Pardon the interruption of the regularly scheduled, (and justified), monetization griping, but thanks to a thoroughly incompetent carrier, I finally got my Day One Three Edition yesterday.
I only had enough time to run the initial sport compact series and a couple of Rivals events, and all I can recall is that I spent more time chasing the back of my GT86 than I did the opposing Drivatars, which, as an aside, are among the best things about FM5. On the "Pro" setting I've had some great close-quarter battles with minimal crash-and-bash bullshit, and with no M Rossi in sight! Fuck that guy.
Getting back to the handling, I may well have had more tank-slappers in the first several hours of FM5 than in over 2 years of FM4. Make no mistake, these cars have teeth and they won't hesitate to punish imprecise throttle and steering inputs. They'll get light over crests and become precariously unbalanced, and you can't always attack the curbs with the same zeal as in Forza games past, unless you want to go head-first into the Armco.
Mastering this new handling model ought to be an enjoyable challenge; I'm counting down the hours until I can jump back in.
