I find it really weird how working digital clocks still haven’t been readded in any Horizon game ever since Forza Horizon 2. It’s a nice detail and would help driving in interior view feel even more immersive. Seeing them be permanently stuck on 12:00 just feels a bit sad. They’re already in Forza Motorsport 8. They don’t have to match the real world time, but could match the time in-game like in The Crew Motorsport.
Agreed, I can’t comprehend why Forza Motorsport games have working clocks inside cars but not Forza Horizon. It could boost immersion in simple yet meaningful way.
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Because the day cycle is artificial. In all Horizon games, seemingly 6 too, the time progression speeds up by 100s of times when it hits about 6pm so that night time is over in a few minutes, and we get this bland and boring constant daytime.
That makes sense, though the devs could still make the clocks match in-game time like in The Crew Motorsport
You’re right, time in the game moves very quickly, but in Forza Horizon 1 and Forza Horizon 2 (Xbox 360 version only), the digital clock inside the cars did work; it moved incredibly fast, like one in-game minute every two to three real-world seconds, I think. It’s not that they can’t do it now because digital clocks aren’t functional, but in Forza Motorsport they always displayed the time from the Xbox console or PC. It’s a simple feature that would be a nice addition.