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Fake: Forza Horizon 5 Japan Map Leaked
- Thread starter Craig of War
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Hawking Radiation
Member
Would be fucking awesome to have Japan as the next Horizon location. All those mountain drift locations would be epic and hitting the highways of Tokyo would be insane.
So Is this map leak legit or what?
So Is this map leak legit or what?
cyber_ninja
Member
That thing was posted on reddit about 5 years ago.
Dr.Morris79
Member
I've read your post and yes.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
You're the one that's missing the point, and by far.
The Forza Horizon 4 map isn't "accurate" but it's a fair scaled down and simplified representation of an area of the UK. It's still recognizable.
It doesn't put things that are at the opposite ends of the country close together. It doesn't reshuffle the position of regions so that they're inverted compared to one another. It doesn't turn a small regional airport into something that's as big as one of the biggest cities of Japan , while plastering it over terrain that literally cannot have an airport built on it.
Accuracy isn't the point. The point is that whoever made this fake did a shoddy job, and PlayGround isn't known for doing shoddy jobs.
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Calverz
Member
Exactly.
Senua
Gold Member
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
You're still missing the point.
cripterion
Member
Haven't played an Horizon game in a while but that setting would probably prompt me to get the game on pc.
Driving through Japan with some sweet Nujabes beats could make for an awesome experience.
Driving through Japan with some sweet Nujabes beats could make for an awesome experience.
Calverz
Member
Im really not. Its quite funny seeing you contradict yourself.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Yes. it was also different from what it was in original game, leaked map was smaller.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
It appears that you can't understand the basic difference between a map that doesn't focus on accuracy as its primary goal but it's still a well-done representation of a country that would feel "familiar", and one that is a really shoddy representation of said country regardless of accuracy, and would feel extremely weird and out of place to drive on.
If anyone familiar with the UK drove out of London and found themselves in Scotland after ten minutes, it'd feel extremely unnatural and silly, which is why PlayGround hasn't done that with FH4. By the same token, driving out of Yokohama and finding yourself in Tohoku after ten minutes, with Mount Fuji still in sight, would be ludicrous and jarring, which is why this certainly doesn't feel like something a developer as good as PlayGround would do, especially because they have specifically avoided it with previous games.
If the difference between accuracy and quality flies over your head, I really can't help you (but it''s "quite funny" indeed
).
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Methos#1975
Member
If they make a Japan themed Horizon and don't add a Jpop station on the radio, I'll riot
Dibils2k
Member
Horizon has never been accurate... they just take key visuals areas from a country/region and just plop em around the mapAnyone who knows Japan would see this is a fake, made with a collage of old satellite imagery (you notice the badly deleted areas of the coastline).
Even if they wanted to condense Japan on a smaller scale, there is absolutely no way they'd put Akita airport that close to Yokohama, and Morioka is EAST of Akita, not west.
I could go on describing just what a ludicrous representation of Japan that would be. Playground knows how to do a much better job than that.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
same man 4 was so bad compared to 3
i still don't know why..
oh yeah i know why.. nobody wants to race supercars in a drab looking country
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
sublimit
Banned
That would be really cool if true but i think i'll trust an expert (who actually lives in Japan) before i get too hyped up:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯Anyone who knows Japan would see this is a fake, made with a collage of old satellite imagery (you notice the badly deleted areas of the coastline).
Even if they wanted to condense Japan on a smaller scale, there is absolutely no way they'd put Akita airport that close to Yokohama, and Morioka is EAST of Akita, not west.
I could go on describing just what a ludicrous representation of Japan that would be. Playground knows how to do a much better job than that.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
4 is the worst. Racing was absolute pointless. The weather a total gimmick and they shouldve covered Cardiff-London.
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Yeah I love the game but I don't understand why they chose the location they went with over London and it's surrounding areas.
Phobos Base
Member
I don't mind the seasons, I just wish you could choose which one you want to be in and given the car history GB has, it's a shame they chose to go with a Lego DLC instead. One small but big difference was ghosting the traffic in PR zones, I loved 3 but man was it annoying trying to do a drift zone around random cars. The original is still really playable, sure it was far more limited, but it felt like a celebration of car culture rather than having to watch someone dabbing in a chicken suit.
TriSuit666
Banned
Because Ralph Fulton is Scottish, and wanted a realistic depiction of Edinburgh in a racing game?
No, no, don't laugh.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Awesome. I hope its a little more interesting than england. 4 looks great, but the winding roads and green hills got repetitive after 200
Hours. Compared to horizon 3, where i still go back and love driving around that map even after hundreds of hours played since 2016, even if its stuck at 30 fps.
Hours. Compared to horizon 3, where i still go back and love driving around that map even after hundreds of hours played since 2016, even if its stuck at 30 fps.
