Top Tip: If you buy all of the clothing options in “Customise Your Character” then they won’t appear in your Wheelspins/Super Wheelspins. This way you limit what clothes do appear to the ones locked which are far, far, less ones to turn up on Wherlspins thus increasing the chances of spinning up cars and cash.
That was one of my first thoughts too, then I saw the price for all the clothing and realized I was still broke. Once I buy a few cars I want to play with I will pick up all the common gear and let wheel spins pick up the expensive clothing
Honestly thank you. I was hesitating to buy clothes just because I thought they are available in Wheel spins already so what's the point and I'd be furious if I get the same clothing that I just bought for a 100k
Overwhelming is the right word. The start is like ADHD made in a game “Hey that was a great race, how about you try another….wait no do this instead, hey here’s an accolade award…. Quick go do this NOW!”
Definitely understand what you just said. I started the series with horizon 4. It took me months to even realize WTF I was even trying too do with half the stuff. I can’t imagine starting this series in the latest installment
Another HUGE tip is if you don’t have Fast Travel unlocked yet, you can just go to Rivals and it will teleport you to the race you select. So you can say, go to Rivals>Drag Races> Airport Strip and quit out and you’ll be at that location for Free. I hope this helps some people and ty for the video!
Tbh these things are kind of self explanatory…for instance the filtering through the map and car list, A lot of games have these features and if they didn’t see the button at the bottom of the screen with the rest, put your glasses back on kid
@@unknownfire8544 thank you, kind troll! This is my first Forza game and I simply didn't expect it to be half way to Witcher 3. The game doesn't really bother explaining that there are 3 separate scoring mechanisms and each of them is earned differently and unlocks different things. While it is no rocket science and everyone would be eventually able to figure it out, it is much easier to get it explained in a few minutes video such as this one.
Yes, but how do I know, if I already have driven a race? When I got 1st Palce there is a little golden checkmark, but if I did not won, I don't really recognize if I already drove it.
@@unknownfire8544 a few years down the line and you'll remember when you thought being a temperamental asshole to everyone around you for no reason was really cool and edgy and you'll want to bury your head in the sand.
By the way: you can smash all 50 fast travel boards hidden around the map (I watched a RUclips video to find all of them) you can fast travel for free. Adding this with the fast travel house and you can travel to any road on the map FOR FREE. This saves a lot of money over time. It definitely adds up so I’d say it’s worth the grind.
FH5 is amazing but at the same time, there's no denying that it's a confusing mess for the first few hours. Don't know why they didn't include a tutorial but thankfully videos like this one cover that gap. Thanks!
Some more tips for learning how to drift: firstly turn off traction control in the assists menu, if your goal is to lose traction, turning this off goes a long long way. Another tip is to download a drift tune for a car that someone has made, these have had heavy changes to the suspension, gears, tires and differential to make it so much easier to drift with. Finally, any car can become a drift car with the right tune, but I still recommend starting with jdm cars, they a fan favourites for a reason and will all become amazing, well balanced drift cars.
Also change to manual shifting and try find 1 gear which works the best eventually u will learn to shift and even regular races become easier with manual
Definitely agree with starting on JDM cars but any of the cars Under formula drift or categorised as "drift cars" also turn off stability control for drifting as it stops you from over steering
For drift zones what worked for me: Formula drift car, no assists, simulation, manual shifting. Keep it in third, get up the speed, start sliding and moderate the power with trigger. (don't do the keyboard, seriously). I set 3 stars on all on first try, was bit disappointed, at least in FH4 there were few challenging zones... When you get into it, make your own tune to suit your style. Camber and toe adjustments makes wonders, also shift breaking power to back and take the braking power down to help you out of hairy situations. Lock the diff. I made S1 old Merc SL and A800 1st gen Fairlady, both goes sideways like a charm, down the volcano 1mil score without an effort, even able to get some okay placement in open drift.
@@leeofender8185 have you tried using clutch yet? It's not only hellafun, but clutch kicking is another great method for getting so sideways Paul Wall will ask you for a feature. 😆
For the drifting portion of this video it helps to mention some difficulty settings that will help a ton to drift, but will take some getting used to. Switch traction control and stability control to OFF, it will help get into and maintain a drift. If you also switch your shifting to manual instead of automatic that will be a big help, the higher the revs the easier it is to drift. The last thing is drift suspension and drift tire with high hp, it will help a ton even if you don't tweak the advanced tune settings. Hope these tips help!
Pro Tip for drifting: go to settings, select difficulty, then turn off traction control and stability control. It's VERY difficult if you don't and super easy when you disable those settings. Lots of people also say to disable automatic shifting but with traction and stability disabled I haven't found disabling automatic shifting necessary. A LOT of people miss this simple fix for drifting.
I'd recommend turning off auto shifting because in drift zones or anywhere you gain points for drifting a higher gear along with a couple other factors (speed, angle of your car, and maybe some others) will help get you a higher score.
Using manual gives much more control when drifting and will give you much better scores especially on rear wheel drive or meta drift cars Manual also makes your acceleration way better if you shift properly
and when you get comfortable with manual, learning manual w/ clutch will make your drifting better, lap times faster, and most importantly you'll be having more fun! Just push through the learning curve by progressing through manual without clutch first if you've only been using automatic shifting.
Great video! I would like to share 2 tips that found myself very useful: 1) about knocking difficulty placed XP/Fast travel boards. You just select a fast car, find a near hill, and then if you missed the XP board, you just use the Rewind option (Y button on xbox controller) until you tune the exact speed/turn to hit the board ;) 2) For barn finds, the easiest way is to drive until the finding area, and then enter Drone mode, it's way easier to find it, especially when there are a lot of trees!
Thank you so much for this video! FH5 is my very first FH. You're just thrown in this biiiggg world without any clue what to do - and there are so unbelievable many options what do do and where to go. The game should definitely explain all that stuff (at least optionally for new players)
I just started this video and just heard you say these are the things you wish you knew when starting the game. This is Exactly what I'm looking for. I just bought it and don't know what's best to start with. Thank you for your time and tips.
