Is the game worth for Single Player only?

[NYuKeM]

Hey,

I only want to play against bots, dunno if I can get anything in a way like that.
Do you prefer it only for single player?

[Dragon Treks]

I am having fun playing single player but have only been playing 7 hours. I also am not good at racing games so I don't know how higher difficulty bots play.

[GreenFN!]

yes. you can race bots, change the difficulty if its to easy. you can also just drive around

[ph!l]

Originally posted by NYuKeM:

Hey,

I only want to play against bots, dunno if I can get anything in a way like that.
Do you prefer it only for single player?

Personally bots get in the way in single player free roam. If you play online all other players are ghosted and you play and race on your own anyway. Only if you enter specific PVP events or convoy with another player are collisions/racing together possible.

If you don't want to play with other people, I'd still recommend playing online.

[NYuKeM]

Thanks for the info. I saw that there are online events, do these events give players specific rewards which can't be obtained via single player or I can get everything playing without PVP? :)

[󠀡󠀡]

Yes

[ph!l]

Originally posted by NYuKeM:

Thanks for the info. I saw that there are online events, do these events give players specific rewards which can't be obtained via single player or I can get everything playing without PVP? :)

No everything can be obtained in single player as long as you play online. Your races etc will all still be against bots unless you choose otherwise. Bonus of playing online is you will get access to community tunes, sprays, the auctionhouse and instead of every reward being wheelspins you will get rare/exclusive vehicles/cosmetics/etc.

Gameplay wise it's exactly the same as offline except you will have other players in free roam (ghosted) instead of drivatars (not ghosted) and all the other bonuses I listed above.

[DJ0Hybrid]

Originally posted by NYuKeM:

Thanks for the info. I saw that there are online events, do these events give players specific rewards which can't be obtained via single player or I can get everything playing without PVP? :)

A vast majority of the time, you don't have to do PVP to get all online-only rewards. I can only think of one time where you had to do PVP to obtain a phrase and it was a phrase based off of the event, so you won't miss out on cars or cosmetics. Even then, most of the challenges with any kind of rewards can be done solo or against bots with the few remaining being co-op challenges.

[zabloing]

Absolutely no. This game itself is amazing, but the bots are some of the most unbalanced BS you can find in the genre, they're either too easy or literally impossible to catch up, there's no in between.
For singleplayer only I'd recommend either NFS or The Crew series.

[kireta]

SP has its good parts. Playing SP defenitely gives more freedom in enjoying your car, since you can race completely stock, or have fun but impractical tunning on it. Game will adjust bots, and their cars, to what you choose to drive.

AI in this game is crude, to say at least. Difficulty only changes how much they rubberband. Its racing habits are very predictible, which is why experienced players find it boring, and prefer to race online.

Originally posted by NYuKeM:

Thanks for the info. I saw that there are online events, do these events give players specific rewards which can't be obtained via single player or I can get everything playing without PVP? :)

Main rewards of events (usually rare or expensive cars) are obtained by scoring enough progression points during week. Some of those events are Coop or PvP, but there's plenty enough points to be obtained in purely SP events to get both main rewards.

[Kälävätys]

Originally posted by zabloing:

Absolutely no. This game itself is amazing, but the bots are some of the most unbalanced BS you can find in the genre, they're either too easy or literally impossible to catch up, there's no in between.
For singleplayer only I'd recommend either NFS or The Crew series.

I don't agree. Imo FH5 is much better than any NFS or Crew. The latter especially has very poorly made physics where driving feels like you're just gliding on the roads. While the bots drive on tracks in FH5 and it's very annoying, Expert seems to be very even difficulty. And if you think this game has it bad, try Grid.. That game has horrible bots and the worst I've ever seen.

[PanPan]

Yes but better at -50%

Online is worth 0...

[NYuKeM]

I checked the standard/deluxe/premium editions also and ppl say premium worth it cause of the new maps and VIP because you can farm in-game currency easier (reward boost). I am planning to buy the game but I don't know if I should buy standard or premium (ppl mostly say deluxe is useless since you can buy everything in-game what you get there and nothing extraordinary added as a content).

[dbond1]

Don't buy premium if you feel like it should include 'everything, ever'. Otherwise, have at it.

I think FH5 is great as a single player experience. I rarely do any co-op or PvP style content. And I have still found enough to do to drop 500 hours in to it. I like the time trial stuff, and don't need any humans for that. Racing ghosts. Challenges too.

I like having players on the map, gives the game a nice feel, but in effect these players are mostly just scenery. I play it like a single player game set in a multiplayer world. Works just fine.

[zabloing]

Originally posted by Visukinttu:

Originally posted by zabloing:

Absolutely no. This game itself is amazing, but the bots are some of the most unbalanced BS you can find in the genre, they're either too easy or literally impossible to catch up, there's no in between.
For singleplayer only I'd recommend either NFS or The Crew series.

I don't agree. Imo FH5 is much better than any NFS or Crew. The latter especially has very poorly made physics where driving feels like you're just gliding on the roads. While the bots drive on tracks in FH5 and it's very annoying, Expert seems to be very even difficulty. And if you think this game has it bad, try Grid.. That game has horrible bots and the worst I've ever seen.

I never said that these games are better - read carefully - just that they provide an overall far better singleplayer-only experience.
Horizon is, frankly, quite pathetic in that regard. And 5 especially with no real progression to speak of (since you're already an accomplished character in the universe) and the absolute God-awful story - if you can even call that cringefest a story. Speaking of which -

Originally posted by NYuKeM:

I checked the standard/deluxe/premium editions also and ppl say premium worth it cause of the new maps and VIP because you can farm in-game currency easier (reward boost). I am planning to buy the game but I don't know if I should buy standard or premium (ppl mostly say deluxe is useless since you can buy everything in-game what you get there and nothing extraordinary added as a content).

If you're intent on buying the game anyhow I'd actually recommend you to get Premium because then you'll get 2 DLCs, so that means not only more singleplayer content for you, but they also have a <sort of> progression system, which is good for solo play.

[RememberNoRussian]

FH5 is boring. I can't play the game for more than an hour or 1,5 hour because I get super bored. FH1 and FH4 were the best, but FH1 is the overall king.