Forza Horizon 5
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Spent about ten minutes on it last night. "Rally" update my arse, it's 85% tarmac togue drift tracks. 
ETA: it's actually not bad - probably a bit more fun than the Hot Wheels one imo. The map is pretty small, but most of the roads are fairly technical and fun - even the tar bits are cambered and bumpy. Going straight in with X and S2 class stuff was a bad idea, but A/B classes really shine.
ETA: it's actually not bad - probably a bit more fun than the Hot Wheels one imo. The map is pretty small, but most of the roads are fairly technical and fun - even the tar bits are cambered and bumpy. Going straight in with X and S2 class stuff was a bad idea, but A/B classes really shine.
Edited by Fabric on Thursday 30th March 14:44
It’s not bad actually, one of their better dlc’s…roads are tighter and narrower which is good, tracks/races are good, it’s pretty small I suppose but it’s miles better than the hw dlc. Favors handling over power which is more fun.
Feels like the drivertars are way more aggressive but that may be the narrower roads? Co-driver is useless, way too slow with the upcoming calls, like halfway into a bend and they’re calling it out.
Feels like the drivertars are way more aggressive but that may be the narrower roads? Co-driver is useless, way too slow with the upcoming calls, like halfway into a bend and they’re calling it out.
Got as far as winning the end race of the first section. I've been using the Focus rally car for most of it so far, tuned up to A800, and doing the rally stages, so I can't comment yet on the AI cars. The courses are definitely more technical, the rally notes are fairly basic but good enough to be useful. The new season came up in the main game this afternoon, so I'll be back on it later to get my weekly 40 points for the Forzathon stuff.
Fabric said:
ajprice said:
I'd rather it preload today than launch tomorrow and have to download it before you can play.
If it's any consolation, after installing everything I now have the pleasure of a lengthy unskippable cutscene, followed by being directed to the MS store to purchase the premium addon that I already own, before I can play. 
Only just got passed the intro tutorials and had a quick fart about but I really like the map design in its more technical nature. I can see myself spending alot of time testing rally and tarmac time attack builds, whereas I found HW a bit of a grind to get through.
It is a shame most of the car's included seem to be dune bashers rather than actual rally cars.
I hope in the next Horizon game they can incorporate alot more of this kind of layout. Intact even tighter sections would suit me.
It is a shame most of the car's included seem to be dune bashers rather than actual rally cars.
I hope in the next Horizon game they can incorporate alot more of this kind of layout. Intact even tighter sections would suit me.
Edited by xu5 on Friday 31st March 14:03
king rips.Gave it a go last night, not too bad at all. I'm still doing the first few Rally stages (just picked my "team" or whatever that was) and have not tuned the focus yet but I'm liking how the car handles and the technical nature of the tracks so far. I'm not usually a massive Rally driving fan but so far I've enjoyed this.
Loving the anti lag so far, something about a Turbo R on off-road tyres with anti lag feels so wrong, but so right.
Not loving that it keeps randomly pinning challenges/goals or whatever they are on my HUD every five minutes in some glaring purple box! Wish there was a way to disable that.
Not loving that it keeps randomly pinning challenges/goals or whatever they are on my HUD every five minutes in some glaring purple box! Wish there was a way to disable that.
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