I literally went around and got every board before opening the pr stunt festival and now that i got it unlocked im amazing at the fact that its soooo much easier to get certain signs
This game has blown me away! I'm not a racing fan outside of Mario Kart, and yet because FH5 is on Game Pass I thought I'd give it a shot. I think I have close to 20 hours played in three days! I can't stop!!!
Really good video, you earned a sub. As a horizon player since forza horizon 2, this video was still very informative video and has helped me understand this somewhat knew format of the series
Another tip is to download tunes for your cars! You can download other players tunes and it will completely change how the cars handle and make you way faster! You can also download tunes specific to 1 area like drifting, offroading, corning/grip, to suit what you want the car to do.
Except I can't :/ Says all community related things are locked for me, also auction house or even collecting a car the developers sent me in a message.
I had no idea what I was doing in this game except for randomly driving around with nothing to do. Thank you for your help, the video helped me understand progression a lot better
Like others have said, the best way to learn drifting is to grab an rwd car with a decent amount of power. Locking the diff will make it way easier to break the tires loose without using the handbrake
@@poppachoppa8956 go to the upgrades and tuning section and make sure you're in the right car, buy a drift differential for your car under suspension upgrades (i think?), go to the custom tuning section, go to the differential tab, set the rear acceleration bar all the way to the right, now your diff is locked
@@poppachoppa8956 cars have a differential which is a mechanism to distribute the power of the engine accordingly so that you can take turns easier for example. This means that when making a sharp turn your inside wheel will spin slower than the outside wheel. But what drifters want is no traction so they usually weld their differentials in order to make the rear tires spin the same speed and have better control of the drift. This is "locking the diff".
@@poppachoppa8956 All the cars have differentials, being AWD or not. AWD is different that a diff because it server other purposes, I'll explain below the differences. All Wheel Drive (AWD) only means that all the wheels are "connected" to the engine so when you press the throttle, power will be delivered to all of them. Rally cars and Offroad Veichles are the ones that benefit from it the most as they drive throught dirt and rocks and if they get a puncture or they get one wheel stuck, the other 3 will keep spinning and that gives better control of the veichle in rough conditions. Some high performance track cars also use it though, as in some cases it's faster on the track. In city it is also usefull in the rain or snow as it gives more traction. Examples: Subaru WRX STI, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Ford Focus RS, almost all the Land Rovers, Jeep, etc. There's also Front Wheel Drive (FWD) which are usually the city cars and cheap SUVs like the Honda Civic or Toyota Prius. These cars arent fast so they don't need the advantage of AWD or RWD although some family cars are starting to implement AWD. The FWD system basically only makes your front wheels spin, this makes the maintenance easier and cheap but obviously isn't very fun to drive and on the racetrack has lot's of understeer but is safer. FInally the amazing Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) which is my favourite as this system can be both fun and fast in the track. These cars only spin the rear wheels when the throttle is pressed so they are great drift cars. Some of the most known RWD cars are the Toyota Supra, a lot of Ferraris, cheap sports cars like the Miata and BRZ, etc. Obviously this system is more dangerous to drive and this is why there's not many city cars with RWD, the rear can slide more and if you don't know how to correct it it might be dangerous. I hope I explained well, if you have more car related questions I'm happy to explain!
You are a legend for this video. I am an avid gamer and typically catch on to things quickly but this game has so many systems it all got a bit muddied. You explained so many of the basic things I felt like I was missing and gave some great directional advise as well. Bravo boss! Appreciate the video.
Great Video! I have been playing FH5 for some hours, but still did not know how to proceed in the story… thanks to your video, I may now finally start playing the game instead of stumbling through it!
Very good tips for beginners, and some for seasoned players as well. I'm a veteran of the Horizon franchise ever since 1, but there were still a few things I didn't quite know about until later in my play of FH5. For drifting, what I found to be the perfect fit is the 2003 Fairlady Z, fully modded, with drift tires, drift suspension, and drift differential. I didn't really mod the tuning too much, but using that car with no traction control, no stability control, and manual shifting locked into 4th gear, I was able to 3-star every drift zone relatively easily. You just have to learn throttle control and you'll nail it. And this is coming from someone who was a total noob at drifting up until a few months ago. XD
Also, I have a steering wheel and I tried to drift with it, but it never really worked out. Then I tried with a controller and it was soooo much easier. You have to correct constantly and with the steering wheel that would mean rotate the wheel all the way left and right, which is possible, but very hard. With the controller you can do it instantly.
Thank god someone made one of these. This is my first time playing a Forza game and Im enjoying the designing cars and got quite a few cars for free, but man was I completely lost as to how to do anything other than drive around the map smashing xp billboards
For beginners, I’d recommend getting familiars enough with the game to turn off as many assists as you can. Turning off and learning how to drive without ABS, TC, or SC will make you faster that somebody with those assists on.
I agree that turning off Traction Control and Stability Control will make you better at racing and faster in general, however turning ABS off really isn't required. ABS is a good assist even in highly skilled difficulty. I would recommend instead trying to invest time into getting more used to manual shifting over automatic since it improves your control over the car, helps accelerate, and can be used to improve drifting (although that won't help in a race).
I love drifting! Once you get the hang of all assists turned off and manual with clutch, drifting is my favorite thing in Forza. I spent hours trying to get 600k in Needle Climb in fh4 and it was so awesome when I finally did it and I got it on video too. The hardest part for me to get used to was simulation steering. I've been driving manual cars in real life for decades so that was easy and I was just happy that was an option so I've been using manual with clutch for a while, but changing to sim steering was like starting over again. It was so frustrating. I can try to give you some pointers if you want. Pretty much any formula drift car with a KenBlocksSohn tune should be good and pretty easy to use for drifting. I think my favorite is the #34 mk 4 FD Supra so far. Also be prepared for people to argue that it's not really drifting if you have all wheel drive 🙄
I have a PS5 and bought an XBOX Series X just to play this gorgeous game as well as game pass. However I was scratching my head after the first few hours unhappy with the random things I was doing. This video is a guiding light. Thank You! You earned a subscriber.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO IVE WATCHED. I was very much like you I was overwhelmed with everything there are so many cars,tracks, options, an things to do I was lost. Thank you. Please do another video for us Forza 5 mentally challenged.
