With Forza Horizon 5 out for about a week now (if you count the early access), here's what's been going on with the game.
-The game's servers are still pretty garbage right now, as disconnects are common when playing online.
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As mentioned in that article about the troon that raged at the game for dead-naming, the game dipped itself into the woke soup, with pronouns and artificial limbs being a thing.
-The game seems to unlock most of the events for you, that it can feel very overwhelming with what there is to do.
-Horizon Arcade is garbage right now, as the requirements don't scale to the number of players playing, and is a major downgrade from the FORZATHON events in the past.
-The Ranked racing modes have been removed, which is probably for the best, since Ranked in FH4 was a shitshow.
-Some of the Stellantis brands (Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Fiat, Lancia) are not in the game, presumably due to licensing issues.
-The DeLorean DMC-12 finally returns after a long absence in the Forza franchise.
-The game has a
Tourist difficulty level, which is pretty much the "Journalist Mode" of Racing Games.
-The new characters are all annoying as hell to listen too, as they love to throw in a random Spanish word during their dialog, similar to PeNdEjO mAn Manny from TLOU2. Rami seems to be the most tolerable new character to listen to though. And I hate that Timeless FM was replaced with Radio Eterna, because the DJ is also annoying as hell to listen to.
Overall, while I'm enjoying the game, I can understand why some people feel that the game doesn't bring much new to the table.
Project CARS 3 looks like trash.
The player count is basically nonexistent. I didn't buy it, I would suggest you don't either.
It's a shame that PC3's decision to go more Arcade-like pretty much shot themselves in the foot.
