Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[sirjim73]

I haven't had a chance to log in yet this weekend. Maybe tomorrow, I'll find my way home

At this point, I will be glad when all the cars are on Backstage (no, not that Backstage ^^ ) so that I can complete the collection. I've got 10 passes sitting ready now

 

[Seb75]

Saw some nice cars again yesterday. One was this cool looking Ford Hot Rod which would look right at home in FH5 😁

And this gorgeous looking (and sounding) Ford Mustang "Eleanore" clone

 

[sirjim73]

Quoting this here as it shows FH5 still selling big on PS5 in May (I think it's reasonable to assume almost all sales will be PS5 at this point):

and top 15 on all US platforms for May - I think we can ignore the merchants of doom, the game is doing fine.

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Thanks @Fezzik

 

[Nacho Libre]

Quoting this here as it shows FH5 still selling big on PS5 in May (I think it's reasonable to assume almost all sales will be PS5 at this point):

Thanks @Fezzik

It's odd that they list MLB The Show as a multi-studio game because it's a Sony studio (San Diego) and its published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. They release multiplaftorm because the MLB makes them. Anyway, last time I checked the game was nearing 49 million players (as counted in the HoF).

 

[skazz]

The FH5 hall of fame is now at 48.9 million unique accounts... Closing in on 50 million fast.

I made a note just before the PS5 launch - There were just over 45 million at that time. So up towards ~4 million paid users from the PS5 side. Sounds low compared to the Gamepass-enhanced totals, but it's actually a big number, especially for a 3 year old game.

 

[UKMikey]

The FH5 hall of fame is now at 48.9 million unique accounts... Closing in on 50 million fast.

I made a note just before the PS5 launch - There were just over 45 million at that time. So up towards ~4 million paid users from the PS5 side. Sounds low compared to the Gamepass-enhanced totals, but it's actually a big number, especially for a 3 year old game.

Considering most of those four million jumped in blind based on word of mouth as they have no way of trying the game before they buy it, I guess PG could've done worse.

I expect a lot of people don't want to pay full price for a 2021 game and are waiting for the price to drop.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I don't think Sony gamers were oblivious to FH5, most of them, anyways. After all, if you are into a specific gaming category (driving games, broadly) IMO you keep tabs on what's out there, regardless of platform.

 

[UKMikey]

I don't think Sony gamers were oblivious to FH5, most of them, anyways. After all, if you are into a specific gaming category (driving games, broadly) IMO you keep tabs on what's out there, regardless of platform.

I'm sure they weren't but there's no substitute for first-hand experience.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Considering most of those four million jumped in blind based on word of mouth as they have no way of trying the game before they buy it, I guess PG could've done worse.

I expect a lot of people don't want to pay full price for a 2021 game and are waiting for the price to drop.

If you consider that Gran Turismo 7 ha sold 14m copies since launch, I'd say they're doing a lot better than "they could have done worse".

 

[UKMikey]

If you consider that Gran Turismo 7 ha sold 14m copies since launch, I'd say they're doing a lot better than "they could have done worse".

I wonder how many of those GT7 sales were to casual racing game fans starved of an alternative on their platform. It bodes well for the sequel especially if Playground cave to the weebs and set it in a Nipponese locale.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

I wonder how many of those GT7 sales were to casual racing game fans starved of an alternative on their platform. It bodes well for the sequel especially if Playground cave to the weebs and set it in a Nipponese locale.

I hope it's Japan. Not obsessed by Japan but I like the country. (Some of the beliefs and stuff like shrines make me raise an eyebrow.)

 

[UKMikey]

I hope it's Japan. Not obsessed by Japan but I like the country. (Some of the beliefs and stuff like shrines make me raise an eyebrow.)

I don't mind if it's Japan. But I don't mind wherever they set it so long as it's a vibrant location and the game has some fresh ideas to shake up the franchise a little.

If it ends up being set in a vast open Eliminator-friendly plain at the foot of Mount Fuji the ensuing incessant moaning from internet commentators may have me building a makeshift gallows if I don't climb into a warm bath and throwing my Xbox in while it's still turned on.

In reality I'll probably be too busy playing the new Horizon to care, though. Let's hope they knock it out of the park.

 

[Stang616]

At this point the future of the franchise seems to rest squarely on the shoulders of how well FH6 does, if they don't knock it out of the park it may not go well at all.

Horizon has become the staple of Forza at this point, whether us Motorsport fans like it or not, so if it flops there may not be an FH7.

