My FH5 Log: "WE WON JUNK CARS, WE DRIVE A LOT"

There's an old Donut Media saying that I've been reminded of, "WE BUY JUNK CARS, WE PAY A LOT. DEPENDING ON THE YEAR THO". Here in the Forza Horizon 5's Donut Media collaboration series update, I've won some "junk cars" and I've driven them a lot, depending on my style, tho. So, what are the "junk cars" I'm talking about?

There's the Morris Mini Traveller that I won from the Storm Season Playlist. Launched in 1961 and produced until 1969, this two-door estate derivative of the Mini features double "barn-door" style rear doors fit for utilitarian purposes. High-end models of the Traveller featured wood inserts of the rear body. Under the hood, the Morris Mini-Traveller is powered by an 850cc 4-cylinder engine producing a small 45hp of power and it is capable of reaching a top speed of just 70mph.

After that, there's the Ford Super Deluxe that I won from the Dry Season Playlist. Known as the last of the all-wood-bodied cars before the steel transition at the end of the 1940s, the Super Deluxe's V8 engine produces a small 90hp of power.

Lastly, obtained from the Hot Season Playlist, is the Morris Minor Series II Traveller. The estate version of the Series II Morris Minor features a varnished wood frame for the rear bodywork with double "barn-door" style rear doors.

These three "junk cars" were woody cars. When you take them for a joyride, you'll know that such wooden presence has never gone out of style if you catch my drift. Speaking of which, let's take this trio of woody cars for a joyride if it pleases me. Roll the tapes.

They may be wooden but they sure know how to party.

Man, judging by the mood from the producers, looks like another wave of "junk cars" coming to Forza Horizon 5 after this Donut Media collaboration. Lots of "junk cars" are incoming, so be prepared to want one if you really are.

Hit us up, producers. As the Donut boys would say, "WE BUY JUNK CARS, WE PAY A LOT. DEPENDING ON THE YEAR THO".

Forza Horizon 4 - Year of the MINI

2019 marks the 60th birthday of the MINI and the recent series update features four additional MINIs new to the franchise. Having fought my way through this series' Spring Playlist, I got the first two MINIs new to the game; an ancient Morris Mini-Traveller and the new Mini JCW Cabrio.



First off, there's the Morris Mini-Traveller no one would really want to drive it in-game unless if someone's a big fan of vintage classics. Launched in 1961 and produced until 1969, this two-door estate derivative of the Mini features a double "barn-door" style rear doors fit for utilitarian purposes. High-end models of the Traveller featured wood inserts of the rear body. Under the hood, the Morris Mini-Traveller is powered by an 850cc 4-cylinder engine producing a small 45hp of power and it is capable of reaching a top speed of just 70mph.



Although I'm not a fan of vintage Minis like this one, I am willing to give this Mini Traveller a try since this is the year of the Mini after all so here goes...



After my time with the Morris, I went to a more modern MINI and yes, it's the long-overdue F56 Mini finally but the bad news is, they only offered us a Cabrio model.



Specifically the F56 MINI JCW Cabrio, of course. And while this is the kind of Mini you won't expect to appear in future installments rather than FH4, it's definitely better late than never because we've been waiting for the F65 MINI to come into the world of Forza since this car was launched five years ago.

Although this is basically the Cabrio variant, it's still the MINI JCW F56 underneath it and it has the 2.0L Mini TwinPower Turbo engine producing 231hp of power and meeting Euro 6d TEMP emissions standards.



Even though it has a different style and a different trim level, albeit a high performance, is it really worth the wait after five years now that the F56 Mini arrived in the world of Forza? I managed to take a crack at it and man, this Mini is like it was set into wumbo. You know? Wumbology, the study of wumbo. Here's how;



Hmmm, although being a wumbo, it feels as enjoyable as a Mini should be but whatever. At least I had fun with the F56 Mini.

So, with two additional Minis of this series update now under my care, there's so much Mini madness to expect later on in this series update so stay tuned and keep on playing Forza Horizon 4 for more.