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[bender]

These are always a great time but FH4 felt a little aimless, like there was no end to the content and was overwhelming. Luckily the odd number Horizons are the best of the bunch so here's hoping 5 is great.

 

[wvnative]

I hope they fix the netcode, my friend has nothing but problems on horizon 4, it's always connecting him to different region servers (Like he is in the west US, and it'll connect him to either Asia or West Europe) This causes the game to lag out and it takes forever to get regrouped after a race.

 

[Fox Mulder]

why does that matter? what's the potential for a next gen only FH that would not be possible on Xbox One at lower settings?

map size limitations and other things with a new engine. I don't think the next Forza Motorsports is expected to be a cross gen title.

 

[R6Rider]

These are always a great time but FH4 felt a little aimless, like there was no end to the content and was overwhelming. Luckily the odd number Horizons are the best of the bunch so here's hoping 5 is great.

The biggest problem with 4 for me was how "progression" worked. I remember a few hours in and I had millions of dollars and S tier cars. Also the fact that you simply had to finish a race and not win it was dumb.

I'm hoping they also have a lot more restricted types of events that require getting specific cars.

 

[VectorVictor]

But will it be a next gen game?

Does it matter when Forza Horizon 4 from the XB1 plays and looks better than any next gen racer (and most next gen games) already with the XSX BC scaling and work they've done?

 

[Insane Metal]

Ugh that makes me want to buy a Series X

 

[Droxcy]

All for it let me have it

 

[Fox Mulder]

The biggest problem with 4 for me was how "progression" worked. I remember a few hours in and I had millions of dollars and S tier cars. Also the fact that you simply had to finish a race and not win it was dumb.

I'm hoping they also have a lot more restricted types of events that require getting specific cars.

That's just what Horizon has become as it blew up. It's a sandbox with 700+ cars. I don't see them changing much. The Lego expansion gave some of that with completion and rewards tied to winning.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I wonder what the gimmick will be this time. Changing seasons obviously doesn't work that well in Mehico.

 

[MadPanda]

That's on the dev team to show us. I am pretty sure they could do a lot from a technical standpoint if the game was built from the ground up with next gen hardware.

But we both know that's probably no going to happen. It's crazy that the series x barely has any native first party games and it's even crazier that some of you think that's ok.

I would not be surprised if this was just a expansion for Forza Horizon 4 because if it's not a next gen game why would they make a brand new game right now instead of just a expansion?

Forza horizon 2 had a native Xbox one version while xbox 360 was done by an external team and it had some features romoved and therefore they could do the same for fh5.

 

[MadPanda]

I wonder what the gimmick will be this time. Changing seasons obviously doesn't work that well in Mehico.

Seasons isn't gimmick as it brings different visual and gameplay changes and challenges. Plus every change of season brings new set of challenges and objectives to complete for different rewards.

 

[prinz_valium]

Seasons isn't gimmick as it brings different visual and gameplay changes and challenges. Plus every change of season brings new set of challenges and objectives to complete for different rewards.

I hope seasons will be just the same. Have one spring, summer, autumn and winter region.

FH is getting a bit ti overwhelming

 

[01011001]

map size limitations and other things with a new engine. I don't think the next Forza Motorsports is expected to be a cross gen title.

Horizon still uses the old engine, and I also don't think Forza Motorsport will be cross gen.

but no, map size has no limits these days, on any modern platform.
Ubisoft has a racing game that literally is a shrunken down version of the whole USA, and is WAAAAY bigger than any Forza Horizon map. modern engines have no issue streaming assets, and all an open world needs is good asset streaming and you can make it as big as the globe if you had the manpower to do so. (honestly a gigantic map would currently be easier to do on Xbox One and PS4, since the limiting factor here would be data size not GPU or CPU performance, and therefore if the game has a map as big as the globe, or even a 1 to 1 sized USA, you would get some really big game sizes, and next gen systems are very limited in that regard still)

there is LITERALLY nothing a next gen only Forza can bring to the table that wouldn't work on Xbox One in a graphically reduced form.

 

[ripeavocado]

Can't wait for the next Forza Mtxsport.

 

[CamHostage]

Forza horizon 2 had a native Xbox one version while xbox 360 was done by an external team and it had some features romoved and therefore they could do the same for fh5.

I assumed that too, but we might be past the days of last-gen ports by external studios being unique versions of the general game. With cross-play, it's valuable for the publisher to have unified online systems, and that means the games have to be the same. They can compromise on visuals, they can let the framerate go to hell (although this is Forza and I trust that it wouldn't), but they can't fork the product line anymore.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Can't wait

 

[bender]

The biggest problem with 4 for me was how "progression" worked. I remember a few hours in and I had millions of dollars and S tier cars. Also the fact that you simply had to finish a race and not win it was dumb.

