Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[Digolgrin]

If you're struggling on the Danger Sign try my Mosler tune.

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I can't help with the drift zone much sorry. I'm awful at drifting as you'll see from the club leaderboards.

Oh, I got the Danger Sign with my Rimac Conceptwo; it actually took only a few tries for me, my reaction was just born of "oh crap these are high, I don't see casual players getting these." Honestly all the off-road PR Stunts just plain suck, damn you Team Offroad!

Drift Zones, all you really need is Formula Drift. Those'll do ya fine.

 

[willbsn13]

Good news is the Evo 3 has the safari rally parts, so at the very least it was/is planned for FH5.

Now lets see if it actually makes it (pretty plz PG)

 

[Johnny Caisse]

I'm quite impressed with the Pagani Huayra R '22 being capable of reaching 9.1 Offroad and being smooth like butter on gravel, etc.!

I slapped on a weaker engine, all off-road and handling stuff except weight reductions, weighed it down, lowered the downforce, put on AWD and a Drift transmission (adds 0.2 to off-road), didn't add any power and I set the suspension components to be very soft.

It can even do a lesser levels of rock crawling and it can climb a snowy Caldera! ...and yes, I do super cute designs at 40'ish years old. Hopefully I'm not a weirdo!

 

[Edax 76]

Oh, I got the Danger Sign with my Rimac Conceptwo; it actually took only a few tries for me, my reaction was just born of "oh crap these are high, I don't see casual players getting these." Honestly all the off-road PR Stunts just plain suck, damn you Team Offroad!

Drift Zones, all you really need is Formula Drift. Those'll do ya fine.

I've got a tuned Ford Escort Hoonigan 1992 I use for the drift zones bud. It works for me but the back end is very loose and it's not on drift suspension so I wouldn't recommend it to others.

It's available if you want to look it up in my tunes. It'll score enough in zones for 3 stars but you're never topping a leaderboard in it. I use it mainly for skill points farming.

 

[skazz]

Good news is the Evo 3 has the safari rally parts, so at the very least it was/is planned for FH5.

Now lets see if it actually makes it (pretty plz PG)

I'm thinking about that sharp looking front wing and how close rally audiences get to the road (especially back then). Ouch.

 

[Digolgrin]

After some time to marinate in the teaser... I think I've finally settled on a formal prediction. I think it's gonna be that focus on marketing partner tuners I'd neglected to look into before; the more I think about it in combination with everything else I've seen and figured, the more sense it makes. I hate that I actually have to look into it now, but at least it'd be worthwhile, moreso than the modern off-road focus of Modern Horizons.

In short: I predict the theme of the car update will be "Icons of Car Culture." The entire update will be something of a celebration of modern 'dudebro' car culture in a way that just having another Donut Media update wouldn't fully permit. They won't have any one tuner as a focus, but instead they'll shine a spotlight on all of their major partners up to now--that would be Chris Forsberg, DeBerti, Hennessey, Saleen, and possibly Mercedes-AMG, should they also count, but I'm mostly leaning towards the first four. Donut Media will get the car pack, and I'll probably copy-paste that over to complete the prediction--in a way, this pretty much IS Donut Media Part 3, just not in the manner we expected.

Icons of Car Culture (or, A Meeting of the (Automotive) Mechanical Minds)
Series Reward: 2022 Hennessey Venom 1200 (80 points, New-to-Forza; unchanged from last prediction)

Summer: 1965 Deberti Design Chevrolet C10 Slayer (20 points, New-to-Forza; this is the last major DeBerti restomod not in Forza I think, so it makes sense for this to come in for this update)
Autumn: 2003 (?) Chris Forsberg Nissan 350Z Drift Car (20 points, New-to-Forza; Forsberg doesn't have that many cars it turns out, so this is a tossup between this and his 370Z with the SpeedHunters livery, but it's up there for me.)
Winter: 2022 Hoonigan Hoonipigasus (20 points, New-to-Forza; because Hoonigan does need some love and the Festival Playlist this week might have teased their involvement with the 'Woo-Hoon!' seasonal championship.) 2007 Saleen S5S (Returning, either 40 points or in an Exclusive Event)
Spring: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance (20 points, New-to-Forza; side grade to existing car that PG frankly does love to do)

Last, but absolutely not least, the car pack; Donut Media's got this, I can't imagine anything else right now.

Donut Media Car Pack ($9.99)
1998 BMW 328i "Money Pit"
1994 Mazda Miata "Money Pit"
2002 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner "HiTruck"
2002 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner "LoTruck"
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX "HiCar"
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX "LoCar"

 

[ClydeYellow]

Winter: 2024 Saleen GTX Tesla (20 points, New-to-Forza; Obligatory EV Pick, also a good way to get around Tesla)

I doubt that would get a pass as "not a Tesla", since Saleen explicitly state it's a tuned Tesla Model S.

