Forza Horizon 5 Reviews
Forza Horizon 5 drops players into the beautiful setting of Mexico where the sun will shine, but where it can also be treacherous as players will also have to navigate through thunder and sandstorms. As they progress through various events, players will be called upon to drive around various areas of Mexico expanding the Forza Horizon festival across the country and opening new types of events; races, off-roading, sprints; just to name a few.
Forza Horizon 5 delivers a visually stunning and highly polished open world racing experience that's fun for racing veterans and newbies alike.
Overall, Forza Horizon 5 is easily the champion of racers. The variety and freedom on offer, from the vast quantity of activities to vehicles and the different biomes of Mexico, all create the most enjoyable racer I have ever played. The Showcase events feel epic and are greatly complimented by the games’ gorgeous visuals, especially the dynamic weather system that adds an extra layer of excitement with dust storms that can engulf you and the tropical storms that you can see rolling across the sky for storm chasers to seek out. Whether you’re a racing enthusiast or not, Forza Horizon 5 will have you belted in for a complete joyride!
Forza Horizon 5 epitomizes what a modern racing game should be about. It delivers endless fun, and that is extremely rare to have in a game.
Playground's boisterous racer heads to Mexico... and is as consistent as ever
Forza Horizon 5 is a delightful experience, no matter if you’re mainly playing offline or in online matches with your friends. It’s easy to pick up and love.
Forizon Horizon 5 is the near-perfection of the franchise. Everything from past titles has been built up to this moment. A memorable location, unforgettable set pieces, solid and addictive gameplay, a killer soundtrack, and gorgeous visuals. One of the best games of 2021.
You don't want to miss one of the best games of the year, do you?
Review in Turkish | Read full review
We all knew that Forza Horizon left its competition behind already. Forza Horizon 5 confirms that although there are a few things that should have been better.
Review in German | Read full review
Forza Horizon 5 offers the familiar action we've come to expect from the series, but better than ever. Mexico is the coolest, most varied location in Forza Horizon to date and it won't get boring to race through it anytime soon. The game offers enough entertainment to keep you entertained for quite some time. At least until the next Forza Horizon game. If the annoying server problems are also solved quickly, almost nothing stands in the way of making Forza Horizon 5 the most successful game in the series!
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Forza Horizon 5 is one of the best racing games of the last few years. Using the successful formulation of earlier versions offers us one of the best hand-cooks of 2021.
Review in Persian | Read full review
From the diversity of its events to the number of cars you can collect, this game is massive in every sense of the word.
A perfect balance between arcade and simulation. Racing game of the year, no competition (at least until Forza Horizon 6 comes out).
Forza Horizon 5 is one of those car games whose experience is obligatory on all fans of this genre.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Forza Horizon 5 is the gold standard of open-world arcade racers and a game packed with value and enjoyment wrapped in a glossy next-gen packaging that will hook you visually and then charm you with its many activities. If you have an Xbox Series console, this is THE game that you've been waiting for.
Forza Horizon 5 looks phenomenal, plays well and is practically flawless. It is undoubtedly the best entry in the series and has the most detailed open world in any game to date.
Forza Horizon 5 is a masterclass in arcade racing. There is no equal out there. Burnout has all but disappeared; Need for Speed has fallen from its once-lofty heights, and The Crew is hardly a competent competitor. Playground Games have proven that their formula is still king, offering up countless hours of racing bliss as the live service seasonal format unfolds. As long as you aren’t looking for a more simulation-bound experience like Forza Motorsport, you simply cannot do better than Forza Horizon 5.
Despite a few minor quibbles, Forza Horizon 5 is a triumph for its series, taking everything the last several titles set up so well and making a bigger and better game than its predecessors. Any fan of racing games needs to check it out now, and even if you’re not usually into the genre, you may surprise yourself with how well it pulls you in. Forza Horizon 5 is a taste of gaming nirvana that is not to be missed.
Let’s be clear for a moment: Forza Horizon has always been good. From the moment it burst onto the scene in 2012 as a spin-off to the core, more po-faced Forza Motorsport series, it established itself as a fun, thrilling, and subversively moreish alternative thread for racing on Xbox. It was in many ways the spiritual, open-world successor to Project Gotham Racing, and in turn traced its roots back to arcade racing royalty like OutRun. This is a tough lineage to stand up to, but Horizon 5 takes all that history and experience and runs with it, incrementally upgrading this series into must-play brilliance. It’s an achievement of a game.