Forza Horizon 5: Xbox Series X Gameplay vs. Xbox One
Escape everyday life on a Mexico road trip! PETER HOSKIN speaks about Forza Horizon V and Age of Empires IV
The Forza Horizon game series, the fifth of which kicks off this week. The barriers to entry are low here. The focus is on having fun.
Just hop into one of a hundred different vehicles, from decade-old pickups to freaking supercars, and head out into an exotic location.
That’s Mexico in this case. The Horizon series is known for its stunning graphics, but the No. 5 replica of this North American country is something else.
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It is photorealism when reality constantly features paradisiacal sunsets, flamenco waters and great catastrophic dust storms.
Most of the time you race through this landscape, take part in various races and imaginative driving challenges as part of an extreme sports festival.
But the game is complacent: if the crowds and techno beats are too much, as they sometimes did for me, then you can turn on the classic channel on the car radio and just drive through the Mexican countryside. once it goes from radiant to relaxing.
The Forza Horizon series, like every long-term operation, will soon be confronted with the question of what changes in addition to the environment with each game.In the meantime, why should one argue with something so beautiful and well done? The road is waiting.