Spring: Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe (20 points, New-to-Forza; side grade to existing car that PG frankly does love to do)

We already have the GT Coupe 4, tho? I don't think it's gotten any major upgrades since launch...

 

[Digolgrin]

I doubt that would get a pass as "not a Tesla", since Saleen explicitly state it's a tuned Tesla Model S.

We already have the GT Coupe 4, tho? I don't think it's gotten any major upgrades since launch...

Good points on both. It was honestly between the Tesla and the Saleen 302, and the need for an EV kinda won out--plus I don't think we need another 2020s Mustang so soon after the first. Really the only predictions up there I'd consider 'locked in' for me now are the Venom 1200, the C10 Slayer and the Donut Media Car Pack, the rest I still need to look into.

Plus, uh, I misread the GT Coupe 4, forgot we already had one. It'd have to be a new AMG, though, or at least a new Black Series if one exists.

 

[Mae Borowski]

There is this one. The GT 63 S E Performance. Not too different visually but it adds a 200bhp electric motor to the standard engine to make over 800bhp in total

 

[TGR55]

After some time to marinate in the teaser... I think I've finally settled on a formal prediction. I think it's gonna be that focus on marketing partner tuners I'd neglected to look into before; the more I think about it in combination with everything else I've seen and figured, the more sense it makes. I hate that I actually have to look into it now, but at least it'd be worthwhile, moreso than the modern off-road focus of Modern Horizons.

In short: I predict the theme of the car update will be "Icons of Car Culture." The entire update will be something of a celebration of modern 'dudebro' car culture in a way that just having another Donut Media update wouldn't fully permit. They won't have any one tuner as a focus, but instead they'll shine a spotlight on all of their major partners up to now--that would be Chris Forsberg, DeBerti, Hennessey, Saleen, and possibly Mercedes-AMG, should they also count, but I'm mostly leaning towards the first four. Donut Media will get the car pack, and I'll probably copy-paste that over to complete the prediction--in a way, this pretty much IS Donut Media Part 3, just not in the manner we expected.

Icons of Car Culture (or, A Meeting of the (Automotive) Mechanical Minds)
Series Reward: 2022 Hennessey Venom 1200 (80 points, New-to-Forza; unchanged from last prediction)

Summer: 1965 Deberti Design Chevrolet C10 Slayer (20 points, New-to-Forza; this is the last major DeBerti restomod not in Forza I think, so it makes sense for this to come in for this update)
Autumn: 2003 (?) Chris Forsberg Nissan 350Z Drift Car (20 points, New-to-Forza; Forsberg doesn't have that many cars it turns out, so this is a tossup between this and his 370Z with the SpeedHunters livery, but it's up there for me.)
Winter: 2024 Saleen GTX Tesla (20 points, New-to-Forza; Obligatory EV Pick, also a good way to get around Tesla), 2007 Saleen S5S (Returning, either 40 points or in an Exclusive Event)
Spring: Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe (20 points, New-to-Forza; side grade to existing car that PG frankly does love to do)

Last, but absolutely not least, the car pack; Donut Media's got this, I can't imagine anything else right now.

Donut Media Car Pack ($9.99)
1998 BMW 328i "Money Pit"
1994 Mazda Miata "Money Pit"
2002 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner "HiTruck"
2002 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner "LoTruck"
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX "HiCar"
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX "LoCar"

Keep in mind that there are still 4, already modelled bodykits in the game that haven't appeared

SARD GT1 for New BRZ
Prior Design Kona N
Prior Design i30 N
Magna Intenso Kona N

 

[sirjim73]

I think for this update there's going to be a Latte new cars.......

That could be expensive. What's the Costa that then, a project that size?

Please don't Moch-a this update.
And don't put the Mochas on England for Sunday either...

 

[Digolgrin]

There is this one. The GT 63 S E Performance. Not too different visually but it adds a 200bhp electric motor to the standard engine to make over 800bhp in total
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That's the one, thank you. I'll lock that one in as my AMG prediction.

Might also replace the Saleen Tesla with a Hoonigan; I know the Hoonipigasus was under some kind of exclusivity deal with Asphalt but if that's expired now it'd fit with the theme just as well, especially since it's a Porsche.

 

[Stang616]

That could be expensive. What's the Costa that then, a project that size?

Probably pretty Rica.

 

[skazz]

The hall of fame is approaching the big 40 million mark:

 

[Digolgrin]

So I just realized, there's never really been an Evolving World update outside of the map-wide takeovers that hasn't been added without some sort of wider purpose for the community. Sure that Coffee Shop might be a Photo Mode studio now, which obviously appeals to way fewer players than usual, but there's gotta be something they're hiding. I don't know if that's a 'surprise Horizon Story' (we've never had a car culture-focused update without one), some sort of Quality of Life improvement to matchmaking and convoy searching like what @skazz suggested, or a returning Evolving World feature we haven't been told about yet, but there's gotta be something more to this update than what we think.

