{"id":401657,"date":"2025-10-31T23:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:11:52","slug":"forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza Horizon 5: Rushing to review would be a crime with a game this beautiful and chill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;m pretty blown away by <strong>Forza Horizon 5<\/strong>, to be honest. The intro, which sees you taking control of a number of different vehicles after being air-dropped into various locations on the map, is stunning, and this sets expectations exceedingly high. So far those have been met over and over again. I&#8217;m loving Horizon 5 so much that time has seemingly just ebbed away effortlessly. I&#8217;m cruising around with absolutely no desire to rush.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s fair to say that the Horizon games over the years have felt almost hand-crafted for me, the man who loves Project Gotham Racing and games that let you discover cool stuff. Horizon has always combined a wonderful sense of discovery with an arcade-style handling model that is spot on. I don&#8217;t think any other franchise comes close when it comes to open-world driving and racing, and Horizon 5&#8217;s Mexico is the next step in that quest for perfection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOnce again the gameplay is complemented by an expertly curated soundtrack, which too seems laser targeted at my interests to the extent that I&#8217;ve already added a few new bands to my Spotify playlists. There are few games these days that I can feel truly engaged with, lost in without wanting to check my emails, but Forza Horizon 5 is such a game. When I&#8217;m playing I&#8217;m not thinking about anything else, and when I&#8217;m not I&#8217;m thinking about playing.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/forza-horizon-5-rushing-to-review-would-be-a-crime-with-a-game-this-beautiful-and-chill\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty blown away by Forza Horizon 5, to be honest. The intro, which sees you taking control of a number of different vehicles after being air-dropped into various locations on the map, is stunning, and this sets expectations exceedingly high. So far those have been met over and over again. I&#8217;m loving Horizon 5 so much that time has seemingly just ebbed away effortlessly. I&#8217;m cruising around with absolutely no desire to rush. It&#8217;s fair to say that the Horizon games over the years have felt almost hand-crafted for me, the man who loves Project Gotham Racing and games that let you discover cool stuff. Horizon has always combined a wonderful sense of discovery with an arcade-style handling model that is spot on. 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