Forza Horizon 5
The development team at Turn 10 Studios is currently working on the final touches of the racing game Forza Horizon 5. If everything goes according to plan, you can play from November 9, 2021 on both the PC and the Xbox Series X / S and swing the Xbox One behind the virtual wheel. But even before the release, the developers reveal some interesting details bit by bit - so again now. In the latest episode of the video series "Let's Go", Turn 10 Studios has, among other things, about the game world of Forza Horizon 5 and presented them in more detail based on some gameplay scenes. According to the developer team, the game world will be around 50 percent larger than for Forza Horizon 4 - and it was already huge. The navigable map should offer a total of eleven different biomes with different characteristics. The scenes range from jagged canyons and extensive desert regions to more urban areas. So it will probably take a while until you have explored all corners of the game world. Here is an overview of all biomes:Living Desert Canyon Tropical Coast Farmland Sand Desert Arid Hills Urban City of Guanajuato Jungle Rocky Coast Swamp Volcano. Recommended editorial content Here you will find external content from [PLATTFORM]. To protect your personal data, external integrations are only displayed if you confirm this by clicking on "Load all external content": Load all external content I consent to external content being displayed to me. This means that personal data is transmitted to third-party platforms. Read more about our privacy policy . External content More on this in our data protection declaration. Fittingly: Forza Horizon 5 in the big preview of PC Games
In addition, Turn 10 Studios has published a picture via Twitter that presents an overview of the Forza Horizon 5 game world. In this way you can already take a closer look at the landscapes that await you in the finished version of the racing game.
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Forza Horizon 5 has the longest highway in the series – and I can't wait to tear it up
Developer Playground Games has revealed Forza Horizon 5's full Mexico-inspired map.
Players got a look in episode 5 of the Forza Horizon: Let's Go! video series, with the developer providing a guided tour to Forza Horizon 5's huge map – which is 50% larger than the map in Forza Horizon 4.
But what really caught my attention was the highway that runs through the map, stretching from the bottom left-hand corner to the top-right hand corner. According to Playground Games, this highway is the largest seen in the series to date – and I can't wait to burn rubber on it.
Hitting the roadThere's plenty to be excited about with Forza Horizon 5. The next entry in the veteran racing series will make some serious improvements on its predecessors, with features such as audio ray tracing and a localized weather system set to make it the most dynamic and immersive open-world racing game we've seen to date.
But while Forza Horizon 5's 11 unique biomes and stunning Mexican setting have certainly got me excited, at the end of the day, the crux of any Forza title is its driving.
What I love about the Forza Horizon series is its open-world and that feeling of (almost) limitless driving possibilities. So, while all the bells and whistles are certainly a plus, the feature that arguably has me most excited is that huge highway that stretches through the map.
The town where I was born in Northern Ireland serves as a gateway to one of the most stunning coastal roads in the world: the Antrim Coast Road. Before moving to London, if I had a stressful day, there was nothing more freeing than jumping in my Seat Ibiza and hitting the road. I could drive for hours, taking in the sights: just me and the car.
Living in London doesn't exactly offer that experience, so seeing that huge stretch of road running through Forza Horizon 5's Mexican map has seriously enticed me, especially given that Forza Horizon 4 didn't really offer a long, straight highway such as this.
Sure, it's not the exact same, but with Forza Horizon 5, I can once again hit a long stretch of road to clear my head. I can put on headphones, let that audio ray tracing feed me the realistic rumblings of rubber hitting the road and take in flashes of Mexican towns, countryside and deserts as I sail down the open road. It's the little things.
Burning rubberAside from my own personal excitement to once again hit the open road, it's reassuring to see that Playground Games has opted to include such a long stretch of highway in Forza Horizon 5.
In a practical sense, speed demons should be able to utilize this lengthy highway to push their car to its limits and truly get a sense of what their automobile is capable of.
It's unclear whether the highway will fall into a range of biomes, but it looks like this could be the case. So, I would imagine that the highway will also serve as a good testing ground for how your car handles, at a basic level, in Forza Horizon 5's varying weather conditions, before you begin exploring the ruins, jungles and deserts on offer.
There are still a few months to wait until we get our hands on Forza Horizon 5, which is due to release on November 5. While we already know a fair bit about the next entry in the veteran racing series, we're hoping to find you even more at Xbox's Gamescom 2021 showcase.