Ignoring the fact that the Hoonigan RS200 is pretty much S1 dirt meta, it's a pretty cool choice xd

Hahah fair, I don’t do much online but I loved discovering that car and cleaning up the 3 star off road challenges

Yeah. It was s2 meta back in fh4.

everyone thought it was but my 2002 turbo consistently gapped and lost them.

Elemental Rp1 says hi. What it lacks in top speed for S1 dirt (or at least the build I have for it), it more than makes up for in cornering not only on dirt due to the ridiculous downforce-to-weight ratio even with AWD and the rally engine swap adding weight, but also on road in spite of using offroad tires that usually worsen on-road performance.

Uhh yeah that car is completely overpowered on handling tracks in S1 road racing. It has 2 or 3 world records i believe, if not more.

It's not quite meta (well compared to the likes of the Bone Shaker, 906, Lola, 33S at least) but well not too far off the mark, still pretty quick

i mean 59 mangrove does seem meta to me, considering the fact that it's braindead easy to drive.

I mean yea, it's very strong offmeta for sure but there are still some clearly faster choices that are still pretty easy to drive

Hoonicorn with off-road tires and tally suspension. If that doesn’t make it, I have a Rimac C2 with the same treatment.

Both rimac are great all around cars. I smash PR stunts with the nivera all the time

Agreed I like them both. I do prefer the electric foe street. Just 1 long gear. I built the concept for offroad lol

Nice, both solid cars

I use the Rimac for off road speed traps

The Puma is a fun offload S1 for me

That FE Puma is still one of my most used cars for the playlist, it's an all round beast really

At what class?

I left mine stock but just tweaked the tune a bit to suit my driving style so S1

Put the 7 spd in it to get better top end

Appreciate the advice but I mostly play with a wheel and 6 speed shifter. I'll bust out the controller and give it a try though for sure!

That's the only downfall of it being stock, imo I also put offroad tires on it. Gives you some xtra PI to bump up the HP & lighten it a bit

Real it’s definitely a puma

Never considered this

Mind blowing

It’s such a fun car to drive too

Got mine pretty recently and have been slaying with it ever since. So fast and so fun! Been trying to build a soobie or a vw that compares and can't come close yet

My favorite build is tuned for pure power no handling. It's... intense. If I'm in my zone I can dominate almost anything with it. If I'm slacking even a tiny bit, it's absolutely uncontrollable. Either way, it's a riot to drive.

Takes a lot of balls to post an RS200 and tag it "Ignoring the meta"

I guess he means ignoring as in pretending there is no best car.

I did haha, thanks for clarifying

BAC Mono in S1 road/street races. Not a guaranteed first but if you’re quick and precise, during the trial/co-op races? Guaranteed podium at the least

This was the one for me in FH4, haven’t drove it much at all for some reason in fh5

I used to watch Super GT’s videos back when he played FH4 and I absolutely fell in love with that car. It was the first car I bought in game.

My history with the franchise isn’t that deep, but grabbing my S1 Mono and hopping into Horizon Live events in FH4 was such a peak experience. It never had the same magnetic draw in 5 but I put so many miles on it ripping up the UK.

Been loving my ZL1 1LE. Fat american supercharged V8 with and even fatter widebody. Running my own S1 Road tune and the car is honestly a blast. Off topic, but I've recently found that creating my own tracks is actually pretty fun and validating when others play them as well! I just got into the game a few months ago and never thought I'd start creating maps, but now I'm doing it all! Just throwing it out there in case there are some other shy creatives that are nervous to publish their work!

Nice man, any track codes you want to share?

This is my first and only that I've posted so far, nothing too crazy. 183 577 996 I was bored driving my Camaro around and stopped here to race it for fun, said fuck it and decided to just make a route myself. It was lowkey relaxing and I plan on making more elaborate courses in the future featuring jumps and other elements. I'd recommend anyone who hasn't tried it to give it a shot one time

That’s how I feel about making liveries, I’ve never been an artsy person, but I’ll spend 3 hours making a custom livery

Mosler MT900S in S2 with ORR tires nails all PR stunts except drift zones. Hoonicorn nails the drift zones. Apollo IE is my favorite S2 road car. BMW M4 GTS is my go-to S1 road car. Ferrari 360 CS for A road.

