Forza Horizon 5 - Optimum Pride
ABOUT THE GAME:
Forza Horizon 5 is a racing game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. It will be the fifth Forza Horizon title and the twelfth main installment in the Forza series. The game is set in a fictionalized representation of Mexico. It is set to be released on 9 November 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and S.
Forza Horizon 5 is a racing video game set in an open-world environment based in Mexico. The game has the largest map in the entire Forza Horizon series, being 50% larger than Forza Horizon 4. The map was described by creative director Mike Brown as one of the most diverse Forza Horizon maps the team has built.
The map in Forza Horizon 5 contains areas like an active caldera volcano, jungles and beaches, ancient Mayan temples, and cities such as Guanajuato. Players can explore the open world freely, though they can also compete in multiplayer races and complete the campaign mode. Both the cars featured in the game and the player character can be extensively customized. The game is the first in the franchise to support ray tracing on cars (although this is only available in ForzaVista).
The game introduces a new weather system (local weather) in which players can visit one side of the map and can visibly see a storm. Because Mexico is such a vast nation with such a wide range of elevations, multiple climates would appear in the game at around the same time. The four seasons still exist but would affect the eleven unique biomes around the map. For example, in the dry season, dust storms will appear, while tropical storms occur throughout the fall storm season. Another detail is in the jungle, in which the environment would now react to the weather; an example of this is leaves flying everywhere.
It also introduces a brand new Horizon Arcade. This consists of a series of mini-multiplayer games strewn across the map. One of these mini-multiplayer games is called "Piñata pop" where the Horizon Festival's cargo plane drops piñatas. The goal is to pop as many piñatas as they can with the help of other players. It also introduces the "EventLab", a toolset in which players can create custom games, races, and more depending on their personal preference. A new feature called "Forza Link" was introduced. According to Brown, it is an AI assistant that tracks the current statuses of players, helping them to link with other players online and play together. Forza Link can also link players' GPS systems if they accept the invitation from another player.
Forza Horizon 5 is developed by Playground Games. The goal for the team was to create a game whose scale was significantly larger than its predecessors. The team chose Mexico as the game's setting due to its diverse and varied landscape. The team partnered with Mexican artists to create the in-game murals, and Mexican musicians to create the in-game soundtracks. It also sent a team to visit Mexico to capture real-world light and sky data. The game utilized photogrammetry data extensively in order to make the game's virtual environment look similar to its real-life counterpart. An example of this is the rocks on the side of the caldera volcano where they can be viewed with such detail. Individual objects, such as the needles of cholla cacti, can also be displayed by the game (although this is only available for the Xbox Series consoles as of now).
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