The Ultimate Forza Horizon 5 Critique

The reigning bestseller of open world racing games is one that needs no introduction. Forza Horizon 5 is one of the most important games within the past few years of my life. Not only has Forza horizon been an essential part of my childhood, but plays a tremendous role in what lead this YouTube channel to gain a following in the first place, leading any successors to inherently be under the keen and critical eyes of myself and the community we’ve built around them. Forza Horizon 5 is the most devisive title in the series, and for good reason. In this in-depth critique, join myself, Moses alongside my best friend and co-host Serp joined by a fleet of friends and community members as we undergo, the ultimate Forza Horizon 5 critique.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:24 The Intertwined Psychology Of Forza And Xbox
7:36 Horizon 5's Lackluster Map
20:04 The Eliminator
24:06 Horizon 5's Troubled Cars
35:35 Horizon 5's Misdirected Campaign
52:42 The Fumbled Festival Playlist
1:09:17 Horizon 5's Downgraded Expansions
1:21:24 The Tribulations Of Horizon Online
1:52:04 Community Feedback
2:17:01 Conclusion

[_anon]

the "live service" model should really just be renamed to the "weekly chore" model at this point.

[fastlanegaming]

Impressive work was put into this, I hope it gets enough reach to make the next horizon games better. We need to go back to the FH2 Era. Now that PGG has serious competition, it might happen again.

[waifubreaks]

I'd also like to add they really didn't do Mexican car culture justice, instead of putting in air cooled VWs and pick up trucks, they decided to suck off the Chinese instead. Modern gaming moment.

[youtubeaccountlol]

FH2 was a surreal experience. The atmosphere, the unforgiving roads, the career. Its insane. I'm 25 now and I still think about that game constantly

[lexusaristogs]

You can tell that PGG wasn't really trying anymore just by the menu screen. In all of the previous Horizon games menu screen, they would feature some of the new mechanics that was introduced in the respective game (FH2 introduced new weather systems, FH3 introduced bodykits and different biomes, FH4 introduced the season) but FH5 they just show you the empty landscape of Mexico instead. One other small thing about the menu screen is that the main cover car would usually be the first car you would see, in 5 it's the last screen before it loops back.

[moonrunner]

Thank you 2 to let me and others be part of the video. I really wish as a community we get ourselves heard and make Forza Horizon return to it's former glory.

Speaking of, I encourage everyone to post and participate in the Suggestions Hub. It will be better if us, as community, get together and let everyone at Forza what we want for the future.

[LoneWanderer]

As a Brazilian, shoutout to CaptainKoosh. I know exactly how it is to have your culture misrepresented. And yes, those spainglish lines were PAINFUL, jesus.

[serperior]

Just a disclaimer to everyone who wants to leave a comment, please do not harass any people mentioned in this video, if you have a differing opinion to someone featured, please discuss it in a civil manner with respect to the other person, thank you.

[officialhyperman]

The main thing Forza needs is a actual story. With that, other improvements will naturally come with it

[Gabriel-djkf]

A big issue that I see on the map is that the city is like historical only, we don't have a big modern city that we have in Mexico in real life... It is too empty as well, should have more car's in traffic. Great review.

[chevellerr]

I live in Canada. I have snow on the road like 6 months of the year. I like snow. I was rather upset there was now more snow because of Mexico. I went back to 4.

[sevenkaylive]

Been following you since forza horizon 4 review, this video feels like a culmination of years of love for racing games!

[EarthBatTV]

The biggest problem with FH5's campaign is that the initial drive is literally the maximum, the pinnacle of emotions you can get out of this game. That initial drive could be without any problem a final showcase event in that game

[IMorphyus]

My list of FH games from best to last:
#1. FH1
#2. FH2
#3.FH3
#4.FH4
#5.FH5

They have literally gotten worse and worse with time... more features but less feeling

[MikoyanGurevichMiG]

I honestly didn't expect your "return" to racing game reviews, hopefully the reception to this review is a lot chiller than the previous ones.

Horizon 5 after hours of playing still feels like a DLC to 4

[murderergod]

20:14 they actually straight up said this during one of their pre-launch streams, they SAID the map is built around the ELIMINATOR. Like why? WHY PG?!

[FifyThuern]

39:18. Btw the camera is placed so far away so they can hide the fact that there is no lip sync animations

[patrickcraft]

I really enjoyed the grind you would have to enjoy in part Forza Horizons. In FH3 I remember having to leave the festival sites and go out and do a race to get money and upgrade my engine. Now in FH5, all I have to do is leave my house, do a wheelspin, and boom I now have 200k more dollars, and I didn’t even have to drive! Progression in older games was so much better..

[BMack]

Whenever anything starts to get popular and start to cater to casuals, it destroys the enjoyment of the actual fanbase that will continue to support after the hype dies down. This is how they killed the Battlefield franchise, for example.

[davidroberts]

My biggest complaint is the cars should be updated and your collection should transfer with your account to the next Horizon game.. you are so right about the re- used old cars!!! Wake up Developer's and make a game with real new content and cars!!!😢😮