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My last road notification popped up when I was driving across the drag strip on the beach, near the Bamburgh Castle. It's not even marked as a road on the map.
There are also some tiny roads behind certain houses, and make sure you uncovered every road in various playgrounds, construction sites, and parks, where there are many of them crammed in a relatively small area.
Huh....I didn't even realize there was another drag strip besides the one at the Festival lol
Kinda like Driveclub.
The "variable" option under weather actually meant "you really need to see how good our rain looks".
I don't think I went a full spring day in FH4 without a little rain and like I said earlier weather constantly changing so rapidly is ever so slightly annoying.
Great game though
It really is a masterpiece, sure there are niggles, all games have them but for an arcade racer its a masterpiece IMO.
Not actually in reverse (I might try it now, though!), but I use a car with good launch, and brake and turn as soon as I pass the trap. It's also faster.
I don't know if it's used in drag events, but it sure looks like one.
What glitch? That might actually make me come back to the game if it does something interesting.
Nah, I like them, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. There should definitely be a way to buy most of them though. And of course I mean ingame money, no freakin' MTX.
Relying too much on RNG is never a good thing.
Also there should be more ways to earn money. Right now when you "completed" the game you hardly get wheelspins anymore, and they're the main source of income. I wouldn't necessarily ask for an increase in race rewards but most of what you can do in the game (such as messing around in free roam) hardly nets you any money, leaving you with the only option of "farming" races if you want money (for example to buy some of those crazy multi-million expensive cars).
Someone on Reddit have written down some of the cars that give credits for skill points. I just made a couple of millions that way. https://i.redd.it/75dxqpojyet11.png
Also remember to download and check the Forza app on your Xbox. I think you get free credits each week for every Forza game.
Also remember to download and check the Forza app on your Xbox. I think you get free credits each week for every Forza game.
Given the nature of wheelspins and skill points per car, tinkering with dozens of cars is unfortunately the most expensive playstyle in the game, and one of the largest consequences of the changes from 3 to 4.
Grabbed a game pass and gave this a try, not normally what I seek out. Real enjoying what I've played.
Probably said to death but that opening gave me some uncanny valley heebies at times, the robotic nature and overly chummy nature of the NPCs felt like the start of a Black Mirror episode before they show you what's really wrong.
Probably said to death but that opening gave me some uncanny valley heebies at times, the robotic nature and overly chummy nature of the NPCs felt like the start of a Black Mirror episode before they show you what's really wrong.
I do! The sillier, the better. I don't care about boring stuff like plain blue shirts or what have you.
You'd also only see those in the cockpit view, but sure, add them as well. And furry wheel covers.
Nothing beats the disappointment of 3 garbage clothing items from a super wheelspin.
Holy Crap, going back and forth between FH4 and Motorsport 7 is killing me. Lol I feel like I get better at playing FH4 after I've played 7 but I get awful at 7 after playing FH4.
Its so weird to me that I love the racing (variety, arcade, offroad) of FH4 much more than the sim like racing of 7, but the more linear progression in 7 is almost making me enjoy it more. It's crazy how the structure can play such a big part in my enjoyment of these games.
Its so weird to me that I love the racing (variety, arcade, offroad) of FH4 much more than the sim like racing of 7, but the more linear progression in 7 is almost making me enjoy it more. It's crazy how the structure can play such a big part in my enjoyment of these games.
Yep, post launch QOL improvements are always non existent in PG games : /
I just wish they would give more importance to improving the user experience... sadly they dont seem to care or not even listen to the community for feedback.
Its a shame because this is a fantastic game plagued with stupid/short sighted decisions that can be easily fixed.
Thoroughly enjoying the game so far. I think I like it more than any of the other games up to this point, but can't put my finger on why. Maybe it really just is the setting, which I feel they've absolutely nailed. I live in a City but still only a 5 minute drive from a lot of places that look a lot like some of the locations in the game, especially around the reservoir.