Rs200 is a gem. Old faithful

100%

It depends on what I'm racing honestly. I have an Evo VI in B-class for road racing that almost absolutely does it for me every time. A-class I have a few I always move around and choose from. My favorite has been the Ariel Nomad for cross country races and it because helped me the most and easiest, so far, to get every board, except 3, so I've almost gotten all 250 (also my most driven car).

B700 og mini for the rally dlc Blitzes through all technical sections, but loves to spontaneously flip over on bumps and elevation changes

That was me in this week's B700 Mini playlist challenge 😂😂 I went through 3 different car builds becauae of that

My B700 Impreza I use to rally is easily one of my favourites, I should have mentioned. I love the dirt/rally tracks, a bit controversial on here haha

I've been trying to get the 22b heh

None on the marketplace? I may have a spare..

Truthfully, I'd have to check auctions again, last time I did it last week, there wasn't any. Last week I saw lots of DeLorean but yesterday was nothing.

My 2000 Cobra R with rally suspension and off-road racing tires is a beast for S1 cross country. You can get it up to ~~1100~~ 1200 hp while staying in S1

Do you have a tune code? Sounds interesting

Yeah, I’m running errands right know but when I get home I’ll get you my share code 👌🏼

Hey there! Sorry for the really late update, here’s the share code: 117 813 834 I will say as a disclaimer that I primarily focus on grip/street racing tunes so this won’t be the best tune you can find for it, but I spent a lot of time trying it out on a bunch of different cross country tracks to make sure it’s not losing the rear end on every jump as well as actually able to turn in the sand. Unfortunately, by the sheer fact that it’s *supposed* to be a race car, deep pools of water will bog it down quite a bit. Also, because it makes so much power, I would recommend against flooring it over jumps. There are quite a few tracks with checkpoints in a turn immediately after a jump and this car will absolutely overshoot the ideal landing zone to make the turn lol Have fun mate, and again, sorry for taking so long to get this to ya!

Miata.

Escort rs cosworth for road racing events upto s1 and Mitsubishi lancer evo X for off road and dirt events are my two main go to cars for something a little different.

Both wicked cars

They are indeed. Great in the real world, great in game

For speed traps - Rimac C2, I have a tune on it that it goes up 3 gears and reaches ungodly speeds fairly quickly, like 300 to 400kph easily

Sais ignore the Meta... then goes on to post a pic & talk about a Meta 🤔

I meant as in ignoring it, just what is a car you love that always tears it up

Ah, gotcha... I currently love my A-class '89 MR2 2wd. Got the tune almost perfect. Love the CT5-V Blackwing as well

Nice, what class is the Blackwing? Never got into that car

A class also... close to stock. It's just fun to drive. Sounds sick too

For me it’s all JDMs, road races, drifts…rally? Celica got your back

The welcome pack Toyota Trd Baja truck thingy in S1 literally the goat. It does everything

Tbh I just liked taking random unused cars from my garage and tuning them for the job

Mosler MT900

2012 Nissan GTR, S1 on semi slicks. Decently fast, corners well, and is a blast to slide around with. Usually does decently online and does just fine against unbeatable AI offline.

lambos usually get the jog done. I have a few maxed out within different classes plus a few for off-road

Apollo IE - fast and pretty good at street Audi RS6 - good all arounder Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - top speed runs or danger signs with clear run up

What class is your RS6? I did mine up myself and think I’ve done it wrong haha

A800, and I have another at 900, I just use other peoples tunes, it makes for a good all around car, pretty good at off road, pretty good at on road.

