Forza Horizon 5 Social Revamp/Overhaul Update (idea)
I’ve had this idea of my ideal social update for a while and I genuinely think an update or overhaul like this will connect more players in the Forza Horizon community in-game and might make the overall quality of the game better (socially).
Ride a longs: Adding the feature to drive up next to a car (in convoy or not, available to change privacy settings of course) and request or invite another player to ride in the passenger seat of the corresponding vehicle. This will give players a new way to show off their cars and the way they drive with friends and others. This feature could max out to how many seats are in the selected vehicle. (2-seater coupe = 2 players, 8-seater suv = 8 players etc.)
Forzavista: Rework the entire forzavista system to be integrated with the players custom character. This is a lot but add the ability to go into first person (in-game) and view and interact with your vehicle. This means stepping out of the vehicle and being able to see your characters clothing in first person and your hands and being able to feel like you are there with your own car, opening doors, hood or trunk, revving with the door open, etc. Make this a feature that you can do in free roam and that other players can see you interacting with and around your car (put barrier around anyone using this feature so nobody can drive into them or a strong redirect when driving in the direction). This feature seems like something that is a stretch but I can see forzavista being evolved into something way more than what it is especially for an open world “social” racing game. This feature would not only bring players together more, but this gives players more of an incentive to get clothing and accessory items for their character. As of right now there’s no real reason to have a stylish character because nobody can see them! This feature alone will fix that issue and will invite new players to meet other players.
Proximity Game Chat: Adding proximity game chat will keep people involved with other players while in the Horizon world. Whether cruising, racing, parked up next to each other or off-roading on a trail make proximity game chat available as a lot of people usually have private chats but would love another way to communicate to players in game!
Kudos System Rework: The Kudos system is so forgotten about in FH5 but could have been such a good feature to recognize other players in the Horizon world. Rework this feature to represent players more in game. Add the ability to rate someone in game so that players can have community ratings. This will invite new players to interact with other players and this will make community more important in the horizon game. Add a kudos rating next to player levels or names so it is more integrated into the players and game.
These are some ideas and thoughts I’ve had about the social aspect of the game that I think will make Forza Horizon that much better of a game. Thank you if you read some of my ideas and if you have any feedback please let me know!