Forza Horizon 5

Jordan 199 · 13-06-2021 10:26pm #1

Out on the 9th of November for Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PC. Will be based in Mexico. Can't wait to play it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH9n37B7Yw

Jordan 199 · 14-06-2021 2:56pm

I'm going to play this with game pass this time around for a change.

dreamers75 · 14-06-2021 9:25pm

Thing with Forza games is they do look that good.

Last 2 were stunning on PC.

marcbrophy · 14-06-2021 11:31pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I'm going to play this with game pass this time around for a change.

Gonna do the same thing that I did with FH4.
Get the base game free on GP, then buy the ultimate add-on that gets you everything else extra!
Cars, expansions and VIP something or other

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/p/forza-horizon-5-premium-add-ons-bundle/9mz0sr207mg8

Jordan 199 · 14-06-2021 11:49pm

^ Not a bad idea at all. Something I will consider doing.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 15-06-2021 11:51am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Gonna do the same thing that I did with FH4.
Get the base game free on GP, then buy the ultimate add-on that gets you everything else extra!
Cars, expansions and VIP something or other

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/p/forza-horizon-5-premium-add-ons-bundle/9mz0sr207mg8

Just on this -you know the way the games get de-listed after a while(IIRC, you cant buy forza 2 in the store anymore). just might be worth making sure that in a years time, you're not stuck with a dlc pack for a game you don't own if it leaves Game pass.

marcbrophy · 15-06-2021 4:55pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Just on this -you know the way the games get de-listed after a while(IIRC, you cant buy forza 2 in the store anymore). just might be worth making sure that in a years time, you're not stuck with a dlc pack for a game you don't own if it leaves Game pass.

If it is ever due to get de-listed, it'll probably be so far in the future that you could buy that base game for a tenner, before it's removed from the store.
But this is a convo for digital game purchases in general, not just FH5

Techniques07 · 16-06-2021 12:23pm

They gave FH3 for free the month before it had to be taken off the store so I imagine it'll be the same when FH4 and 5 licences deals run out.

Polar101 · 16-06-2021 12:48pm

This looks great. I wouldn't be a huge car game fan, but I like these open world car games. FH4 is my most played game on the Gamepass.

Jordan 199 · 26-06-2021 3:24pm

I decided to splash out on Forza Horizon merch, and my FH5 sticker arrived today. I should have a FH5 t-shirt sometime next week.

marcbrophy · 26-06-2021 8:41pm

Nice

The t-shirt looks nice in black!
Might pick one up myself

Jordan 199 · 26-06-2021 8:54pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Nice

The t-shirt looks nice in black!
Might pick one up myself

I picked up the t-shirt in white. That's coming from Spain. My sticker came from Latvia. First time I ever got anything from Latvia

27-06-2021 9:54am

Love the Horizon series. Happy I have 1 - 3 digitally as well (1 and 2 through games with gold and I bought 3) before they were delisted because I go back and play through all them. You can still play 1 - 3 if you get them on disc though, if anyone is looking to play them.

Can't wait for 5.

Jordan 199 · 15-07-2021 12:59pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqsrizplujs&t=95s

marcbrophy · 15-07-2021 5:36pm

Cool 😁

Jordan 199 · 29-07-2021 4:06am

Forza channel on YouTube is worth checking out:

https://youtube.com/user/Turn10Studios

SuperBowserWorld · 30-07-2021 4:11pm

I bought FH4, FH3 and Motorsports 7 for cheap before I got GamePass. They look great. But I can't get into them. They just don't click with me. I think I'm just not playing them right. Usually I end out in front and barge/bounce around things. And still win. Maybe I'm not getting the slides/motion right. Or I've got some stupid defaults on. Time for a YouTube video or two.

Also, the commentators annoy me. Think I'll turn them off.

Mr Crispy · 09-08-2021 7:41pm

Full map unveiled.

marcbrophy · 09-08-2021 7:52pm

I'm already getting PTSD thinking of the all roads driven achievement!

I'm still missing 3 roads in FH4 😣

Jordan 199 · 09-08-2021 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117730378#Comment_117730378

I feel your pain son.

figleaf25 · 23-08-2021 3:38pm

The visual fidelity took a leap forward with this one...but my god does the Horizon series make me get super hyped. I can't even begin to stress how much I love this series and how much it's made me fall in love with racing games again.

Jordan 199 · 25-08-2021 2:23am

Limited edition controller:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16OvQiLLqU

marcbrophy · 25-08-2021 9:16am

Would you buy one Jordan?

It might be a bit too colourful for me 😀

Something from design labs might suit me better!

