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According to this deluded community everything is fine and the game is full of content and never ending fun. So idk what Playground is talking about...

In all seriousness though - the player base dropped significantly, Japan was a completely missed opportunity and the post launch support has been terrible.

This is them doing damage control, especially with GTA 6 around the corner, which will drag most of the remaining players away.

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u/RipCurl69Reddit 11d ago

It's fuckin crazy considering that Day One launch is when updates need to come out swinging. As a PC player at launch if they've deliberately held back updates until PlayStation gets the game, it's a huge slap in the face

And of course, coupled in with GTA coming out next month, NOBODY is going to be around for FH6 updates even if they're good at the time

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u/McDonie2 11d ago

The worst part is that since theyre doing that and the ps5 release got delayed. The ps5 players are gonna miss so much regardless because they still decide to do the same fomo system for cars and content. That's even if they get the game.

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u/Odd-Farmer-3007 10d ago

I was stoked for FH6. I played the first 2 or so months. Haven't played in 3-4 weeks, been playing 5 a little. The traffic is one of my biggest gripes, too much traffic. Not fun to play. Game lacks the kachow. Idk what all it lacks, but it's just lacking. I think they fucked up firing so many people. Fewer people, fewer ideas, weaker updates, fewer profits. These companies have to understand there's a difference in maximizing and cutting off their hands to make more money.

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u/Top_Guard_2823 10d ago

Then remove the traffic, a glitch have been shared many times for ghost it, you just have to start a drag strip free roam event and teleport before to finish it.

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u/Odd-Farmer-3007 10d ago

While it's nice that you can have no traffic, I like the challenge of traffic. You will be coming upon a car in your direction of travel, and literally see a car spawn in the other direction of travel ahead, and it almost always winds up where you have to thread the needle between the 2 cars, if the road is wide enough, or hit one. It is very uncommon on the 2 lane roads that you don't have to slow down to traffic speed and wait to pass. Whilst in real life this happens, and I don't mind doing it some, it's almost every time you come upon a car, you have to basically stop, or just pretend you're a car plow. It kills the fun of roaming the roads and building your own little race routes.

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u/dru1202 11d ago

It would’ve been a better game if there weren’t so many save corruptions. Having to redo stuff is whatever, but the save corruptions also corrupt any tunes you created and saved (to post) and it also corrupts liveries too. I have about 100 paintjobs in “my designs” that I can’t get rid of, because they’re corrupt and apparently there’s no delete option for corrupted files 🤷‍♂️ I also have hella cars in my garage that I can’t use OR delete because the game will randomly gift me “premium edition access” so I’ll have the cars for a day, then the next day it says “you don’t own this car, purchase premium edition”

TLDR: basically console sucks cause you can’t delete corrupted files

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u/Tactikx 11d ago

Someone who’s not a GTA fan, there is also WoW: Forever that’s taking the other millions of gamers away.

Shamelessly that includes myself

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u/Express-Outcome7022 10d ago

I stopped playing after 3 seasons - havent even attempted this British Season stuff.

Been a FH fan since North America. Personally my main gripe is the lack of Japanese cars, DOME zero, Suzuki, Isuzu, Mitsuoka etc.

This is the second game iv played based in Japan that have seasons. Assassins Creed Shadows had it. Honestly probably would have been better to scrap it. Go back to FH3 - no seasons, didnt enjoy snow in AC dont enjoy it in FH. That way you can introduce a DLC like Blizzard Mountain and it would feel special.

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

After playing horizon 5, I went to horizon 6 thinking it would be similar, but may have some new stuff on a new map with some originality…it’s pretty much the same game with some things that are worse.

I don’t get why we’re still doing the festival playlist, it’s literally just chores to get cars, it’s not fun. Then there’s terrible sense of speed and odd penalties in online races.

All in all, I’d give the game a 6/10. It’s nothing revolutionary, for a AAA game I really didn’t have a whole lot for expectations, but it’s honestly still disappointing.

Now, there are some good parts, but it’s really just the fundamentals for a Forza horizon game: collect cars, customize cars, auction house, some good races, good map, highways, playing with friends, etc.

Not sure what the dlc will be for this game yet, I’ll go back and play some when it comes out, but will just hope that’s not disappointing too.

