How to RWD in Forza Horizon 5 | Building/Tuning/Driving Tips for Rear Wheel Drive Cars
Summary
TLDRThis guide offers an in-depth look at building, tuning, and driving rear-wheel drive cars in Forza Horizon 5. It highlights the game's improvements, making RWD cars competitive with AWD. The video covers building tips, such as prioritizing aero and tire width, and tuning advice for optimal performance. It also provides driving techniques for launches and cornering, emphasizing the importance of throttle control and the reward of mastering RWD for becoming a better driver.
Takeaways
- 🚗 Forza Horizon 5 has significantly improved the performance and competitiveness of rear-wheel drive (RWD) cars, making them a viable choice against all-wheel drive.
- 🏁 The game's difficulty settings are designed to reward skilled driving with RWD cars, offering a more challenging but rewarding experience compared to all-wheel drive.
- 🔧 Building a competitive RWD car involves prioritizing aerodynamics, tire width, and gearing to maximize grip and power delivery.
- 📏 Maxing out rear tire width is often recommended for RWD builds due to its affordability and impact on performance.
- 🔄 Staggered wheel spacing, with a wider rear track, can enhance stability and cornering performance in RWD cars.
- ⚙️ More gears can be beneficial for RWD cars, allowing them to stay in the power band more effectively and improve acceleration.
- 📉 Adjusting tire pressures, specifically lowering rear pressures, can improve launch and cornering by managing tire grip.
- 🔧 Tuning alignments, including camber and toe settings, is crucial for optimizing RWD car handling and launch control.
- 💨 Effective throttle management is key to RWD driving, requiring drivers to apply throttle smoothly to avoid spins and maximize grip.
- 🏎️ The video provides practical tips for launching and cornering in RWD cars, emphasizing the importance of smooth inputs and understanding vehicle dynamics.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video guide?
-The main focus of the video guide is to provide a comprehensive tutorial on building, tuning, and driving rear wheel drive cars in Forza Horizon 5.
Why is the presenter excited about the rear wheel drive cars in Forza Horizon 5?
-The presenter is excited because Forza Horizon 5 has made significant improvements to rear wheel drive cars, making them fully competitive with all-wheel drive cars, which was not the case in previous games.
What are the general advantages of rear wheel drive cars in real life and in Forza Horizon 5?
-In real life and in Forza Horizon 5, rear wheel drive cars can be lighter, fit more power, and take high-speed corners faster due to their lack of inherent understeer compared to all-wheel drive cars.
How does the game balance between rear wheel drive and all-wheel drive in Forza Horizon 5?
-In Forza Horizon 5, the game balance has been adjusted so that rear wheel drive cars are fully competitive with all-wheel drive cars, given the appropriate circumstances, whereas in previous games all-wheel drive dominated.
What are some building and tuning guidelines for rear wheel drive cars in the game?
-Some guidelines include prioritizing aero in higher classes, maximizing rear tire width, considering wide body options, choosing the right tire compound, staggering wheel spacing, having more gears, and adjusting the power band according to the car's engine type.
Why is tire width important for rear wheel drive builds?
-Tire width is important for rear wheel drive builds because it helps maintain grip, especially at the rear, which is crucial for power delivery and handling.
What is the recommended approach to gearing for rear wheel drive cars in Forza Horizon 5?
-For rear wheel drive cars, it's often beneficial to have more gears, such as upgrading from a 5 or 6-speed to a 6 or 7-speed, to stay higher in the power band and put down power more effectively.
How should one adjust tire pressures for optimal launch and cornering in rear wheel drive cars?
-For optimal launch, rear tire pressure should be dropped to help with grip. For cornering, a value between 26 and 30 psi is suggested, with attention to tire temps to avoid too low or too hot temperatures that can negatively affect grip.
What is the significance of differential settings in tuning rear wheel drive cars for Forza Horizon 5?
-Differential settings are significant as they affect the car's grip and handling in corners. A low rear acceleration lock can make the car feel more grippy but slower, while a higher lock can lead to more corner grip and speed but is more prone to sudden loss of grip.
What driving tips are provided in the video for launching and cornering with rear wheel drive cars?
-For launching, the video suggests mashing the throttle and shifting before the first gear top speed. For cornering, it's advised to wait until the apex before applying throttle and to avoid turning more than necessary to maintain stability and speed.
Outlines
🏎️ Introduction to Rear Wheel Drive in Forza Horizon 5
The script begins with an introduction to a guide on building, tuning, and driving rear wheel drive (RWD) cars in Forza Horizon 5. The narrator expresses excitement over the game's improvements to RWD vehicles, making them competitive with all-wheel drive (AWD). The guide will cover building and tuning tips, as well as driving techniques to maximize performance. The narrator also discusses the game balance between RWD and AWD, highlighting the real-life advantages and disadvantages of each drivetrain. In Horizon 5, RWD cars are more competitive, with AWD still having a place but not dominating as in previous games. The guide aims to help players understand how to build and tune RWD cars effectively.
