Germany because its simple , in forza horizon games ever since the first game , us gamers have been always curious as to see if we could hit top line speed. Testing cars on the freeway is the most practical way of doing such a task. Now in every single forza horizon game to my knowledge and i have played a lot of all 5 horizon games they’re my favorite racing games and all growing up i never really was too much a fan of racing or car games. That all changed when forza motorsport 4 came around. I got into car racing games after that game. Yet in motorsport it was tracks just simply generic racing game. Yet the customizations and the responsive feedback motorsport 4 gave to players compared to most the racing games ive played in the past it all was so generic hold down gas pedal button as hard as you could brake only on turns for split second. Now idk why all over the internet people proclaim forza as some arcade style racing game. When it literally is a fully customizable settings racing game. You could have your forza experience tailored for a more realistic experience. Forza since motorosport 4 and my first experience with forza was that it was the perfect blend and balance of a racing game. It mixed elements of botu simulation racing and arcade racing . Which is the standard default setting. You could alter your settings to make your drive experience become more realistic with mote feedback of the vehicles. Surely i dont mind experimenting with settings but i prefef the standard experience where its perfectly tailored to arcade style racing and simulation style racing. Now that we got that out of the way i want to answer the question on why germany has been speculated so much for a setting in horizon. Simply because theres not really any horizon game that gives players enough drive space area to really get the most out of their customizations of their hyper cars. Now i would say anyone playing the game for longer than 1 or 2 years any of the horizon games knows that the highways in horizon games tends to lean on the short end of a highway leading to a lot of short comings of custom build cars and really falls short of any top line speed any of your custom x 999 cars are capable of showing us. So for that reason alone the most obvious of reasons , the autobahn is known to be the longest stretch of highway with also no speed limits stretching for a lot of the highway. Now if its a video game you could tailor the hihway of the autobahn to become more straight in its roads to ensure players are able to hit top top speed where the odometer isnt going to move anymore. Now this may occur in most horizon games in the past with a lot of general cars where they arent modded or even some modded that fall short of the x999 ranking of a car in game. Yet with a lot of my x999 cars i notice theyre severly held back in almost any event and even on highways in game in the past. So it would be of a fan service to the more dedicated players and even those players who are new to the game that wanna just have the most fun by earning credits to get a car u have your eye on to modify it . Only to find that when you have an x 999 car the highways in horizon still dominate your cars performance yet that isnt how cars work irl theyre limited by the road and terrain youre driving. So its a non sensicle no brainer motive why developers would implement the next installation of horizon 6 should make it germany the setting. Excluding car manufacturers from germany you do have a ton of german engineered companies cars in game through the years so it would be a disservice to those companies . Yet ive mentioned that it is strictly a gameplay constraint that cars x999 never truly hit their top most max speed even on highways in game . Thats simply cause most the highways are small and dont really stretch for the length and curvature you need it for you to really hit the most speed your x999 cars can really go. So why would anyone play a racing game an not want to just toy around with the customizations and get a car going over 300mph only this happens when its a certain car and thats limiting. Its a video game you should be able to delve deeper into customizing cars as well. Why do we have to limit our possibilities of creation in a video game when i simply just want a video game at the end of the day. So that means unrealistic things happen. Like why couldnt i ever choose what i put engine wise as a conversion part of customizing cars instead of what thegame says i could place in my conversions catergory. Maybe in the future game or games allowing players to freely swap in conversion catergory to swap whatever to whatever. Example if its fictional why couldn’t i convert a buggati chiron engine into a 1929 race car ? Ive played every installment of horizon since the beginning never was able to be all creative with whats undef my hood and what allows my cars to perform . Yet to stay on topic germany for the setting of the next horizon simply for a flaw in gameplay which hasnt been ever properly met . Which is highways are restrictive to your x999 cars on highways youll never be able to perform top line max speed in every x999 customization of car wether its due to undesirable traffic patterns which honestly was met in horizon 5 with the test track feature but test track feature doesnt allow you to make new roads to make your x999 customs perform the best they can perform. So you see autobahn for germany setting simply for those unrestricted highways that make your car slow up due to traffic or a curvature in the highway being so awkward that it will just slow down your top line speed causing you to have a perfect highway run if youre to hit thr max speed. I know in horizon 4 it was more frustrating to get a perfect highway run with no drifting no swerving out of control off the highway . So to improve that and add fun over the frustrating is just make germany the setting have the autobahn a custom fictinal version of it stretching so far that itll.be so large it will be the biggesy highway to horizon ever …now if yoh played horizon ever youll notice any horixon game players always make their way to the games highway just to test those x999 builds but theyre always restricted to underperforming due to the games developers making certain cars only hit 300mph which is silly and preposterous its a video game
Those ‘AI’s’ are language models. They’re basically fancy auto-corrects. So what they generate is not reliable information.