 

[Edax 76]

The hall of fame is approaching the big 40 million mark:

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I really wish they'd fix the Hall of Fame boards. I was hovering around the 204th position before all the 10,000 point cheats appeared overnight. I'm currently just inside the top 1,000 now.

 

[Famine]

In other news, the "stability and performance" ("various other issues have been addressed") fix seems to have stopped my season-loading craziness, which is nice.

Too soon, he spake.

I did get a Wheelspin out of it though, for completing something in the backup season without actually doing it.

 

[UKMikey]

That could be expensive. What's the Costa that then, a project that size?

A large amount of Bucks. I'm sure you know which kind of Bucks.

 

[Digolgrin]

A large amount of Bucks. I'm sure you know which kind of Bucks.

Looks y'all need to take those Donut holes and Dunk 'em where the sun don't shine.

 

[pclark06]

So I just realized, there's never really been an Evolving World update outside of the map-wide takeovers that hasn't been added without some sort of wider purpose for the community. Sure that Coffee Shop might be a Photo Mode studio now, which obviously appeals to way fewer players than usual, but there's gotta be something they're hiding. I don't know if that's a 'surprise Horizon Story' (we've never had a car culture-focused update without one), some sort of Quality of Life improvement to matchmaking and convoy searching like what @skazz suggested, or a returning Evolving World feature we haven't been told about yet, but there's gotta be something more to this update than what we think.

"Evolving World" "Lancer Evolution III"

makes you think /s

 

[pez2k]

...but there's gotta be something more to this update than what we think.

Personally I'm just expecting an unthemed collection of 4-6 cars and a paid pack with possibly a vague theme to it. I suspect you put more thought into the theming and car choices of each update than Playground do!

 

[nukleabomb]

Personally I'm just expecting an unthemed collection of 4-6 cars and a paid pack with possibly a vague theme to it. I suspect you put more thought into the theming and car choices of each update than Playground do!

My guess is that it will probably lean towards modern supercars/sports cars
(FL5 plz)

 

[Digolgrin]

Personally I'm just expecting an unthemed collection of 4-6 cars and a paid pack with possibly a vague theme to it. I suspect you put more thought into the theming and car choices of each update than Playground do!

Yeah, that's why I figured it'd be a grab bag at first, Cars and Coffee in real life is basically that anyway. But it's an aspect of modern car culture and you could easily take a high-level approach to it by making it a meeting of the big aftermarket tuners, so that's what I went with in the end.

My guess is that it will probably lean towards modern supercars/sports cars
(FL5 plz)

The FL5 would definitely fit as a headline car, for sure. But we also haven't seen that many Hondas in post-launch content at all, the most we've gotten was the Ridgeline Baja Trophy Truck and that was it. I'd expect the Sterrato or the Urus Performante before I'd expect the FL5.

 

[Nacho Libre]

Wait... how about a collaboration with Comedians in Cars getting Coffee I've always dreamed of getting commentary from some knowledgeable stars in any Forza game, like in the heyday of FM4!

 

[Digolgrin]

Wait... how about a collaboration with Comedians in Cars getting Coffee I've always dreamed of getting commentary from some knowledgeable stars in any Forza game, like in the heyday of FM4!

I think that's what Famine was worried about, yes. Honestly though, if they were going to do that they'd have telegraphed it well in advance like they did with Donut Media both times, so I doubt there'll be any sort of collaborative crossover aspect.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I think that's what Famine was worried about, yes. Honestly though, if they were going to do that they'd have telegraphed it well in advance like they did with Donut Media both times, so I doubt there'll be any sort of collaborative crossover aspect.

Yeah, it will probably be something like "Ramiro in a car getting crappy convenience store coffee".

 

[pclark06]

Yeah, it will probably be something like "Ramiro in a car getting crappy convenience store coffee".

The OXXO car pack with legends like the not-Oldsmobile Chevrolet Cutlass

 

[Nacho Libre]

The OXXO car pack with legends like the not-Oldsmobile Chevrolet Cutlass

Touché OXXO

 

[L8 Apex]

The OXXO car pack with legends like the not-Oldsmobile Chevrolet Cutlass

Eurosport!

 

[Johnny Caisse]

For the danger sign over the Baja I used an offroad tuned Hennessey Venom F5 with all I could slap on it. 489 Meters out of 460, no settings needed.

I tell y'all, this car cures what ails me with those danger signs in the S2 category! Was struggling at the danger sign before pulling that car out but it did the job just dandy!