Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[EngieDiesel]

Online has been mostly stable for me since Sunday. Personal rant... I REALLY wish they'd find a fix for people who sit and block the flag capture area on Capture The Flag. Totally ruins the fun 😒

Flag camping has sadly been a problem that hasn't been addressed ever. Which is really baffling to me, because it seems like just ghosting a player for two or three seconds when they grab a flag would solve the issue and not put the defending team at any sort of disadvantage unless they're just being total putzes, and then that's their own fault.

As far as people not understanding or caring about the team aspect... well, welcome to online gaming.

 

[Stang616]

Flag camping has sadly been a problem that hasn't been addressed ever. Which is really baffling to me, because it seems like just ghosting a player for two or three seconds when they grab a flag would solve the issue and not put the defending team at any sort of disadvantage unless they're just being total putzes, and then that's their own fault.

As far as people not understanding or caring about the team aspect... well, welcome to online gaming.

I know it's a part of online gaming, but even in most other team games there aren't direct ways to hinder your team. Honestly, ghosting teammates unless they are a survivor or a king with a slowdown would be a solution. I don't mean ghosting for the entire lobby, just those on your team.

 

[-Fred-]

I've yet to see a barnfind appear on the map, and I've already supposedly unlocked 3 (the one tied to the house and the two in the stories)... Strange.

 

[AOS-]

Online has been mostly stable for me since Sunday. Personal rant... I REALLY wish they'd find a fix for people who sit and block the flag capture area on Capture The Flag. Totally ruins the fun 😒

Can't you guys just plow into them and push them out of the way? I thought of blocking the flag too, but I can't pull that off alone. One pushes me out, and then others come grab their flags and run. Given that it's a team event, there are advantage and disadvantages to blocking a flag spawn point.... and that comes down to whether the team is able to figure something out.

What ruins the fun is the Lego Mini hiding in the castle crack in Horizon 4. Something like THAT needs a fix.

That and the people that don't seem to realize it's a team effort. I had people on my own team blocking me from preventing scores, ramming me during survival, not healing people or taking crowns during King, it's awful.

You got to factor in a whole bunch of other things here. Some people (like myself) may not be in the mood to play and want to get those playground games over with to get the seasonal reward if it speeds up the event duration by enabling losses quicker, I'll do it.

Also maybe someone is letting a friend or family member try the game and they may not have read the instructions or know what to do. I put my dad behind the wheel in this game one time and he has no idea what to do to "play" this game.

 

[DivitLad]

What on earth Audi are we meant to use for the Speed Zone on the play list. Says S2 998 but I can’t get any Audi to that level. Tried it with a S2950 R8 and it didn’t trigger so what am I missing?

as long as it is an s2 audi then it should work , forgot what one i tuned but got it by just a couple mph

 

[UKMikey]

It looks like they only drop in wheelspins.

Yeeeesssss

 

[mwoodski]

as long as it is an s2 audi then it should work , forgot what one i tuned but got it by just a couple mph

I've attempted it with the RS3 and every time it says "car not eligible for event" or something after I've done it.

 

[Obelisk]

For anyone who's brave enough to want to take a Reliant Supervan into an event: The widebody kit that's supposed to stop the thing from tipping has no collision with the ground. It's just gonna tip over.

 

[Populuxe]

I've yet to see a barnfind appear on the map, and I've already supposedly unlocked 3 (the one tied to the house and the two in the stories)... Strange.

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but are you sure you have "barn finds" on in your map filter?

I've attempted it with the RS3 and every time it says "car not eligible for event" or something after I've done it.

Have you built it up to S2 class?

 

[DivitLad]

I've attempted it with the RS3 and every time it says "car not eligible for event" or something after I've done it.

rs8 10 plus tuned and put wing and front bumper on and raissed height , just kept tuning till reached s2 which is higher class than s1 for some reason lol

 

[skazz]

One bug I noticed today: In the garage car list, some cars are shown crisply in 4k, others seem to be using 1080p assets and look blurry. Can't be deliberate?

