FH1 Rewrite 0.1.3

Smoother, faster, and a new Console preset for low-end PCs.

Performance

• Big rendering pass: the frame is lighter on both the CPU and the GPU (depth pre-pass for big nearby scenery, fewer and cheaper shadow cascades, half-resolution smoke and particles, merged glow and marker draws, cached GPU bindings, the sky's atmosphere tables only re-rendered when they change).
• Only the nearest crowd members cast shadows, and particle effects load before they're needed: no more freeze when the finish-line cannons fire.
• New Quality preset: Console (720p). Aimed at integrated graphics and older PCs: the original game's 720p, shadows at the game's own size, shorter draw distance, fewer particles and 3D crowd members. Low and Medium now really shorten draw distances too. Pause → Options → Graphics.
• New anti-aliasing default (SMAA + MSAA 2x) and an optional motion blur (Off / Low / Medium / High).

Driving

• Fixed cars getting stopped dead or wheels dropping into gaps where the road surface changes (asphalt seams, kerbs, patches): the tyres now follow the ground properly and the car rolls over low steps.
• Race fixes, smarter AI pace and avoidance, new markers and status HUD, barn finds and outposts.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash after changing anti-aliasing (or picking a preset that changes it) in the pause menu.
• Fixed a crash when changing render scale.
• The renderer menu is gone: the Remaster renderer is the game's renderer now.

Linux (experimental)

A Linux x64 build is attached to this release (FH1Rewrite-0.1.3-linux-x64.tar.gz, built automatically a few minutes after publishing). It's less tested than Windows.

Updating

• From 0.1.2: the launcher offers the update on its home screen: click Update now. After it restarts it asks for a short Update of your converted data (only the changed parts are re-converted; the new story, missions and FMV data are added).
• From 0.1.0 / 0.1.1: unzip this release over your FH1 Rewrite folder (keep the data folder), then run the Update.
• New install: unzip anywhere with ~30 GB free, open FH1 Rewrite.exe and choose your Forza Horizon disc.

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FH1 Rewrite 0.1.2

New: automatic updates. From this version on, the launcher checks for new releases when it starts. When one is out, an UPDATE card appears on the home screen: click Update now and it downloads, verifies and installs itself, then restarts. Your converted games in data are kept; there's no need to re-download or reinstall.

Updating from 0.1.0 / 0.1.1 (one last manual update): unzip this release over your existing FH1 Rewrite folder (overwrite the files, keep the data folder). Future updates happen from inside the launcher.

New install: download the zip, unzip it anywhere with ~30 GB free, open FH1 Rewrite.exe and choose your Forza Horizon disc. FH2 and FM4 discs are optional.

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FH1 Rewrite 0.1.1

New

• Online: the ONLINE menu now lists the official server automatically. Pick it and drive; Direct connect still works for any host:port.
• Launcher: restyled to match the game's own menus, with your game's loading-screen art as the backdrop after install.

Updating from 0.1.0: unzip this release over your existing FH1 Rewrite folder (overwrite the files, keep the data folder). There's no need to reinstall; your converted data is unchanged.

New install: download the zip, unzip it anywhere with ~30 GB free, open FH1 Rewrite.exe and choose your Forza Horizon disc. FH2 and FM4 discs are optional.

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FH1 Rewrite 0.1.0

First Windows release of FH1 Rewrite, an unofficial clean reimplementation of Forza Horizon (Xbox 360). No game files are included.

Install

1. Download FH1Rewrite-0.1.0-win64.zip and unzip it anywhere with ~30 GB free.
2. Open FH1 Rewrite.exe and choose your Forza Horizon disc: the .iso, a .zip holding it, or the folder it's in.
3. Optional: if you own Forza Horizon 2 or Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360), tick them and choose their discs. Games you don't add stay locked in the menus. Forza Motorsport 3 support is coming later.
4. Click Install, wait, then PLAY.

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