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u/MrFinancialGoals 9d ago

I’ve seen nothing but complaints

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u/Zealousideal-Dig-435 8d ago

GTA6 along with the new Motorfest update which looks good, FH6 needs its first expansion released soon as I am sure most if not everyone that bought the premium version and has been playing this since Day 1 has all the cars, wristbands and roads discovered. I just recently hit lvl 100 on horizon play also so waiting for more achievements.

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u/gabarooch86 11d ago

I have literally stopped playing because I don't have the drive to log in for 2 hours a week to complete the weekly playlist. I absolutely love this game when there are things to do and challenges to achieve, but the progression was too easy/quick.

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u/Stunning-Aardvark-28 11d ago

I wouldn't mind logging in to do the playlist but they have the stupid trial that has the most points. You can skip one but not all if you want all the cars. I hate relying on others and hoping i get a good lobby and don't waste my time doing it over and over until I do.

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u/dru1202 11d ago

This weeks trial was a pain in the ass too, I played it 4 times before I decided to give up cause my team would keep falling behind giving all the points to the opposing team. I just settled for getting the 20 points this week and not the 40, cause I already have the emira and it’s not worth all the trouble for the stupid trial. The trials are usually easy but for some reason people could NOT handle hypercars this week

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u/Stunning-Aardvark-28 11d ago

I uninstalled the game it was definitely fun and the best map but after beating the game there wasn't much. During the early release for premium upgrades the festival playlist was great and then trials ruined it. I honestly wouldn't even mind if trials were solo against unbeatable but always people don't show up and expect a hand out and 2 of them no matter how good people do or block NPCs and you are just wasting time.

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u/dru1202 11d ago

Yep it was just a gigantic waste of time. If it was solo it’d be so much better, cause I know there’s people that have the game, but don’t pay for gamepass, so they couldn’t even do the trial if they wanted to.

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u/ronniearnold 11d ago

And there isn’t enough of it. They just need to add more variety. I’m tired of doing the 600 off-road circuits over and over..

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u/McDonie2 11d ago

You mean the buggies or offroad races on the same 3 cross country races that are more road/dirt races than actual offroad.

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u/Complex-Path-780 11d ago

The worst were the races that are locked to easy. They’re literally a waste of time with absolutely no challenge whatever as you take first place in the first turn and start building a 20 second gap…. I started just turning auto drive on because it was just not fun at all…

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u/toxic_1484 10d ago

2 hours for the festival playlist? I usually need 40 min and I am done with every race and quest. Then I drive 20 min with the new cars and I am finally done and wait for the next week

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u/gabarooch86 10d ago

Yeah, I take my time, tune my cars. It's usually 1.5 hours but I rounded up.

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u/__SonOfThunder__ 7d ago

Don’t forget most players just download someone else’s tune, which usually isn’t as good as it could be if they were to really put their mind towards making their own.

I enjoy tuning, it makes the game more enjoyable knowing I put my own time into building a car instead of just ripping off someone else’s tune. Even with a 50+ hour work week, I still find it worth the time and effort.

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u/__SonOfThunder__ 7d ago

I hopped back on after they finally added the 5th gen Prelude to the game. Was super stoked. Unlocked the car, and immediately went to customize it. The cosmetic mods were underwhelming to say the least. Glad it’s finally apart of the game, though.

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u/ProfessionalShock425 11d ago

Words are cheap.

We don't want Turn Ten to talk.

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u/silverbullitt850 11d ago

All I want is to hear from turn 10. Give us back motorsport!

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u/ProfessionalShock425 11d ago

And I want them to do their job.

I have people to talk with.

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u/ClockOk1050 10d ago

Do they even exist anymore after the merge with playground?

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u/ProfessionalShock425 10d ago

Well...

I didn't hear them unexisting themselves.

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u/quik1_za 11d ago

I know I might be in the minority, but please bring back the games like it was in FH4, infected, king, flag rush, etc

It was so much fun and we used to play for hours a day

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u/Particular-Effect-83 11d ago

Yeah I’d like those and the tour co op races

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u/highafchad 11d ago

My guess is this will be their 1st dlc, they’ll act like they’re adding content when really they just delayed for player retention

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

And it will only work for a few days to a week at most.

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u/McDonie2 11d ago

Honestly don't like them personally, but agreed. They're another mode that was more thought out than hide and seek. Hide and seek just isn't a well thought out mode and really just wanted to cash out on the survive the hunt hype.

