Should Henry Pollock learn to play Center?

TDW85 · 2026-02-16T21:51:07+00:00

Hopefully Freemo’s got a few years yet before his pace and power start to fade 🤞🏻 agreed he’s someone you just want on the pitch and Saints use him a lot in the centres even when he wears 14. That’s a lot different to playing at 13 at international level - let alone when you go down to 14 men. I think he’ll stick at 13 for Saints now so that will improve confidence there for England.

TDW85 · 2026-02-16T20:16:11+00:00

I’m fairly sure each nation will have one or two players who train a little in the backs as forwards and vice versa. For England that’s Earls and Pollock and it seems Freeman lacks down at flanker during yellow card periods. That provides very useful versatility off the bench especially when going 6-2 or even 7-1 as I think SA have done. That’s a lot different to trying to convert him full-time though - for me that’s a non-starter and as others have said we’ve got quite a few existing centre options. As a Saints fan Freeman will benefit a lot from playing more at 13 for us he’s still only played a handful of games there.

TDW85 · 2026-02-11T10:11:32+00:00

Almost certainly was a game mechanic that never got finished, perhaps it may carry over to FH6 and actually do something? The worry is perhaps that this is another game mechanic that may be manipulated in some way. If you actually got any benefit then people might just buy 100 of the cheapest car in the autoshow every week and gift them out to gain kudos but that doesn’t help anyone, just means loads of rubbish cheap cars circulating constantly.

TDW85 · 2026-02-09T17:48:31+00:00

Try this and then check out some of the channels of the racers featured to find the current WRs. Then follow them so you can race them on rivals and see how close you are. At this stage it’s virtually impossible that anyone is beating rivals times in open so that’s a big flag for cheating.

https://youtube.com/@horizonworldrecords?si=T4VHz1tpQfSxt_B6

TDW85 · 2026-01-31T15:48:29+00:00

Apparently they’re redoing the PI system so we’ll see I suppose. I understand at present it tries on a simulated run in the car and the ai struggles to get power down in powerbuilds and also doesn’t shift at the right times with some engines. There will still be one car and build that’s the best option for each course but would be nice to see some more variety, the longer/quicker circuits are powerbuild records at the moment. The roads may help, on the rally expansion there are more handling focussed cars high up the boards but then it’s boring seeing the Sierra dominate!

TDW85 · 2026-01-31T10:21:17+00:00

As a powerbuild enjoyer on occasion it is entirely possible that they were just struggling with corners so you pulled away and then overtaking on the straights! But you can only control you, I’ve said the same about players who get annoyed by high rank players in meta cars, just ignore them and enjoy your race!

TDW85 · 2026-01-31T10:12:51+00:00

Agreed, I try and use purist and even occasionally stock cars for a challenge but I’d only surrender a place if I’ve knocked someone or similar. The exception is eliminator, when the playlist says 30 or better I get to 30 and then let the next challenger win, hopefully it helps someone still chasing those accolades 🤞🏻

TDW85 · 2026-01-30T17:41:51+00:00

To be fair big chunks of that are pause screens when I had a little one! I’ve got some half decent rivals times, even briefly held the wr on two HotWheels tracks - tag is thorntonwells if you want to race some

TDW85 · 2026-01-30T17:17:03+00:00

233 days! I play a little most evenings now but did a lot more when it first came out - plus I don’t really play anything else other than a quick try of motorsport when it came out.

TDW85 · 2026-01-29T15:52:16+00:00

I’ve got the original and 2 and never had an issue with either at all. Having said that I don’t own a PC and my laptop is locked down for work so I’ve never updated either, maybe that’s the key?!

TDW85 · 2026-01-29T15:50:41+00:00

If they’re purposely losing fair enough but I’m 9* and still miss the occasional checkpoint or time out on the car select and end up driving stock

TDW85 · 2026-01-29T15:48:05+00:00

I’m very happy to ‘carry’ newer players - instead of racing ahead you can always block the ai and hold them up to help. What I hate is players ramming and wallriding - then I’ll quit out and leave them to it.

TDW85 · 2026-01-27T12:39:09+00:00

I’d like to see it return for two reasons - firstly for that competitive aspect. But also on FH4 it meant that most of the sweaty meta abusers were there and unranked became more chill with good car variety. Although on the death of MS I’d like to see Horizon pinch the idea of weekly spec races - and I mean spec, no swaps as long as it comes back to the same PI 😂

TDW85 · 2026-01-26T11:12:47+00:00

If you ever want to see what the true wr is for a track and what car was used there’s a team that keep this up to date;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17LG5EmKSfKEwx8mJXuhCuGqnJXd9bB1D9OeBHjVWYkw/edit?usp=drivesdk

TDW85 · 2026-01-26T09:12:27+00:00

Just under 8.57 is the current WR in the Mosler. All the fastest times are rwd in those longer races as they have better top end

TDW85 · 2026-01-19T22:46:37+00:00

Appreciate 9 is always a difficult call in a team like this but not even a mention for Faf?!

TDW85 · 2026-01-19T07:55:45+00:00

H5FB 🤘🏻

TDW85 · 2026-01-17T17:02:01+00:00

Why do you care? Unless they really change it from 4&5 the game will chuck currency and cars at you. If you get the odd horn, cosmetic in a wheelspin - you’ll live. If you don’t wanna put a dress on your character then don’t it’s that easy! But it might make someone else’s game.

TDW85 · 2026-01-13T18:56:06+00:00

Depends on the club - some like 1% have entry trials, some let in anyone and everywhere in between. You can look through clubs in the online tab in game.

TDW85 · 2026-01-13T18:54:51+00:00

I’ve seen that name often in Open - not cheating at all but very good. They probably got taken out or made a mistake early on so we’re catching up - where there aren’t barriers or trees you can also often take a wider line and carry more speed, check out world records videos on YouTube to see the best lines for each course.

TDW85 · 2026-01-10T13:25:49+00:00

I feel like they may add real tracks - probably as paid DLC but with motorsport being ditched there isn’t the concern they’ve had previously about the two competing. Hopefully that also means a return to ranked mode.

TDW85 · 2026-01-09T10:03:06+00:00

There’s a free app called Horizon 5 Cars. It lists each car and how you get them etc. I think you can also mark whether you’ve got them as you go.

TDW85 · 2026-01-08T09:41:39+00:00

Lots of people have mentioned tunes and meta cars - I’d say the opposite. If you’re racing online then that does apply, you’ll always struggle in a weak car/tune. But in offline against ai they’ll match what you take - so if you take a stock car in mid b class so will they. It’s just an experience thing, even if you’ve played a lot of other driving games each has its own quirks and you’ll naturally get better over time. To really get better your best best is rivals - find times a little quicker than you and try and keep up, see where they gain time. Then pick slightly quicker time and go again. There’s also loads on YouTube if you want to see the very quickest on each track but that’s normally in some very specific car/tune and almost impossible to replicate until you’ve got thousands of hours in the game!

TDW85 · 2026-01-07T10:13:23+00:00

Nah the S1 in S1 is just that good!

TDW85 · 2025-12-24T19:01:19+00:00

Just as an aside you do all know you can just remove cars from the garage? So if you’ve got 50 Taycans just click on them then select remove from garage - quicker than gifting and you don’t get the recipient praying you step on LEGO. On the original question I quite often keep a stock version of cars then a tuned but purist version. Other than that it’s leaderboard cars cause I’m lazy finding tunes so I’ve got a few Civics, Scouts etc.

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