Forza Horizon 5

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4021 Ratings

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  1. WillGoss
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    The best race game that I ever played. This is a masterpiece.

    Positive things ;

    + Great soundtracks
    + The graphics are insane
    + The map is beautiful

    Negative things ;

    - Some achievements can be a pain in the.. to do
  2. Sambug83
    Jul 27, 2022
    10
    Forza Horizon 5 is one of the best Arcade racing game I have ever played, the fun of driving in Mexico. The great voice acting and wonderful experiences you come around with every turn. I just love how the vehicle’s can be explored from the inside to the motors, such wonderful details the game brings for any car lover. The missions are brilliant and keep you coming back for more. Forza isForza Horizon 5 is one of the best Arcade racing game I have ever played, the fun of driving in Mexico. The great voice acting and wonderful experiences you come around with every turn. I just love how the vehicle’s can be explored from the inside to the motors, such wonderful details the game brings for any car lover. The missions are brilliant and keep you coming back for more. Forza is just king of racing games!… Expand
  3. Lucariomain05
    Mar 13, 2022
    4
    After playing this game for about 4 months, while the presentation, gameplay, and controls are great, I am disappointed by the sheer lack of content, poor progression system, poor post launch support from Microsoft and Playground games, and the egregious microtransactions and paid DLC for certain cars. The lack of content is clearly highlighted by the selection of cars that get rewarded toAfter playing this game for about 4 months, while the presentation, gameplay, and controls are great, I am disappointed by the sheer lack of content, poor progression system, poor post launch support from Microsoft and Playground games, and the egregious microtransactions and paid DLC for certain cars. The lack of content is clearly highlighted by the selection of cars that get rewarded to players, and these cars mostly consist of ones that are either already sold in the auto show, or taken out of the game after Horizon 4 and rebadged as “new” or “valueable” cars. On top of this, nearly 200 of the cars in Horizon 5 are locked behind paid DLC. And before anyone comes up with the “it’s on Game Pass” argument, you have to consider how progression works in the game. Right from the start, you are practically handed supercars with no challenge or progression in mind. In previous games, you had to work hard to earn these cars, and when you finally earned them, it felt far more rewarding. The credit system has gotten so hyperinflated that a million credits means practically nothing anymore.

    The music selection also sucks and pales in comparison to the earlier games. Spotify integration would have been nice.    … Expand
  4. ApexRacingPR
    Jul 26, 2022
    7
    If you haven't played a Forza Horizon game before but love the racing genre, then you must give this game a try.

    It has beautiful graphics, a way array of cars and it is fun. Seriously fun in a way that few modern games are. There is a sense of freedom and exploration that you simply don't get in other racing games, and there's tonnes of content here. So why the score of 7/10? If    If you haven't played a Forza Horizon game before but love the racing genre, then you must give this game a try.

    It has beautiful graphics, a way array of cars and it is fun. Seriously fun in a way that few modern games are. There is a sense of freedom and exploration that you simply don't get in other racing games, and there's tonnes of content here.

    So why the score of 7/10?

    If you have played a Forza Horizon game before, there's little here that's new. Bugs persist even if they rarely ruin your game, and there generally seems to have been a lack of attention to detail. Compared to FH4, this game feels empty and monotonous - and generally just a bit bland after you've sunk a few hours into it.

    Cars are given out too freely, and wheelspins still offer far too many horns and clothing items that add nothing too the game.

