Yep, the 155 was very good in S1 in Horizon 4. Definitely one of my favorites, both IRL and for how crazy fast it was in FH4.
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Letās be honest, no matter what a non-zero amount of these brands are getting drip-fed via the playlist, especially if they are bringing in any new to forza or new to horizon cars into the game.
They wonāt all be in the autoshow, and I hope PGG knows we donāt want another FH4 Toyota situation. Hopefully it will be like the Mitsubishi situation. However, they do need some return for their work on adding these cars into the game, even if the only work was licensing. If I were in their shoes, Iād probably release the bulk to the autoshow to create a burst in groundswell, but hold back a select two or three returning cars for playlist activities, along with some big highly requested new to forza Italian car from these brands to act as the centerpiece of the series.
Iām not exactly thrilled about it as a consumer, but companies have to turn a profit somehow, and FH has chosen to maintain engagement and profit through secondary and tertiary means.
Probably the best case scenario if they were to do this is to put every Abarth, Alfa, Fiat, and Lancia from prior Horizon games into the Autoshow, and offer the road-going Alfas from Motorsport that havenāt migrated over yet as prizes in the Festival Playlist.
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I donāt think PG will put the whole roster into the Autoshow.
I expect some of the most valuable/coveted ones to be Playlist rewards.
With the series theme Italian Automotive New to Forza additions wonāt have to belong to these brands.
We still have the Italdesign DaVinci which was falsly announced for Hot Wheels. The Pininfarina Battista was revealed for Motorsport.
An Italian car theme without a Ferrari? Unlikely. I assume a returning one because we already had many new ones. The 250 LM comes to mind.
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Now the jubilation for the news of them coming back at all has sunk in,its a question of what we get. ATM we could just be getting 1 model from each brand or all of the old ones plus some new ones. I doubt it will be either extreme option,just depends which option is closest to what we get .I wouldnāt even mind paying for some
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This makes sense given their previous deployment methods & really canāt blame them for wanting to capitalize on it. Not sure if itās a factor or played into any of the legalities around licensing issues, etc, but interesting how the timing aligned with the recent renaming of āFCA Italyā to āStellantis Europe.ā
Regardless, hoping for the Lancia Stradale to be back in the scuderia.
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I also see PGG dripfeeding those cars in the playlist. It will make easy gains for their engagement metrics.
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Iād be fine with like 80% of them being in the Autoshow. I know the Delta S4 deserves to be a perk unlock from the Delta Integrale, and I wouldnāt mind the Alfa 33 Stradale being a wheelspin exclusive. However, just for the time we had to wait for these brands to return I think they need to give us more than just the FH4 cars. Theyāve got the Fiat Coupe 20V, the Alfa Brera or the Abarth Punto ready to be retextured and put into the game. Iād be fine-ish with those being Playlist exclusives at this point, because we havenāt seen these cars in years.
Donāt forget the 512S we got just a game prior.
I really hope those Italian cars are coming to Autoshow. The game has too many elusive hard-to-find cars already (and gives us too little chances to obtain them, making poor use of Forzathon shop and Festival Playlist)ā¦
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Do we know how many yet ? (I might have missed it in discussion/hints) Iām suspecting it will be only a few, at least initially. Iād guess a series featuring 4-6 as exclusive chore grind rewards and done. Iām hoping Iām setting my hopes low enough to not be disappointed.
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They havenāt announced how many yet, but, at most, they would probably add 8 at one time if they come back through the Festival Playlist only. Likely 2 from each manufacturer.
Also, I know its not Italian, but with the Stellantis merger complete, I hope this means the Talbot Sunbeam may come back as well at some point.
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Yeah, the Sunbeam is on my hope list too.
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Yeah, and maybe weāll see a Chrysler or a new Ram too. Maserati and Ferrari might get a car or two in this update for all we know.
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Sunbeam! 
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The last livery I did for FH4 was for the 155 & the knashing of my teeth finding out it wasnāt in FH5ā¦ Talk about righting an historical injustice. Now that there is a possibility of it coming back, I just hope it isnāt elbowed out of the way by too many of the newer cars. I also hope there are some prewar models coming too.
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I donāt have any hopes for the amount or specific cars.
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The better to avoid disappoint 
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yes, the brands are coming back, Italian automotive, hope we get some new Ferrari, Maserati and Lambo too.
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