Forza Horizon 5 Coming to PlayStation 5 in the Spring

[karaokequeen3]

There's a rumor going around that it's going to appear on another platform...

Switch 2.

 

[Tornado]

Now then, do Microsoft studios have access to PSVR2 dev kits?

Just as much as they have had access to the SteamVR API since Horizon 5 launched on PC in 2021.

 

[VR-SORN]

Just as much as they have had access to the SteamVR API since Horizon 5 launched on PC in 2021.

Nice. Also read Flight Simulator could be coming to PS5, so I hope they are working on the VR.

 

[Aiko_Mac]

Forza horizon 5 being available on a competitors platform seems quite bizarre, but if they want to reach an even larger audience this is the way to do it. But this seems like that any competition in this open world racing game segment is essentially dead and so is console exclusivity. You wouldn’t see GT7 on Xbox would you…?

 

[Ganger]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Forza Horizon 5 Coming to PlayStation 5 in the Spring​

Microsoft has announced that Forza Horizon 5 will, as we’ve been suspecting for a while, make the transition to the PlayStation platform this spring, making its debut on PlayStation 5...

I think it's time to buy a PS5 😌

 

[RodSk8Dude]

[...] I mean clearly Microsoft isn't going to release it on PS5 (and allegedly Switch 2) in a few months, then shut it down at the end of the year.

DON'T SAY THAT! Don't give them ideas.. they might start doing game-purchase FOMOs as a new thing now.

 

[Keef]

Honestly, I'm going to buy this because it's a game I've wanted to play for a while, but I'm just not interested in getting a new Xbox to do it.

 

[HLB]

I get the feeling the PS5 version may ironically end up being the definitive way to play on consoles, as Panic Button managed to tie up a few little oversights and details in their Series X/S ports of FH4 (most notably all the paddle shifters being animated instead of static) which tightened the whole thing up.

Cross progression would make me switch sides in all honesty, though that’s far too unlikely to happen.

If they restore the shift animation to the Mk4 Supra in cockpit view it'll be a day one buy for me.

God I wish I were kidding.

 

[Digolgrin]

I get the feeling the PS5 version may ironically end up being the definitive way to play on consoles, as Panic Button managed to tie up a few little oversights and details in their Series X/S ports of FH4 (most notably all the paddle shifters being animated instead of static) which tightened the whole thing up.

Cross progression would make me switch sides in all honesty, though that’s far too unlikely to happen.

Wait. That was added in the Series X port of FH4? I thought for sure it was in the base game and FH5 just downgraded that detail to save on animation budget.

 

[RodSk8Dude]

If they restore the shift animation to the Mk4 Supra in cockpit view it'll be a day one buy for me.

God I wish I were kidding.

What I don't understand is why they never fix these little things. I mean, what about the whole all-digital always-connected thing? Games having updates, even on consoles? When before that, only PC games had 'em and they were just a few little patches?

We don't like them selling a broken game and fixing it with updates, but it's because we know they will exploit it as a loophole for more profit, not because we are completely against the idea.

Just from what I noticed, having gotten back to the franchise in 2020 with Horizon 4 after only having played the 360 games, the road that goes from the Festival site to Broadway in H4 has some (only physical) holes in winter (and recently also noticed in some other place too but don't remember where), in one of the seasons the highway in Mexico has a bit that has grass texture for some reason.

I don't think I would even notice something like the S15 Silvia wrong proportions, but I sure do see that some cars have the REARVIEW MIRROR pointing the wrong direction. Some are perfectly perpendicular to the car, pointing straight back (I think it's the Lancia Delta), at least one point to the left seat but the car is right-hand drive (Ford Escort RS Turbo, first introduced as a BARN FIND in FH4), at least one has it pointing to the right but the (Japanese) car is left-hand drive (Lancer Evo IX).. I think there is more that I don't remember now... like, WHY? Even if it's because of like, storage space on small hard drives or something, small little fixes like this wouldn't use up much space would them?

 

[McLaren]

Old is old no matter if you have played it or not. I’m asking because Forza games usually get retired from the market after a few years. FH5 is reaching that point soon, unless it gets to live for longer.

FH5 turns 4 this year, which I believe is the age FH2, 3, & 4 hit when they were de-listed. It's probably safe to assume Microsoft (& Sony) have worked out something for FH5 to avoid it only being purchasable on a Playstation for less than a year.

 

[MisterWaffles]

I’m really only interested if they have Motorsport coming. But I’m glad people will be able to pick this one up if they haven’t been able to play it on PC yet.

It’s a good business move too, getting potentially hundreds of thousands of more sales out of an old game.

The only weak point of the PlayStation port though is the game runs on a live service model of course and at this point most of the events have already happened, so that’s going to be something people jumping in now will be missing out on.