This New Freeroam Map in FH5 Gives You a Taste of Horizon: Japan | Hoshido City 

This is a perfect example of why the QOL feature I miss most is the ability to change cars from the race start menu. I will never understand how they could give us this kind of potential, just to force you to have to completely exit the race/map, switch cars, then reload the entire race/map

I finally have the opportunity to demonstrate that the Unimog is undeniably the best Touge weapon of all time.

This is why the ability to create lobbies with Event Lab creations would be genuinely revolutionary. In one fell swoop we'd have a simcade competitor to Assetto online; we could have a lobby for this map with 12 players on it, tandem drifting up the mountain. A manageable version of that crazy Nihon Turismo mod from AC. Event Lab is so revolutionary it feels like PG haven't caught up with its potential yet; they're figuring it out as they go along. Adding lobbies is...unlikely. But damn it would be great.

great map! This shows how the community is starving for a more urban setting in the Forza series

I'm not even the biggest JDM guy, but as a fellow map creator this is probably the best thing I've seen in event lab.

The urge to reinstall is strong with this one. Well done man!

Hoki Parking : Looks great. Hoki parking : Holy sh... Hahaha, just joking around, but you have to practise those parking skills, mate. Anyway - what a great work of yours, the map looks stunning - though I think a full editor that bakes a real map in FH5 would give you so many more options and optimizations that it could become another game. I am so hyped to give your map a look and will boot up the game right now! :D Thanks for being such a great contributor to the Racing-community.

Well done Hoki! This is very well done and looks absolutely phenomenal. Hope this makes it to the festival playlist. Perhaps the devs can make Japan possible, I guess we'll see.

OMFG THIS IS INSANE!! IMMA CHECK THIS OUT TODAY!!

Absolutely incredible! I cannot imagine how much work this took. Even getting out of the grid and wandering around to see how it's constructed... my gyuy... this is seriously wicked. Love the atmosphere touches, and super appreciate the gas station in there too. And... I _love_ the "finish line". Brilliant concept all around and I'm going to have to give this a shot in a drift... as soon as I learn how to drift like you do. lol

Wow wow wow! Much respect for the video quality, the shoutouts, and of course the insane map. You truly understand and deliver for the community. Spots like 6:47 are such a cool vibe and the fact that the touge can be run both ways (with harder to link corners) just shows the extra effort. I could go on... Thank you!

This is the kind of map i want. A tight big city with lights, clubs, neon decorations.

Amazing map, amazing places for photos and the real atmosphere of Japan. I can't imagine how much time you spent on this project (I stopped the video at 2:00 so I don't know if you talked about it further). The only thing I would need is a wider mountain pass... I like drifting but I'm not very good at it, so I don't enjoy it as much as I would like. But it's still awesome and the best creation I've seen in FH5.

This is insane! PG need to hire you for their map design for FH6!

The parking lot finish line is genius

Dude this is awesome, appreciate your work

This looks fantastic Hoki; reminds me quite heavily of the Daikoku mod from AC, which is great fun to drift. It also looks like a labour of love. I was one of the people who didn't care where Horizon was set and actually felt unenthused by Japan as a location. But as I've become more consumed by car culture I've fallen in love with touges in particular. I learned drifting in Assetto by downloading everything by the fantastic modders Euro and Kozzren; so Nanamagari, Hapohagara, Akina, Tsukuba Fruits, etc. And there's something about drifting a touge that's unique; it feels like each time you drift one, you tell a story with a beginning, middle and end. So it's so much more interesting than just looping in a tandem on some drift circuit. Touges have that feeling of being out in the wilderness; of climbing and of descending. And they come with all the unique Japanese iconography; the road signs, the particular kinds of trees and especially the road markings they have over there which are so evocative, like the red stripes on hair pins, etc. I sometimes play Shutoko, and it's good fun; but touges and drifting is where my heart lies, so kudos for focusing on, and prioritising, the twisty bits instead of just the straight bits. If only we could have lobbies in Horizon...

Looks great dude! Can't wait to check it out in-game.

Wow so I just played this map the other day on FH5 and just now randomly stumbled upon your video about YOUR map just now.... how cool is that.

About the highway loop, I wouldn't be opposed to having a separate map for the Hoshido Highway Loop just so you can put full effort into the road itself with the typical set dressing. Amazing work on everything

Hoshi you're the man. I crave technical roads on Forza and to see you putting in the work for us to get a taste of that in this game is amazing. Thank you!

Map looks great! I'm excited to try it out with a Miata.

Bro you’re a legend for this !

Best map I've ever driven, all it needs is different daytimes, rain, and a day/night cycle options

I played it yesterday and my first reaction was: Wooow

amazing work. I'm gonna. play the map this weekend.

Great work Hoki this is savage man your a straight up legend 👏 😊keep up the great work 👍 I can't wait to drive this amazing map 😊

Dude, you're the man. That's it. That's the comment. 🔥🔥🔥

this made me re-download Horizon 5 it is such an incredible map and makes such a good experience Highly recommand you give it a try

Now make another city map for grip racing, this would be good practice for making a better highway system since u don’t really need a rural drift part and can focus more on the city itself, especially the highway system

Drove it in my mk3 Supra. Took some screen shots. Well done, sir.