Calverz
Member
God you are such a weeb. Do you really think in real life you can drive out of Edinburgh and hit Glenfinnan viaduct after 10 minutes of driving? Forza Horizon 4 was the same. Its not meant to be accurate.It appears that you can't understand the basic difference between a map that doesn't focus on accuracy as its primary goal but it's still a well-done representation of a country that would feel "familiar", and one that is a really shoddy representation of said country regardless of accuracy, and would feel extremely weird and out of place to drive on.
If anyone familiar with the UK drove out of London and found themselves in Scotland after ten minutes, it'd feel extremely unnatural and silly, which is why PlayGround hasn't done that with FH4. By the same token, driving out of Yokohama and finding yourself in Tohoku after ten minutes, with Mount Fuji still in sight, would be ludicrous and jarring, which is why this certainly doesn't feel like something a developer as good as PlayGround would do, especially because they have specifically avoided it with previous games.
If the difference between accuracy and quality flies over your head, I really can't help you (but it''s "quite funny" indeed
sublimit
Banned
If this leak is true (which probably isn't since i trust
Abriael_GN
) i really hope they keep the seasons from FH4!
Btw i find the timing of this "leak" interesting right after Kazunori Yamauchi's interview on Octane Japan where he said that he hasn't forgoten the series Japanese roots and wants to "inherit the Japanese automobile culture” (whatever that meant).
Abriael_GN
) i really hope they keep the seasons from FH4!Btw i find the timing of this "leak" interesting right after Kazunori Yamauchi's interview on Octane Japan where he said that he hasn't forgoten the series Japanese roots and wants to "inherit the Japanese automobile culture” (whatever that meant).
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Am I also a British Fanboy because I'd find it unnatural if they did a similar operation with the UK? Since you don't seem to have a better argument than calling me stuff (like "weeb" was something I'd consider an insult anyway
).If you don't understand the difference between the slight awkwardness of condensing traveling times between two locations that are 150 miles away and two locations that are over 400 miles away, as I said, I can't help you.
Thanks. To be clear, I don't live in Japan. I was planning to move permanently before the COVID thing hit (and will once it's better), but I've been staying there for about three months a year for work for the past 10 years, excluding the last because I'm stuck out of the country lol.
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sublimit
Banned
That's still a lot more than almost anyone in this forum who probably have never even been to Japan.
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Phobos Base
Member
If they really wanted to make FH4 an accurate depiction of the UK it would have been full of traffic jams, potholes, bus lanes and 30mph average speed cameras. Plus the AI traffic would consist of Nissan Micras doing 42mph in a 60 zone, caravans holding up everyone on the country road, white vans sitting 2mm from your rear bumper, lorries overtaking with a 0.1mph speed differential, and scrotes in Golf R's bouncing it off the limiter in the middle of town.
Fox Mulder
Member
I think it would have been wasted on the xb1. Forza Horizon 5 in Japan on the new console would look amazing.
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LostDonkey
Member
Please allow me to buy a series X before this comes out. I still can't find one anywhere 
DaleinCalgary
Member
I wish it would come out in 2021.
doubt it though
doubt it though
lem0n
Member
Fuck me up with some Japan in FH5. I feel like Japan has been hinted at forever now, like before FH4 if not longer. As long as they do the car list (and car modifications) right and the map is fun it'll be another knockout. I want a lot of vintage JDM goodies like JZX100 Chaser, Z20 Soarer, DR30 Skyline etc. Chill on the multi-million dollar supercars please.
Jibran#one
Member
Lego lands is good variety has a good desert portion and nice varied races ,but some people get turned off by its Lego look
Spokker
Member
It looks good, but yeah, I do prefer the more realistic look of the main game. Same with the Hot Wheels expansion. Glad it's there for those who enjoy that, but I stuck with the more realistic maps.
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I know this is horizon so they don't make it, I'll say it anyways.
Turn10 is the best Microsoft studio. They hired a bunch of guys who pound a gallon of gas for breakfast and gave them bags full of money to go crazy.
Passion + talent + resources = big win.
Forza alone is a reason to buy microsoft consoles
Turn10 is the best Microsoft studio. They hired a bunch of guys who pound a gallon of gas for breakfast and gave them bags full of money to go crazy.
Passion + talent + resources = big win.
Forza alone is a reason to buy microsoft consoles
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Senua
Gold Member
FM7 absolutely shit the bed, FM8 needs to be fookin good son
Guy Legend
Member
Hope this is legit. Will definitely be excited for it if true.
It looks like it was shopped by a 6 year old.Just saw this, so the second image is the updated and complete image of the first - looks legit, I wonder if a game like this set in Japan would push platform adoption over there.
-Mt fuji looks extreme akward
-The is a sharp horizontal crop in the mountains on the left side
-An airport crossing a mountain pass, REALLY??
PhillMeCream
Member
I don't think it's going to be in Japan, I'm thinking of California but whos know
D.Final
Banned
Maybe both
