Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[Famine]

Okay... I just wanted to double-check something I did before the review, and now I have...

Who... who among all people decided that this was the progression model in a game where there's literally a story?

By basically cocking around with speed traps, danger signs, aimlessly wandering about and picking up Accolade points for every tiniest thing (which is still Lego Speed Champions, but with points instead of bricks), I've got enough points to unlock the Horizon Street Scene expedition. And then I've got enough points to unlock the Horizon Street Scene Story (Born Fast). And then I've got enough points to unlock the Horizon Street Scene finale "Marathon". And that's it finished.

I've not actually done any Street Scene races (well, it turns out I've done one - Ruta Norte Pro), and I've only done two or three of the chapters in Born Fast. But I can unlock the final event and the chap Ramiro bangs on about how he's never seen Street Scene so vibrant thanks to all my efforts before I do the race... what efforts? I've done nothing in Street Scene...

In FH4 you did a bunch of events, levelled up in that race class, unlocked more events, and so on until you were a high enough level to unlock the final event. That was the story (such as it is). While I'll grant you that your FH5 character is the same guy from FH4 and already has the reputation, it looks like you can entirely bypass the "building up the Festival's profile" thing if you've got enough points from doing other entirely random things - while the script thinks you have actually been doing all the relevant races.


I get that they needed to do something to draw an obvious line between FH4 and FH5 (given all the other [and again necessary] similarities), but making it so you can - entirely without intending to - bypass all of the narrative in a story-led game just isn't it. Of course now I get to go back and visit the middle of the story having already skipped to the end of it...

 

[skazz]

Your point is very valid. I had a similar experience of unlocking and completing the finale events long before I had done all of the normal events in that category.

I seem to recall a similar experience of opening up all FH3's festival locations and levelling them to max level before I had completed all events too, so unlocking Goliath there was basically similar to Goliath in FH5. But I agree that the grind to unlock them felt a lot less than FH4.

However.... In terms of actual hours played to unlock these events, is there that much difference?
I think what we are seeing is that such a huge map and events spread out across the map means that we are still in "lots yet to see" mode despite having played a similar number of hours to unlock the finale events in both FH4 and FH5.

Let's say that PG decided "15 hours of play to unlock all events" is the goal in all 3 games... then as the map expands, this result would come naturally. Should PG have increased the unlock moment to 20 hours of play? 30?

 

[ImaRobot]

I've been encountering a fair bit of glitches with this game, more so than any other. Multiple times my car would not move no matter how hard its revving in first gear. Upon changing gear it then only revs up to 3k, no matter the car. Then after setting up the first road race arena, water speckles were permanently on my screen no matter where I went - even in the autoshow and photomode. Was only able to fix that by restarting.

Not game breaking in any way, but extremely annoying.

 

[YoungRhombus]

I've been encountering a fair bit of glitches with this game, more so than any other. Multiple times my car would not move no matter how hard its revving in first gear. Upon changing gear it then only revs up to 3k, no matter the car. Then after setting up the first road race arena, water speckles were permanently on my screen no matter where I went - even in the autoshow and photomode. Was only able to fix that by restarting.

Not game breaking in any way, but extremely annoying.

The issue with you having it only rev to 3k probably has something to do with the new launch control feature. If you rev, change gears, and then rev again it activates launch control on every car in the game. Pretty cool feature but one that's not self-explanatory at all.

I don't know about cars not moving at all though. I've been having issues with engine sounds taking forever to load in when I switch cars, but nothing like that.

 

[ImaRobot]

The issue with you having it only rev to 3k probably has something to do with the new launch control feature. If you rev, change gears, and then rev again it activates launch control on every car in the game. Pretty cool feature but one that's not self-explanatory at all.

I don't know about cars not moving at all though. I've been having issues with engine sounds taking forever to load in when I switch cars, but nothing like that.

The not moving part isn't tied to the launch control, the switching gears and staying at 3k is, which still doesn't matter cus I'm already locked in place anyways. What I found is that it's tied to using the keyboard and mouse on the Edge browser and then switching back to game. One fix is fast traveling to the autoshow, another would be changing your tune and saving it.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

So something strange happened to me last night, I was about to do the Colossus when I was told that I had received a gift car from another driver, then the map popped up to show me where I could get it, I decided to do the race then pick up the car but the icon showing where to pick up the car disappeared meaning I couldn't get the car.

I know that you can send and receive cars at the barn find spots and I had a rough idea of where it was but when I went there I couldn't find it.

Are the gift cars time limited?

 

[TokoTurismo]

It haz arrived! 🙏

I figured a picture together with the cacti in my kitchen would be appropriate. 😎

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Not only do you have taste, but you also got style! Beautiful! 👍

 

[GTvsForza]

Finally unlocked the Titan and Marathon, both were a blast to do!

So something strange happened to me last night, I was about to do the Colossus when I was told that I had received a gift car from another driver, then the map popped up to show me where I could get it, I decided to do the race then pick up the car but the icon showing where to pick up the car disappeared meaning I couldn't get the car.

I know that you can send and receive cars at the barn find spots and I had a rough idea of where it was but when I went there I couldn't find it.

Are the gift cars time limited?

I think it a "First Come, First Serve" thing. I don't think that the gift cars are directed at a specific player.

 

[Stang616]

I think it a "First Come, First Serve" thing. I don't think that the gift cars are directed at a specific player.

I thought they were given to a random player and not everyone.

 

[GTvsForza]

I thought they were given to a random player and not everyone.