🔧 Building and Tuning a Rear Wheel Drive Car
The second paragraph delves into the specifics of building and tuning a RWD car for optimal performance. It emphasizes the importance of aerodynamics, tire width, and compounds for better handling. The narrator suggests maximizing rear tire width for better grip and considers front tire width to counteract understeer. The use of wide-body options for wider tires is also mentioned. For gearing, the guide recommends more gears for RWD cars to stay in the power band effectively. The narrator also touches on the importance of tire pressure, suggesting lower rear tire pressure for better launches and cornering. The paragraph concludes with advice on differential settings, suggesting a balance between acceleration and deceleration lock for optimal cornering and speed.
🏁 Launch and Cornering Techniques for RWD Cars
The final paragraph focuses on practical driving tips for RWD cars, starting with launch techniques. The narrator explains that mashing the throttle is the fastest method for launch and provides a detailed process for achieving this, including watching the speedometer and shifting at the right time. The guide then moves on to cornering, discussing the importance of throttle management and waiting until the car's weight is on the rear tires before applying full throttle. The narrator also advises against over-turning in corners and emphasizes the need for smooth, controlled driving. The video concludes with the narrator's enthusiasm for the improvements to RWD in Forza Horizon 5, stating that while it is more challenging than AWD, it is also more rewarding and helps players become better drivers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Rear Wheel Drive (RWD)
💡Tuning
💡Launch
💡Cornering
💡Tire Width
💡Tire Compound
💡Gearing
💡Alignment
💡Differential
💡Throttle Management
Highlights
Forza Horizon 5 has made significant improvements to rear wheel drive cars, making them fully competitive with all-wheel drive.
Rear wheel drive cars can be lighter, fit more power, and take high-speed corners faster due to less inherent understeer.
In Horizon 5, rear wheel drive is more rewarding to drive, especially with a wheel and pedals, as it puts you in touch with the car's limits.
Building a rear-wheel drive car involves prioritizing aero, tire width, and gearing to improve handling and power delivery.
Maximizing rear tire width is crucial for better traction and should be considered in every build.
Tire compounds play a significant role; finding the right compound is essential for power delivery and grip.
Staggering wheel spacing by upgrading the rear track width more than the front can stabilize the car during cornering.
Rear wheel drive cars often benefit from having more gears, allowing for better power utilization.
Tuning tire pressures is important for launch control and maintaining grip during cornering.
Adjusting final drive is crucial for reaching high speeds while maintaining grip in rear wheel drive builds.
Alignment settings, particularly camber and toe, are key to optimizing rear wheel drive car performance.
Suspension tuning, including ARBs, springs, and damping, requires a balance between turn-in and maintaining control upon acceleration.
Aero adjustments are vital for maintaining grip and cornering, with the goal of running as little downforce as possible.
Differential settings, especially rear acceleration lock, can greatly affect cornering ability and speed.
Launch technique involves mashing the throttle and shifting before reaching the top speed of the current gear.
Corner throttle management is key to rear wheel drive performance; easing into throttle and avoiding sudden inputs prevent spins.
Rear wheel drive in Horizon 5 is more challenging but rewarding, ultimately making you a better driver.
Transcripts
hey everyone welcome to this guide on
rear wheel drive building tuning and
driving in forza horizon 5. this is a
guide i have been very excited to make
because horizon 5 has made vast
improvements to rear wheel drive cars so
this video is going to cover building
and tuning guidelines and then focus on
driving with tips like how to get the
best to launch and how to corner faster
and without spinning i've left
timestamps so you can skip around to
whichever section you'd like and first
before we dive into building for rear
wheel drive i do want to mention quickly
from a game balance perspective where
rear wheel drive is at in horizon 5.
