Review of the game after 30 hours

[D3st]

I waited 30 hours to play the game before doing a review of the game.I saw a lot of negative review either on the forum or on the store page which are in my view completly dumb and unfair about the game.Do the game have bug or problem?Yes its a new game which is normal.Do its have game breaker bug or game stopper.In my case none,i did not even crash a single time.Ive been playing this serie since the first game came out in 2008 and i spent around 1.5k too 4k hours per game.I was also really vocal with what in my opinion should have been updated or added to the game before each release(giants know me really well for this).I was alway respect full but also told them the true.

Which bring me to this new game.I saw a lot of people saying not much have been done and its not a new game.....well sorry guys but you wrong.They reworked each inch of this game in a BETTER way.Even the physic is REALLY different then every title which was out and honestly this time they got it.For some reason i don't see much people talking about this fact.I did a lot of logging contract and man the way you grab wood is X100 time better then before.Tractor too are much more realistic when its come to how you handle them.Nothing we had before 25.You now feel thier wieght and when you attach something on it its even noticiable.The ground deformation added to it make it even more better.I got stuck while doing a contract and its started raining which was not expected for me at all.

That being said what i notice so far is this:

1.Over a hundred sound update or added to every tractor or machine and trailer.Everything sound more WAY more realistic then before(f19 had great truck and tractor song as well)

2.I only played the USA map but the map detail and the texture IS WAY MORE beautifull then any map they did in the past.The map is quite bigger then anymap giants made so far.Every corner of the map is sceneric and beautifull.

3.Physics:Now logging is fun...for real!loading wood in a truck or a trailer is actually fun.I did at least 15 contract which pay around 10k to 15k each(playing everything on hard)and its took me around 15m too load truck+ trailer using wood arm loader.Working the field is kinda the same,you really feel that you need the right tool to do the right job.You also want to look at your tire,if you cutt weed and then want to dry it.Well better pick soft tire because your tractor is going to bounce like crazy.In general everything is better and by far in f25 when we talk about the physics.

4.AI and steering guidance:Steering guide...what a charm huh!drive on a field,hold H switch windows,choose how much lane circling the field you want and hit ok....your ready.take about 5sec and its work as you want it too work.Not complicated,quick access and line on the field are clear and easy to see.I did not had any bug or glitch while using it.

AI worker.I tasked a lot of them to run around the map first and they alway maked it to their goal.I did not try some stupid stuff like asking them to climb a hill and wait in the middle of forest.They can reach every selling point and all the field i tested.I also tested them on the field but not intensively because i am playing on hard.What they did with the right setup was right.They did not left any spot unworked.Field were square tho and they were not complicated so its might change later on with field that are not square.

5.About the graphics:I know a lot of people having issues at the moment with the game.I am playing the game with a AMD ryzen 9 16 core 7950x and a RTX Nvidia 4090 using SSD MNVI 3 Teraflop and finaly a 4k asus 120hz screen G-syn.First i have the flickering issue and the black flickering issue that a lot of people are having.I was unable to play the game using DLAA because its would cause a lot of graphic wierdness and a really bad FPS.Instead i use DLSS and DRS set at 60 fps and Aniso filter at x16...everything else is maxout execpt shadow quality to high(very high is bugged atm).The game graphic is FAR better then f22 AT THE END OF IS LIFE CIRCLE.They updated F22 for 3 years and we start F25 with better graphic....i am not even using DLAA since its bugged.Once all the optimisation patch drop i think the game will be BY FAR much much beautifull then the other one AS LONG YOU GOT THE PC FOR IT.Ithe game at the moment is almost using my GC at 100% to keep my FPS around 80 to 100 in 4k and i don't have much equipement right now.Now i must said that they need to increase the texture fading range but at least x2 without player changing it in the file....Its kind of strange to have to beautifull graphic and 500 meter far its not as good.its kill the immersion a lil bit even tho i still get use to it like in other title.


Contract:i did not encounter any contract bug and i made for 247k$ of contract....so quite a lot of them.The only thing tho,you have to watch which you get if you take more then 1(which you should)to not unload the stuff at the wrong point otherwise its will bug the contract.Wood contract are probably the easiest way to make money right now from contract and they respawn quite fast.

I did play multiplayer with wife and kids and we had no problem or any lag but i did not play with someone from an other country or far from me so i cannot comment about it.What we did in multiplayer was really great and fun without any wierd things happening.

