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Forza Horizon 5's PC optimization blew me away

A massive, gorgeous map with beautiful graphical effects makes Forza Horizon 5 a visual showcase on the PC, with optimization to match.

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porkChop1266d ago

The Forza Horizon games are usually really well optimized on PC. I remember being blown away by how well FH3 ran considering how great it looked.

Orbilator1266d ago

Well optimized but boring as hell as all the Forza games are .... Sorry but that's my opinion. Looks beautiful and maybe that's all that matters for graphics whores, but I don't like how it plays, I'm not slagging it, I've just always been more GT than Forza, personal preference. Don't need lots of hate just how I feel about Forza. Definitely the best racer on Xbox but not the best on PC by a long way.

Stanjara1266d ago

It doesn't have a story mode... you spin role, get Jesko and than race against idk alien ship, or a space shuttle or whatever they have... and in the background you get Hell yeah dude and I love you sis.

SDuck1266d ago

opinions are like asses, you don't always have to share yours. Don't come to a Forza comment section, hate on the game and expect good reactions.

alb18991266d ago

Your opinion.....hahahaha!!
You took your time to read about a game you don't like....hahahaha!
Mi opinion is that you are a joke hahaha!
And are very jealous too!!

Si-Fly1266d ago

It fills a niche on PC though. I mainly play iRacing but for a mess about away from serious sim racing FH is great fun.

MadLad1266d ago

"I don't like the game, but I made a point to go into an article about it and call it boring as hell, and those who do like it simple graphics whores".

"That's just my opinion though. I'm totally not going out of my way to bash it. All of that was just productive criticism."

C4rnos1266d ago

GT Sport was rather awful to be honest. hopefully the new one is more akin to the older greats, but Forza and GT are very different games with very different feels, though i think Forza is much easier to get into and has plenty of depth to please even those that are into the more hardcore sim racers.

End of the day this article is about PC optimisation, most AAA games don't get that right- so it's worth appreciating that fact.

My_Name_is_Earl1266d ago

Hahahaha!! Did you just say Forza Horizon is boring and then say you are more for GT? Okay I've heard enough.

Sol4ris1266d ago

"Well optimized but boring as hell as all the Forza games are .... Sorry but that's my opinion. Looks beautiful and maybe that's all that matters for graphics whores, but I don't like how it plays, I'm not slagging it, I've just always been more GT"

F*****g he'll man! The irony is lost on absolutely no one with a modicum of objectivity. You find Forza games boring, yet by your own admission, you are a GT person and we have to assume you don't find that boring " as hell" 🤣🤣

WhiteHawk1266d ago

As someone who has a sim racing rig and has tried and liked both full on sims and arcade racers I find you comparing the arcadey racing game that’s all about having fun with cars Forza Horizon series to the simcade because it’s car physics are not that great Gran Turismo series and calling Horizon boring quite hilarious and bizarre. Talk about not having a clue what your talking about. 🤣

strifeblade1265d ago

Sorry u comparing gran turismo a driving sim to an open world racer? Sony doesnt have anything to compete with horizon as sony stopped producing arcade racers for years now. You might not like at arcade- but this is arcade open world racing at its pinnacle. Metacritic agrees.

If u want to compare forza with gran turismo then get it right- and compare forza motorsport which for years now has dominated gran turismo the sim racing world (metacritic agrees).

And finally u see the new cross gen tran turismo? How much better is it going to be? Not ny much. The next motorsport is being built ground upon next gen eith a new engine explaining the extra long dev cycle. It will mop the floor with gran turismo. This battle u ain't gonna win.

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KUV19771266d ago

As a PlayStation fan I briefly had an XBox One and don't really miss anything, except Forza Horizon (didn't play that many games). I don't know about PC but SONY really doesn't have anything quite like it. I am actually thinking about dusting off my One just to play this, but then I'd also like the 60 FPS mode. Decisions, decisions...

Teflon021266d ago

I'd say if you have a decent PC use that, while it's a pointless article, Forza Horizon games are actually that good optimization wise. Out of all the games I've played on PC and that's alot. It's probably the best optimized game I've played on it.

