Well that Forza Horizon 5 will be announced in the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase on June 13th. Playground Games has embarked on a marathon of revelations about the game’s features right up until its November 9th release. Two weeks ago, the first episode of the presentation of the features of the saga’s new opus focused mainly on preliminary and global information such as the various upcoming editions of the game, the game modes or its technical performance. This Monday, June 28th, in addition to the traditional Forza Monthly, which features the next 37th Challenges and Seasonal Championships Forza Horizon 4, was recorded second episode of the description of the capabilities of this new work, this time focusing on the modeling of the sky and the climatic effects of the Mexican territory. You can find the repetition of it live at this address or have a summary from the Mangalore expert below.
During this live performance, three members of the development team from Forza Horizon 5 explained to us how they went about it for them Modeling the Mexican sky
All of this work by Playground Games regarding the modeling of the sky and the climatic conditions creates, in addition to the quality of the display, a real unpredictability of the racing conditions. As indicated Lukas Koelz, Lead Lighting Artist, says we were in about 300 possible scenarios Forza Horizon 4. In this new plant we will orientate ourselves more towards the 2000 possibilities.
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Finally, the three developers present ended this speech with a few answers to questions asked in the stream’s chat:
- What about unrealistic engine noise? This point will be explained in more detail later;
- What about the famous highway? Even if this has already been confirmed by Mike Brown, the creative director of the game, during the previous live information was re-confirmed that the card from Forza Horizon 5 will have a very long highway that crosses it from corner to corner;
- Will there be animals “in the wild”? Like in Forza Horizon 4 where many animals were to be seen, there will also be in this new opus. Obviously not like the UK at all;
- What about photo mode? Thanks to the great advances in the game and the performance of the Xbox Series X and S, it is greatly improved, especially with new angles;
- What about great treasure? Although we weren’t too worried about her absence Forza Horizon 5, the developers have confirmed that they will be back. Will it always be the same afterwards and in what amount? We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out.
So here for the many information regarding Forza Horizon 5 distilled today by the Playground Games teams. See you next month for a new episode that will lift the veil on the new features of the most anticipated racing game in late 2021!