Exactly.
Forza is the best open world racing game no doubt but it isn't THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN RACING. Just the feel of the cars and the physics makes it fall down in that top list.
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Forza Horizon 4 is the best racing game in over a decade
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Forza is the best open world racing game no doubt but it isn't THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN RACING. Just the feel of the cars and the physics makes it fall down in that top list.
It really only has The Crew as competition and that game is not even close. I actually feel like the handling is really good for what type of game they're going for. It's the structure and everything else that I have some issues with in 4 - everything is watered down to attract as wider market as possible.
if anything, the feel of driving is what its absolutely the best at.
I don't really understand how the game is so CPU limited on PC. 60FPS shouldn't be that hard if the One X can handle it that easily while running on 2011 pimped laptop cores.
I'm not running state of the art with a i5-4460, but it's still considerably better than the X CPU. I'm also running a 970 and that's just a 50% while playing - but I can't run Discord and the game at the same time, because as soon as the CPU spikes, I can't talk or understand anything anymore.
I'm not running state of the art with a i5-4460, but it's still considerably better than the X CPU. I'm also running a 970 and that's just a 50% while playing - but I can't run Discord and the game at the same time, because as soon as the CPU spikes, I can't talk or understand anything anymore.
It'll be the best racer the moment playground adds the Gen 3 TTRS to the game.
I need my turbo five's.
I need my turbo five's.
You bet your fanny they did!
Oh you're mistaken friend.
THIS is a crashing simulator.
THIS is an unadultered high-speed 100% arcade racing game. Unreleased of course(Feb 2019).
Me too. Played the shit out of 3, Australia was fantastic. Britain is quite beautiful, but "boring". Australia was way more exciting. Something about 4 doesn't grab me in the way 3 did.
Agree on everything. FH4 is simply not as fun, addictive and exciting as 3 and that's a big dissapointment.
It really isn't that long if you focus on racing only.
90 races + 5 showcases, most being 2-3 minute long, shouldn't take more than 10 hours to complete.
And the game doesn't give you any encouragement to do so. On the contrary, with perks being linked to cars now, there is even less reason to change cars.
I feel like it encourages off roading a bit too much in the open world but otherwise I like it.
What cars do you all usually stick to?
What cars do you all usually stick to?
How? I'm level 115 or something and already have to repeat events since 10 or so levels.
I own 94 cars, have driven them all too....
Freeroaming can get quite annoying if there's a specific thing you need to do, so I've been using the Aventador '16 to get around. Same for all S2/X events.
For S1, Huracan
For A, Audi TTS
Haven't really played much else online than road racing :D
EDIT: One thing that does fuck me up are those seasonal events. They can be whatever! Then you find yourself in a cross-country race with a hypercar of about 10cm ground clearance :D
This thread is just a bunch of people venting their personal opinions about FH4 and passing them as a facts.
Like the person who claimed FH4 has too much dirt/offroad racing. Well, no! I absolutely adore dirt and offroad events and Cross Country is my favorite event type.
Like the person who claimed FH4 has too much dirt/offroad racing. Well, no! I absolutely adore dirt and offroad events and Cross Country is my favorite event type.
I find myself changing cars more often than I ever did in any Forza Horizon game before. I was given the greatest encouragement possible - free instant delivery of every car from my garage. If the only encouragement for you is reward multiplier bonus that car provides then maybe you are playing the game for the wrong reasons.
I'm still more of a Forza Motorsport kind of guy, but FH4 is probably the best arcade racer I've every played. It was FH1 before, but after sinking my teeth more into FH4, I'm loving it more and more. The feeling of driving just feels so good and the dirt/offroad races are the best they've ever been in the series.
Lots of people love Burnout Paradise and I can see why, but I really didn't like the change in direction for the series.
Lots of people love Burnout Paradise and I can see why, but I really didn't like the change in direction for the series.
3 was better I think.
The progression is weak in this one and the skills being tied to cars is ridiculous as you change cars literally all the time. Unless there's a standard perk tree I'm missing?
definitely the best map and the season stuff is great though. looks amazing on the X.
The progression is weak in this one and the skills being tied to cars is ridiculous as you change cars literally all the time. Unless there's a standard perk tree I'm missing?
definitely the best map and the season stuff is great though. looks amazing on the X.
We need a dirt race expansion set, filled with cool rally cars, dirt racing tracks and championships. Let the mud fly everywhere!
it is a good game but I enjoyed forza horizon 3 way more. also horizon 4 on the PC has online issues which prevents a lot players including myself from playing online.
Skills being tied to cars was a roundabout method of the game giving you wheelspins.
Great open-world driving game, but I fell racing is something completely different.
Imo, there are a lot of great racing games this gen: DiRT Rally, GT Sport, PC2, FM7, ...
And don't forget TrackMania Turbo, DriveClub, ... . I love arcade games.
One thing I'm really missing ist a new Riiidge Racer. :)
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... and Driver and a new take on Test Drive would be something.
