In Depth Difficulty Settings Guide (ABS, Manual vs Auto Shifting, TCR/STM...) | Forza Horizon 5 

Keep in mind with braking lines there are some occurances on some tracks where depending on the car they arent gonna be necessary to brake as much or even at all in certain points. They are good guidelines but should never dictate objective procedures or technique.

He’s 100% right about driving manual, I only started last week as I wanna learn to drive in real life so I thought just to try it for a little bit, but now I’m hooked, I’m faster and better than all my friends playing automatic still, and it really does become 2nd nature and for me it makes the game way more enjoyable, Jesus forza horizon 4 is based in my own city Edinburgh but I’ve played number 5 more cause of me switching to manual, also helps it came out on game pass day 1 but that’s not the point lol, anyone thanks for the vid going into detail about all these options and thank forza for turning gamers into car lovers and car lovers into gamers 💪

Unless they updated it, I don’t think you get any CR bonus by turning off rewind or the brake/drive line in FH5 (I know you did get a bonus in FH4)

As a wheel user, I wish the manual/manual with clutch setting would change according to car. So if the car is a manual IRL, then it should by default come with the clutch.

Was able to get multiple top 50 in Rally Rivals using Auto and ABS. You convinced me to try manual/no ABS now. I'm looking forward to it. :) Great video as always. Cheers.

One thing everybody planning on turning ABS off should know: learn to tune brake balance! In previous Forzas I wouldn't say it would be very necessary, but in FH5 locking up the brakes can really mess you up. Learning to brake without ABS on properly balanced brakes will be a lot easier than braking on stock or unbalanced brakes. I recommend looking at Hoki's tuning guide or other guides available on RU-vid/the internet

manual shifting made a huge difference for me especially in cross country events. its definitely worth learning. i dont know if they changed it since last i checked but i dont think drive line off or rewind off gives you bonus credits in this horizon

Keep in mind that simulated damage seems to heavily affect the player, far more than AIs, making marathon races nearly impossible to get good placements on, as your car tires are worn down by the end while the AIs can keep taking perfect corners.

The braking line helps a lot when you think about how many cars you're gonna drive under varying conditions. It's highly unlikely that anyone will know when and how hard to brake with all 300 of their cars on every turn when you throw weather and how the car has been modified into the mix.

The only thing I would add about using rewind from a Forza noob's perspective, is that it can become a habit that's an instant killer in any sort of online play. With FH5 being my first game in the franchise and being used to NFS handling, I used rewind to help me learn Forza's handling model. I'm certain it was helpful, but when I did my first online race as part of a festival playlist co-op, I screwed up a corner and instinctively hit rewind. Of course, this immediately sent me into 12th place and my race was over. I'm trying to ween myself off of rewind as a result. Instead of moving difficulty from Expert to Pro, I think I'll stay on Expert until I can win consistently without rewind. I figure rewind is primarily a track knowledge thing (for me anyway), and it's usefulness will diminish as I gain that knowledge.

You make great videos. You always explain things very well. And you take take the time be thorough. I really appreciate that. I’m halfway experienced at this point, but I still learned some things, and again, greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness.

This was a great video! I switched to a wheel for FH5 and have been trying to advance my driving. One tip for ABS Off is to also use your gears to help you slow down, changing down at the right time really helps with managing the breaking pressure in my experience. I've been considering taking off breaking lines because I want to reduce my reliance on them so I can switch to other games easier, and found sometimes they aren't the best line, especially in rivals.

underrated video, nice job helping players know how they wanna play the game

This was a great video for a beginner like me, I would love other beginner guide videos!

i've been drifting for a while now and worderen about that i coult'd accelerate while i was drifting. but now i tryed take traction and stability control off, and that helped really much. thank you❤️

Another great video, man! Keep it up!

Really nice guide! I’m using ABS, no TC, no SC, and Manual clutchless. My rewinds are on but they’re a last means backup anyways since in online if I have to rewind it’s really costly. And the braking line I have that too, but it’s a guide since sometimes the braking line suggests me to brake way too early, so I use it as a vague guide.

Important point regarding ABS (also irl): ABS lets you retain more control over the direction your car is going during heavy braking. Instead of just sliding straight into the barrier, you might just barely make the corner.

Another great video, thanks for all the guides you're making! I've been playing with most of these off while still being hesitant to switch to manual shifting. Although I prefer manual in real life, I've not liked the disconnect between an actual gear shift and controller inputs, but I'll go with it for few days and see if it feels better.

