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Forza Horizon 5 |OT| Are you a Mexican, or a Mexican't?

hlm666

Member
you in the patreon? i need to double check if that's for this game or other rtx games.
I'm not my brother in law is so I can't give you the complete quote at the moment but he had an email of whats coming this week or something and there was one video description that definitely said a video about a mod for fh5 that enabled RT reflections all the time.
 

reksveks

Member
I'm not my brother in law is so I can't give you the complete quote at the moment but he had an email of whats coming this week or something and there was one video description that definitely said a video about a mod for fh5 that enabled RT reflections all the time.
I am in it and the discord but actually misread the email, yeah that's in the weekly plan.
 

ne1butu

Member
Played for around 2 hours so far. Great fun! Runs really well too. The island is beautiful. Blasting it around in any car is awesome.

Obligatory screenshot from Photo-mode (Which you end up spending a lot of time in)

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ultrazilla

Gold Member
Anyone playing this on PC? How do i turn on HDR?

I have it enabled in the windows setting but the ingame setting says my display does not support HDR.

You don't have a monitor that supports HDR. Doesn't matter if Windows 11 has it built in or not, if your monitor doesn't support it, you don't have it.

I'm in the same boat as well. I have a Dell 24" 1440p gaming monitor at 165hz refresh *but* no HDR.

The only consolation slimy is that the game is beautiful on it's own, even without HDR(I have a Xbox One X with the game as well on my tv with HDR.)
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
You don't have a monitor that supports HDR. Doesn't matter if Windows 11 has it built in or not, if your monitor doesn't support it, you don't have it.

I'm in the same boat as well. I have a Dell 24" 1440p gaming monitor at 165hz refresh *but* no HDR.

The only consolation slimy is that the game is beautiful on it's own, even without HDR(I have a Xbox One X with the game as well on my tv with HDR.)
I play PC games in my lg Cx oled.
 

CrustyBritches

Gold Member
Good stuff. It was nice of Playfround to provide the PC-equivalent settings. The game is beautiful and runs great. Could be even better with the addition of DLSS+RT(gameplay). Understandable they don’t include this option, though, as it wouldn’t put their console hardware in the best light.
 

Turk1993

GAFs #1 source for car graphic comparisons
Good stuff. It was nice of Playfround to provide the PC-equivalent settings. The game is beautiful and runs great. Could be even better with the addition of DLSS+RT(gameplay). Understandable they don’t include this option, though, as it wouldn’t put their console hardware in the best light.
Man DLSS would do wonders in this game, can you imagine the IQ improvements and the added fps. It would run 4K extreme settings at 120fps constanstly, pliz PG give us that DLSS sauce and at some ray tracing in game on top of that.
 

CrustyBritches

Gold Member
Man DLSS would do wonders in this game, can you imagine the IQ improvements and the added fps. It would run 4K extreme settings at 120fps constanstly, pliz PG give us that DLSS sauce and at some ray tracing in game on top of that.
Oh yeah, DLSS would clean up that shimmering and make the texture work really pop.

P.S.- I meant to put to this in other thread, but it works here, too.
 

Tunned

Member
Man I know they upped the difficulty for races, but unbeatable is really unbeatable, the first 3 AI drivers run 2-3 seconds a lap faster than me, yet on Pro level I run 2-3 seconds faster than them under the same conditions. Who the hell tests these games? The people who manage to beat unbeatable drivatars must be "robots".

I didn't follow the games marketing that much before launch, so I was shocked by how many awesome cars were cut.. original Viper GTS, Lambo Murcielago (lp640) to name a few, wtf. They really should start adding more up-to-date cars, where are all the new Audis??

The game crashed on me from the Supra's bodykit menu. I noticed that when choosing body kits or rims categories, the game stutters big time. Not to mention the Ultra settings lod problems.

I put 250 hours into FH3 and 450 into FH4, and I think I've finally reached the point where I hate this game's lack of progression, I've been playing for a couple of hours and feel like I have already completed the game, and now I am just driving around to random events just to race.

Sorry for the rant, had to get that off my chest. I'm going to progress further into the game, hopefully I will find the wow factor in it that I did with the other entries.
 

DeaDPo0L84

Member
I took my first screenshot last night, said it saved to the forza hub but it doesn't appear to show up there, is this a known bug currently?
 
Played the first two races on PC. Looks good I suppose but im not seeing the big leap from FH4. Maybe ive seen the game too many times in previews, but its not blowing me away just yet.

One thing that doesnt quite make sense is why my 2080 is able to run the game at the ultra preset at native 4k 60 fps. MS had said that the xsx is roughly equivalent to the 2080 in gears 5 so that means an AMD favored game like Forza shouldve been able to do native 4k 60 fps at max settings on the xsx. The only time i dropped below 60 fps in the intro sequence was during the jungle sequence but even then it was in the mid 50s range. with VRR, you shouldnt even notice those drops. The other biomes were a locked 60 fps and with room to spare as my GPU utilization was only around 94%.

I think MS needs to unlock the quality mode on the xsx because they are leaving out literally 2x more performance. So what if it drops in the jungle sequence? Use DRS to drop the resolution to 1800p in that biome. I went back to the settings and noticed that a couple of settings like SSR reflections and shadows had been set to High instead of ultra and even then the fps only dipped below 60 fps once or twice early in the second race.

