PS5 now has one of the greatest racing games of all time, and it feels like I'm cheating on my Xbox
Do you have curry place? No need to look through all the menus, thanks, we’re ordering from where we always order, Taste of India. I’ll have the Butter Chicken (but hold the chicken and use paneer), pilau rice, and peshwari naan – some onion bhaji if I’m feeling opulent. This order brings me happiness, guaranteed. OK, I have been known to throw in a saag paneer, too, but if you’re going to go big, go big! I’ll never betray Taste of India.
I love Forza Horizon. Maybe I don’t love it as much as I adore the PGR series (2-4), but it’s right up there amongst my favourite racing game franchises. It’s been a consistent point of excellence on Xbox across its five entries and numerous DLC add-ons ever since 2012 back on the Xbox 360. In those 12 and a bit years I reckon I’ve booted a Forza Horizon game on an Xbox something like a thousand times. It’s my go to racing game if I don’t really know what I want to play. I seemingly just don’t get bored of it. It’s now on PS5, and I’m loving it on the PS5 Pro, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t stirring up some mixed feelings. I’ve got Butter Chicken but I ordered from Bengal Spice! And it is actually better!
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This might sound like a rather silly overreaction to a video game being played on a different console to the one it was previously tied to, and it is (I acknowledge that), but we’re creatures of habit, and we’re fiercely tribal. My wife often asks me why, if I’m so miserable about Tottenham all the time, I don’t just support another football team. I scoff, making a noise that suggests this is an absurd idea, but I struggle to explain why I simply can’t do that. I’m sure there are many books and studies about why people become attached to things, be it a sports team, a pop star, a curry restaurant… but the most basic point I make to my wife is that Tottenham is . The Xbox was , and in turn . It’s silly, but it’s true.