Horizon Car Of The Week

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And the SPC results..
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Now I will point out that the vehicle I used is a car that’s tied to the Hot Wheels Expansion DLC, but given that the rules were, less powerful & cheaper than the F12TDF and no sandbagging, it fits the letter and spirit of the rules. :sly:

The car in question is..
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The Sierra Cars #23 Yokohama Alpha.
Power? 600hp from a 1.3 Turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa I4 bike engine.
Price at Autoshow? 70,000cr.
PI? S2 986. :eek:

And aside from the PI technically being higher than the F12TDF and thus worse in the context of the SPC, it beats the F12TDF rather convincingly on both counts. :D

And as for the Ferrari F12TDF, it rules the Super GT class for stock PI at 884PI, but it’s 769hp 6.3 V12 is beaten out by the 812 Superfast’s 788hp and the Car Pass DLC in the form of the 799hp Ferrari Monza SP2. :embarrassed:

Now it’s handling is actually responsive and agile while taking the high speed turns of Gran Pantano Sprint, also helped by being the 2nd lightest car in the Super GT class at 3,351lbs.

It’s 500k price might be steep, but compared to the 1.4 million of the lighter Aston Martin One-77 and 2 million of the Monza SP2, it’s a decent bargain and if you’re willing to get your hands dirty in a bidding war, you could snipe one for less, like mine at 404k. :mischievous:

Overall, a solid evolution of the F12 Berlinetta platform.

Verdict: Sleeper 😉👍
 
Ferrari's track record with misrepresenting its cars' stats calls its credibility into question, the same way that Lance Armstrong's steroid abuse called the legitimacy of his Tour de France wins into question.

So, presented with a Ferrari F12 tour de france, I feel like I'm about to be met with something unrealistic or something disappointing.

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And in driving it around in Free Roam as warm-up, I'm inclined to think Ferrari may have fibbed on the F12tdf's capabilities. It's jarringly grippy to me, as if it has less weight and more grip than it should. To give them some credit, though - my research suggests that the numbers in FH5 are genuine. The 1520 kg quoted matches Ferrari's kerb weight literature, as does its other values.

It felt unnatural to me at the time trial, and I didn't have the time to really deep dive into it or its SPC.

Neutral - no 1.5 ton car should be that bloody nimble.
 
Well done to Vic for smacking me in the face with a reminder to be stringent with the rules.

Lighter week this week: Deberti Silverado Drift Truck!

Our Trial this week is any Drift Zone.
 
Well, that speaks volumes about the feelings towards the Silverado...

Happy 4th of July!

To celebrate, we're keeping to high horsepower American cars.

This week is the... 2013 Formula Drift #777 Chevrolet Corvette!

Just like with the Silverado, your trial this week is any drift zone.
 
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Yeah not my greatest handwriting, but you try and use a touchscreen to write the name of a drift zone. :lol:

I’ll keep it brief, over 1000hp from a Supercharged 7.0 V8, no engine swaps, but the stock engine can be pushed to 1376hp with the upgraded Supercharger. :embarrassed:

Weighs 3500lbs, has a 4 speed drift gearbox and the only aero upgrade is a race front bumper (no wing and no factory adjustable aero either.). :odd:

Costs 300k in the Autoshow which does make it the cheapest Truck in the Drift Cars class against the Deberti built Toyota Tacoma and the Ford Hoonitruck.

So aside from drifting (which it’s rather approachable in its behaviour.) can you make it more than a one trick pony?

Obviously the answers yes, it’s Horizon after all. :sly:

Swap it to 4wd, throw on the upgraded supercharger and some racing off-road tyres and you’ll be able to get it to S1 900.:D

Overall, just one of the many ways to go drifting in Mexico.

Verdict: Neutral 🙂

Was meant to have this up yesterday, but got distracted. :dunce:
 
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Decided to do this weeks Drift up at the big Hot Wheels Track in the sky above Mexico. :P

The #777 Vette does share some common ground with the Deberti truck from last week, Both Chevy based, both have over 1000hp from supercharged 7.0 V8’s(1050hp for the Vette) and both cost 300k at the Autoshow.

Where they differ the most is their gearboxes and the upgrades.

The Deberti gets a Forza aero front bumper, no forza aero for the Vette, the Vette has a 6 speed gearbox, the Deberti a 4 speed gearbox.

But the biggest difference is that the Vette can swap the blower for a pair of turbos which can take the Vette to nearly 1600hp when fully tuned. :drool:

And that’s something people tend to overlook when it comes to drift cars, because paradoxically they are set up to be very grippy at the rear and need a lot of power to overcome that grip.

I’d even go as far as to say that at some point in the last decade or so, the average horsepower output of a group of FD cars was and maybe still is higher than Formula One.

Jalopink ran an article at the end of 2013 (Back when they were good.) which actually touched upon that very point that FD cars were quietly becoming the most powerful race cars that weren’t dragsters.

https://www.jalopnik.com/how-formula-drift-secretly-built-the-worlds-most-power-1488503790/

And because it’s Horizon, we can harness that power for more than just drifting, throw on some drag tyres and you have a dragster, convert it to 4wd, throw on some rally or off-road tyres and you have an off road monster.