Started yesterday with 2 buddies that are veteran players. FH5 is the most bloated, overloaded experience starting a new game i encountered in any game ever. Thanks for the video, oh boy.
hey this was such a good guide. i’ve played so many racing games and open world games but this was my first FH game. I was having fun but really lost on the mechanisms of progression. this cleared up all the jargon and i think i have a much better idea now. thanks!
Just started last night so yep, this video came in handy. Thank you sir! I leaned forward a bit to the drift portion of the vid cuz yeah I’m struggling with that xD
i struggle with drifting as well. spent half an hour today practicing it though.. a good mix of thrust, shifting the gear down, and sometimes breaking is what i found to be most comfortable but timings and turning/drifting from certain speeds are still very complex to me. a video tutorial on this for non-car enthusiast would be awesome lol
@@luciusrex Something I didn’t realize when I first started drifting is go into settings and TURN OFF TRACTION AND STABILITY CONTROL! Drifting was nearly impossible until I discovered I could turn that off 😅
The best advice I could give you is: 1. Get a car that has a lot of modding potential (some cars may not have as many options yet since the game is brand new) 2. Click search for a tune in the find a tune menu of the modification center and sort by the class you want and drift 3. GET A MOD WITH AWD (this is will make it much more fun and easy, I only use AWD drift tunes) 4. BE SURE TO TURN OF TRACTION AND STABILITY CONTROL 5. HAVE FUN! (You will more than likely have to try different tunes, very rarely will you find the perfect tune first try) I hope this helps! Just ask if you need anymore tips!
By far the best / most informational video I’ve seen on FH5. I can tell you have a job where you work with technical types like engineers or programmers and translate what they do into English. Cybersecurity PR professional perhaps. In any case, nice work because seriously it’s so overwhelming.
Thanks man, I bought the Premium Edition early and was just overwhelmed and nothing made sense and I actually found this video after typing in the seach.."How to play Horizon 5". I just unlocked a second house and did some car upgrades. I play Forza Motorsport so the upgrade system is the exact same. But the way you explained it gave me direction. Thanks!!!
I’m a Forza veteran and all these things are like second nature to me. But I find it absolutely fascinating to see how someone new to the franchise has to figure all this stuff out by themselves like you mentioned. I think that’s something use veterans don’t even think about. And honestly, you make some really valid points, I think the developers (Playground Games) could have done better in welcoming completely new-to-franchise players with some tutorials explaining all those trivial things like player level, XP, skill points and such. Even for us veterans some sort of tutorial about the special skills would come in handy. For example for future Forzathon events (that’s one tile of the festival playlist) you might need to do skills like wrecking ball, daredevil, hard charger etc. Some of them I know by heart, others I also have to Google on how exactly they trigger. This should have been an in-game info page in at least FH4 already (that’s the first game these festival playlists were introduced).
Dude this is a truly great video. Maybe the best video game I've ever played and I never really played too many of its predecessors. This game is unbelievable but doesn't absolutely horrendous job of explaining what the heck is going on menu wise. So many menus so many screens so many different point systems. You did a wonderful job of explaining this sir thank you man
For drifting one thing that may help a ton is to turn off your traction control and stability control as it will let the tires spin more and the the car won't correct as much. This is huge a huge adjustment and I love drifting in Forza once I figured that out.
It was so satisfying getting the drive on all the roads achievement in horizon 3 that I did this achievement in this one right from the start. It gives an appreciation for the amount of detail the developers gave in making the game.
I just wish there were more guides like this. All I see over youtube are driving tips or how to tune your car, which of course is helpful at some point, but all I really wanted was to first get to know all the in-game mechanics that the game itself does a poor job with explaining, might I add. Thank you for this video, it was just what I was looking for!
ik im late (2 years to be exact) but the reason why you drift better without the ideal racing line is because the drift line is different from the race line. your brain has a hard time envisioning the drift line if there is a race line infront of your face.
One thing that helped me (as a lover of old cars) was that many of the cars I wanted were best gotten from the Auction House, since they were either cheaper there (even at buyout prices) or just not available to purchase anywhere else (as they were unlocks somewhere else). So, have a look at the Auction House to see if your dream car is affordable there.
small update for those who want to get better at drifting: in order to pick the right car for drifting: the car is preferrably a Rear Wheel Drive and you will se that stat on every car ( the tires that light up in the small icon at the car card ( bottom left )) RWD cars tend to drift way easyer and the principle of drifting requires that your rear wheels spin at a much faster speed than your vehicle's speed and start picking up traction bit by bit untill the car's wheel speed matches the vehicle speed. if you are at that point you are no longer drifting and you should shift to the next gear. if your car has enough power to spin its wheels at the higher speed then its good for you , else look for a more powerfull RWD car. second tip is for those who want to master drifting, i suggest you play the game with the " manual with clutch" setting . press the clutch, floor it , release the clutch and you'll be drifting shift up as your car's speed increases. a very good car for drifting is the BMW M3 E36, just install a race turbo , install drift suspension , drift tire compound and drift differential , that way second gear is a good gear for drifting and third gear will drift with the cluch method, fourth gear doesn't have the power to drift. Hope you find this a bit informative
This video helped me so much! I have just been driving around doing various races, but I feel like the game doesn't do a very good job of explaining things and how it all works. I appreciate the insight!
This was incredibly helpful and very well conveyed, many thanks for your effort and the video! FH5 is my first game of the series and while I'm loving it so far, it really is overwhelming. By the way, drifting is supposed to be easier when switching off some of the assistances in settings. I don't remember their exact names but traction control was one of them, I believe. I have to give this a go myself but it sounds logical that any assistance might dampen the drift effect by accident.
