Forza Horizon 5

Release date Nov 11th, 2021.

Available day 1 on GamePass, PC, xbox, and xCloud. Cross-play and cross-save just like every other first party Microsoft game, play seamlessly between consoles, PC, TVs, tablets, phones, whatever and progress is always carried over.

Takes place in Mexico.

FH3 and FH4 are two of my favorite games so definitely hyped for this. Just paying $1 to get gamepass for like 3 months around Nov makes this an amazing deal.

full map reveal today




and some influencers got some play time in

don't need to preorder or anything, you can preload a few weeks in advance with gamepass (or anyone, xbox allows you to preload any game any time you want).

I'd recommend just sticking with the base version, there is also an ultimate edition that includes the VIP car pass, not sure if the expansions are included as well. The gamepass version doesn't include that stuff. You can buy that stuff seperately after launch, no big deal. None of the extra stuff is needed, I've probably got over 1000 hours into all the forza games and never really notice any of it.

If you play a lot run the forza rewards app/website every weekend, you can earn up to like 400k credits a week depending on how many forza games you have played

new controller, grats mexico on your pinata controller ??

8 minutes of gameplay from todays gamescomm


reminder game is part of gamepass

yeah any first party game - developed by Microsoft, which stuff like Forza, Halo, Gears, etc are - are always on gamepass forever. JUST the base game though, you have to pay extra for DLCs, expansions, etc. Usually, some games include them free but not the forza series.

i think earlier in the thread we talked about tricks to getting gamepass, but the basic gist is if you've never subbed you wanna build up 2-3 years of games with gold or basic gamepass (cheaper), then convert one time to gamepass ultimate. It converts at 1:1, so if you have 3 years of Gold you'll get 3 years of gamepass ultimate. There were all kinds of crazy ways to build up gold even too, like rockstar energy drinks giving you 6 weeks for 2 cans or Taco bell fucking gives you 2 months for $5 but I dunno if there are any deals now.

There will probably be a bunch more crazy ways closer to Halo Infinite release.

I've had 3 years of gamepass forever and i bought enough gold codes long ago to keep myself rolling forward for like another 5 years. Its an insane value, considering this month alone I've played Hades, 12 Minutes, and Psychonauts 2 all with gamepass. Way, way, way better than PS+

the controller i linked above for $75 is now available at other stores for preorder too, sold out at microsoft, and comes with some exclusive DLC:

exclusive content: Forza edition car, cosmetic item, and victory emote (downloadable content requires Forza Horizon 5 game, sold separately).

digital foundry is really impressed, cool

100 gig downloaded already on my series X, game releases Nov 9th for gamepass and normies, if you preorder the ultimate edition you can start playing Nov 5th, 4 days early

premium pack only is $50, 10% discount if you are currently a gamepass sub

gives you early access and all the premium perks like future expansions and car pass and VIP membership.

if you are a microsoft rewards member i'd still wait till 2-3 days before early access release in case rewards gives you a bonus for "buying" the game/premium.