 

[mwoodski]

Have you built it up to S2 class?

Of course.

 

[-Fred-]

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but are you sure you have "barn finds" on in your map filter?

It turns out the Treasure Map thingie I bought to facilitate the search of XP and Fast travel boards also messes around with barn finds, it just doesn't give you any notifications and basically opens them all up, all you have to do is drive to them.

 

[WanganDream]

I found about 90% of Barn Find.
The surprising emotion I felt there was irritation over an exclusive upgrade that was only had on Barn Find "wreck"models.

Spoiler

For example, the GMC Jimmy "wreck" model is equipped with a wide body kit.
However, there is no option for a wide body kit on this vehicle.

Dodge Viper.
Drag racing style front fender exhausts, different brands and sizes of wheels on the front and rear. And the cowl induction style hood.
None of those customizations are available.

Yes, I understand that these "wreck" models are different models created by appropriating the in-game 3D models.
But would it be so difficult to divert the upgrade parts designed for these wreck models for the actual game models?
I wanted to put a widebody kit on Jimmy, and the cowl induction hood makes the Viper look like a beast on the street.
As cool as these models are, the fact that these are not available is hard... 😭

 

[Stang616]

I found about 90% of Barn Find.
The surprising emotion I felt there was irritation over an exclusive upgrade that was only had on Barn Find "wreck"models.

Spoiler

View attachment 1092552
For example, the GMC Jimmy "wreck" model is equipped with a wide body kit.
However, there is no option for a wide body kit on this vehicle.

View attachment 1092553
Dodge Viper.
Drag racing style front fender exhausts, different brands and sizes of wheels on the front and rear. And the cowl induction style hood.
None of those customizations are available.

Yes, I understand that these "wreck" models are different models created by appropriating the in-game 3D models.
But would it be so difficult to divert the upgrade parts designed for these wreck models for the actual game models?
I wanted to put a widebody kit on Jimmy, and the cowl induction hood makes the Viper look like a beast on the street.
As cool as these models are, the fact that these are not available is hard... 😭

I never noticed that about the second picture but now I want it too, and we know they can do it because story mode barn find has an FE equivalent. Why couldn't they do the same with the second picture and make an FE with this kit or at least an option?

 

[Populuxe]

I do have a minor complaint about the barn finds.

Spoiler

Only three of them are new to the game. The rest are just regular cars from previous games. I was kind of expecting more original cars.

 

[drouid2]

as long as it is an s2 audi then it should work , forgot what one i tuned but got it by just a couple mph

Did the speed zone using the 1983 audi quattro

 

[willbsn13]

I do have a minor complaint about the barn finds.

Spoiler

Only three of them are new to the game. The rest are just regular cars from previous games. I was kind of expecting more original cars.

Especially when in FH3 & FH4, the ratio of barn finds that were new to the game was about 50/50.

 

[UKMikey]

It turns out the Treasure Map thingie I bought to facilitate the search of XP and Fast travel boards also messes around with barn finds, it just doesn't give you any notifications and basically opens them all up, all you have to do is drive to them.

My purple circles all disappeared off the map but I got a ton of notifications from the garagistas and radio hosts. After five years of Don Thompson it's really weird to hear the classical music lady Dolores Martin being so positive about motorsports, skill songs and the festival playlists.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

What on earth Audi are we meant to use for the Speed Zone on the play list. Says S2 998 but I can’t get any Audi to that level. Tried it with a S2950 R8 and it didn’t trigger so what am I missing?

I used a 2JZ S5 fully maxed out and it worked.

 

[PlumCrazy010]

I do have a minor complaint about the barn finds.

Spoiler

Only three of them are new to the game. The rest are just regular cars from previous games. I was kind of expecting more original cars.

And only a few of them have any special affinity to the Mexico location.

 

[L8 Apex]

I found about 90% of Barn Find.
The surprising emotion I felt there was irritation over an exclusive upgrade that was only had on Barn Find "wreck"models.