I assume that I need to get through and beyond the early game structure before I experience the season changes? At the moment I've transitioned from Autumn to Winter via the Horizon events, so I assume I need to do the event for all 4 seasons before it "opens up" to the "live world" in that regard?
I assume that I need to get through and beyond the early game structure before I experience the season changes? At the moment I've transitioned from Autumn to Winter via the Horizon events, so I assume I need to do the event for all 4 seasons before it "opens up" to the "live world" in that regard?
Hell no, I love it. I was so disappointed in 2 getting stuck with the generic white dude (could you change it?). In 4, I've got cute outfits for each season and I'm into it lol
Correct. And it'll blend pretty well for you because we're in Spring now
Exactly, and the thing that I find funny about all of this is that PG keeps saying they want to become the best developer on the market. Well, this is definitely not they way to do it. Release your game and then just abandon it and the community and move on to the next project.
But what if you didn't have cute outfits for each season, because you were unlucky in the spins?
Wouldn't it be so much better if you didn't need luck to customize your character?
I think it's faster too. You can get around 40 mph in reverse and 60ish going forwards so you're contributing 100mph every few seconds. Compared to say 30 seconds to do one run of 200mph
Another tip is with danger sign jumps, where you can, after you've launched over one turn around and go over it in the opposite direction, and you still get a jump score even though you're using it as a jump the wrong way around. You basically get double the amount of jump score.
Where you can't do that, instead of driving all the way back around and into position for a jump, just fast travel to the most convenient road instead. That's often far quicker than having to turn around and drive back to a good spot.
Glitch is patched now I'm afraid.
As long as it's free to me some kind of way, sure. I don't pay for DLC ever, so I like getting it free via MTX systems.
I went back to FM7 just to redeem credits and play a little more (I think I put maybe an hour or two into the game total?) and wow does it feel way crappier than Horizon 4 on PC. Like, never mind the changes to career mode or the mods or car collector levels or whatever: even the simple act of NAVIGATING THE MENUS feels like you're swimming in molasses and the load times are ridiculously long. And this is a whole year after launch. I never thought I'd see the day where a Horizon game performs better on PC than a Motorsport but the difference is stark. At this rate I can't imagine going back to Motorsport unless I forced myself to do so.
I'm on an X1, but I feel like the menus work pretty good besides the long loading times but my FH4 on X1S is pretty damn slow as well... I'm sure PC is a different story though
A simple fix for the whole character customization/wheelspin/progession thing would be for the player to have an option to "drive for skill points" the regular way for car skill points, and "drive for character customization" customization points which can be fed into a wheelspin or another cosmetic delivery system. Let the player decide where their skill chain results should be fed into, everyone wins.
Just got it last night. There was this "hidden" house (forget where now, bottom right side of the map) I also found that had a long driveway that I needed to finish it up!
Man, I have been playing this game entirely too much. I too love to dress up my avatar in different clothing that fits whatever season we are on, I dunno, just a fun little addition.
Also, we need to get some ForzaEra shit going on. We can create our own "Race Wars!"
Also, we need to get some ForzaEra shit going on. We can create our own "Race Wars!"
I think it should be even simpler. Put the custimization items in a shop. Let the player spend CR/FP on the clothes they want.
I don't see how throwing these things into a slot machine improves the player experience.
They could, but the slot machine doesn't have a visible price tag other than a one-digit number (1 spin). If they assigned CR to cosmetics people would be railing at the prices.
In quality mode this game is fucking gorgeous on X. This is my first 4K game, but the level of detail is incredible. Cast wheels have a speckle to them. The road textures are gloriously sharp. Taillights glow and you can make out individual ribbing and decoration. The giant board when you finish a race actually looks like a screen now. I kind of want to go performance mode to feel the game in 60FPS but this eye candy is going to be hard to give up.
That only really matters if the system is designed to manipulate players rather than delight them.
