In the past two days, "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5" has launched 4 domestic cars with the new season and new battle orders. This is not only the first time that the "Forza Motorsport" series has introduced domestic models, but also a very knowledgeable choice of Wuling Hongguang S, Nio EP9, MG MG MG3 and MG X-POWER SVR in terms of vehicle selection. It can be said that it covers the bread from supercar to household bread quite comprehensively, and truly realizes the "home shopping car for Chinese players in the game".
In recent years, the appearance of domestic cars in racing games has become a not uncommon phenomenon. "Wild Drag Racing 8" has let Geely Borui and Bugatti compete in lap, "Ace Racing" has also let Xiaopeng and Wuling show their surging power, and even "Dust 4", a realistic work that shows the unique charm of rally, has made BYD: Qin and BYD: Tang show their style in the international arena.
Domestic cars in the video game cut down their own territory, the reason is naturally related to the prosperity of the domestic automobile industry and the domestic car in the international sinking market attack is inseparable, but the deep reason is actually that the domestic players are gradually being tapped of the super purchasing power and huge volume has made themselves a group that game manufacturers cannot ignore.
However, even though there have been enough frequent appearances, the current role of domestic cars in the racing game is still mostly limited to the level of "whole life". Whether it is the Geely Borui with an average speed of 500 miles, or the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV that can deform and take off, it is actually just an "alien supercar" with optical camouflage, not only the core data of the aerodynamic structure and shock absorption performance are very different from the real car, but the dazzling exhaust pipe tempering when starting and nitrogen acceleration is more powerful to explain to the player the magic core inside these family models.
For light racing games that take "refreshing" as the core experience, these performance changes to domestic cars are reasonable and effective. Continuous drift brings a refreshing feeling, and the rapid linear acceleration of the wind also makes the rapid secretion of dopamine addictive. But for those hardcore racing players who have certain requirements for the realistic driving experience, these overly simple and direct positive feedback is far from meeting the requirements, and the relatively restored real road conditions and rich manipulation feedback are the core pain points that affect the game experience.
Of course, "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5" will certainly not move a Wuling Hongguang S into the game one-to-one, allowing you to enjoy the safe driving of 17 seconds of acceleration of 100 kilometers on the track, and after the honesty and stability brought by the solid body, watch the xenon taillights of the supercar around you gradually disappear at the end of the field of vision.
After a full set of upgrades and explosions, The Game's Wuling Hongguang can also get a strong power of 4.5 seconds of acceleration of 100 kilometers and a speed of 300 miles, which is enough to compete with those performance monsters with 8 figures above and below the real price in the arena. Even by chance, he was able to fight a "Guan Gong War Qin Qiong" with another family god car, AE86, and completely drew a rest on the "Cosmic God Car Dispute".
As a fairly excellent professional racing game that combines entertainment and rigor, "Forza Horizon 5" has made a certain degree of magic modification to the strength of the vehicle's frame and overall performance, but the restoration of the appearance details and driving feel of domestic models, the game still does a meticulous study.
Under the bright Mexican sun, I drove the modified Wuling Hongguang on the uneven country road. The strong traction of the heavy body when cornering, and the unique vibration feedback on rough roads turn the handles and gaming chairs into "cabs". The restored Mexican scenery outside the window also brings an indescribable immersion to the driving experience of this virtual world. The standard silver and white livery highlights the extremely high "compulsion" of this car belonging to the family of the people, and the "Cosmic God Car" opens its wings like a metallic car logo with a very grounded blue bottom license plate is enough to make people smile.
Look at the license plate, the owner is not an ordinary person
As for another domestic car that attracts attention, the EP9, it is a luxury toy that most people have little chance to experience in reality.
EP9 is a high-performance electric supercar launched by the domestic new energy vehicle brand NIO, which has twice created the fastest lap record of electric vehicles at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany, which is known as the "green hell". Today, the $1.2 million gold-devouring beast, which can't be listed on the road, has been airborne into Forza Forza Horizon 5 in a way that most players can easily get (of course, it's now past the redemption period, Gan!). ）。
In the game, the EP9 driving experience is extremely excellent, and the original factory tuning is enough to cope with most of the events and scenes. The acceleration, steering and braking of the vehicle are silky smooth, and the low groan of the engine without roar shows the scientific and technological sense of this top new energy supercar. In terms of appearance, the EP9 in Forza Forza Horizon 5 perfectly reproduces the appearance of the real car operated by the Munich Design Center - the front face is atmospheric, the lateral direction is symmetrical, and the tail wing is light. When driving, the rear spoiler will also adjust the attitude according to the engine status and vehicle speed, and the rear LED light bar can also dynamically change according to the ambient light, which can be said to be full of details.
The news that four domestic cars have joined Forza Horizon 5 is undoubtedly surprising, and the addition of affordable models such as the Wuling Hongguang S and MG MG3 has also made me look forward to more domestic family cars entering the Mexican arena. As for whether there will be domestic new energy SUVs such as ES8 and Chery QQ in the future, it will depend on Playground Games' refueling public relations (laughs).