 

[sirjim73]

I decided to have a break from FH5 for a bit and play some FH4 instead...:

Dem graphics are so lifelike

 

[Nacho Libre]

I offer you another contender for the next FH's cover car, the McLaren Lanzante 95-69.

 

[GTvsForza]

Would the next Horizon be called 6, or would it be like Motorsport and just be called Forza Horizon?

 

[Nacho Libre]

Would the next Horizon be called 6, or would it be like Motorsport and just be called Forza Horizon?

If the concept stays the same (one fictionalized geographical location in the world), serialization will work best for familiarity purposes.

 

[Famine]

McLaren Lanzante 95-69

Not a McLaren.

 

[RYAN]

Not a McLaren.

It's based off a current McLaren platform. So I suppose it's as much of a McLaren as a RUF is a Porsche.

 

[Famine]

It's based off a current McLaren platform. So I suppose it's as much of a McLaren as a RUF is a Porsche.

Ooooh, no. No no no no no. To all of that.

The most well-known Ruf cars are Porsche BIW, for sure, but it also makes its own cars (largely from Porsche-origin bits) in bespoke chassis too. They're all Rufs, not Porsches. You can ask Ruf to tweak your Porsche, but then that'd still be a Porsche.

Lanzante's 95-59 isn't either of those things. It absolutely uses a Monocage (it's not been made clear if that's the old P1, the Monocage II of the 720/750, or the Senna's Monocage III) but it's been very, very heavily reworked to create the old F1-throwback 1+2 seating position. That's not possible without a lot of changes, as the Monocage has a prominent central floor ridge which would make the driver sit very high indeed. It's totally reshaped for the 95-59, and in fact the two passenger seats are essentially integrated components.

While Lanzante will convert your track-day McLaren into a road car, these are still McLarens. The 95-59 is not: it's a Lanzante.

Chances are you might find a McLaren badge on the engine somewhere, but then that's just stuck over the Ricardo one anyway*.

*Not really

 

[UKMikey]

There was some discussion on the Motorsport thread about whether they should incorporate real life racetracks and simulation into Horizon 6. Sounds a bit whacked to me but there are a number of replica racetracks in EventLab already which I've posted here as they're a little more on-topic.

 

[GlamFM]

There was some discussion on the Motorsport thread about whether they should incorporate real life racetracks and simulation into Horizon 6. Sounds a bit whacked to me but there are a number of replica racetracks in EventLab already which I've posted here as they're a little more on-topic.

Horizon has the winning (selling) formula. Motosports does not.

Why would you mess with Horizon? Motosport is a now failed franchise. If anything Motosport should have looked at Horizon and maybe tried to learn some lessons there and not vice versa.
Why increase development cost by licensing real world tracks that honestly no one has been asking for in this context.


So no. Absolutely not imo.

 

[Edax 76]

I'd absolutely take real life circuits in FH6. FH's handling characteristics and sense of fun on race circuits would for me along with the wide car rosta be a most welcome addition.

My only concern would be if we end up in Japan for example for FH6 we would have Suzuka etc. How would the developers incorporate overseas circuits whilst maintaining the local festival storyline that runs through FH games.

If they find a way to incorporate it though I'm in.

 

[sirjim73]

This refers to sales in May only.
There is a suggestion that another 0.9m sales were made in June. :

Forza Horizon 5 proves a huge hit on PS5 with over 2 million sales

Xbox seems to have won big on its cross-platform gamble after Forza Horizon 5's PS5 sales crossed the 2 million mark a month after launch.

www.trueachievements.com

 

[Johnny Caisse]

Please delete, I posted at the wrong place.

 

[sirjim73]

If anyone has been waiting for a PS5 discount, I see from @Famine 's news article that FH5 is about 25% off in the "summer sale", which I think is the first time it's been discounted.

 

[GTboyz]

Damn I need to sleep, just accidently bought the 1929 Mercedes SSK....

Went down from 17 million to 9 million

 

[GBalao888]

I offer you another contender for the next FH's cover car, the McLaren Lanzante 95-69.

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I think the Toyota GT Concept / Lexus LFR... or whatever it may be called, is more likely to be the cover car of FH6.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I think the Toyota GT Concept / Lexus LFR... or whatever it may be called, is more likely to be the cover car of FH6.

The new Honda Prelude could be in play too, why not?

 

[Emick81]

So after a few months of GT7 I fired up FH5 on Series X again yesterday. The new Xbox Update showed me time played.
That was pretty confronting. 33 days and 12 hours.
Safe to say I go my money's worth.

Curious to hear your numbers?!