Overall the game is really nice and i still feel that the game worth the price.They have update so many stuff and added so many new things that its would be really stupid or bad faith to say otherwise.The new weather effect and the snow is AMAZING without talking about how the rain is looking now.Giants introducing NPC put the frame for them to add more NPC related stuff in futher DLC.Its same with the tornado and ice nail which damage crop now,i wouldn't be surprice to see them expanding these in a DLC.I wish we had Precision farming right at the start but they will add it later.I think these change should have been made in ealier version tho but at least they are there.For almost all of them ive been really vocal for the past 10 years and seeing them all in 25 is REALLY NICE.

D3st

[dogwalker1]

Damn, dude, 30hrs already? get some rest! The game'd only been out 33 hrs when you posted this!

Edit: while I've only got a couple of hrs so far (in part due to a delay sorting out a game launch problem) at first glance I am inclined to agree with you. So far I get the impression '25 is at least as big an improvement over '22 as '22 was over '19. If that's not enough for some folks, they could always show some restraint and skip a version. (Seriously folks, that IS an option.)

[Switchinzski]

Did u really do a harvest contract on 77? Mine bugged out 20% but all grain from field taken to correct poi. Did you write this up on the store page review? For the most part i think u got it spot on.

[SHUFF]

I am really enjoying the game I hope people report what they find to official giants report system the link is on twitter.. Then we all get the best game experience 🙏🙏

[D3st]

Originally posted by Switchinzski:

Did u really do a harvest contract on 77? Mine bugged out 20% but all grain from field taken to correct poi. Did you write this up on the store page review? For the most part i think u got it spot on.

Hi there i did a contract on field 77 and it was canola.On my side everything was good.I am not sure your bug is tie to the field but rather something went wrong with the contract itseflt.

[SmokeHead]

Originally posted by Switchinzski:

Did u really do a harvest contract on 77? Mine bugged out 20% but all grain from field taken to correct poi. Did you write this up on the store page review? For the most part i think u got it spot on.

i had a contract to harvest number29, bugged at 80% while all grain were taken, result is -170.000€

[Feuerfalke0]

Originally posted by SmokeHead:

Originally posted by Switchinzski:

Did u really do a harvest contract on 77? Mine bugged out 20% but all grain from field taken to correct poi. Did you write this up on the store page review? For the most part i think u got it spot on.

i had a contract to harvest number29, bugged at 80% while all grain were taken, result is -170.000€ :winter2019angrybulb:

I had a simular issue i had taken a job for farming Raps then lader whilst working on it i took an other job for Raps too it counted the deliverd Raps from one field to an other and vise versa

[Bainrow Kicks]

Originally posted by D3st:

1.Over a hundred sound update or added to every tractor or machine and trailer.Everything sound more WAY more realistic then before(f19 had great truck and tractor song as well)



3.Physics:Now logging is fun...for real!loading wood in a truck or a trailer is actually fun.I did at least 15 contract which pay around 10k to 15k each(playing everything on hard)and its took me around 15m too load truck+ trailer using wood arm loader.Working the field is kinda the same,you really feel that you need the right tool to do the right job.You also want to look at your tire,if you cutt weed and then want to dry it.Well better pick soft tire because your tractor is going to bounce like crazy.In general everything is better and by far in f25 when we talk about the physics.

1) As someone who has mostly enjoyed logging in all their previous titles from FS17, 19 and 22, is there any improvement to the sound design whatsoever when it comes to logging?

The lack of improvement of the sound design surrounding logging has been really disappointing in their previous titles. Put on any irl forestry video and listen to the sounds of machines traversing the terrain, or the sounds when handling the trees and logs. In their previous titles there are very few sounds that makes this bit of the game immersive imo, like sounds from log collisions..

3) I've always enjoyed this bit in their previous titles.. -But the logs felt pretty much weightless, and there could be some bouncing around. Good to hear it's been improved upon.. Still, I'm guessing there's need for mods like the VCM( or A?), vehicle control mod/assist?

I wasted so many hours on their games and it wasn't until probably several hundred hours on FS22 that I realized there had to be a mod to stop the articulated vehicles from snapping back to the middle when letting go of the steering..

Both the VCA mod and the Wood Harvester Control mod were huge game changers, and it's mind boggling that Giants wouldn't make a bigger effort to implement these features in their previous titles.
Also the disappointing control schemes for vehicles that use dual joysticks, like the wood harvesters (and excavators) for the analogue controllers. You have two joysticks on xbox/ps controllers, but instead of utilizing this, they hide the control surfaces behind three different button combinations + one joystick, R1/L1/R1+L1.. I've spent so much time figuring out a decent mapping for most other features when utilizing the dual joysticks on analogue controllers. Disappointing that Giants only offers one size fits all when it comes to control schemes.

