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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 201.4 hrs on record (17.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 16 Jun, 2022 @ 11:38am

For years I had no other choice but to play NFS if I wanted to play some racing games. Sadly, NFS turned to big pile of ♥♥♥♥ and remains in that condition from like 10 years. Somewhere on the way Ubi tried their best with The Crew which ended up being mediocre at best. Better than NFS but nowhere near being good.

Everyone sees already where my review is going so I'll make it short.
Why Forza Horizon 5 is best racing game on the market currently and what it does better than competitors?(I will focus on NFS since EA's games are main source of my pain).

1. Forza keeps getting constant, big updates, while NFS lives for about 2-3 months after release. After that time EA forgets about it and makes another NFS, leaving last one to rot and dissapoint few fools who still after these years were hoping to get decent racing game.

2. Forza doesn't have so much customization of cars as NFS but to be honest... I didn't feel like I needed it when I played, in contrary, while playing NFS I must by definition have advanced customisation. It pushed me into consideration why is that, why I feel so different playing 2 games of same type. The answer is: NFS offers nothing else than customisation, while Forza offers so much it doesn't even need to have it (but it still has).

3. Forza's multiplayer is fun, really entertaining. I can play it for hours and I love the way you can communicate with other players. It was so refreshing to see these creatives modes I can play. Elimination, zombies mode, capture flag and so much more... races are somewhere at the end. What NFS offers? RACES. And that's pretty much it. Only Hot Pursuit was different but even this game can't overcome Forzas quality. Especially remastered hot pursuit can't.:)

4. Forza has:
- more cars,
- a bigger, better designed and prettier map with seasons system,
- different car handling than other games. Been a little challenge to learn drive them again from basics like it was my 2nd racing game ever,
- much, much better soundtrack. There are radios like in GTA, so player can choose what he wants to listen. Really big + for Forza there,
- stunning graphic. I think only NFS 2015 could be compared to what Forza shows, but then again, NFS 2015 was trash,
- and much more. Believe me, there is much more. I'm just doing my best to make this short, as I said at begin.

What Forza doesn't have:
- ♥♥♥♥ optimalisation which kicks player out of the game in the middle of it,
- ♥♥♥♥ cringe ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ carrer mode which makes player puke every 15 minutes,
- forced LGBTRTVAGD ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (yes, NFS started to do this lately. EVEN IN RACING GAMES. I JUST WANT TO DRIVE A CAR IN PEACE EA. LET ME. PLEASE!!),
- developers who doesn't care about their own game,
- bugs (or at least not many, 15 hours into the game and I didn't seen any),
- police pursuits,
- nitro in cars.

Last two points should make me feel sad, I got used to police chases after years of playing NFS. But... to be honest, I don't have time to miss cops or nitro. I'm too busy driving my TOYOTA SUPRA.
Yes. TOYOTA. SUPRA.
EVEN 2 OF THEM!!

So if you are like me, you like racing games and you got tired of being dissapointed by EA every year or two, and you already played your 20 hours in The Crew and got bored, it's time for you to get this game.

It is x3 more expensive than NFS on release but it's quality is incomparable.
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