What's Your Horizon Origin Story?

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Just to upsell the Dualsense a bit more, it does have longer trigger travel, which gives you more precise throttle and brake control.

You can also use DS4 windows to reduce the firmware level deadzone on the joysticks. That can give you even more precision while steering, however it also makes you more susceptible to stick drift. The Xbox and the PlayStation controller may be from different companies, but unfortunately they all get the working part of the joystick from the same company. And they all use potentiometers. Itā€™s a whole thing of you want to look it up but the long and short of it is that potentiometers are used because they are cheap and sip battery power, but are doomed to develop stick drift at some point.

If you got the spare spending money, I highly recommend checking out the Dualsense Edge. Unfortunately the joysticks are still potentiometers, but they are easily replaceable and rumour has it there is a third party hall effect sensor solution in the works. However, the triggers on the Edge have been converted to Hall Effect sensors, meaning not only more precision but much longer lasting precision with trigger inputs.

Itā€™s too bad about the joysticks, but somewhat understandable considering that Hall Effect sensors, while vastly superior, gulp battery power, and the Edge only lasts a short time as is. If youā€™re in a situation where battery doesnā€™t really matter though, itā€™s an attractive option if you can afford it.

Itā€™ll eventually pay for itself over time, especially after that rumoured third-party hall effect sensor joystick upgrade drops (zero deadzone gaming!) The repairablility and reliability will make it worth many controllers in the long run, saving you money over time. As a bonus, thatā€™ll also reduce electronic waste.

Sorry I know Iā€™m pulling this thread off topic, this is just an important issue in modern gaming for me.

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Retirement boredom went up with the pandemic that coincided with age related health issues. The second youngest offspring -7yo at the time- spent over 2 month in ā€œFat Papaā€ home taking over the TV to play Fortnite. Fat became Big.

He explained to me that when he go back home we can communicate through Fortnite Party while playing. I liked the idea and downloaded the game about a week afer he left.

I found out that all of the youngest generation are playing. I spent hours daily talking with them instead of only weekly dinners skipped sometimes by many.

They suggested Steam account to play with them other games. That when I started asking about Cars games. FH4 was recently added to steam. Where I found the 442, later removed the decals of Hurst with the rear spoiler, added black vinyl roof to make it look like my fatherā€™s 1969 442. Later found a red design for the 77 Pontiac Trans Am by @dsielke that brought back my 1978 TA to my garage, only difference that it was white leather seats.

Lonely in the beginning, I gave fh4 to one of my sons.

I didnā€™t get FH5 until end of April 2022 after waching the 1966 Toronado on YouTube in a video made by AR12 in which I noticed the map. The next video was a review about FH5.

A nephew jumped in few days later, then found another nephew already in the game from launch. Later two of my sons jound and a third nephew.

FH5 became a 3 generation discussion and interest in the family. I even tried to convince my father join to make it a four generation affair. He was a car enthusiasts too. I showed him a 62 MGA in FH4 to remind him of his 1964 and the 1969 442.

The youngest in the family who played FH5 in my account is 5yo now, she like ā€œmaking doughnutsā€ in the Barbie Corvette, also she liked a Maserati FE, and the GMC Jimmy because it looks like her fatherā€™s K5 Blazer.

Now Iā€™m getting the upcoming Forza Motorsport with one nephew joining. I have a brother who plays on PS5 GrandTourismo. failed to convert him to Xbox and Forza. Though he played FH5 on his son PC twice. Once after panting the 1969 Camaro black with yellow decales like the one he restored. The second time he drove the 73 SD Trans Am, a car that he want to add to his collection.

I played 1,182 hours of FH4 and 1,685 of FH5. Retirement doesnā€™t get any better than this :grinning:.

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Iā€™ve been playing since FH1. I got it for my 360 on a good sale price. I hadnā€™t played an actual racing game since GT5 and I didnā€™t even play that much, because I had gotten really burned out on Gran Turismo over four prior games. Straight sim racing had gotten too dry for me and Horizonā€™s open world (albeit more limited in 1) and more arcadey style of play was just what Iā€™d apparently needed.

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gran turismo started me in racing but there where no open world driving or free roam if you will.

here is a video on a good subject https://youtu.be/vfr_7Nqvh_s

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I started out my horizon days a while ago. Before that the first Forza game I ever got was FM6 back in 2017. It was a really fun experience. Later I got the older games of Forza Motorsport, FM3 and FM4, which were very addicting. I think the first horizon game I got was FH3 and then 4 months later I got FH4. I got VERY addicted to FH4 and never really played FH3 much. Iā€™ll be getting FH5 this Christmas and I think Iā€™ll have lots of fun with it.

