With the upcoming season that has a lot of Japanese cars in it, I feel like it would be cool to have a bunch more, especially with the fact that a lot of the ones in the new season are fairly old and considered “slow” by today’s standards. I have a few ideas that I’d love to see in the game, they aren’t for everyone, but I do think these cars would be a cool addition.
Autozam models I think would be great in the game:
- 1994 Autozam AZ-1
- 1990 Autozam Scrum
- 1994 Autozam AZ-Wagon
I feel like Autozam is a really underrated car company, like, sure the cars are very small and not very powerful, but I think they are super cool and fun. I think they’d be very fun cars to add to the game.
Mazda cars I think would be great in the game:
- 1967 Mazda Cosmo
- 1970 Mazda RX-2
- 2007/10 Mazdaspeed 3
- 1979 Mazda RX-7
These Mazda cars I feel like would be a great addition to Forza Horizon 5, you have a lot of interesting older cars, and then the Mazdaspeed 3 which I feel is a very underrated Japanese car.
Toyota cars I think would be great in the game:
- 2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder
- 2023 Toyota GR86
- 1983 Toyota Celica Supra
- 1997 Toyota Corolla Hatchback (I’d like the WRC version too, because that car is awesome)
- 2023 Toyota Yaris (The GR version would be cool too)
A lot of these Toyota cars I think are fairly obvious. The third generation MR2 is an underrated car and is now the only gen of MR2 that isn’t in the game, the new GR86 is a fantastic looking car and I feel like it would fit right at home in the game. The Celica Supra is a classic and is what started the legend, the 1997 Toyota Corolla is a WRC legend and I feel like would fit right at home in the game alongside the Peugeot 207 that’s in the game, and the new Yaris is just a great car in general. I feel like having the old ones would be fantastic as well.
A few Nissan cars I think would be great in the game:
- 1982 Nissan Micra (Bonus points if it’s the Super Turbo)
- 1959 Datsun 1600 Sports
- 2010 Nissan Juke (Bonus points if the Juke-R is included)
- 1991 Nissan Figaro
- 1996 Nissan Stagea (The 260 RS would be sick too)
The list of Nissan cars I feel is very unorthodox. There’s a few cars in there that I feel are underrated, lesser known (although undeserving) and a few cars in there that are very well-known, and perhaps overly hated. For example, I don’t think most people are aware of the Nissan Figaro, it’s a strange little car but I think it’s cute and fun. Same with the Stagea, I don’t think it’s a very well-known car, but it’s a really cool station wagon, in my eyes. The Micra is a fun little hatchback that I feel like a lot of people sleep on, and the Nissan Juke is… hated for various reasons, some justified, some unjustified, but I think it would be a fun car to just play around with, especially the Juke-R. The Datsun Sports was pretty much the precursor to the Z cars, and I feel like having it in the game would be a fantastic idea, as it is underrated and honestly pretty cool in my eyes.
Mitsubishi cars I think would be great in the game:
- 1990 Mitsubishi 3000GT
- 1994 Mitsubishi FTO (Bonus points if the GP Version R is added too)
- 1997 Mitsubishi Pajero (The Evolution would be sick too)
- 1976 Mitsubishi Lancer (The 1600 GSR would be a great addition too)
- 2003/8 Mitsubishi Eclipse
I think this group of Mitsubishis would be absolutely great. The 3000GT is a car that is already well-known and I like it quite a bit, although I feel the FTO is an underrated car and it definitely deserves more love. Yeah, it’s front-wheel-drive, but front-wheel-drive isn’t inherently bad. The Pajero is an underrated SUV and the Evolution just makes it even cooler, and the 1976 Lancer is pretty much where the Lancer started and I think it deserves more respect. The more modern Eclipses are underrated and I feel like they don’t deserve it. I like them personally.
Honda cars I think would be great in this game:
- 1992 Honda Civic Type R (The hatchback specifically.)
- 2023 Honda Civic Type R
- 1967 Honda S800
- 1999 Honda Prelude
- 2006 Honda Civic Si
- 1992 Honda CR-X Del Sol
- 1991 Honda Beat
A lot of these Hondas are fairly obvious. The 92 Civic, obviously, it’s one of the most well-loved Civic generations on the Earth and I don’t know how it was overlooked for this game. Same with the 2023 Civic, obviously they haven’t had much time to add the car yet, but I feel like this car is a no-brainer to be brought into the game. The Honda S800 is a very cool, lesser known car but it is an important one. The 99 Prelude is just cool in general, the 2006 Civic is one of the less liked Civics (Probably because it didn’t have a Type R version) but I like it personally. The Del Sol is a very interesting little two-seater sports car from Honda that is underrated as all heck, and the Honda Beat is similar. Lesser known, lesser appreciated, but cute as heck.
Thanks for reading all of this if you have. I know it’s a lot of cars I have suggested, but I do feel like all of these cars would be welcome additions, even if they won’t be at the top of the online racing scene, a lot of these cars are just downright fun, and I think a lot of players would agree.