Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[GTvsForza]

After playing 23+ hours over the last week (which actually felt longer - in a good way), I'm still waiting for the restoration of one of my barn finds:

Spoiler

Ferrari 250 GTO

This was one of my first 5 barn finds, so I'm not sure what's taking so long. Yes, I did click on it and it's still 7,500,000 credits for an early completion (I think it's still being painted). Those who've already received this one, how long did it take?

Well in a way, it makes sense for the car to take so long to restore.

 

[Stang616]

Well, since we all got the Cossie V2 as a gift I may as well paint it.

On a related note, is there any way to remove Barn Finds from my garage?

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I love all of your work and I've followed you since, FM7, I think, maybe longer.


Unfortunately for some you cannot remove or sell barn finds.

 

[ykiki]

Well in a way, it makes sense for the car to take so long to restore.

I do wonder if I discovered it too "early" or out of sequence and that's affected the wait time. It's been so long that I have to remind myself that it even exists since it's been a week or more since discovered.

 

[Obelisk]

I used a stock Porsche 911 GT3 RS for road circuits/routes, so beating those times shouldn't be too hard with a tuned car. For dirt routes I mainly used Willys Jeep with Don Joewon Song's A800 tune. Absolutely hate how fast and easy to drive that car is, but it got the job done quickly

I normally don't pay attention to rivals as I rather drive completely stock cars and those don't do too well on rivals leaderboards

Yeah, about that Jeep...may wanna take another shot with it.

 

[notsofast]

Won the Deberti drift truck in a wheelspin and I cannot believe how good that thing is to drift. Just assumed it looked good but wasn’t like a Formula Drift car. But this thing is lit. I can hold such crazy angles that I had to go back and check if it was AWD and it’s not. Surprise of the car list so far.

 

[-Fred-]

I got gifted a Sesto Elemento FE, but since I already had one I put it on the auction house and it sold within seconds.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Alright, I don't mean to bring some negativity here, but it's a talking point I want to discuss.

I hear some complaints about this game for being too similar to the last 2 Horizons, like this guy for instance:


However, my issue with this argument of "the game is a copycat of FH3 & 4, thus it sucks" is they don't seem to ever explain how they should change the next game to make it feel more like a new experience. Seriously, what can you do in the next Horizon to make it feel like a complete game? Without alienating some of the audience that likes how the series is now.

 

[TealYellowOwl]

Looks like some people got a LOT of free time in their hands, don't they?

Prestige 10; Level 1265

I got gifted a Sesto Elemento FE, but since I already had one I put it on the auction house and it sold within seconds.

Can't blame them for desperately wanting a definition of insanity that is the Sesto FE.

On another note, i finally reached Prestige 1 after winning a 5-lap Goliath race against Pro Drivatars, then bought out most of the clothing with the 1,5m i had before going broke and proceeding to burn through all my 20 Super Wheelspins with WAY less chances of being awarded clothes.

With all the money earned from the Super Wheelspins, i bought out the few remaining expensive clothes i left behind, then blasted through all my 185 Wheelspins. I recorded a video to be uploaded on Youtube, but can't because of 15 video per day limit, so i'll host it tomorrow.

 

[Stang616]

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Looks like some people got a LOT of free time in their hands, don't they?




Can't blame them for desperately wanting a definition of insanity that is the Sesto FE.

On another note, i finally reached Prestige 1 after winning a 5-lap Goliath race against Pro Drivatars, then bought out most of the clothing with the 1,5m i had before going broke and proceeding to burn through all my 20 Super Wheelspins with WAY less chances of being awarded clothes.

With all the money earned from the Super Wheelspins, i bought out the few remaining expensive clothes i left behind, then blasted through all my 185 Wheelspins. I recorded a video to be uploaded on Youtube, but can't because of 15 video per day limit, so i'll host it tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure that level isn't even possible. Levels reset with Prestige at level 200, I thought. That's a modder.

 

[TealYellowOwl]

I'm pretty sure that level isn't even possible. Levels reset with Prestige at level 200, I thought. That's a modder.

There's actually 10 Prestige levels in the game, with each one requiring a higher level before proceeding to the next one.

Source: https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/360025285693-The-Prestige-System

Prestige Level	Ranks to Next Prestige
0	200
1	300
2	400
3	500
4	600
5	750
6	850
7	900
8	1000
9	1500
10	2999

It's from FH4, of course, but it also applies to FH5.

 

[McLaren]

Alright, I don't mean to bring some negativity here, but it's a talking point I want to discuss.

I hear some complaints about this game for being too similar to the last 2 Horizons, like this guy for instance:


However, my issue with this argument of "the game is a copycat of FH3 & 4, thus it sucks" is they don't seem to ever explain how they should change the next game to make it feel more like a new experience. Seriously, what can you do in the next Horizon to make it feel like a complete game? Without alienating some of the audience that likes how the series is now.

