The cut of performance SUVs makes no sense whatsoever. SUVs are the biggest segment right now, and there are so many amazing performance models that can keep up with or even outperform the sport luxury sedans, hot hatches and sports/super cars.
Just because the small "wE hATe suVs!!!" crowd on social media is loud, doesn't mean they should've removed them. A Trackhwak or a Urus is as much at home on a track as an RS6 or an M5, so might as well cut the sport luxury sedans as well in this case.
The proper offroaders, buggies, trophy trucks and such absolutely have no place in the game unless there is proper offroading racing, which there isn't of course, so no need for them.
But the performance SUVs are asphalt queens anyway, and have been a part of Forza since FM3 at the earliest, so cutting them completely is ridiculous, bring them back dammit.
Realizing this makes me miss my dream SUV, the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. It's the only SUV I actually liked, coming from one who thinks SUV's aren't his thing.
please no LEGO, HotWheels or Fast ‘n Furious in FM either, keep that for FH as well.
Lego definitely belongs in Horizon, no questions asked.
Fast & Furious cars, on the other hand, were mostly featured in Motorsport more than Horizon, such as with FM6 and FM7, but it would've been nicer if in Motorsport 7, they were better placed into separate divisions as even if these cars are quote-on-quote: "movie stars", they're still professionally tuned cars.
I remembered back in Motorsport 6 where I had tons of fun hot-lapping Paul Walker's R34 around the Nordschleife, something I thought I could never do in a video game.
But sadly, this film franchise has been going down the drain since the eighth movie, so if anything, they should only add cars from that movie franchise up to the seventh movie. Nowadays people resort to doing replicas of these cars through their liveries and builds, but still, nothing beats the authentic film cars themselves.
Some Hot Wheels concept vehicles make for realistic and amazing one-make races, such as the Bad to the Blade, which I originally thought would be very fitting for FM8. The rest that are in FH5, let's see:
- Hot Wheels Ford Mustang - Will make for amazing drift racing alongside Formula Drift cars.
- Twin Mill - Can stay in Horizon. Its extreme horsepower from its twin supercharged W16 is betrayed somewhat due to its weight and length which can cause some severe handling issues, which makes it turn like a brick-**** outhouse.
- Ford Dually F-5 Custom Hot Rod - Will only make sense, if a larger number of cars belonging to the hot rod genre will be featured in FM8 much later on.
- Nash Metropolitan Custom - Same as above.
- Rip Rod - Only if offroad/rally tracks are added to FM8 eventually, and buggies are well-represented.
- Deora II - An iconic Hot Wheels original concept machine, but I still feel like this belongs more in Horizon.
- 2JetZ - It can stay in Horizon, as it has the same issue as the Twin Mill, except that its poor handling comes from its short wheelbase. It also isn't the best-looking car in the world either, which in turn, also doesn't help with its aerodynamics.
- Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Custom - Absolutely makes sense for it to be featured as it is a professionally-tuned track day car and can feel right at home on certain circuits.
- Baja Bone Shaker - Same reason as the Rip Rod, and if trophy trucks and rally raid vehicles get good representation, should there be an offroad/rally update. But part of me thinks it should stay in Horizon as the Baja Bone Shaker is not based on any existing concept car and is directly from the toy itself.
- Bone Shaker - By far the most controversial Hot Wheels vehicle due to it being illegal for use in FH4's Online Adventure, its use in online races give this car a bad reputation by most Forza fans. I haven't played online that much, but given my past experience driving this since Motorsport 6 gives me the impression that this should stay in Horizon as it doesn't handle too well, and has the aerodynamics of a brick.
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