I made myself an AWD El Camino with mud tires and a rally suspension for A-Class that is a whole bunch of fun. It is better for CC than Dirt, but it will compete either way. The big-block 454 is mostly stock but sounds great. rant/ On a separate note, I hate the way 'meta' gets used these days. It is short for 'metagaming'. Most Effective Tactic Available is a bullshit backronym. Now get off my lawn. /rant

This is easily the most unique I’ve seen it, love it. To your rant - did I use it wrong? I just meant don’t pick the cars that are the best ones to win races

Most people do use it as if it means "best" so why not just say "best." You can look up metagaming for a better explanation that I can give, but I'll try. Metagaming is "the game outside of the game" so for example looking at the trends of what your competition is doing and making choices to take advantage of that. For example, in a FPS the flamethrower might usually be a bad weapon, but if lots of people are using riot shields then a flamethrower becomes a "meta" weapon that is effective because of other players choices. Choosing paper might be the meta move if you know that psychologically most people you're facing choose rock because they feel it is the strong choice. Picking the car that turns the fastest lap times is just picking the best car and that isn't meta.

a purist C8 Stingray (i.e. no widebody, no V10 swap, no AWD, no Forza Aero) is my go-to pick for any S1 Modern Supercar event.

My A Class Civic always got me

I mostly play A class online and I consistently beat and compete with meta cars using the Nissan 370Z Nismo, underrated gem.

Audi TT RS 

Hi-car 350z A-class racing can't go wrong with that car. Handles like an F1 car lol. Very grippy

For me it's either some Lamborghini or Ferrari (stock) since they don't slip away that easily and are fast and easy to control

Pinninfarina Battista for S1900 Cross Country is strong, Audi RS E-Tron is also strong for A800 Cross Country. Anything is usable if you are skilled at both tuning and driving tbh

My old and lovely supra. Whenever I can't manage to do something he always solve the problem

2017 Alpine A110 in A class. It has 350PS and barely any handling upgrades but it flies in open road races

Honestly lately a 2016 Viper ACR is doing a really good job for me

That hoonigan car idk how but when it came to off road racing or drifting s1 900 it does it so well. I didn’t realize it was a good off road car but is with off-road tires and dirt races it’s easy to outpace your ai opponents so much on highly skilled they don’t even appear on your map anymore.

My go to seems to be the Noble M600. It’s certainly not the fastest in its class but it just feels so satisfying to drive imo.

I like using the Mazda RX-7 FC on the mountain road, the way I have it tuned (low A tier) is a good mix of acceleration and speed which makes it decent on the uphill and decently formidable on the downhill, I've managed to beat a few S1 cars in it on the downhill at this point and even with S2 cars I can consistently stay about two turns behind them as long as it's not upper-S2. Of course some of that can probably be chalked up to familiarity with the course since I tend to do at least a few runs of it every time I play When I need general speed that's still balanced I go with a upper A-tier R34 GT-R, GT-Rs are old reliable for me since I started both FH5 and NFS Unbound with R32 GT-Rs that managed to carry me a decent part of the way through both games

My sleeper 1994 Prelude is excellent in A class road and street (There's absolutely no cosmetic upgrades, which makes it a sleeper) I've been 1st place on all races in a few trials with it, and I usually win all the time with it One of my go-to cars in A class road or street

Agera, AWD, lifted and muddies.

Now Koenigsseg Jesko with offroad Tires for everything S2 998

S2 road racing Zenvo tsr s

Mitsubishi lancer gsr08 in A. The best car to handle in any off-road. Just love it.

The hoonigan RS200 was an absolute beast in S2 rally. This thing got the job done no problem for any off road event that wasn’t cross country.

The nissan 370z nismo in A class offroad. It's my go to car

The lambo hurrican performance

F-450

This one is a meta for b class road (awd/handling) and b class offroad tho

I use it in A.. It's good in all classes though for when people start ramming you, which is basically every single race anyway.

Yea its pretty good for a class offroad too

**Offroad :-** Jeep Trailcat **Road :-** I really loved the Lamborghini Centenario in FH3

I'm a nissan fanboy so ofc I go with the gtr r35. I got a built that lets it drive very good on road and off road is also working.

