Most people don’t even bother with the built in OmniFocus forecast. The upcoming view is also an awesome way to get a sense of how busy you’re going to be. The Today list shows me all my tasks for a day (due + planned) and my calendar events. OmniFocus does an okay job integrating with my calendar but Things does an amazing job.The closest thing in OmniFocus would be flags and some combination of defer dates. I can plan tasks for certain days without messing with defer dates or due dates. Things has built in functionality for planning.
On the other hand, I miss a lot of the control OmniFocus offers such as defer dates, sub tasks, and project types (sequential vs parallel etc).