Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

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No it doesn't. However when I hear the phrase I think of Stranger Things...
Never having played any Fallout games, would the phrase "upside down" have any relevance?
I instantly thought of Australia and Mad Max, especially when looking at Frankie Beaumont's outfit and the fact that the XB Falcon is strangely missing from the car list....

It would made more sense for FH3, but hey, who knows.
 
Fully restarting the game and device usually clears this.
Unfortunately, it's not a glitch in the game - it's really just bad luck on my part. My time was 24.440.

Last week I simply tried again and was able to improve. Not so much on this one - that was the best I could do after numerous more attempts - so I moved on to The Trial, which my team won easily. I now have enough points this week, so I'm not compelled to beat this one.
 
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Unfortunately, it's not a glitch in the game - it's really just bad luck on my part. My time was 24.440.

Last week I simply tried again and was able to improve. Not so much on this one - that was the best I could do after numerous more attempts - so I moved on to The Trial, which my team won easily. I now have enough points this week, so I'm not compelled to beat this one.

If you decide to give it another try I can suggest going by the bed of a dried out river. It should be visible on the map. I missed a few seconds on my first go but then I used this route and had decent amount of time left to spare. You just go straight with almost no obstacles at decent speed and then climb that hill from the left when you arrive. Used the same car as you with A800 upgrades.
 
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I have 1.3m. The playlist Forzathon challenge later this week requires a 4m Bentley I do not have. Unless when the playlist says 1931 they mean a new version of the Bentley is going to be added this week I'm pretty sure it's the 4m 1930 one listed already.

Are there any banks I can rob on the island? I've listed all my worthless cars but I'll still be millions short.
 
I have 1.3m. The playlist Forzathon challenge later this week requires a 4m Bentley I do not have. Unless when the playlist says 1931 they mean a new version of the Bentley is going to be added this week I'm pretty sure it's the 4m 1930 one listed already.

Are there any banks I can rob on the island? I've listed all my worthless cars but I'll still be millions short.

Chances are it'll pop up in Forzathon shop. Don't worry much ahead of time.
 
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Today’s daily challenge “Off to the Races” is hands down BY FAR the most fun I’ve had doing any daily challenge since the game has been released. Heck, I don’t think I’ve ever done a daily in FH4 that was this fun.

Give the following a try. No seriously, give it a try.

car: 1991 Hoonigan Gymkhana 10 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A (bare bone stock @ S1 862)
track: Caldera Scramble (dirt scramble on top of the volcano) - the default “Horizon presents” race
most important settings: bracking anti-lock off, traction control off, stability control off, shifting: manual
really important setting: camera view: cockpit
other settings: radio off. Also turn up the volume from your sound setup

Enjoy! 😎
 
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PG's put out a statement on what it's working on; last time that happened there was a pretty quick update, so I'd expect something soon:
Here is an update on some of the areas that we’re currently working on with our goal being to roll them out as soon as we can:

Accolades - We know players have experienced issues with Accolades not unlocking or resetting and we understand how frustrating this can be. We’re also aware of misleading descriptions that are confusing for players. We’re continuing to work through addressing these and you’ll see more fixed in the next update.

EventLab - Based on the feedback we have received from you, our top priority is introducing the ability to save and edit EventLab content post-creation. We’re currently working on this and hope to release in an upcoming update.

Festival Playlist - We know the Festival Playlist has been an area of concern for Forza Horizon 5 players. We’re taking the necessary steps to ensure that future challenges and objectives can be completed by all players. In addition, we’re working on a solution to retroactively apply points for bugged Daily Challenges and Treasure Hunt events in Series 1 and Series 2. This will also unlock the “Min, Meet Max” achievement for those who had completed all other events and challenges within a series. Stay tuned for additional details.

In the meantime, we’re aware of an issue that shows the incorrect total value of Series Points earned by some players when viewing a previous Series Playlist. Our team has identified that this is caused by the auto-completion of the Horizon Tour in each season and we’re currently investigating a solution.

Wheels - We’re investigating numerous issues around wheel support in Forza Horizon 5, especially for the PC version. These include a crash when closing pop ups or Wheelspins with a Fanatec wheel, missing wheel mapping on the Hori Force Feedback wheel and a lack of rumble functionality that is separate to force-feedback.

