Forza Horizon 5 shows off improved car audio in new gameplay trailer
Forza Horizon 5 shows off several new cars and how they sound.
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What you need to know
Playground Games is knocking it out of the park with its pre-launchForza Horizon 5build-up by steadily trickling tantalizing information to the Forza community. Yesterday, the studio hosted astream detailing the audio improvements inbound in Forza Horizon 5, and what was shown off was genuinely impressive and exciting. Now, you can watch a commentary-free version of some of the clips shown off during the stream which showcaseslive gameplay footageof various cars and all the ways FH5 is improving car audio.
The trailer genuinely looks fantastic, even at 1080p, and shows off new environments and areas of Forza Horizon 5 we haven’t seen yet. Detail hunters may find a lot to dissect in this gameplay trailer, but the visuals are not where the focus is in this trailer. Playground Games wants to assure the Forza community that they’ve taken their feedback seriously, and the car audio improvements on full display here are the result of that.
In the trailer, you can see a variety of cars that rev their engine and drive around, all to show off their beautiful engine noises and audio without the distraction of commentary or music. Some vehicles, like the Dodge Viper ACR and Toyota Supra, were especially criticized for their audio inForza Horizon 4, and the response to the improvements from the community seems to be nearly unanimously positive (a miracle in the video games industry).
The next Forza Horizon 5 stream will reportedly focus on the open world and how Mexico is being captured in-game.
If you want to know what else has been improved about audio in Forza Horizon 5, and about everything else, be sure to check out ourultimate Forza Horizon 5 guide. If Playground delivers on what they’ve shown off so far, Forza Horizon 5 is practically guaranteed to become one of the best Xbox racing games you can play. Forza Horizon 5 launches on Nov. 9, 2021 forXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC,Xbox Game Pass, andXbox Cloud Gaming, and is now available for preorder.
An epic adventure
Forza Horizon 5 is the latest project from Playground Games and continues the epic Forza Horizon adventure with a new roster of amazing cars and a brand-new location to explore: Mexico. Forza Horizon 5 launches on Xbox and PC later this year, and it’s already available to preorder.
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