Microsoft announced today that racing game Forza Horizon 3 has gone gold, meaning its ready for the physical game to be manufactured. The company is celebrating the news by announcing some key details like a new car from the Halo franchise, the PC specs, and the achievements list.
First, Halo's famous Warthog will appear in Forza Horizon 3 as one of the game's 350-plus vehicles. This is the first time in Forza history that a Halo vehicle has been featured among the car lineup.
This car is officially called the 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST. It's a civilian version of the military-themed truck featured in the Halo games, the M12 Force Application Vehicle. There's no turret on Forza Horizon 3's variant, but it does have a 720 BHP twin-turbo V8 engine, which makes it faster than its military counterpart.
"The Warthog CST in Forza Horizon 3 is also ideally suited for the rough and tumble landscape of Australia," Microsoft said in a blog post. "With the most advanced suspension in Forza Horizon 3 (with more than 70 cm of suspension travel), plus advanced dampening, you won't find the combination of power and stability like this anywhere else in the Horizon Festival."
People who played Halo 5: Guardians or Halo: The Master Chief Collection will receive a code to download the car starting the week of September 5. Those who did not play either of those games can acquire the car by earning it in a "Forzathon" Forza Horizon 3 event that will begin in October.
Microsoft will share more details on how the Forza/Halo partnership came to be in future blog posts.
Microsoft also announced Forza Horizon 3's recommended PC specs, which show that you'll want to have a Nvidia GTX 970 or GTA 1060 or AMD R9 290X or AMD RX 480. This is to run the game at 1080p; Forza Horizon 3 supports up to 4K resolution, but you'll need a beefier rig to achieve that. The full recommended specs are below.
Microsoft added that Forza Horizon 3 will offer a "tremendous amount" of options, too, such as things like vertical sync, resolution, motion blue, mirrors, reflection, and static and dynamic geometry. Additionally, the game will support racing wheels, but Microsoft is not yet talking about what devices you can use.
Forza Horizon 3 Recommended PC Specs
> CPU: i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz
> GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 or Nvidia GTX 1060, AMD R9 290X or AMD RX 480
> VRAM: 4 GB
> RAM: 12 GB
> Hard Drive Type: HDD
> Available Space: 55 GB
> Resolution: 1920 X 1080
> Windows Version: Windows Anniversary Edition 64-bit 14393.101
> Misc: Requires DirectX 12
As for the other Forza Horizon 3 news, Microsoft released the full achievement list. Players will be rewarded for ranking up and competing in races. You will earn 20 gamerscore for performing a barrel role in a buggy; this achievement is appropriately titled "Totally meant to do that..."
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