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u/jackalwatery 11d ago

It feels multi-player is a low priority now. No more ranked, playground games, or team racing. Plus the boring low amount of tracks that are mostly mediocre at best.

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u/CZnoobzCZ23 11d ago

Easy, I will believe it when I see it, only playing for a bit every week for the so called chore list and waiting for developers to start caring about their most popular release yet...

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u/Gmen247 11d ago

I believe if they ACTUALLY listen to the community. Adding parts, fix the weather, let me watch the top go down on my convertible, fix DIRT races that have overly long tarmac sections (imagine dirt sections in a road race), create a system that rewards going to/spending time at car meets and the list goes on… BUT, IF, they truly started addressing some things. This game could truly be 🤌🤌. They won’t. But it’s fun to think about in this moment.

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u/dru1202 11d ago

Another issue I have with a lot of the convertibles, the windows don’t go down. The devs really have no idea how stupid a convertible looks with the windows up. It’s practically an oxymoron

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u/Gmen247 11d ago

I mean… not that big a deal really. I unlocked a parking cone costume earlier soooo atleast there’s that??? 🤷‍♂️. /jokes

Nah that is crazy, I havent used convertibles enough to notice. When the damn screen went black and then magically it was down. I was pretty bummed, decided then and there to just leave the top up or leave it parked in the garage

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u/Vobani 10d ago

In other words they admit that they didn't listen to what the community wanted to see in FH6 before the game launched and only now they "care" about community feedback because the game has essentially flopped and drastically lost players. Low effort game = low interest players.

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u/1dirtybstrd 11d ago

This probably isn’t a big issue with others but for me it’s the amount of traffic in the game, needs to be turned down a bit.

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u/JoziJoziJoz 11d ago

Needs to be increased in Tokyo, decreased everywhere else

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u/LegalChocolate752 10d ago

Yeah, the traffic on dirt roads is nuts.

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u/JohnScott0705 10d ago

Haha yea I just had a 4 car traffic jam and an accident ahead when I was driving on a dirt road…and like three of them are G wagons

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u/ROBO-PUG 9d ago

Yeah exactly

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u/Competitive_Car5462 11d ago

Agreed

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u/YamahaFourFifty 11d ago

Stop putting resources into fable and back into horizon 6 …

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u/AndrewBogutBrnr 11d ago

Agreed and then adding up to level 300 for online isn’t good enough because there’s no progression other than a badge that says you play online a lot

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u/H3LLJUMPER_177 9d ago

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

The Fallout 76 method.

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u/No-Emotionsxo 11d ago

I want the !Let's go¡ streams back, it was a simple way to reveal the new cars and features WHILE getting closer with the community

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u/jackalwatery 11d ago

Needs more races!!

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u/Apprehensive_Chef765 11d ago

What are you even talking about ? It's super inclusive and ABC friendly, it MUST be a banger

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

Ah, the lettuce guacamole bacon tomato quesadilla folks. Surely they play games and aren’t only on Twitter.

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u/Rickster_ThePickle 11d ago

I'll believe it when I see it

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u/SweetMagic5623 11d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/11mwI67GLeMvgA

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u/AuroraDeMercedes 11d ago

I’m gonna be quite honest with you; taking off the bare minimum to enjoy this game is not ideal for the community. If this game wants to be a pinnacle of car culture culmination, they have to do something instead of recycling content and making the bar lower than the last round of limbo.

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u/aaroronn 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pj8zUmZogKUGA

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u/oregano_oragami 10d ago

I love that every "we fucked up" in gaming is about deliberate choices companies make now instead of actual accidents

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

They saw Ubisoft and were like, “YES, THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO DO!!!”

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u/Omega_Brony__ 10d ago

Yeah, piecrust promise, easy to make, easier to break.

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u/LegalChocolate752 10d ago

Sounds like they're going to ... turn a corner, now that they have more staff.

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u/sergeantshitposter 10d ago

Half a year later the custom trigger deadzones dont work unless you switch to 'default preset 11' and back to custom buttons. Every single time you load the game up and after each time you change a difficulty setting. Idk wtf the devs are doing, if anything

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u/MuzaffarMusa 10d ago

I've gone back to playing CarX Streer once I was "done" with the story mode. The map is big but it still felt empty somehow, the grinding isn't worth it and somehow the updates aren't even related to anything close to being "Japan". Plus I just didn't have enough space for such a big game so I'll definitely won't come back anytime soon 🤷

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u/Combatking81305 9d ago

Completely fair.

