Can't pass the loading screen.

[EXCELSIUS]

Infinte loading screen. It doesn't crush completely, I can hear the music and see the slide show with different backgorunds, but loading cirlce doesn't move. I can hear I can switch and choose different menu options like "seetinigs" but can't see UI after I click "continue". Shi is broken. PC specs in my profile.

[andrew.a.russell]

I purchased in Nov 2022, and tried to play for first time today June 2023.

Mine crashes after I try to continue too. I click the start option, and the music catches for a second, and it silently returns to desktop.

I went through about 4 hours of Shoutingand advice:
1) I checked to see if it needs to be repaired in Steam (it does not)
2) Set it to run as Admin.
3) I've tried windows 7 Compatibility.
4) Reduced to minimum quality settings in 1080p using GeForce Experience.
5) I Updated GForce 3080 Drivers.
6) I ensured latest Windows Update was installed.
7) I uninstalled 10 C++ redistributable packages (2008-2023 version) and Reinstalled every single C++ Redistributable.
8) I changed my startup options and performed a clean boot.
9) I Reset Microsoft Store.
10) I Reset Xbox Live.
11) I Used the Microsoft Troubleshooting tool (no issues).
12) I actually reinstalled my AMD DRivers for 3600xt
13) I temporarily turned off Antivirus/Firewall
14) I even disabled Windows 11 Developer mode using powershell with this command:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

I have a GTX 3080 and Ryzen 5 3600xt. Short of uninstalling and reinstalling (165gb) I do not think there is anything else to do.

There is a hidden crash log. If I go to the %appdata% directory for Forza 5:

C:\users\[myprofile]\AppData\Local|ForzaHorizon5\ CrashReport.xml

The stated reasons are:

<REASON Value="The game requested to open the web browser, but neither the system WebView2 runtime nor the included WebView2 runtime worked."/>
<REASON_INFO Value="0x0000000000000000"/>
<EXCEPTION Value="ACCESS_VIOLATION_WRITE"/>

Which is totally useless. It's been more than 14 days since my purchase, but after 4 hours of trouble shooting... I think I give up. I'll request a refund.

[EXCELSIUS]

I "fixed" my problem in the most stupidiest way. So I press "continue", nothing really happens, then I need to switch between apps with a regular "alt+tab" combo and every time I switch back to Forza the screen goes darker and darker and after like 5 times of doing that I get into loading screen with that percentage info and load into the game. Just W T F is this???

[+CancelSelect ®]

Originally posted by EXCELSIUS:

I "fixed" my problem in the most stupidiest way. So I press "continue", nothing really happens, then I need to switch between apps with a regular "alt+tab" combo and every time I switch back to Forza the screen goes darker and darker and after like 5 times of doing that I get into loading screen with that percentage info and load into the game. Just W T F is this???

I had the same problem in 2021 on release of this game! Seems like a joke!

[Hawky For Life]

Seems likes there loads of issued is still in the game and still adding more cars! Before solving the issued! Have you tried Validated the game for yours issued ?? I know my aren't solved by Validated! Which means it is an corrupted games itself already! I can understands if it were corrupted files and not games itself as Validated normally fixed it that way

[Hawky For Life]

They do need to fix all the issued in FH5 before FH6 is released in few years. If devs does that fixed all contend on FH5! Then maybe it'll do a massive favour for FH6! They just don't have an thinks tanks do they! lol

[Lobi]

my fix for the problem is to put a frame cap in the video menue or to activate vsync

[EXCELSIUS]

Originally posted by Lobi:

my fix for the problem is to put a frame cap in the video menue or to activate vsync

Vsync helps. Thanks a lot.

[Viking2121]

I wonder if this was the same problem I had back when the game first came out, the way I got around it was pressing the Windows key a few times, no idea why, but it would sit on a load screen forever until I did that lol

[EXCELSIUS]

Originally posted by Viking2121:

I wonder if this was the same problem I had back when the game first came out, the way I got around it was pressing the Windows key a few times, no idea why, but it would sit on a load screen forever until I did that lol

Yeah, it must be. Also my GPU was going crazy on that infinite loading screen: full load and I could hear that coil whine.