I thought it spawned for everyone, but you had to get there first to claim it. I haven't gotten any notification yet, probably because I'm in Solo until they fix the Online issues.

 

[AlienDeathRay]

No search results found. Can you just share the share code?

I dont know where there is a code to share. I drove to The Collossus, and it shows up in My Shared Events. AlienDeathRay15 presents Japanese Style "Japan esta en Mexico" it's got a swooshy red sun and a Subaru over it. S1 900 and during Hot Season, which is now.

 

[neddyie116]

I have only been playing this game since Thursday and I already 326 cars in my garage

Make that over 400 now

 

[Nacho Libre]

Make that over 400 now

What are you, Saudi princes?

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I've been encountering a fair bit of glitches with this game, more so than any other. Multiple times my car would not move no matter how hard its revving in first gear. Upon changing gear it then only revs up to 3k, no matter the car. Then after setting up the first road race arena, water speckles were permanently on my screen no matter where I went - even in the autoshow and photomode. Was only able to fix that by restarting.

Not game breaking in any way, but extremely annoying.

I remember an infuriating bug in FH4 where if it was raining or snowing in the "real world" and you set up a race which was set to clear, the snow or water droplets would remain on your windshield unless you drove through a puddle or something to activate the wipers. The bug your describing sounds like a carryover from FH4 then - but worse. Why PG, why?

 

[ImaRobot]

I remember an infuriating bug in FH4 where if it was raining or snowing in the "real world" and you set up a race which was set to clear, the snow or water droplets would remain on your windshield unless you drove through a puddle or something to activate the wipers. The bug your describing sounds like a carryover from FH4 then - but worse. Why PG, why?

It was so annoying, especially when trying to take photos lol.

 

[Populuxe]

I was playing Eliminator last night, and I beat a level 6 car that challenged me in a level 9 car. Except the finish never triggered. We both sat there moving around, trying to get the race to declare a winner, but it never did and we were both eliminated. It was especially annoying for me since this would have allowed me to get my first level 10 car in Mexican Eliminator. One odd thing was while at the finish line, the map showed another finish line near by, but every time I tried to move towards it, it would disappear.

 

[UKMikey]

I'm using my Free Willys to do the dirt races on the map. Not sure whether to buy a load and farm Super Wheelspins but if I do I'll probably just throw them away rather than flood the AH and gifting system with them.

 

[Emick81]

I dont know where there is a code to share. I drove to The Collossus, and it shows up in My Shared Events. AlienDeathRay15 presents Japanese Style "Japan esta en Mexico" it's got a swooshy red sun and a Subaru over it. S1 900 and during Hot Season, which is now.

Just go to my shared events. Select the race you want to share and Push the Right stick. (View Event information)


I got one my first creations here. 815 650 392
Expert Difficulty or Unbeatable is recommended. The AI in custom events are kinda slow compared to how they behaved in FH4.

 

[Vinylshark]

Turns out having a huge rear spoiler as part of your widebodykit can result in interesting spoiler combinations.

 

[mwoodski]

Those erector set lookin rear wings are so awful.

 

[GroupB]

So when I started the game, it said the servers were down. I backed out to the map and got a notification that a gift car was available 11 miles away. Drove across the map expecting it to be claimed and ended up with a Jesko

 

[willbsn13]

I was playing Eliminator last night, and I beat a level 6 car that challenged me in a level 9 car. Except the finish never triggered. We both sat there moving around, trying to get the race to declare a winner, but it never did and we were both eliminated. It was especially annoying for me since this would have allowed me to get my first level 10 car in Mexican Eliminator. One odd thing was while at the finish line, the map showed another finish line near by, but every time I tried to move towards it, it would disappear.

I've had this happen as well. It's weird because some games the finish line will be broken, then the next game it'll be fine.

Managed to get a win (only 38 players in it, still seemingly getting low player numbers in Eliminator) so that's one annoying achievement out of the way.

 

[drouid2]

I was playing Eliminator last night, and I beat a level 6 car that challenged me in a level 9 car. Except the finish never triggered. We both sat there moving around, trying to get the race to declare a winner, but it never did and we were both eliminated. It was especially annoying for me since this would have allowed me to get my first level 10 car in Mexican Eliminator. One odd thing was while at the finish line, the map showed another finish line near by, but every time I tried to move towards it, it would disappear.

Also had a bug with eliminator. But what happend was all other driveways became "invisible" so It appeared as if I was the only player even though it showed a player count. And when it got to the final circle I got challenged by a player yet I could still see no one!

 

[DivitLad]

Is the Horizon Open , open too cheating, just seemed like one dude be 5th in standings yet not see him over take but still gained places

 

[AlienDeathRay]

Turns out having a huge rear spoiler as part of your widebodykit can result in interesting spoiler combinations.

Check out the bizarre spoiler on the '98 Supra. Holy cow! Guaranteed 5G wherever you go!

 

[drouid2]

im surprised no one mentioned u can now drive with the window down on the willy's jeep! just go to forzavista to lower it then u can drive it out to the streets!

but if u switch cars and switch back u have to go back to forzavista again to lower the window.

is there any other car that works this way? by which i mean u can take something off or down in forzavista and be able to drive it as u can with the willy's window.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Is there a fix for the Forzathon shop error? I really would like to spend my points.

 

[drouid2]

Is there a fix for the Forzathon shop error? I really would like to spend my points.

Its closed until the new season when series 1 officially starts.

 

[DJTHEKING]

Man, the Born Fast drivers are giving me big TDU 2 bosses vibes with their attitudes

 

[the13PeSK]

Yes! 😎