'Forza Horizon 5' Players Flood The Game With A Jeep While Beating The Loot Box System
In the newly released Forza Horizon 5, players have found a simplistic way to get around the in-game loot box mechanic, which uses spins to determine what type of rewards the player gets.
The way the system works is that by buying a cheap Willys Jeep vehicle, then spending some in-game currency to upgrade it to "superwheel" status, you can be guaranteed to earn back the initial cost, and then some. This ends up creating a feedback loop in which the more Jeeps you buy and upgrade, the richer you get with no recourse.
Because of players ending up inundated with Willys Jeeps, it was quickly figured out that the vehicles can be sent to other players via the gifting system. This means that another player out in the game world would be able to receive a car that you give away.
While this system was originally intended as just a fun way to clean out your garage while making another player possibly complete their collection faster, this has instead ended up with thousands of players having Jeeps gifted to them, compounding the "Jeep-flood crisis."
Forza Horizon 5 players are buying up Willys Jeeps in the hundreds -- before gifting them all to random strangers. Here's why:https://t.co/5cBZkyUe3H#ForzaHorizon5
โ Windows Central Gaming (@WCGamingTweets) November 9, 2021
Cool, I gave 10 random Forza fans a Willyโs Jeep ๐
โ ๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch ๐ฎ๐๐๏ฃฟ (@Dutch_Gamer99) November 9, 2021
I can confirm I have been gifted a Willy's Jeep in Forza Horizon 5 ๐๐
โ ใใ ใใใ (@carpet_swag) November 10, 2021
Tbf if I got a Willy's Jeep from a gift, I know exactly what it was used for ๐Nice of you to send a Forza Edition though!
โ SGR Blackout (@WildViper009) November 11, 2021
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kirbman
"Not necessarily an exploit, clever use of an in-game mechanicโฆ" Isn't that the definition of an exploit?
Iso
Not necessarily. Rocket jumping isn't considered an exploit, but it is a clever use of an in-game mechanic.
katakis
You know what's the worst thing about this? Money's no object in Forza Horizon. In just a few hours you can have millions of credits no effort required. The people doing this are ruining the gifting mechanic while taking a shortcut for what was already a quick walk.
averagememer
this is fun, have not heard some funny news like this in a while where the devs over look their economics in the game.