many long time horizon players will know
that all-wheel drive has largely
dominated the meta for the past few
games and although there have been
exceptions to that rule and a good
driver has always been able to do well
enough in rear wheel drive there has
always still been a clear advantage to
using all-wheel drive in online bracing
in horizon 5 however that is really no
longer the case rear wheel drive is
fully competitive with all-wheel drive
now given the appropriate circumstance
in real life there are certain
advantages and disadvantages to every
layout all-wheel drive prevails in tight
corners and limited grip scenarios and
lets you be more aggressive with your
throttle while rear wheel drive can
often be lighter fit more power and take
high speed corners faster due to its
lack of inherent understeer that you
often see with all-wheel drive this
carries over beautifully into horizon 5
where all-wheel drive absolutely still
has a place and is still considered
easier to drive with however many
players are finding that rear wheel
drive is just as fast or faster in many
situations this game logic fits well
into the existing difficulty settings
where easier settings are of course
easier to drive with but will ultimately
be slower harder settings make driving
more of a challenge but you're rewarded
for it with better lap times i also find
that rear wheel drive is much more
rewarding to drive in general especially
with a wheel and pedals it really puts
you in touch with the limits of the car
and in all i think horizon 5 has done
well with rear wheel drive so let's talk
about building a proper rear-wheel drive
car generally i'd go by the same logic
as i do with all builds that is
explained in this video but there are
some exceptions and other things to
prioritize we'll start with arrow in
high classes aero is key to improving
the handling feel of rear-wheel drive
cars you're only getting power to the
rear wheels and it's going to be tougher
to maintain grip it may not be necessary
in every build i have managed to make
quite a few rear wheel drive s1 builds
that don't need forza arrow but it
should be a high consideration for tire
width because rear width is so cheap in
terms of pi there's no reason not to
take it essentially all of my rear wheel
drive builds have maxed rear width front
width is important though too a lot of
a-class builds tend to understeer a bit
if you're trying to run without front
arrow and front tire width can be a good
cheap way to make up for that understeer
keep in mind for tire widths that if
your car has a wide body option usually
that lets you run wider tires as well so
it may be very worth it to run the wide
body on your build now for tire
compounds make sure you find the right
compound if you go too low you'll never
be able to actually put your power down
and rally tires are actually a great
in-between that only cost a bit more
than sports but perform more like
semi-slicks keep that in mind for builds
where you need more grip but semi-slicks
cost too much pi another tip for the
wheel and tires window is to stagger
your wheel spacing this means upgrading
your rear track width more than your
front which helps stabilize your car
under cornering i usually start with max
track width all around and then dial
back front width if and when i need to
dial in the corner feel of the car for
gearing rear wheel drive cars often
benefit from having more gears so if
you've got a 5 or a 6 speed consider
upgrading to a 6 or 7 speed this helps
you stay higher in your power band and
put down more power more effectively and
speaking of putting power down it may be
worth taking a closer look at your power
band in rear wheel drive builds
naturally aspirated and supercharged
cars will typically have a much smoother
power band meaning your car gets a
linear increase in power as you go up in
revs turbo cars more specifically single
turbo cars will have a much more
aggressive power band in the low end you
won't make too much power but then the
turbo kicks in and you make a lot of
power very quickly in your rev range in
rear wheel drive builds i typically lean
towards naturally aspirated or
supercharged builds and that i feel is
really all you need to consider when
building specifically for rear-wheel
drive let's talk about the tuning
starting with tire pressures because the
initial launch is still pretty important
in online racing i tend to drop rear
tire pressure to help with this it also
helps the rear end break out more smooth
and less suddenly in cornering pick a
value between 26 and 30 psi and just
keep an eye on your tire temps too low
and too hot will negatively affect your
grip quite a bit for front pressures i
typically only adjust as needed the
default pressure is usually pretty spot
spot-on for my driving style but
dropping pressure a bit can help cure
understeer in some cases alright now for
gearing you should at least have access
to final drive in most cases make sure
this is in a good place you want to be
able to reach near the top of your last
gear but still have enough top end to
reach high enough speeds for your class
lengthening your final drive will help
you keep grip in rear-wheel drive builds
if you have access to individual gear
tuning and you're struggling to maintain
grip in lower gears feel free to extend
them a bit lengthening first through
third can help you if you struggle with
throttle control just make sure not to
extend them too much or you'll end up
sacrificing a lot of acceleration now
alignment is key in rear wheel drive the
principles are the same as my tuning
guide so check that if you need a
refresher on how to tune these values
but in all for rear wheel drive just
make sure you've got front camber dialed
in make sure rear camber is as low as
possible while still averaging hotter on
the inside and colder on the outside
lower camber helps with your launches
but you still need enough camber to
maintain good corner grip too feel free
to throw in a touch of toe out if the
car is under steering and you can also
add a notch or two of rear toe in to
help keep your car straight during
launch and keep it more stable at speed
only adjust tow if you need to though as
it will increase tire temps and reduce
total top speed adjust caster to your
liking and make sure you recheck camber
if you do and let's move on to arbs
springs and damping for these three
windows the balance between front and
rear suspension is key you need enough
turn-in to maintain speed coming into
