Why Everyone is Quitting Forza Horizon 5...

Discussing why Forza Horizon 5 has fallen off. Looking at statistics and comparing Forza Horizon 5 player count with other driving games. How has CarX and Assetto Corsa managed to grow their audience but not Forza? Looking into things Forza could do to maintain more of it's players after initial game launch.

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[Goosiest]

Question of the day: *What is YOUR honest opinion about Forza Horizon 5?*

[zeultimate]

I think the main reason FH5 dropped so hard was the progression. You start the game, win 2 races and get a hypercar. There's no going up the ranks and earning better/faster cars like in previous titles, it's just "OK, you bought the game, here's your Bugatti, or whatever."

[brady.s]

Imagine FH6 taking place in Japan but worked like FH1 with real progression…

[DJTXD]

Forza Horizon 4 was beautiful, I spent so much time driving around and testing out all the cars because the scenery and map was so great, when I played FH5 it just felt vast and empty

[KustomBmxCo]

I remember playing NFSU2 back when it came out. That storyline and the effort it took to modify your car was super rewarding. Driving to each shop. 1 part at a time.

Everytime I jump on FH5 nowadays, I feel like I’m on for 5 mins, get bored, feel lonely/like I’m the only one playing (with nothing to play for) and then just hop off the game and don’t play it for another few months.

Zero storyline to it. Map is spammed with events… it’s quite overwhelming. Etc

[Stooberz]

My biggest issue with it is how empty it feels, even with the npcs it feels dead, like your the only one there

[iDriveDaily]

I played FH1, FH3 and FH5. In my personal experience, Forza Horizon 1 was the only one to actually make the whole scenario feel like a festival you were looking to win. That kept me going back and attempting to complete the game. 3 and 5 felt more like you've already made it and there's no reason to climb the ranks.

That being said, I liked FH5, but there's no staying power. Every weekly challenge feels the same and if I've done 1, I've done all.

[sensorbx]

They need:
1. More dense ai traffic cars.
2. More narrow roads and cities
3. Harder to obtain hypercars and supercars (harder to obtain credits)
4. Make the environment more alive

[HuffyBoi_]

I stopped playing FH5 a couple of months ago and decided to go back to FH3 and boy was I happy to be playing that game again! I discovered that I was only 35% complete the game, everything isn't given to you so easily. The map has so many cool locations, It really gives me the vibes and it has every car I could ever want. FH3 is the best forza horizon game in the series imo

[ibjpmsw]

I think the map is quite empty with sand and forests taking up atleast 40% of the map with not much there. We need some like city like in fh3.

[watsonvillian]

When the computer cars actually fly at 180 through a 90 degree turn..it no longer becomes competition it becomes ridiculous. I hate the weekly races. I took a screen shot and sent it to forza support asking them what the deal is. AI is supposed to be hard..but they took the fun out of it.

[BossZnakemaster]

One of the problems for me with Forza Horizon whether it's FH4 or 5 is the Festival Playlist. I enjoy coming back each week to do race challenges, but I find it annoying that for a game that prides itself on being so accessible they force you to race against highly skilled drivatars in order to earn rewards. Personally I usually just like to stick to average difficulty and just chill when I play the game. Since I'm forced to play against highly skilled I just stopped doing it cause I refuse to play the game in a way that I don't want to play it that I simply don't enjoy.

So I wish there was a casual festival difficulty with the same cars unlocks and a higher tier difficulty for people who enjoy a bit of challenge, but with more money and wheelspins rewarded as well.

[bramosfer]

mainly its about progression and reward system, i remember playing most wanted against baron the 10th blacklist, i didn't have enough money to upgrade or buy better car to defeat him so i have to improvise by racing the same track over and over again until i can defeat him, and the exhilirating and satisfying feeling when i finally defeat them is really what made me replayed nfsmw so much, the feeling when you work hard for something the result doesn't dissapoint

now forza, after 2 days you are playing and you already got a koenigsegg from a wheel spin or stock cars but with so many cheap choices of swappable engines, hell you can even pick between a c8 corvette or a supra from the start. what's the point of playing anymore when you already got everything you basically need ?

[quackcheeese]

The map is so bland in fh5. The city is boring. Pretty much a flat land everywhere. Barely any traffic on the Highway. The monthly cars ain't new cars but old recycle ones. We do get the occasional new car but even then its lack luster. I want a dense map with traffic with a big city with huge buildings. Also driving almost 250mph feels like 80

[davejames]

FH1 had you start as a beginner, make your way through the ranks, challenge some of the star drivers as you go and it culminates in the final race with Darius Flynt. Your character also gets more recognition as the game progresses. The radio stations talk about you and the star racers acknowledge you as you go on. The other games feel endless with no story or any point.

[Gullideggel]

The evolution of Forza Horizon is really sad...
Just the same game again and again.
No new modes, no real updates, ..

You get your first supercar after like 10 minutes ingame.
You win a new car after every 2 races or stack hundrets of wheelspins per week.

It's just massively unbalanced und not rewarding.

And multiplayer did never really work.
We never managed to play together.

[deepwaterled]

The ENTIRE middle of FH5 map is a DESOLATE GHOSTLAND its dead and it feels literally physically depressing being in that hellhole. They have disrespected us, and disrespected Mexico as a country, I say that and I am not even from Mexico.

[burn]

I grinded out so much in 3 plus it was very fun game. 5 feels like a chore to go through.

[Betsbye]

In terms of online, I really liked FH1’s online system from it being a separate mode on the main title screen from single player, which in multiplayer you could pick what you wanted to do instantly with a race, infected, king and flag or freeroam. You could name the lobby to pretty much anything. And there was a server list as well as private sessions too. Pretty much just bring FH1’s online again

[richpoor]

A big chunk of the world does not have all day to play video games. So I am glad that it’s easy to progress and earn cars.