irwin.
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We would say, “1200 kilowatts and aren’t afraid to use them, ya basxxxx!”.
Australians should be able to buy this game at half price also. Or free download if we have to put up with fake accents.
Street racing at Royal National Park and Old Pacific Highway would also add to realism…
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If it was an Aussie actor, he was putting on the accent that Americans believe is an Australian accent, but grates on Australian ears like fingernails on a chalk board.
Seriously, it is painful to listen to.
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“Crikey! Only 800?”
I must agree that the voice acting in the demo was pretty bad accent wise. But i want to believe in T10 and Playground that we all won’t sound like Crocodile Dundee.
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The girl who runs the garage in FH2 sounded awful as well. I’ve never come to expect much from voice acting in a racing game 
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Thanks for the input Jonk.
I can’t believe people are complaining about the australian guy not sounding australian enough! It’s a racing game. I care how the CARS sound. That is important. As long as you understand what they’re saying then their accents being slightly off will not bother me. We had Sean Maguire in the last game and his accent is not representative of the whole of the UK, but so what, he did the job of passing on information.
Come on guys, the game isn’t even out yet and you’re ragging on it. How about we all wait until it’s in our hands and on our drives to complain about any issues. If you have genuine issues i’m all for you raising them, but the game isn’t even out yet.
Lets wit until it’s out and then see what the overall game quality is like.
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I guess it may just be an Aussie thing. We’re constantly hearing that accent perpetuated in the media and it’s been going on for decades. It’s a pet peeve that we have when we hear it
I agree, the moment is fun and he is shouting which could even bring out the bogan (look up the term if you don’t know it) in me too. And if there are only a few moments like that, it won’t have a huge impact on my overall enjoyment.
I do agree as well that the voice acting was still a bit heavy in Horizon 2, and if you go into the garage a lot, the female mechanic gets a bit annoying after a while.
Anyway, just some feedback, nothing major I guess.
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Yes, that repetitive “Hey, how can I help yah?” was annoying for all of us, and it won’t happen again.
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THANK YOU! BEST ADDITION!
Lol jk. But srsly tho, thanks 4 making such a great game
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@RaindancerAU Yeah, I have friends and family in Oz, but they mostly don’t care either way. Just like I don’t care whenever an american asks me if i’ve met the queen. lol
Also Bogans are the Aussie equivalent of chavs in the UK. A term coined by the govt to demonise and divide the working class in one deft blow!
Still we’ve got games to keep us occupied so hooray!
@Jonk, is that because you’ve changed “how can i help ya?” to “whaddya want?” LOL
Haha,
“Oy, welcome back, fella. You wanna buy just one car, or you wanna take the whole bang lot?”
Accents are a funny thing. According to one of our writers (also Australian) there are really only about 3 unique dialects in Australia, and unlike the US, it’s not determined by where you live. In the US, there are a lot of dialects influenced by region (west coast, Midwest, southern, New England (and even then a New York accent is very different than a Boston accent), as well as ethnic derivations. But in Australia, sort of like the UK, how you speak has more to do with your education and “class” - something we in the US don’t really have 
Here’s a link that sums it up - wonder if you Aussies think there’s any merit to it:
England has many different accents and dialects due to region, education or class doesn’t really come in to it that much. Even certian cities have dialects that will only be found there.
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Bogan was coined by those who find it annoying when they hear an Aussie accent and have to pretend that that accent is fake in order to feel better about themselves as they sip their lattes Don’t give any credit to governments, what have they done for us lately…
I’d be interested to know who people think has a “quintessential” Aussie accent.