Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[ykiki]

Well that's cool as all 🤬.

I'm surprised he wasn't involved with the game more.

Especially since the game debut was the same weekend as the F1 race in Mexico.

 

[Rob192005]

Weird,I won the Huayra okay,just the hot hatch one that's broken for me.

 

[Milouse]

Same car, same specs, same screen, but different units (imperial vs metric). I'm missing something or there's a big problem with the acceleration value.

So i found the problem:
With the game running with metric units, the value shown in the Tuning Browser screen is not for "0-100 kph" but "0-100 mph", even if it says kph.

 

[Populuxe]

So the Horizon Open Weekly Challenge is “Eliminate 2 opponents in a single session of The Eliminator.“ I just spent three hours in The Eliminator. I eliminated exactly one car.

Oh FFS. I tried one more time, finally eliminated two cars in one session, got the accolade for it, and it still didn’t register.

 

[strela]

So the Horizon Open Weekly Challenge is “Eliminate 2 opponents in a single session of The Eliminator.“ I just spent three hours in The Eliminator. I eliminated exactly one car.

What are you doing?
No seriously I know of the invisible players bug. That is why I start near the stadium every time. There is always one starting there. If I don't see anyone I just drive towards Guanajuato. If I still don't see anyone I just search another lobby. As far as success to beating others, that is another story. A lot of luck is needed. What I'm doing is a little bit cheap, but if someone is chasing me I drive towards the border than turn 180° and challenge them. It's working for 2 or 3lv higher cars than me most of the time.
But you could also get very lucky. I found a lv9 Jeep right after the start. Once in 20+ matches...

 

[Famine]

What... the... hell?

I've just booted up FH5 and realised it was making a weird noise. Turned all other sounds in the room off, and the game is literally saying "Loading" out loud. Then up pops a Server Unavailable/Fallback Series notification which is also then reads out loud... and then every subsequent screen.

Checked the settings and nothing has changed, but it seems "System Default" for "Screen Reader" now means it reads everything out loud.

 

[Milouse]

Checked the settings and nothing has changed, but it seems "System Default" for "Screen Reader" now means it reads everything out loud.

Mine is reading the main menu but that's it.
Did you fix it in the end?

 

[Famine]

Mine is reading the main menu but that's it.
Did you fix it in the end?

I just turned the Screen Reader setting to "off".

Just tried another Eliminator, after no issues yesterday. Couldn't see anyone else at all, 24 drivers remaining in the smallest possible area but no cars on screen or on minimap. Got challenged and eliminated by a Lv9 car I couldn't even see.

Also discovered more non-functional Accolades. They had this out to influencers over two months before launch and none of this was picked up...

 

[ClydeYellow]

I just turned the Screen Reader setting to "off".

Just tried another Eliminator, after no issues yesterday. Couldn't see anyone else at all, 24 drivers remaining in the smallest possible area but no cars on screen or on minimap. Got challenged and eliminated by a Lv9 car I couldn't even see.

Also discovered more non-functional Accolades. They had this out to influencers over two months before launch and none of this was picked up...

IIRC, influencers only had access to a slice roughly equivalent to the first hour of gameplay. It's entirely possible that they didn't have access to Accolades.

It's also possible that the problem only appears on some hardware configs - I am on a Series X and so far I haven't had a single problem with Accolades, although I must admit that I haven't really started to work towards 100% completion yet.

 

[Famine]

IIRC, influencers only had access to a slice roughly equivalent to the first hour of gameplay. It's entirely possible that they didn't have access to Accolades.

When I started with the review build, Don Joewon Song already had 400k Accolade points...

 

[Milouse]

If anyone is wondering regarding Limit Breaker (Horizon Arcade / Speed Event) where we need to be over a certain speed to score points: points scored at every thick is proportional to speed (for instance, with a limit to 161 mph, we score 53 pts at 165 mph, 135 pts at 270 mph).

Just tried another Eliminator, after no issues yesterday. Couldn't see anyone else at all, 24 drivers remaining in the smallest possible area but no cars on screen or on minimap. Got challenged and eliminated by a Lv9 car I couldn't even see.

I had this issue once. Also, the whole map (with the area limit) wasn't visible at all. This is on the official bug list, so PG will probably fix it at the next patch.