corners but you need to make sure the
car won't oversteer once you step on the
gas to accelerate out of your corner
stiffer in the front will help you out
of corners but hurt you on entry stiffer
in the rear or softer in the front will
help you enter corners at speed but make
it more challenging to keep the car from
spinning when you start to accelerate so
find the balance that's right for you
every car and every driver is going to
be different here adjust arbs spring
stiffness and damping as if they're all
connected because well they are you can
and should of course adjust one at a
time just keep in mind that they all
work together and having a really low
front arb but really stiff front
suspension is really going to work
against itself i typically find a low
front arb balanced spring stiffness and
only slightly stiffer front damping to
be the sweet spot in most front engine
builds mid and rear engine cars will
typically have much softer front spring
and damping settings and i usually
balance out my arvs on those builds now
a quick note about ride height i always
drop ride height and compensate by
lowering spring stiffness a bit just
make sure you don't bottom out honestly
i find ride height to not play as big of
a roll as it probably should in horizon
5's physics now we come to aero this is
going to be a vital adjustment if you
have access to it essentially the goal
is to run as little as possible while
still maintaining grip and cornering if
you find yourself under steering turn up
front arrow if the rear end is getting
loose while at speed up rear arrow but
if you aren't finding issues with either
of those start dropping arrow until you
do then just bump it back up a notch
breaking balance is pretty independent
of anything relating to rear wheel drive
just adjust if needed but i rarely mess
with this unless i'm really dialing in
the balance of the car if the car is
getting squirrely under braking you can
move the balance slider left a bit now
finally for differential this one is as
always very important a low rear
acceleration lock will often feel more
grippy and less tail happy in corners
however it will also be much slower a
higher diff lock will ultimately lead to
more corner grip and more cornering
ability and more speed coming out of a
corner but you need to be good at taking
smooth corners as it will be more prone
to sudden loss of grip and spinning out
so if you struggle with spinning out and
throttle control start low with your
diff lock it'll help you corner smoothly
then once you get comfortable start
turning it up in 20 increments or so you
generally want to end up between 60 and
90 diff lock for most builds for your
deceleration this one doesn't matter as
much and does come down more to personal
preference but if you find that the car
is too responsive on a corner entry you
can up your rear d cell lock and that's
going to do it for the tune let's finish
out this video by getting on the road
where i can show some tips and tricks to
get the most out of rear wheel drive
let's start with the launch there are a
few different schools of thought here
you can just mash the throttle and go
through gears until you grip up or you
can try to manage the throttle grip up
early and then accelerate hard well i'm
happy to report that it's actually
fastest to just mash the throttle here's
what you want to do if your car spins
its tires on launch head to the drag
strip and accelerate in first gear don't
shift pay attention to the top speed of
your first gear you want to shift right
before that speed so in this car you can
see my top speed in first is 48 miles
per hour when i launch i'm gonna be
trying to keep the car straight and
watching my speedo once it hits about 45
i'm gonna shift up now this car grips up
in second so we don't need to worry
about grip once we shift out of first in
some higher class cars you may burn
through second gear too just repeat the
process look at your top speed in second
and shift right before it if you're
still spinning through third well you
need more tire grip a class and lower
cars should be able to catch grip either
in first gear or early into second and
s1 and higher builds should be able to
catch by second or early third gear if
you aren't doing that take a look at
your tire compound and rear tire width
sound cues can also help here try to
listen to the difference in the rev
limiter when you've actually hit your
max speed
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you never want to hear that during a
launch all right let's talk corner
throttle management if you play on
controller it's worth looking at your
dead zones newer controllers can usually
get away with about 5 to 95
this is going to give you a lot more
travel between low and high throttle and
ultimately the key to rear wheel drive
is learning not to give it all throttle
all the time you've got to ease out of
corners let's actually look at g-forces
when you're in a corner you start by
braking and shifting your weight to the
front wheels and off the rear wheels
then as you corner your weight shifts
and rotates around to the outside wheels
and finally back to the rear wheels most
people make the mistake of getting on
throttle too soon and too hard when your
weight isn't on your rear tires this is
going to cause you to spin especially on
a higher diff lock wait until your apex
then slowly apply a bit of throttle
don't full gas it until you've hit about
this range in the circle that's when
your weight will be transitioning onto
your rear wheels and you're less likely
to spin now obviously in normal racing
you won't have this g-force meter up and
you won't always be cornering super
smoothly but use this to practice and
get a feel for when you should be
opening up on throttle another mistake i
often see here is continuing the corner
more than you need to once you get past
the corner apex and start opening up on
throttle make sure you ease up on your
cornering too aim for the outside of the
corner not the inside there's no need to
turn more than necessary and that's all
i've got for you verizon 5 has made
massive improvements to rear wheel drive
and i love how viable it is in online
racing and rivals ultimately it is more
challenging to drive than all-wheel
drive but it's also so much more
rewarding and makes you a much better
driver in the end thanks for watching
this video i hope it helped and i'll see
you in the next one
you
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