I once asked an ai what letters are between r and m in watermelon… it responded with aeo.
I didnt think gemini ai would have some sort of insider information, just thought it would be more fun than asking a magic 8 ball
If im honest i dont really care where it will be locatet as long as they make it fun.
With fun I mean, driving roads just like rally adventure mixed with a long highway and a dense map that ISNT as open as FH5. As someone before me said FH2 for example had a beatiful map that WASNT really open but it was very lively and realistic and somewhat of a dreamscape in a realistic way. It captured the Horizon Vibe perfectly FH3 is right behind that because some parts were pretty dull too but that are just some compared to many more breathtaking parts of the map. We need a modern city again too and multiple villages and small towns and places to meet (Random parking lots and for example a rest stop on the highway and a car park with a meet function). I would also like a more organic storyline like FH1 so i feel like im really taking part of a festival.
I have many more ideas but i think that would be too much for me to write down.
I 777% agree with all of your statements you should make a separate post/suggestion cause this needs to be seen by more people
I just opened a new topic about it
Awesome I just posted a comment on it just now
Germany is unlikely for FH6, especially given Assetto Corsa EVO will have a German open world set in the region where the Nurburgring is.
That’s what I’ve been saying
My prediction for FH6 is, people will moan like hell about whatever/wherever it is - probably the map being too small and cluttered.
…and maybe the fact South Korea is not Japan? 
I personally believe that FH6 will either be set in Japan or Japan/South Korea for the location and HokiHoshi made a video speculating that FH6 might already be set in Japan
That’s only recently been announced. The location for FH6 will have been chosen ages ago and they won’t do a sudden u-turn just because another game is at some point in the future going to offer content set in Germany.
Also, Assetto Corsa is much more of a sim than Forza Horizon so even if they do release the open world part on consoles, it won’t be directly competing with the arcade oriented FH6.
I watched his video today. He makes a good case! I hope he’s right. I found it a little suspicious too that they released the latest Japanese car pack. Those cars are a bit too specific imo. Japan would be cool. If it is, let’s hope they made a good map!
Exactly although I’ve been speculating it for a while now but one commenter on his video also made a valid point that back in Forza Horizon 2 the last new car added was an Australian car in Forza Horizon 3 the last new car added was a British car in Forza Horizon 4 the last new car added was a Mexican car and as far as we know the last new car added into Forza Horizon 5 is 4 ultra rare Nissan car’s and it wouldn’t make sense for them to come to a place like Germany especially the Nissan S-Cargo of all things
Yes, I thought why put so much effort in finding rare JDM cars? The Stagea is also quite rare to find in 100% original condition. Most are modified in some way.
Exactly my point hence why I believe that FH6 will be set in Japan or Japan/South Korea for
HokiHoshi: Am I A Joke To You? Meaning that he’s made a video about FH6 could already be set in Japan which is an interesting video to watch by the way
I could for sure tell you that a lot of the thumbnails of the games have certain vehicles.
FH4 - Has the 2018 McLaren Senna.
FH5 - Has the Bronco(Made by United States and Mexico).
And for FH6, there is a thumbnail with a vehicle that appears to be the Apollo Intensa Emozione. So it’s possible for FH6 to take place in Germany, but we’re not exactly sure. I, myself also believed it would take place in Japan. But after doing research with the FH thumbnails and Vehicles, i’m not sure.
I hate to brake it to you but the apollo cover is fan-made and available in the internet for many years.