Forza Horizon 5

 Xbox Series X
User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4021 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,218 out of 4021
  2. Mixed: 210 out of 4021
  3. Negative: 593 out of 4021
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  1. Biosac
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Mediocre racing game. Sucks. Boring. Why is this a big deal for Xbox fanboys?
  2. XboxSoabsJ3wz
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Even lego racer has better physic then this absolute piece of trash from **** Xgay
  3. wiech
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    Good graphics but extremely bad arcade
    Driving model. The gameplay is also very boring. I’m a big fan of motosport
    Games but I found this boring after a
    15h
  4. kingoftheking
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Soy game for those who don’t know what deodorant is. I advise all Forza players to take a shower and throw away the disc with this garbage. Worst racing game ever.
  5. Mobileum
    Sep 5, 2023
    4
    I don't know if I have changed but I find the game boring despite absolutely loving the 4 when I did. I think I just don't like mexico. I prefer civilization.
  6. Phuz
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    All these low reviews are to do with company practices, or not enough of an upgrade. Mine is just a simple game score. This was my first Forza, I got this with the Series X console. It's floaty and horrible. Most lousy controls imaginable. It couldn't feel less like driving if it tried.

    People go on about arcade racers and kart racers being just that but in reality riding a witches    All these low reviews are to do with company practices, or not enough of an upgrade. Mine is just a simple game score. This was my first Forza, I got this with the Series X console. It's floaty and horrible. Most lousy controls imaginable. It couldn't feel less like driving if it tried.

    People go on about arcade racers and kart racers being just that but in reality riding a witches back in Gensou Skydrift feels more car like than this, as does Mario Kart, Hot Wheels. A lot of kart racers feel closer to driving than the ones trying to be driving games.

    Anyway, quite simply on Game Pass Hot Wheels is better.    … Expand
  7. RawandGasmask
    Sep 3, 2023
    3
    It's one of the worst car games I have ever played, It has good graphics and average missions, but the game mechanic is awful and the races are horribly glitchy. i really thought i will say this will be better than NFS when i downloaded it, These are just some of the situations I get in every single race:It's one of the worst car games I have ever played, It has good graphics and average missions, but the game mechanic is awful and the races are horribly glitchy. i really thought i will say this will be better than NFS when i downloaded it, These are just some of the situations I get in every single race:
    https://gemoo.com/tools/upload-video/share/556980230658920448?codeId=DW42J8W0OxWQQ&card=556980226590445568
    https://gemoo.com/tools/upload-video/share/556980877533822976?codeId=v69ge43zaGwVz&card=556980873381462016
    https://gemoo.com/tools/upload-video/share/556982311419568128?codeId=DGqVKn9eqob1b&card=556982307225264128

    and if you notice they are all the same car, because these videos are all captured in the last hour

    especially this one:
    https://gemoo.com/tools/upload-video/share/556981918635569152?codeId=P5pG6qEE7985a&card=556981914403516416    … Expand
  8. Yousif0
    Aug 31, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is very, very bad. I can't even understand why they are comparing it to The Crew… Expand
  9. SrQuantum
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    If you played prior Forza's like 3/2 or even Forza Horizon 1, you can notice the DOWNFALL of Forza 5. Its boring, a huge map with NOTGHING to do, tracks are really, really easy to drive and achievements, no one. You feel like a kid receiving a dopamine "boost" buying car after car, the same models with another skin, sometimes! And I'm not talking about the gender identity inside the gameIf you played prior Forza's like 3/2 or even Forza Horizon 1, you can notice the DOWNFALL of Forza 5. Its boring, a huge map with NOTGHING to do, tracks are really, really easy to drive and achievements, no one. You feel like a kid receiving a dopamine "boost" buying car after car, the same models with another skin, sometimes! And I'm not talking about the gender identity inside the game with pronouns. Marxist (gen0cide/Holodomor) ideologies should not be allowed!