FH3 & FH4 don't even feel similar to me & as a result, FH5 does not feel like a copycat of FH4. To me, the map alone makes a massive difference b/c of the variety of environments (to no fault of FH4; I understand you can't just start introducing random biomes into England's environment) allow for different racing experiences, esp. with the off-road trails. The more I play it, the more I feel like this game takes what FH3 did and just improved on all of it. I've said before FH3 is my favorite & I think FH5 is definitely getting right up there with it.

 

[Stang616]

There's actually 10 Prestige levels in the game, with each one requiring a higher level before proceeding to the next one.

Source: https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/360025285693-The-Prestige-System

Prestige Level	Ranks to Next Prestige
0	200
1	300
2	400
3	500
4	600
5	750
6	850
7	900
8	1000
9	1500
10	2999

It's from FH4, of course, but it also applies to FH5.

That being said, it's probably still a modder, there's no way even someone using the current exploit methods leveled up THAT quickly. Either way, it will most likely be for nothing and either draw a ban or end up getting the account reset.

 

[ELmarcotuff]

Alright, I don't mean to bring some negativity here, but it's a talking point I want to discuss.

I hear some complaints about this game for being too similar to the last 2 Horizons, like this guy for instance:


However, my issue with this argument of "the game is a copycat of FH3 & 4, thus it sucks" is they don't seem to ever explain how they should change the next game to make it feel more like a new experience. Seriously, what can you do in the next Horizon to make it feel like a complete game? Without alienating some of the audience that likes how the series is now.

Don't really think there is a way to completely remake the game for the next one, just the map. So far this is atleast my favorite map out of 2-4. If they push it more sim they'll lose a huge chunk of their player base, if they push it more arcade, they'll be going further away of what the point of the game is.

 

[RazorSharkz]

When do the car pass cars drop?? I figured they'd be around by now.

 

[Northstar]

When do the car pass cars drop?? I figured they'd be around by now.

IIRC the first one releases in the 18th.

 

[Stupornaut]

Won the DeLorean thanks to the seasonal Festival Playlist and was let down to discover that none of the engine-swap options included choices for either the concept-stage Wankel rotary engine or the early-choice Ford Cologne V6 from the Ford Capri. So much for a theoretical shoulda-been DeLorean with Cosworth power, even if the other swaps elevate it past its real-world "sluggish Esprit" performance. Looks like you can give it the ridiculous super-limited gold-plated paint job it was briefly offered in, though, which is cool/stupid in a way that only the 1980s could permit.

Now let's get the other great car from Back to the Future in the game.

 

[ykiki]

That being said, it's probably still a modder, there's no way even someone using the current exploit methods leveled up THAT quickly. Either way, it will most likely be for nothing and either draw a ban or end up getting the account reset.

Right. If Prestige 10 is 2999, how can he be at 10 with 1283?

 

[Apple Slipper]

Finally got the Premium Bundle!

 

[Nacho Libre]

Check your messages to receive the Porsche 918 with a 20 years of Xbox livery!

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

I haven't had much time to play around in FH5 as much as I'd like, but I just want to give a shoutout to the festival circuit. Had so much fun wrangling whatever car I had around that track, and I can't wait to do it some more later.

 

[UKMikey]

Umm, how are we supposed to get this Group B Accolade?

 

[Obelisk]

Umm, how are we supposed to get this Group B Accolade?

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It lists all of the cars you need to have in your garage for it to go off.

 

[ykiki]

It lists all of the cars you need to have in your garage for it to go off.

... but some aren't included in the game (yet).

 

[WHO1]

It shows your position on your own personal leaderboard, containing you and any friends who play the game. If you're the only person on that leaderboard, you are indeed the slowest person, as well as the fastest.

Thanks for the clarification - showing where you stand in the world would have made much more sense in my opinion.

 

[McLaren]

Umm, how are we supposed to get this Group B Accolade?

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Someone on Reddit noted the one called Group 4 has same issue (Lancia Stratos HF Stradale). I'm kind of hoping they don't get updated to remove the names as that might imply they're not coming.

 

[UKMikey]

Someone on Reddit noted the one called Group 4 has same issue (Lancia Stratos HF Stradale). I'm kind of hoping they don't get updated to remove the names as that might imply they're not coming.

Keep hope alive...

 

[Populuxe]

Interesting. I fired up the game this morning and I had to redo about the last hour worth of work from the previous night. The last parts of the Weekly Forzathon with the GT-R, my first Super 7 and a few other things had all just disappeared.

 

[Phoenix]

Ok guys, this getting outta hand.

 

[sirjim73]

Check your messages to receive the Porsche 918 with a 20 years of Xbox livery!

In my case, I got gifted the car when i logged on... and then about 30 minutes later i got a News message saying to pick up the car... 😂

 

[Apple Slipper]

Someone on the Forza Subreddit found Rivian and NIO listed in the credits.

reddit.com/r/forza/comments/quhcc4/a_bunch_of_carsmanufacturers_spotted_in_the/