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@x_ShadowsBane_x I can definitely agree with you on tuning cars l, I personally love upgrading and tuning cars. I use the test track to do it so I can test tunes and upgrades I make without paying until Iā€™m happy with the tune, itā€™s very satisfying to get a tune just right for your driving style, I should share more of my tunes, I like to keep my cars and tunes to their stock drive train and engine so I have a lot of fwd and rwd tunes that feel great to me

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@Fishie_flop_oog I bought horizon 1 on disc and got fh2 when it was free with gold as for dlcs for fh2 I got them thanks to a great friend sharing with me I got horizon 3 and itā€™s dlcs as part of a bundle containing fh3 and fh4

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Iā€™d always been a Gran Turismo fan boy, PS fan boy, had the the PS1, PS2 and 2 PS3s and both PS3s had awful over heating issues, so disheartened by Sonys lake of care for there customers after contacting them about this issue, i vowed to never by another PS again.

After several years of PC Sim Racing on Race07, i wanted some new as Race07 was coming to the end of its suppored life, my Sister had just bought a Xbox One S with FH3 and asked if i could try it, it was exactly what i was after and would play on it when she was at work, 12 months later i was gifted by my Mum my own Xbox One S with FH3 as a birthday Gift and the rest is historyā€¦

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Purchased Xbox One S in December 2019 and right away bought also Forza Horizon 4 and Forza Motorsport 7 games, as I like racing / driving games. Before I used Playstation consoles and Gran Turismo games from 1 to 6.
Forza games have more interesting cars in my opinion, so that pulled me in to this platform. Also, Horizon games are free open world driving, which I like very much.
Thatā€™s why Iā€™ve played more Forza Horizon 4, and now FH5, than Forza Motorsport 7.
I have Test Drive Unlimited 2 for PS3, which also is open world driving game, but FH4 and 5 are much better.
Have played games even before Playstation, got my first Pong clone console around 1980, and in the 80ā€™s played Commodore 64, then Amiga 500 games. Enjoyed a lot playing Out Run with C-64 and Amiga, so it was fun to play that LaRacer Horizon mission in Forza Horizon 4 with Ferrari 512 TR :slight_smile:

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In a garage, near the track, born and raised,
In Horizon and Motorsport, spent my best days.
Chillinā€™ out, revvinā€™, not a moment to snort,
I knew I found my home in Forza Horizon and Motorsport.

I won a few races, my fame started to flare,
I said, ā€œMove aside legends, thereā€™s a new king here to declare!ā€
From city to rally, from sunrise to moonā€™s fort,
I dominated the leagues in Horizon and Motorsport.

So now Iā€™m the champ, in this virtual domain,
From roaring engines to the scent of virtual rain.
Not quite Bel-Air but still a royal court,
Thatā€™s how I became the Fresh Prince of Horizon and Motorsport!

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November 2019, Itā€™s the Covid Times, I finally upgrade my PC enough to get back into Racing Games, so I start downloading all the typical fare, then realize I need a wheel, so get one of those. The gaming is fun and all, but Iā€™m not really digging being track locked and Iā€™m working too hard, and I just want to relax and cruise in real cars like the old Turismo days. My son happened to download a free weekend of FH4, he shows it to me for all of 5 minutesā€¦ I run to my PC and order up the Deluxe editionā€¦ and the rest as they say is Horizon History. Since then Iā€™ve played FM7, FH4, FH5, and the new FM as well. Really well done franchise all things considered. Itā€™s become my mainstay honestly. Really no other game franchise is doing it this way, even for all the flaws.

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I randomly bought FH1 back in 2012 or so not really having had much experience with Forza before then and fell in love with it. I had previously played Gran Turismo and Need for Speed and FH1 combined the best of both with additional features on top like the amazing rewind feature that completely solved my biggest frustration with racing games. It was awesome having a large car roster, good driving model and decently large map to explore with little hidden secrets like the bonus boards and barn finds and a nice sense of progression through the festival bosses to a suitably epic final race.

After FH1 I went back and found used copies of FM3 and FM4 and really enjoyed those as well. The rest is history, and Iā€™ve purchased every Forza game since, although Iā€™ve been increasingly disappointed in the franchise unfortunately.

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@AntMoose9513 , a legend in your own mind!

But a cute story. :rofl::call_me_hand::+1:

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