    This isn't a bad game - not in any way - just one that suffers from a lack of innovation and far too much hype from the creators and gaming critics.    … Expand
  5. Mari_Melo
    Jul 26, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não há grandes inovações no jogo, além disso a ambientação é a mesma, árvores e campos abertos pra todos os lados, até hoje eles não fizeram um festival em ambiente urbano. Está ficando cada vez mais enjoativo de jogar os Horizons. Por isso, a nota vai ficar ainda mais abaixo da media, melhorias gráficas não me surpreende, então não vai mudar em nada.… Expand
  6. Mildweevil
    Jul 25, 2022
    6
    Forza has always been one of my favourite games, I've been playing since Forza 3. But it went downhill massively after Forza horizon 3. I think the biggest issue is wheelspins. The game gives you far too much for doing absolutely nothing, to the point, where there is literally no benefit to racing because you get next to no money from it. It's such a shame because Forza horizon 1 is one ofForza has always been one of my favourite games, I've been playing since Forza 3. But it went downhill massively after Forza horizon 3. I think the biggest issue is wheelspins. The game gives you far too much for doing absolutely nothing, to the point, where there is literally no benefit to racing because you get next to no money from it. It's such a shame because Forza horizon 1 is one of the best racing games I have ever played. It had a simple, but engaging story. You earned a fair amount of money from racing, but you still had to work for it. That is the biggest difference, Forza has now become this huge sandbox that any 4 year old, or grandparent can play with ease. Now, if I'm honest, this is still a really good game. The graphics are beautiful, there's plenty of content and online is great. But for me, I'm still salty about how much better it could be. It's hard to enjoy a game when there's no reward for playing it. If I don't log in for a few weeks, I load it up and I've been giving 14 cars, 6 super wheelspins, and god knows what else

    Rant over anyway, it's worth playing if you have gamepass regardless, if the Devs are reading this, PLEASE BRING BACK THE GRIND!    … Expand
  7. JCANGELS
    Jul 24, 2022
    10
    Greatest racing game ever, its a 10/10 in gameplay, game modes, content, graphics, cars lineup, simply has it all! Just made it to 300 hrs played and I feel like I'm getting started.
  8. Britphileus
    Jul 24, 2022
    9
    Excellent game, provides both high energy experiences and the ability to chill out and drive around. Definitely worth the purchase
  9. Rvvage
    Jul 24, 2022
    0
    Jeu de fils de pute trop dur les 3 etoiles au radar sur route de terre ......
  10. Los_Bags
    Jul 23, 2022
    10
    Replayability. This game is never ending… in a good way. Mechanics are extremely fun and the graphics are out of this world. For something that is ‘just a racing game’, this game is one of the funnest and best games ive ever played. Always cars to collect and weekly and monthly things to do. Even if u arent a racing fan this game is a must play!
  11. Minime123
    Jul 21, 2022
    10
    The best open world racing game in the world good job Xbox and playground games
  12. czerwonekorale
    Jul 21, 2022
    6
    It's a step down from FH4, map is boring, hot wheels dlc is weak. Only thing they did great are car sounds. For me after this much time game still has some graphical artifacts - no matter if it's set to ultra or extreme still same bugs. I regret purchasing premium edition. Definetly not worth the money.
  13. MTaniacMeta
    Jul 19, 2022
    0
    trash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trashtrash trash
  14. GT-kill-Forza
    Jul 17, 2022
    0
    The car models are full of jagged polygons, Silvia S15 and Rx-7 FD looks terribly awful in particular. Modelling is one of the worst in racing game industry.
    This game is a disgrace to all car lovers and car makers. we are in 2022 now and Forza is still using their outdated model from Forza 4.
    The reflection and lighting are both disgusting in this game. The reflections are cheap and    The car models are full of jagged polygons, Silvia S15 and Rx-7 FD looks terribly awful in particular. Modelling is one of the worst in racing game industry.
    This game is a disgrace to all car lovers and car makers. we are in 2022 now and Forza is still using their outdated model from Forza 4.
    The reflection and lighting are both disgusting in this game. The reflections are cheap and overly exaggerated that makes it looks like mirrors. The lighting is so dull that literally every car looks like plastic toy rather than actual metal.
    Physics is a joke in this game, you can take off and fly for thousands meters.
    Critics and player review are misled by MicroSoft bots and Forza fanboys, they want you to believe this is a new game which is not at all.    … Expand
  15. TURBOKAN
    Jul 15, 2022
    4
    Yeni harita ve sesler dışında 4.oyun ile aynı. Başka bir şey yok. Aynı önceki oyunda olduğu gibi bir festival sahibi birisiniz. Üstelik oyunun size "başlangıç aracı" olarak Corvette, Branco ve Supra veriyor. Yani kısaca amele gibi haritada ki tüm yarışları yapmak dışında bir amacınız yok. Gerçekten 3 yılda bunu mu yaptınız? İnsan azıcık farklı bir şeyler yapar. Gerçekten rezalet.Yeni harita ve sesler dışında 4.oyun ile aynı. Başka bir şey yok. Aynı önceki oyunda olduğu gibi bir festival sahibi birisiniz. Üstelik oyunun size "başlangıç aracı" olarak Corvette, Branco ve Supra veriyor. Yani kısaca amele gibi haritada ki tüm yarışları yapmak dışında bir amacınız yok. Gerçekten 3 yılda bunu mu yaptınız? İnsan azıcık farklı bir şeyler yapar. Gerçekten rezalet.
  16. Vagosmcgames
    Jul 14, 2022
    10
    Very good arcade racing game and the best part for me is that you have tons of options on cars and even more on customizing them. Also it is very realistic as for the graphics and as for the physics and the customization of the cars
  17. MasTerSlot
    Jul 13, 2022
    5
    It's a very greedy game. They put forza horizon 4 cars in the standard package, they put new cars in other packages. It's not worth getting a gamepass.
  18. asdfasdf12456
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    I just can't finish the game. It's boring. The good thing about this game is the graphics, nothing else.
  19. Cpal4554
    Jul 11, 2022
    2
    I already thought Horizon 4 had a more fun map, but Horizon 5 is getting worse and worse. Now you can't even grind skillpoints and get wheelspins from cheap cars. Arcade is also much less fun than Forzathon Live. Weekly challenges require rather specific cars, which is unnecessarily difficult to do. It shouldn't be so hard to make a new map, add some new cars and maybe outfits andI already thought Horizon 4 had a more fun map, but Horizon 5 is getting worse and worse. Now you can't even grind skillpoints and get wheelspins from cheap cars. Arcade is also much less fun than Forzathon Live. Weekly challenges require rather specific cars, which is unnecessarily difficult to do. It shouldn't be so hard to make a new map, add some new cars and maybe outfits and otherwise copy-paste Horizon 4, but sadly somebody decided to get "creative" and essentially make the game much worse as a result.

