10 Best Open-World Video Games Of 2022

10. Forza Horizon 5

Racing games and driving sims might not be in everyone’s wheelhouse but it’s not controversial to say that the genre tends to be at the cusp of realistic graphics.

Whilst the game originally released at the back-end of 2021, Forza Horizon 5 has continued to impress and hold dominance over the genre this year with its updates. The latest of which adds raytracing, as if it needed to be any prettier...!

With a map that is 50% larger than the last game, there is a lot to see as you barrel around the fictionalised version of Mexico in all of its hi-res glory. The weather system is a particular highlight, creating tension and abject joy as you slide from road to dirt path in the middle of a storm.

Horizon 5 has an interesting take on the progression system, throwing rally cars and high-powered supercars at the player from the get-go rather than the standard fare of hatchbacks and Ford Focuses. Because, at the end of the day, if you’re going to sell a player on your game in the first 15 minutes, give them a very fast toy to zip around your Mayan temples and watch them fill with glee instantly.

It’s not going to emotionally enrapture you with a great story but it’s impossible to deny how good Forza Horizon 5 feels to play.