I’ve said all this to say, my hope for Forza Horizon 5 was 50/50. This sim has become synonymous with bringing PCs to their knees thanks to its complex engine. And yet, they still manage to continue to show their ugly heads from time to time for some users. In truth, these bugs weren’t even properly squashed until only a few months ago. Despite its sky high review scores, mine included, there was no denying that it had some serious performance bugs.

Microsoft Flight Simulator launched last year to an extremely vivacious wave of fanfare. In all my years of PC gaming, very rarely do I ever not find myself in such situations, and I’m sure many others understand the feeling.įorza Horizon 3 was infamously known for its rough launch on PC.

And yet, there are stutters, hiccups, and just overall bad performance. You meet the requirements, and your settings aren’t going beyond the limits. Or, it might be a situation where the game does load up, but it’s just not behaving quite well on your system. Then you end up spending hours on Reddit, Google, and YouTube trying to figure out what how to fix it rather than actually getting to enjoy your game. We’ve all been there, where a game that worked perfectly fine yesterday just randomly decides to say “Deuces!” the next morning. As nice as it is to crank up the settings, gaming on these machines can be a real pain sometimes. And it’s for these reasons why, in the 12-plus hours I’ve put into Forza Horizon 5, I’m simply in awe of just how smooth the experience has been. Thankfully, the issues noticeably got less frequent with each new release. This situation proved to repeat itself two times more with both Forza Motorsport 7 and then Forza Horizon 4. Yet, to this day, even in its delisted state, Forza Horizon 3 still remains somewhat problematic. Thankfully, Playground managed to iron out most of the issues. But, even machines that exceeded Horizon 3‘s system requirements would run into hard locks and stutters. But, there was a problem: its performance was notably choppy and a little janky. The game came, and it certainly had a big launch. For the first time ever, PC users would get to enjoy what Xbox fans had been raving about for several years. One of the company’s biggest franchises that had been an Xbox exclusive for so long was finally making its way to Windows PC.

After all, it marked a turning point for the series and for Microsoft as a whole. It was infectiously furious, in the best way. Looking back, I can fondly remember the energy surrounding the release of Forza Horizon 3 back in 2016.

Having now spent a healthy amount of time with the launch edition for Forza Horizon 5, I’m taken aback by how well it performs on my machine.

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