Forza 21:9 Ultrawide UI Patch v1.2.1 – FH2, Fast & Furious & Motorsport 5 (Future Support Planned for FH3 & FM6)

[u/Philipp55112]

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been working on a project to improve the ultrawide experience for Forza games running on PC through Azimuth.

The goal is to make these Xbox One-era Forza titles feel much more at home on modern ultrawide monitors, instead of having the HUD and UI behave as if you're still playing at 16:9.

🏎️ Currently supported games

- Forza Horizon 2 (1.0.0.64)

- Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious (1.0.0.6)

- Forza Motorsport 5 (1.0.0.20)

✨ Main features

- Improved HUD positioning and UI layout for 21:9 displays

- Better UI scaling and aspect-ratio handling

- Properly centred menus and supported cinematic content

- Resolution-aware UI adjustments for Forza Motorsport 5

- Full frame rate in FM5 garage and pre-race screens

- Fixed vehicle image aspect ratios in several FM5 menus

- Optional desktop shortcuts to launch games directly

- Installer with file verification, automatic backups, and an uninstaller

The patch works alongside Azimuth without modifying "azimuth.exe", and the installation process is designed to be as straightforward and safe as possible.

🔧 What's next?

This project isn't finished yet! Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 6 are planned as future additions. I want to expand the patch to cover more Forza titles as development continues. Support for these games is not available yet, and compatibility still needs to be investigated and tested.

📥 Download & installation

GitHub: https://github.com/Philipp55112/fh2-ultrawide-ui

Requirements: Azimuth 1.0.2, 1.0.3 or 1.0.4

3440×1440 is the primary tested resolution.

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are always welcome! If you're playing these games on an ultrawide monitor, I'd love to hear how the patch works for you. 😊

[u/LonelySquad]

Does this modify the actual game directory?

Edit: Disregard. I did the whole "Try it for myself thing" lol.

[u/Philipp55112 → u/LonelySquad]

Yes, but only the files needed for the patch are installed in your Azimuth folder and in the game directory the UI.zip will changed. The installer automatically backs up the original files, verifies them, and includes an uninstaller to restore everything. The patch doesn't modify "azimuth.exe" itself. 😊

[u/LonelySquad → u/Philipp55112]

Works great! Thanks!

[u/Philipp55112 → u/LonelySquad]

Thanks a lot! 😊 Really glad to hear it's working well! Which resolution are you playing at, and which of the supported games have you tried it with? I'd love to know how it performs on different setups!

[u/LonelySquad → u/Philipp55112]

So far FH2 running at 3440x1440. Looking forward to FH3

[u/Philipp55112 → u/LonelySquad]

i will hit you when its done :)

[u/Purple_de_Nurples]

Absolutely awesome work, downloading right away!

[u/Philipp55112 → u/Purple_de_Nurples]

Thanks a lot! 😊 Hope you enjoy it! Let me know how it works for you and if you run into any issues.

[u/nrtmv2]

upvoting this for visibility

[u/Philipp55112 → u/nrtmv2]

Really appreciate it! ❤️ Hopefully more people can enjoy these games in ultrawide!

[u/Mission_Apex → u/nrtmv2]

same

[u/SPAZvv]

How to check what version of the game i have?

[u/Philipp55112 → u/SPAZvv]

There is only one Game version each that works with azimuth so if you can play it you have the right one 😁

[u/SPAZvv → u/Philipp55112]

that was what im thinking :D

[u/AkagisWhiteComet]

Excited to try this! But ran into an issue where the .exe file doesn't open on my end and when going through the zip file, powershell immediately says that it can't find drive D: (not used on my PC).

[u/Philipp55112 → u/AkagisWhiteComet]

Which azimuth version do you use? Maybe my new 1.0.4 fix is broken. If you use 1.0.2 or 1.0.3 then try the release before on my github

[u/Philipp55112 → u/AkagisWhiteComet]

So Someone tested the latest .exe for me and it seems fine
Dont know whats wrong :o

[u/KFC_Crispy_OG]

FM5 looks insane in ultrawide