When this game was in beta, I absolutely no-lifed it, and got like 1500 stars before the beta ended. I played this game alot when college was online because of covid, I'd be playing it in the background while listening to lectures. Now in that beta/newly released time, I really really liked this game, especially since I got bored of steep and was craving more because I liked the concept. The issue with the game is that it's legit play to win, the more you play the more advantage you have in multiplayer. Without fail, mass races are always dominated by people with like 20k stars because they have the most juiced out equipment you just don't have. On-top of the mass races being blatantly unfair for people who don't play the game 24/7, the other multiplayer modes are unplayable because the player count is in the shitter. I did play around 240 hours of game (I'd guess 200 of those were solo races), so there being no way to play online enjoyably sucks (and it was like that soon after launch fyi). Sidenote: Fuck the Veni... achievement.

Far Cry 5 is a very good game, the graphics are stunning, the open world is amazing. There's a lot of fun to be had with the main story missions, side missions and hunting, I like the newly added prepper stash missions which is a very good way to make money, one new feature they've added that i dislike is the fishing, i wish there were more fish and it was more challenging but most of you will overlook it so I won't put the game down too much for it. I like that there are so many fast travel locations around. The only thing I really put the game down for is the story, a very good concept but, it seemed rushed, the main antagonist isn't very scary compared to the past games, i felt sorry for him most of the time and a large part of the story is predictable, some important cut scenes seem out of place or just rushed and personally i ran into some audio glitches that ruined some of the scenes,
overall i'd give the game a 4.2/5, i'd recommend it to long time far cry fans and new comers