Spoiler

View attachment 1092552
For example, the GMC Jimmy "wreck" model is equipped with a wide body kit.
However, there is no option for a wide body kit on this vehicle.

View attachment 1092553
Dodge Viper.
Drag racing style front fender exhausts, different brands and sizes of wheels on the front and rear. And the cowl induction style hood.
None of those customizations are available.

Yes, I understand that these "wreck" models are different models created by appropriating the in-game 3D models.
But would it be so difficult to divert the upgrade parts designed for these wreck models for the actual game models?
I wanted to put a widebody kit on Jimmy, and the cowl induction hood makes the Viper look like a beast on the street.
As cool as these models are, the fact that these are not available is hard... 😭

I'm just disappointed overall with the first example. Yeah, maybe they couldn't find the owner of a bone stock one who was willing to have it scanned and they had to settle for one with a lift kit and big tires and presumably an engine swap (Why else wouldn't they have modeled the underhood area?), or the pandemic might have made travelling to a stock one to scan it impractical. Fine, whatever.

But to just offer an air dam and spoiler, on an off roader of all things? And only one stock paint color? AND no option to paint the roof separately (let alone remove it)?!

COME. ON.

 

[Populuxe]

I finally did the Goliath last night in my completely stock D100 Renault 4L because I'm a masochist like that. I think it took about 28 minutes? I can't remember any more. By that point, everything was starting to blend together. All my dreams are in Horizon Mexico now.

I also finished the Vocho story.

Spoiler

Because I use a female avatar, it ended up being a lesbian love story at the end.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Is it me or do some of the race tracks feel the same like horizon 4? Like the off road track at the airport.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I finally did the Goliath last night in my completely stock D100 Renault 4L because I'm a masochist like that. I think it took about 28 minutes? I can't remember any more. By that point, everything was starting to blend together. All my dreams are in Horizon Mexico now.

I also finished the Vocho story.

Spoiler

Because I use a female avatar, it ended up being a lesbian love story at the end.

Ayyyyy. Happy endings for all!

 

[GroupB]

The online is still broken. It takes me almost 4 minutes to join Horizon Open and then it kicks me back to solo about 10 seconds after the race starts. Running XSX with high-speed cable internet.

 

[UKMikey]

Apparently there's a bug you can exploit in offline races. If you enter a race event with a D class car (say) and use the tune car screen to load an S1 preset before starting the race it doesn't upgrade the drivatars, so they stay in the lower PI class. If it's true then I bet this'll get patched pretty sharpish.

Will try this out next time I play; this could be my only chance to get the Unbeatable Triumph achievement by winning 6 events against Unbeatable AI, lol - at least without using EventLab.

 

[sirjim73]

The online is still broken. It takes me almost 4 minutes to join Horizon Open and then it kicks me back to solo about 10 seconds after the race starts. Running XSX with high-speed cable internet.

There might be issues due to GamePass coming online today and the increase in server load from the extra people?

 

[Dan Hill]

Sorry for another annoying Seasonal Playlist question, but I've tried using an 2015 Audi TT for the Speed Zone, but it's saying incorrect car, despite the restrictions saying an Audi up to S2 998. Also what track toy car do people recommend for the Speed Trap, I have a Caterham with a tune but can't get enough speed out of it.

Finding it a bit frustrating trying to work out what I need to complete all the Playlist stuff as the restrictions don't seem clear enough to me (unless I'm just being an idiot).

 

[MagpieRacer]

Sorry for another annoying Seasonal Playlist question, but I've tried using an 2015 Audi TT for the Speed Zone, but it's saying incorrect car, despite the restrictions saying an Audi up to S2 998. Also what track toy car do people recommend for the Speed Trap, I have a Caterham with a tune but can't get enough speed out of it.

Finding it a bit frustrating trying to work out what I need to complete all the Playlist stuff as the restrictions don't seem clear enough to me (unless I'm just being an idiot).

A few people in the previous page have suggested Audis in response to my same question.

The speed trap I used a 911 GT2 maxed out to S2998.