Modern take from 2023. Big content, small quality 5/10 PROS Ibiza is a big ass map. And once you beat the first chapter, you get a second big ass map, Hawaii. Forza Horizon 5 isn't as big as the first map. It's gigantic. You quite literally can make a multi-hour road trip in this game. When this game had servers available it was incredibly fun to just cruise with friends all night. Buying a car at the dealership and choosing what interior color you want, or the wheel style, which trim you want is a surreal experience. It gives you that fantasy dream of one day YOU WILL go to a Ferrari dealership and spec out your own V8 supercar. The fact the map is so big AND there is a day/night cycle was absolutely BONKERS when this game came out. Nothing had that! At least no day/night at this large of scale There is a decent size collection of vehicles to drive, and you can "test drive" ANY of them whenever you want. You can buy homes with bigger garages to show off all your cars, it's almost like a life-sim game more than a racing game, you can even get your character new clothes, a haircut, or get plastic surgery (I'm not kidding) CONS- I'm sorry boys it's not a good game from here on out, I really wanted it to be. -Physics, Numb, uninspired, not fun, disconnected, stiff, unresponsive, unpredictable, take your pick. Not even the supercars handle well, SURE they go faster but they don't feel much. better -Sounds, some cars have that Gran Turismo problem where they are horrible. It's like a vacuum cleaner sound. Others sound OKAY, but there isn't much to write home about here. -Difficulty, the races are LONG and BORING, too easy. You will spend hours doing races you don't car about. Two races have you driving the outline of the map and the race is 1 hour long. -Money, it can be hard in the early stages to afford what you want, forcing you to do races you hate -Story, we aren't going to talk about the god-awful story just don't even bother -Servers are down, no more multiplayer, no more showing off your homes and cruising late into the night with your homies -Music, I guess this is subjective, but I did not care for the music. Maybe like 2-3 songs I liked but nothing else. -Very little car upgrading at all, you basically drive stock cars the majority of the game. -You need to do Gran Turismo style license tests to do the higher-level races and they are boring and time consuming. This game had a dream, but it dreamt too big. Lots of ideas not many executed well. I applaud the attempt because there is fun to be had, but you have to GRIND a LOT to get to the fun. And even **** servers aren't coming back, and main focus of the game was the multiplayer experience and maybe on PC you can get that but not on console. 5/10

If you like cars and adventure, this is your game. Forza Horizon copied the formula

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