Top Tip: For the Festival (Seasonal) Playlist events, make sure you click the right stick on you controller for the card you pick to do. This shows you the type and Performance Class rating of vehicle needed, or even the exact vehicle,;then hit Y on your vehicle inventory to filter the exact type and class to match the what you see on the card. One note of warning, whatever performance Class is shown, eg A 800 then you vehicle has to be A 800 exactly, not anything less than 800 - you won’t be awarded the Seasonal and Forzathon points if your vehicle type and Performance Class doesn’t exactly match what is shown on the card. PS: Save up your Forzathon points to get a high value vehicles. Don’t waste them buying Super Wherlspins, Wheelspins, clothing, emotes etc - those items are far easier to earn elsewhere in the game. Just use them for the high value vehicles
Not true, you can use cars with less points than the shown there, it may be just more difficult to accomplish the objectives since your car will be weaker. What matters in the end is the class and the vehicle type.
12:51 this mission was about finding things and using ramps to get to hard to reach places, I almost broke my controller because it was so difficult for me since I had a bit of driving experience from a few hours of forza horizon 4 but now I can do things like this and I'm a decent driver.
The formula drift cars are a great way to learn drifting without tuning vehicles. Also another tip when tuning change one thing and then test it to see what the change does . as changing to many things at once could drastically change the in game experience
Very well done video, thanks you saved me a ton of time. I'm new to this series and have found all the options and menu's to be a bit overwhelming. This clears up a lot.
Thanks for the guides!!! I use to play NFS series car game, but this is a whole new world for a racing game to me, thx for the beginning guide hope i can finally progress the game "story" now
For that OG drifts you can just use your supra which you got at the start of the game, go to the tuning, search a drift tune and boom, easy drift car for those zones
Picked this game up for xmas for my steam deck. I completely agree that the game is confusing, and they throw it all at you at once. I was completely lost for many hours. I was just driving around and doing events randomly and slowly figuring things out. I'm 20 hours in and got a long way to go. Good value for the money though. :)
Thank you so much; there are hundreds of videos out there about glitches and advanced gaming content and fairly little videos like this for newbies like me who never played a forza game before ! Liked & subscripted right away !
Thank you so much. This cleared up a lot. Microsoft isn't known for their intuitive interfaces and menus and it looks like Horizon 5 is no exception lol.
forza horizon 5 is really one of the best game that i am going to complete till now i've only completed few games even though i played alot from past 4 years i'm playing fh4 now just few days ago i got fh5 and i'm loving it
Like you, I wish to hell I had viewed a tips guide like this hours of game play ago. Thank you for your time and great explanations and demonstrations of how to navigate this all consuming game. I just subbed the site and again thank you ... cheers - Dave
I would definitely recommend learning to drift, I have been since fh3 and this game is the most rewarding for it, a skill song came on during a run on the volcano mountain road and I got my first million + score streak
Added side note when it comes to drifting make sure you just don't lay your finger across your brake button make sure you're only using your finger tip that way when you pop your break for setting off your drift it doesn't hang you up especially if you got very large hands
Top Tip: If you buy all of the clothing options in “Customise Your Character” then they won’t appear in your Wheelspins/Super Wheelspins. This way you limit what clothes do appear to the ones locked which are far, far, less ones to turn up on Wherlspins thus increasing the chances of spinning up cars and cash.
That was one of my first thoughts too, then I saw the price for all the clothing and realized I was still broke. Once I buy a few cars I want to play with I will pick up all the common gear and let wheel spins pick up the expensive clothing
Honestly thank you. I was hesitating to buy clothes just because I thought they are available in Wheel spins already so what's the point and I'd be furious if I get the same clothing that I just bought for a 100k
Thanks, I did that and it took me almost 7 Million. But I think it was worth it.(didnt bought anything which was 80k+)
Awesome comment, I'll remember this. Thanks!
Overwhelming is the right word. The start is like ADHD made in a game
“Hey that was a great race, how about you try another….wait no do this instead, hey here’s an accolade award…. Quick go do this NOW!”
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theyre trying to give you plenty of options but I definitely understand how it can come off as overwhelming
Definitely understand what you just said. I started the series with horizon 4. It took me months to even realize WTF I was even trying too do with half the stuff. I can’t imagine starting this series in the latest installment
@@nathanbuck8352 they definitely could/should do a better job at telling you its a free for all and there isnt necessarily a set end goal
@@joefather2463 I honestly couldn’t agree more with you. Starting out new to this series is a tough road but well worth it.
Another HUGE tip is if you don’t have Fast Travel unlocked yet, you can just go to Rivals and it will teleport you to the race you select. So you can say, go to Rivals>Drag Races> Airport Strip and quit out and you’ll be at that location for Free. I hope this helps some people and ty for the video!
See now that's a neat trick. Thanks!
Another way to "Fast Travel" is by selecting the Buy Car option, which will fast travel you to the closest Festival Site (at no extra cost)
Do it Manual mode not auto
Thanks
@@DiegoTeliz yeah i know that one quite usefull
Almost nothing of this was evident, I was really lost in the game after a couple of hours. Thank you very much.
Tbh these things are kind of self explanatory…for instance the filtering through the map and car list, A lot of games have these features and if they didn’t see the button at the bottom of the screen with the rest, put your glasses back on kid
@@unknownfire8544 thank you, kind troll! This is my first Forza game and I simply didn't expect it to be half way to Witcher 3. The game doesn't really bother explaining that there are 3 separate scoring mechanisms and each of them is earned differently and unlocks different things. While it is no rocket science and everyone would be eventually able to figure it out, it is much easier to get it explained in a few minutes video such as this one.
Yeap! The game does a bad job explain itself.
Yes, but how do I know, if I already have driven a race? When I got 1st Palce there is a little golden checkmark, but if I did not won, I don't really recognize if I already drove it.
@@unknownfire8544 a few years down the line and you'll remember when you thought being a temperamental asshole to everyone around you for no reason was really cool and edgy and you'll want to bury your head in the sand.
By the way: you can smash all 50 fast travel boards hidden around the map (I watched a RUclips video to find all of them) you can fast travel for free. Adding this with the fast travel house and you can travel to any road on the map FOR FREE. This saves a lot of money over time. It definitely adds up so I’d say it’s worth the grind.
wait how does this save money ?
