Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

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I'm very curious as to why PGG haven't scheduled a Livestream for the HW expansion and Series X this week, considering that it drops in a week on the 19th.
I feel like they haven't done any sort of marketing for this expansion (i felt the same about the Formula Drift pack that they seemingly dropped without any prior notice at launch), since the trailer dropped. They barely showed us or talked about anything more than the reveal even in the forza monthly.
I'm guessing they will hold the july forza monthly on 18th July (monday), but i feel it would be too close to launch to build up hype.
 
NotThePrez
Just wanna mention, you can also have Photo Mode assigned to a button on your controller in the settings options, so you can activate it while you're driving without having to dig through the menu. I have mine set to D-pad Up, for instance.
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I have d-pad up for photo mode on my controller, too. The problem is that I’m trying to steer with my left thumb, so pressing and holding d-pad up means I stop steering and the wheels go back to straight before photo mode is activated. In FH4 I assigned photo mode to pressing down on the right joy stick. It was clumsy but it worked.
 
Populuxe
Photo Mode has been frustrating over the past couple games. In the first three games, it was super easy. Just hit pause and there was photo mode. They took it out of the pause menu completely for the last game. It’s back but buried deep in the pause menu for this game. Worse, in a strange, Quality-of-Life affecting bug that PG seem to have no intention of fixing, you can’t photograph a car with the wheels turned. Or can you? Yes you can. I figured out how to do it through rigorous testing and experiment- Ha Ha no. I looked it up on Reddit like everyone else. But I don’t recall it being discussed here, so for the two or three people who haven’t figured it out ahead of me, here’s how you do it.

First, enter solo mode. This won’t work in Horizon Life. Go do your crazy drifting or whatever, then rewind to before the shot you want to take. Instead of hitting “resume from here”, hit replay. Pause at the moment you want to photograph. Now you select “take a picture” and it’s photo mode like normal except your car has its wheels turned like a real car and everything. It’s a big dumb workaround for a problem that shouldn’t even exist, but at least the workaround is there.
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I was wondering why I was unable to take photos with the wheels turned anymore. Thank you for this workaround!
While we're on the subject, maybe I should start setting up single-player races more often and use photo mode during the replay.... This is another way to get photos while turning (and less worrying about taking your left thumb off the stick to hit d-pad up), although it is understandably less... instantaneous.
 
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Populuxe
Photo Mode has been frustrating over the past couple games. In the first three games, it was super easy. Just hit pause and there was photo mode. They took it out of the pause menu completely for the last game. It’s back but buried deep in the pause menu for this game. Worse, in a strange, Quality-of-Life affecting bug that PG seem to have no intention of fixing, you can’t photograph a car with the wheels turned. Or can you? Yes you can. I figured out how to do it through rigorous testing and experiment- Ha Ha no. I looked it up on Reddit like everyone else. But I don’t recall it being discussed here, so for the two or three people who haven’t figured it out ahead of me, here’s how you do it.

First, enter solo mode. This won’t work in Horizon Life. Go do your crazy drifting or whatever, then rewind to before the shot you want to take. Instead of hitting “resume from here”, hit replay. Pause at the moment you want to photograph. Now you select “take a picture” and it’s photo mode like normal except your car has its wheels turned like a real car and everything. It’s a big dumb workaround for a problem that shouldn’t even exist, but at least the workaround is there.
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I've been playing FH4 on Steam mainly as something to do after I finish FH5's playlist every Thursday and I even prefer the Photo mode on there. One of the main things I noticed was how effortless it is to snap nice crisp photo's even with close to stock settings. I have found decent cam settings for FH5 that look good but FH4's just look way more clear, Sharper and better Clarity for me on PC.

Also yeah, I have noticed that if you dont play in Horizon Life you lose the delay when taking photo's. So especially if you want to catch a car drifting with the wheels turned I have to go out of Horizon life to do it. If I do it online with the Delay the countersteering wheels will be close to straight by the time the photo mode loads.
 
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Strange, I've never had an issue with the wheels not pointing where I wanted them to be pointing in photo mode, even in Horizon live mode.
 
-Fred-
Strange, I've never had an issue with the wheels not pointing where I wanted them to be pointing in photo mode, even in Horizon live mode.
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No way to verify it, but I think it's connection based in some capacity. I've had it where I activate photo mode while driving, and it takes a few good seconds for the camera to come up, all with my car rolling forward the whole time, and other times it'll pop up in half a second.
 
-Fred-
Strange, I've never had an issue with the wheels not pointing where I wanted them to be pointing in photo mode, even in Horizon live mode.
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You must have some sort of Series XXX console (or PC equivalent) because even with my Series S, I can't get the wheels to stay turned. If the car is moving when I pause the game, when I select Photo Mode, the car then continues moving for a second or two until it actually enters Photo Mode. By that time, the wheels have turned back to straight despite anything I try to do with the steering. Same with using d-pad up. Even if the car is stationary, the wheels return to straight ahead no matter what I do with the steering.
 
nukleabomb
I'm very curious as to why PGG haven't scheduled a Livestream for the HW expansion and Series X this week, considering that it drops in a week on the 19th.
I feel like they haven't done any sort of marketing for this expansion (i felt the same about the Formula Drift pack that they seemingly dropped without any prior notice at launch), since the trailer dropped. They barely showed us or talked about anything more than the reveal even in the forza monthly.
I'm guessing they will hold the july forza monthly on 18th July (monday), but i feel it would be too close to launch to build up hype.
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I have seen a bunch of posts and photos on Horizon's official FB and Instagram accounts - but not the usual hype they tend to put out on Twitch and YouTube.
 
