Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[CarlosRGDias]

Playground Games Event "' Shaping the Future " - January, 30 ( Forza Horizon / Fable )

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

That’ll literally be talking about the workplace culture there, nothing about any games in particular.

 

[Digolgrin]

I think FH6 would be really interesting if they made a big chunk of the map into multiple mountains. Kind of like the foothills of the Alps.

A Greek setting could take a similar approach, what with the country basically being made up of islands. Just have Horizon build a set of bridges between islands and you'd have a pretty cleanly divided map, like what Mexico pulled off.

 

[Nacho Libre]

Whatever the future location is, I wish (demand) that Giuseppe Delicante is either the narrator or an in-game character.

 

[CarbonDaimon]

FH5 Release Notes: January 28, 2025​

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We're constantly working to improve the experience in Forza Horizon 5. Below you will find a summary of items fixed or improved upon in this update.

New Features (Available from January 28)

• Cinematic Start Screen Selection
  • Available from Settings Menu > Extras > Start Screen Video
  • List of Cinematics Available: Welcome To Mexico (Standard), Welcome To Colorado (Forza Horizon), Welcome To Europe (Forza Horizon 2), Welcome To Australia (Forza Horizon 3), Welcome To The UK (Forza Horizon 4), Italian Automotive, Horizon Retrowave, Shuffle option
• Forza Newsletter Registration Option
  • Available from Settings Menu > Extras > Newsletter Sign-Up
• Festival Playlist Voting (From January 30 onwards)
  • From Series 43 Midnight Muscle onwards, players will be able to vote for the upcoming Series, choosing between 2 returning Series, every month

2 Unlockable Cars (Available from January 30 onwards)

• 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R
• 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock

"Midnight Muscle" Limited Timed Series Features (Available from January 30 to February 28)

• Returning Evolving World Aerodromo En La Selva Neon Lights and Drone Show
• Returning Evolving World Neon H Collectible and Neon Tank Photo Decorations
• Returning Neon Decorated Races
• Returning Extended Nights
• 1 Series Car Collector Accolade

Bug fixes and changes (Available from January 28)
General

• Retroactively marked the Series 40 Horizon Track Day “ISO 200” Treasure Hunt Challenge as completed
  • The completed challenge also includes 300 Forzathon points which have been retroactively added to players' accounts
• Fixed an issue with Seasonal Streak/Publicity Stunt/Series Business Accolades that couldn’t be completed for some players (Bug 3904933)
• Fixed an issue with the Horizon Backstage where cars in the Backstage Shop were not ordered by the date they were added (Bug 3954859)
• General performance and stability fixes

Cars

• Fixed an issue with the 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000 GTR where the widebody kit front splitter couldn’t be painted (Bug 3892452)
• Fixed an issue with the 1986 Ford Escort RS where the stripe from the front door to the wing and the Ford logo on the trunk were not appearing (Bug 3883545)
• Fixed an issue with the 1990 Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer where the decals on the hood were appearing distorted (Bug 3892049)
• Fixed an issue with the 1991 Toyota Chaser where the rear lights were too bright (Bug 3975617)
• Fixed an issue with the 1996 BMW 850CSi where open/close animations in Forzavista were not getting activated (Bug 3958606)
• Fixed an issue with the 2014 Ford UTE where the lamps were incorrectly showing a ‘’CH_1’’ when braking (Bug 3882451)
• Fixed an issue with the 2011 Ford #4 Focus RS where the driver and co-driver names were appearing from the inside of the car when a custom livery was applied (Bug 3892447)
• Fixed an issue with the 2012 Ford Mustang GT500 where the fog light was activating while braking (Bug 3975610)
• Fixed an issue with the 2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo where painted rims on the wheels would turn to silver when the car was in motion (Bug 3904171)
• Fixed an issue with the 2020 Hyundai i30N incorrect materials appearing on side mirrors, rear spoilers and roof (Bug 3955257)
• Fixed an issue with the 2021 Audi RS6 where window tinting couldn’t be seen from outside the vehicle when applying it (Bug 3869809)
• Fixed a texture issue with the Rocket Bunny Wide bodykit on the 2022 Mazda MX-5 RF (Bug 3975609)
• Fixed an issue with the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R where it wasn’t possible to paint its mirrors (Bug 3919583)

 

[TGR55]

After this update all the coming soon icons for the previous series has been removed. The tab will be changed to the festival playlist voting based on the screenshot

 

[nukleabomb]

After this update all the coming soon icons for the previous series has been removed. The tab will be changed to the festival playlist voting based on the screenshot

This is it then.

I think we will have one last content drop when FH6 is announced. Either with the cover car (like they did with the ERAY from FM) or a new car (maybe ported from FM) matching the location of the game (like the Vuhl in FH4)

 

[Turboteg90]

 

[skazz]

After this update all the coming soon icons for the previous series has been removed. The tab will be changed to the festival playlist voting based on the screenshot

It's quite a big patch at 14.52GB on PC. Way more than you'd expect for "just" 2 new car models. Feels rather final indeed.