Can't imagine the work you had to put in to this , First run is going to be with an OG 74 Honda Civic ❤❤❤

This makes me excited to play fh5 again

This looks amazing and makes me tempted to finally get FH5

Mate, fantastic bloody track. Exceptional work.

This is incredible Hoki!

Did really well, thanks from Australia 🇦🇺

this makes me want to redownload the game. well done!

You’re a mad man super talented and such a gorgeous map . I hope this year is truly our year for fh6 Japan 😭 fh5 for the last year have really been listening and talking to the community. They definitely know we want it and I’m getting confident that they’ll listen this time 😁

This is really well done, amazing work. And it's really nice for people who want to record scenes, cool gameplay, etc...

Just wow. This looks really good.

Kudos to you man!!

This is absolutely beautiful, I check recent blueprints and came across this when you released it. I continue to be astounded by how you completed this without breaking the prop limit! I strive to put a lot of detail in my maps but this is insane! I would absolutely love to have a chat with you regard how this was made. I create the NOHESI maps currently trending rn and if it were possible to collaborate I’d be so happy in the future! 🔥🔥🔥

Great job gonna try it out asap!! 🔥

Nice. As an architecture designer and FH5 player. I appreciate all the work you have put into this. I would be interesting in learning how to custom building environment one day. I’ll be visiting hoshido city.

This is mad impressive Hoki

Top job bro 👏

phenomenal work

Dude, I want Horizon 5 just to play this map.

Damnnnn this is so professional!

Thank you man!

Bro this is actually fucking awesome

Give this man the tools to create proper game maps and a bunch of anger in the community about the games' feel will be gone

So glad there's finally something like this in FH5! Now we don't gotta wait to see if FH6 will be set in Japan lol Hopefully it'll run well on my Series S

Someone's been cookin' 🧑‍🍳

I'm trying this tomorrow!

Look like something we're going to get in test drive solor crown. I really hope we have a really nice big city in fh6

This is fucking incredible! ❤

Looking forward to trying this out, maybe try some cops & robbers

what a job!

Uninstalled fh5 2 weeks ago, but this looks so cool i'm going to reinstall it again

after seeing so many customs maps made to look like Japan, fingers crossed the devs take the hint on FH6's next location

This is the way to show PGG that we want Japan in FH6. More maps like this!

I didn't even know this was possible on Horizon.. they really don't show off what Event Lab can do in-game well enough. Other than knowing the name, I had no idea what it was.. Even the menu is confusing to figure out.

i just want fujimikaido but in horizon tbh, this is great

holymoly wtf

Takumi Fujiwara entered the chat. :D

I would love to see you do a fully highway by itself and what your Japanese would be

I have to check this out when I jump on the game

Ayoooo Can't wait to hop on this map! Does it have day or only night?

Crazy 🤪

Would it be possible to make night with light rain variant for photo purposes? I love the map and would like to get some rain shots.

Hey, im not very familiar with forza horizon online system, so my question is, can you play it with friends?

🙌

Horizon 6 NEEDS to be in Japan.

I’ve wanted Japan in Horizon since H2 but this is the next best thing! I removed FH5 months ago because the game is just so boring compared to FH1-FH3 which I dumped years into! But THIS Gives me a real reason to download it again!!

Said no events found when looking it up unfortunately

Can I have this ae86 build please! Yours drifts like butter

haha wonderful

I'm not a JDM nerd, at all, I prefer American Muscle, but I have been wanting the next Horizon game to be set in Japan since the original Horizon. I've been wanting such a game ever since I watched Tokyo Drift.

I am literally redownloading fh5 just cause this

Nainmairu Touge Pass on rally dlc👌💪

This looks awesome! My only question is why such high walls on the highway? It makes it so you can’t see the city around you, it makes the road feel even tighter than it already is and takes away prop budget that could’ve been used to smooth corners or something. Not trying to be critical just my suggest based on what o see in the video, have not driven the map myself yet

Hi 😊

This WILL tank my PC but I'll check it out anyway lol

Can you share the code for this drift build for the Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex please🎉

Holy Fn Sht

My xbox will catch fire. But it's worth it

Thank you for making this. The FH5 map is so boring. Ghost towns, boring nature, dead lobbys ect. This was what I was needing fr.

this map makes me think about buying fh5

Wonder if DUBZ knows about this

I bet it has a Dollar General to. Lol

Is possible to recreate the C1 loop in real size? I want to play Tokyo Xtreme Racer in Forza engine

So how do I get this on fh5

Amazing. I bet this barely runs on last gen consoles.

sad that its not AC

People are begging for the next Horizon to be set in Japan, as if that would make modern Horizon any less boring🤣

just hold out for a year or two. the next horizon (codename roku) is set in japan. can't say more than that

No mod support . No devs that understand car culture no proper costumizarion . Dum things they do like the auction house that you can't even use to make money ... or wheelspins to get skirts ... I dont want forza to touch Japan until they understand car culture or atleast ask for someone that does like noryaro

Japan is too hard because they'll actually have to WORK on new stuff instead of recycling European architecture since Horizon 2.