Great video! I first watched that a while ago and I was running on automatic shifts, ABS on, traction control on, stability blah blah blah... Now I'm doing the EXACT OPPOSITE. I'm running with ABS Off and Manual with Clutch and basically all of the assists are on the "fast settings" Apparently I've shifted from a newbie to a really great driver since I'm pulling off insane times on Rivals. Thanks for the great content!

One thing to note that on console the triggers do have rumble moters that help when identifying issues with traction or locking of the wheels while under braking. This feedback should still be there if using an Xbox one controller. The feed back helped me with turning off the ABS.

I've played this forza then all the rest put together because of your videos. Thank you tuning your own cars enhance the game so much so thank you

Best explanation man...really good content..

Thanks man you helped me

For manual with clutch on controller, I like to swap the handbrake and clutch buttons. It's just way easier and feels more like manual w/o clutch except my thumb has to press two buttons at almost the same time.

Dude great content as always!

Thanks for the video

After seeing the staunch difference in acceleration on automatic vs manual, I decided to make the switch. Now, I play dirt 5 but the same thing applies. It was a little hard to get used to at first, but after a week of racing on manual I have been smashing my world records and claiming new ones all the time. The cars feel a lot more controllable as I can control what gear I enter and exit the corners with. Thank you!

I have been considering changing into manual shifting for a while now but it kind of messes up my focus, this tutorial kind of gave me that push i needed. Thanks HokiHoshi.

thank you :) very good tutorial :)

I remember my dad taught how to drive manual with clutch a while back on forza 2. He never played, just saw me playing and told me what to do. To make it easier, I change my controller mappings to make it feel more natural.

Simulation steering in FH5 is way easier to use then in fh4

I remember when I first started FH4 I was having difficulties, esp since I use keyboard. I was scared of sim/semi-sim raceing. So the first few youtubers I found very helpful were HokiHoshi (and Isuckatdriving) and really helped me get into the game. Now watching this video, I feel like a high school senior lmao.

I have always driven Every Forza game with No ABS, no TC no AS and always manual gearbox. It's the way I want to play. Feels right for me. Might not be right for you. But anyway, great video. Many Forza players needs guides like this to understand how it works

Man, I'm glad you acknowledged how cheap the AI is in this game. I've gotten much better since watching these guides and playing, and now I default to Pro difficulty and can usually beat the AI consistently, but boy... The amount of times the game makes it so obvious that the AI is on rails is baffling. 100+ mph down a wet dirt road, the AI looks like its about to lose control, and then suddenly the car just snaps right back into its line... The only thing that makes the AI beatable is the fact that it tends to brake too much. But good luck catching it in races that have a lot of long straights and gentle corners. Not to mention its propensity to ram the player in corners because it always wants to start breaking at the very last second because the driving line says so. >.>

I switched to manual in all racing games mid last year. And I have to agree. It's a drastic improvement in both gameplay fun and pace.

Worth noting that there are circumstances where TCS is absolutely warranted. Eliminator is a good example, where you often end up running un-tuned 2wd road cars through sand and mud. Throttle management there is incredibly difficult and a huge distraction when you should be focusing on navigation.

After driving manual for years i recently switched to manual w/clutch on most of my racing games and its so much fun, its not that more difficult and allows you to do so many fun tricks and shit that helps you corner faster

Thank you for the tip it turns out I was playing all wrong especially driving vipers they are so much more fun when you turn traction control off and stability control off

great video

am i totally wrong, or do the race line, damage, and rewind no longer affect the bonus %?? i do not see any difference when i change them ...

The goat back at it again

I just started playing FH5 a week ago on PC with keyboard. I tried ABS off (because of that +15% CR) and it was a nightmare for me. I was so confused because I felt like I couldn't control the car at all. Some videos said that you should applying the brake at 80-90%, I was like "WTH, how can I make my keyboard do that? LOL" Thank you for your explanation in the video. Now I set all of my controls as you suggested for keyboard players, it is working great, it is great and I now started having fun with FH5!

Also went from NFS playing automatic to FH5 on manual w clutch on controller, I struggled at first but I love it now, I just wish the button mapping didn’t force me to make a default map button

nice vídeo! Tks bro!

Another awesome helpful video! Do you think you could do a tutorial on shifting?

Very nice

dude good job liked and subbed

I definitely agree that manual driving is much more fun off the bat and I can definitely tell how it's faster, because I can change gears when I decide I need to switch. Also, I like the braking button being separate from reverse. It's very intimidating sometimes, so I haven't made the full switch, but definitely want to work to get there!