[D3st]

Originally posted by Bainrow Kicks:

Originally posted by D3st:

1.Over a hundred sound update or added to every tractor or machine and trailer.Everything sound more WAY more realistic then before(f19 had great truck and tractor song as well)



3.Physics:Now logging is fun...for real!loading wood in a truck or a trailer is actually fun.I did at least 15 contract which pay around 10k to 15k each(playing everything on hard)and its took me around 15m too load truck+ trailer using wood arm loader.Working the field is kinda the same,you really feel that you need the right tool to do the right job.You also want to look at your tire,if you cutt weed and then want to dry it.Well better pick soft tire because your tractor is going to bounce like crazy.In general everything is better and by far in f25 when we talk about the physics.

1) As someone who has mostly enjoyed logging in all their previous titles from FS17, 19 and 22, is there any improvement to the sound design whatsoever when it comes to logging?

The lack of improvement of the sound design surrounding logging has been really disappointing in their previous titles. Put on any irl forestry video and listen to the sounds of machines traversing the terrain, or the sounds when handling the trees and logs. In their previous titles there are very few sounds that makes this bit of the game immersive imo, like sounds from log collisions..

3) I've always enjoyed this bit in their previous titles.. -But the logs felt pretty much weightless, and there could be some bouncing around. Good to hear it's been improved upon.. Still, I'm guessing there's need for mods like the VCM( or A?), vehicle control mod/assist?

I wasted so many hours on their games and it wasn't until probably several hundred hours on FS22 that I realized there had to be a mod to stop the articulated vehicles from snapping back to the middle when letting go of the steering..

Both the VCA mod and the Wood Harvester Control mod were huge game changers, and it's mind boggling that Giants wouldn't make a bigger effort to implement these features in their previous titles.
Also the disappointing control schemes for vehicles that use dual joysticks, like the wood harvesters (and excavators) for the analogue controllers. You have two joysticks on xbox/ps controllers, but instead of utilizing this, they hide the control surfaces behind three different button combinations + one joystick, R1/L1/R1+L1.. I've spent so much time figuring out a decent mapping for most other features when utilizing the dual joysticks on analogue controllers. Disappointing that Giants only offers one size fits all when it comes to control schemes.

Hi there,i will try to answer your question the best i can.In general everything ingame feel weight more.There a huge different between 22 and 25 with everything moving ingame.Attach fully loaded trailer to your tractor and you will see the big difference,being in a field with a lil sloop with a tractor with a full load trying to get over the top of it while raining.....you will barely make it because your tractor will spin.Its kinda feel the same when you do field work specialy plowing.

Tree or wood in general weight more.Remember the moon like physic we had in previous game....well in f25 it is FAR better but its not perfect tho.Cutting tree with a chainsaw is kinda same as before but cleaning it can be challanging sometime because the game is not optimized and some branch hit box can be tricky to hit.Loading wood using articulated arm is SO MUCH BETTER and i am not kidding.Its so easy now lol and you don't have to use the previous game trick to make sure the wood stay in place in the truck or trailer....unless you overload it.Using other wood vehicul is much much better too.Wood seems to stick together when you grab it now.90% of the time the fact that wood stick together feel really natural and immersive but its not perfect and sometime odds things can happen but not in the scale of previous game.An example,using arm and loading a trailer would take me around 30m in f22.In f25 loading the truck + trailer in contract take me around 5 to 10m.

Overall they added or updated every sound ingame.There a lot of new sound that are not soo important but they added to make it more real which is really nice.About the controller i cannot help on this since i play the game using keyboard+mouse or g29+farmer pad.I did not had any problem rebinding keys but i saw several post about it and people were having hard time remapping keys.So in this case i assume that you should expect to have some problem and if you don't well good!

In conclusion,the logging part of the game in my opinion share the update they did with the whole game with the new physics,new sound and all the new stuff added.They added several new factory too and you an produce your own material now to build stuff.Some building require player to drop a plan on the ground and bring all the mats in order to build it.So in a way they expanded logging in f25.

Verdict:you can expect a much better logging experience but keep in mind that its not perfect and depending of the device you use to control stuff its can change.I am pretty sure you will appreciate it.In doubt look at video and look at video of people who are experienced logger ingame....Some are claiming everything is bugged but they clearly don't have to experience from the past game....tips here:if you use articulate arm...stay in first view,it will make your live easier.

D3st

[Bainrow Kicks]

Originally posted by D3st:

Hi there,i will try to answer your question the best i can.In general everything ingame feel weight more.There a huge different between 22 and 25 with everything moving ingame.Attach fully loaded trailer to your tractor and you will see the big difference,being in a field with a lil sloop with a tractor with a full load trying to get over the top of it while raining.....you will barely make it because your tractor will spin.Its kinda feel the same when you do field work specialy plowing.