DarkZane1266d ago

FH4 was well optimized when it launched and so is FH5. However, FH3 was a mess and it had a ton of bugs and glitches.

porkChop1266d ago

Really? I didn't experience any of that. I got it a few months after release so maybe it had been patched already.

Dee_911266d ago

forza 7 on pc is a mess as well. yet fh4 runs great

DarkZane1265d ago

@porkChop another thing that proves FH3 is not optimized. My PC runs FH4 with better visuals and framerate than FH3, even though FH3 isn't nearly as graphically demanding. If it was optimized, FH3 would just run better.

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Forza Horizon 5 PlayStation 5 Review - Hello Mexico | COGconnected

Forza Horizon 5 offers up something lacking on the PlayStation 5, an open world racer. It is a racing game that emphasizes fun.

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Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 Pro delivers the best console experience

Forza Horizon 5 is a truly superb game, and it runs well on PS5 and PS5 Pro.

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lukasmain2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I have this pre-ordered for my PS5 PRO/ Currently playing the shit out of Blue Prince until Forza releases. I have such an amazing game line-up coming in the months ahead for the rest of the year, including Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei. The new Mafia game. GTA 6.

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LucasRuinedChildhood1d 11h ago

And Doom: The Dark Ages and Pro Skater 3+4 should be good too.

lukasmain1d 8h ago

There's too many this year lol. Such a great year for gaming. This is the best year of the whole generation so far I think

LordoftheCritics1d 6h ago

This should be on every platform.

Horizon series are just amazing.

darthv722d ago

Had no idea it was a different team doing the port. I figured it was coming from playground but then seen it was panic button. They did a fantastic job on this and they have extensive port knowledge on the switch so maybe this will come to switch too.

Hypertension1402d ago

The pop in was one of the most distracting things about the performance mode on Xbox, nice to see the pro improve this issue.

Looks like a solid port for both consoles.

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GrmpyolGamer 2d ago

That's awesome. All 10 people that bought one can enjoy the best experience 👍

hiawa232d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I am one of the 10 and love the Pro. I am fine with the Series X version, but it's good to see this great game improved on the Pro as it should be. The more gamers that can enjoy great games the better for all gamers.

Rainbowcookie1d 9h ago

It's not that I don't love it ...it is that I can't afford it 🤣

Knushwood Butt2d ago

Envy saps energy that could be better spent on something more positive

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andy852d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Or you know, millions. It confuses me you think PS players won't upgrade when it only costs them a few hundred after selling their base PS5.

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mkis0071d 18h ago

Take 10% of whatever the ps5 sold since pro launched and that should be under the total sales for pro.

andy851d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

Nah not 10%, not this early in its release. The new tech will be higher then tail off. For instance week one the Pro sold 10x what the base one did in Japan. Overall since release the base PS5 has sold twice what the Pro has there. Worldwide is likely similar, no reason not to be. 7-8 million PS5 sales since november - 2-3 million of those being the Pro seems a likely number.

cbuc11251d 19h ago

Well no matter what you think, The Pro is here, selling, and is the most powerful system until PS6 comes out. If you can't afford one thats your problem....but it is a great system.

OldDuffer1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

Pretty amusing how an xbot desperately crying that 'sales of units dont count' as their fave plastic box just doesnt sell anymore, should try and use sales numbers as a petty dis.
If you are genuinely old, you should maybe try actually growing up a bit?
Fact remains, for those with money to spare, or a strong desire to have the best console performance, the PS5 pro is unquestionably the best place to experience most games on console.
Our house has 2 ps5 pros alongside a series X a switch and a decent pc, so we have 2 of the 10 🤣

As for sales, the pro sold 78,000 units in its launch week in Japan alone. Interestingly, xbox typically sells a couple of hundred units a week in the same territory. Most xbox gamers are clearly not very well off, more than 50% of worldwide sales are Series S... a budget way into this gens gaming (and a good way to save money if you can cope or dont care about poorer performance.)

buffig1d 11h ago

Omg, so only the people that work in my office account for half of all Pro sales?! Nice!

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Forza Horizon 5 (PS5) - Review - Gamereactor

What Phil Spencer has described as one of Xbox's most successful game launches ever has landed on the rival platform.

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