Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[sw3g005]

Back to the 90s, the writeup: Seems like a pretty small in-betweener update overall. Pity, it could have been so much more. Still, we get some cool stuff (BACKSTAGE PASS INCLUDED AMIRITE???):

Spoiler: Car review. Nuff said.

Toyota Soarer: Think most people will agree this is the weakest car here. It could atleast have had a widebody to differentiate from the SC300 but it doesn't even get that. Shame.
Mitsubishi FTO: From one low to a very nice high. A much welcome (perhaps even overdue) return to the franchise, and a car I suspect I'll have plenty of fun with.
AM Lagonda: Love these things and it's the only truly new car this update, so it's gotta be my favourite this series. Also, I just realized it will serve as a fun competitor to the Bentley Turbo R - there hasn't really been anything even remotely like it for a while.
Subaru SVX: Again, a welcome return. Why this didn't return sooner (or even was featured at launch) honestly seems like a mystery to me.

 

[Digolgrin]

Soarer is just the Japanese market SC300/400. Only major differences were badging, steering wheel placement, and the fact that the Soarer had a third engine option (the 1JZ-GTE 2.5L turbo inline-six, which the FH5 model has).

Its whole raison d'etre, aside from being required to get a badge that's a reference to a meme that is more universal than the '90s, which I think is a lame excuse to include it, is that it completely obsoletes the SC300 in terms of stock performance--low B class instead of the SC300's mid C class. In other words if you want a JDM version of the SC300, you'll get it and then some, you'll never want to drive the Lexus again.

 

[-Fred-]

In other words if you want a JDM version of the SC300, you'll get it and then some, you'll never want to drive the Lexus again.

The Lexus has better bodykit options, so yes, I'd rather drive that again.

 

[Digolgrin]

The Lexus has better bodykit options, so yes, I'd rather drive that again.

Touche. I've never been one for customization and upgrades so the performance aspect is what stood out to me most. It's really only there for a meme acknowledgement so, uh, not impressed by it being the headliner.

 

[Stang616]

So, they teased round supercars and gave us no round supercars.....

Perfect opportunity for the Iroc and 95 Cobra R....aaaand they missed it.

I'm not upset, they added some great cars, as I didn't expect the Lagonda and it's nice to see the SVX and FTO return, but they really missed some golden opportunities.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Interesting they’re adding Dandelion Yellow to the Evo III; a two second trip to the paint shop and uploading it as a livery as soon as it arrived netted me a lot of money, accolades and kudos, so I’m somewhat thankful they left it out originally, though still confused why they did.

Soarer is a wasted slot in my opinion (though it definitely fuels the theory the next game is centred around Japan perhaps), the rest I’m happy to see, in particular that FTO!

 

[Nacho Libre]

Toyota Soarer? Mitsubishi FTO? Subaru SVX? All signs point to FH Japan... And if they announce it on the eve of PS5 Pro launch, the better!

 

[Digolgrin]

So, they teased round supercars and gave us no round supercars.....

Perfect opportunity for the Iroc and 95 Cobra R....aaaand they missed it.

I'm not upset, they added some great cars, as I didn't expect the Lagonda and it's nice to see the SVX and FTO return, but they really missed some golden opportunities.

To be fair I wouldn't have been impressed with the IROC, buuuuuuut I might have been bribed into accepting it by a returning '95 Cobra, such is my love for the SN95. The fact that they didn't do either is enough to rustle my jimmies.

 

[skazz]

So, they teased round supercars and gave us no round supercars.....

Perfect opportunity for the Iroc and 95 Cobra R....aaaand they missed it.

I'm not upset, they added some great cars, as I didn't expect the Lagonda and it's nice to see the SVX and FTO return, but they really missed some golden opportunities.

But the Lagonda is pretty much the opposite of round…..

 

[Digolgrin]

But the Lagonda is pretty much the opposite of round…..

This is the 1990 redesign, though, which did get some rounder edges.

 

[RolexGTP]

So no 90s supercars at all.....lol. It's an ok selection for 90s themed cars the Lagonda looks the most interesting.

 

[VinylRichie]

Soarer is just the Japanese market SC300/400. Only major differences were badging, steering wheel placement, and the fact that the Soarer had a third engine option (the 1JZ-GTE 2.5L turbo inline-six, which the FH5 model has).

Ah thanks, I did suspect something like that. It’s a little pity they chose this car, there could’ve been so many more interesting 90s cars, but on the other side I don’t wanna complain, the other 3 are absolutely new to FH5 and unique

 

[RolexGTP]

So, they teased round supercars and gave us no round supercars.....

Perfect opportunity for the Iroc and 95 Cobra R....aaaand they missed it.

I'm not upset, they added some great cars, as I didn't expect the Lagonda and it's nice to see the SVX and FTO return, but they really missed some golden opportunities.

Agreed. Was a little disappointed that there isn't one supercar in this update or even the '95 Cobra R and the IROC at the very least. But they sure have fulfilled the JDM crowd in this game... good to see the backstage pass back so I can potentially scoop up the few reward cars I missed out on.

 

[Digolgrin]

Agreed. Was a little disappointed that there isn't one supercar in this update or even the '95 Cobra R and the IROC at the very least. But they sure have fulfilled the JDM crowd in this game... good to see the backstage pass back so I can potentially scoop up the few reward cars I missed out on.

Honestly, I'm of two minds about this. One is, of course, thinking this is the end of the road and we're basically one Holiday Update away from PG telling us "we're moving onto Fable so we're ending live content updates." But the other looks at Horizon Track Day (in spite of its asset reuse from High Performance most likely) and is like "well, we just got two feature updates in a row, maybe the not-so-appealing cars have been the result of focusing on those." We could be heading into a real Year 4 and not realize it.

 

[RageRacer]

While I am VERY happy to see the FTO and SVX return which is about time, but am I the only one that loves the Soarer? I mean sure, it's the weakest one of this update, but it looks really gorgeous.

 

[sirjim73]

No chance of any petrol or diesel cars in the update then. She's electric

Nothing gets rounder than this...

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Not sure if this is from the '90's but it's definitely a round car.......

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Oi bud! Stop nicking my ideas...

As for the update, I'm definitely jumping on the FH6=Japan bandwagon at this point.

Also, I'm glad the Backstage cars are in pairs this time around. More chance of getting a car you want or one you are missing.

 

[Digolgrin]

Also, I'm glad the Backstage cars are in pairs this time around. More chance of getting a car you want or one you are missing.

Seems to me like they learned the right lesson from FH4's Backstage Pass, yeah That was only added in Series 22, about a year before updates ended, so newer cars were harder to get in there--at least this way they now have a way to make Year 3 cars easier to get into your garage.