Make no mistake: The racing physics are here are rock-solid. Turn on all the assists, enable race rewind, drop the AI level enough so that cars don’t blow past you with every little mistake, and you’ve got a racing game even someone who’s never driven before can enjoy right out of the gate.Īnd those hard core racing sim fans? They can tinker with a bevy of settings and assists to make the driving as authentic as they like, switch damage from cosmetic to impact performance, and then hop into the garage to swap out hardware and rubber and fine tune each car’s engine and handling to make it exactly what they need for any given race. Rookies can hop into a car and just start driving, experiencing plenty of success right away. Its brilliance is in how it manages to appeal to racing fans of all stripes with hardly an ounce of compromise. Forza Horizon 5 is, in fact, a sublimely sophisticated racer that pushes the play-your-way concept to new heights.

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