Forza Horizon 5’s open world is 1.5 times the size of the last game

The wait until November for Forza Horizon 5 does not go as fast as you would like. At least Playground Games makes time easier with its regular streams, gradually sharinging information about the game. For the last episode, the development team gave us more examples of the many biomes in their interpretation of Mexico – and launched in a swipe of the world map for good measure.

This card is said to be 50 percent larger than Forza Horizon 4 UK. You can see that it contains a bit of everything: desert, mountains and a volcano with the appropriate switchbacks; highways, tropical coasts and even a small town modeled in the spirit of Guanajuato.

A little northeast of the center is the stadium, a space where players can compete against each other and design their own challenges and obstacle courses using FH5 Laboratory of events. There is also a running track and drag strip built around the Horizon Festival center near the southwest corner.

Generally, the larger an open world, the more wasted space it contains, especially for racing games, where you travel great distances for short periods of time. It is true that we only have a glimpse of selected pieces of FH5 Mexico. But the level of detail in every square mile and the variety of the map is truly astounding, especially considering that this world is 1.5 times the size of the previous game.

Each mesquite bush and cactus casts a shadow, and the granularity of textures on the desert floor is surprising. Even the water level changes in some areas of the map over time. You will notice that small creeks and rivers form on the roads during the stormy fall season that will not be present at other times of a game year. And the summer heat means more smoke coming out of it. your tires. The visual candy kicks off around 12:30 p.m. from the video below.

I know how to become poetic on the luxuriance of FH5 the world is more than tired now, but the game deserves praise. Beyond environments, the way lighting interacts with vehicles and materials has also taken a monumental leap forward. We see a silver A90 Supra in this stream, and its metallic paint plays wonderfully against the purple sky as it crosses the dunes at dawn. At the end of the morning, the sun shines on its roof.

Speaking of this Supra, the car will be given to each player from the start of FH5, and with it, players will receive a range of exterior modifications. You can apply Heritage bumpers, fenders and side skirts from this Tribute to the Mk IV Toyota presented for SEMA last year, or you can opt for the complete HKS widebody kit. Judging by the flow, there will also be plenty of new aftermarket wheels, although it’s hard to say what they are as their thumbnails are still missing from this preview.

Forza Horizon 5 continues to progress pretty much as planned then, it sounds good and looking even better. The release is almost exactly three months away, which leaves a lot more time for further disclosures. We always knew the game would be to be a technical showcase, so I hope to learn more about the campaign and progress in future streams.