    It'd still be a 7/10 game, but considering they did Horizon 4 before this and it was much better, this is a meagre 2 in comparison.    … Expand
  20. andiguma27
    Jul 10, 2022
    10
    the best game of the year
  21. Dacherry
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    The game is good, but **** you with your politics.
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  22. CnPx98
    Jul 3, 2022
    6
    This is probably gonna be an unpopular opinion but in writing it anyway. The games is based in Mexico for no other reason then every other game today is based in Mexico. Soon as 1 game does it, every other game does it which makes gaming feel so much more bland and boring. It's better being unique then to be a sheep. No drift events or anything? Like seriously no drift rivals. Why? TheThis is probably gonna be an unpopular opinion but in writing it anyway. The games is based in Mexico for no other reason then every other game today is based in Mexico. Soon as 1 game does it, every other game does it which makes gaming feel so much more bland and boring. It's better being unique then to be a sheep. No drift events or anything? Like seriously no drift rivals. Why? The colour tears are stupidly dumb and shouldn't be in any car game. Epic, blue and all that crap is just annoying at this point. It's just thrown into every game now even if it has no place there. Fortnite done it to show you how much damage the gun done which makes sense but in Forza it shouldn't be there. I preferred the older horizon games where you worked your way through each area. Now in this game, I don't know what the actual completion goal is? It's more just driving round a map doing random races. There is nothing wrong with that but I would prefer to have something to work towards. This game has got it's good parts. Handling is improved. It's generous with cars and credits (take a hint Polophony). The map isn't to bad. The AI is alright. Driving still isn't at SIM level but I think horizon is better that way. I hope FM8 is more of a SIM then keep horizon more arcade style. That would be awesome. I hope future Horizon titles remove all the dumb stuff like colour tears and stuff. Show me what I'm working towards rather then doing random races dotted everywhere. Add drifting.… Expand
  23. churros
    Jul 2, 2022
    7
    Pros:
    + beautiful graphics
    + beautiful world
    + diverse ost
    + car variety
    + handling and difficulty options
    + car customization
    + collectibles