Accolade bug list is pretty long to:

Spoiler: Official Accolade Bug List

• Accolades - El Camino - Third Statue of Tlaloc will not show as completed
• Accolades - Lucha De Carreteras - The shortcut accolade Revelos Incredibles for the final chapter does not unlock.
• Accolades - Artful Dodger - Los Campos drift zone accolade not marking as complete (Date Added:11.19.21)
• Accolades - Tofu Delivery - Cara Este drift zone accolade not marking as complete (Date Added:11.19.21)
• Accolades - Supra High - Event Horizon danger sign accolade not marking as complete (Date Added:11.19.21)
• Accolades - Angle of Attack - Precipice Drift Zone accolade not marking as complete (Date Added:11.19.21)
• Accolades - Shaken Not Stirred - Accolade requires a car that isn't available in-game (Date Added:11.22.21)
• Accolades - Taking a Morris over a Danger Hill - Accolade does not complete (Date Added:11.22.21)
• Accolades - Bucky - Accolade requires a car that isn't available in-game (Date Added:11.22.21)
• Accolades - No Parachute needed - Accolade does not complete (Date Added:11.22.21)
  Accolades - Running in the 90's - Accolade does not complete (Date Added:11.22.21)
• Accolades - Raised in the desert - Accolade is granted after winning Las Dunas Cross Country in any vehicle instead of the required vehicle. (Date Added:11.23.21)
• Accolades - Drift it Flick it Spin it does not complete (Date Added:11.17.21)
• Accolades - Just Taking A Shortcut - Accolade is impossible to complete. (Date Added:11.23.21)
• Accolades - It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride - Has mismatched description in free road vs accolade menu. (Date Added:11.23.21)
• Accolades - No yacht to land on does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - A Radical Ride - does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Travel Light - does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Trophy Truck to the Rescue - does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Desert Ready - does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Are We There Yet? - does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Skyline it to the Finish- does not complete (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Supercharged Stunts - Accolade does not unlock on Cliffside speed zone (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - One Last Ride - Does not unlock if this is done with the Welcome Pack 1988 Toyota Supra RZ. (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - The Hyper Clean Accolade does not unlock (Date Added:11.24.21)
• Accolades - Horizon Arcade - Some accolades do not complete after the third round of the event. (Angle Grinder, Traction Control, Blazing Squads) (Date Added:11.19.21)
• Accolades - Stats for certain Rivals accolades only increment on circuit race lap times.

 

[strela]

IIRC, influencers only had access to a slice roughly equivalent to the first hour of gameplay. It's entirely possible that they didn't have access to Accolades.

Don't know about influencers but special players and staff (those that have PG logo at the end of the nik) had access to final game a week earlier than Premium owners. Saw DJS playing the game days before us. And his Achievements also start a week before mine.

 

[UKMikey]

Be aware, just made a very easy mistake. In Reasonably Priced Cars did Mangrove Scramble, then did the River race, and struggled to find the third race on the map. Since the race I just did wasn't showing and Mangrove Scramble was, and I have a condition that affects my short term memory I thought I hadn't done Mangrove Scramble and went back. Used to hitting the button to enter the competion I instead clicked the auto selected "YES" to a message about "losing progress" instead (pretty sure it was auto selected, but I was moving fast just trying to get through). I then quit not wanting to actually enter the race and over write my previous victory, only to find it wiped both wins in the championship!

I can normally tell which races I've already done in a seasonal championship, because they turn back to red and the ones I have yet to do are white. This has been the same since at least FH4.

(I also went back and did a rivals event on each of the three races by pressing Y before the start to toggle it as a normal event.) Once in a race you can hit championship standings and it'll tell you which race of the series you're on (2/3 etc). It's a shame they didn't make this a bit more explicit and not hidden away though.

 

[Famine]

I hate drifting, so I'm doing the Drift Zone accolades right now. Surprise surprise, the VO/subtitles are swapped on the complex later ones.

The two-zone one with Polytunnels and... another one (Drift Rehearsal) has the subtitles from the 599 (Italian Flick). The 240SX one (Score to Settle) has the subtitles from the Trueno (Tofu Delivery). I'll see what else is swapped as I progress.

Edit: Three stars at all zones (Drift Royalty) has the right VO but subtitles for the Ford Mustang one (Taking it for a Spin).

Edit: Anna directs you to Cara Este Speed Zone instead of Esquisto Speed Zone for the Esquisto/Modern Supercar Accy (Money to Burn).

Edit: I just got a set of subtitles about "drifting between drift zones" after completing three stars on all Trailblazers... The subtitling in this game is so ****ed up.

 

[Milouse]

I genuinely felt miserable today while playing FH5.


"Why am i doing this?"

 

[Northstar]

I really wish they would stop trying to make everything in this game team based, it's turned previously fun modes like Playground Games into mind-numbingly dull chores.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Tried a few times at the Dino team race all of my teams were trash and either didn’t finish the race or just left.

 

[Rob192005]

I bought the Italdesign Zerouno from the auction house,7m wasn't bad considering most of them were going for 10,oh and I got a CLK GTR from the super wheelspin inside it so another 2m saved.