Tree or wood in general weight more.Remember the moon like physic we had in previous game....well in f25 it is FAR better but its not perfect tho.Cutting tree with a chainsaw is kinda same as before but cleaning it can be challanging sometime because the game is not optimized and some branch hit box can be tricky to hit.Loading wood using articulated arm is SO MUCH BETTER and i am not kidding.Its so easy now lol and you don't have to use the previous game trick to make sure the wood stay in place in the truck or trailer....unless you overload it.Using other wood vehicul is much much better too.Wood seems to stick together when you grab it now.90% of the time the fact that wood stick together feel really natural and immersive but its not perfect and sometime odds things can happen but not in the scale of previous game.An example,using arm and loading a trailer would take me around 30m in f22.In f25 loading the truck + trailer in contract take me around 5 to 10m.

Overall they added or updated every sound ingame.There a lot of new sound that are not soo important but they added to make it more real which is really nice.About the controller i cannot help on this since i play the game using keyboard+mouse or g29+farmer pad.I did not had any problem rebinding keys but i saw several post about it and people were having hard time remapping keys.So in this case i assume that you should expect to have some problem and if you don't well good!

In conclusion,the logging part of the game in my opinion share the update they did with the whole game with the new physics,new sound and all the new stuff added.They added several new factory too and you an produce your own material now to build stuff.Some building require player to drop a plan on the ground and bring all the mats in order to build it.So in a way they expanded logging in f25.

Verdict:you can expect a much better logging experience but keep in mind that its not perfect and depending of the device you use to control stuff its can change.I am pretty sure you will appreciate it.In doubt look at video and look at video of people who are experienced logger ingame....Some are claiming everything is bugged but they clearly don't have to experience from the past game....tips here:if you use articulate arm...stay in first view,it will make your live easier.

D3st

Appreciate your thorough answer, thanks!

Yeah, the problem I had when remapping keys in their previous title, was that it took a long time figuring out a decent control scheme for driving and camera control when using both joysticks on the controller for the articulated arms, and also that I couldn't remap the modifier buttons R1(RT)&L2(LT).. Also had a bug in the wheel loaders where the arm would stop working when using the remapped camera controls.

-But yeah, might have to test it out at some point. Seeing I got 600 hours out of FS22, I think it's fairly cheap when you compare what you pay to how many hours of playtime you get.

Thanks again, D3st!

[D3st]

Originally posted by Bainrow Kicks:

Originally posted by D3st:

Hi there,i will try to answer your question the best i can.In general everything ingame feel weight more.There a huge different between 22 and 25 with everything moving ingame.Attach fully loaded trailer to your tractor and you will see the big difference,being in a field with a lil sloop with a tractor with a full load trying to get over the top of it while raining.....you will barely make it because your tractor will spin.Its kinda feel the same when you do field work specialy plowing.

Tree or wood in general weight more.Remember the moon like physic we had in previous game....well in f25 it is FAR better but its not perfect tho.Cutting tree with a chainsaw is kinda same as before but cleaning it can be challanging sometime because the game is not optimized and some branch hit box can be tricky to hit.Loading wood using articulated arm is SO MUCH BETTER and i am not kidding.Its so easy now lol and you don't have to use the previous game trick to make sure the wood stay in place in the truck or trailer....unless you overload it.Using other wood vehicul is much much better too.Wood seems to stick together when you grab it now.90% of the time the fact that wood stick together feel really natural and immersive but its not perfect and sometime odds things can happen but not in the scale of previous game.An example,using arm and loading a trailer would take me around 30m in f22.In f25 loading the truck + trailer in contract take me around 5 to 10m.

Overall they added or updated every sound ingame.There a lot of new sound that are not soo important but they added to make it more real which is really nice.About the controller i cannot help on this since i play the game using keyboard+mouse or g29+farmer pad.I did not had any problem rebinding keys but i saw several post about it and people were having hard time remapping keys.So in this case i assume that you should expect to have some problem and if you don't well good!

In conclusion,the logging part of the game in my opinion share the update they did with the whole game with the new physics,new sound and all the new stuff added.They added several new factory too and you an produce your own material now to build stuff.Some building require player to drop a plan on the ground and bring all the mats in order to build it.So in a way they expanded logging in f25.

Verdict:you can expect a much better logging experience but keep in mind that its not perfect and depending of the device you use to control stuff its can change.I am pretty sure you will appreciate it.In doubt look at video and look at video of people who are experienced logger ingame....Some are claiming everything is bugged but they clearly don't have to experience from the past game....tips here:if you use articulate arm...stay in first view,it will make your live easier.

