Quick Look: Forza Horizon 5

As soon as I saw that Hoonigan Escort I knew you would like it Jeff.

This looks like a good time, but i can't help feel that everything feels extremely liveless in FH. It's like a Far Cry map with all the animals and characters deleted. And every minor asset that's left intact, can be driven through without it affecting you as if you're still in some sort of debug mode or something.

That skill song thing is interesting though. I wonder if they can eventually cut deals with artists to be highlighted in a skill song, with the idea that players will get a positive hype feeling everytime a song pops off, because it's that pavlovian reaction that you can rack up a big score during that song.

To really make that a reality, they probably should figure out a way to make the skilltree more interesting and important.