@@genevievebuxton6686it costs money to fast travel
@@genevievebuxton6686 he meant in game credits/money. Not real money.
@@benjaminandrew9057 i know ??💀
I'm only 4 minutes into this video and I've learned more than I have playing the game for like 10 hours. 😂 Thanks, man!
FH5 is amazing but at the same time, there's no denying that it's a confusing mess for the first few hours. Don't know why they didn't include a tutorial but thankfully videos like this one cover that gap. Thanks!
You're welcome! Glad the video helped.
Some more tips for learning how to drift: firstly turn off traction control in the assists menu, if your goal is to lose traction, turning this off goes a long long way. Another tip is to download a drift tune for a car that someone has made, these have had heavy changes to the suspension, gears, tires and differential to make it so much easier to drift with. Finally, any car can become a drift car with the right tune, but I still recommend starting with jdm cars, they a fan favourites for a reason and will all become amazing, well balanced drift cars.
Also change to manual shifting and try find 1 gear which works the best eventually u will learn to shift and even regular races become easier with manual
Definitely agree with starting on JDM cars but any of the cars Under formula drift or categorised as "drift cars"
also turn off stability control for drifting as it stops you from over steering
I had sex with my '95 Civic.
For drift zones what worked for me: Formula drift car, no assists, simulation, manual shifting. Keep it in third, get up the speed, start sliding and moderate the power with trigger. (don't do the keyboard, seriously). I set 3 stars on all on first try, was bit disappointed, at least in FH4 there were few challenging zones... When you get into it, make your own tune to suit your style. Camber and toe adjustments makes wonders, also shift breaking power to back and take the braking power down to help you out of hairy situations. Lock the diff. I made S1 old Merc SL and A800 1st gen Fairlady, both goes sideways like a charm, down the volcano 1mil score without an effort, even able to get some okay placement in open drift.
@@leeofender8185 have you tried using clutch yet? It's not only hellafun, but clutch kicking is another great method for getting so sideways Paul Wall will ask you for a feature. 😆
For the drifting portion of this video it helps to mention some difficulty settings that will help a ton to drift, but will take some getting used to. Switch traction control and stability control to OFF, it will help get into and maintain a drift. If you also switch your shifting to manual instead of automatic that will be a big help, the higher the revs the easier it is to drift. The last thing is drift suspension and drift tire with high hp, it will help a ton even if you don't tweak the advanced tune settings. Hope these tips help!
Pro Tip for drifting: go to settings, select difficulty, then turn off traction control and stability control. It's VERY difficult if you don't and super easy when you disable those settings. Lots of people also say to disable automatic shifting but with traction and stability disabled I haven't found disabling automatic shifting necessary. A LOT of people miss this simple fix for drifting.
You're Right and and turning of automatic shifting you will have more fun a d i personally think it is easier drifting
I'd recommend turning off auto shifting because in drift zones or anywhere you gain points for drifting a higher gear along with a couple other factors (speed, angle of your car, and maybe some others) will help get you a higher score.
Using manual gives much more control when drifting and will give you much better scores especially on rear wheel drive or meta drift cars
Manual also makes your acceleration way better if you shift properly
and when you get comfortable with manual, learning manual w/ clutch will make your drifting better, lap times faster, and most importantly you'll be having more fun! Just push through the learning curve by progressing through manual without clutch first if you've only been using automatic shifting.
Great video! I would like to share 2 tips that found myself very useful:
1) about knocking difficulty placed XP/Fast travel boards. You just select a fast car, find a near hill, and then if you missed the XP board, you just use the Rewind option (Y button on xbox controller) until you tune the exact speed/turn to hit the board ;)
2) For barn finds, the easiest way is to drive until the finding area, and then enter Drone mode, it's way easier to find it, especially when there are a lot of trees!
Great tips. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! FH5 is my very first FH. You're just thrown in this biiiggg world without any clue what to do - and there are so unbelievable many options what do do and where to go. The game should definitely explain all that stuff (at least optionally for new players)
As a Forza Horizon veteran from the first one even FH4 was a overwhelming sometimes.
Welcome to Horizon!
I think the start of this has been managed far better than FH4.
My advice, enjoy it, take your time, enjoy the story objectives
Welcome to horizon! Yeah it can be daunting! I've been here since day 1 of horizon and sometimes I'll still get lost a littke
I just started this video and just heard you say these are the things you wish you knew when starting the game.
This is Exactly what I'm looking for.
I just bought it and don't know what's best to start with.
Thank you for your time and tips.
I literally went around and got every board before opening the pr stunt festival and now that i got it unlocked im amazing at the fact that its soooo much easier to get certain signs
This game has blown me away! I'm not a racing fan outside of Mario Kart, and yet because FH5 is on Game Pass I thought I'd give it a shot. I think I have close to 20 hours played in three days! I can't stop!!!
Really good video, you earned a sub. As a horizon player since forza horizon 2, this video was still very informative video and has helped me understand this somewhat knew format of the series
Wow, thanks for the kind words. Glad the video was helpful.
I joined on Horizon 2 also, I'm hoping 5 can meet my high expectations set from 3
@@Tebbulator Me 3. In my opinion 2 was the best, saving for 5 as we speak, seems like it can top my list for sure. And these engine sounds oh my god!
I’ve played the original, Forza Horizon 3, and now I got 5.
@@willborland7137 I've played 1 through 5
Another tip is to download tunes for your cars! You can download other players tunes and it will completely change how the cars handle and make you way faster! You can also download tunes specific to 1 area like drifting, offroading, corning/grip, to suit what you want the car to do.
Except I can't :/ Says all community related things are locked for me, also auction house or even collecting a car the developers sent me in a message.
@@gargaduk get rid of parental control trust me I had this and it sucked
@@ThundererGamer I managed to do it now, but it was a real hassle with all the microsoft account stuff
@@gargaduk glad you can use it now
Glad I wasnt alone. Loving the game - there's so much to absorb all at once, a million menus, specs, tasks. Thanks for helping - now subscribed!
