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Forza Horizon 5 for PC is a racing simulation game set in a number of beautiful locations around Mexico. It is the fifth game in the Forza Horizon series, and the twelfth main game from the overall Forza franchise. About the Game In this game, you can explore a truly massive open world map, as much as fifty percent larger than Forza Horizon 4’s not inconsiderable map. Race a variety of vehicles through a volcanos’ caldera, explore jungles and rainforests for their hidden ruined cities, spray sand up as you zoom over beaches, as well as racing past waterfalls, snowy mountains, and large reality-based cities like Guanajuato which comes with a network of secret tunnels to explore! Mexico is a vast country, and it has amazingly diverse climates depending on where in the country you are, and the game developers have taken pains to give you the full Mexican climate experience in this game! The four seasons behave differently in each of the eleven diverse biomes – and just like in real life, you drive through weather events: getting rained on in the mountain, and then drive out into blazing sunshine in the desert! All the (many) cars and various playing characters can be extensively customised so you can look exactly the way you want to and drive your dream car too. Play to race against the competition, or just free roam and see what’s out there to be found – all the events pop up to explorers, they just do so in a more random and surprisingly naturalistic manner. Keep an Eye On... The games developers not only wanted to recreate the best parts of Mexico onscreen, but they also wanted it to stand up to the minutest scrutiny too, even the tiny elements usually ignored by players. And in this they have been successful, using photogrammetry and ray tracing to create superb graphi