 

[RageRacer]

So that's it eh.....No Aston Martin V8 Vantage V600, Hudson Hornet, Porsche 928 GTS, HSV GTS-R, Holden VL Group A SV, Lotus Evora/Eleven....Shame.

Still waiting for that Cadillac Wagon to show up and then.....Boom. That's it. All of the cars collected on my end.

 

[VinylRichie]

So that's it eh.....No Aston Martin V8 Vantage V600, Hudson Hornet, Porsche 928 GTS, HSV GTS-R, Holden VL Group A SV, Lotus Evora/Eleven....Shame.

Still waiting for that Cadillac Wagon to show up and then.....Boom. That's it. All of the cars collected on my end.

It looks like it unfortunately, that Hudson and Aston Martin would’ve been great and they would’ve kind of fit into the midnight muscle season:/

 

[pez2k]

It's quite a big patch at 14.52GB on PC. Way more than you'd expect for "just" 2 new car models.

That will be all of the intro movies bulking it out.

 

[Digolgrin]

It feels so strange. When FH4's live service ended they at least used the focus on FH5's development as their big excuse for doing so, so it didn't feel as rude cutting it off. Now, FH5's ending and there's no real plan for the future of Horizon even being discussed beyond some vague promise of a final content update at an arbitrarily 'soon' point in the near future.

Anyway, this reminded me--Performance Indices and Car Classes for Midnight Muscle.

1995 Ford Mustang Cobra R (SN95): B 624 Retro Muscle. Expected, but well behind the Terminator Mustang from the Horizon Race-Off and the 2000 Cobra R you can already get in the Autoshow. Probably only a car you'll want to get if you're going for 100% car collection completion, assuming you're running 100% stock cars like I am, or are a fan of the SN95, OR you just miss it from FH1--it's now the lowest PI car in B-class Retro Muscle.

2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock: S1 802 Modern Muscle. Much like last Series's RZ34 Nismo, while the PI is higher, the Super Stock is much more of an acceleration focused sidegrade to the other Challengers already available at the Autoshow. It loses out to the Dark Horse in just about every way that matters except for top speed, but then that's about par for the course for the Challengers as a whole. At the very least this gives Dodge a non-Viper/Fast and Furious DLC option to compete in stock S1 Modern Muscle events, but... you can get the Viper in the Autoshow, the Anniversary Edition Viper will probably end up in the Backstage Pass at some point, and if you're a Dodge fan that also has the Fast and Furious pack, the Charger Hellcat there is a much, much better option even if it lags behind the C7 Z06 for some reason. Oh, and unlike the RZ34 Nismo it's a car you have to get 20 Playlist points in Summer to obtain, but that's a minor nitpick. Overall, not a bad car but there are much better options for Dodge folks.

 

[sirjim73]

This is it then.

I think we will have one last content drop when FH6 is announced. Either with the cover car (like they did with the ERAY from FM) or a new car (maybe ported from FM) matching the location of the game (like the Vuhl in FH4)

This is the end.
Hold your breath and count to ten...

 

[Nacho Libre]

Weepy, traditional farewell Mariachi song.

 

[RogsR34UK]

For some reason I received a Raesr Tachyon when I logged in today.

 

[Turboteg90]

I like how the Challenger has the 6.2L as an option, now it's not overpowered.

 

[Edax 76]

This is the end.
Hold your breath and count to ten...

At least we can all Bond over our collective sadness at the end.....

 

[skazz]

For some reason I received a Raesr Tachyon when I logged in today.

Presumably we all did?
I didn't even bother trying to auction it, just deleted straight from my garage.

 

[Digolgrin]

Presumably we all did?
I didn't even bother trying to auction it, just deleted straight from my garage.

Not me, actually. I wonder why.

 

[Seb75]

Presumably we all did?
I didn't even bother trying to auction it, just deleted straight from my garage.

I got one aswell and a skillpoint was returned too... Strange 🤔

 

[sirjim73]

Not me, actually. I wonder why.

You've obviously upset the PG gods
Actually it's probably linked to a bugged Series tour/event which maybe you already completed at the time? They seem to have tidied up some of that in this update.

I got one aswell and a skillpoint was returned too... Strange 🤔

Reminds me of when I got gifted 1 single credit long ago.

 

[AEKara38]

Reminds me of when I got gifted 1 single credit long ago.

That was for your racing prowess, I only got 1 too

 

[Digolgrin]

You've obviously upset the PG gods
Actually it's probably linked to a bugged Series tour/event which maybe you already completed at the time? They seem to have tidied up some of that in this update.

Reminds me of when I got gifted 1 single credit long ago.

I've had the game uninstalled since Autumn of Holiday Mixup, only just got back in when I saw that the GTO Judge was coming in as a Hard-to-Find, so I probably didn't have that. No idea what happened.