    Cons:
    - overwhelming content
    - cluttered ui
    - pay for fast travel
    - maps icons as DLC
  24. Nath2866
    Jul 1, 2022
    4
    Looks good but they have taken too much away and added nothing over forza horizon 4
  25. Herbalmouse1305
    Jun 27, 2022
    10
    cannot sing my praises loud enough, visually amazing, mechanically addicting. its just a car game, but my god is it a good one
  26. Samurai_Sakai
    Jun 25, 2022
    7
    Bom jogo ,ótimos gráficos e jogabilidade ,porém pecou em levar o jogo para o mapa do México ..
  27. Scarface24
    Jun 24, 2022
    10
    Forza Horizon 5 is a high-level game in terms of both gameplay and graphics, it's fun to drive around the open world and collect cars, this game is the best racing game for me
  28. notbradyn_YT
    Jun 23, 2022
    9
    I got to play this game on launch and when I loaded it in, I instantly fell in love with it. The menu music is perfect. The cars actually sound like what cars should unlike Forza Horizon 4. This game also loads extremely fast when on the Xbox Series consoles. I think Mexico is a really good location for off-roading and the volcano is awesome. My favourite car so far is the 2020 ToyotaI got to play this game on launch and when I loaded it in, I instantly fell in love with it. The menu music is perfect. The cars actually sound like what cars should unlike Forza Horizon 4. This game also loads extremely fast when on the Xbox Series consoles. I think Mexico is a really good location for off-roading and the volcano is awesome. My favourite car so far is the 2020 Toyota Supra and it sounds absolutely fantastic.… Expand
  29. Jjj1997
    Jun 20, 2022
    0
    This game is a mess, and has completely turned me off the Horizon series. Took 5 months to add any freedom to competitive multiplayer, and the same nonsensical adventure modes are still used as a format. Motorsport Lobbies is a far superior system used in the Motorsport Series (was also in Forza Horizon 1). I don’t understand why they don’t use that instead of the current garbage systemThis game is a mess, and has completely turned me off the Horizon series. Took 5 months to add any freedom to competitive multiplayer, and the same nonsensical adventure modes are still used as a format. Motorsport Lobbies is a far superior system used in the Motorsport Series (was also in Forza Horizon 1). I don’t understand why they don’t use that instead of the current garbage system they are using. This game also feels so lazy. It feels like the same game as Forza Horizon 4. Forza Horizon 4 Mexican Expansion is what I would use to describe this game. The formula, the repetitive claustrophobic car classes, the festival playlist and adding cars as grind updates that were cut from launch that were in Forza Horizon 4. You also get everything handed to you. Koenigsegg’s and Ferraris within the first hour. No sense of progression. What made the first horizon game the greatest title was the fact you had a story mode, bosses and started out with a slow car and had to work your way to becoming Horizon Champion. Horizon 5 is racing for the sake of racing rather than achieving anything. Add in the fact this game feels like a game made for 5 year old children. It’s silly. Give the game to developers who care. They had an extra year to develop the game but instead it’s rehash of 4 (which in itself is a very flawed game) with far less innovation and no identity. How this game gets positive reviews from critics amazes me. If the Horizon series is to ever improve and leave how downhill it has gone, return to the aspects that made the first horizon a great game. Bring back lobbies, add a long cohesive story, give me a reason to race rather than grind, don’t hand everything to the player and make them unlock cars etc. Horizon 5 is a sheer disappointment, and I won’t be buying 6 if looks anything close to 5.… Expand
  30. Finn2
    Jun 18, 2022
    10
    Forza Horizon 5 is the best racing game i have ever played in my whole life.
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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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