    Disastrous!    … Expand
  10. DaveAus
    Aug 28, 2023
    4
    While the vehicles and racing game play is great. The game suffers from some eye rolling inclusion and side characters that are very unlike able.
    You are forced to watch cutscenes with ugly characters and cringe dialogue you cannot skip, in a racing game.
  11. 1337Stranger
    Aug 28, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Forza Support are the most retarded people i have seen on this planet.
    And I've seen a lotta dumb people, I do surgeries for a living dammit. But you just can't fix these guys.
    A true marvel of nature...    … Expand
  12. forzakiller137
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    Still using old and terrible car models for nearly twenty years ago，even worser than Forza Motorsport 4 in Xbox 360.
  13. Tangorofk
    Aug 15, 2023
    3
    對於有購買終極版的玩家,新推出的DLC應該免費,而不是讓我們再多花一筆錢。
  14. Toxsick
    Aug 10, 2023
    3
    This game would have been perfectly able to satisfy the core audience as well as the casual players, instead they decided to focus on the casual side of things. This is a lackluster copy paste from FH4, besides the map which is the best map PG has ever created, it is a game that was only good for around 1/6 of the playtime i put into FH3 and 4. They ruined the chill online freeroamingThis game would have been perfectly able to satisfy the core audience as well as the casual players, instead they decided to focus on the casual side of things. This is a lackluster copy paste from FH4, besides the map which is the best map PG has ever created, it is a game that was only good for around 1/6 of the playtime i put into FH3 and 4. They ruined the chill online freeroaming experience which allowed me to share my passion for cars with perfect strangers. Everything revolves around their events which are quite bad. The release was catastrophic and really put this publisher in a new light, they made their priorities clear and i will never trust them again with a d1 purchase. Engine sounds are quite bad, tuning was only marginally improved and the radio was censored in a way that is very uncommon for the western world. Where they trying to please some dictatorship? Trash, do not reccommend.… Expand
  15. Dreks
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    xtrash series x, very bad game in a very bad console made for f4t ass n3rds hhahahahahahahah
  16. hiroshihayashi
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    Heyy! Do you like:
    Bad updates
    Having 0 innovation Copying ideas from every other game 0 progression A bland map Making the most normal cars limited Being a complete step back from 4 which was a step back from 3 Horrible community The same Forza Aero thats been used since Forza Motorsport 3 and 4 And 0 story, YET AGAIN?! Then this game is for you! Honest review: it's the same    Heyy! Do you like:
    Bad updates
    Having 0 innovation
    Copying ideas from every other game
    0 progression
    A bland map
    Making the most normal cars limited
    Being a complete step back from 4 which was a step back from 3
    Horrible community
    The same Forza Aero thats been used since Forza Motorsport 3 and 4
    And 0 story, YET AGAIN?!
    Then this game is for you!

    Honest review: it's the same game as 4 that's being shoved down our throats yet again but with more cars. Just get The Crew Motorfest, at least Ivory Tower cares about the players and has good updates.    … Expand
  17. NoGameshahaha
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    Cheap gameplay. Bad controls. Bad graphics.
    Typical gamepass fodder hyped up by bots.
  18. Ryzaerrr8791
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    Probably one of the worst game I ever played on my Xbox Series X
    Very frustrating
  19. AngryGamer34
    May 19, 2023
    0
    If I didn't like the game on the old XBox One, what makes them think I want the premium version on the New XBox? I don't care if it came with it, just keep this **** off of my new property!
  20. mitertc73
    May 14, 2023
    0
    this game is plain sttupid and really horrible, i can not understand how this crap could be liked by even a single person ?????
  21. Testamora
    Apr 30, 2023
    0
    Physique de pire en pire à chaque opus