 

[Cerebral303]

I have tried the Trial 10 times but only been on a team that won a race once and we lost the next two. I don't need the points but love the Dino. I checked the auction house and got one for 43k. And a second one. And a third.... In a few weeks these won't be available for who knows how long and are likely to be worth a bit more than what they are now.

I can normally tell which races I've already done in a seasonal championship, because they turn back to red and the ones I have yet to do are white. This has been the same since at least FH4.

Thanks! I'm still getting used to Forza being a long time Sony guy.

It's a shame they didn't make this a bit more explicit and not hidden away though.

Yeah, I could say that about a lot of things in this game!

 

[EngieDiesel]

Tried a few times at the Dino team race all of my teams were trash and either didn’t finish the race or just left.

It wouldn't be so bad if people would realize that bringing their undriveable X class cars is essentially handing the AI an easy win, especially since the AI cars are ordered from highest PI to lowest at the start. But unfortunately drilling the concept of "more horsepower =/= better car" into most folks' skulls isn't exactly a doable thing.

 

[Terronium-12]

It wouldn't be so bad if people would realize that bringing their undriveable X class cars is essentially handing the AI an easy win, especially since the AI cars are ordered from highest PI to lowest at the start. But unfortunately drilling the concept of "more horsepower =/= better car" into most folks' skulls isn't exactly a doable thing.

I use a X class FXX K and the AI is going to AI (like I said previously, I watched one of them boost right past me doing what must have been 350+ mph) my problem is the teammates. Learn to use the thing you're driving and stop ramming into, cutting off, and using your teammates as springboards.

I had one of these absolute potato IQ donkeys cut me off as I was trying to pass and forced me into a tree. I immediately left becase 🤬 'em.

Switching to S2 hasn't done me any favors either because my teammates still suck.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

It wouldn't be so bad if people would realize that bringing their undriveable X class cars is essentially handing the AI an easy win, especially since the AI cars are ordered from highest PI to lowest at the start. But unfortunately drilling the concept of "more horsepower =/= better car" into most folks' skulls isn't exactly a doable thing.

I used a X class R390 that was pretty good but none of the teammates used them or they had S2 class cars instead of X class ones.

 

[-Fred-]

Well that's a first, just completed the Trial and strangely enough it was 8 of us against 4 drivatars... never seen that before.

 

[Populuxe]

What are you doing?

Losing, mostly. I was having the most extraordinary bad luck ramming into trees, ramming into rocks, ramming in to buildings, ramming into trees on rocks inside buildings… The other problem was that I couldn’t challenge a driver half the time. I’d come up on someone, “press ®️ to challenge” would pop up over their car, I’d press ®️, and nothing would happen except “press ®️ to challenge” would disappear over their car. We’d just be sitting there, impotently honking our horns at each other until we drove off in separate directions.

Tried a few times at the Dino team race all of my teams were trash and either didn’t finish the race or just left.

I had a rough time with the Trial, too. It took me seven or eight tries before I found a team that actually knew how to drive. Interestingly, all six players were using female avatars. I don’t know if that means they were actually women, or just so devoid of toxic masculinity that they were comfortable with a woman representing them in the game. Either way, they all knew what a brake pedal was, and more importantly, when and where to use it.

 

[Famine]

I just saw my first NPC car in four days. Appearing in front of me 50 feet before a Danger Sign ramp.

Ah, met my first Eliminator cheater as well. Out-accelerated in a straight line in the ur Quattro by a base Lv1 Beetle? Yeah, no.

 

[ImaRobot]

Well, that's interesting.

 

[Terronium-12]

The Trial can kiss me between my two back pockets. I swear, nothing boils my blood like this. I hate the city circuits because every single corner is blind. You don't know what speed to take anything at, and the AI just zooms past doing 1,567 mph with perfect grip using tires powerful enough to rival Thanos will all six Infinity Gems (stones).

I joke, but the Ferrari Dino can kiss my 🤬. I don't want it anymore.

In good news, I got the Trueno, McLaren F1, 488 GTB, Ultima GTR and a few other cars I can't remember from wheelspins over the past two days so I'll go have fun with those.

I still need to take the Gordini for a joyride as well...

 

[Northstar]

I’m just happy I scored the Dino in a wheel spin last week as it's one of my favorite cars and want nothing to do with the Trial.

 

[Rob192005]

I’m just happy I scored the Dino in a wheel spin last week as it's one of my favorite cars and want nothing to do with the Trial.

I want that E-Type.

 

[Famine]

Well, if you want to run through a set of Super7s for the Achievement, the cards are pathetic right now. Absolute no challenge whatsoever and barely anything interesting.