Been driving with all assists off and in top 500 rivals since horizon 3. The key to driving fast is simply keeping the revs up. Doubly so if the car has forced induction. Keep the car in boost. Typically when cornering you gotta brake and downshift to the gear you wanna ride out of the corner in before diving for the apex. Ease off the throttle a lil bit to keep traction, straighten her out and gun it out the hole. Driving w/ clutch can allow you to keep your revs up even when braking/ being on the throttle with the clutch in, essentially clutch kicking. This is super useful in lightweight rally where it is truly a momentum game. Secondary point: traction control and stability control literally rob your car of power to keep it “stable” but it’s really a hinderance more than anything. Practice driving 500-700 hp RWD cars on circuits and you’ll be able to drive with assists off in a couple hours, just takes a moment for the eureka moment, but it’s well worth the couple hours of growing pains

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Great stuff, you clearly been playing this game for long if you need tips on Fifa am your guy

As a "Pro" Driver I would suggest you to turn the Driving/Braking Line off, because sometimes it gives you wrong information and you brake 5 meters early and waste a lot of time. When I started driving without braking line, I noticed that I develop a feel for brake points and I started looking at the Map much more often to check how the next few corners would go. If you drive without ABS, TCS/STM and with simulation steering and you want to go to the next level, then I would suggest you to turn of the driving line fully and take one of you favorite race tracks and try to look at the Apex of a corner or the next Check Point and figure out when approximately you have to brake. On passages where there is a long straight and then a sharp turn you have to look at the map and estimate when the best spot for braking would be, you can also brake twice: the first time to reduce speed to about 150 to 200 km/h (100 to 130 mp/h) to get a better feel about when the best braking point arrives and the second time to brake down to the perfect speed for the corner. At the beginning you will always break too early or too late, but after a week or so, you will be faster than before. PS.: Awesome Video! Wish I had that 6 years ago.😅

just turned both traction and stablility control all the way off and i definitively have more control over the car as long as i control the throttle. nice

Mines the hardest possible I started out with it and it actually helps, someone I end up in first place a lot

Massive respect to anyone trying to grab bonus boards without using rewinds.

I do a run back to this video for double confirmation that we can verify shift points with the sounds, I run with no hud just to keep it clean

YES I NEED

What are your steering linearity settings? Thanks for all the videos!

Your Videos are SO informativ, thank you! Without those Videos i would have no Clue. Sub earned. Whats your View an Camera Angles? I like cockpit for cornering, but i loose so much information like incoming traffic, that i feel its not realy competitive. Cheers Mate

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I like driving with full racing line against bots because they, while sometimes driving very unpredictable and just ramming into you, become quite predictable with these racing lines

I used to do everything off with braking line only and normal steering in FH4, FH5 seems to tamed simulation steering so I now have that too and been trying out ABS On to see if I’m more consistent. Oh and I still play on unbeatable now, with little bit of rewind to stop/catch cheaty AIs

Do you have any tips on launching at the start of a race with a wheel?, usually everyone and the AI launches faster, and if i go automatic and active assists and hold throttle, it launch faster

Can you please do a guide on game pad settings like sensitivity and deceleration and acceleration, I'm really struggling to get mine right

There is one question I have from the footage you showed in the ABS section on the Horizon Mexico Circuit with the Elise GT1, since I use that track as a tuning benchmark for my cars very often. How the hell do you achieve these insane speeds with the Elise GT1? You manage to get cross the finish line at 168 mph which is quite hard to reach for me with this car, since it is so light and doesn't allow that much performance options. I'm happy when I get to 150 mph. I tried anything, manual shifting, engine swap, 0 downforce tuning etc. I just never get even close to the speeds you achieve in this run.

Great video. How do you turn that hot wheels assist that hovers over your car? I just hate that thing over my car.

Hey hoki thx for the tutorial I just switched from normal steering and manual to sim steering and manual with clutch. My only question is why does the car ( when drifting ) and pulling the handbrake has then a power lag/cutoff for a few seconds? Does this mean I should only weight shift and use the normal brake for drifting?

So I was messing with the difficulty settings and removing the driving line doesn't give difficulty bonus credits anymore, did I mess something up or has it never given bonus credits?

can we get a full wheel setup guide perhaps?

Turned off traction control yesterday and goodness is it better, reminds me of driving my actual car with it on vs off

Alright, I'll give manual a shot. I've always played with everything else turned off (except rewind), so this would be a fun to learn :)

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Breaking line and rewind have no effect on my credit bonus, do i have some setting messed up? I’d love to stop using rewind but there’s no incentive not to.

I tend to change between manual and manual with clutch based on the car I'm driving. If it has flappy paddles, then I'll go manual. Otherwise manual with clutch. I do use a sim racing wheel and rig.

