The map can be cleaned up; just select the events/sites you want to see. There are no microtransactions in the game (pay to win mechanics/cosmetics), just optional paid DLC content. Other than the Platinum edition I bought, I've just purchased one or two additional DLC packs.
The only time I got cutscenes is if I selected something on the playlist which requires DLC like a Hot Wheels or Rally Adventure event.
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It's not even any of it, unless the PS port is radically different to the Xbox and PC versions. You may have only just purchased the game but the rest of us had to wait years for the expansions. They're year three DLC, not day one DLC. None of the car packs and definitely not the treasure map are necessary to progress in the game and I'd challenge you to find anyone on the main thread who's ever felt it necessary to purchase a car voucher as the in-game cars are easy to obtain via normal gameplay.
If it doesn't cripple the game then it's not a microtransaction by definition. Car packs financed the continued development of the game and were responsible for the four years of content updates we got while you were waiting for it to be released on your platform.
Or backstage passes, so yeah, I think it is an unreasonable criticism. Once again: the game is not designed to constantly make you spend real money to progress.
You can buy four cars for five bucks unless they're expensive licenses like the Back To The Future cars which cost twice as much.
There are no microtransactions in Forza Horizon 5; just like there have not been any in any Forza game since the lootbox fiasco blew up in Turn 10's face way back in Forza 7 (amusingly just a few days before PD made it clear they were lying about whether microtransactions would be in GT Sport). Whether you "agree" or not has no bearing on that fact. Money spent on the game above and beyond the base price adds new content to the game (even the VIP Pass). Additional post-launch DLC, nevermind two full-blown expansion packs, are not "microtransactions." They're not designed the same way. They're not implemented into games the same way. They're not targeted at the same people. They do not provide the same utility to the player. They both predate the concept of cosmetics microtransactions (where Bethesda's infamous horse armor is the go-to reference for such a thing with modern games) by a solid decade and pay to win microtransactions (whose common implementation nowadays can probably be most directly traced to either Team Fortress 2 or Gran Turismo 5 depending on implementation) by even more.
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Ok, in the difficulty tab check what steering setting you have, you may probably want to start with assisted and see how it feels, then move to standard (less assists). Avoid simulation steering for now.
I might have a look at that im getting bored already, there's not much reason to play after the discovery phase. I really wish I had played this before Motorfest, as its implementation of forza's model is more varied, exciting, vibrant & entertaining. I like FH5, but its foibles have been ironed out by its new competitor. I was gripped by motorfest, its not guite happened with Horizon the same way, but its an arms race. Im hopeful FH6 will learn from the competition.
Try the Eventlabs via the Online (I think) tab. There are some great events to find there which liven up the repetitiveness of things.
I use the pad of my thumb on the top of the joystick and in GT7 I have no problem in races on dirt or snow, I manage pretty well, because I love this type of races. But there in FH5, for me it's unplayable, uncontrollable, even on the asphalt I can't drive like in GT7.
Definitely. Also when people play it you get a some Cr. for each play/user/like added. Not only that, you get credits for running on it vs. AI and players (They do limit the gains due to people having abused glitches in the past.), you can set your own rules including both realistic stuff or straight up hilarious stuff such as low/high gravity, up to x2 Torque, etc. or all the way realistic adding penalties to hitting the wall or other drivers.