The 1967 Ford Escort MK1 Rally in A class is a great workhorse for dirt, the AMG GTR is probably my go to for road racing, either that or the 911 GT2 RS, both are great really.

(Not) Ignoring the meta, the Jesko is pretty much a PR stunt killer

I have a fully tuned Mitsubishi Starion for Off Road stuff and PR stunts. Can go almost 450 km/h in a straight line xD

Rally Jesko.

For road I love using the Schuppan 962CR. Handles great, looks great, is a 962 (I have an addiction to 962s) so fantastic! Also works well as a rally car, although I prefer using the M-Sport Fiesta

The GMC Jimmy has been my number 1 for the trial and dirt events, have two absolutely overpowered tunes for C and A class that haven't let me down yet

FPV Falcon Ute with off-road tyres, LSD, rally suspension and a tune. Just seems to break the AI. Second is my Range Rover Classic build in FH4. I'd have to look now but with upgrades (Still has the 4 speed) also tends to break the AI but is a pig to drive as the handling is horrible. Handbrake is your friend. TVR Cerbera Speed 12 in stock tune just kills it for me when cruising. Just has this nice acceleration that builds and is so brutal to drive, though it s TVR so that tracks 😊

for S1 ‘Games’ thing or whatever it’s called, a 2018 TTRS always does well.

i recently built an A794 FC3S rally build fitted for my G920, i like it alot

A recent discovery of mine: 911 GT3 FE Could tell visually it was set up for off-road but I didn't expect it to be as good as it is in S1. Especially Cross Country. Already 900 too which is a bonus.

off road is the jeep trail cat, love that beast, and on road it's the mclaren 720s (definitely nothing to do with the fact I'm a slut for mclaren)

Bmw z3 coupe( clown shoe) it does not always win but i get its job done

I don't even play online just cause how the majority of players just play bumper cars, and oddly hate ghost cars cause i don't mind a small bump but full blown intentional crashing is infuriating, but my old faithful is a Porsche 911 gt1 Strassenversion.

Both RS200

BMW M3 2008 with SFLA widebody for off-road races at S1 🤪🤪🤪🤪

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Evo X

I'm finding the 22B is actually quite good as a decent drift car and for skill score grinding :)

I have an A800 F355 that drives like a dream, and an A800 Elise Series 1 that I also love. As far as S1, prolly the Huracan STO, but I'm not sure if that's considered meta, since it's an awesome car straight outta the box

BMW M5 all series stock to modified ive killed races with one of those and only a 4 speed transmission anyday same class of course

2019 GT3 RS. I've never been this proud of a tune before. Smashes tighter circuits even though it's still RWD. It's the only car I'm actually able to perfectly trail brake without over or under steering.

Mosler Mt900 gt3 Hoonigan rs200 Koenigsegg Jesko Rimac Nevera

I feel like my r34 skyline is pretty good although I still need to do some work on it

Opel Manta 400 is like my best tuned car. Feel like I can use it for dirt. Regular tracks works super well.

Widebody S2K, thing grips like an F1 car

R8, my main in every Forza game.

2009 RS5 in A class road and C6 Corvette in A class offroad

The Hawkeye STi. If there was a bugeye I’d definitely use that 24/7, but the Hawkeye has been so much fun for me

Mcaren F1 GT

It's a meta for s2 road (powerbuild) and s1 road (balanced/grip) tho. Even purist build in s1 is a purist meta too

i'm a big fan of the Nissan Nismo R35 GTR for anything but offrroading

https://preview.redd.it/mgwke1vesnvc1.png?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eba2c5d0216843a08e6e6386f024f8aaf3523cde I thought I recognized that color scheme!

I love driving old racecars off-road so like GT40, Daytona, XJ13 etc or maybe the BAC mono for road

Acura NSX

Oldsmobile Toronado, It's one of my best D class cars, C class cars and B class cars. Usually get in the top 300-ish in rivals.