If the system exists because they think a lot of players get joy from customizing their avatars, Then just make a lot of customization items and sell them cheaply.
If it's meant to be about "pride and accomplishment", make some of the items more expensive and/or lock them behind a certain level or accomplishment.
What's the real value in the current system that hides how potentially expensive it currently is to get the customization items we want? When people spend a ton of time and CR farming for wheelspins, and get a bunch of horns for their trouble, I think the pricetag is plenty visible.
This is a huge problem in my opinion. I mean in Horizon it's less so than in Motorsport, since you're not dealing with fewer opponents, but in general it's a problem in Forza and racing games in general.
Some will now say "you don't have to win", but in FM7 for example, you get less progression points and then might have to do another 5-race event to progress, because you didn't finish 1st in the championship. But even if it weren't punishing in any way, then you get other people saying "why race at all if it doesn't matter where you finish".
I think "close racing" is the most fun, but for that to occur you need a player with a certain minimum skill (or rewinds, but "cheating" it, might get annoying and feel less rewarding). If you have a player with good skills that needs to finish first, he won't have "close racing" since he needs to be considerable better than the AI to overtake 7 or more opponents in ~3 laps. So, then the races would need to be longer, but this would make the whole game much longer and rob Forza of its strong points with so many different environments and cars to experience.
A better solution would be to reward the player "relative" to his skill level. Like how good is he, what difficulty is he playing on and how many positions did he gain at what race length. The "how good is he" and "how long was the race" needs to scale differently as it would suck to reward someone who just realized that braking can be advantages the same way a real pro racer gets rewarded, nor do you want to tell the new-to-racing-games player "good work, now it's only 200 more races to afford the Ferrari 488 you want".
In general, a race where the AI cars are just as fast and skilled as the player and the player can gain 3 positions in 3 laps, should be rewarded higher than playing on a difficulty so low that the player wins with a 10 or more second lead from last place within 3 laps.
What kills me are the people in their Bugatti's that take a half mile run up to each speed trap. Sure they hit 200 mph but in that time I've done 100 mph 3 times just turning around immediately.
Some of the stats are really fudged. I tuned a 2000GT-R and while you can put tires on it that make it turn at over 1g, it can't brake from 100km/h to 0 in under 40m, no matter what you do with the brake balance and pressure of carbon ceramic upgraded discs. Braking from 100 to 0 at exactly 1g would take 39.327 meters. The Senna on the other hand can brake from 100 to 0 in 26 meters (that's over 1.5g at speeds where downforce is almost non-existent), both on the race tire compound.
So, uh, I have now the achievement for completing all the roads, right after I told myself not to do it.
Also, drift zones fucking suck.
Also, drift zones fucking suck.
Does anybody know how the Fan Favorite perk is triggered (200% more influence on campaign races)? What are campaign races?
The perk SHOULD tell you what specific type of race it will give that bonus to (Road, Rally, Cross Country). And it should work for any race of that type you enter. That is how they have been working for me.
Finally managed to 3 Star that fuc.... last drift zone i was missing my thumb hurts now but now all Achievements are done now.
This game is so damn good and addictive my GOTY that's for sure. Now i can really start AC Odyssey and only do the daily missions and the weekly challenge in FH4.
This game is so damn good and addictive my GOTY that's for sure. Now i can really start AC Odyssey and only do the daily missions and the weekly challenge in FH4.
What's the consensus on the Freeroam Rush events in team adventure? I seriously can't stand them. I get that in theory it's fun to blaze your own path to the finsh but it's so fucking messy.
I don't like it as well. It's really annoying. I would just want everyone to teleport to the next race/playground game than to free roam rush there. That's why I'm kinda dreading going into Team Adventure. Not to mention there's no more voting.
I cannot stand Freeroam rush. I wish there was an online adventure without it.
This too, I loved the voting
I actually like them, but I feel they should be treated as a bonus round instead of the most prevalent race type. Also they Give a big advantage to AWD.