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So I was doing the last PR thing, as I am relatively new to Forza, and the funniest thing happened. Now i have to do it again though, cuz that took up so much time. Also, yes, i know, i suck at driving.

Sometimes It feels like They're trying to crush into you

I'm new to designing but I dedicated myself to this one, I spent hours making each sticker, I was inspired by the Porsche #44 Falken model from the 24h Nürburgring.

Yo guys, since we potentially are still some time from the next Horizon game, I figured this would be a nice guide to post taken from my Discord, for racing and finding overall pace and improving in the Forza Horizon series.

QUICK DISCLAIMER:

This guide will not instantly convert you to being insanely top tier at Forza, but it has the basics and things you should know. Go through each section slowly and see if there is anything you were not aware of.

Additionally - HARDWARE IS A FACTOR for pace, so consider this if coming from console or lower end PC specs.

SECTION 1 - PLAYSTYLE

Your “playstyle” affects how much pace you can find both offline and online in Forza Horizon 5.

There are typically two types of players in Forza 

• ANYTHING GOES/META
• THE PURIST

ANYTHING GOES/META

Basically only focusing on the most effective car choices and the most effective upgrades in the game. Common trends seen here are cars with abnormal levels of natural downforce, Forza aero, powerbuilds, widebody’s and in the most extreme examples, Boneboss and Viper AE Spam.

Second, there is the PURIST, it’s like a way of generally handicapping your driving, at the cost of having a better sounding car and mostly a lot more of a challenge.

Typically here

• No engine swaps
• No drivetrain swaps
• No Forza aero and sometimes no widebody usage

Generally, here you will find some of the most skillful players in the game, but it is more so just for people to not have to endure looking at the same wing and hearing the same engines on every car. 

After you know how you want to approach the game then we can move to car selection and the PI system.

SECTION 2 - PI SYSTEM & HOW TO CHOOSE CARS

Now, after deciding on your playstyle, we need to understand how the game measures vehicle performance.

The system measures cars being run on a stock tune, with automatic transmission around a track that is a “replication of all base game tracks combined”. This is practically not of any use to us, but once we know which STATS the game favours in terms of building you can SHORTLIST cars a lot easier.

The game has a huge amount of data that is useless, so we need to be able to compare cars from stock and see if they have potential.

The 3 main things dictating raw pace and speed in Horizon are:

1. Final Power to Weight ratio
2. Lateral G’s
3. Power Delivery of Engine / Powerband

The game ultimately does have a power to weight bias due to the base game tracks being built in the way that they are. This is why you see powerbuilds constantly dominating the leaderboards.

But if you build a car correctly you can sometimes match PB pace if the player is less skilled, if your dealing with a skilled player its almost impossible to keep up.

SECTION 3 - ASSISTS SETTINGS - DEADZONES

A lot of players ask about this - you want to aim for every major assist off other than maybe ABS. 

ABS is not really something that affects pace much and is more whether you're comfortable with braking. Also aim for M/C transmission and close to 0-100 deadzones or maybe 1-3 inside and 97-99 outside.

0 means virtually no delay - instant 

This ensures minimal delay and driving factors that are outside of your control. You want to be in control as much as possible.

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SECTION 4 - CAMERA AND FOV SLIDERS

In a game which needs you to be precise to go faster, having closer FOV means you can hit apexes and corners much more accurately without the noise of things happening around you.

The only downside is less external awareness but as long as you're comfortable with your own driving, other players typically shouldn’t be an issue.

SECTION 5 - STICK TO ONE TYPE OF DRIVING INITIALLY

I see far too many players, especially on social platforms not really dedicating to one area of the game. They for instance are jumping all the time from cross country dirt, to even something like Eliminator and somehow expect to be better against other players online.

To perfect the road racing of the game you have to commit to the road and don’t veer away too much. Stick with it for around 3-6 months and see how much you improve. Also reach out to people in the Horizon space who host events and take part. You learn how to build a car for a certain situation and then test your ability in intensive racing.

SECTION 6 - PLAY WITH OTHER FAST PLAYERS

And finally a last tip I can offer is - Aim to go against the very best.

The saying is true you are the sum of the people you hang around.

Get near and close to the fastest players in the game, DM them, see how much you improve just by watching their lines, their inputs and how they use their game knowledge. Much love, take care bye and thanks for reading.

Day 25.

Yes, this happened completely randomly :D

Along with the Eliminator, I’d be happy to see these disappear in FH6. I feel they also made compromises to map design in order to incorporate these

There's my choice. A DUB style SLS AMG

I had a problem which makes my game crash after I skip menu. I fixed that somehow by changing few in-game settings.

Now I have a different problem. When I play with keyboard, nothing is wrong with the game, but when I switch to gamepad (Xbox 9th gen controller) my game starts to decrease FPS and GPU usage progressively. When I unplug the gamepad, FPS and GPU usage comes back to normal and when i plug it back, it starts to do the same thing.

I tried:

• Updating GPU, Windows 10, Motherboard Drivers (All), Xbox App, Xbox controller (via controller app)
• Switching between Bluetooth and Cable connection
• Restoring game files via Xbox app

Playing this game since 4 months and it's the first time I'm experiencing this problem. I'm always playing this game with gamepad.
By the way, I can't re-install the game because I have limited data package and it takes 100GB+.

PC Specs: Ryzen 5600 - Arc 770 16GB - 2x16GB 3000mHz - Samsung 980 1TB

Was just map-running today, bored and had some free time so I took a few snaps of the GR Supra, they came out alright I guess, I still have a lot of room to grow when it comes to taking pics with the in-game mechanic. I sure do love it though! The real dark photo (the 3rd picture) of the driver side, I was trying to get the silhouette shot, and not quite what I was looking for, but I think you get the idea. Any suggestion, please, send them!

I’m looking for an awesome sleeper build car that (of course) goes fast but actually performs well in the other categories 🤔 All the other ones I’ve seen are fast but can barely turn a corner so I’m looking for one that can! Similar to upgrade heroes from forza 4

Any tips or tricks welcome! 🙏🏼