Anywhere else, a drift car might be a one trick pony, but in Horizon Mexico, it’s a potential Swiss Army Knife. ;)

But seeing as we compare its stock performance primarily for our ratings, it’s Neutral. 🙂
 
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(Crickets...)

Obe?

Where new car?

(Distant AUP unfriendly noises)

(Vague blessing for me to choose and announce the car laden with more profanities.)

So uh... it seems Obe isn't having a good time. And neither will this thread for the next six days :) I'm choosing to feature the 1998 TVR Cerbera Speed 12!


800HP may seem formidable nowadays, what with turbos, hybrids, and EV supercars, but the Speed 12's 800HP comes from the late 90s via a 7.7L NA V12 engine and goes only to its rear axles, with zero driving aids whatsoever to help becalm the DSM-5 on wheels. And while its outlandish styling and body paints may make it look like a big and unwieldy battleship, the Speed 12 also weighs under a tonne—literally lighter than Obe's Miata. Something tells me this car will be right up Vic's dark and sadistic alley...


Single–Player Challenge!​


The Speed 12 is famous in Gran Turismo 2 for being part of the quickest way to earn Credits in the game, being able to be pawned off for half a million apiece for just 6 or so minutes of cruising around Red Rock Valley.

Here in FH5, your aim this week is to recreate that money–making magic.

With only ABS as the driver assist and AI difficulty set to Above Average, create an Event Lab race that generates the highest Credit payout that can be done in under 6 minutes of total race time. Of course, that means you'll have to prove with your own driving that said event can indeed be concluded in under 6 minutes!

Of course, I don't play FH5, so I don't know how feasible (or ridiculous) this challenge is. Feel free to roast me in the thread, or, you know... share photos, videos, liveries, stories, or whatever about the car.
 
The Speed 12 is... interesting. I think the somewhat fudged physics of the Horizon franchise has helped it along quite a bit compared to its presence in the GT series. Still recommend an AWD swap, though.

Neutral.
 
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Instead of a 6 minute drive, I decided on the 6.1 miles of Rivera Sprint instead, one of the longer ‘Regular’ tracks that isn’t a Finale race like The Goliath.

Of course the 800hp, 2,150lbs of TVR Cerbera Speed 12 ate up the 6.1 miles like nothing, even keeping up with one of GTP’s own driving the near 1000hp, AWD Ferrari SF90 Stradale. :D

The Speed 12’s huge 7.7 litre V12(which actually is the same one that’s a swap option for other cars.) and low weight make putting the power down on its regular tyres a challenge, You can launch it in 4th gear from a standstill with some revs and still smoke the tyres up past 100mph and on the way to nearly 240mph. :drool:

But if 800hp isn’t enough, you can bolt on a pair of turbos for a maximum of 1307hp. :eek:

Or you can swap in the F50 GT’s 4.7 Racing V12, yes it drops 50hp at 750hp and quite a lot more on Torque, it cuts over 300lbs of weight off an already light car, combine that with the full weight reduction and what I refer to as a “Skeleton build”, you can get it under 1600lbs. :embarrassed:

Not always practical IMO as the “Skeleton build” means no upgrades on tyre widths, chassis reinforcement, basically any upgrade that adds weight really and grabbing every upgrade that cuts weight off.

As for how it drives, throttle management is vital because as previously mentioned, it can still light the tyres in 4th gear if you get careless, but provided that you can keep a lid on it, it does handle decently enough to make that power usable.

As for cost, it’s 500k at the Autoshow, but you can easily find it at Auction for 92k, 3 grand less than the price of the Tuscan Speed 6 in GT7’s UCD as it turns out. :P

So yeah, while a 4wd swap is what most will do with the Speed 12, it’s still a formidable contender if you can hang on to it. ;)

Verdict: Sleeper 🙂👍
 
And this week, the Horizon gods have decided that our next car of the week is the...

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Jeep Gladiator!

Jeep's first foray into pickup trucks since the Comanche ended production in 1992, the JT generation revives the original Gladiator and J series nameplate, and has gotten a solid foothold in the US market.

Whether it does the same in Horizon remains to be seen, so this week, we're gonna take it to Oasis Cross Country.

No SPC this week, just send it in a stock Gladiator.
 
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So the Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, a long wheelbase, 4 door pick up that can go off-road.

Powered by a 3.6 Pentastar V6, it makes 285hp and 260ft-lbs of torque that’s sent to all 4 corners via an 8 speed Automatic gearbox.

Now it’s over 5000lbs kerb-weight and the slightly long gear ratios does mean that it takes 7.2 seconds to hit 60 mph according to the tune menu dyno and you’ll rarely need more than 5 of the 8 available cogs. :indiff:

Those two factors also hamper off road acceleration, especially when pushing through all the bushes, cacti, etc which’ll slow you down, handling isn’t terrible, but nothing worth writing home about.


