Players purchasing the game on physical discs can preload the game now by using the Xbox mobile app on smartphone devices. The rest of the post states that Forza Horizon 5 is available to preload now with an active Xbox Game Pass subscription, or by pre-ordering the game's Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, or Premium Edition.
The post states that this was possible due to the high-speed internal SSD storage available on Xbox Series X/S consoles. This means that the game will have a shorter download mixed with "super-fast" loading times, which will allow players to easily jump right into the game.
This was followed up by an updated post yesterday announcing that the preload for Forza Horizon 5 is now available on Steam.Īccording to the post, the developer was able to reduce the install footprint for Forza Horizon 5 on the Xbox Series X/S consoles by optimizing the game's assets for higher bandwidth streaming.
When the news first dropped, some players suggested that the update was meant to reduce the base game file size for Forza Horizon 5 from 103 GB on the Xbox Series X/S, 116 GB on the Xbox One, and 103 GB on PC and Steam. The update went live this past weekend on Saturday, October 30. RELATED: Forza Horizon 5 Achievements Revealed The developer also shared information about the game's file size in the past two weeks, though Forza Horizon 5 recently received a live 20 GB update despite not yet being released. The developer has been releasing important details about Forza Horizon 5 in recent months before the game's official release, including its setting, the list of available cars, the different in-game activities, and the PC specs for the game.
Forza Horizon 5 will be on Xbox Game Pass on day one of its release next week for players who use the service. The game is developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios, and it is scheduled to release this November 9. For now, Forza Horizon 4 players can look forward to tuning a street racing icon next month.Forza Horizon 5 is the next installment in the Forza Horizon racing video game series. This could indicate a return for Toyota cars to racing games in general, but we'll have to wait and see.
Officially, Toyota Motor Corporation has no concrete plans to license its model range to any other games besides Gran Turismo Sport at the moment. Toyota UK's official Twitter account confirmed back in August that the company has no plans to license its cars to games other than Gran Turismo. Although trucks could be found in Forza 7, the company later revealed it has an exclusive deal with Polyphony Digital, since Gran Turismo Sport is the only recent game that featured Toyota cars. Its cars were missing in Horizon 4, as well as Need for Speed: Payback/Heat and even Grid. The reason this is big news is that Toyota has been absent from many racing games for a couple of years now. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. The Supra arrives as part of Forza Horizon 4's Series 17 update, due out on December 12, though it's not yet clear if more will follow.įorza and Toyota have joined forces once again! It all starts on December 12th when #ForzaHorizon4 players can get behind the wheel of the 1998 Toyota Supra RZ as a part of the Series 17 update. This all starts with the iconic 1998 Supra RZ, which should be familiar to anyone who played street racing-themed games in the past. Microsoft has announced that Toyota cars are coming back to Forza Horizon 4. Toyota is on its way back to Forza, starting with the 1998 Supra RZ in Forza Horizon 4.