In Forza Horizon 5, you need a lot of money to get powerful cars. However, to get that, many hours of grind are needed. Not all players enjoy this, so they have found a creative solution. By using an exploit, they earn money without actually playing the game.
What is Forza Horizon 5? Forza Horizon 5 was released on November 9 and is an open-world racing game. In the 5th installment, it takes you to Mexico, where you can explore the largest and most diverse open world in the Horizon series.
You can experience the story in solo mode or race against other players on numerous different tracks. There’s also a quirky battle royale mode, a stunning graphics, and over 500 licensed cars.
Players use Xbox controllers and rubber bands for automatic grinding
What’s the deal with the grind? To earn particularly powerful cars, a lot of money is necessary. This can be earned in races. However, before a costly Ferrari or Porsche is in the garage, you have to spend many hours in the game grinding.
Since there are a lot of cars available, the grind takes a considerable amount of time. Many players actually enjoy this, and it forms part of the long-term motivation in Forza.
However, other players just want to enjoy driving their favorite cars and have no desire to grind for long hours with lesser vehicles to eventually obtain their dream car. To reach their goals without frustration, they have come up with a creative exploit idea.
How do the exploiters go about it? To bypass the annoying grind, players use a creative trick. They obtain a heavy car with good handling, visit the extra large Goliath race track, and then use a rubber band with an Xbox controller along with the in-game driving assistant to basically race on autopilot.
Through the rubber band, the car keeps accelerating, and the driving assistant takes care of the rest. If this exploit is executed correctly, the car earns money on its own through the Goliath race while the “player” can attend to other tasks. For example, cleaning the house, cooking, or going to work.
Is this forbidden? The rubber band trick is certainly not in line with the developers’ intentions as it bypasses a fundamental game mechanic. However, it is also not a classic software exploit that takes advantage of a faulty game mechanic for unfair advantages. The developers cannot prove it, and therefore it’s hard to ban anyone who uses such tricks.
Such “rubber band” tricks are also common in other games, for example, to remain AFK for extended periods in games like GTA Online or New World. If you use a rubber band on the controller to make the game character continuously run against a wall, you can step away from the game for an hour without being kicked from the server, possibly landing in a queue.
The rubber band exploit trick is not new in Forza Horizon 5, but it is likely very effective. On the other hand, the question arises whether you are doing yourself a favor by bypassing the grind and missing the feeling of having actually earned the expensive car.
What do you think? Do you find grinding for valuable in-game items acceptable because you earn something with hard work, or does the repetitive completion of the same tasks in games annoy you? Let us know in the comments!
MeinMMO author Alexander Leitsch has a clear opinion on grinding: While many players find grinding in MMORPGs annoying, I actually enjoy it quite a bit.
