Topic: General Xbox Series X|S Thread

No wonder its taking a while... This is crazy!!

Hey all,
I have a question regarding migrating from a One S to a Series X, I have had the trusty little One S for a few years now. But I am planning to move to Series X soon. My question is about the transfer of all the saves and data. How does it usually work with Xbox, you just log in on your new console and all your games and saves are there? Because I have close to 15 games in my backlog where I have different amounts of progress in the game but for example with 65 hrs into AC Valhalla, I cannot really lose that save. Are they all always backed up to the cloud? Or should I get a membership active like GP Ultimate?

@BrilliantBill All saves should be in the cloud and your 'digital' Library should be ready to re-download - if you don't use an external Storage option. As long as you set up your Series console with the same account details, you should have your saves but obviously would need to redownload and/or update to the Series X version - needed for AC: Valhalla for example. I believe Cloud saves are the 'norm' for everyone on Xbox. I can redownload 360 games for example and still carry on where I left off despite not playing since the 360 days. I know from jumping between my Series and One X consoles, sometimes they may need to 'sync' but as long as you are/were connected to the internet the last time you played and saved, it should be saved to the cloud.

What's a good difficulty/starting position for Forza Motorsport for a newer player?

I've been floating around 4-5 with a position of 10-12 and enjoying it, but sometimes it feels like I'm not getting the full experience.

@VoidPunk The point is that Forza allows you to tweak a whole host of settings - from the full racing line being shown to braking only to no assistance. Same with things like automatic/manual gears, traction control etc so you can tweak virtually everything to suit your ability.

I don't know what you mean by 'Full' experience - short of buying a Racing Sim set-up with steering wheel etc and 'Racing' with no 'assistance' so you get the 'full' Racing experience - or as close as Forza gets to driving a real car around a real track.

The point is with this is that you set the amount of Assistance and/or difficulty to suit the experience you want. If you want to, turning off the ability to 'rewind' for example adds to the difficulty and risk. As everyone is 'different', what you consider the right balance for you as a 'newer' player could be too much for another 'newer' player so its best to play around and adjust things as you go. You may start off with the racing line today but a week later decide the Braking lines are all you want or maybe no assistance there at all...