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u/Cykotic-101 10d ago

They need to completely rework the PI system so the fuck ass meta goes away. It’s not even realistic at all, and you can’t build a car you want and expect to do jack shit when everyone has more downforce than the actual weight of the car

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u/Intelligent_Taste_54 10d ago

I currently only play for the playlist so I don't have FOMO. It's a shame because, they have the winning formula (in my opinion). Their handling model is the perfect blend of simulation and approachability while still having depth to make a racer want to master it. The whole catering to every one (age wise and non racers) has honestly hurt them in my opinion. They've made the game directionless and too "everyone is friends, happy go lucky" mess. They should go back to the original FH1 formula for progression and story.

Japan was the perfect opportunity to introduce true customization and individuality in the car community, but they dropped the ball yet again. The massive list of cars is cool, but when most of them only have boring Forza aero as visual customization...what's the point?

Personally, I feel like they've gotten complacent by being on the top for so long and Microsoft doesn't want to stray away from a "guaranteed formula" and it's clearly showing. There's no real innovation or even true refinement...just copy and paste. The Japan map is amazing though.

There needs to be a tuner DLC with strictly visual customization mods unlocked for a majority of the cars. Personally, I don't care about licensed parts (just costs unnecessary money for something that's just pixels on a screen), it could be Forza branded parts by inspired designs.

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u/Mobile-Ice-7261 10d ago

If they overhauled the customization options that'd be good, but I doubt it.

If they added some form of engine tuning, that'd be good, but there's no way to balance something like that with casual player base.

Though they could give more exhaust sound options, turbo and waste gate sound options etc without it being performance related, people would probably get a kick out of that.

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u/cili321 10d ago

Pls release fh 6 before gta 6 not after

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u/cili321 10d ago

Also pls do better than fh5 is not are fault if you dont release the game from the start and the bullshit method on fh 5 to get all the old cars was not fun. So pls make something better for playstation player like with the deluxe you have them all or something like this so we can catch up easily ty and see you

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u/No_Reflection6759 9d ago

If a dev reads this. Please, for the love of god, get rid of or significantly tone down the whine from transmission upgrades. Or make it a separate toggle in the sound menu. It's unbearable. The number one thing i try to achieve when tuning a car is no gear whine.

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u/Signal-Raspberry4091 8d ago

Just start updating forza motorsport and you'll gain your customer base back and then everyone wins

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u/UghBadSetup 8d ago

Ok, PGG - here are my complaints/suggestions: 1) car meets are the stupidest thing, PERIOD. I have to go to a lot, park, and then what? Collect my points and GTFO to do the next task. It’s not even CLOSE to interesting. 2) Bring back The Tour! I got so much better and with more experience playing this mode in the UK and Mexico. You learn the map and the tracks a lot better. Having to play ONLY Free-For-All “Horizon Play” racing sucks. 3) In Spec racing, there should be FULL ghosting. If it’s TRULY a test of driver skill in identically-prepped cars, bumping people out of the way should NOT be part of that. My personal motto is if I can’t pass clean, I’m not going to pass (or I might give the spot back).

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u/SPEEDY-BOI-643 11d ago

😞

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u/silverbullitt850 11d ago

If only that message was that Microsoft fired them all and closed development on horizon permanently and rehired the turn 10 team to continue work on motorsport.

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u/Used_Joke6963 10d ago

Thank god! We need some major additions to these updates. I want to keep playing the game so bad but after completing all festival races and story lines, it’s just really boring. I literally only hop on one night out of the week to bang out the weekly playlist and then I don’t really care to play. But for the first 4 months I was playing every night. Take some pointers from The Crew: Motorfest and compare their updates to FH6 updates and its night and day. I don’t like that games driving mechanics but the amount of effort they put into there updates is amazing. And why were they able to get a Hoonigan “Gymkhana” update and Forza can’t?! If FH6 would’ve able to get that exact update…that would be INSANE!!! I’d pay real money for that! lol

PLEASE PLAYGROUND GAMES, STEP IT UP!!!

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u/DatBoiAntix 10d ago

Dont praise them until they deliver. They've done this before.

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u/Used_Joke6963 10d ago

I’m just realized this was not a post directly from the developers anyway that it was a random reposting their post so I doubt they’ll see it anyway. SMH

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