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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on June 13th, 2021 in the Forza Series category.
Forza Horizon 5 Confirmed Set in Mexico, Launches November 9
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Can't help it, at least visually it doesn't seem to be as big a step up over FH4 as expected imho. Which makes sense when you consider it still has to run on the original Xbox One/S as well. Personally, I'd love to see more true next-gen titles, however I also unterstand the sense of making cross-gen games from an economic pov.
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How much bigger will this Map be compared to England, Ireland & Scotland combined from the last game? I'm genuinely curious.
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They are using the old engine, so don't expect it to look any different than FH4. I'm still a bit confused as of why they didn't wait until FM8 was done so they can use that new game engine. but I guess they are using FH5 as a last bridge into new gen. See it as a good thing as upgrading hardware at this moment is very difficult due to prices. IT will be nice to have this game another year or two while it hopefully becomes easier to acquire new GPUs. And by the the new generation of nvidia should be out as well.
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I am super excited for Forza Horizon 5 and cannot wait to see what cars they add to the game 
Hopefully they bring back the 2012 Camaro ZL1, Infiniti G35 coupe and Hyundai Genesis coupe. I sorely miss those cars in Forza Horizon 4 :/ Also, looks like I’ll have to add more colors to the ongoing color creation chart 
If you guys haven’t seen it you should definitely check it out on here
Hopefully they bring back the 2012 Camaro ZL1, Infiniti G35 coupe and Hyundai Genesis coupe. I sorely miss those cars in Forza Horizon 4 :/ Also, looks like I’ll have to add more colors to the ongoing color creation chart If you guys haven’t seen it you should definitely check it out on here
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Oh, I totally agree! The game looks good as is. I have no complaints. I still find it strange that they decided to do another game on the old engine. I just hope they change things a bit gameplay wise, or there are going to be a lot of people complaining it's a copy-paste cash grab. So long as they don't change the freedom aspect of it though.
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Adds extra 100m squared...
"Our largest map ever"
If the map size really is restricted by XOne capabilities, then I dont think this will be massively bigger. However, if they make the map more 3D in terms of height it can *feel* like its bigger. However, the views from the top of the volcano did look pretty flat to me.
My instinct is that the volcano will be close to the centre of the map and the mountains you saw in the distance from the top of the volcano might be the edge of the map in that direction?
PS - so it's true that we DID see FH5 in that Series X/S trailer last year but didnt know it.
Have to say well played on that
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Having watched this trailer with astonishing dropped jaw, I suddenly don't mind if GT7 comes out sometime in 2023.
This will be my first Xbox purchase, the photorealism is something that I have been waiting for decades for. the time for it is finally coming this fall.
will it be avail on PC as well? I might just go that route, if I find that RTX 3080 for less than a limb.
unbelievable look of this production , Mexican art and textures looks amazing. even though I won't ever be using the roof cam as demonstrated throughout.
This will be my first Xbox purchase, the photorealism is something that I have been waiting for decades for. the time for it is finally coming this fall.
will it be avail on PC as well? I might just go that route, if I find that RTX 3080 for less than a limb.
unbelievable look of this production , Mexican art and textures looks amazing. even though I won't ever be using the roof cam as demonstrated throughout.
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I don't want to sound like a contrarian bore, but I'm really not feeling excited for this at all.
Graphics look great, no complaints there, but the Mexico location just isn't really doing anything for me, doesn't feel very "fresh". Looks kinda similar to FH3's Australia. HUD looks pretty unattractive too I can't lie.
Also the fact they're giving the player voicelines is a huge turn off for me. NFS Payback made me despise racing games with a voiced protagonist, very few seem to pull it off without it coming off as overly corny and forced. Breaks the immersion aswell I find.
Overall this kinda confirms to me that Horizon has fully moved away from its "car scene" roots and is now just more of a casual sandbox type of game, a lot less focused... Doesn't sit well with me. That's more of an objective opinion though.
Again I apologise if I come off as a bit pretentious, I just can't really get excited for this series anymore. I'm sure it'll be fun with friends but it doesn't "wow" me anymore outside of it's pretty graphics.
Graphics look great, no complaints there, but the Mexico location just isn't really doing anything for me, doesn't feel very "fresh". Looks kinda similar to FH3's Australia. HUD looks pretty unattractive too I can't lie.
Also the fact they're giving the player voicelines is a huge turn off for me. NFS Payback made me despise racing games with a voiced protagonist, very few seem to pull it off without it coming off as overly corny and forced. Breaks the immersion aswell I find.
Overall this kinda confirms to me that Horizon has fully moved away from its "car scene" roots and is now just more of a casual sandbox type of game, a lot less focused... Doesn't sit well with me. That's more of an objective opinion though.
Again I apologise if I come off as a bit pretentious, I just can't really get excited for this series anymore. I'm sure it'll be fun with friends but it doesn't "wow" me anymore outside of it's pretty graphics.
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Playground still hasn't fixed the things players complain about. They don't even listen to their community. I never heard someone complain about visuals yet that's all they focus on. Still no traffic, unrealistic big roads. Mountain roads are the size of a highway smh. The city streets are supposed to be tight and challenging, not wide like my ex.
How tiny is PD, 5 man or so? All the cars for GT7 are made in India so they don't have to bother about that. PD can't be that tiny that they only can deliver a game like GT Sport in 7 years.
Forza Motorsport is not equal to GT7, GT7 was considered to be launched this year and FM has no sign of release yet.
