- I put “Main” before my title so we can discuss this idea here and not be burried in the archives if there even is one around. With that out of the way…
This is probably wishful thinking, but it would be great if we could have an option to Switch the Driver’s cockpit position from Left or Right. An example of this is from Euro Truck Simulator 2, wherein you can customize in the dealership your preferred driving position. Now we all know that not all European countries drive on the right or left side, as well as some parts in Asia.
I live in a country where its in Left Hand Drive, so by default I’m used to driving in that orientation. For some cars in Forza Horizon, I LOVE the Audi RS4 Avant even in real life, but when I saw that it was in RHD, I was hesitant to get it when it got released and didn’t bother to buy one in the Auctions ever since. I had japanese cars that I’ve customized JDM style, but I often use it when I’m not racing. I guess its preference? I spend most of my time playing Forza by just roaming around the map and role playing with friends.
Let me know if this could be a plausible idea to suggest. This would significantly ease my driving experience especially when some of the coolest cars in Forza are also in RHD.
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Don’t think it’s feasible. Most of the cars would be us variants. While I’d like to see country or region specific touches like LHD/rhd based on where your Xbox account is I would have my doubts
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A lot of British cars added in FH4 were LHD, presumably because they were scanned in the U.S. by Turn 10. As a Brit, that is a slight irritation. My preference would be for all cars to be in their home market spec, as that probably is the definitive version.
As far as both left and right hand drive variants being a choice, I doubt it will happen, as two cars would need to be scanned. That’s doubling the work or more likely, would halve the number of in-game cars. Developers have said before that each vehicle takes a year to get added.
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If not for Forza 5, maybe they can include it for Forza 6 or the soon to be released motorsport?
It is annoying to have to see the characther driving the car placed on the right side of the vehicle, there are just a few countries driving on the left side of the road.
We should be able to choose the driving side for all vehicles to be on the left, to feel more comfortable according to each person region.
Think it’s based on what version of the car was modelled.
Pretty sure there was a suggestion about this already.
Lot of work to have to model two different interiors and camera views for 700 odd cars not to mention the cars that only come in one version
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I don’t think there is any point adding this to the game and it would take too much time and effort for the developers. Also many cars are only available in left or right hand drive in reality.
I think it was a suggestion for the new Forza Motorsport. I recall commenting there that it would mean scanning two different cars, therefore would be unlikely. It would be a nice feature to have though.
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It would never happen do you know why!..when these cars are modeled they start with 3d scanning an existing vehicle so however that vehicle is thats how you will see it in game. Some vehicles that i want in right hand drive only came in left-hand drive so the vehicle they modeled it off will be left hand drive and so preventing me from having all my vehicles in right hand drive as im from uk. Shame but thats why it will never happen
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Yes, like many JDM cars, like the Nissan Skyline GTR R31-R32-R33 and R34 were never sold whit left hand drive, neither were the Subaru Impreza 22B, so that is a major reason why.
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Be good if they did this by either country the horizon is based in or even the cars country of origin
(Obviously not including the cars such as one side only JDM and some special Ferrari cars [F40] ) but we still get British cars that are lhd cars
I think the OP is referring to the actual side of the road to drive on, not which side the steering wheel is, where people are getting confused here - but surely that depends on which country we’re in?
But staying with the theme of cars being RHD or LHD personally i think they’ve been really lazy with the vehicles themselves, for example seeing a classic Jag in LHD when really it should depend on where the car has been built should be left or right hand drive! Only a handful are RHD and that’s one thing that ruins this game for me.
It would be great to choose whether you like left or right steering in cockpit view, since not everybody is a fan of driving in right side, vice versa left side. Depending from with country your from, and since most car has been made both ways, the option to choose when buying a car would be great for a lot of players and give more duality in choosing cars. Personally i only wanna drive leftsided cockpit view cars since iam from EU, BUT there is a lot more fan favourite childhood cars i would love to drive if i had the option to do it from the left side of the cockpit. There is just too many right steering cars. An options to choose between it would be a very much appreciated feature when buying cars.
Thanks from a veteran fan of forza
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I was just coming on here today to suggest this, because irl i did a dashboard and steering column swap on an imported 96 prelude type r with right hand drive with using the American acura rsx parts and it was super simple and way more realistic than say making a some of the cars in here all wheel drive
The Nissan 300zx is available on both sides, and therefore cars like that one should have the option available as well for the player. At least those cars that had a USA/Can option, and not those meant for the JDmarket only.
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@Akunosh3506 you do realise that the playground games developers are from the uk and we drive on the right hand side of the car in the uk and it doesnt matter what side of the car you are on in the game
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Many Brit cars added in FH4 were left-hand drive US spec (TR7 for one) because that’s what they chose to scan. Pity they didn’t go to the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, there’s some amazing things there, prototypes, show cars, last off the production line et cetera.
The stuff scanned from Ford UK’s Heritage store in Dagenham (eg GEC Transit mk1) are mostly RHD except notably the 1970 World Cup winning Escort mk1 (FEV 1H), which was LHD for driver Hannu Mikkola and 99.5% of the 16000 mile route was outside UK.
Weirdly, in game neither this nor the Transit wear their real world liveries. The #5 mk2 Escort Rally car has the British Airways logo but not word mark. Probably all licencing reasons.
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You also have to think about all the other games out there that have way more upgrade options than this game too. Nfs under ground 2 and prostreet had some of the most amazing upgradable cars in the world with crazy body and wheels changeable options, it should be a reasonable request for deive side in a vehicle. If it can be done irl it should be available in game
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Absolutely! I love driving all the cars in Forza, but I prefer LHD due to the region I’m from. I enjoy the RHD cars, but it doesn’t feel as immersive with customization and buyers choice. For instance, many of the Nissan cars are RHD in Forza. Cars like the Silvia’s can be found in LHD around America, and it’d be really nice to have this in game. Although many of the Nissan cars were only produced in RHD, it’d be nice to choose between the two before purchasing the cars (on vehicles produced with both drivetrains). Whatever they do, I can’t wait to see how they improve FH5’s works into FH6
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