Forza Horizon 5 Radio Controls

Screenshot showing a 4 x 4 on a desert road with Press to Rewind input prompt onscreen.

In this mail, we are going to have an introductory wait at some of the settings in Forza Horizon 5 [PEGI iii] that are related to controls and motor accessibility, such as driving assists, and controls remapping, every bit well as features new to Forza Horizon such as an Offline Game Speed feature, an Auto-Steering assist and a new 'Tourist' difficulty level option. We looked at the Xbox Series Southward and X console versions of the game for this postal service.

The settings can exist accessed past pressing the X button when y'all start load the game. They can besides be accessed past pausing the game at any point.

*Update Dec 2021* – a standalone video showing these settings can now exist found on the site, hither: https://gameaccess.info/forza-horizon-5–motor-accessibility-video/

Video showing the location in the card of settings described in this post:

Difficulty Bill of fare:

In the Difficulty carte you can find settings related to the skill of your opponents, and driving assists that let players to customise their gameplay experience and how their vehicles handle. Below we volition go through a few of these. Delight encounter the video higher up which navigate through the total listing of settings found in this menu (0:00-0:50).

Drivatar Difficulty – Setting Description: 'Adapt the Skill of your game-controlled opponents.' There are 9 options from Tourist to Unbeatable. Tourist mode is a new difficulty setting for Forza Horizon that slows down the group of Drivatar opponents in races when you autumn backside, allowing you to take hold of upwardly and rejoin them, at which point they will speed up again. In this mode, more than room between vehicles is also left for weaving between them.

Driving Assists Preset – Setting Clarification: 'Automatically adjusts the driving assists below to create a gameplay experience that matches the difficulty level you choose.' In that location are four options, from Easy to Ultimate, or a custom preset tin can be created with post-obit options able to be customised:

Braking – Setting Description: 'Assisted braking will find if you are approaching a corner and endeavour to deadening you downwards. ABS required the driver to employ the brakes just helps alter brake force per unit area to maintain maximum braking force at the threshold of brake lock upwards.' There are three options: Assisted, Anti-Lock On and Anti-Lock Off. Assisted braking is practical when there is a driving line set up, such as in a race or when a waypoint is fix in the open world.

Steering – Setting Clarification: 'Assisted and Auto-Steering volition use Forza'due south bogus intelligence to guide your steering along your navigation route. Standard steering gives you full control but dampens some physical effects to make driving easier.' There are 4 options to cull from: Automobile-Steering, Assisted, Standard and Simulation. Auto-Steering is new to Forza Horizon and allows you to drive without steering when there is a driving line set, such every bit in a race or when a waypoint is set in the open world.

Video showing the Automobile-Steer assist in use along with Assisted braking. RT (held and released) for Gas is the only input used in this clip:

Rewind – Setting Clarification: 'Rewind allows you to reverse time to a betoken of your choosing to drive a department over once again.' This setting has an On or Off option and the Y button is used to apply it in-game by default. This feature is briefly shown at the beginning of the video showing the Offline Game Speed setting below.

Accessibility Card:

The Accessibility menu includes many settings related to visuals in the game (run into video above for these, from 0:50). It besides includes a setting to adjust the game speed when playing in Offline games modes.

Offline Game Speed – Another new setting for Forza Horizon, this allows adjustment from 100% downwardly to 40% speed, reducing the speed of your automobile and others to be able to allow more than time to react and apply your controls.

Video showing rewind feature and examples of how the Offline Game Speed setting affects gameplay:

Controls Menu:

In the Controls carte, you tin can change the input mapping of your controls. At that place are 14 layout presets for a gamepad. These can also be custom mapped, including swapping individual analog stick directions (left, right, up, down) for push button or trigger inputs and vice versa. The video at the tiptop briefly shows these (1:ten-1:44)

Avant-garde Controls Menu:

In the Advanced Controls menu you tin find options (come across from 1:44 in video at top of postal service) to switch certain controls over, rather than remapping them, and too adjust many settings related to the sensitivity and deadzones of controls such as for steering, accelerating and braking. You can also turn vibration on or off or suit its intensity.

We hope this introductory look at the settings related to controls and the motor accessibility of the game has been useful. A postal service and video past Playground Games with more information on Forza Horizon 5'due south accessibility can be found on the Xbox News site: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/11/04/gaming-for-everyone-the-accessibility-features-of-forza-horizon-5/