New achievements for FH5 have just been announced for the Season 10 update. There are achievements for both the Hot Wheels expansion and the base game. (Spoiler tagged for those that don’t want to know yet.)
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Unlock New Achievements in Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels

Boost your Forza Horizon 5 Gamerscore with new Hot Wheels achievements.
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New Achievements for Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels

Gamerscore Title Description
10 No One Expects the Hot Wheels Expedition - Arrive at the Horizon Hot Wheels Outpost
10 The Rookie - Complete the Rookie Qualifier Event
10 Pros, no Cons - Complete the Pro Qualifier Event
10 Missions! - Complete 5 Missions
10 Lessons in Hot Wheels History - Complete the first Chapter of the Hot Wheels Horizon Story
10 Competition, Experimentation, and Creativity - Play another player's EventLab creation utilizing Hot Wheels track pieces
10 Beach Bomb - Earn 3 stars at the Canyon Jump Danger Sign in a 1963 Volkswagen Type 2 De Luxe
10 Aquanaut - Win any race that includes sections of Hot Wheels Water Flume Track
10 Icy Roads Ahead - Win any race that includes sections of Hot Wheels Ice Track
10 Shaken not Third - Win any race that includes sections of Hot Wheels Rumble Track
10 Attracted to Victory - Win any race that includes sections of Hot Wheels Magnet Track
10 Points Mean Prizes - Complete any Seasonal Event in Hot Wheels Park
20 High Roller - Spin 25 Wheelspins while in Hot Wheels Park
20 I'm an Expert now - Complete the Expert Qualifier Event
20 More Missions! - Complete 25 Missions
20 Hot Wheels, Hot Laps - Post a clean time for every Rivals route in Hot Wheels Park
25 WORT, WORT, WORT! - Complete the Elite Qualifier Event
25 Hot Wheels Legend - Win the Hot Wheels Goliath event and become the Hot Wheels Legend
25 Missions Complete! - Complete All Missions
25 Over Qualified - Earn 3 Stars from each of the Hot Wheels Qualifier events
25 Altitude Quickness - Win all Race Events
25 Hot Wheels All Star - Earn 3 Stars from every PR Stunt in Hot WHeels Park
25 Soared and Board - Smash all Bonus Boards in Hot Wheels Park
25 Gotta Pop 'Em All - Smash all of the Floating Tanks in Hot Wheels Park
25 Fresh Pressed Orange Routes - Discover every road in Hot Wheels Park
25 Major in Hot Wheels History - Complete all Chapters in the Hot Wheels Horizon Story
25 Professor of Hot Wheels History - Earn 3 Stars from every Chapter in the Hot Wheels Horizon Story
25 Supersonic - Finish the Hot Wheels Goliath event in under 10 minutes

New Forza Horizon 5 Achievements for Everyone

Gamerscore Title Description
10 Badge of Honour - Earn a Badge
10 Hoonigan Impressionist - Smash a Pinata in the 'Drift Club Mexico' Chapter of the 'Drift Club' Horizon Story
10 The Grand Opening - Earn 10 Levels in Horizon Open
30 Another One Bites the Dust - Earn 100 Levels in Horizon Open
10 One for All - Complete a Horizon Open Custom Race in the 2021 Mercedes-AMG One
10 Back in the Saddle - Complete a Horizon Open Custom Race in the 2021 Ford Bronco
20 Join the Club - Complete all chapters of the 'Drift Club' Horizon Story
30 Drift Club Mexico - Earn 3 stars in all chapters of the 'Drift Club' Horizon Story
 
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This week's EventLab might set a new record for the dumbest one yet.

Edit: The seasonal version is a solo run for S1 cars and is not as bad as a result. The regular event uses A class and the AI cannot finish the race.
 
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Played a bit last night on Steam to complete the last remaining dailies I had left and the new non hot wheels Achievements triggered in the Xbox App.
 
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Famine
Damn. Just rebooted the game and ALL the Achievements popped :lol:
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It was weird for me when all of a sudden the pop-up told me that I was .017% of people to do something. I can't even remember what it was, but it sounded bland - like achieving an achievement.

Edit: It was "The Grand Opening", which doesn't sound like it should be that rare.
 
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It's probably rarity at given time (when unlocked), few minutes ago it was slightly more for me as far as I remember correctly.
 
I just did the eventlab, and although it was rough here and there (I messed like twice in certain parts of it) I kinda enjoyed it. But maaaan. My car's poor back legs (suspension) really must've hurt because the tracks weren't smooth enough. :(

Anyways, I took my 2020 Audi RS3 on it, and it's a lot easier with 4WD. However, I salute to those who've done it in RWD and even FWD vehicles. :)
 
Much love to the hero that bought my Nash Metro for 20Mill last night. I mean I don't really need the money but I prefer it than having two Nash Metro's with it being in this weeks playlist.
 
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Just now, I ran into an extremely strange bug. While attempting the Street Race (I picked Festival Gatecrash) for the Buick GNX Forzathon, I ended up experiencing a strange glitch disabling collision with all other cars. I just drove right through all the AI like they were other players in Freeroam. I've heard of "flying through the competition," but this is ridiculous! :D

I've restarted the game since, and the bug disappeared. Very, very odd.
 
I used an '87 Firebird for seasonal event lab. This is a tuned car set up for road racing and has a low ride height.

Yes, needless to say I regret my choice of this car.
The long front overhang of this car always caused contact with the road surface and gave me the worst experience.
 
I hated every Event Lab creation in this series, they have all been horrible.
 
Anyone else had an issue where the Bronco and AMG One achievements haven’t popped, yet the rest did?
 
Changed up what cars I use for S1 as my previous picks were slow/undriveable.

That means new liveries :)

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