Forza Horizon 5\u2019s language filter is banning real names and players are furious Xbox\/Playground GamesForza Horizon 5 has been released on PC and Xbox with over a million players accessing the game. However, it appears that its language filter is banning real names for \u201cinappropriate content,\u201d and players are furious. While Forza Horizon 5 has been in early access since November 5, it reached official release on November 9 on PC, Xbox, as well as Xbox Game Pass. It received high review scores from many players and has even been praised for its accessibility. However, the game\u2019s high marks may have taken a hit after early-adopting players took to Twitter to express anger that their legal names have been flagged by an in-game language filter. Forza Horizon 5 Language Filter Just like its predecessors, Forza Horizon 5 has the option to customize your car\u2019s license plate. Players have taken advantage of the feature to add their real name or gamer tag to make their favorite car feel more personalized. However, it appears that some players of the racing franchise haven\u2019t had very good luck displaying their name on their car, as the game\u2019s built-in language filter has flagged those with certain names. Twitter user Osama Dorias tweeted out his issue: \u201cOh no, it appears that my name is inappropriate content.\u201d Oh no, it appears that my name is inappropriate content. \ud83d\udc94 Who do I have to thank for this?#ForzaHorizon5 pic.twitter.com\/92AbLlqq2g \u2014 Osama Dorias \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\u270a\ud83c\udffc (@osamadorias) November 9, 2021 Another user by the name of Nazih Fares wasn\u2019t as surprised about her name being blocked: \u201cThe eternal curse of not being allowed to use my legal name will forever hunt me.\u201d Fares went on to reply with a blurred-out copy of his driver\u2019s license showing that it is actually his real name. Oh why am I not surprised @WeArePlayground The eternal curse of not being allowed to use my legal name will forever hunt me. pic.twitter.com\/wtoWWY6YJ4 \u2014 Nazih Fares (@nazihfares) November 9, 2021 An employee of Ubisoft joined the conversation, explaining that they feel it\u2019s time to quit banning common names in user-generated content. They went on to explain their thoughts: \u201cIf it\u2019s being abused, people will report it and it will be dealt with. But if you want to be inclusive, you need to actually be inclusive across all fronts.\u201d I think it’s really time that we stop banning common names from user generated content. If it’s being abused people will report it and it will be dealt with. But if you want to be inclusive you need to actually be inclusive across all fronts. \u2014 Malek T. (\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0643) (@malekawt) November 9, 2021 Playground Games recently announced that they will be adding ASL and BSL interpreters to cutscenes, allowing those who are deaf or hard of hearing to understand the emotion behind the already existing subtitles. If you\u2019re new to Forza Horizon 5, head over to our hub and check out all of our guides regarding the fifth release in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Forza Horizon 5\u2019s language filter is banning real names and players are furious Xbox\/Playground GamesForza Horizon 5 has been released on PC and Xbox with over a million players accessing the game. However, it appears that its language filter is banning real names for \u201cinappropriate content,\u201d and players are furious. While Forza Horizon 5 has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}