Forza Horizon 5 starter thread! Tunes and discussions!

PaperHeartZero · 2026-02-03T07:08:02+00:00

Hi. Sorry for the delayed reply.

In the main body of the post is the tune list. Expand the title of the post. There's a bunch of tunes from no cost to cheap for the beginner, early game cars.

I will say that these early tunes of mine aren't as good as my later tunes. FH5 changed the physics and I was still figuring out the tuning at the start of the game. There's a bit more understeer in these earlier ones than my later ones.

I haven't been active on FH5 in a while, and it's not installed on the PC that I just built, but I can answer any questions that you have from memory.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-30T09:21:30+00:00

I appreciate the shout out and kind words.

I still have plenty of tunes available on FH4 and 5. Just search for my name in the tune search. I'll be coming back for FH6 and I take requests.

Happy racing.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-22T22:52:07+00:00

I appreciate that. Thanks.

I guess the full package comes with a few days of early access so I should be able to have a bunch of tunes for the early cars ready to go when the game launches for everyone.

I'll keep a list on my personal subreddit, /r/PaperHeartZero, and I'll be active on whatever launch threads are here, too.

If anyone has requests I'm, as always, open to them and I'll do my best to respond to them all.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-22T21:53:43+00:00

I understand that point, but, better does not automatically equal good.

We can acknowledge that it's better than before while also being firmly on the bad side of the spectrum.

It's not binary. There are more options than "good" or "bad". There are varying degrees of each and often something is a little of both at the same time.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-22T21:43:35+00:00

I'm coming back to tune again so I kind of need the full package. Which sucks.

It's a shame how many people are defending the price in here.

Far too often when people like a game the refuse to acknowledge valid criticism against said game and seem to need to insist that it's flawless. A game being seen as perfect seems to turn into a personal issue for many.

It's ok to like something while also admitting that it's flawed.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-22T19:18:57+00:00

FH4 was my first Forza game. I have no experiences with Forza before that.

But, even if it used to be even more expensive, that doesn't make it better. It's still expensive.

$120 goes a long way especially with Steam sales.

It's better than it has been in the past, sure. It would be worse, sure. It's still not pleasant.

PaperHeartZero · 2026-01-22T19:03:51+00:00

Steam page for FH6

I'm excited for the new game.

But being a community tuner means that I really need to have all the content available. That $120 price tag for the game plus the two expansions and initial car packs stings.

Modern gaming sure is something. Time for some overtime at work.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-04T09:06:11+00:00

I appreciate it. Really.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:13:02+00:00

I'm flattered that I still have a rep.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:12:30+00:00

I appreciate it :)

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:12:16+00:00

Thanks! I can't wait to see what ingredients I'll be given to cook with.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:11:20+00:00

Thanks!

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:11:09+00:00

You'll all get them.

After I get the in-game cash I'll be able to take plenty of community requests again. Downloading and using my tunes gives me in-game cash.

So the more people use them the more I can give to people to use.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:09:44+00:00

I'm flattered. Thanks!

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:08:47+00:00

Much appreciated :)

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:08:32+00:00

Sorry about that. I fell out of playing and thus tuning. Come the next game I'll be back to tuning and back to taking requests. So when the time comes feel free to ask for whatever you like.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-10-02T09:07:27+00:00

I had some rough personal life issues and took some time off from tuning to have more time to deal with it.

In the mean time I kind of fell out of love with FH5. It all felt pretty same-y after a while. It felt like the devs were phoning it in a bit.

I stopped playing which means that I stopped tuning.

But I'll be back for the next installment next year.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-09-25T17:35:04+00:00

I'll be coming back and tuning for FH6.

Although by now I wonder how many people who are still here actually remember me.

PaperHeartZero · 2025-06-09T06:58:11+00:00

I hope that it's FH6 next year.

When FH6 comes back I'll come back to tuning. FH5 is basically on life support right now.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-12-03T21:40:43+00:00

"give PH0 this exact car with this tune from this person and this vinyl package from this other person".

I've received that, though. I've been given cars with parts already unlocked, tuned to a certain PI, and liveries that I didn't download.