Jordan 199 · 25-08-2021 9:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117800810#Comment_117800810

I took a chance and preordered it early this morning.

eeloe · 25-08-2021 10:21am

I don't know why i never got in to the Horizon games.

MotorSport just done it for me more i guess.

This does look like a fantastic game, will certainly give it a shot on GamePass

SuperBowserWorld · 25-08-2021 8:18pm

Yuck controller.

The new game looks very, very impressive. Gorgeous. Same game. Just more polished! And to be honest, a much more interesting location. They are an incredible development team. I'm looking forward to seeing what that open world RPG they are creating will look like.

Jordan 199 · 14-09-2021 10:14am

A taste of some of the cars in the game:

https://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/forza-horizon-5-confirmed-car-list

Polar101 · 20-09-2021 7:35pm

FH4 had way too many cars - it's good to have a choice, but in the end I had like 250 cars in the garage, and probably didn't drive more than 30 of them. Anyway, not sure if that's really an issue. FH5 is looking pretty amazing.

quokula · 20-09-2021 11:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117917155#Comment_117917155

I don't think it's the number of cars so much as the way they're handed out, you end up winning tons of cars without even noticing. I miss the old original Gran Turismo games where you saved up for a car, then saved up for the upgrades for that car, and you actually cared about it and it was an event when you moved on to your next one. You could still get that experience with a car list that has 100s of cars, it's just a matter of tuning the economy and making the player think about what they want to drive next.

In FH you end up with dozens of cars you didn't choose, you were just given them by a slot machine. On top of that the game auto-upgrades the car to a specific class for you, which in theory makes for a nicely streamlined user experience, but it also makes the cars all feel much more samey and less unique.

On top of that FH has basically been the same game in a new location for the last three iterations, and the games are so frequent that you kind of lose track of what cars you owned in which game.

Don't get me wrong, it's a fun and highly polished game, but I do hope they bring something new to the table and don't just put out the same game again but in Mexico this time.

johnny_ultimate · 21-09-2021 12:16pm

Yeah I have to be honest I actually found it a mess trying to figure out which cars I owned and which I didn't in FH4 at times. Just raced along in whatever car the events needed and left it at that. Great game and all, but definitely makes the cars feel disposable the way they're dished out with random abandon.

SuperBowserWorld · 21-09-2021 5:08pm

I guess if you're a car nerd and have a load of time, it's great to have the huge variety to collect and upgrade.

For me, who basically always picks the same configuration in Mario Kart, it's too much to get my head around.

Jordan 199 · 04-10-2021 9:28pm

Achievement List:

https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Forza-Horizon-5/achievements

marcbrophy · 04-10-2021 9:35pm

Oh no, it's there Jordan 😢

Ride and Seek

TheChrisD · 05-10-2021 2:05pm

I'm way more miffed by:

Chicken Dinner — Win your first game of The Eliminator

Ugh, forced multiplayer skill stuff.

05-10-2021 3:51pm

Was the Eliminator in any way fun last time out? I gave it a wide birth as I'd no interest in it whatsoever. Doing the seasons stuff for daily and weekly challenges for a whole month was also a giant pain in the ass.

marcbrophy · 05-10-2021 4:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117980276#Comment_117980276

Didn't even know it existed, despite playing FH4 for 120 hours 😁

Checked the stats in FH4 for people who played it once, was only 16.6% so no wonder I didn't know about it!

Thecageyone · 06-10-2021 7:16pm

I wish they'd drop the OTT 'Yo duuuude' voice over BS and the whole festival scenario thing tbh. It looks more FH4 mkII than 5, but hey, I'll grab it on GP because when you are racing it does look incredible

Jordan 199 · 19-10-2021 9:12am

Game has gone gold so the retail discs are getting pressed. 9th of November can't come quick enough.

Jordan 199 · 02-11-2021 2:01am

One week to go 😎

marcbrophy · 02-11-2021 11:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118105159#Comment_118105159

Did you buy that add-ons pack Jordan?

If so, it unlocks on Friday 😁

Jordan 199 · 02-11-2021 11:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118106146#Comment_118106146

I didn't. I went down the disc route so I will just have to wait. This day next week I will have a new game and controller.

marcbrophy · 02-11-2021 3:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118106310#Comment_118106310

Which disc version did you buy?

Oh nice, a custom controller is it?

Jordan 199 · 02-11-2021 3:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118107641#Comment_118107641

Only the standard version is available in disc format. It's the Forza Horizon 5 controller I will be getting. A nice bit of a change from a boring black controller.