When you're driving through the wilderness other players will be scarce, but Festivals and high-population urban areas will feature far more potential friends. You won't see everyone at the same time, of course, but it means Forza Horizon 5 can surface players when and where it makes sense. Gone are the 24-player servers that did little to encourage interaction between players, instead being replaced by one massive MMO-style server, dubbed 'Horizon Life,' that connects everyone at the same time. While I, unfortunately, am unable to share Brown and Poliakova's exact responses during our conversation, I still want to discuss everything I learned about what went into designing Forza Horizon 5's multiplayer, and why players should be excited to jump into the always-connected world of Horizon Mexico.įorza Horizon 5 opens with a major shift in how online multiplayer works. I was able to speak to Mike Brown and Anna Poliakova, Game Director and Game Designer at Playground Games, respectively, about Forza Horizon 5's multiplayer and why FH5 promises to be the best online Forza Horizon game yet. With Forza Horizon 5, Playground has introduced careful changes and updates to make the online multiplayer more inclusive and open than ever before, with a renewed focus on simply having fun. Forza Horizon games have had an online focus for a while now, but Forza Horizon 4 really elevated the overall experience with a ton of new features and continued post-launch support.

Players are about to get their hands on Forza Horizon 5 for the very first time, and Playground Games' latest online world is going to be flooded with thousands of eager players.

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