I'm hoping they also have a lot more restricted types of events that require getting specific cars.

The series could use an overhaul on progression and those boss events are just kind of "eh" now. FH3 was my first entry in the series and I spent a fuckton of time trying to complete everything and that seemed obtainable. I then played FH2 and just did the bare minimum to get by. I thought I'd burnt myself out on the series but then I played FH and had an amazing time (being in Colorado helps, I guess). I've barely spent anytime with FH4 in comparison to any other title. Every time I complete an event, 8-10 more pop up and I start getting paralysis by analysis. I get they want to make it a playground (pun intended) but doing everything seems like an impossible task and the fight or flight part of my OCD brain grows wings.

 

[Fox Mulder]

The series could use an overhaul on progression and those boss events are just kind of "eh" now. FH3 was my first entry in the series and I spent a fuckton of time trying to complete everything and that seemed obtainable. I then played FH2 and just did the bare minimum to get by. I thought I'd burnt myself out on the series but then I played FH and had an amazing time (being in Colorado helps, I guess). I've barely spent anytime with FH4 in comparison to any other title. Every time I complete an event, 8-10 more pop up and I start getting paralysis by analysis. I get they want to make it a playground (pun intended) but doing everything seems like an impossible task and the fight or flight part of my OCD brain grows wings.

The FH4 map is god awful even if you have put in tons of time and do everything. There's so many icons all over that it's better to filter them off when you want to do something specific like drift zones or cross country races.

FH2 actually had way more events at 168 championships with 4 races each, but would take you around the map and you could focus on a few at a time in the area and didn't clutter the map.

 

[Three]

why does that matter? what's the potential for a next gen only FH that would not be possible on Xbox One at lower settings?

Imagine they use UE5 to recreate the mexico landscape. That amount of detail won't be possible on xbox one.

 

[Neo_game]

I would like them to drop the last gen console as well. Otherwise they are probably using the same engine and it is going to look more or less the same ? Turn10 are doing it right IMO with brand new engine and next gen only. I hope they show that.

 

[Team Andromeda]

I wonder what the gimmick will be this time. Changing seasons obviously doesn't work that well in Mehico.

It was hardly a gimmick when it drastically affected a car's handling. My poor Ferrari hates the snow

 

[prinz_valium]

I would like them to drop the last gen console as well. Otherwise they are probably using the same engine and it is going to look more or less the same ? Turn10 are doing it right IMO with brand new engine and next gen only. I hope they show that.

FH6
Not happening this time already.
And with the shortages, it's also the best strategy. No benefit going next gen only this early.

 

[Spukc]

Besides horizon 4 being in a much worse environment then 3 i can't tell you what changed.

-edit- i legit forgot about the seasons xD that is how impactful they where

They seriously need to up their game with 5
For me to be intrested.

but because day 1 gamepass who cares i guess

 

[Mattyp]

Eh not that keen on Mexico if it is the case, pick up every Forza regardless and complete but.

They must want Japan next gen only, with the way the engine scales but not sure how much better looking it can get.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Besides horizon 4 being in a much worse environment then 3 i can't tell you what changed.

-edit- i legit forgot about the seasons xD that is how impactful they where

They seriously need to up their game with 5
For me to be intrested.

but because day 1 gamepass who cares i guess

I think there's issues with the lack of direction in the game and still not adding any new events for like three games now, but they are unrivaled in the genre and Playground Games is still adding new cars even now for free.

The forzathon stuff does keep people coming back week after week for rare or new cars. You still don't have a hard time finding races when the servers aren't broken. I've done the eliminator battle royale and won a few times, but you don't even get a cool car for winning.

 

[Turk1993]

Besides horizon 4 being in a much worse environment then 3 i can't tell you what changed.

-edit- i legit forgot about the seasons xD that is how impactful they where

They seriously need to up their game with 5
For me to be intrested.

but because day 1 gamepass who cares i guess

You forgot because you don't play it, its a game changer as it effects the physics and the look of the map. At this point they are competing with them self, there is no single game that has the content or quality of Forza Horizon right now. They don't need to seriously up there game, the competition need to do that. Al they have to do is make a proper career mode and thats it.

Eh not that keen on Mexico if it is the case, pick up every Forza regardless and complete but.

They must want Japan next gen only, with the way the engine scales but not sure how much better looking it can get.

They are gonna add ray tracing now with the old engine i think but they wil likely use the old car models with new cloud tech maybe so they have tons of content on launch. I think thats the reason why Horizon is out this year and gave a extra year to Turn 10 to add more cars and content in the new engine. The game is gonna look incredible regardless as the current one is stil the best looking racing game. Can't wait to see what they have for us, it was a long time we had a Forza game. Im hyped ultimate edition as always lets go!