I had no idea what I was doing in this game except for randomly driving around with nothing to do. Thank you for your help, the video helped me understand progression a lot better
Like others have said, the best way to learn drifting is to grab an rwd car with a decent amount of power. Locking the diff will make it way easier to break the tires loose without using the handbrake
um what is "locking the diff" or how do I do that, honest question.
@@poppachoppa8956 go to the upgrades and tuning section and make sure you're in the right car, buy a drift differential for your car under suspension upgrades (i think?), go to the custom tuning section, go to the differential tab, set the rear acceleration bar all the way to the right, now your diff is locked
@@poppachoppa8956 cars have a differential which is a mechanism to distribute the power of the engine accordingly so that you can take turns easier for example. This means that when making a sharp turn your inside wheel will spin slower than the outside wheel.
But what drifters want is no traction so they usually weld their differentials in order to make the rear tires spin the same speed and have better control of the drift. This is "locking the diff".
@@JAfonsoNunesMartins10 aha thank you! so is it like pho all wheel drive? seems like it serves a similar purpose and better if combined with awd
@@poppachoppa8956 All the cars have differentials, being AWD or not. AWD is different that a diff because it server other purposes, I'll explain below the differences.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) only means that all the wheels are "connected" to the engine so when you press the throttle, power will be delivered to all of them. Rally cars and Offroad Veichles are the ones that benefit from it the most as they drive throught dirt and rocks and if they get a puncture or they get one wheel stuck, the other 3 will keep spinning and that gives better control of the veichle in rough conditions. Some high performance track cars also use it though, as in some cases it's faster on the track. In city it is also usefull in the rain or snow as it gives more traction.
Examples: Subaru WRX STI, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Ford Focus RS, almost all the Land Rovers, Jeep, etc.
There's also Front Wheel Drive (FWD) which are usually the city cars and cheap SUVs like the Honda Civic or Toyota Prius. These cars arent fast so they don't need the advantage of AWD or RWD although some family cars are starting to implement AWD. The FWD system basically only makes your front wheels spin, this makes the maintenance easier and cheap but obviously isn't very fun to drive and on the racetrack has lot's of understeer but is safer.
FInally the amazing Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) which is my favourite as this system can be both fun and fast in the track. These cars only spin the rear wheels when the throttle is pressed so they are great drift cars. Some of the most known RWD cars are the Toyota Supra, a lot of Ferraris, cheap sports cars like the Miata and BRZ, etc.
Obviously this system is more dangerous to drive and this is why there's not many city cars with RWD, the rear can slide more and if you don't know how to correct it it might be dangerous.
I hope I explained well, if you have more car related questions I'm happy to explain!
I've logged just over 200 hours of game play on horizon5 and this video had a couple things I didn't know. Good content, thank you
You are a legend for this video. I am an avid gamer and typically catch on to things quickly but this game has so many systems it all got a bit muddied. You explained so many of the basic things I felt like I was missing and gave some great directional advise as well. Bravo boss! Appreciate the video.
Great Video! I have been playing FH5 for some hours, but still did not know how to proceed in the story… thanks to your video, I may now finally start playing the game instead of stumbling through it!
Very good tips for beginners, and some for seasoned players as well. I'm a veteran of the Horizon franchise ever since 1, but there were still a few things I didn't quite know about until later in my play of FH5.
For drifting, what I found to be the perfect fit is the 2003 Fairlady Z, fully modded, with drift tires, drift suspension, and drift differential. I didn't really mod the tuning too much, but using that car with no traction control, no stability control, and manual shifting locked into 4th gear, I was able to 3-star every drift zone relatively easily. You just have to learn throttle control and you'll nail it. And this is coming from someone who was a total noob at drifting up until a few months ago. XD
Also, I have a steering wheel and I tried to drift with it, but it never really worked out. Then I tried with a controller and it was soooo much easier. You have to correct constantly and with the steering wheel that would mean rotate the wheel all the way left and right, which is possible, but very hard. With the controller you can do it instantly.
Thank god someone made one of these. This is my first time playing a Forza game and Im enjoying the designing cars and got quite a few cars for free, but man was I completely lost as to how to do anything other than drive around the map smashing xp billboards
For beginners, I’d recommend getting familiars enough with the game to turn off as many assists as you can. Turning off and learning how to drive without ABS, TC, or SC will make you faster that somebody with those assists on.
I agree that turning off Traction Control and Stability Control will make you better at racing and faster in general, however turning ABS off really isn't required. ABS is a good assist even in highly skilled difficulty. I would recommend instead trying to invest time into getting more used to manual shifting over automatic since it improves your control over the car, helps accelerate, and can be used to improve drifting (although that won't help in a race).
I love drifting! Once you get the hang of all assists turned off and manual with clutch, drifting is my favorite thing in Forza. I spent hours trying to get 600k in Needle Climb in fh4 and it was so awesome when I finally did it and I got it on video too.
The hardest part for me to get used to was simulation steering. I've been driving manual cars in real life for decades so that was easy and I was just happy that was an option so I've been using manual with clutch for a while, but changing to sim steering was like starting over again. It was so frustrating.
I can try to give you some pointers if you want. Pretty much any formula drift car with a KenBlocksSohn tune should be good and pretty easy to use for drifting. I think my favorite is the #34 mk 4 FD Supra so far. Also be prepared for people to argue that it's not really drifting if you have all wheel drive 🙄
This was the best Forza video I've seen yet. Answered a bunch of questions I had since Forza doesn't clearly explain some of this stuff. Thanks!
You have a very pleasant manner in your videos and your communication style is easy to understand. Well done.
I have a PS5 and bought an XBOX Series X just to play this gorgeous game as well as game pass. However I was scratching my head after the first few hours unhappy with the random things I was doing. This video is a guiding light. Thank You! You earned a subscriber.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO IVE WATCHED. I was very much like you I was overwhelmed with everything there are so many cars,tracks, options, an things to do I was lost. Thank you. Please do another video for us Forza 5 mentally challenged.