We’re also looking into why the handbrake for Thrustmaster and Fanatec models does not work consistently for some users, as well as a specific Logitech wheel issue in which there is no longer any force feedback produced after suspending the title.

Leaderboards - We’re investigating a solution to remedy erroneous lap times and high scores being posted to Rivals and PR Stunts leaderboards. This remains a high priority for our team and we hope to introduce new safeguards to tackle the situation around cheating in the future. We don’t expect this to be a quick fix but we’re committed to ensuring the leaderboards are fair and not compromised.

There are many more issues being worked on alongside these. As always, your feedback and input has been invaluable in tracking down and fixing the issues. We want to thank you all for your patience!
 
Anyone else having an issue where the screen looks like it’s separating into tiles or something? Like not everything on screen is synced up. This happened rarely to me before and restarting the game always fixed it, but it’s constant now and nothing works as far as I can tell.
 
I have 1.3m. The playlist Forzathon challenge later this week requires a 4m Bentley I do not have. Unless when the playlist says 1931 they mean a new version of the Bentley is going to be added this week I'm pretty sure it's the 4m 1930 one listed already.

Are there any banks I can rob on the island? I've listed all my worthless cars but I'll still be millions short.
It will be a boring grind, but get Hoonigan Hoonicorn V2 and unlock the 8 multipliers in the top right corner of the car mastery.
Then, take this car to the abandoned airport in the southern part of the map and just keep earning skill points.
When you have accumulated enough skill points, buy the 1987 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA at the auto show.
The mastery of this car has a super wheel spin that can be unlocked for 14 points, and this car is very cheap.

All you have to do is repeat this process.
 
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I hope Trailblazers never return in future Horizon titles. Just a genuinely annoying PR Stunt.
Made more so when you need to get 100 stars for them in Horizon Arcade and they only show up in one event (Chaos) and even then only sometimes, and if you're on your own a single two-star run will complete it.

I'm on 44.
 
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Made more so when you need to get 100 stars for them in Horizon Arcade and they only show up in one event (Chaos) and even then only sometimes, and if you're on your own a single two-star run will complete it.

I'm on 44.
Oh jeez, you definitely have my sympathies. It didn't even occur to me that they could pop up in the Horizon Arcade, as I haven't touched that mode much.
 
I hope Trailblazers never return in future Horizon titles. Just a genuinely annoying PR Stunt.
I agree. This mode is essentially FRR for single player.
There was a rock hiding at the end of the hill that I collided with. Rewind.
A car overturned on landing a jump. Rewind.
Failed to slip through the trees. Rewind.

It's better than FRR because you can use Rewind, but I think Trailblazer is just a PR stunt to repeat this experience.

And this tendency is exacerbated by the use of lightweight vehicles like ATVs.
These vehicles are more vulnerable to water, fallen trees, and all other obstacles, and are more likely to roll over after a jump.
It's just so stressful, and the only thing I feel after achieving 3-star is the thought that I don't have to do these PR stunts anymore.
 
It will be a boring grind, but get Hoonigan Hoonicorn V2 and unlock the 8 multipliers in the top right corner of the car mastery.
Then, take this car to the abandoned airport in the southern part of the map and just keep earning skill points.
When you have accumulated enough skill points, buy the 1987 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA at the auto show.
The mastery of this car has a super wheel spin that can be unlocked for 14 points, and this car is very cheap.

All you have to do is repeat this process.
Or the Cayman GTS, you can get both wheelspin and super wheelspin for very few skill points.

There are many blueprint events available for easy skill points farming, the one I use is 50-something km long, but you can max out any mastery tree within 35 minutes and it ends with 3 wheelspins every time because of 3 level ups. IMO this event isn't as boring as other faster methods.
 
Made more so when you need to get 100 stars for them in Horizon Arcade and they only show up in one event (Chaos) and even then only sometimes, and if you're on your own a single two-star run will complete it.

I'm on 44.
I'm not sure if it's still work. But I remember getting speed trap and speed zone stars during Drift Arcade part when you need to drive to the next checkpoint and you are not bond to a skill area. Maybe you can get Trailblazer stars during Speed and Air Arcades too. Just do them when the game ask you to do a speed trap/zone or jump. It could also be already patched.

Edit: Just got the confirmation that is still working. As long as the countdown for Arcade is shown on the screen every star obtained will count. Just make sure you are not doing it during those areas sessions. I believe you will still get kicked out of Arcade if you stay out of the area for too long. You won't get kicked out when non area activity is on. Finding a solo session shouldn't be a problem too.
 
