Horizon 5 rallying feels great, but only on long-travel suspensions that don’t bounce over the road like a cartoon.
Try the RJ Anderson #37 Pro2 truck, give it 4WD, soften the suspension/tires, fatten the rear tires and take it on that downhill mountain course. It’s utter bliss. I also like the Ford Ranger T6 on flatter courses, and the Rally Fighter for RWD fun.
…But yeah, FH5 is too arcadey. Cross country is just miserable outside of the slowest class. The campaign is so sycophantic and stupid, and MP matchmaking racing is utterly broken. I’ll probably skip 6 too.
Forza just kinda lost its racing appeal, I think. The settings are great, the visuals are great, the vibe is usually good, if a bit corny, but Forza has just turned into a hardware showcase with a good-if-dated physics model there. I don’t think anyone is playing Forza Horizon because the racing is great, and that is kinda the crux of my issue with it.
Which sucks, cause I played the HELL out of FM2, FM3, especially FM4, and they have just kinda coasted since. The most recent Motorsport was supposed to boast some robust online ranked racing, and it was the most measly ranked system in existence, penalties weren’t consistent, and the game has basically died out, even as of 2024.
Yeah. Motorsport should have been right up my alley but… what the heck are they doing with MP?
Last I played, the only half-usable race was the mixed class one, as it was medium length instead of short. It meant soft tires weren’t the uber-end-all meta, that the start isn’t such an apocalypse, and that one troll who knocks you off doesn’t end your whole race because it’s like 3 laps. And that you actually have time to pass.
I think they did away with it, and with no reason to touch the SP campaign with the stupid AI… I just quit? Kinda with the feeling you get after mediocre fast food. “Why did I eat that?”
Which sucks, as some of the cars are so much fun. I love the can am monsters, the ancient Le Mans cars, the quirky supercompacts and such, all sharing a circuit. What a waste.
Horizon 5 rallying feels great, but only on long-travel suspensions that don’t bounce over the road like a cartoon.
Try the RJ Anderson #37 Pro2 truck, give it 4WD, soften the suspension/tires, fatten the rear tires and take it on that downhill mountain course. It’s utter bliss. I also like the Ford Ranger T6 on flatter courses, and the Rally Fighter for RWD fun.
…But yeah, FH5 is too arcadey. Cross country is just miserable outside of the slowest class. The campaign is so sycophantic and stupid, and MP matchmaking racing is utterly broken. I’ll probably skip 6 too.
Forza just kinda lost its racing appeal, I think. The settings are great, the visuals are great, the vibe is usually good, if a bit corny, but Forza has just turned into a hardware showcase with a good-if-dated physics model there. I don’t think anyone is playing Forza Horizon because the racing is great, and that is kinda the crux of my issue with it.
Which sucks, cause I played the HELL out of FM2, FM3, especially FM4, and they have just kinda coasted since. The most recent Motorsport was supposed to boast some robust online ranked racing, and it was the most measly ranked system in existence, penalties weren’t consistent, and the game has basically died out, even as of 2024.
Yeah. Motorsport should have been right up my alley but… what the heck are they doing with MP?
Last I played, the only half-usable race was the mixed class one, as it was medium length instead of short. It meant soft tires weren’t the uber-end-all meta, that the start isn’t such an apocalypse, and that one troll who knocks you off doesn’t end your whole race because it’s like 3 laps. And that you actually have time to pass.
I think they did away with it, and with no reason to touch the SP campaign with the stupid AI… I just quit? Kinda with the feeling you get after mediocre fast food. “Why did I eat that?”
Which sucks, as some of the cars are so much fun. I love the can am monsters, the ancient Le Mans cars, the quirky supercompacts and such, all sharing a circuit. What a waste.