Looking for the most realistic graphics settings to play on Forza Horizon 5?
As you can imagine, having optimal graphics can make a huge difference when it comes to improving your lap times and just enjoying the game in general.
Not only will you be able to see cars more clearly, but also the circuit will have a much more defined look to it.
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How do you find the best graphics settings for Forza horizon 5?
There are a few different ways that you can go about choosing the best graphics settings for Forza Horizon 5.
You can either ask other sim racing drivers what they use, or you can experiment with different settings until you find something that works for you.
However, if you’re looking for a starting point, then you might want to try out some of the following settings.
These have been created by sim racing drivers who have years of experience in the game and know what it takes to get the most out of it.
So, without further ado, let’s take a look at the best Forza Horizon 5 graphics settings without sacrificing FPS and overall gaming performance.
FH5 graphics settings list
While there are six main graphic presets (Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Ultra, and Extreme) drivers can still fine-tune many of the settings.
Here’s our recommended list of graphics settings for FH5:
- Anisotropic Filtering = High
- Shadow Quality = High
- Night Shadows = Off
- Motion Blur Quality = Ultra
- Environment Texture Quality = Medium
- Environment Geometry Quality = High
- MSAA = 2X
- FXAA = Off
- SSAO Quality = High
- Reflection Quality = Medium
- World Car Level of Detail = High
- Deformable Terrain Quality = Ultra
- SSR Quality = Medium
- Lens Effects = Ultra
- Shader Quality = High
- Particle Effects Quality = High
- Ray tracing = Optional
- Ray Tracing Quality = Off
As you can see we’ll want to keep some of the values off since we don’t want to reduce too much our FPS and have an overall decrease in gaming performance.
We also don’t want to make things look too “cartoony” so we’ll have to find a good balance between graphics quality and performance.
The sweet spot for most people is usually around the Medium to High settings.
These will provide you with pretty decent visuals without sacrificing too much FPS performance.
Of course, if you have a really powerful PC and GPU then you can crank things up to the Ultra or Extreme settings.
Just keep in mind that you might have to lower some of the other settings in order to maintain a stable FPS.
Conclusion
So here were our recommended settings for obtaining the most realistic graphics in Forza Horizon 5.
As you can see, there’s a lot that goes into getting the most out of the game.
However, if you follow these guidelines then you should be able to get pretty close to that perfect balance between visuals and performance.
Hope this quick guide helped, see you on track! 🙂
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