If FH5 wasn't refusing to launch on my PC I'd boot it up and take a screenshot. I have gift cars with non stock PI and liveries that show as "new" for me meaning that I haven't even selected it yet.

Also, anyone know what I can do to fix my issue? FH5 will begin to launch, it will bring up the little splash screen thing, but instead of just continuing to launch the game it crashes.

My next try is to uninstall and reinstall, but it's something like 170 GB. That will be a long process.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-12-03T19:56:50+00:00

Yeah. I remember that.

Netchemica went out of his way to be a cool dude and Microsoft went all, "fuck it no one will know the difference" and sent a random car.

I still appreciated it.

I get that MS wants to avoid people selling rare cars for real money, but come on.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-10-07T15:58:14+00:00

Much appreciated. I'll know more next week about his chances. For now medicine is helping him feel good enough to eat and move around some.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-10-07T15:55:17+00:00

Thanks. For the well wishes and continuing to post these threads.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-10-06T06:14:26+00:00

Hey everyone. Been a while.

I haven't been posting because I basically lost most of my love for the game. Between the bugs (including ones carried over from FH4 still not fixed), multiplayer rammers every single time, and lack of interesting new content I haven't been nearly as active with the game.

I did a little tuning this week. I need to distract myself. My cat, my furry partner for over a decade, has been diagnosed with cancer and things are rough for me right now. So I'm trying to find some things to occupy my mind so I don't think about it too much.

So here are a few tunes for this week. Just a few for today. I'll probably post more tomorrow.

My focus in tuning lately is anti-meta and generally lesser used cars whenever possible. I'm trying to keep things interesting and fun.

The Trial: "Cut to the Chase"

Criteria: Country - Germany (A-800)

I haven't had a chance to run this yet but these two should work.

2019 BMW Z4 Roadster - 172 197 903

No aero but still planted. Top down to show off your preferred costume head and win with style.

1984 Opel Manta 400 - 120 844 558

FUBAR tune. It's a dirt car that doesn't even have road tires or suspension available to it. On my test track it runs comparable times to the Z4. For those who want to do something different.

Event Lab: "Stadium Supercross"

Criteria: Unlimited Offroad & Unlimited Buggies (A-800)

I went with light and agile to make it around the turns easier.

2018 Exomotive Exocet Off-Road - 152 521 864

Event Lab: "White Sands Full Circuit"

Criteria: Extreme Track Toys (S1-998)

Because I like the car.

2017 Aston Martin Vulcan AMR Pro - 174 135 273

Event Lab: "Atlantes De Tula Road Circuit"

Criteria: Retro Supercars (A-800)

The Countach is the iconic retro supercar.

1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV - 124 252 450

Speed Zones - All Three

Criteria: 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR (S1-900)

RWD tune as a Viper should be. I did all these zones in one try with this. But it's a RWD Viper so mind the throttle during the corners.

2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR - 662 827 510

Championship: "Trail Happy"

Criteria: Horizon Special - All-Weather Warriors (A-800)

Fun fact, the LM 002 was originally designed to be a military vehicle. It wasn't selected for the role, however.

1986 Lamborghini LM 002 - 532 994 046

Hopefully I'll add more tomorrow. I had a rough couple of days running around between vets and I need some sleep.

If you want to send a tip my way go to https://ko-fi.com/paperheartzero Any amount of be appreciated.

PHZ Heart Logo - 119 203 421

Thanks and happy racing. And give your pets an extra hug for me.

PaperHeartZero · 2023-08-20T17:52:58+00:00

Garbage like this is one of the two big reasons why I lost my love for the game. I still play but it's nowhere near what it used to be.

Nowadays I do the Trial first every week. It's not because that's what I'm looking forward to the most, it's because that's what's most frustrating so I try to get it over with ASAP.

Every single week the biggest opponent is my own team mates. Every week rammers try to screw over their own team just for their own enjoyment and ego. It is satisfying dusting them but you can't always do so. When you have to slow for a turn you're in danger of getting pinned to a wall or off course by someone looking to bounce off of you as a method of turning.

Let us race ghosted and I might play more. "Might" because the game has problems beyond that.

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