D3st

Appreciate your thorough answer, thanks!

Yeah, the problem I had when remapping keys in their previous title, was that it took a long time figuring out a decent control scheme for driving and camera control when using both joysticks on the controller for the articulated arms, and also that I couldn't remap the modifier buttons R1(RT)&L2(LT).. Also had a bug in the wheel loaders where the arm would stop working when using the remapped camera controls.

-But yeah, might have to test it out at some point. Seeing I got 600 hours out of FS22, I think it's fairly cheap when you compare what you pay to how many hours of playtime you get.

Thanks again, D3st!

Your really welcome,if i was you and want to test it.Buy it and give yourseflt lot of money via save editing and test as much vehicul as you can.Don't borther with the Mini-story and pick a start from scratch.Wood contract respawn fairly quickly and should give you a good idea of how forestery equipement behave.

[DaShU]

I find a problem with the game, I don't know if it's a bug from the game or something from me. For example, I wanted to start a forestry activity. I took a piece of land and started planting lodgepole pines. All good and beautiful, I'm waiting for the trees to grow approx. 12 months. I save the game, then exit the game. When I go back to the game, everything is as I left it, but the trees have disappeared. At first I thought that the progress was not saved, but no. I experienced this 3 times in a row. Everything is saved, everything in its place, but the tree plantation disappears. I tried another way. I just exited the map and entered back, same problem. I want to know if you have suffered the same

[Nikubus]

yup, the only thing that is missing from previous titles are the mods (obviously)
and some content that will come eventually

[D3st]

Originally posted by DaShU:

I find a problem with the game, I don't know if it's a bug from the game or something from me. For example, I wanted to start a forestry activity. I took a piece of land and started planting lodgepole pines. All good and beautiful, I'm waiting for the trees to grow approx. 12 months. I save the game, then exit the game. When I go back to the game, everything is as I left it, but the trees have disappeared. At first I thought that the progress was not saved, but no. I experienced this 3 times in a row. Everything is saved, everything in its place, but the tree plantation disappears. I tried another way. I just exited the map and entered back, same problem. I want to know if you have suffered the same

I did not try to plant tree yet sorry,playing on hard start and hard eco.I will test it on a seperate save.

[D3st]

Originally posted by D3st:

Originally posted by DaShU:

I find a problem with the game, I don't know if it's a bug from the game or something from me. For example, I wanted to start a forestry activity. I took a piece of land and started planting lodgepole pines. All good and beautiful, I'm waiting for the trees to grow approx. 12 months. I save the game, then exit the game. When I go back to the game, everything is as I left it, but the trees have disappeared. At first I thought that the progress was not saved, but no. I experienced this 3 times in a row. Everything is saved, everything in its place, but the tree plantation disappears. I tried another way. I just exited the map and entered back, same problem. I want to know if you have suffered the same

I did not try to plant tree yet sorry,playing on hard start and hard eco.I will test it on a seperate save.

https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/1grkw4g/trees_disappeared/#:~:text=Trees%20are%20there%20and%20will,3%20years%20and%202%20months. take a look at this....seems to be a general bug unfortunatly that i was not aware of.This need to be adressed asap because its basicaly kill a good portion of the long term wood related factory....

[Duke Dudeston]

This is the reason why I haven't posted a review yet, I like to give a game a fair chance before I give my overall verdict.

Sure on day 1 when I started playing I wasn't impressed at all, and if I wrote a review then I would have put it right down into the thumbs down category...

However now I have put a few more hours into the game and starting to see at least community fixes to problems I was having - I remember in FS22 (which I was way more excited for in the first place) there were issues that just had to be "dealt with" the shader cache being the biggest fault, the amount of threads of "I am getting stuttering on my 64core cpu @ 11.8GHz and my 256GB DDR7 RAM and 64GB 7090ti super that can play Microsoft Flight Simulator at 8k 200fps what gives" when really its just the shader cache needs time to do its thing (yes a slight over exaggeration but it really makes no difference).

As i sort of brushed upon I wasn't totally sold on this version, FS22 has been great to me, I have enjoyed it, still do, and just ended up buying it on a whim, I suppose FOMO kicked in (do people still use that phrase today?)

I am still not ready to give my actual review on the game, I know my thumbs up or down at this stage won't really make a difference, I would rather my review be truthful from MY OWN experiences. I haven't really done a lot in the game, despite my play time.

I am really waiting for some more QoL mods to come out, along with some new maps. I might even give creating my own map a go one day.