Latest Forza Horizon 5 update now available with improved PC ray tracing and Series 14 content
Forza Horizon 5 gets new content and fresh PC features.
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The racing genre of video games is bustling with more competition than ever before, but Playground Games' latest masterpiece, Forza Horizon 5, has been able to keep up with the best. The game is constantly evolving over time with new content and improvements, and the latest batch of such advancements is now rolling out to players across Xbox and PC platforms.
Forza Horizon 5 Series 14 “Donut Media"is the next chapter of theForza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist, and it sees the legendary racing franchise partner with popular automotive brand Donut Media on a new Horizon Story and themed weekly events. Series 14 also brings four new cars, 21 new body kits, and plenty of rewards and challenges for players to explore ahead of the holidays. All of this arrives with today’s update, before Series 14 officially kicks off on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.
Alongside this new content,PC players are also gaining several awesome new features and options with today’s Forza Horizon 5 update. Players with more powerful NVIDIA or AMD-equipped gaming PCs can enable improved in-game ray tracing, while NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support promises superior performance without sacrificing resolution or visual fidelity.
Finally, the latest Forza Horizon 5 update also brings a fresh collection of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements to make everyone’s racing experience a little bit better. There are few racing games as great asForza Horizon 5, which has earned its place as one of thebest racing titles on Xbox. The Forza Horizon 5 Series 14 update brings a plethora of new content and improvements to players on both Xbox and PC, and is now available to download.
It’s worth mentioning that some Steam players were encountering issues with launching Forza Horizon 5 after installing this update. Playground Games has since addressed this issue, and has advised any Steam users who already installed the update to ensure their game is fully up to date with the latest version.
The full changelog for theForza Horizon 5 Nov. 8, 2022 updateincludes:
New features & improvements
General
Unlockable cars
Car customization
PC improvements
Bug fixes
General
Cars
EventLab
PC
Forza Horizon 5 is included in every tier of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, making the epic gaming subscription the best way to race into Mexico alongside industry-leading visuals and hundreds of awesome cars.
The Logitech G920 remains one of the best racing wheels for Forza Horizon 5, thanks to its quality construction, plethora of high-end features, and an appealing price tag thanks to the existence of its more expensive successor.
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