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Found this on reddit.
Is expansion 1 going to be released on the 21st?

That might have been the originally intended release date but I’m sure it will be pushed back a bit to first iron out the dozens of issues people have with the game.

Also, thinking about previous FH expansions, Microsoft always releases a trailer at least a couple of weeks in advance.

By the end of January we will get a new content update for series 4. I don’t see us getting an expansion before that. Somewhere starting in the middle of February or later seems more likely.
 
I don't know, I kinda like trailblazers. They are almost like mini eliminator time trials. Find an optimal, mostly flat route to avoid excessive uncontrollable jumping. If that doesn't help, just find the nearest road and use it. For example, I struggled a lot with Puerta Pétrea trailbalzer at first when I was trying to go through the densely treed valley, but then I used a straight road just a bit to the right of it and it was a piece of cake. Same strategy worked for some of the other trailblazers.
 
I don't know, I kinda like trailblazers. They are almost like mini eliminator time trials. Find an optimal, mostly flat route to avoid excessive uncontrollable jumping. If that doesn't help, just find the nearest road and use it. For example, I struggled a lot with Puerta Pétrea trailbalzer at first when I was trying to go through the densely treed valley, but then I used a straight road just a bit to the right of it and it was a piece of cake. Same strategy worked for some of the other trailblazers.
Yeah, I think me and you are the only ones out there who are having fun with Trailblazers. Although the three-star time on some is wildly optimistic, tbth.
 
I do think it is too early for release but maybe announcement on 21st then release a few weeks later and gameplay footage shown during Series 4 livestream.
Yeah definitely not too early, would be pretty much in line with the last release schedule, Horizon 4 came out October 2018 and the first expansion was December 2018. So Horizon 5 with its November release, a January expansion seems likely.
 
Yeah, I think me and you are the only ones out there who are having fun with Trailblazers. Although the three-star time on some is wildly optimistic, tbth.
I'm definitely having fun doing TB. Some are really designed well and stimulate imagination. I also love the Juggernaut. Did that several times. But than I also like Freeroam Rush and Eliminator too so that explains a lot.
And there's this one challenge that I will never forget. Get 3 star in a TB trough a forest in the Peel P50.... That one was really annoying. I had to come back again and again... It was also rewarding when I finally completed it.
 
And there's this one challenge that I will never forget. Get 3 star in a TB trough a forest in the Peel P50.... That one was really annoying. I had to come back again and again... It was also rewarding when I finally completed it.
Is this for an accolade?

On a different note, I gotta say that this series doesn't spark joy for me at all. With exception of Mach 1 all other cars don't look that enticing to be honest. Thought I'd have a break and play something else (got myself Mafia Definitive Edition and there is Mass Effect remasters dropping in Game Pass) but somehow my brain is fixated on Forza at the moment. I cleaned up most of achievements with only two remaining: completing five destruction challenges and getting all points for the whole series. If there are no bugs then both should be completed by the end of this series.
 
Is this for an accolade?
No. FH4 Treasure Island
On a different note, I gotta say that this series doesn't spark joy for me at all. With exception of Mach 1 all other cars don't look that enticing to be honest. Thought I'd have a break and play something else (got myself Mafia Definitive Edition and there is Mass Effect remasters dropping in Game Pass) but somehow my brain is fixated on Forza at the moment. I cleaned up most of achievements with only two remaining: completing five destruction challenges and getting all points for the whole series. If there are no bugs then both should be completed by the end of this series.
I'm still playing it everyday but I'm trying to do other stuff too beside this game. Definitely not putting as much hours as in the first month. But than I'm already over 500h into FH5. Taking it slowly now is a must to avoid getting burned out. FH6 is still far and while I have hope for other racing games that are coming I doubt they could replace FH for me.
 


Found this on reddit.
Is expansion 1 going to be released on the 21st?

More than likely that is just the placeholder that was used. Amazon will put dates as placeholders so they can start selling product, or at least they used to at one time.
 
Unless I'm missing something, that's just the pages for the expansions that have been there since before launch, and both have a June release date on them.
Yeah they have been ready since June. From the description:

Description​

This add-on will introduce a new world location, vehicles, and gameplay...


Notice "new world location". Both expansion have this text.
 
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