Tip: drifting is way easier on manual shifting. You go to gear 2 or 3 and max out your rpm and do a whole drift without shifting up or down
Started yesterday with 2 buddies that are veteran players. FH5 is the most bloated, overloaded experience starting a new game i encountered in any game ever. Thanks for the video, oh boy.
hey this was such a good guide. i’ve played so many racing games and open world games but this was my first FH game. I was having fun but really lost on the mechanisms of progression. this cleared up all the jargon and i think i have a much better idea now. thanks!
Just started last night so yep, this video came in handy. Thank you sir! I leaned forward a bit to the drift portion of the vid cuz yeah I’m struggling with that xD
i struggle with drifting as well. spent half an hour today practicing it though.. a good mix of thrust, shifting the gear down, and sometimes breaking is what i found to be most comfortable but timings and turning/drifting from certain speeds are still very complex to me. a video tutorial on this for non-car enthusiast would be awesome lol
@@luciusrex Something I didn’t realize when I first started drifting is go into settings and TURN OFF TRACTION AND STABILITY CONTROL! Drifting was nearly impossible until I discovered I could turn that off 😅
@@アダム-z2h yeah man also a car meant for drifting. Big one that lol
The best advice I could give you is:
1. Get a car that has a lot of modding potential (some cars may not have as many options yet since the game is brand new)
2. Click search for a tune in the find a tune menu of the modification center and sort by the class you want and drift
3. GET A MOD WITH AWD (this is will make it much more fun and easy, I only use AWD drift tunes)
4. BE SURE TO TURN OF TRACTION AND STABILITY CONTROL
5. HAVE FUN!
(You will more than likely have to try different tunes, very rarely will you find the perfect tune first try)
I hope this helps! Just ask if you need anymore tips!
@@アダム-z2h thanks! I think I got it now though! 👍
By far the best / most informational video I’ve seen on FH5. I can tell you have a job where you work with technical types like engineers or programmers and translate what they do into English. Cybersecurity PR professional perhaps. In any case, nice work because seriously it’s so overwhelming.
Thanks for some of these tips, this game is pretty awesome. It can definitely be overwhelming at times
Thanks man, I bought the Premium Edition early and was just overwhelmed and nothing made sense and I actually found this video after typing in the seach.."How to play Horizon 5". I just unlocked a second house and did some car upgrades. I play Forza Motorsport so the upgrade system is the exact same. But the way you explained it gave me direction. Thanks!!!
I’m a Forza veteran and all these things are like second nature to me. But I find it absolutely fascinating to see how someone new to the franchise has to figure all this stuff out by themselves like you mentioned. I think that’s something use veterans don’t even think about. And honestly, you make some really valid points, I think the developers (Playground Games) could have done better in welcoming completely new-to-franchise players with some tutorials explaining all those trivial things like player level, XP, skill points and such. Even for us veterans some sort of tutorial about the special skills would come in handy. For example for future Forzathon events (that’s one tile of the festival playlist) you might need to do skills like wrecking ball, daredevil, hard charger etc. Some of them I know by heart, others I also have to Google on how exactly they trigger. This should have been an in-game info page in at least FH4 already (that’s the first game these festival playlists were introduced).
this. this is why i would get onto fh4, just drive around, then go to auction snipe then quit the game.
this is exactly what i needed.
liked and subbed!
and you've got a nice voice to make the videos really soothing to hear. :D
Awesome, thank you!
Wish I could give two thumbs up! Really appreciate this. Love the game but this really needed to be explained more clearly!
Dude this is a truly great video. Maybe the best video game I've ever played and I never really played too many of its predecessors. This game is unbelievable but doesn't absolutely horrendous job of explaining what the heck is going on menu wise. So many menus so many screens so many different point systems. You did a wonderful job of explaining this sir thank you man
For drifting one thing that may help a ton is to turn off your traction control and stability control as it will let the tires spin more and the the car won't correct as much. This is huge a huge adjustment and I love drifting in Forza once I figured that out.
It was so satisfying getting the drive on all the roads achievement in horizon 3 that I did this achievement in this one right from the start. It gives an appreciation for the amount of detail the developers gave in making the game.
I just wish there were more guides like this. All I see over youtube are driving tips or how to tune your car, which of course is helpful at some point, but all I really wanted was to first get to know all the in-game mechanics that the game itself does a poor job with explaining, might I add. Thank you for this video, it was just what I was looking for!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Everything you said you missed, I didn't understand until your video or took me forever to figure out.
You're very welcome!
Great video, thanks a lot :)
Thanks so much for this, I've played all the Forza Horizon games but was struggling getting my head around what was going off initially!
ik im late (2 years to be exact) but the reason why you drift better without the ideal racing line is because the drift line is different from the race line. your brain has a hard time envisioning the drift line if there is a race line infront of your face.
Thanks to this video i can now enjoy this game to the fullest! Much appreciated! Keep doing what you're doing man!
I'm 30 seconds into the video and I can already tell this will be super helpful
Such a great game, I am loving it
One thing that helped me (as a lover of old cars) was that many of the cars I wanted were best gotten from the Auction House, since they were either cheaper there (even at buyout prices) or just not available to purchase anywhere else (as they were unlocks somewhere else).
So, have a look at the Auction House to see if your dream car is affordable there.
Dude, you sound like Daniel Stern when he narrated the wonder years!!!! I am forever going to listen to your videos now just for that fact!! 💥💯
It’s really great to see this channel getting the views it deserves.
This game is overwhelming to a newcomer. This video helps a lot. Thanks.
Checking every Forza Horizon 5 videos to see if there is a MIATA, you PASSED the vibe check
small update for those who want to get better at drifting:
in order to pick the right car for drifting: the car is preferrably a Rear Wheel Drive and you will se that stat on every car ( the tires that light up in the small icon at the car card ( bottom left ))
RWD cars tend to drift way easyer and the principle of drifting requires that your rear wheels spin at a much faster speed than your vehicle's speed and start picking up traction bit by bit untill the car's wheel speed matches the vehicle speed. if you are at that point you are no longer drifting and you should shift to the next gear. if your car has enough power to spin its wheels at the higher speed then its good for you , else look for a more powerfull RWD car.
second tip is for those who want to master drifting, i suggest you play the game with the " manual with clutch" setting .
press the clutch, floor it , release the clutch and you'll be drifting shift up as your car's speed increases. a very good car for drifting is the BMW M3 E36, just install a race turbo , install drift suspension , drift tire compound and drift differential , that way second gear is a good gear for drifting and third gear will drift with the cluch method, fourth gear doesn't have the power to drift.
