Being a member of this forum community, or FH5 in general, it doesn’t take long to ascertain the underlying negative sentiment when it comes to the game. Touted as the most successful cross platform game launch (in terms of the numbers), the game has supposedly amassed over 10 million players since launch, with as much as a 75% decrease in players since that time, according to some information related to Steam data. MS reported just over $16 billion USD in sales from their gaming sector for last year, with this game being one of the leading contributors. Yet, the player frustrations continue with no short supply of issues & exploits within the game.
Given the magnitude & complexity of the game, you have to at least appreciate some of the challenges the devs have to face, but it seems to have been made clear that fully addressing the concerns is not necessarily a top priority.
Considering all this, I’m sure I’m not the only one asking myself why I keep coming back each time I log into the game, hearing that familiar “Welcome back…” greeting as I set off on this round of frustrations lol.
For me, I guess the positives I experience outweigh the negatives & I enjoy the options of how I will spend my time, be it just driving, racing, designing, tuning, challenges etc. I still find the overall graphics & detail within the game to be amazing (XSX) (And who doesn’t stop to take a screenshot of that approaching sandstorm behind your favorite design? ). Finding personal goals to achieve & working through the accolades just for…well, the simple enjoyment of it, right? Has to be because I don’t need the credits, cars (except new additions), etc & the overall leaderboard score isn’t really that important to me, particularly as broken as it seems to be.
Though many have left the game in frustration, vowing not to return, I’m afraid I must be somewhat “institutionalized” when it comes down to it because I keep coming back….day after day…year after year.
So here’s your opportunity to weigh in on some of the positives for a change.
*(As a preemptive disclaimer: the information quoted above was generalized by multiple sources across the web, so please forgive me if I’ve misinterpreted or mis-stated anything. The point of the thread is to discuss why you are a habitual FH5 resident ).