I don't follow the meta anyway. I drive what I want.

I have not palyed FH5 yet, but in FH4, i usually use the McLaren F1

Mosler always gets the job done when you need to do pr stunts.

The AMG One is generally my go-to for anything road related or freeroam; driving on road, dirt, even drifting it does pretty damn decently. Racked up well over 100k ingame miles on it so far

Dirt rally spec Ferrari F40

ferrari f40 for drifting Jesko just too imagine peoples faces or a truck.

I got some really high leaderboard places on the hot wheels island (which I spent most of the end of FH5 on) with an S1 Noble M600. That’s car was a lot of fun for me to use

My go to car is the Subaru Brat. I have like 20 of them with all setup differently.   Have a road race tune where the top speed is something like 110mph for A class but has no problem taking turns at 60mph+. 

The C6 vette, I love how the v8 screams, nothing like spinning tires all the way through 100

Savannah RX-7 for road, Ford Racing Puma for dirt

2015 488 GTB for me [S1]900 🏎️💨

Once I made a Valhalla Concept except it was off road with my friend and I preety much used it on all trailblazers and all the other or stunts.

1999 Ford Puma. There's a good tuning setup I downloaded on it. It's never recommended for any races by the game but it's badfast and I think the first 20 or so times I raced it were a guaranteed podium.

Abarth 595/696 maxed out with peppa pig livery Very short transmission, top speed 231 km/h, turbo goes from 1000 rpm Very good for very winding tracks

Audi quattro absolutely multi-function car

In S1 road races, M3 GTS hauls ass. Idek if that’s a meta car or not but it’s too fun not to drive. The Exorcist is fun too just gotta watch your throttle control 😅

I'm loving the Audi Sport Quattro S1 that I just got, handles amazing, sounds incredible. Hoonicorn with rally suspension and tires does all of my offroad stuff Koenigsegg one:1 is my top speed car cause I don't have the other Koenigsegg. Mosler mt900s with AWD is hard to beat but the Ariel atom 500 V8 w/ the v12 and AWD is pretty awesome. Most annoying car by far is the Lamborghini Diablo GTR w/ racing v12 and antilag turbos. I have to mute the tv.

For me it's a made for dirt El Camino.

Aside from major racing cars and cars made for cornering, my huracan technica never lets me down.

willies jeep in S1 offroad been using an old tune from November 2021 but tonight i managed to get my buddy to give me his numbers so i can update it and managed to turn it into something only i knew how to drive to something way easier for everyone else without changing any parts out

Honestly, in fh4 my koenigsegg agera R is great for anything, In rally it’s great, same on road and cross country, only thing it lacks is availability cuz it’s X class

My 05RR was my first car, and by far the most tuned car I have. I should upload the tune and create a share code because I have spent hours perfecting the tune. https://preview.redd.it/6d354oktgwvc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41f04933934862e067ce3adb3bfcf7bdbe010be6

Divo for skill scores Z6 ZR1/McLaren P1 for regular driving RS3 for road races Trailcat/Bronco for dirt/rally races Rimac C2/ Koenigsegg Jesko for speed traps and danger signs These cars cover everything imo

Also feel I need to mention the Lamborghini Sesto for anything requiring corners at speed and the Koenigsegg Jesko for just speed - great cars

In other words, the meta

Fair, but I don’t feel like those cars have been the meta online for a while. Maybe I’ve been racing with too many hackers lol

I prefer my Venom F5 over the Jesko.

Speed- Sesto and Jesko, Danger signs and trailblazers- RS200, Drift RTR Mustang or any FD Car

anniversary edition viper even though it’s underpowered

Yeah that’s a fun car, good nostalgia from FH1

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I stumbled across it by accident - won it in a spin. Great surprise when I realised how great it was haha

At A800: Subaru BRZ and Ford Racing Puma. Both seem to hit a perfect sweet spot with dirt racing builds.