Hope you find this a bit informative
This video helped me so much! I have just been driving around doing various races, but I feel like the game doesn't do a very good job of explaining things and how it all works. I appreciate the insight!
Because it have been serveral years, these kind of games have existed, thats why they can allow themself, to save some time exsplaining obvious things
Thanks for watching Broc. Glad the video helped. Hope you're having fun out there in Mexico!
This was incredibly helpful and very well conveyed, many thanks for your effort and the video!
FH5 is my first game of the series and while I'm loving it so far, it really is overwhelming.
By the way, drifting is supposed to be easier when switching off some of the assistances in settings. I don't remember their exact names but traction control was one of them, I believe. I have to give this a go myself but it sounds logical that any assistance might dampen the drift effect by accident.
Being new to Forza this was super helpful!! Thanks!
Top Tip: For the Festival (Seasonal) Playlist events, make sure you click the right stick on you controller for the card you pick to do. This shows you the type and Performance Class rating of vehicle needed, or even the exact vehicle,;then hit Y on your vehicle inventory to filter the exact type and class to match the what you see on the card. One note of warning, whatever performance Class is shown, eg A 800 then you vehicle has to be A 800 exactly, not anything less than 800 - you won’t be awarded the Seasonal and Forzathon points if your vehicle type and Performance Class doesn’t exactly match what is shown on the card.
PS: Save up your Forzathon points to get a high value vehicles. Don’t waste them buying Super Wherlspins, Wheelspins, clothing, emotes etc - those items are far easier to earn elsewhere in the game. Just use them for the high value vehicles
I was told that performance class rating could match exactly or be a little less. I tested it out and it worked for me.
@@OzoneGamerStation Can be less, yeah
Not true, you can use cars with less points than the shown there, it may be just more difficult to accomplish the objectives since your car will be weaker. What matters in the end is the class and the vehicle type.
That super Saoon thing drove me crazy yesterday! This video is so good!
Tons of excellent tips and tricks in the comments section too. I appreciate everyone on this post!
12:51 this mission was about finding things and using ramps to get to hard to reach places, I almost broke my controller because it was so difficult for me since I had a bit of driving experience from a few hours of forza horizon 4 but now I can do things like this and I'm a decent driver.
Thank you! I am utterly confused by this game, and you answered many of my questions! Thanks again.
The formula drift cars are a great way to learn drifting without tuning vehicles.
Also another tip when tuning change one thing and then test it to see what the change does . as changing to many things at once could drastically change the in game experience
Love your intro bro,so clean
I haven't gotten into a racing game like this in a long long time. This is suberb!
Very well done video, thanks you saved me a ton of time. I'm new to this series and have found all the options and menu's to be a bit overwhelming. This clears up a lot.
hey Quest Mode!
Thank you for this tutorial/tips, the "finding the right car" tip is definitely my favourite. Thank you again!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the guides!!! I use to play NFS series car game, but this is a whole new world for a racing game to me, thx for the beginning guide hope i can finally progress the game "story" now
For that OG drifts you can just use your supra which you got at the start of the game, go to the tuning, search a drift tune and boom, easy drift car for those zones
Went through a few beginner guides, this is by far the best. I found the different points very confusing.
Thanks so much for this video! Really informative!
Thank you so much! You've answered the questions in my mind
Thank you so much, Had no idea what was going on half the time.
Good video. I’m a Horizon veteran and this was a great refresher.
Every tipp was usefull. Thank you. I didn't even know you could fast travel.
Picked this game up for xmas for my steam deck. I completely agree that the game is confusing, and they throw it all at you at once. I was completely lost for many hours. I was just driving around and doing events randomly and slowly figuring things out. I'm 20 hours in and got a long way to go. Good value for the money though. :)
Been playing this for a week and I'm loving it
Thank you very much!
This helped me so much!
Greetings from Germany 🤗
I’m not a FH5 beginner but I needed this lol
Thank you so much; there are hundreds of videos out there about glitches and advanced gaming content and fairly little videos like this for newbies like me who never played a forza game before ! Liked & subscripted right away !
Found this video by accident. Huge help tho!! Well put together. I’ll be subscribing. Thank you.
I definitely learned a few things. Great video. Thanks. Subbed!
Thank you so much. This cleared up a lot. Microsoft isn't known for their intuitive interfaces and menus and it looks like Horizon 5 is no exception lol.
Finally I know how to fast travel now 😜
Thank you so much 👏😍
forza horizon 5 is really one of the best game that i am going to complete till now i've only completed few games even though i played alot from past 4 years i'm playing fh4 now just few days ago i got fh5 and i'm loving it
Never have I liked a racing game but, this one is it!!
Like you, I wish to hell I had viewed a tips guide like this hours of game play ago. Thank you for your time and great explanations and demonstrations of how to navigate this all consuming game.
I just subbed the site and again thank you ... cheers - Dave
Really good guide , thank you man
Thanks so much! I've been wondering around wondering what to do. 😂
I would definitely recommend learning to drift, I have been since fh3 and this game is the most rewarding for it, a skill song came on during a run on the volcano mountain road and I got my first million + score streak
The airstrip is the best place to earn skill points, The Honicorn V1 or V2 (works best) to get the 999+ skill points easy.
Good content bro, thanks for the tips!
Such good gaming bro. I love it. Thanks for the explanation
Added side note when it comes to drifting make sure you just don't lay your finger across your brake button make sure you're only using your finger tip that way when you pop your break for setting off your drift it doesn't hang you up especially if you got very large hands
Subbed man. You earned it! Cheers!
Thank you for the video, I just returned to Forza Horizon after a long time of not playing and this guide was very helpful to get back into it.
Same I haven’t played since fh2
I like you and your way of teaching. Learned a lot on this video. Just wish you had more on Horizon 5 for me. Thanks