    Épreuve et saison laçante, est toujours les meme depuis FH4
  22. tbarron76
    Apr 27, 2023
    2
    this game is fun, for 1 minute, then it gets boring how is this game the best, go look in the mirror and think, do we really need this, the character models look worse than horizon 4, the cars are just recycled cars from 4, and the story if you can even call it is bad, no actual ending, there is no credits to tell you it over, and the second expansion is not fun, it is recycled horizon 1this game is fun, for 1 minute, then it gets boring how is this game the best, go look in the mirror and think, do we really need this, the character models look worse than horizon 4, the cars are just recycled cars from 4, and the story if you can even call it is bad, no actual ending, there is no credits to tell you it over, and the second expansion is not fun, it is recycled horizon 1 rally into an open world because Microsoft uses that money to bribe, that's why mike brown and some of his team left playground games, because of this, I had to buy the ultimate edition so I would became a deadbeat to those corporate nut jobs, but don't make the mistake to buy this stupid game, just play horizon 4 and let this game die… Expand
  23. Mindurbidniss
    Mar 24, 2023
    4
    Graphically underwhelming for a "next gen" console seller. Actually underwhelming all around. How can you have a racing game with an everybody's a winner attitude? Also the whole push for inclusion is nice but it's borderline cringy. At least it's a fun and upbeat game but I'd personally take Midnight club over this any day
  24. adr098
    Apr 14, 2023
    0
    The Game feels like a **** cashgrab made to fund the Next **** cashgrab,horrible at best,infuriating at worst ,all cars feel the same ,but x car has a little bit more grip than y car or has more power.
    It has no story ,main Focus is the horrible online plagued with 9 year olds that get mad if they don't win or get kicked out of a session because of repeated ramming and insulting.It always    The Game feels like a **** cashgrab made to fund the Next **** cashgrab,horrible at best,infuriating at worst ,all cars feel the same ,but x car has a little bit more grip than y car or has more power.
    It has no story ,main Focus is the horrible online plagued with 9 year olds that get mad if they don't win or get kicked out of a session because of repeated ramming and insulting.It always tries to force you into buying the overpowered DLC cars or forcing you to get into the online or the goddamn eliminator ,which is just a **** Battle royale with cars .
    Do NOT waste your money ,don't play this Game.    … Expand
  25. ByZocker
    Mar 22, 2023
    3
    worse than its predecessors, reading content missing from the game that was already in previous titles and selling it as "new" content
    had a good foundation but a new game wasn't really necessary could've just updated the old one
  26. OgopogoDragon
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is good but they ban people for anything and nothing. The issue is they wont even tell you what you did even by accident and bans are permanent with zero way to remove the ban. Don't waste your money here.… Expand
  27. MarbleXeno
    Feb 5, 2023
    4
    This is a great driving experience with stunning visuals.
    This is not a great game.
    There is absolutely zero new stuff added when compared to FH4 or even FH3. The only thing that's different is the upgraded graphics and improved car sounds. Most of the cars drive the same with zero difference to the handling. The story is trash. It doesn't motivate the player to explore anything    This is a great driving experience with stunning visuals.
    This is not a great game.

    There is absolutely zero new stuff added when compared to FH4 or even FH3. The only thing that's different is the upgraded graphics and improved car sounds.

    Most of the cars drive the same with zero difference to the handling.

    The story is trash. It doesn't motivate the player to explore anything as you already start with "everything" as a special person on the festival.

    The worst thing about this game is the progression system. In less than 5 hours of playing you can get a great car and loose all the motivation to unlock other cars.

    The map is diverse and in some places detailed but still really empty and it can get boring very quickly as it's not big.

    Forza Horizon 5 is not a great game. Stop giving it 10's and 9's only based on its looks.    … Expand
  28. Tomkritisiert
    Feb 4, 2023
    4
    Microsoft made a bad game here i dont like it multiplayer dont even work
  29. SaoirseIsLive
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    It's a buggy mess that caters to children. While FH2 and 3 made the game more kid friendly there was still a challenge to the game. However 4 and especially 5 is just too easy and simplified.
  30. Pockeey
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    looks way too similar and could easily be a dlc map pack for Horizon 4. But it's ok, it's free on Gamepass
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#2 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2021
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2021

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 103 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 103 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 103
  3. Negative: 0 out of 103
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    100
    The best arcade races nowadays. But it is becoming clear that it's getting harder and harder to move the successful formula forward.
  2. GameCritics
    Jan 31, 2022
    80
    It’s safe to say that Playground Games have delivered something special with Forza Horizon 5 – and as far as I’m concerned, this is currently the best driving game out there.
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  3. Malditos Nerds
    Dec 16, 2021
    90
    Forza Horizon 5 is one of the best games of the year and starts the discussion on whether a racing title like this one could be GOTY. It stands out from the rest of similar games, both in terms of technical and gameplay aspects.
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