The Gladiator retails for 45k in the Autoshow, but 20k is a common buyout price at auction and if you have 8 skill points spare and the car you buy at auction has a untouched Car Mastery Tree, you can get the 20K cash bonus from it and get your money back. ;)

So for the upgrades, visually the Gladiator has quite a few visual ones, front bumper mounted fog lights, a full Overlander kit mounted in the pickup bed, roof light bar mounted at the back or a Baja rear end with Spare tyre and fuel tank.

You can also swap out the doors for some more off-roader style doors with or without side plates and you can open up & fold the roof(which apparently saves 10lbs of weight:odd:) and you can increase the tyre profile size too.

As for the performance side, the Pentastar V6 can be supercharged up to over 600hp, but it only has one engine swap available.

Luckly, it’s the very potent, 1750hp, 7.4 twin turbo V8 from the Funco F9. :drool:

In fact, just to give you an idea of how long the gearbox ratios are, you can drop in the F9’s V8, leave the stock gearbox in and it’ll take you to a verified 240mph with enough space. :eek:

So in stock form, needs shorter gearing and some extra oomph from the V6 to be great, but it’s a nice off-roader if you’re exploring for collectibles like the XP/Fast Travel Discount boards. :)

Verdict: Neutral(Sleeper if you followed my advice to effectively buy one for free.😉)
 
This week, we're going to look at a cover car that has yet to be covered on Horizon 5 COTW...

The...
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2014 Lamborghini Huracan!

We've previously covered the Performante version, but not the base car. To test it, we'll bring it to the Volcan Sprint, to see if its AWD is any use.
 
If you're a Forza veteran, then this car is a no-brainer for you. It's gifted to you, free of charge, for having played Forza Horizon 2 (rip).

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But if you don't have the loyalty reward, and you're on a new save like I just so happen to be, then you would be justified in asking: Do I choose this over other Huracan models? Do I choose this over other Lamborghinis? Other supercars?

After all, it's a base model Huracan. No aero, no extra-fancy weight savings, no high end trick tech added on top of the car's base performance. It is, for all intents and purposes, the purest Huracan on FH5's mind-bogglingly huge supercar roster.

Unfortunately, I'm seeing some issues with this car's driving dynamics that I have to call out. Despite being a midship AWD, and supposedly being stable on paper, I find that it's really easy to induce unwanted oversteer in this car over crests or even lightly brushing the dirt/grass/non-tarmac surface on the apex of corners. And when you tone it down to try and work around that, the car understeers instead. I know part of it is my FFB being too high and spooking me, but it's still not a good look.

When it's not throwing a tantrum, it's a solid drive with solid all-around stats... But I can't justify buying it over anything else unless you specifically want to build it out to embarrass the newer, better Huracans.

Neutral.
 
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The Lamborghini Huracan, it’s been around for over 10 years and only finished production last year with the upcoming Temerario being its replacement.

In FH5, you really are spoilt for choice, with Huracan’s like the Perfomante, the Evo, The Tecnica, The STO, the off-road Sterrato and even the Super Trofeo Evo Race car. :embarrassed:

So when that’s all taken into account, why should you go for the original 2014 LP 610-4? :confused:

For starters, it’s the Cover Car for the Horizon game that took Horizon to the then new gen consoles and allowed PG to showcase what they could really do.

As mentioned by Obe, Forza Veterans got this car for free for playing FH2, but for those who didn’t or are new to the series, it’ll cost you 240k at the Autoshow, but I have seen Auction buyouts for as low as 132k if budgeting is your thing. ;)

With a revised 5.2 litre V10 engine now cracking 600hp, driving all 4 wheels via a 7 speed Dual Clutch Gearbox, it’ll hit 60mph in or under 3 seconds and fly past 200mph.

Handling was rather neutral, but it did understeer when you were really hustling it on corner exits, but aside from that, rather stable.

But unlike Obe I’m on Controller so your mileage may vary. :P

So where does the OG Huracan stand out compared to its newer versions?

Visual Customisation is where. :cool:

The other Huracans mostly just have Forza Aero, the LP 610 has that and a full set of Duke Dynamics parts, Front and rear bumpers, side skirts and a Performante style rear wing.

But it also has a Liberty Walk widebody kit which allows wider tyres to be fitted and it has an optional LW rear wing. :D

Now normally applying a Widebody does limit other visual customisation(Usually just the wing can be changed.), but you can still add the DD side skirts after applying the LW kit.

As for power/swaps, the factory V10 is the same one that be can swapped into other cars and it’s good for over 1200hp fully tuned and Twin Turbo’d. :drool:

But if you’re ok with a slight power drop to just under 1200hp fully tuned, but with a decent weight loss, you can swap in the 4.7 Racing V12 instead. 👍

Overall, it might be be outclassed by its more modern versions, but don’t think it won’t stand out in the visual department against them, it’ll also still give them hell with a good wheelman at the helm. :sly:

Verdict: Sleeper 😉👍
 
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