Please someone tell me about the default games key bindings for manual transmission my car is always stuck at 1st gear cause I don't know which key's are used for upshift and downshift in manual transmission for key board please help 🙏🏻

Noob question. I have a wheel and foot pedals (only 2, no clutch pedal) and I drive automatic in FH5. How would I switch to manual mode if i don't have the stick shift too?

I only left braking line on starting from Horizon 3, so I won't miss the turns lol. One thing is focusing on how fast you go, but it takes a lot of your attention when you also need to focus on where you go. Sadly the game is so dark even on maxed out brightness on my IPS monitor when it's becoming night time that I can barely see anything (and still lucky to have fine eyes), although it might have something to so with my dash cam setting.

I swapped my gear shifting up/down from the buttons to the right analog stick and my clutch is the left bumper. Too much fun with that set up.

Thank you so much for this explanation! As a new player I am thinking of buying one of the Logitech Wheels for Forza and making the transition from PS5 controller to wheel on PC, but is it worth it for someone who only plays Forza 5?

What buttons on the controller are you using for shifting?

Does anyone know if “standard” steering in fh5 is the equivalent to “normal” steering in fh4. I find I am much better at fh4 than fh5 and want to carry over my settings. Thanks!

having played manual w/ clutch since forza motorsport 4, i'm just way too used to playing with it for manual clutchless to feel comfortable!

I only use traction control for rwd cars, besides that everything is off. I’m trying to learn the throttle control on the controller because when I feel the pressure of a race I lose the control. I’m hoping to get a racing wheel with pedals in the following months to come.

I have everything off including the HUD. It’s just me, the car, and beautiful Mexico.

I personally find myself having to play better with rewind off as i cant rely on it, but for the people that need it or are just looking to have fun/play casually, I totally agree, its a free advantage, use it!

Correction - there is no bonus for turning off rewind in Forza Horizon 5, it was the case till Forza Horizon 4 though. Great guide, thank you.

How should you go about judging when to downshift? I've pretty much forced myself to learn how to play with most assists off by playing through FH 2-3 as 4's release was approaching but never got down shifting down

If I'm not mistaken, the rewind in FH5 doesn't give more credits if you disable it, so there isn't any objective reason you shouldn't leave it on.

Any wheel users have any suggestions for getting a wheel? I'd really like to have a wheel and pedal set up, but don't necessary want to spend a boatload getting a whole rig with a chair and stuff. Are pedals doable with a normal gaming chair or do you just spin around? Lol

Hoki one little mistake in this vid: in FH5, my understanding is that rewind has no effect on credits. It did in older horizons but they removed the credits gain for turning rewind off in this one. I personally only really play in convoys so I don’t use it much but I’ve found that it can sometimes be better than having to get yourself out of whatever ravine you launched off into after being rammed Otherwise, great video thanks for your work

I don’t have that menu on my setting how do I get it?

5:39 how to turn on this on screen display

I tried feathering the braking on keyboard, i got it to work but its an insane amnount of effort like you said im using anti lock on

I'm top 50 leaderboard (top 0.01%) but i'm using abs off, automatic shifting, and full driving line. Doesn't matter if abs off doesn't differ much to abs on, manual is faster than automatic, or full driving line is distracting. Play what you like. Driving line is the most important than thinking which setting will give you faster time.

I'm trying to get used to simulation steering on controller but the snap backs are wicked in high powered cars.

I use manual only paddle shifters with my wheel in FH5 cause my H-pattern shifter supports only upto 6th gear, while there are a lot of cars in FH5 that go beyond that.

my cars always breaks when i turn which i just cant figure it out. Can someone help

My main car (also favorite car IRL) is the McLaren F1, so I keep all driver aids off to make it more authentic. It’s made me improve rapidly without those on.

Good overview, few observations I'd add: Clutch kicking is useful not only for drifting, but also for rally on older cars with big turbo lag! It'd be nice if there was a setting to enable manual w/ clutch only on cars which would actually have a clutch pedal in real life, and not for semi-auto slush box/DSG gearboxes. In particular, I'm fairly sure the "Race" gearbox is supposed to be a DSG so installing that upgrade should disable the option for a manual clutch. I personally find the braking line very hit and miss, very often it tells me to brake for no reason in a straight line or seems to want me to slow down more than is necessary on corners. I'm not sure how "tuned" the braking distances are to your car and settings, there's clearly some change if e.g. you turn the braking strength right down the distances shown will increase but not sure if it takes into account all of the other settings. I can understand why people would want to turn it off to avoid misleading information, though personally I leave it on.