This Accolade system is a fantastic new addition that rewards players no matter their playstyle, whether you’re someone who solely enjoys racing, or taking virtual photography, or creating detailed vehicle liveries, the accolade system acknowledges that and rewards you for playing how you want to play. These new chapters will consist of new Horizon Stories, new Showcase events and new long-form events like the infamous Goliath race related to each discipline, unlocking a ton of content for you to complete that will keep you busy for tens of hours after completing the main adventure. Earning enough accolades will let you unlock a new Horizon Adventure Chapter from one of the six different racing disciplines, from road racing and street racing to Baja and dirt racing, as you progress to becoming part of the Horizon Hall of Fame. You'll still be earning an overwhelmingly unnecessary amount of credits, WheelSpins and cars as you play like any other Forza, that element of the progression remains unchanged, but the manor of how you do has - Introducing Accolades: a brand-new, challenge-based progression system replacing the old Fame system that rewards you for everything you do in game, and I mean EVERYTHING.Įach Accolade is split into multiple categories which are rewarded to you for winning events, owning cars, visiting new areas, taking certain pics in photo mode, completing a Festival Playlist etc. The Horizon Adventure campaign experience is structured much similar to old-school racers, but in Horizon terms its much like LEGO Champions DLC’s House building progression but in a full-game format. While I still stand by that tweet, Playground have certainly made great strides to improve the progression in Forza Horizon 5, with the result being a far more structured Horizon experience. If you're a keen follower of mine, you may remember a certain 'unpopular opinion' tweet I made earlier in the year, discussing Forza Horizon's progression compared to other racing games. Nothing beats darting around a small circuit in the middle of the day with a huge volcano in the back drop as the sun glare hits your rear windscreen, or screaming down a straight in the dusk of night with red smoke illuminating the path ahead as you drive downhill towards a brightly lit stadium. Not only that, but this approach to map design applies to the events in ways that make racing feel much more thrilling with everything to take in around you and in the background. Throughout your Horizon adventure you’ll find yourself racing around small Mexican towns, launching yourself off a towering active Volcano, screaming down beautiful coastal and getting down and dirty in a tropical jungle just to name a few - a substantial improvement over Forza Horizon 4’s often dull, British countryside. Its clear Playground took a lot of inspiration from games like Burnout Paradise and Horizon 4’s LEGO Champions DLC when crafting the map (something I’d been preaching for the studio to do ever since its release), with tons of fun and unique POI’s dotted around the map - both in plain sight and hidden away for adventurers to discover- including a football stadium, Mayan ruins, an abandoned airplane graveyard, golf course resorts, canyon switchback roads, multiple race tracks and so, so much more. While I’ve yet to experience these all during the review period, missions will give a taste of how this new dynamic weather storms will be like when that season rolls around. Dust storms and torrential rain storms will occur from week to week, making each season different to the last. Different to Sepia-filtered depictions you see in other forms of entertainment, Mexico is lush and filled with detail, so much that I often found myself making comparisons to a Rockstar game world and one I couldn’t stop pausing to pose for photo mode shots.įorza Horizon 5 also features the return of seasons introduced in Forza Horizon 4, but with a more appropriate twist. The map of Mexico is one of biggest, most diverse and graphically stunning worlds Playground Games have made for a Horizon game, and I’d go as far to say the best looking open-world racer to date. Forza Horizon 5 takes the festival experience to the vibrant locale of Mexico, jam-packed with incredible vistas to see, fun stories to experience, barn finds to discover and colourful scenery to get lost in as you progress your way to becoming a Horizon Superstar.
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