Imo, there are a lot of great racing games this gen: DiRT Rally, GT Sport, PC2, FM7, ...
And don't forget TrackMania Turbo, DriveClub, ... . I love arcade games.
One thing I'm really missing ist a new Riiidge Racer. :)
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... and Driver and a new take on Test Drive would be something.
It is a great game for sure, but I feel that PG did not make a lot effort to create real great memorable races. If you look at the roadraces I find the offerings pretty mediocre. Most of the time when you really start to get in to a race the finishline is there.
Also the circuits give me a real feeling of "been there done that" None of them gives me a need of starting a timetrial and going for faster laptimes again and again.
A good thing is that there is a routecreator coming out this week of course. I hope they will let us add grand stands next to the track as well.
Also the circuits give me a real feeling of "been there done that" None of them gives me a need of starting a timetrial and going for faster laptimes again and again.
A good thing is that there is a routecreator coming out this week of course. I hope they will let us add grand stands next to the track as well.
The progression is not my favorite, but as far as the racing, the variety, the fun factor, and the amount of content. It's easily the best car game I've ever played and it's not that close. You really have to be self motivated though
Freeroaming as well as upgrading all the tiles in Horizon Life that are not races.
You earn influence and wheelspins from upgrading everything in there
Yeah. The Horizon series has been amazing as a certain type of realistic arcade racing game. I think there's better racing games, but it is a wide genre appealing to different people.
I got to level 1000 and beyond in FH3, but I wouldn't say the racing is what kept me going really.
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So far, I have an Alpina inspired BMW E34 M5 with about 400hp and moderate drivetrain and stability upgrades to keep it just under B class 400 - that's the car I drive mostly. I also have an E60 M5 for cruising point to point on the map. No upgrades and a simple paint job.
Maybe I've just lost my ability to be critical about cames, but I really don't see why there are so many complaints.
There is a weird problem with Forza Horizon 4. Using a Logitech Driving Force Pro (yeah I know, it's old lol) on PC I'm left with two options. Using 200° mode gets you a car that is too quick with the steering , and using 900° mode gets a slow turning car that still locks in game at around 200°. It make driving harder than it should be, since I race with all assists turned off and no replay.
Anyone else fighting this issue? Also no matter how much I adjust deadzones, both in and out for the brakes, touching the pedal is just like a digital on/off, making me spin mid corner a lot.
Anyone else fighting this issue? Also no matter how much I adjust deadzones, both in and out for the brakes, touching the pedal is just like a digital on/off, making me spin mid corner a lot.
Easily the best for me and i love racing games.
Saying that though theres lots they can fix so it can only get better.
Saying that though theres lots they can fix so it can only get better.
Most people don't use wheels here, you're best off going to the official forums for help. Wheel support in this game us shoddy at best, it takes a lot of fiddling with settings to get something that feels good for most people, and even then it's unlikely you will find settings that work well across all disciplines (road/offroad/drift) which doesn't make any sense but whatever...
Anyway, try this thread as a starting point: https://forums.forzamotorsport.net/turn10_postst131902p7_Wheel-degrees-and-settings.aspx?=
Also worth noting that if your wheel doesn't appear on the list here and they haven't manually added a profile for it in the game then you are SOL, your wheel simply won't work correctly no matter what you do. In that case you need to raise a ticket with support and hope they get round to adding it.
Finally, use the dashboard view that doesn't have the in-game wheel/drivers arms being rendered. That is locked to 200 degrees regardless of what your wheel DOR is set to.
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Same here.
I like it a lot, but the progression is very disappointing, and I lost motivation to keep playing really quickly.
I agree with OP here, for me this is hands down the best racing game of this generation. And the best racing game overall since Burnout Paradise.
Its something they genuinely need to improve on as I've read this from a few people.
Luckily the rush kf just driving and couple with the correct difficulty has me absolutely in love. I think it's because I just love cars etc and so I enjoy collecting the cars. The events are all amazing. I love the off road. It's exhilarating. I just think the game is brilliant and absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
I don't even think the game is necessarily that amazing for actual car lovers though. The cockpit camera isn't there great and lacks retail. The engine sounds are really weak and inaccurate for most models too. In the official forums there are a lot of car enthusiasts complaining about it.
It's also extremely annoying that certain cars are locked behind RNG wheelspins.
Ahh well, I think I always see Forza Horizon as a great open world racing game that is not trying to be too serious. It's more the I dunno, I feel a disservice saying the max power Poster on the wall type of game but, yeah. I hope with the community feedback they can get it to where everyone really enjoys it.
I just love turning it on and relaxing while playing it, it really winds me down.
I would say Soulsborne, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Splatoon are better, off the top of my head.
Don't think they will fix those things because it is not exactly their target market. The engine sounds have been getting progressively worse ever year for a while too now as well.
My wheel has a profile baked into the game already. It shows up in the settings as "Logitech Driving Force Pro"