Edit: nvm the game has a higher setting value than ultra called extreme. SMH.
Series X can do better than the two modes Playgrpund has & run this better than xb1x settings at 60 fps like we have now. DF even said the game looks identical on series x to the xb1x at 30fps. They're saying its a Series "masterpiece" meanwhile similar PCs are stomping the Series X in performance mode. Df is gushing over the game which indeed looks gorgeous but they know most of us will be playing the scaled back performance mode. This could've been solved by offering a 3 rd mode for people with VRR tvs.
 

M1chl

Currently Gif and Meme Champion
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Termite

Member
The number is the top range I believe so you just need the class (s2), and if you only have an A then you can apply a tune to make it an S1.

Press up on the DPad for photomode, hide the UI then just use the xbox screenshot button on the controller
Cheers lad, I guess I wasn't in the right class. Moved up a class (but not to the exact number) and it worked.
 
I think you just don't like games tbh based on your previous posts:
Nah, I play Elite Dangerous, flight sims and Arma etc. Not into arcades stuff, that is all. My young kid loved being able to drive a car right through a forest with exploding threes, through stone walls etc however. It is a super game for kids. :D
 
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Gek54

Junior Member
I get they are trying to be realistic by having a dimming red filter when looking out the windscreen from inside your car but its wayyyy too much and just dulls and deminishes the bright vibrant world of Mexico.

Ive gone from feeling completely immerssed with the dash view in FH4 to resorting to using the hood cam in FH5 because the world looks so much better from outside of the car.

Horizon 4 did it right by not having any filter.

Really hope they fix that or add a toggle.
 
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RAIDEN1

Member
The game crashed on me on base Xbox-1...unexpectedly I was looking at the map and after completing one (tough) race and properly begin exploration, it just froze...hopefully just a day one glitch....!!!
 
I wish I could find drifting a bit more controllable on a controller. I seem to always spin out even when I’m full counter-steer. It’s nothing like real life drifting at all and because I’m used to how it works in a real car I just can’t do the same things with my fingers. I am trying to train my hands to have that muscle memory but I can’t seem to figure out the correct amount of counter steer and throttle blipping to keep it under control. Maybe I need to play a bit more of the game get some money and get a more powerful car.
I’m using manual with clutch and all driving assists off steering in sim mode.
 

buenoblue

Member
Bin playing on pc. Seems awfully simalar to 4 and 3. I played 3 for like 100 hours plus all the dlc. Played 4 for probably a quarter of that time. I'll probably play this off and on with gamepass but yeah, if you told me this was dlc for 4 if believe it. Still got the pop in of bushes and shadows which is disappointing too. Still the best racing game out there I'm just burnt out on the previous games I think, much like the farcry games.
 

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
Well that was short lived. I can't play this at all, just get instantly bored as soon as I start driving. Too much of the previous ones, I guess. The worst part is that the visuals aren't even all that impressive. I mean it looks great, but lots of games look great now. It doesn't really stand out. I gave it a few chances but I just have no desire to play it at all so I uninstalled it. Time to try something exciting like Football Manager 22.
 

Buggy Loop

Member
Downloading right now on PC via gamepass. Won't be able to playtest it tonight as i'm off to see the movie Dune, but tomorrow night i know what i'm doing :D

Should be blistering fast at ultrawide 1440p with a 3080 Ti. 120 fps here we goooooo!
 

Ammogeddon

Member
Haven't played a racing game in ages and I'm enjoying myself a lot. Looks mighty fine on the XsX, despite some noticeable foliage pop in.
I’m fine with a lower lod in performance but having stuff pop in like this can be off putting at times. Thankfully once you're racing you don’t really think about it.
 

Nitty_Grimes

Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Well that was short lived. I can't play this at all, just get instantly bored as soon as I start driving. Too much of the previous ones, I guess. The worst part is that the visuals aren't even all that impressive. I mean it looks great, but lots of games look great now. It doesn't really stand out. I gave it a few chances but I just have no desire to play it at all so I uninstalled it. Time to try something exciting like Football Manager 22.
Have fun with Man UFC👍🏻
 

GHG

Member
Bin playing on pc. Seems awfully simalar to 4 and 3. I played 3 for like 100 hours plus all the dlc. Played 4 for probably a quarter of that time. I'll probably play this off and on with gamepass but yeah, if you told me this was dlc for 4 if believe it. Still got the pop in of bushes and shadows which is disappointing too. Still the best racing game out there I'm just burnt out on the previous games I think, much like the farcry games.

I mean, I love this game but seeing this being typed by someone who plays on PC makes my head spin.
 

TheMan

Member
I really wish they would ditch the lame story and characters in this series. The whole “hey pal, you’re awesome!” vibe these games have is so cringy. The mexican characters in this game come off as cartoon characters.

“Hey friendo, I used to race my papi after we ate Pozole de Pollo o Guajolote for dinner.”

Why not add rivals and teams that you race against like in NFS or Midnight Club? It would the game so much more compelling.
Yeah I agree. I appreciate the setting and the attempt to integrate Mexican culture, but it feels so ham fisted and not genuine. Too Disneyfied I guess.
And yeah adding teams or clubs would be dope
 
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Nothing like driving the 1970 Datsun 510 sporting a dilapidated looking paint job, with the dead car starting noise as my horn, and using it in the S1 racing lobbies and actually competing with it. It’s actually a really fun drive if you have the right tune for it at S1.
 
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