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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on May 4th, 2021 in the Forza Series category.
Forza Horizon 5 Rumors Suggest Mexico Location
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If it's Mexico, I'd bet it will either be set around Cancun or Cabo.
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Mexico will be awesome, especially with all the Baja vehicles they will more than likely add. I only know of two Mexican automakers though: Mastretta and Vuhl. I know there are Mexico-specific models from various makers too, so that should provide a pretty unique set of vehicles.
Also, I can't wait for the radio stations because between Latin pop and Grupera, that's going to be a pretty cool soundtrack.
Also, I can't wait for the radio stations because between Latin pop and Grupera, that's going to be a pretty cool soundtrack.
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The longer Horizon stays away from Japan to draw out the memes the better
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I certainly hope it's not Japan. Because that would be the THIRD game set in a left driving country where 95% of the cars, even many british and japanese ones, are NOT RHD.
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I, for one, am looking forward to what PG can do with a Horizon game in Mexico. Sure Japan would've been a nice location, but other countries deserve a chance too...
Mexico would be a fitting setting for the next game, especially knowing what type of areas it has. Baja racing is pretty big down there too, and I ADORE offroading in Horizon.
I imagine the map will be diverse in roads, but I'm kinda hoping there isn't any seasons if its forced again.
Mexico would be a fitting setting for the next game, especially knowing what type of areas it has. Baja racing is pretty big down there too, and I ADORE offroading in Horizon.
I imagine the map will be diverse in roads, but I'm kinda hoping there isn't any seasons if its forced again.
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This would somewhat add up with the only confirmed evidence of there being a lot of US-centric cars IMO.
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Regardless of whether FH5's location is in Mexico or not, the B13 Sentra is one of the most likely cars to be added to Forza.
As a fact that may no longer need to be explained to members of this forum, the B13 Sentra was one of the cars entered in the FM3 "Forzalopnik" DLC tournament.
This car unfortunately lost the tournament, but T10/PG has tended to add cars from this tournament to the game in Forza since FM3.
In the FH4 game files, many of the cars entered in this tournament were found, and some of them were actually added to the game, such as the Nissan Pulsar.
If they do the same for the Series X/Series S era Forza, and if indeed the location for FH5 is Mexico, I think it is very likely that the B13 could be one of the Japanese cars added.
https://jalopnik.com/forzalopnik-round-one-group-i-5455799
As a fact that may no longer need to be explained to members of this forum, the B13 Sentra was one of the cars entered in the FM3 "Forzalopnik" DLC tournament.
This car unfortunately lost the tournament, but T10/PG has tended to add cars from this tournament to the game in Forza since FM3.
In the FH4 game files, many of the cars entered in this tournament were found, and some of them were actually added to the game, such as the Nissan Pulsar.
If they do the same for the Series X/Series S era Forza, and if indeed the location for FH5 is Mexico, I think it is very likely that the B13 could be one of the Japanese cars added.
https://jalopnik.com/forzalopnik-round-one-group-i-5455799
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This could just be me but I find Japan to be pretty cliché as a location for car-based media, especially with the ubiquitous popularity of Initial D, F&F Tokyo Drift, etc. I would appreciate a game that went to areas that haven’t been done to death like Japan has.
That being said, I’d love to see a Horizon game set in and around Baja California, which has been used plenty in media from what I recall. Just imagine what Turn 10/Playground can do if they could get the license for the Baja 1000 and appropriate vehicles and incorporate the race in Horizon. Tijuana as a major city would be excellent too.
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New Zealand would be a better setting than Mexico
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Just curious, why?
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You could do epic showcases.
Racing an America's Cup boat for example
Awesome landscape.
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Most likely, One will be heavily supported in 2021 and next year they would will drop it. But don't forget about Xcloud
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I don't think Mexico is lacking for awesome landscape in the slightest. Also, I'm not sure racing a sail boat is going to be all that exciting, but a Baja 1000 showcase event could be way more interesting than the cringey ones they've done so far.
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Mexico seems like a great location choice for sure, but I'm more intrigued about whether the map itself improves what was built on in FH4.
The map firstly needs to be bigger IMO. Especially with all of these hypercars being included, traversing the map side to side in less than 5 minutes get's a little old.
Secondly, incorporation of a race track (which was implemented in the Lego expansion, so PG clearly have heard the feedback) and a tarmac mountain pass (included in Fortune Island Expansion, so again PG have heard people on this) on the base map is imperative.
Thirdly, more arenas for the Playground game types like Infected, Flag Rush etc. They've had some memorable ones in FH2, FH3, FH4, but theres only been like 5 of them on each map. More please PG! One around a multi-story car park would be cool. Then we could see some F&F recreations during matches which would be awesome.
I could go on and on but both those points I think encapsulate what I want to see out of FH5's map. Location isn't as important as the actual map design and layout for me.
The map firstly needs to be bigger IMO. Especially with all of these hypercars being included, traversing the map side to side in less than 5 minutes get's a little old.
Secondly, incorporation of a race track (which was implemented in the Lego expansion, so PG clearly have heard the feedback) and a tarmac mountain pass (included in Fortune Island Expansion, so again PG have heard people on this) on the base map is imperative.
Thirdly, more arenas for the Playground game types like Infected, Flag Rush etc. They've had some memorable ones in FH2, FH3, FH4, but theres only been like 5 of them on each map. More please PG! One around a multi-story car park would be cool. Then we could see some F&F recreations during matches which would be awesome.
I could go on and on but both those points I think encapsulate what I want to see out of FH5's map. Location isn't as important as the actual map design and layout for me.
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This is such a funny thing to get worked up about haha
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